CHILLY WINTER MORNINGS WILL CAUSE THE AVERAGE ADULT TO SPEND AN EXTRA 24 HOURS IN BED _ Chilly winter mornings will cause the average person to spend an extra 24 hours in bed over the colder months hitting the snooze button. The average person will need an extra 16 minutes in bed each morning during winter before they feel brave enough to face the cold. As a result, the average worker will be late for work seven times in the course of an average winter because they overslept.
THE MOST EMBARRASSING THING YOU DID ON A FIRST DATE? What the internet shared:
• I forgot my own age. She asked how old I was, and I legit ended up having to take my ID out to do the math.
• Called them by the wrong name as soon as we met. Things were a bit frosty after that.
• We were having pizza and I had one with small tomatoes. I bit into one and it exploded into her face.
• I met a girl for the first time. She said, “Hi, I’m Amanda” and I replied with, “Hi, I’m Amanda.”
• I choked on my food, then threw up after giving myself the Heimlich maneuver.
• The back end of my giant burrito busted open and ended up in my lap.
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.
