News that won't make a Difference

If you are lactose intolerant or simply dislike drinking milk, trying drinking beer!

Beer could stop bones going brittle

Drinking beer regularly could stop bones from going brittle, according to scientists in Spain. A study found that the bones of women who drink beer regularly are stronger, making them less likely to suffer from osteoporosis.

Extracted from telegraph.co.uk

I’m certain one day it’ll be a norm to see life forms with green skin, two heads and lumpy body walking down the streets with all the mutated food we’re currently consuming.

Cow gives birth to calf with two heads

Jean-Baptiste Collard, a Belgian farmer, got the shock of a lifetime when one of his cows gave birth to a calf with two heads.

The mutant moo-er has two separate heads but only one brain, meaning both heads react simultaneously and in unison Photo: BARCROFT

Extracted from http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/6015618/Cow-gives-birth-to-calf-with-two-heads.html

Star-nosed mole

[Credits: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthpicturegalleries/5966251/The-weirdest-animals-on-Planet-Earth.html]

Teenager convinces airline bosses that he is an aviation tycoon

In a scam that recalls the Steven Spielberg movie, Catch Me If You Can, a teenage boy has tricked British aviation executives into believing that he was a tycoon about to launch his own airline, it has emerged.

- Extracted from Telegraph.co.uk

This story reminded me of a friend who claimed to be one of the Facebook’s founders when picking up girls in our local club. He succeeded. Yes. There are stupid and ignorant girls out there. HAHA. I guess he must be really convincing.

Family could be forced out by neighbours’ lovemaking

A couple, Marc and Lisa Thompson, could be forced to move out of their home in Finstock, Oxfordshire, because of their new neighbours’ noisy lovemaking. …West Oxfordshire District Council refused to get involved, saying that the noise related to “fundamental domestic activity”, and the family is now considering moving out.

- Extracted from Telegraph.co.uk

I love how they label the noise, “fundamental domestic activity”. HAHA. Oddly, this piece of news reminded me of scandalous and infamous Jacky (Warning: Adult content ahead!).

Great. For the first 14 seconds I was happy. “Finally! I have something to look forward to in a few years time!” 37 milliseconds later. “WTH!”.

Women ‘happiest at 28′
Researchers discovered women feel most confident and happy with their love life and body shape shortly before they reach 30. It is also the period in their life when they enjoy the best sex – but the happiness is relatively shortlived. Because by the time they have turned 30 they start worrying about growing old and developing grey hair and wrinkles.

- Extracted from telegraph.co.uk

By now, our readers should be aware of the recently added category, namely “News that won’t make a Difference” to SbR. The motivations behind this? The lack of excitement in SbR’s chief editor’s life is slowly reflecting in her work. Therefore, she has decided to “tap” on other esteemed publisher’s work (since SbR clearly cannot afford to hire Mr Smiley full-time) while she mulls over the directions of SbR and her life.

So here’s a couple of interesting news that won’t make a difference to keep you entertained.

Airlines reduce size of spoons to save fuel during recession, says IATA,
In the United States, Northwest Airlines has excluded spoons from its cutlery pack if the in-flight meal does not require one. … Another carrier, JAL of Japan, took everything it loaded from a 747 and put it on the floor of a school gym to see what it really needed. As a result it shaved a fraction of a centimetre off all its cutlery to cut weight. “When you are talking about a jumbo jet with 400 people on board, being served two to three meals, this can save a few kilos,” he said. “You work out how much fuel that consumes over a year, and you can be talking about a considerable amount of money”.

- Extracted from Telegraph.co.uk

SbR’s thought: So what’s next? If you weigh more than XXX, you’ll need to pay an extra “overweight” surcharge because you consume more fuel than an average passenger?

Japanese company does thriving trade in ‘fake friends’
Office Agents, a Tokyo-based company, rents out friends, work colleagues and even relatives to pad out the guest list. For £127, one of the company’s agents will attend the wedding as a guest, while a heart-tugging speech will cost an extra £64 and a song or dance will set clients back a mere £32. Brides or grooms who want to impress their prospective partners with their sheer volume of friends are among those secretly padding the guest list with fakes.

- Extracted from Telegraph.co.uk

NOTE: Readers who are not familiar with Mr Smiley’s work, here’s the link to his past contributions.

• Mr Smiley goes to Sunny OC
• Mr Smiley hearts Coldplay

According to a recent study, it is found that nice girls are more likely to get good grades in school. SO. STUDY TIPS: You rather be nice (me! me!) than naughty. Hehe.

In the latest study, researchers from Haifa University in Israel (eh ??) monitored 52 pupils aged 14 and 15 to study the relation between achievement and personality. They examined pupils’ grades across the academic year.

Academics said there was little difference between their learning habits, but found girls were much more likely to cooperate in lessons. ”Agreeableness relates to interpersonal relations,” said the study. ”Students scoring higher on agreeableness would thrive better and achieve higher than others in cooperative settings, which may explain girls’ gain over boys.

- Extracted from “Nice girls more likely to get good grades at school”, Telegraph.co.uk