Presidents Day

Take some time to remember the Whigs, the Jay Treaty, the Gettysburg Address and, of course, the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. And if you cut down any cherry trees today, don’t lie about it.

Garlic: It wards off evil … and blood clots

Crushing garlic before cooking forms a variety of healthful organosulfur compounds, according to a study published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. Crushing garlic releases an enzyme, alliinase, that catalyzes the formation of allicin, which then forms the compounds, said researchers at Argentina’s Institute of Nutrition and Technology of Foods.

Britney Spears loses it

The overexposed songstress reportedly checked herself out of rehab in Antigua this weekend so she could shave her head and get some new tattoos. She shaved the new ‘do herself after a stylist refused to do it. If she decides to shave her eyebrows and lashes, she likely won’t have a single hair on her entire body…