Just in time for Valentine’s Day, I have these romantic aricles …
CRAZY REASONS PEOPLE GET DIVORCED _ Divorce happens for all sorts of reasons. Here are some of the most unusual divorce stories:
• He didn’t like the movie The Lion King.
• She was possessed by a genie.
• He nicknamed her “Guantanamo” in his phone.
• Her parrot told her that her husband was cheating.
• She adopted 550 cats.
• He cleaned too much.
NAME A ROACH AFTER THEM FOR VALENTINE’S DAY _ Valentine’s Day is around the corner and The Bronx Zoo is bringing back its Name a Roach promotion, where you can name a Madagascar hissing cockroach after a loved one (or hated one) in exchange for a $15 donation. You even get a snazzy digital certificate.
… Chicago’s Brookfield Zoo has a similar promotion, but it’s called Name a Cockroach After Your Ex. You get to name a Madagascar hissing cockroach for $15, and participants receive a naming certificate and placement on the Cockroach Naming Board displayed on Valentine’s Day.
… The San Antonio Zoo has the Cry Me a Cockroach Fundraiser, letting participants name a cockroach ($10), a pre-frozen rat ($25), or vegetable ($5) after someone, which will then be fed to an animal resident.
… The Houston Museum of Natural Science has a similar promotion for $10, and you get a pin.
ARE BRAIN-TRAINING GAMES WORTH IT? _ Could you use a little memory boost? Unfortunately, despite the growing popularity of brain-training apps, studies raise doubt about whether they have any tangible effect on improving cognition. Researchers (Georgia Tech) using brain training apps tested 17 different cognitive tasks. After 20 sessions, they found that while participants improved performance on the tasks at hand, their newfound abilities never actually transferred to any global measure of intelligence or cognition. In other words, according to this and similar studies, it seems that remembering which shape came before the circle in the sequence will not help you remember that one last item on your grocery list as you’re out shopping. And it certainly won’t raise your IQ by any significant amount.
