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Why do we keep falling for the same prankster's hoaxes?
’Tis the season to be wary—of brand hoaxes, apparently. Bic pens is the latest casualty in a string of pranks that involve a faked exchange with a real business or organization. But unlike previous...
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The Canada jokes just write themselves in this playful video
The weather outside may be a frightful 45 degrees below zero, but that doesn’t stop this middle-aged Canadian couple from going outside to blow bubbles.“Just keep blowiin’ those bubbles, hon!” Ted...
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Woman shows rotten teeth to silence critics of her essay about poverty
What does poverty look like? To most people, it doesn’t look like a young, multi-lingual woman who’s successfully raising a family and getting published in the Huffington Post. But one viral post...
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DiGiorno brilliantly reimagines 'The Sound of Music' as a pizza musical
Ham, pepperoni, and sausage on thin crust... may not have been on Maria von Trapp’s favorite things this Christmas season, but that didn’t stop DiGiorno Pizza from getting in on the fun last night...
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NASA GIFs an incredible storm center at Saturn's north pole
What’s even better than a high-res photo of a corner of the universe? A high-res GIF, of course. Images from NASA’s Cassini mission, a spacecraft mission launched in 2004 to explore Saturn and its...
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The blueprints to these famous houses are now open source
Frank Lloyd Wright’s historic William Winslow house just went on sale for $2.4 million—but what if you could simply download the blueprints and design and build your own dream house for under...
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4chan's fake Xbox One instructions convince users to brick their systems
With as many problems as Microsoft’s new gaming console, the Xbox One, has encountered in its rocky road to the holiday market, the real surprise is that how 4chan managed to wait til December before...
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Reddit's first drunk writing competition is off to a great start
Now you too can join the ranks of Dorothy Parker and Ernest Hemingway—and no, we don’t mean you’ll be moving to France or enjoying a homoerotic literary rivalry with your best frenemy. You can drink...
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Uh-oh: SpaghettiOs' tasteless Pearl Harbor tweet is already a meme
We’ve been noticing an uptake in whimsical corporate branding on the Internet lately. Some of it’s savvy, some of it’s awkward, and some of it’s wishful thinking. Now, perhaps inevitably, we’ve...
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Stephen King is already terrifying us on Twitter
Horror fans, get ready for The Vining and The Vining 2: Doctor Tweet. In the shocking twist you never saw coming, Stephen King, who loves kicking it old-school so much that he famously wrote his novel...
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After a horrifying Craigslist murder, the Internet rallies to support a family
Jim Vester, a 32-year-old former National Guard Sergeant at Arms, thought he was meeting up with his Craigslist correspondent to buy an iPad as a Christmas gift on Wednesday. Instead, in a parking lot...
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When you tell Tumblr you want to punch a feminist, expect a challenge
There’s almost something refreshing about the honest predictability of men’s rights activists on the Internet. When a group that purports to provide resources for men in need rallies behind something...
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No, Kanye West did not call himself the 'next Nelson Mandela'
If the Daily Currant is to be believed, Kanye West has already chosen Nelson Mandela’s spiritual replacement: himself. Relax. West may have a notorious ego, but he hasn’t actually outclassed himself...
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What's the only thing scarier than tumbling out of a plane at 10,000 feet? This
What’s the only thing scarier than tumbling out of a plane at 10,000 feet? Having someone attached to your back hitting you in the head as you fall, probably. It may seem like the tandem skydiving...
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This redditor's missing dog was rescued by another redditor
Christopher Darden probably meant well when he posted his lost dog’s picture to Reddit. Heidi, a young Swiss Mountain dog, went missing in the Fort Worth area, allegedly sometime on Friday. After the...
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Watch a Christmas light tribute to Auburn football's incredible touchdown
Few things are more annoying than having a neighbor with an obnoxious lights display during the holiday season. But we think we’ve found something even worse: Living next to these guys if you’re a fan...
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Pirate Bay cofounder reportedly held in solitary confinement
What kind of crime warrants being held in solitary confinement? Serial murder? Terrorism? Hacking? If you think one of these things isn’t like the others, you’re not alone. Pirate Bay founder Gottfrid...
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Tumblr is having a love affair with a Web developer
You'll find a fan base for just about everything on Tumblr—including, apparently, one of the community's favorite Web developers. Meet XKit Guy. If you’ve ever tried to use Tumblr, you know that it...
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The strange saga of Heidi, the kidnapped Swiss mountain dog, has a happy ending
The story of a rescued dog, apparently mistreated by her owners, has turned out to be a lot more complicated than it appeared. Two days ago, redditor dogthedogsaver looked like a hero after he took...
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Paul and Storm on George R.R. Martin, xkcd, and their next album
Musical comedy duo Paul and Storm, the comedy duo responsible for the viral spoof “Write Like the Wind (George R. R. Martin),” launched a Kickstarter last month for their newest album, Ball Pit—a...
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