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San Francisco ad agency Venables, Bell & Partners sent out protein-rich, party invitations ... Yes, handy replacement livers.

Opinion

Overheard in the office:
Co-worker: Oh crap. We're having a fire drill today? That sucks. It's too cold for that.
Drill Captain: Yes, I know ... but they are important. We need to do them at least twice a year.
Co-worker: How the hell are they important? Did you miss fire safety week at school? You don't know what to do if there is a fire? Well, here you go: take the stairs down to the lobby and go outside away from the fire. You'd probably still get into strangers' cars if they offered you candy.

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Did you know ... In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase, "Goodnight, sleep tight."

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According to tvtattles.com, the programme Crazy Housewives has debuted in China. Not only was Desperate Housewives sanitised for its premiere, but the drama's title was changed from "Desperate" to the Mandarin word for "crazy".

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Vicente Verez-Bencomo was slated to receive an award from the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, California, for his work in developing a low-cost vaccine for meningitis and pneumonia. He was also scheduled to speak at a Society for Glycobiology meeting in Boston. But Verez-Bencomo couldn't make the trip. The State Department said giving him a visa would be "detrimental to the interests of the United States". Verez-Bencomo is from Cuba. (Source: reason.com)