October 4, 2013: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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- Coders ridicule Heathcare.gov.
- What is your most cherished Christmas memory? Knitted jumpers, overcooked Brussels sprouts, family arguments? Time to try Christmas in North Korea!
- By next June, Pyongyang will have Carmen Electra.
- Once the elixir of British kings, mead experiences a surge of popularity in the U.S.—it could be the next craft beer.
- Indian PM candidate ruffles religious officials by juxtaposing "heavenly purity with earthly uncleanness."
- Stunning artwork created entirely in MS Paint by a partially blind 98-year-old.
- New study claims the alleged power of eye contact is based on "lovey-dovey contexts" and not as effective as we think.
- J.D. Salinger almost became a meat and cheese importer, traveling Europe with "The Bacon King" for vocational training.
- The nitrogen in diesel kills honeybees' keen sense of smell, making them unable to recognize flowers.
- Hornets carry out 80% of the word's pollination, but giant tissue-destroying hornets in rural China have killed 42 and injured 1,640.
- A tick found throughout the eastern half of the U.S. renders its victims allergic to red meat and mammal products.
- Readers of literary fiction found to be more empathetic than readers of popular fiction or serious nonfiction.
- Short film of Paris, with all the people edited out.
- Horrific tales of Nazi women's role in the Holocaust.
- Eva Schloss, Anne Frank's sister: "How could I be jealous of Anna? I got married. I have a family."
- In Thailand, child boxers can make or break their parents' small fortune.
- My Bloody Valentine's Kevin Shields says Britpop was definitely maybe a government conspiracy.
