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16 Aug 2011 10:46

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World: Australian study: Watching tons of TV shortens your lifespan

  • 22 minutes shorter for each hour of television you watch, lazy slob source
  • » No, TV isn’t a carcinogen: The reason for this is that when you’re watching TV, you’re usually not doing anything, least of which working out. You’re just staring at Kate Gosselin and her army of kids, learning absolutely nothing from The Learning Channel other than that you probably don’t want to be a single mom with eight kids. By the way, that 22 minutes you just wasted watching an hourlong block of Jon Gosselin’s biggest problem? That’s the same level of longevity taken away when you smoke two cigarettes. Think about that.

23 May 2010 11:13

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World: Debt crisis victim: Europe’s strong social welfare programs?

  • seven number of workers for every European retiree now
  • 1.3 number of workers expected for
    every retiree in 2050 source
  • » Why this is bad for Europe: Most nations in the continent have largely benefited from low military spending and as a result have given retirees some strong social welfare benefits. But a number of factors – the debt crisis, the declining birth rate, the overall growing age of the population – have started to make this model look shaky.