Ripped from today’s headlines.
Remember when KTVU fell for an obvious joke and reported that those Asiana pilot’s names were Sum Ting Wong, Wi Tu Lo, Ho Lee Fuk, and Bang Ding Ow? Well, Korea hit back this week. A Southwest flight had some landing gear trouble at LGA, and a Korean news agency … Read More
Meet Tom Grosset, Canadian and newly-minted world record holder, courtesy of Guiness. Grosset is the world’s fastest drummer, having clocked 1,208 beats in sixty seconds—which is a dizzying twenty beats per second. The last record for world’s fastest drummer was set in 2003, by the drummer for friggin’ Dream Theatre, … Read More
There’s a new coffee machine specifically designed for tired airplane passengers with no spare change. Instead, this coffee machine gives out free coffee at the sign of a yawn. According to TIME, the coffee machine is outfitted with facial recognition technology and when someone stands in front of the machine … Read More
Hollywood is always thinking of ways of modernizing fairy tales, but this time the real world has created one hell of a adaptation. In Jackson, Mississippi someone is stealing asphalt from city projects and using it to mend potholes around the city, according to TIME. They’re calling him “Pothole Robin … Read More
If you want to earn a bronze star, you’ll have to join the US military and do something heroic in a combat zone. Or, you can stick to the Canadian military, but impress someone in the US military so much that they feel like giving you a US award. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBe0s0ZCPoE[/youtube]
