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Henrik Stenson Calls Out American Heckler At The Ryder Cup

He put his putter where his mouth is.

 Tod Perry
09.30.16

There’s an age-old saying that goes something like, “Don’t talk smack if you can’t back it up.” Yesterday, David Johnson of Mayville, North Dakota put his putter where his mouth is at the Ryder Cup at Hazeltine National Golf Club after being called out by a golf legend. While standing in the gallery watching four-time major champion Rory McIlroy and Sweden’s highest-ranked player, Henrik Stenson, struggling to make a 12-foot practice putt, Johnson yelled that even he could make the shot. So Stenson invited him to come down from the gallery and back it up.

Johnson walked out of the gallery to a roaring crowd while English golfer Justin Rose upped the ante by throwing a hundred-dollar bill on the green next to the ball. Johnson took a few practice strokes, got a good read on the green, gestured to the crowd to be quiet, then he sunk the putt. The crowd went wild and then Johnson hugged it out with the men who asked him to show his stuff.

“Man, that was fun. What just happened?” Johnson told reporters. “I razzed them a little bit and they heard me which is insane. And then they brought me out which was more insane. Overall, that was a pretty cool experience. I would do it all over again if I could.” When asked how he approached the shot, Johnson admitted he was nervous as could be. “I closed my eyes, swallowed my puke, and hit the putt and it happened to go in.”

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The world is rallying around Tori, the Target employee Tweet-shamed by an irate cheapskate

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Anyone who has ever worked in retail knows that the worst thing about the job, right after the pay, are the unreasonable cheapskates who "want to talk to your manager" to get some money off an item.

They think that throwing a tantrum will save them a few bucks and don't care if they completely embarrass themselves in the process. Sometimes that involves belittling the poor employee who's just trying to get through their day with an ounce of dignity.

Twitter is rallying around a gal named Tori who works at a Target in Massachusetts after she was tweet-shamed by irate chapekate, journalist, and Twitter troll, David Leavitt.

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The cost of having a baby even with insurance equals average the monthly income of a woman

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Childbirth is the number one reason American women visit the hospital, and it ain't cheap. In fact, it's getting more and more expensive. A new study published in Health Affairs found that the cost of having a baby with employer-sponsored health insurance increased by almost 50% in the past seven years.

The study evaluated "trends in cost-sharing for maternity care for women with employer-based health insurance plans, before and after the Affordable Care Act," which was signed into law in 2010. The study looked at over 657,061 women enrolled in large employer-sponsored health insurance plans who delivered babies between 2008 and 2015, as these plans tend to cover more than plans purchased by small businesses or individuals.

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Scientists just found the crater of one of the biggest meteor crashes in Earth's history

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A meteorite crashed into Earth nearly 800,000 years ago. The meteor was 1.2 miles wide, and the impact was so big, it covered 10% of the planet with debris. However, scientists haven't been able to find the impact site for over a century. That is, until now. A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal believes the crash site has been located.

Tektites, which are essentially rocks that have been liquefied from the heat of the impact and then cooled to form glass, help scientists spot the original impact site of a meteor. Upon impact, melted material is thrown into the atmosphere, then falls back to the ground. Even if the original crater has disappeared due to erosion or is hidden by a shift in tectonic plates, tektites give the spot away. Tektites between 750,000 to 35.5 million years old have been found in every continent except Antarctica.

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