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STUDY: Cuteness Can Make You Live Longer

According to a new study published today in Hello Kitty magazine, viewing at least one hour of cuteness each day can lengthen your lifespan by up to five years.

“What we found was that there is a direct correlation between cuteness viewed and longevity,” said Dr. Elliott Bowman, the lead researcher for the study.  "We showed pictures of cute bunnies to lab rats and found that for the groups that were shown photos an hour or more each day, their life expectancy was raised by around 7% compared to the control group. That translates to approximately an extra five years in humans.“

Bowman said his team was able to replicate its findings with bunnies, who were shown mainly cute pictures of lab rats.  

Via Bobbydazzler83.

Cat Fired From IBM After Selling Secrets

According to numerous reports, a cat engineer working at IBM’s Buenos Aires, Argentina office was fired after allegedly selling secrets to a rival company.  The crooked cat is said to have sold high end mainframe designs to a company in China.

Lawyers for the cat deny any wrongdoing.  "Our client is innocent of all charges,“ said a representative of Berkowitz, Flitman and Grösch, who are representing the cat. "Yes, he sleeps on the job.  Yes, he gets fur in the keyboard.  Yes, he rarely meets a deadline.  A model employee he is not, but neither is he a law breaker.”

Via Clashloudly.

Anxious Cat Talked Down From Ledge

Authorities in Bangkok, Thailand spent three hours talking a frazzled cat down from a window ledge Wednesday morning.

“It was clear Sam wasn’t going to end it all,” says Allan Borja of the fragile feline. “He was just a little freaked out – unsure if he was going to land on his feet. We told him everything would be OK if he just came down slowly.”

Sources say Sam is now resting comfortably back home, though still a little shaken from the incident.

Via Bim Hoontrakul.

PHOTO OP: Cat Organizer

Via Malingering.