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When BBC Radio 2 morning presenter Chris Evans grew his show’s morning audience to a staggering 9.5 million people, he wanted to get a present for the person responsible.  Since the person responsible was himself, he knew exactly what he wanted.  Evans is a collector of classic Ferraris (when you’ve got a £45 million pound […]

Apple, lately, has engaged in a pretty nasty war of words against the Adobe.  Specifically, over Flash, which is the coding that basically every Internet video site uses to play videos.  Apple argues that Flash is a closed-wall garden, because Flash is a proprietary software format.  That’s why Apple’s devices don’t support Flash and why […]

NASA’s Voyager space probes have been the most successful space probes in the history of humanity.  No other satellites have gone farther into space or remained active as long as those two robot explorers have.  However, a month ago, Voyager 2 began to have some problems with its transmissions, sending back garbled data transmissions.  Since […]

Max the pit bull was facing a death sentence.  For attacking a vet technician in January, and then attacking another person in March, Max had fallen victim to the two strikes, you’re out law that governs vicious dogs.  In spite of his owner’s pleas, Max was given the death penalty, having lost his final appeal […]

In the romantic Latin Quarter of Paris, in the shadow of the Cathedral of Notre Dame, is the Pont des Arts bridge.  For years, lovestuck couples have traveled this spot to undertake one of the most romantic vandalism activities imaginable.  To ensure enduring love, couples attach a padlock to the rail of the bridge, lock […]

It’s part gimmick, part awesome idea.  Inspired by a wave of urban farmers who have taken to growing crops in the heart of Tokyo and other urban environments, lingerie manufacturer Triumph International has launched an unusual piece of clothing that’s part bra, part potted plant.  They’re calling it the Grow-Your-Own-Rice bra, and it’s the only […]

It has to be embarrassing to get a word wrong.  When I define a word incorrectly, I always feel like the dumbest guy on the planet, even if it’s a difficult word.  If I was the Oxford English Dictionary, and I had a word wrong, I’d probably be pretty irritated, too.  No one is immune […]

Lincoln Southeast High School School Resource Officer Brian Ward was doing his rounds in the parking lot when he smelled a familiar herb scent:  marijuana smoke.  This is a public high school in Lincoln, Nebraska, so I’m sure pot isn’t an unusual thing to find.  Two 16-year-olds were found in a car in the school […]

At first, Kurt Ove Eriksson thought it was a giant piece of plastic.  After all, the 73-year-old man has been fishing for longer than most folks have been alive, and he’s seen just about everything.  Except for course for the Giant Oarfish, AKA the king of herrings, an incredibly rare deep water fish last seen […]

In the early Renaissance, when doctors and other wizards were forbidden and human dissection for medical purposes was as illegal as human dissection for dinner purposes, doctors often turned to less than honorable means in which to learn about the human body, from illegal anatomy textbooks to even grave robbing.  These days, med students don’t have to […]

It’s like a scene out of Road House.  A guy storms into the Mr. Fuel truck stop in Carmel Church, Virginia.  He’s got a gun, and he wants the money.  The clerk, mindful for his life, cooperates.  Unfortunately, the armed gunman didn’t account for a nearby good Samaritan.  While the robber was distracted with the clerk […]

India needs a few good men.  Well, okay, a few good men who aren’t exactly men anymore.  A controversial Indian politician named Tako Dabi, who is previously best known for endorsing a police officer’s right to drink on the job, is now pushing for a unit of the border patrol to be made up of […]

It started out as a joke, but as it turns out the Facebook-guided push to have Betty White host Saturday Night Live was a great idea.  Betty’s appearance was a ratings bonanza, and most importantly, the show itself was actually really entertaining, with Betty spending more time in the various skits and segments than I’ve […]

Way back in 1953, Hugh Hefner had a brilliant idea.  He was going to shoot a photograph set in 3D for his new magazine.  Unfortunately, while he could shoot the photos, he couldn’t pay for the glasses to be included, so he went with his second choice, and December 1953’s issue of Playboy featured some […]

It took police over a month to flush out the culprit, but the bandit who robbed a Lincoln, Nebraska, convenience store last month has finally been nabbed by police.  Last month, a knife-wielding man wrapped his head in toilet paper to conceal his identity during the robbery of a convenience store.  Despite the fact that […]