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Sword Swallower Nearly Dies from Torn Esophagus, Attempts Redemption
Hannibul Hellmurto, a legendary sword swallower working with the UK’s Circus of Horrors show suffered an on the job injury last October. He tore a four-inch gash in his esophagus while attempting to stick a lit neon bulb down his throat....
Why is James Randi Friends with Those He Knows are Wrong?
Max Maven sat down with James Randi several months ago at the Magic Castle to discuss a wide range of subjects including Randi’s beginnings in magic, his most recent work as an arch-Skeptic and everything in between. However, one part we...
Elderly Grandmother Admits to Jury Smurf Told Her to Grow Pot, is Acquitted
Alberta Kelley, you are a 67-year-old grandmother from Western Pennsylvania who just got busted on an anonymous tip for growing marijuana plants next to your tomato garden. What do you have to say for yourself? A Pennsylvania granmother,...
MythBusters Fight Back After Penn & Teller Invade Their Turf
So Penn & Teller create their own show on the Discovery Channel debating the legitimacy of various claims. Now, Jamie and Adam of MythBusters fame are invading P&T’s turf with a live stage show. See how these things escalate? The pair...
Epic Violin Tribute to Legend of Zelda that Will Steal One of Your Heart Pieces
We really can’t say enough about this violin tribute to the many themes of Legend of Zelda as performed by the undulating Lindsey Stirling. Soaring vistas, sweeping renditions of nostalgia tugged melodies that would melt the heart of...
Macarena to Goose Stepping: Synchronized Movement Controls Your Brain
A new study proves that organizing activities where a group of people move in unison can create more concrete leader-follower relationships and be used as a tool for helpful cooperation or evil deeds. In the experiment, participants were...
How Does This Plant Eat Flesh?
That was the challenge for one biologist who discovered that this plant, Philcoxia, was indeed consuming worms. Yet it doesn’t seem to have any orifices to trap the organisms, or lures to bring the creepy crawlies out of the dirt to their...
Brilliant Kinect Hack Creates 3D Models of Real World Objects in Seconds
The folks behind MatterPort, a hack using a Microsoft Kinect to create instant 3D renderings of items by taking pictures of them at various points, say that this does for 3D scanning what pictures did to painting. And they are not far off....
Marvel Lawyers Argue Mutants Are Not Human
“Mutants. Since the discovery of their existence they have been regarded with fear, suspicion, often hatred. Across the planet, debate rages. Are mutants the next link in the evolutionary chain or simply a new species of humanity fighting...
Watch: Precious 1966 Original Animated Hobbit Film Recovered Online
Sure it already has a beloved animated incarnation, which precede the upcoming epic live action version, but why not whet your whistle with this lost gem. Buried like so much treasure guarded by a fierce dragon is this 1966 animated...
Scientists Recreate Spider Silk (50 Years After Teenager in Queens)
Listen kids. If you are reading this and you only know of Peter Parker and Spider-man because of the Sam Raimi films, let me break something to you. Peter Parker didn’t start shooting webs out of his wrists as part of an overnight...
Our Ancestor Killed the Last Yeti Alive
Over 10,000 years ago a creature stalked the Tibetan landscape. 10 foot tall, weighing in at over 1,200 pounds, this lumbering herbivore moved like a massive version of a modern Orangutan. His name was Gigantopithecus and his species is a...
Found Item Kinetic Sculpture Rides Real Bike
Andrew Smith was commissioned by Ripley’s Believe It Or Not to create this moving sculpture constructed from found items including railroad lanterns and an old bicycle. Really amazing looking piece of art. [YouTube]
South Korean Soldiers Go Bug Nuts Insane for K-Pop Girl Band
South Korean military men find themselves all in a lather when female pop stars Girl’s Generation surprise them for an impromptu concert. We don’t have any information on where this took place, but you can’t deny that’s a toe tapper of a...
Bigfoot Tracker Claims License To Kill Bigfoot Granted From Canadian Government
Georgia-Bigfoot-body-in-a-freezer hoaxer and the “best Bigfoot tracker in the world”, Rick Dyer claims he received permission from the Canadian government to kill a Bigfoot and bring it back to America. Dyer says his team has permission to...
Hide Ya Wife, Hide Ya Kids: Oily Man Returns to Malaysia
One of the more gruesome crypto creatures made a frightening return to Malaysia over the holidays. The Oily Man (Orang Minyak) is a supernatural creature covered in black grease that crawls into the homes of families and rapes virgin...
Sasquatch Sounds “Like a Woman Being Murdered in the Woods”
Animal Planet series Finding Sasquatch gives us this web exclusive comparing various Bigfoot Calls. Our favorite it the one that might actually have been a real woman being murdered in the woods only it was incorrectly classified as a...
NASA Wants YOU to Help Track Space Junk With Your iPhone
Listen folks, let’s face facts. Space stuff is trying to get all up in our atmosphere all the time. Most of it burns up on the way in but some actually makes it to the surface of our precious Earth. It would be really nice if we knew more...
The Future of Wheelchairs? Awesome Exoskeletons
The future is now. Amazing exoskeletons will be sold to consumers with spinal cord injuries for training, under doctor supervision for now, how to walk upright with the help of the device. Your job is to balance your upper body, shifting...
Chinese Billionaire Dies in Poisoned Cat Stew Murder Plot
Don’t try the cat meat hot pot while eating with Agriculture official Huang Guang. That’s what Chinese lumber billionaire Long Liyuan found out the hard way after he was allegedly poisoned. Long died in the hospital a few days later and...