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Today’s Fun Fact: 1 in 3 men age 75 to 95 remain sexually active


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Viagra Candidate

In a study published by the ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, researches say that 33% of men between the ages of 75-95 remain sexually active.

The study, entitled PREVALENCE OF SEXUAL ACTIVITY AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS IN MEN AGED 75 TO 95 YEARS, asked over 3000 men from Australia about their sexual habits.

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Top 10 Business Scams of 2010


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Trading Places

The Better Business Bureau in Idaho has released their LIST OF THE TOP SCAMS AND RIPOFFS SEEN IN 2010. Click through the link to see details about each item and what they entail.

The main thing about any of these is that you should always have your common sense on when being introduced to something new.  Remember, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is something to be a bit skeptical about.

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According to Yahoo!, the BP Oil Spill is #1

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The Findability Formula: The Easy, Non-Technical Approach to Search Engine Marketing

2010 is not quite over, and Yahoo! has decided that it’s time for them to release what they are saying are the TOP TEN SEARCHES FOR 2010.   In other words, if you want to game the system to get your own search term into the top ten – you have less than a month to hack away.

In all the years that Yahoo! has been compiling this list, this is the first year that a news-related item took the #1 spot.

The full list is:

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True Fact: The most boring day ever was April 11, 1954


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Boring!

April 11, 1954 was the most boring day… ever.

Apologies if that was your birthday, but seriously — what else is there to brag about?

Why the fuss over April 11, 1954?  Because a COMPUTER HAS DETERMINED THAT APRIL 11, 1954 WAS THE MOST BORING DAY EVER.

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The secret to being social? Having a big brain


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A Bear of Very Little Brain

Science has determined what makes some of us more social than others – and it all has to do with THE SIZE OF OUR BRAIN THAT DETERMINES OUR LEVEL OF SOCIALNESS.

And using this information, it also explains why dogs are more social creatures than cats are — simply because a dog’s brain is larger than a cat’s brain.

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On November 19th – Take a Squat for World Toilet Day


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The WORLD TOILET ORGANIZATION has designated November 19th as WORLD TOILET DAY

And what is World Toilet Day, you ask?  In an effort to raise awareness and improve sanitary conditions for people around the world, the World Toilet Organization has decided that merely talking about how bad some countries’ basic bathroom conditions are wasn’t enough.

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Connecticut tops the list for “well-being”. West Virginia? Not so much.


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West Virginia Mr Potato Head

The AMERICAN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT PROJECT has done a study of living factors – health, education, and income – and has determined that CONNECTICUT HAS THE BEST WELL-BEING IN THE US.

The people who released the study point out that their study was an objective look at general lifestyle satisfaction.  Some of the factors taken into account ranged from how much the local governments invested in their community, to the percentage of smokers in the surveyed area, to life expectancy.

Full rankings are below the cut:

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Moms are online over 20 hours a week. Doing what?


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Cooking Mama

According to a study released from Disney Online, MOMs SPEND 24 HOURS A WEEK ONLINE.

The study, entitled M.O.M. – Moms On A Mission, was focused on showing how much today’s parents relied on using the Internet and other electronics to make parenting easier.

According to the study, Moms use the following technology most often: