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  • Malawian Teen Dropped Out Of School and Built His Own Windmill

    William Kamkwamba, now twenty, was a teenager when he designed and built his own windmill from looking at pictures in a book. In this video he describes how people first thought him crazy, until they saw it power a radio. William lived in rural Malawi and when his parents...
  • Real Madrid: Pepe’s Savage Football Foul

    Real Madrid’s Pepe committed a savage foul on Getafe’s Francisco Casquero in a match that would ultimately end 2-2. Pepe intentionally pushes Casquero, but it is what happened after Casquero hit the turf that earned him a well deserved red card. After raking the downed Getafe captain with his...
  • Tempting Fate: BASE Jumping With Skis

    Update: Shane McConkey died in a skiing BASE jumping accident somewhere around the time that this article was published....
  • Lowbrow Genius: Kenny Rogers Jackass Skit

    There is no denying the stupidity of Jackass, but it did have some funny moments. This skit is a perfect summary of the stupidest moments of the world’s dumbest show....
  • Mathematical Formula Calculates Whether Marriage Will End in Divorce

    Calculating the odds of a happy marriage is nothing new, but Professor James Murray of Oxford University has taken it a step further than most. In 700 couples that were studied, Murray and his team were able to predict divorce mathematically with 94% accuracy. The studies were based on...
  • The International Space Station as Seen From Earth

    Many people are not aware that the International Space Station (ISS) is visible from Earth. It is, in fact it can be seen without a telescope under the right conditions: it has to be in light and you have to be in darkness; which makes just before sunrise and...
  • Recession May Have People Craving Pet Meat

    Animal rights experts are afraid that the Great Recession may cause Britons to start eating pets. Pet owners have be warned about selling the more commonly eaten varieties of animals in the upcoming months, in particular rabbits, goats and pigs. According to pet behaviorist Debbie Connolly: Last week a...
  • First Look at Where the Wild Things Are the Movie

    Where the Wild Things Are has been a longtime favorite book for children the world over, so hopefully the film version will do it justice. If this trailer is anything to go by, it looks set to entertain....
  • Arlington Woman Blames Satan and the Economy for Church Theft

    A 62-year-old Arlington woman accused of taking more than $73,000 from a church has stated that “Satan had a big part in the theft.” It is alleged that she forged the pastor of the Arlington Free Methodist church on 80 checks to cover household expenses as she “couldn’t stand...