A new video proves that perhaps giraffes are not as docile as we imagine them to be
French Inmates Escape from Medieval Prison Using a Table Leg
On New Year’s Day in a medieval town in eastern France, three prisonniers fled a medieval prison using equally medieval materials: a table leg and a rope made out of bedsheets.
Rapper Ryan Leslie Ordered to Pay $1.2 Million Reward for Lost Laptop
Promises can be hard to keep, especially when there’s more than a million dollars at stake.
Traffic Cop Tells All: How to Avoid Getting a Speeding Ticket (and Other Tips)
Okay, so the best way to avoid getting a speeding ticket is not to speed, but you knew that. What you really want to know is, how do you speed and not get a ticket?
Late-Night Laughs: The 5 Best Comedy Clips of the Week
This week in the world of late-night television, we learned what Michael Bloomberg accomplished this year and we saw what the Olympics of the future could look like.
British Newspaper the Sun To Argentina’s President: ‘Hands Off’ the Falklands
Is this a case of, don’t try for me, Argentina?
Double Vision: Top 10 Famous Twins
On the 103rd birthday of Welsh twins Ena Pugh and Lily Millward, who were thought to be, until recently, the oldest living twins in the world, here are 10 other sets of twins who’ve hit it big right alongside their genetic body doubles.
Giving the Gift of Coffee: 228 Tim Hortons Customers Pay for Next Person in Line
For some coffee drinkers in Canada, it’s all about paying it forward – for three hours, as 228 customers paid for the next purchase in line.
Reading While Eating for Jan. 4: Playing the Name Game
In today’s must-read links for your lunch break: The difficulty of naming a child in Iceland and a look at the wider impact of subway deaths in New York City.
Gambian President to Build Controversial Herbal Medicine Hospital for HIV Patients
Needless to say, the president’s tenacious love for natural medicine has driven the World Health Organization and the United Nations crazy.
Watch: U.S. Navy PSA Shows Demonic Dangers of Bath Salts
Set to a dubstep soundtrack, the public service announcement shows a sailor experiencing the dark reality of bath salt use.
Massachusetts Town Bans Plastic Water Bottles
For many people, a new year means resolutions. And for one Massachusetts town, that means doing away with disposable plastic water bottles.
According to the EPA, in 2010, the U.S. generated 31 million tons of plastic waste. …