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The Incredible Shrinking Moon
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- Fark's Weird News Quiz (Hungry Sinkhole Edition) -- Tony Deconinck
- Moving Back With the 'Rents a Reality for 'Big Lake' Stars -- Monica Garske
- British Dictionary Just Twigs to 'Chill Pill' -- Theunis Bates
- 'Bed Intruder' Cracks Billboard Charts -- Jordan Carr
- North Korea Turns to Twitter, YouTube in Propaganda War -- Terence Neilan
- 2010's Most Bizarre Mug Shots (So Far) -- Ben Muessig
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These SunChips Are Making Me Noisy
6 hours 58 minutes ago
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(Aug. 20) -- Why are SunChips generating so much noise these days? The Frito-Lay owned snack brand intended to market its new non-plastic bag around the 100 percent biodegradable plant-matter packagi ...
Massive 'Michelin Baby' Stuns Web: How Did He Get So Big?
7 hours 9 minutes ago
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Rex USA
(Aug. 20) -- The Chinese tot who's been dubbed "Michelin Baby" for his massive girth -- at 10 months, he weighs 44 pounds, as much as the average six-year-old -- is astounding web viewers in photogra ...
Word Up: British Dictionary Just Twigs to 'Chill Pill'
8 hours 42 minutes ago
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Getty Images
LONDON (Aug. 20) -- Ever defriended a hater or chillaxed with a vuvuzela? No? Well, apparently a lot of other people have, because along with 2,000 other terms, those ungainly words have just been gr ...
NKorea Turns to Twitter in Propaganda War
8 hours 54 minutes ago
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(Aug. 20) -- The war of words between North Korea and South Korea has reached an unexpected new high, or perhaps a new low. North Korea has embraced Twitter, YouTube and now possibly Facebook to step ...
The Incredible Shrinking Moon
9 hours 59 minutes ago
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NASA / AFP / Getty Images
(Aug. 20) -- Simply stated, the moon is shrinking. According to a recent scientific study, including images taken by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or the LRO, the lunar surface has revealed a ...
Roger Corman Celebrates 'Piranha' 32 Years Later
14 hours 34 minutes ago
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Shout! Factory
(Aug. 20) -- Folks in Hollywood used to say that filmmaker Roger Corman was the only guy in Tinseltown who could negotiate a deal in the booth, use the booth as a set and finance the film using the c ...
Fark's Weird News Quiz (Hungry Sinkhole Edition)
14 hours 54 minutes ago
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Fark Logo
(Aug. 20) -- Editor's note: How well do you follow weird news? Find out with this strange news quiz from our obsessive friends at Fark.com. Test your knowledge and check your answers below. 1. Police ...
For 'Big Lake' Stars, Moving Back With the 'Rents Is Deja Vu
15 hours 21 minutes ago
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Matt Hoyle, Comedy Central
(Aug. 20) -- They say you can't go home again, but for the stars of the new TV sitcom "Big Lake," that old adage simply doesn't apply. "Big Lake," which airs at 10 p.m. EDT Tuesdays on Comedy Central ...
Dumb and Dumber: The Country's Least Savvy Criminal Suspects
15 hours 53 minutes ago
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Seminole County Sheriff's Office
(Aug. 4) -- There are criminals who elude authorities for years, committing nefarious acts that make Hollywood villains like Hannibal Lecter and Keyser Soze look as bumbling as Boris and Natasha. And ...
High-Flying Vulture Escapes, Posing Threat to UK Airplanes
1 day 5 hours ago
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(Aug. 19) -- Vultures are typically depicted circling high above the desert or perched on a skimpy branch, drool dripping from their flesh-ripping beaks, waiting and watching the long, slow death of ...
Ketamine: Club Drug, Anesthetic ... Prescription Anti-Depressant?
1 day 5 hours ago
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(Aug. 19) -- Ketamine, a common anesthetic in emergency rooms that's also renowned as a popular recreational hallucinogen, might soon have a third application: fast-acting anti-depressant medication. ...
Bear Pack Greets Cops on Pot Bust in Canadian Woods
1 day 7 hours ago
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(Aug. 19) -- Canadian police on a bust in the woods of British Columbia found more than drugs at one remote cabin. Cops in Christina Lake, a town of barely 1,500 year-round residents, were acting on ...
- Photoshop this man on his airboard [Photoshop]
- Actual headline of an editorial in a Washington DC newspaper that demostrate a complete lack or irony or self awareness by the writer: Muslims, not Americans are Religious Bigots [Dumbass]
- Who will have the longest line at ComicCon: Adam West, William Shatner, or Rod Blagojevich? [Cool]
- 58 pilot whales die in New Zealand on beach in case of too many pilots, not enough navigators [Misc]
- Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart say that they have been forced to increase security at their shows because Palinites are sending them death threats, all because the band sued Palin for illegally using Barracuda in her campaign [Followup]
Today's Random Question
It's not joke! The moon really is shrinking. Images taken by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter reveal a series of geologic faults that weren't seen before. (Read More)
As "Pirahna 3D hits the big screen, legendary director Roger Corman remembers the film he directed that inspired the horror fest. (Read More)