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· Ryan General
Author Randomly Decides to Check Her Junk Mail, Wins $150,000
You might want to skim over your junk email next time before you click “delete all” as you might miss out on some surprises. Australian author Helen Garner would have missed out on a huge cash prize if she hadn’t gone through her spam messages, reports the Sydney Morning Herald.…
· Editorial Staff
Homeless Man Becomes Bestselling Author After Writing a Book About Being Homeless
A Parisian beggar is now a bestselling author after his book detailing his life as a homeless man sold nearly 50,000 copies.
· Editorial Staff
Adorable Minions Try Selling Bananas in China, Gets Stopped by Authorities
Images of Minions (from the movie “Despicable Me”) selling bananas on the streets of Beijing, China, recently went viral on Weibo, China’s version of Twitter. Netizens’ hearts were melted by the sheer adorableness of the photos. “Big-eyed adorable Minions pulled over on the…
· Augustine Reyes Chan
Author Reveals the Real Difference Between ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ and the Real Wall Street
John LeFevre, the British-born former banker behind Goldman Sachs Elevator, has just substantiated for those outside the insular world of investment banking that the behavior on Wall Street is spot on with how the movie “Wolf of Wall Street” portrayed it. One discrepancy between…
· Benny Luo
Bestselling Author Tim Ferriss Reveals How to Master Any New Skill in Record Time
Tim Ferriss’ entrepreneurial journey began when he founded BrainQuicken in 2001. It was his first company and focused on selling nutritional supplements online. He ended up selling it to a private equity firm in 2010. In between that timeframe, he wrote his first bestselling…
· Max Chang
This Woman’s Innovative ‘Resumé’ Thoroughly Impressed Airbnb’s CEO
Nina Mufleh always wanted to work for Airbnb. After moving from the Middle East, Mufleh lived in San Francisco for a year, unable to land a single interview with the company after months of submitting job applications, answering listings and sending emails to the company — until…
· Editorial Staff
Rich Guy’s Tiger Cub Gets Loose in Qatar, Adorably Runs Around on the Freeway
The owner of one tiger cub in the capital city of Doha, Qatar accidentally lost his exotic and extremely adorable pet on a freeway causing a massive traffic jam on the Doha Expressway. @dohanews pic.twitter.com/eKavJMlwD8
· Benny Luo
He Discovered Kickstarter When He Was a Sophomore at UCLA — Now He’s Making a Fortune
Crowdfunding has become major trend in the last couple years with the advent of popular sites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo. In 2014, crowdfunding brought in a total of $16 billion, according to Forbes. Steve Elliott Ng, 23, is a recent UCLA college graduate who’s raised over…
· Ryan General
Young Chinese Model Dies After Boob Job Goes Horribly Wrong
A young Chinese model got more than she bargained for when she visited a beauty clinic to get breast implants. Instead of getting a larger pair of breasts, 25-year-old Ting Ting lost her life during her breast enhancement surgery. After the doctors at a Shenzhen beauty clinic…
· Editorial Staff
8 Highly Successful People Who Wear the Same Thing Every Day
There are many reasons why successful people like entrepreneurs, celebrities and artists wear the same thing everyday. These reasons can range from making life simpler to just being smart with your money. However, there are also scientific reasons behind it. Daniel Levitin,…
· Max Chang
Marvel Just Upset the Entire Asian-American Community With One Announcement
Marvel has stirred the anger of the Asian-American community by missing an opportunity to right a cultural misappropriation long rooted in comic book history. This week it was announced that Caucasian actor Finn Jones, who plays Loras Tyrell in the HBO series “Game of Thrones”,…
· Ryan General
Thief Dresses Exactly Like a Walmart Employee, Casually Walks Out With Four HDTVs
A crafty thief casually walked out of a Walmart store in Virginia carting four stolen HDTVs. The still unidentified man robbed an outlet in Chesterfield County dressed in store uniform to avoid detection, reports WTVR.
· Editorial Staff
Being Broke Can Actually Cause You Physical Pain, Study Reveals
Not having enough money can cause you physical pain, according to new research. Published in the journal Psychological Science, the research conducted by lead author Eileen Chou of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and her colleagues found that there is a positive…
· Editorial Staff
Man Uploads Picture of His Foot to Amazon, Immediately Becomes ‘No. 1 Bestseller’
Apparently anyone can now earn the highly coveted title of being an “Amazon Bestseller” book by taking a picture of their foot and selling it online. It seems that the recognition of being an “Amazon Bestseller” book is not as prestigious as one may think. Some have even accused…
· Editorial Staff
Beijing’s Pollution is So Bad it Might Cause Weight Gain
As if choking on China’s heavily polluted air wasn’t bad enough, now it could be making people fat. A recent Chinese study, published in the March issue of “Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology” (FASEB), has found a link between the Beijing’s…
· Editorial Staff
Rip Curl Has Been Using North Korean Slave Labor to Make its Clothes
Popular Australian surf clothing brand Rip Curl is currently in hot water for allegedly selling clothes manufactured in North Korea, a country known for using slave labor in its factories. Fairfax Media uncovered the practice after its investigation revealed that some of Rip…
· Editorial Staff
The Dark Side of Having Rich Parents in Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley is an area known for its entrepreneurial spirit and its affluent population of business and tech leaders. However, it’s lesser known that the area has one of the highest suicide rates among teenagers and young adults in the country. In the city of Palo Alto, the…
· Editorial Staff
Here’s All Mark Zuckerberg Had to Say About Kanye West Begging Him for $1 Billion
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg has finally given the closest thing to a response to Kanye West’s Twitter rant that begged Silicon Valley billionaires for money to fund his ideas and possibly get himself out of his reported $53 million debt. Zuckerberg simply “liked” a status from…
· Editorial Staff
Why President Lincoln Procrastinated on Finishing His Greatest Speech Ever
Procrastination isn’t a weakness of the lazy but rather a skill of the genius. Wharton business school Professor Adam Grant believes procrastination is a powerful tool used by innovative minds. Grant explains in his book “Originals” that former President Lincoln wrote his…
· Editorial Staff
High School Teacher Fired For Sending Nude Snapchats to Students While Drunk
A high school teacher allegedly sent naked Snapchats to her students while intoxicated. Florida high school teacher Dionne Younce was fired after drunkenly sending partially naked pictures on photo-sharing app Snapchat and calling her students. Younce, 28, was terminated from…