JUNK DRAWER MANDATORY ITEMS _ For a junk drawer to legally qualify as a real junk drawer, what is the ONE absolute mandatory item it must include? What the internet said:
• A key that has not been successfully matched to any known lock on the property.
• Rubber bands.
• Any item that causes the drawer to jam, but you keep keep it in there anyway.
• A pad of sticky notes.
• And old tube of super glue.
• Birthday candles. Bonus points if they’re already partially burned.
• That odd “thing” that came off of “something” that’s probably important, but you have no clue what that could be.
• A half dozen pens, of which only two write.
• Multiple allen wrenches from stuff you had to assemble.
OUR GALAXY IS ON A COLLISION COURSE _ A study from 2008 suggested that a collision between the Milky Way galaxy and the Andromeda galaxy is inevitable in the next 5 billion years. Andromeda is hurtling toward us at about 68 miles per second. But! A new simulation pushes back on that, finding around a 50 percent chance the collision actually ends up as a near miss.
TELLING LIES AT WORK: MORE COMMON WHEN YOU’RE UNHAPPY WITH JOB _ According to a survey (by SimplyHired) the less satisfied people are at work the more likely they are to lie to others at the office. Unhappy workers tell at least one white lie a week — which is more than those who are happy at work. The most common lie is the kind that buys time away from colleagues, like “I’m not feeling well” or “I already have plans after work.”
WOMEN WEAR JUST 25 PERCENT OF THEIR SHOES _ The average woman owns 20 pairs of shoes, but only wears 5 of them, according to a study. 90 percent of women say they have a pair that have never left the closet. Top reasons some shoes never leave their box:
• Too uncomfortable
• They have an impractical heel
• They don’t match any outfits
• Too expensive to damage
• They were an unwanted gift
