The green sea slug, Elysia chlorotica, has been known to feed on algae and reuse the chloroplasts for its own malevolent intent. Now scientists have presented preliminary evidence that this slug has actually incorporated a whole biochemical pathway into its genome to produce chlorophyll. Once the chlorotica has fed on algae its able to go [...]

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A young man’s food was disappearing from his kitchen. When he confronted his girlfriend she claimed ignorance. The solution: setup a hidden video camera and catch her on camera. When he checked the camera the women eating his food was not his girlfriend. From Boingboing: So he set up a hidden camera to see what [...]

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You’ve probably seen the commercials for Bluehippo.com advertising computers for people with bad credit. Most of us assume that these guys are providing computers at a ridiculous markup. They claim that somewhere around a $99 down payment and then $30-100 a month will get you a computer after about a year. Wow only $460 to [...]

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Doomed Dome: The Future That Never Was No heating bills, wind, rain or snow. Does this remind anyone of the Simpson’s movie? In the bright and shiny future, we all live in green, gleaming communities, monorailed shuttles at the ready, climate-controlled at all times — a sort of Logan’s Run, but without the forced euthanasia. [...]

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Kordeza Zhelyazkova, 11, gives birth on wedding day At least the scumbag husband is going to jail. AN 11-year-old girl has become a mother after going into labour during her wedding to her teenage boyfriend. Kordeza Zhelyazkova was still wearing her wedding dress and tiara when she arrived at hospital and gave birth to little [...]

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After what I can only imagine must have been a bender on chicken mcnuggets, Joel Waul of Florida watched a fateful episode of Ripley’s Believe It or Not. Episode 411 featured a giant rubber ball dropped into the desert to see if it bounced. It did not, instead it blew apart into thousands of pieces. [...]

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A unique after school program in Taiwan has come to an end after complaints by parents. Many children were unable to achieve the level of 6th degree bad ass by swallowing fire, stepping on glass and breaking wood blocks with their bare hands. In an unsurprising coincidence at least one student reported that the courage [...]

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I never thought I would see the day when a man could get a DWI while sitting in his recliner, but that is exactly what a Proctor Minnesota resident has accomplished. 62 year old, Dennis LeRoy Anderson managed to hit a parked car with his motorized recliner. He was on his way home from a [...]

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The abuse of pet fish continues this week in Oregon. We find the culprits to once again be jaded lovers. Our story begins with a typical breakup and argument and ends with missing hair extensions, physical violence and an impaled betta DeLorean. From Oregon Live: A 27-year-old Southeast Portland man who beat his ex-girlfriend and [...]

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The argument must have been one for the record books to have required eating blinky the pet goldfish. From Houstonpress: PASADENA, Texas — Authorities say a Houston-area woman who was burned up at her former common-law husband fried their pet goldfish and ate some of them. Pasadena police say it’s a civil matter and no [...]

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