File this one under “Why Did I Bring A Kid Into This Terrifying World Again?” North Korea reportedly conducted its fifth nuclear test today, claiming to have successfully detonated a warhead that could be mounted on ballistic rockets. The explosion apparently set off a 5.3 magnitude earthquake. According to CNN, the POTUS “warned North Korea that …
Ever wonder if you’re a psychopath? Well, now there’s a test for that. OK, there’s probably always been a test for that. But this is a new one. According to the Indy100, Daniel Boduszek of the University of Huddersfield devised the Psychopathic Personality Trait Scale (PPTS) by conducting research on inmates in a Polish high …
If you dropped all our belongings or needed to borrow a phone, who do you think would be more likely to help you out? People coming out of a Prada store or people coming out of, say, H&M? Alas, all those clichés about the ungenerous and selfish rich seem to have been proven true – …
If you had to guess who would be more generous, fat people or thin people, which would you choose? If you guessed fat people, a new study suggests you’d be right. Well, fat men anyway. The study hypothesized – according to the abstract – that “economic decision-making differs between lean and corpulent subjects, [and] that …
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This is pretty funny. Everyone hates waiting for their bags after a flight, but imagine if your bag looked exactly like everyone else’s. This is what some airport in the UK (Heathrow, maybe?) looked like when Team GB come back from the Olympics thanks to what was the probably ill-advised plan to all have matching …
A new report was released this week by the Economist Intelligence Unit on the best places to live in the world. Just as an aside, doesn’t the “Economist Intelligence Unit” sound kinda like some sort of secret service police thing that goes around unearthing conspiracies and bringing economic social science criminals to justice? Because it’s …
Hey guess what? If you’re reading this while lying around on a pile of dirty laundry, maybe eating leftover chicken wings off your belly, and you just woke up and you’re hungover and it’s 1 pm? You’re probably a f***ing genius, dude. Don’t let anyone tell you different. I just yelled that at my mom …
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You might have read by now about the poo themed cafe that’s coming to Koreatown in Toronto next month. It’s been all over the news. Poop Café Dessert Bar, will be located at 706 Bloor St. W., according to the Toronto Star. The owner Lien Nguyen told the outlet, “I’m trying to make poop cute,” …
Men in Iran are showing support for women’s freedom by snapping pictures of themselves wearing hijabs – and it’s touching and awesome (it made me a little weepy), and also a good reminder of the value of the freedoms we enjoy in Canada. Iran has a compulsory veiling law requiring women to wear a headscarf and …
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This is pretty cool. If you want to know how much it will cost you to purchase a family home around Toronto, the good people at SkyView Suites broke it down for you with a subway map. Keep in mind that we’re looking at places with three plus bedrooms, so much larger than many families …
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