Oldest General Store Closes, Shoppers And Family Who Owned It Reflect On...
As the oldest general store closes in Rhode Island, both shoppers and the family who ran it alike experienced a bittersweet day of reflection as shoppers crowded in for an experience that’s becoming...
View ArticleBoris Johnson Goes Zip Lining, It Does Not Go Well [Video]
London mayor Boris Johnson celebrated Britain’s first gold medal of the 2012 Olympic Games in the only way possible: by zip-lining over Victoria Park while waving two mini British flags. It did not go...
View ArticleBird Collides With Plane, Bird Loses [Video]
A large bird lost its battle with a United Airlines plane on Tuesday, but it did do a bit of damage, The Boeing 737 was able to land safely at Denver international Airport after a bird collided with...
View ArticleJohan Huibers Builds Noah’s Ark Replica, Wanted To Sail It To The London...
Johan Huibers, a wealthy Dutch building contractor, had a dream that Holland would be flooded by the North Sea so he decided to construct a 450-foot seaworthy replica of Noah’s ark following the the...
View ArticleChinese Diver Wins Gold, Finds Out Grandparents Have Been Dead
Right after Chinese diver Wu Minxia won her third Olympic gold medal, her family decided it was the right time to tell her a long-held family secret: her grandparents are dead. Wu’s parents decided not...
View ArticleFun Fact: An Olympic Gold Medal Costs U.S. Athletes $9,000 In Taxes
Gold medalists return to the United States as folk heroes, netting recognition and praise from all corners of the nation. Though there’s one particular group that these athletes probably don’t enjoy...
View ArticleBetty Page, Pin-Up Collection Headed To The Auction Block Next Year
An enormous collection of pin-up girl artwork, a large amount of which features the legendary Betty Page, will hit the auction block sometime next year, courtesy of Entertainment Collectibles. The...
View ArticleTasteless Dating Site Exploits Dark Knight Massacre To Promote Their Service
Nothing is worse than a tragedy, like the Dark Knight Rises shootings, but inevitably, bad things pop up in such an event’s wake — such as the dating website trying to gain morbid attention through the...
View ArticleMola Molas Photo Goes Viral, Becomes Oddly Successful Internet Hit
Mola Molas are one of the more strange sea creatures to roam the waters of California and in 2012 the fish have been surfacing at record-breaking rates. Also known as ocean sunfish they are extremely...
View ArticleCrop Circles Mysteriously Appear In Washington Wheat Field
Crop circles made a mysterious appearance in a Washington state wheat field last week, though nobody seems overly alarmed or concerned. The circles, which were spotted off Highway 174, appeared in a...
View ArticleIllinois Governor Pat Quinn Proposes Assault Weapons Ban
In the aftermath of the Aurora, Colorado shootings, Illinois governor Pat Quinn has proposed a state ban on assault weapons, facing decades of fervent opposition in the process. The July 20th Colorado...
View Article12-Year-Old Girl Tasered In St. Louis Police Station
A 12-year-old girl in St. Louis was tasered inside a polic station when allegedly attempting to intervene during her mother’s arrest. Dejamon Baker was shopping with her mother Charlene Bratton a...
View ArticleWoman Lifts Car, Saves Dad After BMW’s Jack Slips
A woman lifted a car and saved her dad, a skill not commonly taught in first aid classes. The woman who lifted a car to save her dad was just an average 22-year-old recent grad, not an Olympic...
View ArticleHey, How’s ‘Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day’ Going?
“So far, so good,” you could say to anyone on either side of the controversy surrounding the anti-gay marriage fast-food chain on “Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day.” Wednesday was selected by conservative...
View ArticleMiddle-Aged Couple High On Bath Salts Shoot At Imaginary Villians And Invade...
A middle-aged North Carolina couple allegedly got high on bath salts and left their home in a frenzy, shooting at imaginary gangsters and invading the home of a neighbor. Donna Jean Walls, 49, and...
View ArticleSwimming Star, Ryan Lochte, Family Secrets Revealed
Ryan Lochte, who is often referred to as “the best swimmer in the world”, is racking up gold medals at the 2012 London Olympics. Doing so, Lochte is bringing a lot of pride to his family name. The...
View ArticleLetter From Hitlers Nephew Found: Begging To Enlist in U.S. Army To Fight...
A shocking letter from William Patrick Hitler, Adolf Hitler’s nephew, was recently discovered. In the letter, William Patrick Hitler begs to be allowed to enlinst in the U.S. Army in order to join the...
View ArticleJordan Johnson: University Of Montana Quarterback Accused Of Rape
Jordan Johnson, the University of Montana quarterback who led his team to a share of their conference championship last year, has been accused by prosecutors of raping an acquaintance. The quarterback...
View ArticleMystery Roller Coaster Rider Identified: Kim Jung Un Guest Is Really A...
The mystery roller coaster rider–a smiling young white man amidst a group of North Koreans celebrating the wedding of Kim Jung Un–has been identified. The grinning mystery roller coaster rider is...
View ArticleSen. Marco Rubio To IRS: Stop Taxing Olympic Medals
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio wants the IRS to stay out of the pockets of our Olympic athletes. Rubio, rumored to be on former Gov. Mitt Romney‘s short list for vice president on the GOP ticket, has...
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