Friday Fun Facts

• According to a study from the University of Iowa, playing brain-teasing games for just two hours a week may help slow the degree of mental decay.(Source)
• A San Francisco Highway Patrol Officer, called Kevin Briggs, has talked around 200 people out of suicide on the Golden Gate Bridge since 1994. (Source)
• There is a 51% chance that a flipped coin will land on the side that was facing up when it was flipped. (Source)
• Make sure your boss sees this one: Sleeping on the job is acceptable in Japan, as it is seen as exhaustion from working too hard. (Source)
• According to the Vatican, Catholics can reduce their time in purgatory by following the Pope on Twitter. (Source)
• The Mosque of Paris helped Jews escape the Nazis by giving them Muslim IDs during WWII. (Source)

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