Jeremy Taylor
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Do You Eat Lunch at Your Desk? — Survey of the Day
Recently, Applebee's launched a "lunch decoy" ad campaign which encourages folks to reclaim their lunch break. So, how many people are taking their midday meal at their desk?
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Man Reunited With Car Two Years After Forgetting Where He Parked It
Forgetting where you parked your car always gives you a sinking feeling. However, it may have been for the best that this German man lost track of where he'd left his vehicle in December of 2010...
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13 Year Old Braves Snowstorm To Rescue Classmates Trapped On Bus
Alexi Catellier is only thirteen, but the Canadian youngster was one of the oldest kids on his school bus when it broke down during a Manitoban snowstorm. The storm had also knocked all the region's power out, making it impossible to call for help.
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College Student Returns $690 Million Check
Because his late father was an Air Force veteran, 22-year-old Allen Smith gets a check from the VA every month. The $650 helps pay his college expenses but, like many students, he could always use some more.
He got a lot more earlier this month, when he opened his VA check and was staring right at the staggering sum of $690 million.
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Do You Want a Facebook ‘Want’ Button?
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Chef Uses Cheese Balls to Teach Food-Flipping Skills
One the questions Chef John of Food Wishes is asked most frequently: how do chefs manage to flip food in a pan? Eventually he decided to film a video for all of us slobs, revealing (with low-stakes snack food) how the pros do it.
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JetBlue Will Fly You Out of the Country If Your Candidate Loses the Election
As the Presidential campaign heads into the home stretch, expect more and more folks to pull an Alec Baldwin and declare they will be exiting the country if their favored candidate is not victorious.
While people (Baldwin included) rarely ever follow through with these threats, this year JetBlue is making it a bit easier for folks to decamp to foreign soil if their guy suffers electoral defeat.
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Demanding Bride’s Bridesmaid Email Goes Viral
Being a bridesmaid isn't just fun and games and matching dresses. It's a big responsibility, and it usually comes with a substantial commitment of time and money.
A bride-to-be whose name hasn't been revealed recently emailed out a lengthy missive to her ten potential bridesmaids, telling them exactly what would be required of them if they accepted her invitation to be in her wedding party. The demands were so outrageous that a tipster leaked the email to Gawker, and it has quickly gone viral.
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NASA and Apple Engineers Develop $11,111 Coffee Maker
What happens when rocket scientists take on the coffee machine? The answer is a $11,111 coffee maker which brews java at the "perfect" temperature.
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High School Cross Country Star Saves Competitor’s Life Mid-Race
Seth Goldstein was "feeling pretty good" halfway through his recent cross country race, as the senior from Cooper Yeshiva High in Memphis,Tenn. was edging toward the front of the pack.
But then something unusual happened. One of the runners he was closing in on collapsed. As the other runners kept going, Goldstein stopped to check on his competitor.
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Do You Skip Breakfast as Much as Everyone Else? — Survey of the Day
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Outrage After Male Vice Principal Spanks Female High School Student
Springtown (Texas) High School sophomore Taylor Santos had a difficult decision to make after her teacher determined that she allowed a classmate to copy her work: she could either serve two days of in-school suspension, or get paddled.