Puzzles and brain snacks

Do you know this? If you look at a clock and the time is 3:15, what is the angle between the hour and the minute Hands?   Which US president is credited with introducing French fries to America?   Where was Florence nightingale born?   What kind of person does […]

Canada’s Tolerance Misplaced

By Mahfooz Kanwar March 30, 2009 Canada’s Immigration Minister Jason Kenney is getting flak from the usual suspects, but he deserves praise instead. Recently, Kenney pointed out that while at a meeting in Toronto, members of Canada’s Pakistani community called on him to make Punjabi one of Canada’s official languages. […]

Brain Snacks

1 Your shoes are the first thing people subconsciously notice about you. Wear nice shoes. 2 If you sit for more than 11 hours a day, there’s a 50% chance you’ll die within the next 3 years. 3 There are at least 6 people in the world who look exactly […]

Reminding people of their religious belief system reduces hostility, study shows

sciencedaily.com: Few topics can prove more divisive than religion, with some insisting it promotes compassion, selflessness and generosity, and others arguing that it leads to intolerance, isolation and even violence. New research conducted at York University, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, may shed some light on religion’s […]