2/27/26 - Personal Habits, Personal Warnings, and Let's Get To 100.
- bribriny
- 6 hours ago
- 2 min read
Friday 2/27/26
Celebrate:
International Polar Bear Day
International STAND UP to Bullying Day
National CSA Day
National Kahlua Day
National Protein Day
National Retro Day
National Skip the Straw Day
National Strawberry Day
No-Brainer Day
Pokémon Day - big 30th Anniversary
The Big Breakfast Day
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Have you used all of the gift cards you got over the holidays?
Probably not.
As of 2026, $24 billion in unredeemed gift cards are just sitting in our wallets. A survey found that the average adult has $167 in unused gift cards and store credit.
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Personal habits at Home & Work!
(SurveyMonkey)
At Home:
Dishes in the sink: 44% say "a few hours" is acceptable, 30% say do them instantly
Forks in dishwasher: 60% say points UP (to ensure they get clean)
Pants at home: 59% wear sweatpants or yoga pants, 16% wear jeans, 5% prefer no pants at all
Hair washing: 42% wash daily, 33% every other day, 25% even less frequently
Q-tips in ears: 79% swab their ears regularly (even though doctors say DON'T!)
At Work:
77% consider it appropriate to take occasional personal phone calls at work
Only 60% think texting is okay (fewer than phone calls!)
What to wear: 40% say slacks and button-down, 37% think jeans are fine, only 12% okay with t-shirts.
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If people came with a warning tag, what would yours be?
Object appears cooler than it actually is.
Approach with snacks.
Warning. May contain gas.
Warning: may bite if hungry
Warning: This person's purpose in life is to serve as an example to others."
Caution: Not to be allowed into a crafting store unsupervised.
Defective 50% off
Prone to wander
Warning: will tell Dad jokes
Stubborn
Warning: not cost effective
Adult supervision is recommended.
Warning: No filter
Caution! Super villain. Likely plotting world domination.
404 Error
Sarcastic
Warning: Gassy after dairy.
NSFW
Get in the conversation here.
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The top kitchen gadget of February 2026 isn't an air fryer—it’s the "Ultrasonic C200" vibrating chef knife. Using high-frequency vibrations to cut through food with almost zero force, it’s the viral "must-have" for home cooks who take their meal prep way too seriously.
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A new study published February 26 found that avoiding meat might slightly lower the odds of reaching 100—but only for frail, underweight seniors. In very old age, staying strong and maintaining muscle matters more than long-term disease prevention. The findings challenge conventional wisdom about plant-based diets and suggest that nutritional needs change dramatically in extreme old age, when maintaining strength becomes paramount.
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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - 1879, chemists Constantine Fahlberg and Ira Remsen discovered Saccharin, the first artificial sweetener.
The discovery happened because Fahlberg was a bit messy. While working with coal tar derivatives in the lab, he forgot to wash his hands before going home to dinner. He noticed his bread tasted unusually sweet and traced the flavor back to the chemical residue on his fingers.
Despite being made from coal tar, it became a massive hit during WWI sugar shortages. It is roughly 300 to 400 times sweeter than regular sugar.
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