cake Danny Elfman celebrates 70th birthday with madcap sacrifice Rusty Blazenhoff

mistakes were made Woman asks for Mariah Carey on her birthday cake, gets Marie Curie instead Rusty Blazenhoff

Food Freddie Mercury chocolate cake Xeni Jardin

Germs Germophobe demonstrates a sanitary way to extinguish birthday candles Rusty Blazenhoff

brightest flashlights World's brightest flashlight costs $750, turns night to day (video) Ellsworth Toohey

politics Eric Trump: money and golf club memberships rank up there with love Jason Weisberger

wonderful creatures Ain't no party like an opossum birthday party Jennifer Sandlin

health Why you are "significantly more likely" to die on your birthday Ellsworth Toohey

adorable animals Watch Oliver the alpaca celebrate his first birthday with a "pup cup" Jennifer Sandlin

Games Minecraft is 15 years old Rob Beschizza

jokes Here's the funnest crab joke Thom Dunn

adorable snouts Watch Benny the mini Dachshund get a very special treat for his first birthday! Jennifer Sandlin

photographs Strange snapshots of Abraham Lincoln David Pescovitz

Vintage photos of odd and naughty birthday cakes David Pescovitz

fun This water tower is shaped like a giant birthday cake with candles Popkin

Cake-ism A "cakewich" is a sandwich made out of cake slices Jennifer Sandlin

Food Qimmy Shimmy makes horrifically incredible sculptures of surreal foods Popkin

Games McDonald's releases new game for old console: Grimace's Birthday, on Game Boy Color Rob Beschizza

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