Sleep and Obesity

Researchers believe that not getting sufficient sleep can result in a person becoming overweight or obese. Reportedly, people who get less than seven hours of sleep per night are likely to be obese or overweight. This is so because lack of sleep affects the balance of the hormones ghrelin and leptin which play an important role in regulating one's appetite. If you want to lose weight, better get a good night sleep in your sleep number bed.

source: http://longevity.about.com/od/lifelongenergy/tp/healthy_sleep.htm

Furniture from Old Car Parts

Looking for a discount furniture to replace your old chairs at home? Why not go eco friendly and recycle some old unused stuff in your garage instead? You'll not only get rid of old trash, you might even help make this world a greener place. Check these pictures from Fun Safari for inspiration. These are furniture made out of old car parts:

Paganism and Halloween

Some people who celebrate halloween are christians and they even go to church but why do some religious groups insist that Halloween is a pagan practice? The history of halloween explains:

Halloween originated from the festival of the celtic pagans. The festival of Samhain, as it is called, and is celebrated every 31st of October is the time when the ancient celts believed that the dead become dangerous for the living causing sickness and damaged crops.

One of the features of the Samhain festival that modern halloween still observes is the wearing of mask and costumes. Today, sales of children and even of lingerie costume boost up before the Halloween celebration.

Indian Woman Becomes First Time Mother at Age 70

Rajo Devi, a 70 year old Indian woman, delivered her first baby on November 28, 2008 making her the world's oldest mother. Rajo Devi reached menopause at the age of fifty but successfully gave birth to a baby girl at age 70 via in vitro fertilization. IVF now makes it possible for childless couples to have children even in their old age.

If a 70 year old can still give birth to her first child, who says Solo Slim is only for the young?

The Man who Married 29 Times

Glynn Wolfe holds the record as the world's most married man having been married 29 times. Wolfe, who has a baptist minister who lived in California, last married the world's most married woman Linda Essex as a publicity stunt. They spent a week together before parting ways.

According to Wolfe's son John Glenn Wolfe, his father married so often "because he was against living in sin and was picky and stubborn". He even divorced a wife for merely eating sunflower seeds in bed.

Glynn Wolfe died in 1997.

Above: Wolfe with one of his brides, Sherry.

Imagine being divorced for forgetting to clean up spring plungers in your home.

Most Married Woman in the World

If you are awed by the number of times actress Elizabeth Taylor married in her lifetime, you better meet 68 year old Linda Wolfe who married 23 times. Wolfe, who was born Linda Lou Taylor first married at the age of 16. She was last married to Glynn Wolfe who also happened to be the world's most married man. After Glynn Wolfe's death, the most married woman in the world who currently lives in a retirement home says she is on the lookout for husband number 24. Watch the video:




Care to give a Patek Philippe to whoever becomes Linda Wolfe's 24th husband?