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Facebook Makes You Spend More and Over-Eat — Dollars and Sense

Mike Adams — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 16:30:11 +0000

Facebook may be giving people a false sense of self-esteem, leading to overspending and gluttonous behavior, according to new research.

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Man Wins Roach-Eating Contest, Then Dies

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 20:42:41 +0000

When faced with eating something really disgusting—like, say, a cockroach—one strategy would be to think to yourself, "At least this won't kill me," before chowing down.

That technique wouldn't have worked, however, for Edward Archbold. On Friday, the 32-year-old entered a roach-eating contest at Ben Siegel Reptile Store in Deerfield Beach, Florida, and won after devouring "dozens" of three-inch discoid roaches in a four-minute time period.

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'Furious Pete' Consumes Michael Phelps' 12,000 Calorie Diet In One Sitting

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 17:16:23 +0000

To help fuel his way to a record Olympic 18 gold medals, swimmer Michael Phelps eats over 12,000 calories a day while training and competing. Presumably, Phelps doesn’t wolf down all of these calories in one sitting.

Furious Pete, a competitive eater and YouTube personality, most certainly did consume over 12,000 calories in one giant meal.

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People Appear to Be Less Concerned With Eating Healthy at Night

Mike Adams — Fri, 25 May 2012 18:01:41 +0000

It seems that people around the world are full of good intentions in regards to the healthiness of their diets, yet new findings prove that as the day progresses, those intentions could be falling by the wayside.

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