Protecting The World
25%: Share of the world’s population that the U.S. is legally bound to defend thanks to pacts and treaties signed with over 60 countries, according to a report from the Harvard Belfer Center.
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What If You Are Attacked By A Shark?
FIGHT BACK! But forget that old saw about punching them in the nose. The International Shark Attack File recommends that you borrow a page from a pro-wrestling villain and gouge its eyes or claw at its gills, which are more sensitive than its nose. Or you could just befriend some dolphins. On at least two occasions in 2004 and 2007, […]
Read moreBirth Control May Be Linked To Depression
A study in JAMA Psychiatry found that women using hormonal birth control had an increased risk of receiving treatment for depression. Those on progestin-only pills or IUD’s were 34% more likely, respectively, to begin using antidepressants than women not on birth control.
Read moreLying Through Their Teeth
“The worlds largest oil rig exploded and sank off Brazil. The company said the environmental impact would be minimal, partly because of the isolated location, and partly because they re lying through their teeth.” – Jon Stewart
Read moreCrime In The U.S.A.
In the United States, a theft occurs every 4 seconds, a burglary every 10 seconds, an assault every 29 seconds, a rape every 5 minutes and a murder every 21 minutes.
Read moreBullying teens into suicide
Children and young adults who are bullied are more than twice as likely to consider suicide and two and a half times as likely to try to kill themselves, a new study has concluded—and those taunted online are even more vulnerable. The findings are based on more than 40 studies, involving more than 284,000 young people ages 9 to 21, […]
Read more(Not So) Sweet 16
A Pennsylvania girl’s Sweet 16 party was ruined after her celebration was showered with poop, apparently dumped from a passing airplane. Jacinda Cambray and 40 guests were partying in her family’s backyard when the brown liquid began raining down. “We’d just gotten done with the cake, thank God,” said Cambray’s sister, Kristie Rogy. “Because within two minutes something fell from […]
Read moreDanger At Rest
The typical worker is three times more likely to die during leisure time than on the job.
Read moreRepublican Debt
Percentage of the current U.S. debt that was accumulated during Republican presidential terms: 71
Read more‘Emo’ youths murdered in Iraq
Shiite death squads have killed more than a dozen young Iraqis over the past month for wearing Western-style emo clothes. The Interior Ministry singled out the emo subculture—made up of youths who listen to Western emo music and wear tight jeans and long hair— last month, branding it “devil worshiping” and calling on the “moral police” to stamp it out. […]
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