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What day is it?

Tuesday is National Lollipop Day, according to those suckers during the National Confectioners Association.

Speaking of sweets

Researchers during the University of Copenhagen in Denmark contend employees who do their work upon computers devour an normal of 230 some-more calories per day than their non-computer-using counterparts. The explanation? That mechanism work someway creates users hunger for some-more sweets. Great. First there aren’t sufficient jobs. Now they need to come with notice labels.

Word of the day

‘Refudiate’

Malapropism used by Sarah Palin, initial final week upon Fox News as good as afterwards again Sunday upon Twitter — “Ground Zero Mosque supporters: doesn’t it gash we in the heart, as it does ours via the heartland? Peaceful Muslims, pls refudiate.” After the little conflict from annoying linguists, the Tweet was private as good as be insulted with “refute” in the place, followed by an additional in which Palin compared herself to Shakespeare. And, whilst still not wholly scold in context, “refute” is during slightest the genuine word.

Dis-Honest-Tea

Last week we told we of the left alone Honest Tea stand, set up by the tea-maker to exam the probity of assorted cities’ residents. Chicago, fail. Lagging good at the back of Boston (93.3 percent), New York as good as Atlanta (both 89 percent), usually 78 percent of Windy City tea-drinkers paid. Clearly, it’s not only the governors.

The number

500 million

Total users which online amicable network Facebook is approaching to transcend this week, the series completed in rounded off 6 1/2 years.