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More than two million employees now take a "run-ch break" and exercise during their dinner hour, it has emerged.Researchers found around one in 13 workers now swap their suits for jogging gear and pound the streets for more than 40 minutes while their not-so health conscious colleagues tuck into their packed lunches.Incredibly, the study also found people clock up around 468 miles running during their lunch breaks during the course of the year, with the sporty employees most likely to run... Read Full Story

Boffins at Goggle have used a complex algorithm and their computing power to discover what we already knew… a video of a cat saying 'no' is funny.Researchers looked at the comments on videos to determine whether viewers had found them funny and identified candidates for YouTube’s Comedy Slam.Google Researcher Sanketh Shetty, said: "We computed more text features based on words associated with amusement in comments. "These included (a) sounds associated with laughter such as hahaha, with... Read Full Story

Keith Martin has the dubious honour of having been named as the world’s fattest man... after the previous record-holder went on a diet.Martin, of North West London -- whose diet includes eating eight hotdogs for breakfast -- has 18 carers and has not got out of bed for 10 years.When the 42-year-old, who says his weight got out of control in his teenage years when his mom died, goes to hospital it takes eight ambulance staff to lift him.He will take the title from Manuel Uribe of Mexico, who... Read Full Story

A loved-up nerd has become an internet star after making possibly the geekiest proposal ever - in binary code.Smitten geek Robert Hall used the computer code to propose to fiance Rachel Smith in a three-minute video while wearing a papier mache mask of a cartoon character.In the clip, he proudly proposes to his girlfriend, in a somewhat unconventional way by asking:"01011001011011110111010100100111... Read Full Story

Every bride knows she needs something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue at her wedding… but what about something explosive?Food artists Bompas & Parr are launching a food explosion service for weddings where for a fee a trained explosives technician will lay charges within your wedding cake ready for you to detonate.A spokesperson for the firm said: "Traditional wedding cakes are a triumph of spectacle over taste. Bompas & Parr’s food explosion service pushes this... Read Full Story

Forget swimming with dolphins, after seeing this video all we want to do is surf with dolphins… and after clicking play we think you will agree.This video is said to show 15-year-old Mitchell Overton wake surfing alongside dolphins at St. Pete Beach, Florida.Overton can be seen riding the waves as dolphins pop up and jump out of the water next to him. Pretty cool isn't it? Mitchell’s dad, Steve reportedly said his son was initially frightened when dolphins joined him riding waves - but that... Read Full Story

Researchers have discovered what every chocolate-love has known for years -- the last chocolate really does taste best.Psychologists from the University of Michigan conducted tests in which 52 students were each fed five small chocolates and asked to rate their enjoyment.Students who were told when they were approaching their final chocolate tended to then rate their enjoyment of it as higher.It's thought the preference of the final chocolate could be because of the "positivity effect" of... Read Full Story

A open-minded website has started offering romantic getaways with a difference -- they are for three people.That's right it's a break intended for fans of free love, those in polygamous relationships or couples with a tag-along member. Experience day website Wish.co.uk started offering the ‘Romantic Break for Three’ following an enquiry from a trio wanting to enjoy a romantic night together.The £399 getaway is for three people, staying in a double suite at the Windermere Suites in the Lake... Read Full Story

Sure US president Barack Obama could always hit the nuclear button if he really wanted to launch something -- but we think it's safer if he sticks to marshmallow cannon, wait what?When Obama came across an 8th grader named Joey from Phoenix at a recent White House Science Fair, he was more than a little intrigued by what the youngster had created.When he was told the air cannon was designed to shoot marshmallows, he couldn't wait to get it set up and going. And he wasn't going to get a little... Read Full Story

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