October 3, 2023

 Trying to earn rewards points or cash back by paying your rent using a credit card could be more expensive than you think. Putting your rent payment on plastic increases the risk of ballooning debt if you don’t pay the entire card balance each month and landlords can charge a service fee for using a card. And that rent payment may be late unless you allow time for the credit charge to clear before the due date. Source Link_

What causes the dreaded “brain freeze” when you eat something cold too fast? The sudden exposure to cold triggers blood vessels in your mouth to rapidly narrow and widen, sending pain signals through nerves in the head and face. Eating that ice cream or milkshake more slowly can prevent brain freeze but if it happens, press your tongue to the roof of your mouth to warm it up. Source Link_

This is promising news if you’re a person who’s always anxious about making a good first impression. Testing found that most people in first meetings underestimate how much the other person liked them. The so-called “liking gap” is important because being over-critical might stop you from wanting to make a new friend. Source Link