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The average person plans to spend $34 on Valentine's Day this year. The average guy will spend $41. The average woman will spend $26. And 44% of people said they plan to spend nothing. (PR Newswire / OppLoans.com)
Couples who get married on Valentine's Day are 37% more likely to wind up getting divorced, according to a new study. The researchers think it's because people are more likely to rush into weddings on February 14th to have them on the special date. (Daily Mail)
Apparently, the popular new hot dog topping is . . . PEANUT BUTTER. And some reviewers say it tastes surprisingly good. (Food & Wine)
A couple from Colorado sold all of their stuff last year and bought a boat to travel around the world. They finally set sail on Tuesday . . . and the next day, the boat sank. (Tampa Bay Times)
A new study looked at how long snow can sit there and still be safe to eat. Your best bet is to eat it within 12 hours . . . and you should NOT eat any snow that's been sitting for two days or more. (New York Post)
A 33-year-old guy in North Carolina was arrested last Wednesday for smuggling stuff into a prison by throwing a bag over the fence. The bag contained a pound of tobacco, 10 cell phones, and 13 doses of medication to treat erectile dysfunction. (Full Story)
Organizers of a recent ice fishing competition in Minnesota made three fishermen take a LIE DETECTOR test to make sure they didn't cheat. Turns out they didn't. (Full Story)
A company in Maine will have to give its employees $5 million in back pay . . . all because state legislators didn't use an Oxford comma when they wrote a law about who qualifies for overtime. (Full Story)
Sounds like this professor needed a lesson of his own. An online adjunct professor has been replaced after incorrectly telling a student Australia isn’t a country and giving her a failing grade. He claimed Australia is a continent, not a country. It’s actually both. (Full Story)