“In the mid-1980s, researchers at Fairfield University demonstrated that people increased their rate of chewing by almost a third when listening to faster, louder music, accelerating from 3.83 bites a minute to 4.4 bites a minute,” George Prochnik at The Daily Beast points out.
A 2008 study in France further found that when music decibels are amped up, men not only consumed more drinks but consumed them in less time.
” —Restaurants’ table turnover tricks boost business - CNN.comBlonde-haired women, who are often stereotyped as carefree and ditsy, earn seven per cent more than women with hair of other colours, researchers claim.
And in addition to their preferential pay packets blondes also marry wealthier men, who earn an average of six per cent more than the husbands of other women.
A study in the journal Economics Letters reported that having blonde hair boosts pay by £1,600 a year for a woman earning £22,000 a year – the average salary in Britain.
” —Blondes paid more than other women - TelegraphHis harsh treatment of both the ideas of, as well as the people of, the original Mac team led them to buy Steve a special red rubber stamp that said, THIS IS S___! so he could just stamp each page of their design submissions, instead of having to wear out his hand writing. [Underline substitutions are mine.]
Rumor has it that Steve has been throwing away entire design approaches for the iPad since before the advent of the iPhone. Thats what he does best, and it harkens back to his fearlessness: Hes never been afraid to make those around him utterly miserable if it will eventually result in the right product.
” —Mac & the iPad