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You Can Blame the Drunk Munchies for Making You Fat, Say Researchers

File this one under: Did we really need a study? Researchers have concluded what we've always known to be true. That is, getting wasted, then stuffing your face with whatever cheap and greasy foodstuffs are available, will make you gain weight. There's even a fun name for it: the...

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I Make Bank Selling My Filthy Used Socks to Foot Fetishists Online

“What do you think they’re doing with your socks?” I ask Jessie over the phone. “What do you think they’re doing with them?” She responds, as if I’ve just asked her the stupidest question she’s ever heard. “They rub them all over their face, deeply inhale the stink,...

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Metallica’s ‘For Whom The Bell Tolls’ Performed Entirely With Bells

This is a video of musician Rob Scallon (previously) performing Metallica's 'For Whom The Bell Tolls' entirely with different forms of bells (does a Glockenspiel count?). You know, because why not? It was surprisingly relaxing, and didn't make me nearly as anxious as listening to...

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Born Again Indian Motorcycles Are Here to Dethrone Harley Davidson

Legend tells of a time when there existed a big American motorcycle company other than Harley-Davidson. It holds that there was an even older bike maker, one founded at the turn of the century in Springfield, Massachusetts, in what was then the nation’s industrial heartland. Springfield...

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And Vinyly: Get A Loved Ones’ Ashes Pressed Into A Vinyl Record

And Vinyly is a service that allows you to have a loved ones' ashes pressed into a custom vinyl record for BONUS pops and crackles of remembrance. You get to pick the audio and album art, and the company takes care of the rest. Unfortunately,...

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Drink More Booze While Traveling to Avoid Getting Sick

When you think of drinking while traveling there's a chance some memories are bad—that tequila bender in Tijuana, or an unfortunate case of beer one time in Panama City Beach. According to researchers, that handle of Patron you polished off before things went a little...