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  • Read This Book: William Poundstone’s PRICELESS – THE MYTH OF FAIR VALUE
  • November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo, for short)
  • Today’s Must Read? PhoneSex, the book
  • Need another laugh for the day? Read John Lindsay’s “Emails from an Asshole”
  • Proven Stereotypes: How What You Read Says Who You Are
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  • Video Fun: How to sneak alcohol onto a cruise ship
  • Seven rights you don’t have when you take a cruise
  • September 17th is “Seventeen Two-Second Turnoff Day”
  • How To Troubleshoot Sprint’s Android Samsung Moment Phone’s USB Connection
  • Texting while driving will kill you
  • Want people to conform to your wishes? Perhaps these ten tips will help.
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  • Top 10 Vegan-Friendly Baseball Stadiums
  • The Top 10 Selling Cuts of Beef does not include the “milk dud”
  • The Roommate from Hell
  • How To Figure Out How Much Your Sandwich Costs
  • How to Use a Kitchen Knife (and keep your fingers)
  • Can you name all of Heinz’ 57 Varieties?
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  • Flashing your boobs at a concert can get you in trouble
  • Got at least $12,000? Book THE DAN BAND for your next party. GREEN DAY will cost you a little more
  • If you have ever downloaded anything illegally, you may want to visit this site
  • How to Calculate Music Royalties with this Album Sales Calculator
  • 25 Ways to Tell that You’re Living in a Bubble
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  • What Are The Odds? (a different look at some statistics)
  • A Russian woman gave birth to 69(!) children… and other surprising statistics
  • The World’s Fastest Game of Monopoly: 21 seconds
  • Are you an Asker or a Guesser?
  • How To Pick the NCAA Basketball Bracket
  • Hungry? Check out the Wheel of Lunch!
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  • Things Google Knows About You: Everything
  • How Much Energy Does Google Use?
  • Google has some tough interview questions (“you have eight balls the same size…”)
  • The most reputable brands of 2011 are Google and J&J
  • What were the Top Words of the Decade? (You might want to Google it)
  • Search Engine Jeopardy
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  • There is no joy in using a space toilet in anti-gravity
  • Poop the World
  • Can urinals really save water? Depends on how much water a urinal uses…
  • On November 19th – Take a Squat for World Toilet Day
  • Video Fun: Peeing in the Shower Saves Water
  • Why is there ice in the urinal? (and other bathroom sanitation ideas)
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  • Today’s fun fact: Dogs get upset when they don’t get any bacon
  • Introducing a “Dating Site for Dogs”
  • The “Clean Plate Club” is a farce
  • Which is the more popular pet: cats or dogs?
  • Which city consumes the most hot dogs?
  • Some Fun Facts about Nathan’s Annual Hot Dog Eating Contest
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  • What is the most common question asked by pregnant women?
  • How To Recycle Your Adult “Toys”
  • OMG! (I’m the adult)
  • Adopting? Try a “pregnancy” photo gallery
  • Don’t Touch That Dial: public domain archive of radio audio
  • “Perky Panties” – If you believe the marketing, It’s What Every Woman Needs
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  • Got at least $12,000? Book THE DAN BAND for your next party. GREEN DAY will cost you a little more
  • Want to own a Reality TV house? Here’s what it will cost you…
  • Before you tweet that web address, you should find out how fresh that site is
  • How to Find an Internship or Job, Off-the-Beaten-Path
  • Need an Instant Alibi? Try One of These Services
  • How To Find Out What’s On Your Permanent Record
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  • Be more productive instantly: stop filing your email into folders
  • Preserving Email in a Time Capsule
  • How Much Money is in Viagra Spam? Try $4000 a Day!
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  • The 12 Most Annoying Facebook Users
  • How better baserunning will win the World Series
  • How to pee in public without getting caught
  • 20 Least Appropriate Tattoos for Girls
  • How much money can a Youtube video earn when it goes viral? Let’s start at $150,000
  • Video Fun: Peeing in the Shower Saves Water
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  • Award-Winning recipe for Cinco de Mayo Guacamole with Blue Cheese and Bacon (inspired by Food Network Best Thing I Ever Ate)
  • Seven must-have kitchen gadgets, and three to avoid
  • Survey: What’s Your Favorite Fast Food?
  • Food Humor: Why don’t cannibals eat clowns? Because they TASTE funny!
  • It’s True – Men Love Food More Than Sex
  • Top Food Trends to Watch in 2011
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  • 10 Most Expensive Domain Names
  • Before you tweet that web address, you should find out how fresh that site is
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  • How much is your favorite celebrity worth?
  • The free $500 Red Star WorldWear gift card – is it worth it?
  • Don’t Touch That Dial: public domain archive of radio audio
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  • Tips for Proper Office Party Etiquette
  • Read anything funny in the bathroom stall recently?
  • Why is there ice in the urinal? (and other bathroom sanitation ideas)
  • Is reading while in the bathroom good for you?
  • Survey says that it’s okay to send texts while in the bathroom
  • A Walt Disney World Bathroom Photoblog
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  • Men like to wear dirty underwear. Who knew?
  • Only 15% of Americans avoid food poisoning by doing just one thing
  • One family’s quest to go one year without Disney
  • Flights From Hell
  • Jogging may be good for you, but you look like hell doing it
  • Are you an ethical diner? Here’s how to select the best-run restaurant for your next meal
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  • Want to get rich? Try living with someone instead of getting married
  • If you have ever downloaded anything illegally, you may want to visit this site
  • 10 Ways to Be a Facebook Offender
  • Unemployed? Here are the top four ways to get a job
  • Ten Ways to Love Your Job
  • Year in Review: 2011′s most popular Web Watch articles and searches
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  • Unemployed? Here are the top four ways to get a job
  • 19 ways to save money, simply by changing your bad habits
  • 25 Ways to Tell that You’re Living in a Bubble
  • The 10 jobs that people hate the most, and 10 jobs that people absolutely love doing
  • Contrary to popular belief, “women’s business networks” don’t always work
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  • The average American worker spends just 5.75 hours working each day
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  • What is the most common question asked by pregnant women?
  • Today’s Fact: 40-50% of American Marriages End in Divorce
  • How much do you spend on food per year?
  • How many bras does the average woman own?
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  • 4 Things Women Should NOT Do At Work
  • Of all TV networks, network TV still has more loyal viewers than cable
  • Women who wear makeup are more successful at business
  • Year in Review: 2011′s most popular Web Watch articles and searches
  • Want to succeed in business? Try wearing black
  • The Best Companies to work for? How about “Where do YOU want to work most?”
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