Commercial fish stocks in the UAE have fallen by 80% since 1978. Nearly 50% of the local population order hammour (an endangered species) at restaurants. It's fished at more than 7 times the quantity that is sustainable.
- Time Out Dubai

I'm in disbelief that the hotel I'm in (Marriott Copenhagen) told me that everything in the minibar is free and they'll replenish it daily.

The original LED deadmau5 head weighed 12lbs and cost US$100K.  The new one weighs 5 lbs and is wireless.

"People say I can’t be a vegan. But all Mario ate was flowers and mushrooms and look how big & strong he was. Plus he could spit fireballs."
- Arian Foster, considered the favorite this season to lead NFL in rushing yards

"Hello I'm Dr Pain, your new dentist"

My dentist for the last 4 years, Dr Hussein, has left the dental practice I go to in my neighborhood.  I went for a checkup and cleaning today and met my new dentist.  After hearing her name once when she told it to me and after reading it once on my file I still can't remember it.  Even if I could remember it, in my mind her name is Dr Pain.  She pressed the cleaning tool hard along my gumlines, on my gums, and even in the gaps between teeth where I thought only floss could fit.  Maybe it's because I was her last appointment before her lunch break and she was rushing.  I hope she's not always going to be like this.

It's better to come over willingly than wait till it's too late.  http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2012/aug/26/food-shortages-world-vegetarianism

How James Bond books a hotel room: http://youtu.be/Q7eHinI95rc

In the past 4 years around30 chateaux in Bordeaux have been bought by Chinese businesses and investors, and an estimated 20 deals are in the pipeline. - CNBC

Many of the qualities that define millennials are simply signs of youth.  Young people in the 1970s were also disloyal and rebellious. -- Kevin Coyne

The True Cost of Hamburgers (Video).  Uploaded this month. http://youtu.be/ut3URdEzlKQ

Have you wondered what has happened to your grip strength?  See this article on how antibacterial soaps can weaken muscle function: http://healthland.time.com/2012/08/15/freaky-clean-chemical-in-antibacterial-soap-weakens-muscle-function/?iid=hl-article-mostpop1

Carrots were originally grown in Afghanistan and were violet for centuries. On arrival in the Netherlands in the 17th century they were cultivated to be bright orange - an emblem for the struggle for Dutch Independence.

If urban and suburban households in the US, UK, Spain and Brazil swap beef for lentils once a week the emissions reductions is the equivalent of taking 3.7 million cars off the road for a year (Oxfam)

If a family of 4 swaps beef for lentils just 1 meal a week, they would save about 12½ Olympic-size swimming pools of fresh water over the course of a year (Oxfam)

To make one pound of honey, a bee colony must visit over two million flowers, flying over 55,000 miles, at up to 15 miles per hour to do so. 

Got Milk?  You don't need it.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/07/got-milk-you-dont-need-it/

Marketing Versus Reality: The Myth of the Organic Happy Cow
http://freefromharm.org/food-and-culture/marketing-versus-reality-the-myth-of-the-organic-happy-cow/
"Everybody says they want to know where their food comes from these days. But we won’t get it from product marketing."

A million cups of tea are drunk every minute of every day.
- from "Tea: A history of the drink that changed the world" by John Griffiths

The best predictor for whether a female answers yes to "would you consider sleeping with someone on the first date?" is whether they like the taste of beer (Psychology Today)

Dubstep is the very legitimate child of the three-way mating of Drum&Bass, Grime, and Triphop.