ESCAPE hatches on submarines are set to become bigger for the British Royal Navy to cater for sailors getting fatter over time.
That's right, the one-time bastions of sea defence appear to have relaxed its weight standards, an issue recently highlighted at Westminster by an irate Lord McColl of Dulwich.
He pointed out the navy is not the only branch of the military widening its scope of entrants either, with Britain's fighter planes also having to be fitted with modified ejector seats because pilots were getting heavier.
While we're not sure if the Brits will soon be installing escalators to replace stairs and stationing golf carts around the decks of its ships, we sure hope their submarines are able to surface under the weight of the changes.
Mobile phones continue to be the scourge of physical exercise, with the trend of dispensing with activity for scrolling through apps like Instagram omnipresent.
One theme park that tried to take a stand against smart devices has been forced to reverse a decision to ban mobile phones from its roller coaster.
Ohio's Cedar Point amusement park had banned mobiles from its Steel Vengeance ride after multiple people lost their phones on its high-speed four inversions.
Does it now have free wi-fi?
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