 ‘Scary Guy’ with facial tattoos paid $6,500 a day to teach kids to stop bullying
 02.04.2012 20:40  12600074 views  0 comments
A former tattoo artist who legally changed his name to The Scary Guy is using his persona—and frightening facial ink—to teach schoolkids to stop bullying. Scary, a Minnesota man formerly known as Earl Kauffman, has become an in-demand "bully prevention guru." His mission, according to his website, is "The Total Elimination of Hate, Violence and [...] Read more »
| Love letter lost for 60 years finally recovered
02.04.2012 17:53 12744681 views 0 comments
On March 31, 1952, Dick Hauck sent a love letter to his future wife, Arlene. The couple had written back and forth on a nearly daily basis while Dick was serving in the U.S. Army. But this letter, in which Dick formally proposed marriage to Arlene, never reached its final destination until last week. "I [...] Read more »
| JetBlue pilot released from hospital, appears in federal court
02.04.2012 17:18 12842798 views 0 comments
JetBlue pilot Clayton F. Osbon has been released from a Texas hospital and on Monday appeared in federal court, where he could face 20 years in prison if convicted on charges of interfering with a flight crew. The Amarillo Globe-News reports that Osbon "stood calmly in shackles" during his hearing. U.S. Magistrate Judge Clinton E. [...] Read more »
| For sale in Singapore: $200,000 bottle of whisky
31.03.2012 6:50 14052572 views 0 comments
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A whisky made to mark the 60th year on the throne of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is on sale in Singapore for a mere S$250,000 ($198,500) a bottle - and it may well find a buyer. No doubt it's a premium sip. Only 60 bottles of Diamond Jubilee were made by the Johnnie Walker unit of Diageo PLC from a blend of whiskies distilled in 1952. It's also a premium price for Asian aficionados at the month-long Master of Spirits II event featuring specialty wine and liquor put on by luxury travel retailer DFS Group, part of the LVMH empire of high-end goods and services. ... Read more »
| April Fools’ Day: The history of the holiday
30.03.2012 22:25 14742769 views 0 comments
Consider yourself warned. Sunday is April Fools' Day, a day when you are encouraged to pull pranks on loved ones, co-workers, casual acquaintances, and even that one guy at the bus stop. It's an odd tradition, but how did it get started? What's the history of April Fools' Day, anyway? Nobody is completely sure about [...] Read more »
| Highway to the cuddle zone: Harry the baby pygmy hippo
30.03.2012 21:52 13404783 views 0 comments
Meet Harry the hippo, a baby pygmy so small the average person could carry him around with ease. Harry, named after Britain's Prince Harry, was born last week at the Cango Wildlife Ranch in South Africa, the Star reports. His handlers are being forced to hand-rear Harry after his mother Hilda refused to feed him. [...] Read more »
| Mega Millions hits record $640 million jackpot
30.03.2012 17:09 14092871 views 0 comments
The already record-breaking Mega Millions jackpot has surged again — to an unprecedented $640 million. The Mega Millions game is played in 40 states, along with Washington, DC and the U.S. Virgin Islands. #IfIWonTheMegaMillions has been trending on Twitter this week, with players offering ideas on how they'd spend the record-breaking jackpot. As we previously [...] Read more »
| Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemmings baptized, married by Mormon church
30.03.2012 16:47 13918230 views 0 comments
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has taken a lot of flack over the years regarding the practice of baptizing deceased individuals who were never Mormon. A fascinating new article from Max Perry Mueller in Slate breaks down some of the misconceptions about this practice, while also confirming some of its more controversial [...] Read more »
| South Korea looks to ease name pain for London
30.03.2012 11:13 13409844 views 0 comments
(Reuters) - South Korea is planning to unify the spelling of athletes names in English at this year's London Olympics to ease confusion among foreign journalists and fans, local media reported on Friday. The initiative will lead to a universal enforcement of the system revised in 2000, in which Koreans are required to use their family name before their given names, in accordance with the National Institute of the Korean Language. ... Read more »
| Canada to pull the penny from circulation
29.03.2012 23:15 15137433 views 0 comments
The Canadian government announced on Thursday that it plans to pull the penny from circulation at the end of 2012, saying the copper-coated currency is more expensive for the Royal Canadian Mint to produce than its actual currency value. "Pennies take up too much space on our dressers at home. They take up far too [...] Read more »
| Bacon coffin can be yours for $2,999.99
29.03.2012 23:10 14365057 views 0 comments
Maybe you can take it with you. With the new bacon coffin, you'll spend eternity with your favorite cured meat. What could be better? [Related: Best-tasting bacon] Though not literally made from bacon, the bacon coffin is painted to look as if it is covered in savory strips. An article from Seattle's King5.com reports that [...] Read more »
| An eagle, fox and two cats hang out peacefully on Alaska woman’s porch (VIDEO)
29.03.2012 18:45 14938315 views 0 comments
In this unique video, a woman living in Alaska opens her front door to find an eagle, a fox and her two cats hanging out peacefully on the porch. She says during the video that the eagle keeps calling out to her, while the fox and cats remain silent. The adorable fox not only doesn't [...] Read more »
| Gay man comes out on Facebook; friends supportive but offended by his lack of tech savvy
29.03.2012 17:44 15017103 views 0 comments
Even with support for gay rights steadily on the rise, it undoubtedly still takes a lot of courage to come out of the closet. But what do you when your friends and family are more concerned with your level of technical sophistication employed across social media, rather than the message itself? Via Happy Place, that [...] Read more »
| Man saved from mountain lion by bear, he says
29.03.2012 16:16 14379821 views 0 comments
A California man says he was saved from a mountain lion by a bear. Robert Biggs, 69, of Paradise, Calif., told the Paradise Post he was hiking Monday when he was attacked by a mountain lion. "They usually grab hold of your head with all four paws," Biggs said. "But my backpack was up above [...] Read more »
| Christopher Meloni knows who can bring Kony to justice: Dog the Bounty Hunter
29.03.2012 16:00 14788941 views 0 comments
Kony Hunter with Christopher Meloni from Christopher Meloni In this new video from Funny or Die and the Enough Project, Law & Order: SVU co-star Chris Meloni decides he wants to get involved in the effort to bring Central African warlord Joseph Kony to justice. But instead of using his celebrity to get other people [...] Read more »
| Urine-soaked eggs a spring taste treat in China city
29.03.2012 11:08 14322843 views 0 comments
 DONGYANG, China (Reuters) - It's the end of a school day in the eastern Chinese city of Dongyang, and eager parents collect their children after a hectic day of primary school. But that's just the start of busy times for dozens of egg vendors across the city, deep in coastal Zhejiang province, who ready themselves to cook up a unique springtime snack favored by local residents. Basins and buckets of boys' urine are collected from primary school toilets. ...
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| Urine-soaked eggs a spring taste treat in China city
29.03.2012 10:59 14247754 views 0 comments
 DONGYANG, China (Reuters) - It's the end of a school day in the eastern Chinese city of Dongyang, and eager parents collect their children after a hectic day of primary school. But that's just the start of busy times for dozens of egg vendors across the city, deep in coastal Zhejiang province, who ready themselves to cook up a unique springtime snack favoured by local residents. Basins and buckets of boys' urine are collected from primary school toilets. ...
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| Wife shot dead by husband after dog poops in house: police
29.03.2012 0:24 15747978 views 0 comments
DALLAS (Reuters) - A 76-year-old Texas man was charged with murder for shooting his wife and two dogs after one of the animals pooped in the house. Police arrested Michael Stephen Stolz after a five-hour standoff at the man's home in the Dallas suburb of Lewisville late Tuesday. He was charged with murder in the shooting death of his wife, Bernice Stolz, and remained in the Denton County Jail on Wednesday on a $250,000 bond. Stolz told officers he shot his 49-year-old wife and the couple's two dogs after the German Shepherd mix defecated on the floor on Saturday, said Lewisville Police Capt. ... Read more »
| It might be ‘snowing microbes’ on one of Saturn’s moons
29.03.2012 0:18 15880033 views 0 comments
A NASA scientist says there's a good chance of finding extraterrestrial life inhabiting one of Saturn's tiny orbiting moons. "More than 90 jets of all sizes near Enceladus's south pole are spraying water vapor, icy particles, and organic compounds all over the place," says Carolyn Porco, an award-winning planetary scientist and leader of the Imaging [...] Read more »
| Man saws off own foot to continue receiving unemployment benefits
28.03.2012 22:12 15292614 views 0 comments
It sounds like the plot of a boring "Saw" film, but it's apparently all-too-real. An unemployed Austrian man cut off his own foot with a mitre saw so he could continue receiving jobless benefits. Hans Url, a 56-year-old from Mitterlabill, then took the foot and cooked it in the oven so doctors could not reattach [...] Read more »
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