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January 27, 2012

Enormous Bear Waves at Little Girl

You may be one of the 800 krajillion people who have already seen this video—but we hadn’t! So please amuse us as we introduce you to a video of one extremely friendly grizzly bear. (And the guy’s cackling laugh at the very end of the clip sews this video up like a Savile Row tailor.)

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January 27, 2012

“Fetal and Anatomical Hello Kitty”

Fetal Hello Kitty

The work of Jason Feeney. (You may have seen it before.)

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January 26, 2012

Human-Radar-Man Messes With Humans

Tighten your pants…this one’s a riot:

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January 26, 2012

The Corpse Hotel

Where to go when you’re dead tired:

The Lastel Hotel can host up to 18 recently-deceased guests at a time in refrigerated caskets. The nightly rate runs about $160. This is no gussied-up city morgue, mind you. The Lastel offers hearse and funeral services, viewing rooms for family, as well as sells a variety of caskets and urns. It’s all very convenient, were you alive to appreciate it.

There’s even video, with Japanese subtitles (that might be saying “Ha ha! You Americans actually believe this!? Ha ha!”)

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January 26, 2012

Super Bowl Gift Pack Winner

Thanks everyone for entering our Super Bowl Gift Pack giveaway.

We had a total of 12 correct entries and the random winner is…

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January 25, 2012

Victorian Photo Subjects Become Sci-Fi Heroes

This artist says: “Make it so:

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January 24, 2012

97 Pounds of Ass-Kicking Grandma

Yeeeeee HAW:

Taylor raced back to the truck but instead of jumping in for safety, she released the tailgate to look for something she could use. She grabbed a big grain shovel that they keep on hand to dig out if the truck gets stuck.

She walked back to the moose, making a racket with the shovel on the road, where the snow was hard-packed. She kept shouting for her husband to get over there and help.

Taylor took a swing at the moose and it backed off a little, but then it reared up and stomped its target again. It didn’t let up.

“She walked back to the moose.” Holy toads, that is one unbelievably brave human. Did we mention she’s 85? And that the moose was attacking her husband?

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January 24, 2012

Delta Rerouting Flights Due to Solar Flares

Yowza:

Jan 24 (Reuters) – Delta Air Lines said it is diverting some flights on polar routes between Detroit and Asia to avoid disruptions to aircraft communications by a strong solar radiation storm.

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January 23, 2012

Pregnant Mom Craves Roadkill

Hissing Baby Opossum

Your daily “What the…?”

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January 23, 2012

The Indiana Jones Engagement Ring

The Nerd is strong in this one:

Indiana Jones Engagement Ring

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The National Park Service manages more than 16 million acres of wetlands.

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