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Trivial Conversations May Contribute to Depression

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Our happy hour fact to amaze your drinking buddies with. People who engage in idle chitchat are more unhappy than those who have profound conversations. Researchers bugged a group of volunteers with hidden recording devices and listened in on all ... Read more

 

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Gorillas May Eat Monkeys

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Our happy hour fact to amaze your drinking buddy with.There is new evidence that gorillas occasionally feast on their primate cousins.Gorillas are herbivores in their natural habitat, yet will sometimes eat meat when in captivity. However, ... Read more

 

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No Consensus on What 'Having Sex' Means

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Our happy hour fact to amaze your drinking buddies with. According to a new survey, the definition of "sex" is all over the place. The Kinsey Institute asked about 500 adults between the ages of 18 and 96 if any of 14 different intimate activities ... Read more

 

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Attractive Women Cause Injuries

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Our happy hour fact to amaze your drinking buddies with. In their efforts to impress attractive females, males take unnecessarily dangerous physical risks. Australian researchers had men observe a group of male skateboarders performing tricks in a ... Read more

 

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Most Cohabiting Couples Eventually Marry

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Our happy hour fact to amaze your drinking buddies with.Although more and more couples have been living together without being married, this hasn't necessarily come at the expense of marriage.Researchers, who analyzed the 2002 National Survey ... Read more

 

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Dim Lighting Causes Shady Behavior

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Our happy hour fact to amaze your drinking buddies with.Turning the lights low makes people less generous and more dishonest.In one experiment students in both dimly and well lit rooms were given a test. They were told that they would be ... Read more

 

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Intelligent Men Are More Sexually Faithful

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Our happy hour fact to amaze your drinking buddies with.The higher a man's I.Q., the more likely he is to practice sexual exclusivity.Using a pair of massive general surveys of the American population -- the National Longitudinal Study of ... Read more

 

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Women Like Their Men Narcissistic, Deceitful and Dangerous

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Our happy hour fact to amaze your drinking buddies with.Women prefer men with a "dark triad" of personality traits: narcissism, thrill-seeking and deceitfulness.In a recent study, researchers gave male college students personality tests and ... Read more

 

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Olympians Are Better Off Winning Bronze Than Silver

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Our happy hour fact to amaze your drinking buddies with.Bronze medals lead to more happiness than silvers.Researchers analyzed the reaction of Olympic athletes after they were awarded a medal. Interestingly, bronze medalists were more ... Read more

 

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'Millennials' Are by Far the Most Tattooed Generation

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Our happy hour fact to amaze your drinking buddies with. 18-to-29-year-olds (aka "millennials" or "Generation Y") lead the nation in getting tattoos. According to a survey by the Pew Research Center, 38 percent of "millennials" have at least one ... Read more

 

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