Do It for Denmark

Denmark has a falling birth rate, and Danish travel company Spies Travels is offering their customers discounts if said customers can make a baby on their trip. We hope they offer family vacations in addition to romantic getaways; otherwise, we may have spotted a problem. [youtube width=”640″]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrO3TfJc9Qw&sns=fb[/youtube]

Winter is Officially Over

Last Thursday was the official first day of spring, and Grant Thompson celebrated by blowing up some snowmen and filming the carnage 150 times slower than real life. [youtube width=”640″]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0B0fHobGOQ[/youtube]

We Recognize Unattractive Faces Better Than Attractive Ones

Ugly? Well, here’s a silver lining: at least you’re memorable. A study published in Neuropscyhologia found that we’re better at remembering unattractive faces than attractive ones. Researchers had their test subjects review a handful of pictures of faces for a few seconds each. Half were chosen as attractive, the other … Read More

Bookshelf: Confessions from Correspondentland

A few pages into his memoir Confessions from Correspondentland, we learn that Nick Bryant got his first notoriety by breaking into Piers Morgan’s office. Morgan, then the editor of British tabloid and Rupert Murdoch vehicle News of the World (which was shuttered after a phone hacking scandal), had previously put … Read More

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