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Is it a case of anti-ginger discrimination?  Are redheads just too sexy to donate sperm at the world’s largest sperm bank?  Is the legend of Good King Henry simply too much for the average single mother or lesbian couple too much to live up to?  Well, no.  As it turns out, there’s not a huge […]

Remember last year when Modern Family was a surprise winner of the Emmy for best comedy?  Well, this year, it wasn’t quite as surprising, because Modern Family dominated last night’s Emmy awards in whatever categories it was nominated in.  Modern Family and its actors took home awards for Best Comedy Series, Best Supporting Actor and […]

Consider your old almanac out of date.  Guinness has released the Guinness Book Of World Records for 2012, and it’s the most interesting, expansive edition yet.  For example, the company has added a whole slate of interesting new records and categories, some of which make sense, and some of which are very confusing.  The Telegraph […]

Just when you think you know everything you need to know about dolphins, something comes along that changes the game.  Think all dolphins are heroes?  Well, they’re actually slaughtering porpoises and getting robotic tails to aid them in their pursuit of conquest.  A small sample of an entirely new species of dolphin, called Tursiops australis […]

Target is no stranger to teaming up with fashionistas.  They’re worked with all kinds of major labels on their merchandise, which brings haute couture down to Hot Pocket prices.  People love it, but they’ve never loved it the way they loved Target’s newest team-up.  The fashion house Missoni has released a limited collection from now until October […]

When it comes to picking up a member of the opposite sex, the important thing is to make an impression.  According to researchers at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, there’s are many ways to make a good impression, but the one that women remember best?  A nice, deep voice.  On memory studies, women indicated […]

When it comes to children, their little minds are like sponges.  Whatever’s going on around them generally affects them, and television is no different from books or speaking or the amount of lead in the paint in the household when it comes to influencing brain functioning.  Children who watched SpongeBob SquarePants had less self-control and […]

When you gather together the world’s most beautiful women for a pageant, there’s going to be a high level of interest, no matter what else might be going on.  That’s doubly true when you’re deciding who is going to be taking over for Jimena Navarrete as Miss Universe for 2011.  Well, in case you missed […]

Sometimes, it takes awhile for an actor to get their break-out role.  For Andy Whitfield, his breakout performance involved wearing a bit of leather, a lot of body oil, and killing a lot of people.  As Spartacus in the Starz original series Spartacus: Blood and Sand, Whitfield went from a little-known to a sensation, as […]

Angry Birds is, without a doubt, the most successful app in the history of apps.  It has been downloaded millions of times across a variety of platforms, and it seems as though the Angry Birds sensation will never end.  It’s everywhere, and having finally played it, I can see why.  Angry Birds is an international […]

Every day, I see people jogging along sidewalks.  They’re concentrating on their run, they’re wearing dark glasses and have iPods stuffed into their ears, and they’re generally not paying attention while they’re running.  They’re showing a lot of faith in the drivers around them, and big stars are just as guilty as normal folks.  Hollywood […]

There have been a lot of awesomely strange dogs born in this wonderful world, and Harbor, a black and tan coonhound from Boulder, Colorado, is no exception.  Harbor has some pretty unusual features.  Coonhounds have long ears, which help them sweep scents up from the ground and into their nose, but Harbor is something different. […]

From the mind of Android Karenina co-writer Ben H. Winters comes one of the scratchingest urban horror novels I’ve ever read.  The book is called Bedbugs, and just thinking about it is making me want to rend my skin open with my fingernails.  Susan Wendt is a struggling painter.  At least, she calls herself a […]