French fries in Germany could be significantly shorter this year due to the heatwave that has baked Germany and much of Europe this month, the German Farmers’ Association (DBV) said on Friday. Hot and dry weather has led to a meager harvest of extra-large potatoes used to produce the ideal-length French fry. “The French fries industry [...]
July 20, 2010
Women are at their most beautiful and attractive at the relatively mature age of 31 years old, it has been revealed. A study of 2,000 men and women from the UK looked at a variety of aspects of beauty including, confidence, looks and style, in a sample of women. Overall it was found that a [...]
July 17, 2010
Superstitions ascribe supernatural origins to things that humans don’t understand, and they occur across the world. Early humans had a lot that they didn’t understand, but modern people are much more enlightened. Superstitions about bad luck feel like the kind of things we tell gullible children, so why do I still see people knocking on [...]
June 30, 2010
An Austrian university is on the hunt for girls who recoil at the sight of spiders for research into how fear affects the processes of the brain. “The researchers are looking for girls aged between 8-13 years who are very fearful of spiders and/or who feel sick at the sight of them,” the University of [...]
June 30, 2010
Criticized for years for fighting crime in effectively a one-piece swimsuit — often considered either sexist or simply impractical — the DC Comics icon has a new costume as of this week’s Wonder Woman #600, and it’s one considerably less revealing, complete with long pants and a jacket. Signature elements such as the character’s bracelets, tiara and magic [...]
June 26, 2010
The summer’s blockbuster films keep coming every weekend, assailing us with men of iron, ogres, toy cowboys and Cheshire cats. But somecinephiles are already looking ahead to next summer, especially with the recent release of the very short trailer for “The Smurfs.” Those famous blue cartoon characters (and their memorable theme song) sparked a thought: What the smurf is a [...]
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