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To help amp up people for the Winter Olympics in Sochi, passengers at the Vystavochnaya station can get a free ride on the subway, in exchange for a little bit of exercise.

Turns out watching adrenaline-pumping horror films can burn up calories, which could help you lose weight as long as you don't pair the film with buttered popcorn.

Curling is the extremely rare Olympic sport that relies largely on self-policing. Historically seen as a gentleman’s game, curlers are expected to fess up their own errors.

Reebok came to an agreement with the Federal Trade Commission over the hyped-up claims that its EasyTone shoes could tone leg and butt muscles better than regular shoes.

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Anteaters are edentate animals. They make up for their lack of teeth with an extremely long tongue which they use to lap up the 35,000 insects they consume whole each day.

Microsoft is one-upping Nintendo's motion-sensitive controller by getting rid of the controller completely. The Kinect let's you play games using just your body.

According to one survey, there were as many as 138 million shoppers in queues and stores this Black Friday. The day of heavy discounts marks a release of pent-up consumer demand.

In the NFL, Western teams may hold an advantage over Eastern teams in night games. Typically, our energy tends to pick up around 6 p.m. But by 10, the sandman has started his siren song, and the players' energy flags.

Canny computer-makers are developing high-powered souped-up computers so they can mine the Bitcoins hidden in cyberspace and potentially make a small fortune.

Many parents are familiar with the trick of sneaking vegetables and other healthful stuff into their kids’ food. Turns out White House chefs were using similar tricks to whip up grub for noted junk food lover Bill Clinton.