Microwaved urine a hot seller
Recreational drug users have long tried to beat drug tests by using other people's urine, but authorities say that nowadays synthetic urine is being used to evade workplace testing instead. Instructions on one brand suggested users microwave it to achieve body temperature. Mississippi consequently enacted a bill called the "Urine Trouble Act", drawing snickers and groans in the State House. But its sponsors and others said that the jokey name belies a real problem: Truck drivers, people who operate heavy machinery and others can use the synthetic liquid to easily thwart a drug test, potentially creating public risks. One politician pointed to instructions on a bottle of fake urine that told users to microwave it to achieve body temperature. He said the substance has been a "hot seller" in truck stops statewide. (Via Boingboing.com)
Good news for overweight men
Why is it a rule that men should always do up the middle button of a three-button blazer but never the bottom button? According to mentalfloss.com, the tradition goes back to King Edward VII, who as Prince of Wales was so overweight that he had to undo the bottom button of his waistcoat. It became a fashionable look, which has survived to this day.
