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Aww! Kitten Survives 1,000-Mile Trip in Car Engine

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:42:08 +0000

This car was purring like a kitten. A three-week-old kitten somehow survived a 1,000-mile trip over two days inside a car engine. The driver of the Honda Fit heard the animal before leaving Oregon, but failed to locate it. When she again heard the cat the next day while in Santa Barbara, California, she decided [...]

Dumb Teens Steal Credit Card, Take Photo Booth Pics With It

Donald Deane — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:05:53 +0000

A group of teens in Maryland accused of credit card theft have been identified thanks to incriminating photo booth pics they took of themselves holding the card. Oh well. No one ever said you had to be smart to commit fraud.

Did a 6-Year-Old Boy Actually Catch a 100-Pound Fish? You Decide

Drew Weisholtz — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:01:00 +0000

Well, this is quite the fish tale. This video features a six-year-old boy named Reed catching what appears to be a 100-pound tarpon. Of course, there are many naysayers who believe Reed didn’t catch the fish and his accomplishment only looks genuine due to some slick editing. What do you think? Is Reed the world’s [...]

Dog's Anus Looks Like Man Perceived as Savior to Billions of People on Earth

Emerald Catron — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:20:56 +0000

We’re used to Jesus showing up in a cornflake, or a water stain. Maybe a piece of toast. Not so much a dog’s butthole. But there he is, assuming he was real and looked the way he’s been painted by a bunch of European artists. Right in a dog’s backside. It almost makes us want [...]

'Dinner in the Sky' Lets You Feast in the Clouds

Drew Weisholtz — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20:22:29 +0000

We all go out for dinner, but how many of us can say we’ve gone up for dinner? A company in Australia called Events in the Sky offers a culinary adventure for thrillseekers: it caters events for people — harnessed for safety — who are suspended as high as 164 feet up in the air. [...]

Couple Has Wedding in Ikea Where They Met

Emerald Catron — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 20:37:21 +0000

When we realized we had just bought napkin rings, a bookshelf, batteries and a giant sack of frozen meatballs, we realized you really can get everything at IKEA. Apparently, that even includes a husband.* Eight years ago, Shirley and Berkely Smith met in the Elizabeth, New Jersey branch of IKEA. Shirley thought Berkely was pretty [...]

Teacher in Hot Water After Showing Middler Schoolers Gruesome Horror Flick

Donald Deane — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:40:56 +0000

Kids love when teachers show movies in class. But a group of 11-year-olds in Colombes, France, got much more than they bargained for when their math teacher gave them a screening of the gruesome torture porn flick 'Saw.' Hey, kids are never too young to learn about existential dread, right?

Bank Employee Falls Asleep on Keyboard, Transfers Millions to Customer

Donald Deane — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:54:07 +0000

Everyone gets sleepy during work sometimes, but as a clerk in Germany recently learned, a bank transaction probably isn't the best time for a power nap. In fact, he fell asleep on his keyboard and accidentally transferred more than $295 million dollars to a customer. How come our bank never did that for us?

Watch the World's Fastest Clapper Make History

Drew Weisholtz — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:24:07 +0000

Bryan Bednarek has some quick hands. Bednarek is the proud new owner of the world record for most claps in a one-minute period. He recorded 802 claps, toppling the old mark of 721, on his way to winning the title of “world’s fastest clapper.” Why not put your hands together to show just how much [...]

Bees Make Themselves Way Too Comfortable in Car

Drew Weisholtz — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 21:30:41 +0000

There’s quite a buzz brewing in Jacksonville, Illinois. Somehow, a swarm of bees got into a car in a restaurant parking lot, leaving the manager stuck scrambling to find a way to get them out. He called in a guy he found online who “takes care of bees.” Thanks to some delicate handiwork and a [...]

Make Your Own Cronuts!

Emerald Catron — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 20:43:44 +0000

Cronuts have taken over New York City (and the internet) in a big way. The hybrid croissant-doughnuts are only available at one bakery, and when they're gone madness ensues. People are scalping pastries, folks. There's a cronut black market on Craigslist, where you can have one delivered to you for $40. There are bootleg "doissants." It's insanity.

Man Auctions His Unpaid Parking Ticket Off on eBay

Drew Weisholtz — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 19:35:47 +0000

What is it with people who are trying to get others to clean up their mess?

First, there's the woman who is asking the internet to pay her daughter's medical bills after a viral video where she tried to jump off a roof into a pool went horribly wrong. Now comes this brazen fella in Britain.

Breast Milk Lollipops Are Here for the Infant on the Go

Drew Weisholtz — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 19:17:13 +0000

Being a mom is tough. How do you feed your little one on the go? Enter Lollipop company Lollyphile and their line of breast milk-flavored lollipops. Yes, this is a thing now.

'DomiCopter' Lets You Get Your Domino's Pizza By Delivery Drone

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:24:36 +0000

Domino’s is taking pizza delivery to new heights. Literally. The pizza chain has tested out the ‘DomiCopter,’ which is exactly what you think it is: a helicopter that delivers pizza. The DomiCopter took flight last month just outside of London, armed with a pair of pepperoni pizzas. And while the fabulous flying machine, operated by [...]

Massive Supply of Classic Atari Games to Be Excavated From Landfill

Emerald Catron — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 20:55:24 +0000

Legend has it that 30 years ago Atari buried a massive cache of video game cartridges in a landfill in New Mexico. Specifically, they buried tons and tons of copies of the failed 'E.T.' video game, an Atari non-classic that nearly sunk the gaming industry. Now a film crew has been given six months to search the massive 100 acre landfill to find the motherlode of lost games and confirm that the story is really true.

Photo of Taco Bell Employee Licking Shells Grosses Out the Web

Drew Weisholtz — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:40:44 +0000

This photo could make you think twice before you make a run for the border. The picture of a Taco Bell employee getting just a wee bit too close to some taco shells was posted on the restaurant’s Facebook page with the comment, “This sure says a lot about your employees, food treatment and what [...]

Monopoly is Boring Because You've Been Playing It Wrong

Emerald Catron — Fri, 31 May 2013 20:15:56 +0000

You probably think of Monopoly as that excruciating board game you have to play with your family, unless your mom likes to make her nephews cry and it gets banned from the house (thanks, Mom!). It turns out it's not the Parker Bros.' fault that the game is so mind-numbingly dull -- it's yours. You've been playing it wrong all these years.

Miss Universe Canada Crowns Wrong Contestant Due to Typo

Donald Deane — Wed, 29 May 2013 15:57:48 +0000

In what has to be one of the cruelest things to ever happen due to a typo, 26-year-old Denise Garrido of Ontario reigned as the new Miss Universe Canada for a full 24 hours before being informed that she hadn't actually won the competition. Turns out, judges miscalculated and she came in fourth, not first.

Teenager Carves Own Name Into 3,500-Year-Old Relic

Kyle Dowling — Tue, 28 May 2013 16:13:49 +0000

Oh no, the Egyptians are going to be maaaaad… A family in Nanjing, China, recently found themselves both embarrassed and speechless when they learned that their 15-year-old son defaced a 3,500-year-old Egyptian relic. Unfortunately, the tool used to ruin the Luxor temple relic wasn’t a marker or pencil — the kid left his mark by carving “Ding Jinhao [...]

Extreme 'American Idol' Fans Stab Each Other During Fight Over Who Should Win

Drew Weisholtz — Fri, 24 May 2013 18:40:25 +0000

‘American Idol’ may not be the ratings juggernaut it once was, but that doesn’t mean its fans are any less passionate. A couple living together in West Manchester Township, Pennsylvania was arrested after stabbing each other over a disagreement about who should win ‘American Idol’ while watching the show’s finale last week. As if that’s not [...]