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If your New Year's resolution is to live longer, listen up. If not, listen up anyway so you can sound smart at bingo this weekend.

A new research study found that staying hydrated likely helps you live longer!

The study looked at 11,255 adults over 30 years and observed links between serum sodium levels (a proxy for hydration) and 15 health markers, including blood pressure, blood sugar, and cholesterol.

Results were clear - adults with higher serum sodium (i.e., those less hydrated) had a 10 to 15 percent greater chance of being biologically older than their chronological age. Plus, participants that aged more quickly had a 64 percent higher risk for developing chronic diseases like stroke, heart failure, lung disease, dementia, and diabetes.

“The results suggest that proper hydration may slow down aging and prolong a disease-free life,” said Natalia Dmitrieva, study author and researcher at the NIH’s Laboratory of Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine.

So how much water does it take to live to 100?!

The scientific community hasn't achieved consensus here, but most experts recommend women consume 6 to 9 cups of fluids per day and men drink 8 to 12 cups.

When most folks hear the words "wet sheets," they're transported back in time to that unfortunate moment at summer camp involving too much Gatorade and a weak bladder.

Or perhaps that's just me...

Any who, it's apparently a savvy move to take your sheets out of the dryer while they’re still just barely moist, and to put them on your bed before they 100% dry.

Once your sheets are on your bed, turn on your bedroom fan (if you have one) and keep your comforter separate for an hour or two as final moisture evaporates. Then toss your comforter on top.

Apparently, this makes for fantastically "crisp" sheets with zero wrinkles.

Or you can just deal with a few wrinkles. That's cool too.

1. History’s most successful criminals will never go down in history.
2. Holes aren’t a thing. They are the non-existence of a thing. Holes don’t exist.
3. With eggs being so expensive, that weird person on your street that has their own chickens is finally vindicated.
4. The only reason monsters don't exist is because when we discover a real monster we call it an animal.
5. Placebos are pharmaceutical gaslighting.

Robert Louis Stevenson: “Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant."

Today I learned that the wristwatch was originally worn only by women. It was accepted as a men's accessory over a century later due to the need for efficient, one-handed timekeeping by pilots and soldiers. (more here)

boondoggle [ boon-dog-uhl ] - noun
work or activity that is wasteful or pointless but gives the appearance of having value
They wrote off the cold fusion phenomenon as a boondoggle.

Q: Which continent is closest to Antarctica: South America, Australia, or Africa?
A: (see below next section)