Cracked.com: 6 TV Shows You Won't Believe Saved People's Lives.



Grafitti of the day.
This anarchist approves.



Thousands of Webby Treehouses Spun by Spiders Stave Off Malaria in Pakistan in Bizarre Side Effect from Floods.
"After getting washed out by last year’s devastating floods in Pakistan, millions of spiders have been building new homes in thousands of trees throughout the country. Gizmodo explains that the influx of water that affected more people than the Boxing Day Indian Ocean tsunami, the Pakistani earthquake, the Haiti earthquake, and Hurricane Katrina combined also displaced the country’s arachnoid residents. In response to the prevailing dampness, and as though mandated by the arachnid intelligence council, millions of spiders have been spinning new webs above ground. Albeit kind of spooky and maybe not so great for the trees, this adaptation has been a boon to public health because of all the mosquitoes caught by the natural nets."



Actual headline: Police not to blame for man's lost testicle, court told



A book titled "What Men Think About Other Than Sex" has sold more copies than Harry Potter and The Da Vinci Code. It's 200 blank pages.



One week's worth of food by various cultures, listing items and total price.
From the book Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.



Japanese Artist Turns Fish Into See Creatures.
Get it? "SEEEEE" creatures? HAHAHAHA SO FUNNY



White girl dons a hijab and walks around town to see if she will be treated any different.



Rolling Stone presents "The Kill Team": How U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan murdered innocent civilians and mutilated their corpses – and how their officers failed to stop them. Plus: An exclusive look at the war crime photos censored by the Pentagon.
"In a break with protocol, the soldiers also took photographs of themselves celebrating their kill. In the photos, Morlock grins and gives a thumbs-up sign as he poses with Mudin’s body. Note that the boy’s right pinky finger appears to have been severed. Staff Sgt. Calvin Gibbs reportedly used a pair of razor-sharp medic’s shears to cut off the finger, which he presented to Holmes as a trophy for killing his first Afghan."
Hearts and minds, etc.



Flight From Philadelphia Struck By Stray Bullet.



Cobra escapes from Bronz Zoo, starts own Twitter.



Fred the baboon executed by lethal injection.



Man named Cokayne arrested for drug dealing. BONUS: ...after telling cop: “I don’t see why you want to waste your time for an eighth of weed. It’s a misdemeanor.” So they returned with a warrant.



Church pastor accused of sex offenses against a nursing home resident with diminished mental capacity.



Pictured: The World's Most Expensive Rifle.



TSA employee fired for being a Wiccan.
"What would you do if you lost your job because of your religious beliefs? Unthinkable, isn’t it? Christians today complain that they are a persecuted religion, that there is a war on Christianity. But when was the last time a Christian was fired for being a Christian?"



A model bidding to become the first Muslim to represent the UK in the world final of Miss Universe has been defending her decision to enter.
Fatwah in 3... 2... 1...


Woman Uses Website To Hire Assassins, Uses Paypal.
Wow.

Colbert will sing "Friday" with the Roots if $26,000 is donated to Donors Choose.

A 12 year-old Dutch schoolgirl gave birth to a baby girl during a school trip, according to local health services.
"Neither the girl nor her family had realised she was pregnant, and there were no external signs to show it," a spokesman for the health services said, adding he did not know how many months pregnant the girl had been."

Dominican health officials say they have removed the mummified remains of a fetus from the abdomen of a 59-year-old woman, who had no clue what was causing the sharp pain in her stomach for decades.

RIAA Lobbyist Becomes Federal Judge, Rules On File-Sharing Cases.
Revolving door? What revolving door?

This just in: religion makes you fat.

Two strict vegans have gone on trial in France charged with "neglect or food deprivation" after the death of their breastfed 11-month-old daughter who was found to be suffering from vitamin deficiency.

Tea Party Warns: Whites Are Going Extinct.
"Right Wing Watch reports that today Tea Party Nation emailed its followers with a warning that the "uniquely American culture" of WASPs is in danger of extinction. Because shameful white women are having fewer children. Also: Too many brown people! Also also: GAYS."

Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-AZ) implied Tuesday that Christians are as victimized by hate crimes as Muslims in the United States.

Over 1 billion people will lack access to water by 2050.

The McAfee.com website is full of security mistakes that could lead to cross-site scripting and other attacks, researchers have found.

Newt Gingrich warns Atheists and Islamic radicals will take over America...at the same time.
So basically, they can't tell us apart. Too much braining required.

Why Reddit is so awesome.
"On March 12, Chandler resident Volney Douglas went to the internet with a problem -- someone had stolen a $3,500 device that helps his 5-year-old son Sagan communicate. The family had just purchased the ALT-Chat device for Sagan, who has cerebral palsy and autism spectrum disorder, before thieves broke into Douglas' truck right outside of his Chandler home and stole the device. That's when Douglas went to the news aggregation and general discussion site reddit.com for help.... The 'net has its stigma of being overrun by festering trolls and blackened souls (just ask Jessi Slaughter), but the users of reddit just about saved the day for the Douglas family."

Virus that eats viruses in Antarctic lake discovered.

A bacteria that eats plastic garbage floating in the oceans has been discovered.

Today's fun fact: More African American men are in prison or jail, on probation or parole than were slaves in 1850.

How to use a train to remove your shoe.

South Carolina house passes Time-Warner's bill to ban local communities from installing their own superior fiber optic cable networks by an 81-37 vote.

Disturbed war veteran faces off against female cop in deadly shootout.

Dad tows his son on a waterski using a helicopter. Authorities have a problem with this, for some reason.

According to your brain, Getting Dumped and Getting Burned Are The Same Pain.
"In a new study using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), researchers have found that the same brain networks that are activated when you’re burned by hot coffee also light up when you think about a lover who has spurned you."

Just more proof that if there is a God, he either hates us all or is just trolling us for his own amusement.
"Wrongfully convicted man, who spent 20 years in prison, dies in freak mining accident two months before marrying high school sweetheart he proposed to 30 years ago."

"You sex? Must do SAFE sex."

Found on Reddit: GOD not GOVERNMENT hurr hurr derp

Nudity for Charity dot org.
"Josée will unlock her nude pics when donations to her charity reach $100. Josée is supporting the International Red Cross. Perky will unlock her nude pics when donations to her charity reach $100. Perky is supporting the American Red Cross."

It's easy to be pro-life when...

How browsers are made.

At Least Five Babies Have Died Since Nebraska Denied Undocumented Mothers Prenatal Care.
But hey, abortion is murder you know.

ADHD: It's the food, stupid

Rebecca Black versus The Beatles.

After a year in which they raked in $14 billion in profits and paid no corporate taxes, GE is planning to ask union workers for major wage and benefit concessions.

"I preached against homosexuality. But I was wrong, and here's why."

A 26-year-old U.K. woman is faced with choosing whether to sit or stand for the rest of her life as her body slowly turns to stone.

News: Woman rescued after being swallowed by a sinkhole in her yard. Fark: for the second time in a year [Florida]
Headline by Fark.

Anti-abortion billboard put up featuring Obama. People have a problem with this, for some strange reason.


Skeleton cutlery. That is all.

Canadian ISPs admit that their pricing is structured to discourage Internet use.

Actual headline: ‘Know Your Meme’ Acquired By I Can Has Cheezburger in Seven-Figure Deal

BP makes another oopsie.
"CNN Reports that BP lost a laptop with the name, address, DOB, and SSNs of everyone who filed claims related to the big oil spill last year. In other words, everyone asking for money from them based on the spill just got their private info misplaced. There has been no allegation of bad faith."

Actual headline: Violent street mugging saves victim’s life

A headline you'll never read in America. Or India. Or... many other places: Japanese corporations agree to forgo tax cuts, for good of their country.

Followup: Woman who was gang-raped in Libya will face charges for slander.

China's modern cavemen.

DIY tattoo kits now for sale. What could possibly go wrong?

17-year-old accused of pistol-whipping mom, demanding car. Florida.

Man says he was sacked for using the wrong teabags.

Woman forced to prove she is 'incontinent enough' for free prescription.

Caught on camera: poltergeist, apparently.

Bahraini blogger arrested.

Syrian blogger arrested.


From the Department of Wikipedia Madness:


Geosmin: It's that smell you get after a fresh rainfall. "The human nose is extremely sensitive to geosmin and is able to detect it at concentrations as low as 5 parts per trillion."



Heil Honey I'm Home!: This UK sitcom depicted fictionalised versions of Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun living next to a stereotypical Jewish couple. The show was criticised for being unfunny and distasteful and cancelled after a single episode aired."</i>
Related: List of television series considered the worst.


List of Fictional Diseases.

Wizards Project: Or, about one in 400 people has the uncanny ability to spot a liar with incredible accuracy.