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In case you're wondering, that hard-workin' man of yours who needs his weekend fishing trips and Vegas vacations with the boys actually spends 30 minutes a day more on leisure than you.

Surprise! You're the one in dire need of a vacation.

According a new international survey, men spend more time watching TV, hanging with their buds, playing sports and pursuing hobbies than their female counterparts -- particularly in wealthy countries like Britain, France, Italy and America.

Unlike previous surveys, this one didn't take into account the ways in which women spend their leisure time differently than men, but researchers suggested that the discrepancy was due to women spending a larger portion of their free time caring for children. Hey, what's that sound? Could it be a collective teeth gnashing as women everywhere realize that in addition to all this funny business, men get paid more too?

Way to be, life-giving uterus, for dooming us to a fate of busting our chops longer and harder for even less money. AGH!

Would you rather be hit by a truck or be overweight? According to a new study, 54 percent of women would pick option A. (What's up, modern idea of beauty?) In addition to that lovely factoid, about 60 percent of female college students are "disordered eaters," which means they use food to deal with emotional issues and could be well on their way to full-blown anorexia or bulimia. So disturbing ... better have a bowl of ice cream to cope. (Newsleader)

According to new research on old shipwrecks, men adapt a "women and children first" mentality ... if they have time. Women were far more likely to survive on the Titanic, which took three hours to sink, than the Lusitania, which took 18 minutes. Of course, this was the turn of the century. We feel like Today's Man would scream, "But you insisted on paying for dinnerrrr!!!!" as he rushed the lifeboats. What do you think: Would men in 2010 save themselves first? (NYTimes)

Oh, those wacky atheists, always riling up good Christian folk with their anti-God this and handing-out-porn that. A group called Atheist Agenda at the University of Texas in San Antonio is giving away pornography in exchange for scripture as part of their Smut for Smut campaign, since they think the two are basically interchangeable. Did we mention this is in Texas? This should end well for all parties involved. (Canoe.TV)

Apparently there are worse things an ex can do than send prank pizzas to your door and drunk dial you every other day -- for example, hijack your Facebook and demand cash for its safe return.

This is exactly what Paul Franco of Queens, N.Y., did. Ol' Crazy Paul (as we've nicknamed him), has been charged with coercion and harassment of his ex-girlfriend, Jessica Zamora-Anderson, after demanding cash from her in exchange for her Facebook page, which he had hijacked. In addition to changing the password for her account, he has also changed her sexual preference to gay and harassed her family and friends as "her."

To make matters even crazier, Franco is doing all of this (in addition to releasing a sex tape Jessica never knew existed) for the amount of money it takes to get his car out of impound, around $575. So "small-time extortionist" can now make its way toward the top of our most ridiculous exes ever list.

If you thought camera phones were only good for taking pictures of the inside of your pocket, think again. A British construction worker managed to (seemingly) take a picture of a ghost with his camera. If that's not spooky enough, it's a ghost of the "dandified old-timey little boy" variety, and the picture was taken to record the progress of the demolition of an old haunted school. (The Sun)

An Ohio man built a snow castle, complete with spires, to propose to his girlfriend. He also filled the place with rose petals and (presumably) well-chilled wine, and was considerate enough to throw in a space heater for good measure. Because nothing says "Be my wife" quite like the possibility of dying in a freak snow-castle electrical fire caused by melting snow bricks and extension cords. Swoon. (Yahoo!)

Perhaps Focker was right. Maybe you can milk a cat. This squirrel is doing a pretty good job of it anyway.

The little red squirrel was found injured in a local park and rescued. The family who found him was wondering how they would feed him, when their cat, Tita, stepped up to the plate. After all, she does have nipples.

As you can see, the little squirrel has so adapted to family life that he even plays with his kitten "brother" and snuggles with his cat "mum."

Excuse us. We have something in both our eyes.