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Beatrice Delap, a nine-year-old student at Meridian Primary School in Greenwich, England, needed a little help.  She was hoping to lead a mutiny against her teachers, and who better to reach out to than a pirate?  Specifically the world’s most famous fictional pirate, Captain Jack Sparrow.  Fortunately, she knew where to find him–right next door, […]

Like most Internet memes, it started with a real-life event.  During the Ryder Cup, Tiger Woods bombed a drive straight at a photographer for the Daily Mail, which resulted in the above image.  It started out as a lark, but has since become Internet legend thanks to the presence of one man.  It’s not Tiger […]

People just love penguins.  From their little waddling feet to their black and white tuxedo coats, they’re just adorable.  Even the largest of the penguins, the Emperor Penguin, is seriously adorable.  However, what about a penguin that’s as tall as a person?  Is that still adorable?  What if that penguin has a super-long beak?  At […]

We’re running the gamut of planet-related news today.  First, a new Earth-like planet that might be capable of supporting life has been discovered in the Goldilocks zone.  Now, a planet that we all thought we knew to be a planet might not actually be a planet.  The planet closest to the sun, Mercury, has a […]

It’s as American as all-get-out.  Carl’s Jr. (AKA Hardee’s here in the South) has long been one of America’s best-known burger chains, and while they do have a 1400-calorie monster burger, they’ve been relegated to an also-ran lately thanks to weird new food items like the Friendly’s grilled-cheese burger melt, the KFC double-down, and even […]

There’s just something about those school systems that invites mistakes.  From spelling errors in text books to poorly-done street crossings and road signs, if you’re doing anything related to any sort of public school or school system, make sure you check your spelling.  After all, you don’t want to embarrass yourself like the officials in […]

Think of it as a self-service milk machine, but with thousands of gallons of vino inside.  Astrid Terzian took a cue from history and has turned the idea of mass-market vending machine wine on its head.  Rather than have a machine that dispenses individual bottles of wine, she’s going big and shipping 500 and 1,000 […]

In the movie Zombieland, Woody Harrelson’s Tallahassee asks Jesse Eisenberg’s Columbus if he’s ever seen a lion limber up before taking down a gazelle after Columbus is seen stretching before a potentially dangerous situation.  Of course, most of the time, animals don’t need to limber up, but they do like a good stretch, and no […]

Wonderbra burst on the international scene in the UK with a brilliant advertisement featuring Eva Herzigova wearing the cleavage-enhancing brassiere, alongside the phrase, “Hello, Boys!”  The ad, one of the most famous in history, was something of a controversy when it first debuted thanks to the distracting effect of an underwear-clad supermodel some 30 feet […]

Workers at the Royal North Devon Golf Club are used to battling the forces of nature in their line of work, mowing, trimming, weeding, and tending to the carefully-plotted sand traps, bunkers, and water hazards that make up the 18-hole golf course.  It’s the oldest course in England, designed by Old Tom Morris in 1864, […]

Toy Story star Buzz Lightyear‘s classic catchphrase, “To infinity and beyond!” might need some alterations now.  How about, “To infinity and the stewpot!” or “To infinity and a nice tossed salad!”  Why the change to Buzz’s catchphrase?  Well, after 68-year-old retiree and grandfather Clive Williams pulled a Buzz Lightyear-shaped carrot from his garden in Henley-on-Thames, […]

Given the abysmal state of most school text books these days when it comes to spelling errors, typos, and general inaccuracies, it’s no wonder when people don’t take the time to proofread things very closely before they make them.  For example, in Charlotte, North Carolina, there’s a road called Independence Boulevard.  However, when the North […]

How do you pass the time when you’re stuck in a hole miles underground, in cramped conditions, with nothing but bottled water, field rations, and chemical toilets for comfort?  Why, you take a cue from every other shut-in and play video games!  Those unfortunate Chilean miners trapped in the rescue shelter for the next few […]

There’s an old rhetorical question concerning how many angels can dance on the head of a pin.  Well, I can’t answer that, but I can tell you how many of the Old World’s tiniest frogs can sit on the end of a pencil.  If we’re talking about the Microhyla nepenthicola, a super-tiny frog that lives […]

For a guy who has only been on the air for a few years, Tomasz Schafernaker has a habit of getting himself in trouble on a pretty regular basis.  The Polish-born weatherman for BBC News joined the national outfit in 2006 and has already found himself in hot water previously.  In 2006, he had to […]