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Having a Dog Helps Children with Reading

Dogs might be helping the people in your home read, specifically, your kids! Researchers at the university of British Columbia found that children tend to read more, and be more engrossed in what they’re reading, when a dog is in the room. They had a bunch of 8 and 9-year-olds sit and read books out loud. First without a dog,…

McDonald’s Shares Meal Hack for Eating in Car

It’s hard to eat an entire McDonald’s meal in your car without taking your hands off the wheel. So, maybe this is a solution. McDonald’s in Australia posted instructions on how to eat an entire meal one-handed. Basically, you open up the container for your burger, poke a hole in the “hinge” of the container with your straw so it…

Eating Banana Peels is Good For You

If you’re thinking about a new diet as your new year’s resolution, here’s an interesting option. A dietitian says that if you want to lose weight, you should eat banana peels. She says that all of the fiber and vitamins in the peel have a ton of health benefits beyond just the weight loss too and if you eat them,…

Top Things People Say They Don’t Have Time For

It feels like we’re all busier than ever. There’s always something to do, and never enough time to do it. so a new survey looked at the top things we feel like we just don’t have time for. Here are the top ten….exercising, reading, spending time outdoors, spending time with family, sorting through your old junk, yard work, cooking from…

Have You Ever Purchased a “We-Gift”?

There’s a new term called “we-gifting” and 74% of us have done it, according to a new survey. “We-gifting” is when you buy someone a present that you also fully plan on using. So, for example, maybe you bought a new TV for the living room and claimed it was for your kids. But, really you were the one who…