Grist List
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These are the saddest school lunches we’ve ever seen
The best you can say about this, really, is that the decent school lunch food is about equivalent to decent fast food. The rest is even worse.
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Having a potted plant in the office makes you work harder
When you put flowers and plants at people's desks, they do better at cognitive tasks.
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Disaster housing made from water bottles solves two needs at once
The only catch is that disaster refugees will have to drink a lot of water, fast, if they want a roof over their heads.
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Buy Sarah Palin’s SUV for a mere $10,000
You can’t drive John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign into a ditch, but here's the next best thing!
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Dad arrested after trying to pick kids up from school on foot instead of in a car
Apparently kids can be released to parents in cars or can take the bus home, but they are not allowed to walk home with their parents. Wha?!
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Cyclists are “longing” to be hit by cars, says wackadoo British politician
You have to be a special brand of irrational to think any cyclist WANTS to get hurt.
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Spicy Cheetos are sending kids to the emergency room
Kids are eating enough Flamin' Hot Crunchy Cheetos to develop Inflamin' Hot Crunchy Stomach Lining.
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Vancouver is making doorknobs illegal
Vancouver is phasing out doorknobs in favor of easier-to-use levers, to make the city more accessible.
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The week in GIFs: Mean Girls edition
Every day is a good day for Mean Girls GIFs.