Apparently there's science behind your obsession with "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go." A newly released meta-analysis of 26 previous studies found that singing, playing, and listening to music can all confer roughly the same mental health benefits as exercise.

The studies' findings ranged from gospel music mitigating risk of cardiovascular disease to choir participation reducing pain experienced by cancer survivors.

To be sure, an association between music and mental wellbeing has been demonstrated before. "The magnitude of music's positive association with health-related quality of life is [what was] unclear, particularly relative to established interventions, limiting inclusion of music interventions in health policy and care," write the researchers.

Because certain studies on exercise utilize the same mental health measurement instruments and criteria as studies on music, researchers were able to conduct a novel apples-to-apples impact comparison in this case, concluding that brain boosting benefits were "within the [same] range."

A few caveats underscored in the analysis:

• Exercise is still a good idea. While music yields the same range of mental health benefits as exercise, it can't replace other exercise-related benefits (like weight loss).
• Some people jam harder than others. While music's overall impact was undeniably positive, music's impact varied substantially across participants.
• Unclear if Elvis or Kanye is better. There is no "ideal" type of music, listening / singing duration, or context for engaging with music. You know what you like!

Long story short, Paul Rudd was right - slapping the bass is good for the soul.

Flossing is an important aspect of dental hygiene (and romantic success). But it’s annoying. It makes your gums bleed, cuts off finger circulation, and requires you to put your hands in your mouth – ick! Most of all, though, floss runs out too damn quick.

We recently stumbled upon a video where a guy fixes both the circulation AND run-out problems. Our minds were blown. And the video has only been viewed 9K times, which is a criminally low number.

Basically, this genius named Pierre discovered that if you wrap floss around 2 spare keyrings, you can cut down on 2/3rds of your floss usage while also sparing your precious index fingers. Give the video a watch here!

1. Astronauts are celebrated, but no one cares about deep sea explorers.
2. The problem with meeting someone on his best behavior is it just gets worse from there.
3. The first tester to finish the final version of a game temporarily holds the world record.
4. Some people’s pets have seen them naked more than their significant other.
5. When you drink something expecting it to be water and it isn’t, it’s a bad experience 100% of the time.

Edgar Allen Poe: “Men have called me mad; but the question is not yet settled, whether madness is or is not the loftiest intelligence.”

Today I learned that before 2012, Pizza Hut was the largest purchaser of kale in the US, but they only used it as garnish for their salad bars. (more here)

elan [ ey-lahn ] - noun
energy, style, and enthusiasm
a rousing march, played with great elan

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