Forget happiness, the in-crowd is being moved to tears by a new wave of super cool misery clubs, which give visitors (with the help of a pile of chopped onions) the chance to weep away their woes.
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Misery Clubs All the Rage in England
More Men Becoming ‘Stay at Home Dads’
According to the US Census Bureau, there are 159,000 stay-at-home fathers currently in the United States, a more than three-fold increase from 1996 when they numbered 49,000.
A New Way To Relax – The Beer Spa
A spa –believed to be the world’s first beer health center– has opened in the cellar of a family brewery in the Czech Republic.
Conversion Rates Low on E-Commerce Sites
Online merchants convert an average of 2%-3% of their site visitors into buyers, according to the e-tailing group’s "Sixth Annual Merchant Survey."
Cool Scrabble Funiture
At the Bloomberg offices in London, employees can leave each other messages using these Scrabble cushions, designed by Stephen Reed Industrial Design and Alistair Willmott.
Coke And Pepsi Used As Pesticides
In India, Coke and Pepsi are used as pesticides as they cost significantly less.
Major New Barrier Between East and West
A crack in concrete above the main Glenwood Canyon tunnel on Interstate 70 in Colorado is growing wider and worse than expected and will force multimillion-dollar repairs while the tunnel is closed all summer.
Largest Construction Project in the US
The first phase of MGM MIRAGE’s CityCenter, a gargantuan $7 billion, 66 acre project, is under construction on the Las Vegas Strip between Bellagio and Monte Carlo.
More Women Than Men Online
Females now constitute an undeniable majority of the US Internet population.
