A major favorite at io9 HQ, Vertigo's FBP: Federal Bureau of Physics will make the leap from page to screen courtesy of Warner Bros., naturally. It's about the titular government agency, which deals in quantum disasters in a world where physics can change just like the weather.
5 year old Kristoffer Von Hassel figured out that he could log into his dad's Xbox Live account without a password by entering spaces into a second password verification screen after entering the wrong password at the login screen. Kristoffer's father notified Microsoft, and they've now listed Kristoffer as a "security researcher" on their website. He's also received four games, fifty bucks, and a year of Xbox Live.
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Turns out left turns are not only riskier, they also waste gas. So UPS – optimization-obsessed logistics company that it is – got rid of them.
DarendukesLove that title.
There's not much to add to the New Scientist's lede here: "Vaginas grown in a lab from the recipients' own cells have been successfully transferred to the body for the first time."
Bad news if you like shitty hot sauce: On Wednesday, the Irwindale City Council declared the factory that produces Sriracha a public nuisance. The factory now has 90 days to find a way to stop the odor, which residents say burns their eyes and throats, causing heartburn, nose bleeds, and inflamed asthma.
DarendukesHe's all, "Mom, are you seeing this shit?"
A baby takes a break from his daily struggles with concepts like object permanence and the automobile to comprehend something even more mesmerizing to his baby mind: the car wash. He may not be able to talk, but his eyes are saying, "Whoa. Trippy."
AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys, is also the home of a 72-foot-high by 160-foot-wide, 1.2 million-pound big screen, one of the largest Diamond Visions in the world. Conan O'Brien decided to put that massive display to its best possible use: playing video games.
Darendukes"Colbert will retire his Colbert Report character when he takes over."
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I have long wondered if he would ever retire from that whole act.
Stephen Colbert will replace David Letterman as host of The Late Show. CBS announced the decision Wednesday afternoon in a press release, less than a week after Letterman's announcement that he will retire in 2015.
DarendukesFrance, you crazy!
Unions and employers in France have come to an agreement that employees will no longer check their work-related email before 9 a.m. or after 6 p.m. The deal—which is legally binding—upholds the spirit of the 35-hour work week that France implemented in 1999.
DarendukesFor Eric, cuz he hates stuff.
Today is the 235th birthday of William Hazlitt, the combative English essayist and journalist, who once wrote an entire essay on the pleasures of hating things. We have a sense you might like it.
DarendukesDr. Alan Grant: [holding a newly-hatched John Lennon in his hands] What species is this?
Henry Wu: Uh, it's John Lennon.
Dr. Alan Grant: [very worried] You bred Lennons?
A dentist who owns one of John Lennon's teeth is looking forward to the day when human cloning becomes sufficiently advanced that he can create a baby version of the late Beatle and raise the mini-rockstar as his own child.
DarendukesThought #1: Those kids are tripping balls.
Thought #2: This is legal?
Thought #3: Awww, that girl is teething on her yellow belt. Cute!
Judo is an internationally recognized form of martial arts, but until now it has never been an extremely adorable form of martial arts.
DarendukesTwo lanes wide! Canyonero!!!
DarendukesLife imitates art!!
As if that dumbass-Indians-fan ordeal couldn't get any more surreal, it turns out one cartoonist depicted almost the exact situation in 2002.
This video of a Dutch reporter doing a relaxed lean right off of a dock (and the mayor she's interviewing haplessly trying to pull her out of the water with his fancy mayor-necklace) is a blooper so perfect it has to be fake.
DarendukesHe wasn't even at fault. And he stopped to render aid. Now he's in critical condition. That sucks.
Police say a Detroit man who accidentally hit a 10-year-old pedestrian was attacked by a crowd of people when he got out of his pickup truck to see if the child was alright. The child is expected to recover from his injuries, but the driver is now in critical condition.
    
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DarendukesWe got 'em! The war is finally over!
For decades, we've had nothing to fear but fear itself—and el chupacabra, the mythical beast that sucks the blood out of goats and humans alike. Well, now we can go back to just fearing fear, because the chupacabra has reportedly been euthanized.
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If you're willing to stay up into the wee hours of the morning on Tuesday April 15th, you will be able to see a total lunar eclipse if you live in North or South America and the sky is clear. The eclipse will begin around 1:00 AM and totality is set to occur between 3:07 AM and 4:25 AM Eastern Time, according to a report by CBS.
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Almost as popular as sequels to classic films are rumors about sequels to classic films, and Goonies director Richard Donner did his part to jumpstart the latter when speaking with TMZ this morning.
The X Factor of porn is, uh, coming, and Duke University porn starlet Belle Knox has signed on to host.
Darendukeslol
note: volume is loud. turn speakers down before playing.
Pranks are terrible and they should never, under any circumstance, be played on or by anyone. There is a forever increasing supply of evidence to show that April Fools' Day is a living nightmare. That said, this April Fools' Day prank is pretty good! Saying anything would spoil it — and spoilers are, of course, nearly as evil as pranks — so you'll just have to watch for yourself.
DarendukesPerpendicularity
Hands To Fuck
