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Good Looking People Are More Selfish — Study

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 10:16:10 +0000

Attractive people are less likely to cooperate with others, and more likely to focus on their own interest, according to a new study

Spanish researchers had volunteers participate in “Prisoner’s Dilemma“-type games and found that those with the most symmetrical facial features generally took the selfish option, whereas less symmetrically-faced folks tended to cooperate for the greater good.

Angry Citizens Wear Diapers in Spanish Protests [VIDEO]

Wendy Gould — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:30:03 +0000

Wearing adult-sized diapers may be a strange way to voice your disapproval, but the infant-inspired getup will definitely get you noticed.

At least it did for a group in Valencia, Spain who continue raising their voices against social spending cuts and austerity measures put in place by the government there.

Man Hides in Suitcase in Order to Steal From Luggage

Amory Gritta — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:00:30 +0000

Getting a conviction is in the bag.

That may be what prosecutors in Spain are thinking after a man was arrested for theft by worming his body into a suitcase that was loaded onto an airport bus just so he could squeeze back out and steal from other luggage.

US Named Funniest Country; Germany Named Least Funny

Amory Gritta — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 11:00:30 +0000

Maybe we should work on exporting some knock-knock jokes.

The US has been named the funniest country in a Badoo.com survey of 30,000 people from 15 nations around the globe, while Germany - long known for its poor sense of humor - kept up the stereotype by finishing at the bottom.

Spanish Man Claims Family Invented Coca-Cola

Amory Gritta — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 14:00:34 +0000

You can’t beat the real thing, but you can take credit for inventing it. A man in the small Spanish town of Ayelo is taking credit for Coca-Cola, claiming his family is responsible for creating the world’s most popular soft drink. Seventy-two-year-old JuanJo Mica runs his family’s distillery, originally known as Cola Coca, which features [...]