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Japanese Woman Now World’s Oldest Person At 117
A Japanese woman who became the world’s oldest person last year has extended her record by turning 117 on January 2nd.Kane Tanakawas first confirmed as the world’s oldest on March 9, 2019, when she was 116 years and 66 days old, according to Guinness World Records.
To celebrate her impressive milestone, Tanaka enjoyed a party with loved ones at her nursing home and had a big slice of birthday cake.
As for the oldest person to ever live, that honor went toJeanne Calment, a French woman. She died in August 1997 when she was 122.
Source:Reuters
Breakdancing Will Be An Olympic Sport In 2024And Team USA Will Be Ready- Breakdancing is going to become an official sport for the first time in the 2024 Olympics in Paris and the U.S.A. team is coming together.
Legendary breakdancerRichard Colonof the Bronx, who's known as Crazy Legs of the Rock Steady Crew, is hopeful the cultural integrity and history of Breakdancing is respected at the games.
The sport will be called Breaking and dancers will be scored on a 10 point system that includes footwork, freezing in poses and floor spins. The coach of the team isAntonio Castillo, who runs a league and a breakdancing school called The Lab.
Source:Washingtonian
Charmin Is Unveiling A Robot That Will Bring You Toilet Paper
The Consumer Electronics Show is underway in Las Vegas this week, and Charmin has utilized the platform to introduce us to a new robot they are working on.
The big toilet paper producer Charmin unveiled their "RollBot" which is a self-balancing robot that connects to your phone and delivers you a fresh roll if you catch yourself in situation where the last person didn't refill the roll. The robot has a version of the Charmin bear as its face as well.
It's not clear how the bear-faced robot, which has no arms, hands or thumbs, is able to grab a fresh roll out your pantry and bring it to you but that's an issue for next year's show.
Charmin also revealed "SmellSense," a sensor that can tell if a restroom will likely gag or keel you over from asphyxiation due to the activities of the previous occupant. The device also connects to your phone and can alert you before you head to the bathroom.
Source: CNET
Kit Kat Has A New Flavor: Lemon Crisphttps://www.delish.com/food-news/a30395899/kit-kats-lemon-crisp/
Those Two New Oreo Flavors Have Arrived
Back in the fall, wetold you abouttwo new Oreo flavors that would be launching this month and we’re happy to update you with news that they’re here. The cookie company promised they’d be releasing Coconut Caramel and Chocolate Marshmallow flavors by January 2020 and they’ve made good on it.
In anInstagram post, Oreo confirms their arrival and that these flavors are limited edition, writing, “So once they’re gone, they’re gone!”
Source:CNN
STUDY: People Who Second-Guess Selves Make Worse Decisions
We’ve been told to "trust our gut" in everything from our career to our love lives,but really,is there any proof behind to this advice that’s so old our Great Grandparents were telling our Grandparents it back in the day?
Turns out there is!A trio of British economists put theirguts together, ran some tests, and found that people who second-guess themselves make considerably worse decisions than those who stick with their first instinct.
How did they reach this conclusion?They studied the biggest gut-reliant industry there is:gambling. They gathered the data from 150 people on a sports betting site and studied how these gamblers predicted the scores for soccer matches.
Users were allowed to enter predictions and revise their scores up to the minute the game started. The revised forecasts were about 17% less accurate than those that never changed. In other words, if you’re feeling like putting all your money on red,put it all on red and leave it there.
- And if you need more reason to trust your gut, the researchers also pointed out the scores that were revisedafter a longer period of timewere considerably less accurate than those changed within a few minutes. Basically, the longer you think about something, the more you over analyze, and the more wrong you’ll end up being.
Source:Greenwich Time