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Winning isn’t everything. A sweeping study examining nearly 14 million home sales across 30 states over the past two decades found that homebuyers who triumph in bidding wars — those who get that house they so badly want — often face a costly downside. According to the research reported in Fortune, those who pay above asking price — a hallmark of competitive offers — tend to overpay by roughly 8% and later see ... Read more

This is not what they meant by “standing on business.” A male passenger who paid a premium price for an exit row seat with extra legroom was appalled after an oblivious family invaded his space for the duration of his flight. He detailed this bizarre flightmare in a viral post on the Dull Men’s Fun Club page on Facebook. The passenger had reportedly been flying across Europe with his sister and niece. They had ... Read more

Where’s the beef? The better question may be what’s in the beef. What’s believed to be the world’s oldest McDonald’s Quarter Pounder is about to celebrate a milestone birthday. Casey Dean and Eduards Nits purchased the Quarter Pounder — since dubbed the “Senior Burger” by its keepers — from a Golden Arches location in Australia back in 1995, and this November, the old burger turns ... Read more

Anthony Hopkins is disputing his wife Stella Arroyave’s belief that he has autism. “I’m obsessed with numbers. I’m obsessed with detail. I like everything in order. And memorizing,” the Oscar winner, 87, told the Sunday Times in an interview published Saturday “Stella looked it up and she said, ‘You must be Asperger’s,'” he said about his wife of over 20 years. “I didn’t know what the hell she was ... Read more