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Russian Teacher Orders Students to Take a Bizarre 23-Hour Exam

Shauna Wright — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 11:43:04 +0000

Final exams are never fun, but for one university class in Russia, their test was particularly bad.

Not only did the instructor treat the class as her own personal happy hour, she also made it an impromptu sleepover.

If You're an American, There's a Good Chance You Would Fail a Citizenship Test

Amy Sciarretto — Wed, 09 May 2012 13:03:12 +0000

Nearly a third of Americans would get a big fat “F” on a citizenship test, according to a new study. The lack of knowledge mostly pertains to civics questions. The Center for the American Dream at Xavier University came up these findings via a survey that posed 10 random questions from the actual citizenship exam [...]

iPads Survive 1,300-Feet Drop With Heavy-Duty G-Form Cases [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:00:59 +0000

One of the first things most people do when they get a smartphone or iPad is buy a case to protect it from accidental drops. Cases themselves range from purely decorative to nearly hardhat-industrial — and now one iPad case manufacturer, G-Form, has put its products to the ultimate test.