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Some people love kids.  Sara Foss, of Derby, England, REALLY loves kids.  That would explain why she’s got 13 of them, with her 14th on the way (and she’s only 39).  But she’s not done; she’s planning on two more, and she’s hoping for twins.  That’d give her 16 kids. Just get a load of […]

The parent company of the Playboy empire, Playboy Enterprises, has been on the ropes for quite some time.  When the latest economic downturn hit, it was only the latest in a long series of body-blows for the once iconic magazine publisher.  After all, when your business is still anchored by print, it’s hard to keep […]

Police can charge you under just about any circumstance, but can you be arrested for NOT using microblogging service Twitter?  Well, if you’re James A. Roppo, an executive at Island Def Jam Records, your inaction is a crime.  Police say Roppo’s failure to post a Twitter message lead to a riot. You see, at a […]

Nathalie Blanchard claims she was just following doctor’s orders when she attended a Chippendales male dance revue at a local bar.  After all, in order to treat her long-term depression, her doctor told her to go out to bars, hang out with friends, take vacations, and generally have fun.  However, her Facebook update pictures may […]

Rom Houben was given up for dead.  After a horrific car crash in 1983, he sank into a coma.  Since then, every time he’s been administered the Glasgow Coma Scale, he’s been graded as brain-dead.  However, that wasn’t the case.  Rom Houben was awake in his coma for 23 years, completely paralyzed but totally conscious.  […]

John Ford was caught red-handed.  The 35-year-old bank robber was caught by police in Streetsboro, Ohio, just south of Cleveland.  They found an exploded bank dye pack in his car.  The car matched the description of the robber’s car.  Also, he had a big bag of stolen money when he was apprehended.  However, he wasn’t […]

Margaret O’Callaghan had a need for a new type of kitchen utensil.  The round-bottomed ladle and the spatula are just not good enough when you’re dealing with things like crock pots and serving dishes.  That’s why she invented the scrudle, a combination ladle and spatula designed to scrape the deliciousness from any sort of cooking […]

Every day, Tom Baker deals with the issue of traffic.  Given Southern California’s massive concentration of cars, it’s no wonder that Baker would get frustrated dealing with the daily traffic routine.  That inspiration resulted in these great images of Los Angeles without the cars.   Here’s the full image gallery, and it’s awesome. I love […]

Have you ever wondered where salt comes from?  I mean, salt is in everything from fertilizers (potassium chloride) to the dinner table (sodium chloride), but where does it actually come from?  Why, salt mines, of course!  They’re not just for horrible industrial accidents or mad scientist lairs anymore.  English Russia has a great look inside […]

When you’re sitting in the theater, all decked out in your Twilight gear, you’re going to want a snack.  I mean, it’s only natural, right?  Once you walk into the theater and you smell that wonderful popcorn smell filtering in from the lobby, even the strongest-willed of dieters feels a moment of weakness.  However, if […]

The Moldovan military isn’t very large.  There are only about 6500 men in Moldova‘s armed forces, defending a country of about 3.5 million.  However, what the Moldovan military lacks in manpower they make up for in breath power.  You see, in order to fight off the swine flu that is raging throughout the country, the […]

Lots of people like to think they’ve got the skills of a keyboard ninja, but what good is a ninja without weapons?  Yes, he can still sneak around and attack any technological problem with his or her bare hands, but it’s so much easier and messier if you have something you can do damage with.  […]

While fishing in a retention pond in Palm Springs, Florida, a 14-year-old boy fished up something that doesn’t belong in Florida.  This invasive species is the dangerous meat-eating piranha.  That’s right, there were not one, but two piranhas caught in the wild in the United States. The most troubling aspect is that the two piranha […]

Among the many groups of folks who get swine flu vaccine priority are child-care workers like teachers, daycare employees, medical personnel, and those sorts of people.  Given that swine flu is everywhere, people are jockeying for a place on the swine flu priority list.  There are only so many vaccines to go around, and thousands […]