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Surprising Facts About Firstborns

If you’re a parent, chances are you’ve thought about birth order and how it affects your kids. Am I harder on my firstborn? Do my kids have a normal sibling relationship? Does the order in which the kids were born really matter in the long run? Turns out it does. Scientists have done extensive studies on family make-up and how ... Read More »

Doctor warns innocent people will die

Shocking videos have emerged showing influencers across different platforms performing the stunt, despite official advice urging the public to follow a variety of health measures to stop the killer pandemic’s spread. One influencer, who Metro.co.uk has chosen not to name, appears to have started the ‘challenge’ on TikTok, by licking what seems to be an airplane toilet seat while a ... Read More »

Lack of masks and the invention of new masks

N95 respirators and surgical masks (face masks) are examples of personal protective equipment that are used to protect the wearer from airborne particles and from liquid contaminating the face. Read More »

Epidemic of Pick-pocketing in big cities

In Manhattan, where transit larcenies rose 15 percent last year, police blame much of the bump on traveling pickpocket teams from Latin America. The profession used to be dominated by middle-aged men with light fingers and long rap sheets, but these newer players, who describe themselves as “whiz mobs,” tend to be made up of younger men, and depend more ... Read More »

Are politicians family members off limits?

But what should be the rule when it comes to family members of politicians? What standard should be even-handedly applied to them all? Basically, families of politicians should be off-limits to criticism until such time as they do something political. The problem, though, is getting politicians to live up to that standard, because politicians routinely put their families up for ... Read More »

Change the face of the world sculptures

Sombre monuments and playful statues on the Lithuanian city streets have been decorated with face masks, drawing attention to both the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on the cultural scene and the need to follow health advice.In Vilnius, a number of statues have been masked by artists offering a sad commentary on the stillness of the cultural life. Everything from ... Read More »

South Korea drive-in cinemas

Jen Philhower, 48, a part-time office manager in Austin, Texas, is one of the many Americans adjusting to almost every group activity being cancelled, as people move indoors and into isolation to avoid spreading the novel coronavirus.“My youngest goes to wilderness school, and even that is closed,” she said. “When even playing in the woods is closed, things start to ... Read More »

Luxury villa in Waltz, Switzerland

Sometimes you may want to deviate from the expected and stay somewhere that is a unique surprise. Set in Vals, Switzerland, Villa Vals is a house completely immersed in the mountainside, with only the central patio able to be seen above ground. Read More »

An initiative to protect store cashiers

As the panic that emptied store shelves in the first day of the pandemic has waned, grocery stores are finding new ways to adapt to the environment of daily operations in the face of COVID-19 concerns.”Wiping down our carts for shoppers, so everybody coming into the store has a cart that’s wiped down,” Sendik’s Food Market co-owner Ted Balistreri said. Read More »

Lucia Bose, a European movie star

Italian actress Lucia Bosè has died at the age of 89. She was most known for appearing in films from acclaimed Italian directors such as Michelangelo Antonioni and Federico Fellini. Read More »