What’s Brewing With Jen – Others Body Odor Calms Anxiety
See what was brewing with Jen Scordo today. Every day on The Best Show Ever Jen Scordo shares 3 recent weird and interesting news stories. Today that included others body odor could reduce your anxiety, Powerball winner buys 2nd mansion and a man broke into a daycare to steal diapers… Here are her stories from today.
Strangers Body Odor Could Calm Your Social Anxiety
A new study says that smelling other people’s body odor may help to reduce your own social anxiety. And by a large margin – almost 40%! The University of Oxford found that people that were exposed to sweat samples from complete strangers experienced a decrease in feelings of social anxiety by almost 40%. The study goes over how the calming effect could be due to evolution. Way back when, smelling the odor of others played a huge part in social situations, so there may be a calming effect when smelling strangers.
[Source – NY Post]
Billion Dollar Powerball Winner Buys 2nd Mansion
Remember the almost $2 billion dollar Powerball a while back? Well, Edwin Castro was the winner and he has started to spend all that money. He originally bought a $25 million dollar mansion in the Hollywood Hills. His 2nd mansion (that he bought 8 days after the 1st) cost only $4 million dollars and is close to the gas station in which he bought the winning ticket. $4 million dollars is only half of a percent of his lottery winnings.
[Source – KTLA.com]
Man Breaks Into Daycare To Steal Diapers, Leaves Cash
And finally, a man has been breaking into a daycare to steal diapers because he likes to pretend to be a baby. 65-year old Daniel Seeler has been arrested after breaking into a daycare several times. He leaves notes and $120 in cash, (he left $200 another time) but steals diapers. He asked in one of the notes if the daycare had adult sized diapers because he likes to dress up as a baby girl named Baby Danielle. The owner of the daycare installed cameras and obviously called the police, Seeler was arrested and admitted to all the crimes. He was charged with burglary and petit larceny. Seeler admitted that he’s working through an addiction.
[Source – News 4 San Antonio]
