May 17
Based on data of birth records from 1973 to 1999 in the United States, the 5 most popular dates to get pregnant are all in December: December 11 December 4 December 18 December 12 December 17 These days are calculated by subtracting the average length of pregnancy from the most common dates of birth. According …
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May 10
The superhero epic The Avengers has roared across movie screens and smashed all previous opening weekends with a US box office of over $200 million. It is widely believed that it would have made even more if there were more IMAX screens out there to show it. To understand the magnitude of this record, the …
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Apr 09
Google and many other high tech firms are famous for their April Fool’s announcements. It is kind of an unofficial competition as to who really has the most creative people, not just among tech firms but within Google itself. This year the Google April Fools announcement that is getting the most attention is Google Tap. …
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Mar 08
The popular board game, Monopoly, offers an opportunity for a whimsical lesson in selecting investments based on forecasted performance. The objective of the game is to accumulate as much money as possible by buying real estate and charging opponents “rent” when they land on your property. Much of the game is determined by chance, but …
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Feb 29
Today is February 29, 2012. Once every 4 years, we are blessed to have an additional day added to our year in the month of February. This year is commonly referred to as a “leap year”. This is done to keep our calendar year in sync with the seasonal year as a corrective measure because …
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Feb 04
With the Super Bowl upon us, it is interesting to note how much pizza Americans eat each year. Yahoo! published a short video answering this very question. Click here to see the video. Here are the interesting facts that the video reported: 3 billion pizzas are sold in the U.S. every year There are just …
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Feb 02
The National Football League’s annual championship game is consistently the most watched American broadcast on television. The 2011 Super Bowl had an average audience of 111 million viewers, which surpassed the record-setting 106.5 million viewers drawn by the 2010 game. It would not be at all surprising if this year’s game surpasses the 111 million …
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Jan 14
Newsweek Magazine and the Daily Beast recently compiled a list of “31 Ways to Get Smarter –Faster in 2012,” offering an eclectic, “how-to” regimen of some commonly-accepted and other newly discovered ways to improve memory, analytical reasoning and overall thinking. The premise of this list is that if readers adopt some of these 31 behaviors, …
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Nov 04
We have all been there, taking the time out of our busy schedules to wait for a repair or delivery person. It is one of the more frustrating parts of life. Have you ever wondered how much it wastes in productivity? IBOPE Zogby conducted a poll, on behalf of cloud computing software company TOA Technologies, …
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Nov 13
Quit Whining: A (Former) Fan’s Perspective of the NBA Lockout
Commentary, Just for Fun
by Stephen Hong
November 13, 2011
I’m a sports fan, but I stopped following the NBA years ago. Even as a resident of Los Angeles, home of the perennial powerhouse Lakers and the incomparable Kobe Bryant, I can’t remember the last time I watched a full NBA game on television, be it regular season or the playoffs. This was not always …
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