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“The bottom line is that we think being too focused can blind you to novel possibilities, and a broader, more flexible state of attention is needed for creative solutions to emerge,” says Professor Jennifer Wiley of the University of Illinois.
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Via: Gizmodo

This fellow here, Alex “Ace of Spades” Hope, managed to tally up a £203,948 tab at the Playground night club in Liverpool. Granted, £125,000 of that was for a single 30-liter bottle of champagne (though I don’t know if that makes it better or worse).
The tip? Only £18,540 – or roughly $3 Bumblejillion USD. What a cheapskate! Yeesh!
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Some guy tried to hold up a Rotterdam bar and ended up getting chased out by the unarmed patrons, who were probably more irritated that he interrupted their night than anything else.
Moral of the story: if you’re gonna rob a business in the Netherlands, you better have more than a little ol’ gun.

Back in Wheel of Fortune’s early days, on their extended dinner breaks it seems Pat Sajak and Vanna White would hit a Mexican place across from the studio and knock back margaritas until they’d “have trouble recognizing the alphabet.” We’d love to see some tapes of those episodes.
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Via: Grantland

As staggering as this receipt, confirmed authentic by a manager at the Cavalli Club, may be (it’s about $105,630 USD), apparently this club regularly sees tabs between $50K and $140K USD. There is some price-gouging going on here, though, that’s a $30+ USD cake.
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Via: Daily Mail

For the purposes of this survey, a binge drinker is defined as one who often consumes five or more drinks (for men) or four or more drinks (for women) in a short period of time. We salute Utah’s self-control, and shake our heads disapprovingly at Wisconsin’s debauchery.
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