A man rests on a motorcycle in front of an advertisement in central Shanghai October 18, 2012.
Tom Hanks Dropped the F-Bomb on Good Morning America. He even warned them he was going to do it. (Gawker)
Bailout Bonus: Did Mitt Romney make $15 million off Obama’s auto bailout? (Salon)
The Big Man Is Back: Check out Wired’s longread on the larger-than-life founder of Megaupload, Kim Dotcom. (Wired)
It’s Raining Women: Help Mitt Romney fill out his binder in this extremely quick and dirty videogame. (Romneybindersgame.com)
Why Is Quitting Called ‘Cold Turkey’? We’re guessing it’s got nothing to do with the country. (Mental Floss)
But They Love Claire Danes: The Lebanese government may sue over a depiction of Beirut in the TV show Homeland. (Vulture)
Thank You, Cynthia Nixon: The Sex and the City star mercifully pulls the plug on rumors of a threequel. (Perez Hilton)
Bomb Plot: The family of a 21-year-old Bangladeshi man arrested for attempting to blow up the Federal Reserve building in Manhattan insists he is innocent. (Divanee)
The $20 Million Man: Meet the political donor and chess enthusiast the New York Times is calling the most powerful private citizen in Missouri. (New York Times)
Grading College Football Programs by Uniform: Heck, it makes more sense than the BCS. (GoFugYourself)
10 Scathing Reviews of Now-Classic Novels: Spoiler: John Dos Passos did not like The Sun Also Rises. (Flavorwire)
Will Ferrell’s New Old Milwaukee Ads: Warning: They’re only showing in Sweden. And one of them is in Swedish. (BuzzFeed)
A Stephen Colbert cameo in The Hobbit? Please, please let this be real. (Empire)
Human Wormhole: This man, appearing on the 1956 TV game show I’ve Got a Secret, actually witnessed Lincoln’s assassination. Wow. (via BuzzFeed; h/t Jason Kottke)