More random links
- Hand sanitizer recalled due to bacteria
- I've mentioned before that hand sanitizer is rather overrated, but it's kind of amusing to hear of some of it getting recalled due to bacterial contamination. To quote: "Health Canada recommends those with compromised immune systems refrain from using this product or any hand sanitizer they cannot identify, and to speak with their doctor."
- Americans Are as Likely to Be Killed by Their Own Furniture as by Terrorism
- "the number of U.S. citizens who died in terrorist attacks increased by two between 2010 and 2011; overall, a comparable number of Americans are crushed to death by their televisions or furniture each year."
- Whistling through the graveyard?
- Contains an interesting quote from The Bell Curve: "Holding some critical other things equal–IQ, socioeconomic status, age, and date of marriage–the divorce rate for the high school graduates in the first five years of marriage was lower than for college graduates." (emphasis mine)
- Poor women 'bear climate burden'
- In case you had the ludicrous idea that the climate was gender-neutral.
- In India, first comes detective work, then comes marriage
- "Families in India are increasingly using private investigators to do background checks on prospective brides and grooms."