U.S. Mint has 1 billion dollar coins that nobody wants

More than 1 billion coins sit in storage

The U.S. Mint claims that the American public is resistant to dollar coins and refuses to use them.  While in general I understand that comment, from a practical perspective I’m not resistant at all.  I just never get them as change.  What am I supposed [...]

Aussie just wanted to play with the crocodile

As someone commented on the The West’s comment section, “This is exactly the sort of guy who should be eaten by a crocodile…sometimes you need to thin the herd a little.”  I agree!  The guy is the perfect candidate for pruning via natural selection.

From FLIP PRIOR at The West Australian:

A man who [...]

Religion Continues to Drag Down Modern Society

Fear of the devil is holding up the census in India as groups of religious believers refuse to participate for fear of being associated with an imaginary evil force.

The fear of the ‘Beast’ or the Devil in the Christian-dominated state of Mizoram has caused almost 1,000 families to refuse to enroll their names [...]

Chatroulette.com Scares the Heck Out of Me

I have a hard enough time talking to a real person on the phone. Imagine a stream of “face-to-face” video chats with complete strangers!

That’s what you get with the hottest new web toy.  Simply plug in your web cam and go to chatroulette.com.  Click the Play button and you will be connected a [...]

UFO Reports Spike After Media Events

You just watched Aliens, what are those lights in the sky?

It turns out that when you take 15 years of UFO and alien reports and stick them on a chronological timeline, the number of reports spike after major media events prominently featuring aliens and UFOs.  1978 was a big year because that’s [...]

The Reality of the Stimulus vs. Unemployment?

If this chart means what I think it means… yikes.  Perhaps this chart should be featured on FailBlog.org

Holy opposite effect, Batman!

[chart via Innocent [...]

How likely are you to survive an airline accident?

You will survive, most likely

Rather likely.  In fact, the chance of you surviving a general accident while flying a U.S. domestic airline is 95.7%.

And the word “accident” here doesn’t just mean a bumpy landing, it means:

“An occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft… in which any person [...]

Tattoo girl regrets her decision

Her pic is priceless.

This girl regrets her tattooed face.

Problematic face

She tried to blame the tatoo artist by claiming that she fell asleep while he went nuts on her face.

This is the guy she blamed.

Words cannot describe this

Turns out he’s a nice guy and offered to pay [...]

General Lee (Lee Generali) Found in Italy

Nate and Rita were traveling through Italy when they happened upon this beauty!  What a rare and random find indeed in Italy!  Perhaps Bo and Luke are now doing Moonshine runs for the mafia.

The Lee Generali

Past Visions of the Future

What did the year 1999 look like to people in the 1960s and earlier?  Check out these revealing videos.  It’s amazing how 1999 looked so much like 1965. 

AT&T’s vision of the future was close, but just a little bit off. People don’t send “faxes” from the beach, but they do send [...]

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