This Is The Thing That People Hate About Paying For TV More Than Anything
We have more channels than ever as part of our pay-TV packages. Yet, we're watching the same exact number of channels, according to Nielsen. Since 2009, the average household has gained 60 new...
View ArticleWe Just Discovered What '4-D Printing' Is, And Our Mind Is Blown
Citi just came out with a list of disruptive innovations that are going to change the world. The top thing on their list is '4-D printing.' Obviously '3-D printing' gets tons of hype, but we had never...
View ArticleAward-Winning Filmmaker Learned Everything He Needed To Know In The Marine Corps
Anton Sattler says he could not have made his award-winning CHOSIN documentary or its spin-off graphic novels without what he learned in the Marine Corps.First of all, the Marines taught him how to...
View ArticleUS Mortgage Rates Fall To A 7-Month Low
One interest rate that most Americans can appreciate is the 30-year fixed mortgage rate."At 4.21%, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage is at its lowest since the week of November 7, 2013," said Freddie Mac...
View ArticleCHART: It Took The 49ers And Redskins A Lot Of Draft Picks To Find Their...
As usual, much of tonight's NFL Draft will focus on which teams will draft the top quarterbacks, such as Johnny Manziel, Blake Bortles, and Teddy Bridgewater.Based on recent history it appears that...
View ArticleWhy Sister Cities Matter More Than You Think
On consulting firm A.T. Kearney's 2014 Global Cities Index, we were surprised to see that number of sister cities accounted for 2.55% of a city's total score — with Shanghai leading in this metric with...
View ArticleThe Trick The NFL Uses To Make Sure Roger Goodell Doesn't Screw Up A Draft...
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell will announce all 32 first-round picks in the NFL Draft tonight.It's an easy job. The only way to screw it up is by mispronouncing a player's name as he walks to the...
View ArticleThe Internet Is Obsessed With Maps — Here's Why It's Gone Too Far
The internet is obsessed with maps. They're used to convey everything from prison populations to regional economies to every state's favorite college. But they aren't always the best way to explain...
View ArticleThis 'Crazy House' In Germany Was Built Upside Down [PHOTOS]
This is one of the more unusual tourist attractions we've seen — a house that was built completely upside down in Affoldern, Germany.Reuters has photos of the house, which took six weeks to build and...
View ArticleYou Can Bike To Work In This Awesome Suit
If you cycle to work, there are usually two options: walk in with a stretched-out and rumpled suit, or quickly sneak into a bathroom to change out of your Livestrong spandex.Now, there's a third...
View ArticleWendy's Is Winning By Copying Chipotle's Strategy
Wendy's winning customers by taking a hint from Chipotle's playbook. The fast-food chain saw sales increase by 0.7% this year, compared with a 0.1% increase for Burger King and a 1.7% decline for...
View ArticleBMW Is Only Making 300 Of Its Most Powerful Car Ever
For the past three decades, BMW's M5 has been the benchmark for high performance sports sedans.To celebrate its 30-reign, the Bavarian automaker will build a batch of special edition 30 Jahre (German...
View ArticleHere's How Sheryl Sandberg Thinks Professional Women Should Be Portrayed In...
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, leader of the "Lean In" movement, has made it her mission to change the perception of professional women.She started Lean In circles to bring women together, partnered...
View ArticlePrivate Jet Company Will Fly Prospective College Students To 8 Campus Tours...
Private jet membership company Magellan will fly prospective college students to their campus tours for a mere $43,000.Magellan's $43,500 10 Hour Jet Card: College Tours flies students from school to...
View ArticleApple Reportedly In Negotiations To Buy Audio Company Beats Electronics For...
Apple is in negotiations to buy Beats Electronics in a $3.2 billion deal, according to The Financial Times. The Bloomberg terminal just flashed a headline backing up the FT story.The deal could be...
View ArticleOnly 2% Of People Can Actually Multitask — This Test Will Tell You If You Are...
Almost everyone is terrible at multitasking. The more people try and do, the worse they perform on every task.But there is a small fraction of the population that might be true multitaskers, or...
View ArticleThe Best Snack Food From Every State
New York is well on its way to making yogurt the official state snack. It turns out that several other states have already designated official snack foods: Jell-O was declared the official snack of...
View ArticleResearchers Are Chopping Up The Massive Blue Whale The Washed Up In A...
On Thursday, a team from the Royal Ontario Museum began the process of recovering one of the two blue whale carcasses that washed up on the coast of Newfoundland last month. The whales — one found in...
View Article12 Things Every College Student Should Do Before Graduation
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View ArticleHere's What The World Would Look Like If Everyone Followed Putin's Annexation...
When Vladimir Putin justified his annexation of Crimea on the ground that he owed protection to Russian speakers everywhere, this newspaper took a dim view of his line of argument, pointing out that...
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