French luxury fashion house Balenciaga is embracing (aka co-opting) heavy metal with its "DIY Metal" line. Emblazoned with Balaneciaga logos in a variety of metal typography—from 80s hair metal to… Read the rest of the article: Balenciaga goes death metal
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David Pescovitz The US Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a recall of more than half a million beds made by Home Design, Inc. and sold by Walmart, Wayfair, and other dealers. According… Read the rest of the article: Half a million beds recalled due to injuries from "use"
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David Pescovitz Chinese marathoner Uncle Chen, 52, finished the 2024 Xiamen Marathon earlier this month in a very respectable three hours and 33 minutes. Unfortunately though, Chen was ultimately disqualified for chain-smoking… Read the rest of the article: Marathon runner disqualified for chain-smoking during race
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David Pescovitz Almost a decade after the end of the original Mythbusters series, many of the episodes people remember most fondly involve some sort of explosion. In Adam Savage's latest Tested video,… Read the rest of the article: Adam Savage reveals Mythbusters' scariest explosion
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David Pescovitz Shonna Coleman of Southhaven, Mississippi was surprised upon receiving an official "Parent Notice of Disciplinary Incident"" involving her 7-year-old son, a student at Hope Sullivan Elementary. Apparently, his first grade… Read the rest of the article: First grader disciplined at school for saying"Jesus Christ"
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David Pescovitz A passenger aboard a SpiceJet flight from Mumbai to Bengaluru, India yesterday used the airplane bathroom but then found himself trapped inside. Apparently the lock malfunctioned and the fellow was… Read the rest of the article: Airplane passenger trapped in bathroom during flight across India
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David Pescovitz In 1976, a district court judge in Boston was trying a cocaine possession case but before ruling, he insisted he needed to try cocaine himself. It was the 70s after… Read the rest of the article: Judge planned to try cocaine before ruling on cocaine possession case
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David Pescovitz In this AskReddit thread, Slider-678 posed the following question: "What is something you do in hotel room, you never do at home?" Here are just a few of the 5,000… Read the rest of the article: List of unusual things people do in hotel rooms
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David Pescovitz Starfleet had a base on Mars, as evidenced by an image captured by NASA's Curiosity rover. Amateur astronomer Scott Atkinson found the stone sculpture of the Starfleet insignia among a… Read the rest of the article: Star Trek Starfleet insignia spotted on Mars
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David Pescovitz Oklahoma State Rep. Justin Humphrey (R-Lane) has filed House Bill 3084 which would ban "students who purport to be an imaginary animal or animal species, or who engage in anthropomorphic… Read the rest of the article: Oklahoma bill requires"furry" children to be removed from school by parents or animal control
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David Pescovitz Pauly Shore will play fitness legend Richard Simmons for a new biopic in development at Warner Bros. "We all need this biopic now more than ever. Simmons represented mental health,… Read the rest of the article: Pauly Shore is Richard Simmons
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David Pescovitz Meet Kimberly "Kimycola" Winter, 33, who last summer earned the Guinness World Record for the loudest burp in the world produced by a woman. The belch measured 107.3 decibels, louder… Read the rest of the article: This young woman delivers "monstrous and magical" record-breaking burps (video)
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David Pescovitz Kum & Go, the unfortunately (fortunately?) named gas station and convenience store will change its name. As you may recall, Kum & Go has been in the news for people,… Read the rest of the article: Kum & Go is changing its name
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David Pescovitz Putnam County, New York police have charged Mark Kuhn, 62, with poisoning animals after they determined he had spray-painted squirrels with red paint. Why? "He said he didn't want the… Read the rest of the article: Man busted for painting squirrels red
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David Pescovitz On Monday, the driver of an RV brushed against the center divide on a Los Angeles freeway resulting in the passenger getting launched out of the hulking vehicle. The man… Read the rest of the article: Man ejected out of RV on freeway, flew across median, and survived! (video)
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David Pescovitz Theme Park Crazy created the video above about the most highly-anticipated coasters that will be rolled out (!) in 2024. The full list is below. Many years ago, I ended… Read the rest of the article: These are the wildest new roller coasters coming this year
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David Pescovitz One reason that the storied Concorde supersonic jet was finally grounded is because of the sonic boom it generated as it flew fast enough to break the sound barrier. For… Read the rest of the article: NASA reveals secret supersonic airplane that quiets the sonic boom to a thump
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David Pescovitz The slopes were bustling over the weekend at Lake Tahoe, California's Heavenly Mountain Resort with skiers, snowboarders, and, um, black bears enjoying the fresh powder. Video below. "I see the… Read the rest of the article: Big bear frolicking on busy ski run freaks out snowboarders and skiers (video)
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David Pescovitz On Sunday, Samuel Peyrot, 36, decided to take a skid loader for a spin in the snow-covered parking lot of a Home Depot in Lincoln, Nebraska. Seemingly with purpose, he… Read the rest of the article: Watch man ram skid loader into cars and police cruiser in Home Depot lot
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David Pescovitz In Haryana, India, Darshan Singh Brar, age 80, was in the hospital on a ventilator for four days when physicians reported that his heart had stopped. Declared dead, Brar was… Read the rest of the article: Dead man revived when ambulance hit a pothole