Tuesday 12/28/21
Celebrate National Short Film, Chocolate Candy, Card Playing, Pledge of Allegiance (commemorates the date Congress adopted the “The Pledge” into the United States Flag Code, Call a Friend, Holy Innocents, and Download Day.
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Everyone has probably heard someone pass on leftovers or a particular meal because they "don't want to have the same thing two nights in a row." But yet, they're okay having the same breakfast every day. Why is that?
In a new study, 68% of people ate the same breakfast foods at least twice in the same week but they only repeated the same meal for dinner 9% of the time.
Researchers say it's due to a combination of biological and psychological factors. For one, humans are "most energized in the morning," so we may make less exciting meal choices in the A.M. hours so we don't feel totally overstimulated.
As for the psychological aspect, doctors say that we tend to have one of two goals for our meals: eating something that's healthy and convenient or eating something that brings us pleasure.
During a busy work week, we tend to go for health and convenience at breakfast. But we're more likely to want something pleasurable for lunch and dinner.
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A new online poll found a third of Americans can't even wipe their butt right.
A young woman on TikTok is going viral after she posted a video and claimed it's physically impossible to wipe your butt the way experts say you should front to back.
She said she's not flexible enough to do it, and doesn't understand how anyone is, and the crazy part is a lot of people seem to agree with her.
BuzzFeed did an informal poll that asked about different wiping techniques. And one in three people aren't doing it right.
Over 25,000 people took the poll . . . and 34% said they go back to front.
54% said front to back, which is how you're supposed to do it for hygiene reasons, especially if you're a woman.
Another 7% said they use a bidet and 5% said they wipe in a different way. ?
A physical therapy doctor posted her own video, and showed people how to wipe correctly. She said if you can't reach from behind, you should come from the front and push instead of pull.
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People say "it's not rocket science" to suggest that anyone can do something, but rocket science might not even be out of reach for you.
A new study wanted to find out if aerospace engineers or neurosurgeons had intellectual superiority and found they were pretty much equally matched, and apparently, they aren't necessarily smarter than us in the general population either.
The authors said, "Neurosurgeons were able to solve problems faster than the general population but showed a slower memory recall speed . . .
"[And] compared to the general population, aerospace engineers did not show significant differences in any domains."
Essentially, everyone has a range of skills some people are better at some things and other people are better at other things but these jobs don't require you to be intellectually superior across the board.
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Barack and Michelle Obama are the most admired man and woman in the world, according to an annual poll by YouGov.com. They also topped the list last year.
The Top 10 men are: Barack Obama . . . Bill Gates . . . Chinese Premier Xi Jinping . . . Cristiano Ronaldo . . . Jackie Chan . . . Elon Musk . . . Lionel Messi . . . Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi . . . Russian President Vladimir Putin . . . and Chinese billionaire Jack Ma.
The Top 10 Women are: Michelle Obama . . . Angelina Jolie . . . Queen Elizabeth . . . Oprah . . . Scarlett Johansson . . . Emma Watson . . . Taylor Swift . . . former German Chancellor Angela Merkel . . . Malala Yousafzai . . . and Priyanka Chopra.
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Someone poured through Google data to see which Christmas cookies are exceptionally popular in each state.
"Christmas Cookie Fudge" was the top cookie in six states: Alabama, Indiana, Kentucky, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. And Italian Christmas Cookies were #1 in five: Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Washington, D.C. also likes "Old-Fashioned" Italian Christmas Cookies.
Traditional Christmas Sugar Cookies were the favorite in just two states, Arkansas and Nevada and Snowball Cookies are popular in Michigan and Ohio.
Several states prefer healthier-sounding options: Gluten Free Christmas Cookies were the top choice in Maine, Minnesota, Montana, and Wisconsin and Keto Christmas Cookies were #1 in Colorado, Iowa, South Dakota, and Wyoming, and the state of Washington loves Vegan Christmas Cookies.
And some states went rogue: New York's pick was Anise Christmas Cookies, California wants Snoopy Christmas Cookies. Hawaii likes Cherry Christmas Cookies, and Virginia loves Ooey Gooey Christmas Cookies.
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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - Alfred Hitchcock didn’t have a belly button.
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