From CBC.ca:

If you have trouble falling asleep at the end of the day, you might want to try this simple trick: wear sunglasses at night.

You don't have to take Corey Hart's word for it. According to sleep researcher Glenn Landry, too much light exposure at night can interfere with the body's circadian clock.

"We have artificial sources of light available to us 24 hours a day," said Landry, who studies sleep as a postdoctoral research fellow at UBC's Aging, Mobility, and Cognitive Neuroscience Lab. 

"We've got our laptops with us, and we're doing email and we're watching TV late at night. And so we're getting light at night [which] impacts our circadian rhythms, our daily biological rhythms."

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From Metro.co.uk:

An 80-year-old woman said she felt like a prisoner in her own home after she was attacked repeatedly by a flock of seagulls.

Barbara Cox was targeted by the birds while putting her washing out with one gripping her leg and another gouging at it.

Police said they couldn’t help and after three days she finally made a dash for it to go to A&E to get the leg treated.

From PRNewswire.com

1. Couples chatted for more than one week before going on a first date.

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From Telegraph.co.uk:

Cuddling a kitten may always make you feel better - but it could be dangerous to your health, according to experts.

Doctors from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the US conducted a large-scale survey of the cat-borne bacterial disease cat scratch fever.

They found the scope and impact of the potentially deadly disease was larger than they thought.

The disease causes fever, pustules and in extreme cases, the complications from the illness can cause death.

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From Buzzfeed.com:

“He knows how stressed we are with school, sports, work, and life in general, so he gave us the paper to help us, and just to have in case we are stressed,” she said.

The list is a mix of specific and ideological “tips.”

For example, number 39 is “Have goals for yourself,” number 54 is “Find support from others,” number 56 is “Do it today,” and number 83 is “Play patty-cake with a toddler.”

Phillips concludes the list with number 101: “Freely praise other people.”

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From DailyCommercial.com:

CLERMONT – A woman was arrested Tuesday after she claimed she was kidnapped at gunpoint but later admitted she concocted the story to get her boyfriend's attention.

Janet Elena Brooks, 22, of Clermont was charged with filing a false report with law enforcement. She was released from the Lake County Jail after she posted a $2,000 bond.

According to an arrest affidavit, Brooks reported to Lake and Polk County sheriff’s offices on Saturday that she had been abducted by a man at gunpoint while walking in the parking lot of a Four Corners apartment complex in the Clermont area and forced into the trunk of his black Kia, then was dropped off at a dog park in Polk County.

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From TheSun.co.uk
 

Loud slurping from a cup of tea, a self-service till’s ‘unexpected item in bagging area’ and the constant pinging of mobile phones also appeared high on the list, along with power drills and phone keypad beeps.

It also emerged that silence really is golden for 84 per cent of Brits, who say they spend less than ten minutes a day enjoying real peace and quiet.

And on average Brits would pay over £310 for just ONE HOUR of silence, if they couldn’t get it any other way.

A spokesperson from home appliance manufacturer, Whirlpool, which commissioned the study to mark the first National Quiet Day, said: “Noise irritation is one of the biggest bugbears of modern life, and incredibly the majority happen within our own homes, and it’s something that can arise at any time.”

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From Time.com:

The editors at the Oxford English Dictionary typically wait and watch for years before giving new words a chance to be included in their hallowed pages. So when those editors decide to add the likes of squee — Internet slang expressing delight or excitement — you know there is nothing willy-nilly (or shilly-shally) about it. That term, like hundreds of others going live on Monday, has been weighed, measured and determined to be a notable event in the history of the English language, silly as it may sound.

Beyond squee (which the editors date back to an online discussion about Ewoks in 1998), many of the most interesting additions speak to the Internet’s influence on English. Take regionalisms like ‘Merica and fuhgeddaboudit.

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From CNN.com:

You might want to chase that next beer with a little exercise. Exercising the recommended amount "cancels out" the higher risk of cancer death brought about by drinking, a new study revealed. Similarly, physical activity lessened any greater risk of death resulting from any cause due to alcohol.

From KansasCity.com

A 70-year-old man charged with robbing a Kansas City, Kan., bank said he did it because he preferred a jail cell over living with his wife.

Lawrence John Ripple is charged in federal court with the Friday afternoon robbery of the Bank of Labor at 756 Minnesota Ave.

According to court documents, Ripple handed a teller a note that read, “I have a gun, give me money.”

The teller complied.

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From news.com.au:

A new Galaxy Research study of Australian breakfast habits uncovered some unlikely results. It turns out that more than half a million Australians are already going green by teaming vegetables and cereal, such as zucchini and oats (aka zoats) in their brekkie bowl each day.

The research points to a shift towards a savoury cereal bowl, with just over half a million Australians also adding spreads like nut butters to their cereal and almost a million adding herbs and spices.

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From MarketWatch.com:

When you want quinoa at a restaurant, do you whisper your order for fear of mispronouncing it? When you find a bunch of peonies at the florist, do you simply point to the flowers so you don’t stumble over their pronunciation?

If so, you’re not alone: Quinoa and peony are among the words that Americans struggle most to pronounce, according to an analysis done by Dictionary.com. To develop this list, the website examined internal data on the number of audio plays for pronunciation that each word receives, as well as lexicographer research.

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From PRNewswire.com:

NEW YORK, Sept. 1, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- As a new school year begins, the coveted first day is just one of many "firsts" kids may be facing over the next year. But should a seventh grader be doing the same things as a senior in high school? Whether it's getting a car for the first time or going to see an R rated movie, everyone has an idea of what age these first-time activities are deemed appropriate for kids. A recent Harris Poll asked American adults and teens to weigh in on when it's proper for a kid to do certain things. They also dished on when they personally did each.

When it comes to wearing makeup, Americans – on average – say a kid should be nearly 15 years old (14.8). Similarly, Americans were 14.7, on average, when they began wearing makeup for the first time. Teens, however, have a different perspective and say they started at 13 – a significantly lower age than their adult counterparts. This could explain why 8 in 10 Americans (81%) say parents today let their kids wear makeup way too young.

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From TheGardian.com

One in five mothers feels “namer’s remorse” and would pick another name for their child if they had the choice, according to a survey before this week’s annual announcement on baby names.

Names most frequently regretted were Charlotte, Amelia, Anne, Daniel, Jacob, James and Thomas.

Of the 245 mothers who regretted the names they gave their children, 12% “always knew it was the wrong choice”, 3% knew from the moment the child was born, 8% knew within a couple of days, 32% knew within the first six weeks and 23% began to regret their choice when their children first started nursery or school.

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From DailyMail.co.uk:

Parents typically spend more than £28,000 raising a teenager, with age 16 being the most expensive year, a report has found.

Excluding food and energy bills, families estimate the average cost of raising a son or daughter from age 13 to 19 is £28,767.

The figure given by insurer Aviva is higher than the average UK salary of £26,104.