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I have heard of an advertisement of a burial service that began, “Seeing that many persons find it extremely difficult to bury themselves …” That is not my experience; I would have to say, “Seeing that many church members find it exceedingly easy to bury themselves.” We receive them into our number with…

Alison Birch, the owner of AJ’s Salon in Stroud, Gloucestershire needed a new hair stylist. In thinking of the qualities she desired in the new employee she advertised for “happy," part-time, fully qualified, stylist.” Within hours she was contacted by the Department for Work and Pensions about her discriminatory…

A Hong Kong business man set a record when he sold a downtown parking space for $969,000. The man owned four parking spaces in front of a 79-story office building known as The Center. He sold all of them for sums in the high six figures, but the last spot brought the highest price of $969,000. The buyer’s…

In his book, Bezonomics: How Amazon Is Changing Our Lives and What the World's Best Companies Are Learning from It, Brian Dumaine writes, “AIVA Technologies, a Luxembourg start-up, has created AI software that composes jazz, pop, and classical music that is being used in soundtracks for films, video…

In his book, Bezonomics: How Amazon Is Changing Our Lives and What the World's Best Companies Are Learning from It, Brian Dumaine recounts a trip Bezos took with his grandparents when he was 10 years old. He wrote, “His grandmother Mattie was a chain-smoker, and at that time the networks were running…

Officials at the Sierra Bible Camp in California confirmed that the camp was destroyed by the Dixie Fire in the summer of 2021. The camp averaged 2,200 visitors each summer and was founded in 1952. The camp advertised itself as a camp where youth could get to know more about the Savior and connect with…

Shana Becerra filed suit in federal court against Dr. Pepper because of deceptive advertising. Her claim stated that “She did not receive what she paid for.” Ms. Becerra claimed that after drinking Diet Dr Pepper for 13 years it has made no difference to her waistline. A three-judge panel of the 9th…

The AfroFuture Fest music festival in Detroit proposed to charge white people twice as much for a ticket as black people. “Calling it the People of Color ticket,” it was advertised for $10 while the “Non People of Color ticket” was $20. After objections from customers and performers, including biracial…

Over the last ten years the average price of Super bowl advertisements has doubled. Commercial time for Super Bowl LIII (53) sold for an average of $5.25 million for a 30 second ad, roughly $175,000 per second. If every 30 seconds is that valuable, then each day is potentially worth slightly more than…

Medical research charity, Harrison’s Fund, conducted an experiment to test whether people were more likely to donate money to help dogs or humans, and they concluded it’s the former. The researchers printed two advertisements. Both posed the question: “Would you give £5 to save Harrison from a slow,…

The quick eye of a Goodwill worker in southern New Jersey turned up a valuable piece of U.S. history. The worker saw that a donated frame contained pages of an original newspaper from 1774 with the iconic “Unite or Die” design in the masthead. The pages from the “Pennsylvania Journal and the Weekly Advertiser”…

A Texas student noticed a blank wall at his local McDonald’s restaurant and decided to cover the wall in a unique way. He and a friend created a false advertisement and hung it up, where it apparently was not noticed. The student, identified as Jevh M. said he thought he would boost Asian representation,…

A hospital in Barrie, Ontario has apologized for an advertisement on their parking garage gate for cancer patients. Cancer patients entering the cancer ward for treatment saw the ad for the funeral home. A patient with cancer needs to see and hear words that are uplifting, not an appeal for their service…

Trying to discover the best foods to eat for our health is not always easy. In the 18th century an Italian physician recommended ice cream as a food for different ailments. Later advertisements touted Ice Cream parlors as alternatives to saloons. In 1921 the Evening Missourian urged readers to eat ice…

“No Man’s Sky” was one of the most anticipated video games of 2016. However, when it hit the shelves it was met with devastating criticism from the gaming community. What was supposed to be the greatest game of the year turned out to be the greatest disappointment. On Steam, the gaming platform where…

The French government has banned an advertisement on TV that shows happy children with Down syndrome. The reason given for the ban is that the ad could “disturb the conscience of women who aborted Down syndrome babies.” Will Saletan, writing in Slate, comments; “You start banning hate speech, and pretty…

The city of Santa Teresa, New Mexico has pumped millions of dollars into the state’s economy. The border-crossing, port-of-entry has streets lined with warehouses filled with goods of every kind. The city remains unincorporated, and though there are plenty of buildings, the city lacks shops, cafes, gas…

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a device that can detect a person’s feelings by bouncing wireless signals off their body. Researchers claim the technology is nearly 87 percent accurate, using a measure of heartbeats to recognize sadness, anger, pleasure, joy and…

The Great Courses offers audio and video courses on a great variety of subjects. One that is offered, taught by Professor Bart D. Ehrman from the University of North Carolina, is all about Jesus, but named How Jesus Became God. The first lesson is “Jesus—The Man Who Became God.” The professor has it…

Kynan Eng is president of a computer company that uses computers and brain research to help people live better lives. Eng wanted to use his expertise to respond to online questions about the intersection of neuroscience and human-computer interaction. When we went to Quora, he found himself distracted…

When Greg Carlson’s Las Vegas taco shop was burglarized, he deiced to turn the footage into a television commercial. Security footage shows three men breaking into the closed restaurant and ransacking it, looking for cash or other valuables. Carlson was alerted by an alarm system, and found the glass…

British supermarket Tesco want to help customers get into the holiday spirit. This year, they are adding a unique position. The company plans to hire a person whose sole job will be to untangle Christmas lights. The job listing says the position requires a person who is genuinely passionate about Christmas…

A piece of space history that was thought to have been destroyed resurfaced and will be recovered. According to an article in the online magazine Motherboard, NASA officials believed the prototype lunar rover, built in 1965 had been scrapped. The next day, a classified ad showed up in an Alabama newspaper…

Smart Phones keep track of a lot of information about the people who use them. Now, a Spanish wireless company says they have devised a way to measure a person’s boredom level using several easily checked factors. Researchers for the company had 54 participants install an app that monitored phone statistics…

Manuel Reija is a convenience store clerk in La Coruna, Spain. He found a lottery ticket on his counter and before throwing it away he checked the numbers. He discovered it was a $6.3 million winner. “I was standing up, but I had to sit down. I almost broke the chair, I was so flustered,” Reija told…