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Have Gas Prices Caused You to Cut Back on Other Purchases? – Survey of the Day
While gas prices may be coming in a little bit after a four-month surge, they still stand at almost four dollars a gallon. According to a new survey from Harris Interactive of 2,451 adults, these unprecedentedly high prices are causing Americans to change their overall spending habits.
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Are Older Adults the New Face of Addiction?
One generally associates the onset of drug and alcohol addiction with the recklessness of youth.
However, two new studies are challenging those assumptions, with findings suggesting that older folks are also quite susceptible to addiction’s trap.
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Are You Happy with Your Weight? — Survey of the Day
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Johnny Depp and Natalie Portman Perform Sign Language Version of Paul McCartney’s ‘My Valentine’
Paul McCartney is one of the few singers in the world who could get both Johnny Depp and Natalie Portman to appear in one of his music videos. And appear the two A-listers did, using sign language to help convey the lyrics to McCartney’s song ‘My Valentine.’
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Are You Worried About Pollution? — Survey of the Day
According to a new poll from Gallup, Americans are less concerned about pollution than they have been at any time since 1990, when the polling company started regularly surveying attitudes on the subject.
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Amazing Website Can Predict Your Next Tweet
Twitter users are fairly predicable. If they’re not going on about what happened on ‘Mad Men,’ it’s something they ate. But an amazing new service called That Can Be My Next Tweet from yes.thatcan.be can actually guess what your next tweet will be based solely on previous Tweets.
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Why Does a 76-Year-Old Naked Man Live on His Own Island?
One of the advantages of being an island’s only resident is that you don’t have to wear clothes. Masafumi Nagasaki, a 76-year-old man who has lived alone for the past 20 years on the “inhospitable” one kilometer island of Sotobanari, has certainly taken advantage of that.
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The Dragon Dog Is Officially the World’s Most Expensive Hot Dog
When we were first introduced to the Dragon Dog it was just a really expensive item on the menu at DougieDog Hot Dogs in Vancouver, Canada.
But now the $100 Frankfurter, a foot-long bratwurst topped with kobe beef, truffle oil, fresh lobster and hundred-year-old Louis XIII cognac, has been officially recognized by the Guinness Book of Records as the most expensive hot dog in world.
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Watch ‘SNL’ Stars Andy Samberg and Taran Killam Freak Out Gotye in Digital Short
Gotye did more than just sing during his stint as musical guest on ‘Saturday Night Live‘ this weekend. The Belgian-Australian multi-instrumentalist also got in a little acting through a digital short with Andy Samberg and Taran Killam.
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Should the United States Get Rid of the Penny? – Survey of the Day
Last month Canada joined countries like Australia and Great Britain in eliminating the penny. Is the United States next?
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Milly the Chihuahua Could Be the World’s Smallest Dog
How small is Milly, a Chihuahua from Puerto Rico? Answer: very.
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‘Caine’s Arcade’ Kid Gets Actual, Non-Cardboard Pinball Machine
If you haven’t watched the short film ‘Caine’s Arcade‘ yet, we highly suggest that you do. It’s about a nine-year -old named Caine Monroy who built a crazy innovative video arcade using mostly cardboard boxes. It’s also about the internet bringing people together to recognize something that is really cool, and wouldn’t have been recognized otherwise.