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An anti-date rape straw has been invented in Israel.

Date rape drugs, for those who don’t know, are any drugs that can render someone unconscious, generally those that can be dissolved in liquid and for the intention of nonconsensual sex. A straw has been developed in Israel by Fernando Patolsky and Michal Ioffe that attempts to combat this. 

Currently, the straw can detect the two most popular date rape drugs, and in time it will be further developed to detect more types of drugs. The straw is fast acting and reusable. Right now, the inventors are looking for people to invest in its development so that it can be cheaply mass-produced to help combat the frequency of date rape. 

The straw works by mixing a tiny sample of the drink with a testing solution that causes a chemical reaction. If there’s a date rape drug in the drink, the drink becomes cloudy or colored. With any luck, this will become a very popular and very available device. Hopefully, it can make a noticeable change to the fact that one in six women will be sexually assaulted. 

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A third of all divorce filings in 2011 contained the word "Facebook”

Information on Facebook is becoming a major factor in marriage conflicts and is increasingly being used as a source of evidence in divorce cases. In 2011, Facebook was cited as a reason for a third of divorces (Divorce-Online). 

The most common reasons Divorce-Online found cited as evidence were; inappropriate messages to members of the opposite sex, separated spouses posting nasty comments about each other, and facebook friends reporting spouse’s behavior.

The greater availability of information online through social media has created a variety of problems for relationships at every level. Conflict caused by embarrassment, jealousy, false assumptions, and stalker-like behavior, are some of the social disasters that can result from the misuse of social media. Check out this article for more information and how to avoid the major issues social media causes relationships.

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A Sperm Donor Fathered Hundreds of Children

In college, most people just get a part-time job at Star-bucks to make some extra cash. But, University of Utah student Chase Kimball, known as 007, consistently donated his sperm at a price of $20 to infertile couples. At one point the clinic told him, “You’ve got too many kids locally and we can only use your sperm if someone orders it from outside the state.” He deduced that during 1970-1980, it is likely that he fathered “hundreds of children.” 

This story along with movies like “The Switch” and “The Kids are Alright” may seem funny, but they actually bring light to the shaded nature of the sperm donation industry. Up until now, donation has mainly been a secret and often unsafe practice. In fact, some studies have shown that the children of sperm donation were more troubled and depression-prone that most young adults. 

There have been calls to regulate the industry by ensuring that there are no more than 10 kids from the same donor in one area, testing donors, and monitoring both donor’s and children’s medical records. Kimball is now a 56-year old lawyer in New York City. 

He has reunited with some of his children, and received mixed results. While he identified with one of his teenage off-springs, the other one called him a “scam artist” and a “sleazoid.” Remembering his younger days, Kimball said; "For a long time, whenever I'd see crowds of children, I would look intently and wonder if one of these children was mine." 

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What computer part do you use everyday that was designed to make you fail?

In some states, a person can sue their spouse’s lover for ruining their marriage!

Seven states have an “alienation of affection” law in the U.S. The law basically says that a spouse can sue a third party for claiming to interfere with their marriage due to infidelity. Most of the states that have this ancient law won’t change the law, because the legislature doesn’t want to be known for legalizing adultery. 

The law originally was created when wives were seen as property. If a man took her from her husband, the husband could sue for loss of property through the alienation of affection law. Today, both men and women exercise the law. 

However, if taken to court, the people involved have to be ready for all their dirty laundry to be displayed. It can be extremely humiliating for all parties. In 2010, Cynthia Shackelford of North Carolina won a $9 million lawsuit against Anne Lundquist, her husband’s mistress under the alienation of affection law. She stated that she did it to send a message to other women to think before trying anything with a married man and ruining his family. 

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