Look, the dangers of texting while driving are well-documented. It was only earlier this year that a Texas college student texted about needing to stop texting lest he die in a car accident right before he drove himself off a …
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Nevada Recluse Hoarded $7 Million Worth of Gold Bars and Coins in Home
The $200 in Walter Samasko Jr.’s bank account was just to throw everyone off. He was really worth about $7 million, which he kept in the form of gold bars and coins stashed in boxes in his Carson City, Nev., home. And nobody …
WATCH: Riding the Bus Never Seemed So Epic
Ah, the bus. It’s among the least-efficient modes of transportation, second — we hypothesize — only to riding atop some slow-going mammal. (Though we suppose said mammal might be able to traverse New York City traffic even …
The 10 Coolest Restrooms in America
Proving that there is indeed a contest for everything, check out the nominees for 2012’s America’s Best Restroom competition.
Seagull Steals Camera, Gives Tourist Inadvertent Panoramic View of SF Bay
When a seagull flew away with Nathalie Rollandin’s camera, she probably feared all her precious holiday snaps of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge had been lost forever. Little did she expect that she’d not only get her camera …
Guinness World Records: 10 of This Year’s Best New Entries
The Guinness World Records 2013 book contains a smattering of new—and peculiar—feats and firsts.
Southern California Stinks: Do We Blame Dead Fish?
If you want the definition of an “ill wind” just talk to a resident of the greater Los Angeles area about how things smelled around those parts this week, especially on Monday.
A putrid stench, described in the Los Angeles …
Lose Your Pants, No Second Chance
Mooning your boss may mean a quick trip to unemployment—just ask one former Bank of America employee
Man Fakes Death in Order to Propose to Fiancée
If Alexey Bykov puts half as much effort into his marriage as he did for his proposal, he may yet live happily ever after.
4-Year-Old Girl Discovered Amid Bodies in French Shooting Massacre
French police speculate that a child found hiding in a car containing three adult cadavers for nearly eight hours was a member of a vacationing British family that came under fire by unknown assailants in an alpine area
Redhead Day: 5,000 Gingers Show Off Their Locks in Dutch Festival
Nowhere else do the fiery-haired standouts blend right in
Bearded Men Shut Down Portland Bridge
Residents of Portland, Ore., are used to seeing strange things. But a group of camouflaged, bearded men carrying weapons was apparently too much.