Lifestyle Archives

Which Decade Had the Worst Décor?

It’s easy to look back on people’s design tastes and say they were hideous.  But just remember, one day your kids are going to look back at your Ikea furniture and giant flat screen TV and laugh at how lame you were.

An Octopus Broke Out of an Aquarium and Made It to the Ocean

Back in 2014, a fisherman in New Zealand caught an octopus in one of his traps, and gave it to the National Aquarium.  They named it Inky.  And apparently Inky’s been plotting his ESCAPE ever since.  He was living in a tank with another octopus, but disappeared earlier this year, and the staff had no idea where he went. 

A 10-Year-Old Saved 40 Wedding Guests from a Fire

Forty people were staying at a bed-and-breakfast in Lexington, Virginia on Saturday night when it caught fire.   It happened around 10:30 at night, and no one realized it, until a 10-year-old kid who lived next door saw the flames, and knew he had to warn everyone. 

You Spend 377 Hours a Year Preparing Meals

This is definitely an endorsement for living like a 23-year-old single dude with nothing but three Coors Lights and half a bottle of mustard in the fridge.  You save an ABSURD amount of time if you eat out all the time.  A new study found out how long you spend preparing meals during the average year, if you rarely ever go out.  Check it out.