Read this and you'll look smart. You don't have to be intelligent to impress people -- you just have to fake it. Here's a daily list of fascinating articles that will wow your friends, surprise your co-workers and make you seem sharp at a cocktail party or over the lunch counter....
- A group of Spanish intellectuals is trying to thwart efforts to complete the world's most famous unfinished building. La Sagrada Familia is nearly 125 years old and has yet to be finished.
- The "Dinosaur Tree" species was believed to be extinct until a handful were found in an Australian valley in 1994. Seeds from the original trees -- the oldest fossil of which dates back 200 million years -- were harvested and the trees are being sold for Christmas.
- There's a greater liklihood that a woman will keep her favorite negligee than her hubby , a new study found. According to the research, an item of clothing in a woman's closet has a greater shelf life than a marrage -- 12 years.
- Scientists say the largest extinct reptile was a toothless, flying pterosaur that was bigger than a car. The reptile's wingspan would have been five meters and stood about a meter tall.
- Saltwater plants could provide a half a million square miles of previously unusable territory for energy crops and help solve the food-versus-fuel debate.