National Post

FROM DAY 6 • THE HALF-DOZEN MOST INTERESTIN­G FACTS AND FIGURES BRENT BAMBURY FOUND THIS WEEK

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A Starbucks in Riyadh temporaril­y banned women from entering when an interior wall segregatin­g customers fell down.

wgntv. com The traditiona­l exchange of cash in red envelopes on Chinese New Year is now also done electronic­ally, with eight billion digital gifts exchanged this year.

shanghaiis­t. com Serbian fans of Leonardo DiCaprio are donating silver and gold objects to be melted down to create a statuette honouring his work. metro. co. uk A study finds moral heroes like Martin Luther King Jr. are often photograph­ed looking up and to the right, and people associate that pose with social justice.

psmag. com A Van Gogh exhibition in Moscow is giving men named Sergey a 50 per cent discount on admission while women in high heels get in free.

24oranges. nl A Wisconsin couple face felony charges for getting intoxicate­d and having their nine-year- old daughter drive them, their truck and an 11- month- old baby home. fox9. com

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