The American tourist mauled to death by a lion Monday in South Africa has been identified as Katherine Chappell, a 29-year-old who worked as a visual effects editor on Game of Thrones.
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02 Jun 22:17
The Gummi Venus de Milo, Carved By Gummi Artisans Who Work Exclusively In The Medium Of Gummi
26 May 17:03
Benevolent God Smites Missouri Golf Course With Giant Sinkhole
by Hudson Hongo
DarendukesSinkholes dude.
This week, God, who is good , demonstrated his disapproval of golf, which is bad, by opening up a series of big-ass sinkholes under Top of the Rock golf course near Branson, Missouri, including one spanning 80 feet across. In his infinite grace, no one was harmed.
13 May 18:13
Report: North Korean Defense Minister Executed for Sleeping in Meeting
by Hudson Hongo
Darendukes"The head of North Korea’s military was publicly executed by ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN late last month for disobeying Kim Jong Un and falling asleep during a meeting"
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Now that is what I call over-kill. I can't imagine what that must have been like to witness.
According to South Korea’s chief spy agency, the head of North Korea’s military was publicly executed by anti-aircraft gun late last month for disobeying Kim Jong Un and falling asleep during a meeting, the BBC reports.
08 May 20:56
Man Gets What He Deserves When He Interrupts the Ninja Anonymous Meeting
by Katharine Trendacosta
DarendukesA tad funny
08 May 18:20
Newly Identified Species Of Penis Worm Still Looks Nothing Like A Penis
by Robbie Gonzalez
Scientists recently identified a new species of penis worm, a marine invertebrate named after its allegedly penislike shape.
08 May 18:20
Glorious New Photos Capture A Sunset On Mars
by Damia Bouic — Chez Damia Bouic
04 May 23:27
Man Sues MillerCoors for Pretending Blue Moon Is a "Craft Beer"
by Jay Hathaway
A San Diego beer drinker is suing massive alcohol conglomerate MillerCoors, the second macro-est macrobrewer in the world (behind Anheuser-Busch Inbev), for false advertising because he’s been buying Blue Moon all these years, believing it was a “craft beer.” Did he actually drink any of it? Because that probably would have cleared things up pretty quick.
04 May 22:05
Kurt Cobain (From Nirvana) to Release Solo Album This Summer
by Kelly Conaboy
Kurt Cobain once sang, “I’ll take all the blame, aqua seafoam shame.” What was he talking about? I don’t know, but he’s releasing a brand new solo album this summer even though he has been dead (murdered? ) for twenty-one years.
01 May 21:46
All The Comics You Absolutely Gotta Grab This Free Comic Book Day
by Rob Bricken
DarendukesSaturday May 2nd
Are you ready for some free comics? I certainly hope so, since May 2nd is Free Comic Book Day all across the country. There are dozens and dozens of offerings, but we know exactly which ones you need to make sure you pick up tomorrow. One warning: Once you read these, the chances of you wanting to buy more comics is high indeed.
30 Apr 18:40
Woman Uncovers Two-Way Mirror in a Bar Bathroom; Owner Says It'll Stay
by Karyn Polewaczyk on Jezebel, shared by Leah Beckmann to Gawker
DarendukesOwner's rant is great.
Tonight a reader tipped us off to a video posted by comic Tamale Rocks, who uncovered a two-way mirror in the women’s bathroom at Chicago bar Cigars and Stripes.
30 Apr 18:19
Jeffrey Dahmer Died From Being Too Good at Pranks
by Ashley Feinberg
DarendukesHuh. I did not know that.
In 1994, serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer finally got what was coming to him when fellow inmate Christopher Scarver beat him to death in a prison bathroom. And which of Dahmer’s many crimes finally pushed Scarver over the edge? Being too damn good at pranks.
29 Apr 21:43
Bud Light Puts "No" Back in Its Vocabulary After Idiotic Slogan Trashed
by Dayna Evans
Darendukes"Who are the ad wizards that came up with that one?"
Piss beer overlords Anheuser-Busch InBev have removed a rape culture tagline from their beer bottles after the web collectively erupted over it Tuesday afternoon.
28 Apr 17:41
Watch This Video of Baltimore Gang Members Explaining Their Truce
by Jia Tolentino on Jezebel, shared by Taylor Berman to Gawker
The absolute citywide tragedy and outpouring of pain all over the streets in Baltimore last night was another breaking point in America’s attempt to negotiate and get out from under centuries of explicitly racist state violence, which in recent years has reached a fever pitch all over America but also, notably, within Baltimore’s own system. As detailed by the Sun, the city’s paid out an astonishing $5.7 million in police violence settlements alone since 2011, to victims like:
24 Apr 18:19
Very Angry Lady Successfully Files "Fuck This Court" Legal Brief
by Gabrielle Bluestone
The great thing about America is you can say pretty much anything you want, if you pay a filing fee. Like this Georgia lady who was so dissatisfied with the outcome of her case, she filed a duly executed “Notice to Fuck This Court and Everything that it Stands For.”
24 Apr 17:01
Gravitational Lens Creates A Perfect Einstein Ring Across The Universe
by Mika McKinnon
DarendukesCool!
Every now and then, the universe lines up just right for us puny humans on some speck of a planet in the no-where end of the galaxy to see something amazing. This is an Einstein Ring, a near-perfect manifestation of a particular variety of gravitational lensing.
24 Apr 16:52
The Mushrooms You See In Every Children's Book Are Psychoactive
by Esther Inglis-Arkell
DarendukesDuh. Go ask Alice when she's ten feet tall.
These adorable mushrooms are in every children’s book illustration. They’re so cute, with their bright red umbrellas and white spots! They’re also psychoactive. And toxic.
23 Apr 17:12
Recover Memories Of Monsters Only You Can See To Survive Apocrypha
by Ed Grabianowski
DarendukesI'd play that.
In the Apocrypha Adventure Card Game, the world is beset by monsters only some people can see and a looming apocalypse only some people know about. We talked to creator Mike Selinker about Apocrypha’s connection to Pathfinder, how it can be both a card game and an RPG, and what The Cure’s Disintegration album has to do with it all.
22 Apr 21:08
Skull Embedded In Italian Cave Yields Oldest Neanderthal DNA Sample
by Rossella Lorenzi — Discovery News
DarendukesCool picture.
The oldest samples of Neanderthal DNA have been extracted from remains embedded in a cave in southern Italy, confirming that the so-called Altamura Man was a Neanderthal who lived around 150,000 years ago.
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22 Apr 21:01
Man Shoots His Piece of Shit Computer Eight Times in a Back Alley
by Aleksander Chan
Lucas Hinch, of Colorado Springs, was, as he explained to police, “fed up” with his 2012 Dell XPS 410. That shit was not working. On Monday, Hinch had finally had enough: he dragged his computer into an alley and shot it eight times.“It was glorious,” he told the Los Angeles Times. “Angels sung on high.”
22 Apr 17:27
Side-Splitting Bloopers From Our Favourite Science Fiction Series
by Vincze Miklós
DarendukesIncludes Star Trek TNG, Firefly, and X-Files. Among others.
You don’t realize how much work goes into creating the greatest science fiction and fantasy series until you see all the mistakes that were made along the way. Blooper reels are a hilarious, brilliant way to celebrate the artistry of making great stories. Here are some of our favorites.
21 Apr 21:17
Ice Cream Maker Blue Bell Pulls All Products After 3 Die, 5 Fall Ill
by Hudson Hongo
According to the L.A. Times, Blue Bell Creameries has issued a worldwide recall of its products over concerns that they may be contaminated with a dangerous strain of Listeria bacteria.
20 Apr 22:21
There's A Brand New Section Of A Wrinkle In Time That You Can Read
by Ria Misra
A newly-unearthed section of A Wrinkle In Time has been released by Madeline L’Engle’s granddaughter — and it has some strong words about the dangers faced by democracies, as they try to balance security and freedom.
20 Apr 20:06
Undercover Sting Busts Minnesota Bar for Selling Rare Wisconsin Beer
by Jay Hathaway
New Glarus Brewing’s Spotted Cow beer is a Wisconsin institution, an easy-drinking cream ale that several reviewers say would be their regular summer beer ... if they could get it outside the state. The brewer is only licensed to distribute its limited supply of beer within Wisconsin, and the beer cops in neighboring Minnesota take that rule very seriously.
15 Apr 20:27
Twin Peaks Actors to Showtime: Give David Lynch the Money
by Gabrielle Bluestone
At last glance the fate of Twin Peaks was up in the air after creator David Lynch announced he was walking away from the project, which Showtime apparently owns the rights to. But it seems like some of the actors are calling Showtime's bluff.
15 Apr 19:58
Can You Solve the Math Problem That Has Torn Singapore Apart?
by Jay Hathaway
A question on a quiz for teenage mathletes proved so tricky for Singapore newscaster Kenneth Kong that he posted it to Facebook to find a definitive answer. Now the problem has driven the entire country mad, and it's spreading to the rest of the world.
14 Apr 18:32
Some Prankster Got a Meme Called "Dick Butt" Placed on a Formula 1 Car
by Andy Cush
Meet Dick Butt, an obscure-ish internet meme that originated from a webcomic in 2006, spread to 4chan, then Reddit, then the rest of the internet, and ended up affixed to the side of Ferrari's Formula 1 car this week. This is the story of Dick Butt's incredible journey.