Some parents are complaining after a Readington, New Jersey, school banned strapless dresses at the annual eighth-grade spring dinner dance this year. Readington Middle School Principal Sharon Moffat sent parents a letter announcing the new rule earlier this month, and is being backed by the school superintendent, who said in a statement that the district's dress code is being universally applied to the school day and school events. Among those upset by the rule is parent Charlotte Nijenhuis, who planned to attend a board meeting last night with other parents to protest the rule and ask that it be suspended. She told the Courier News that the rule is, quote, "an abuse of authority," and claimed that the principal had expressed worry that strapless dresses would, quote, "distract boys." Nijenhuis told the newspaper, "[The comment] is particularly offensive because it suggests that boys are not able to control -- or ought no to be required to control -- their behavior when in the presence of girls wearing strapless dresses. It is neither a woman's nor a girl's responsibility to control a man's or boy's behavior." Parents pay for the annual dance, and some of them say they've already bought dresses for their daughters.

 According to a DNA testing company, EVERYONE with red hair is distantly related.  If you have red hair, you're a direct descendant of the first person with red hair . . . which means everyone with red hair is connected.  Only about 0.06% of the people in the world are natural redheads . . . in the U.S., it's about 3%.

A scientist purchased a hamburger at a McDonald’s restaurant in 1999 – and held onto it.

David Whipple had planned to keep the burger for just a month to show people how the preservatives in the hamburger keep it from spoiling like natural food.

After the one month, he forgot about it and didn’t stumble onto it until now.

Amazingly, it looks exactly how it did when he bought it. No bacteria. No mold. It doesn’t even smell bad.

All those crazy chemicals in that burger has kept it preserved in its original state. The only thing that actually rotted away was the pickle slice.

 Even though you own your front yard, your city or neighborhood might have strict rules about what you can put in it.  Some things that are BANNED from front lawns in a ton of neighborhoods around the country are vegetable gardens . . . clotheslines . . . garden gnomes and other ridiculous statues . . . and old couches.

Click here to see if you are breaking the law!