Blue-Eyed People Have Common Ancestor, 100-Year-Old Breaks Shot Put Record, and the Girl Who Can’t Stop Sneezing

• New research shows that, originally, we all had brown eyes. It wasn’t until a genetic mutation—somewhere between 6,000 and 10,000 years ago, scientists think—that the first set of baby blues was spotted. Everyone with blue eyes then can trace his DNA back to this blue-eyed mutant. [LiveScience]

• First there was the baby denied health insurance for being too fat. Now, a 2-year-old has been denied because she’s too small. [Babble]

• We thought the stuffy noses and sore throats were bad enough, but after catching a cold a few weeks ago, a 12-year-old girl from Virginia can’t stop sneezing. Doctors are scrambling to find a reason why she sneezes 8 to 12 times a minute. [Huffington Post]

• Ruth Frith isn’t your typical great-grandmother. First of all, she’s 100 years old. But most impressively, she’s the oldest competitor at the World Masters Games and just set an age-group record in the shot put. [Lemondrop]

• It’s easy to say you’re going green, but how do you know which products are worth the hype? Can eco-friendly alternatives still take care of business? Before you add anything to your shopping list, check out how 25 popular green cleaning products fared when put to the test. [MyHomeIdeas.com]

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