Woman creates Last Supper out of laundry lint

A Michigan woman has recreated the last supper out of laundry lint. It's a 14 foot by 4 foot work of art that took Laura Bell 200 hours to make, not to mention the 800 hours of laundry it took to collect the lint.  It now in the Ripley's Believe it or Not! collection. Some people just have way,way, way too much free time on their hands!

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Video: Horrifying bus crash caught by CCTV camera

It's hard not to be captivated by this horrifying footage captured by the closed circuit camera on a Turkish bus as it crashes. Fortunately, no one was killed.

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BBC calls Mexicans lazy and feckless – apologizes

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The BBC was left somewhat red faced when it apologized to Mexico's London ambassador after commentators on the auto show "Top Gear" described Mexicans as lazy and feckless. Still, the broadcaster defended the remarks, saying the stereotypes used were part of the humour of the show and Britain in general.

The ambassador was infuriated by "offensive and xenophobic" remarks made by the hosts during Sunday's edition of the show, which has been sold to television channels around the world.

Actually, the Mexicans got off easy. Given the almost daily drug violence and what seems like open season on Canadian tourists, it could have been much worse. Better to be stereotyped as lazy than killers.

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Music society collects money for fake artists, bathroom equipement and food

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You've probably heard about music societies that collect royalties for their members. Fair enough. Nothing wrong with paying to use copyrighted material. In Belgium, however, SABAM, the Belgian association of authors, composers and publishers, appears to have out stepped the boundaries of fairness by quite a bit. Investigative TV show Basta, pulled a sting on them, with some humourous and astounding results. SABAM charged them for virtually every name and situation they were asked about, including paying for imaginary performances by bathroom fixtures. This is a must read.  Read more here.

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Facebook moving into new castle

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When the big get bigger, they need a new place to call home. Facebook is taking over an almost nine acre building in Palo Alto at Stanford Research Park. The building formerly housed  Sun Microsystems. The new office is over seven times the size of its current office, making we wonder just how much hiring they are planning on doing in the future.  The downside: A longer commute for the boss. Zuckerberg will no longer be down the street from the office.

British swimming pool to be heated by crematorium

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Reuters reports that a swimming pool in Britian will use energy created by the next-door crematorium to heat its water. "The plan, the first of its kind in Britain, will see waste heat from the incinerator chimney used to warm up the neighboring leisure center and its new pool."

"The cremation process is a sensitive matter and we wanted to be sure our proposals had widespread support," said Councilor Carole Gandy, the leader of Redditch Borough Council in central England.

People are dying to swim there I guess.

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Spain 'orgasm' video criticized by politicians

It's meant to promote voting in Spain, but, well ... just watch the video!




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Turkmenistan president orders beauty contest for horses

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Turkmenistan's horses are being groomed for beauty contests by presidential decree. The country's horses, prized by Alexander the Great for their speed and stamina will be chosen "to promote the glory of the heavenly racehorse worldwide," the decree said.

President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, enjoys sweeping powers in this desert nation and is known for his horsemanship.  Read more here on Reuters. 

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Pet food owners to eat dog food for a month

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You can call them savvy or nuts. The two owners of Evermore Pet Food, Hanna Mandelbaum, 30, and Alison Wiener, 38, say they eat their dog food for a month to prove it is the greatest dog food around. Starting March 1 they will eat it for at least one meal a day.  Here is how Evermore describes their food:

"Gently cooked, sold frozen
- Fresh, human-grade ingredients
- Made and sourced in the Northeast
- USDA-certified antibiotic and hormone-free meats
- NO by-products, fillers, corn, soy, wheat, potatoes, or salt
- Cooked in a USDA- and FDA-inspected, HACCP-compliant kitchen
- Food-based nutrition, most of our nutrients come from our ingredients
- Complete and balanced diet on its own, or great as a mixer with kibble"

Sounds yummy!

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Dangerous schizophrenic escapes and is hired as teacher

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According to Reuters, a mentally ill man from Northern Ireland escaped a psychiatric ward and was hired by a secondary school in France. Lewis Alexander Mawhinney, 26, taught German at the school for almost a month before authorities caught up with him. Previously, he had been labeled a dangerous schizophrenic after he attacked a fellow call center trainee with a knife. He was interned indefinitely in the psychiatric ward. Those who can, do.Those who are schizophrenic, teach.

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Sinners: Catholic Church approves iPhone confession app

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The Catholic Church has approved an iPhone app the guides worshippers through the confession process. The app – "Confession" –went on sale in the iTunes store for $1.99. It's described as "the perfect aid for every penitent". Senior officials in the Church in the U.S. gave the app the thumbs up in what is believed to be a first. The app allows users to keep track of their sins. It does not replace confession, but is billed as a tool to help people with the sacrament.

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Detroit cops and firefighters to get houses for $1000

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Dave Bing, the mayor of Detroit, is offering police and firefighters who live in the suburbs renovated houses in the city for $1,000. The hope is to entice them back into the city as part as an effort to revitalize Detroit where 53% of Detroit police officers live in the suburbs and an even higher percentage of firefighters. Detroit previously had legislation requiring police officers to live in the city, but that requirement was revoked by the state legislature in 1999.

Funding for the project will come from neighborhood stabilization funds, HUD and partnerships with local banks and credit unions. No tax dollars will be spent.

Let's hope it works. Detroit could certainly use a break.

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Man calls 911 for legal advice - get busted instead

A Connecticut man who calls 911 looking for legal advice on growing marijuana. Hey, this sounds like the start of a joke and in a way it is. Here's the punch line: The same genius is now facing multiple drug charges.
Robert Michelson, 21, allegedly called Farmington Police to ask "how much trouble he could get in" for growing one marijuana plant, police said, reports the Danbury News-Times.

The dispatcher advised Michelson that he could be arrested. Michelson then thanked the dispatcher and hung up. Police then traced the call and officers went to the house and reportedly discovered that Michelson was -- here's the shocker -- growing marijuana. Busted!

Woman addicted to eating soap

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In one of the oddest addictions I have ever heard of, 19-year-old Tempestt Henderson, is addicted to eating soap - and can go through five bars a week, according to the Daily Mail. The nursing student says she started with washing powder and eventually moved up to bars of soap. Doctors say the toxins could kills her. While Henderson understands the danger, her addiction keeps her chomping.

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NASA Stereo probes show both sides of Sun at same time

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From NASA: "Launched in October 2006, STEREO traces the flow of energy and matter from the sun to Earth. It also provides unique and revolutionary views of the sun-Earth system. STEREO has given us the first view of the entire sun on February 6, 2011 and when coupled with SDO, will give us complete views of the sun's entire surface and atmosphere for the next 8 years." I confess: I have no idea what SDO is, so watch the video and find out:

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Video: Pigeons in space

Not much to say. Pigeons in zero gravity. Just have to watch:

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Jamel, Germany: Possibly the most horrible town in the world

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This wee town sports a sign pointing to Hitler's birthplace and a far right leader in town uses a logo of a man smashing a Star of David with a sledgehammer for his demolition company logo. The town hosts outdoor parties where guests chime in and sing "Hitler is my Fuerhrer" around a massive bonfire.

Authorities consider ten of the village's 28 adults right-wing extremists. Town life is dominated by one man: Sven Krueger, a 36-year-old leading NPD official, who grew up here.

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Video: Trailer for Spielberg’s Super 8 – the old "E.T."feel

This haunting trailer for Steven Spielberg produced movie Super 8 has the look and feel of an E.T. sequel. Have a look for yourself.


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Midnight serial pooper is 71-year-old millionaire

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For years, cafe owners along Coxs Road, in North Ryde, Australia complained to police that someone was leaving late night "deposits" on their doorsteps. When police failed to catch the midnight pooper, one cafe owner set up his own video surveillance camera to try and catch the perp. Behold, the pooper turned out to be a 71-year-old millionaire property owner Salvatore ''Sam'' Cerreto. Why was Sam defecting in on the sidewalk in the middle of the night? Police said, ''He would only say he had a good reason to do it but wouldn't tell us.''

Scorned woman plasters internet with ex-boyfriend's pics – nasty captions

 People break up all the time, but today you have more to be worried about than in the pre-Google days. A woman decided to plaster pictures of her ex on the Internet, with her own nasty captions added. The boy's mother has petitioned
Google to have the images removed, but you can still find them with a Google search. Cry Baby has blurred the eyes in the screen grab from the search results above to protect this innocent.

 This is part of the complaint thread started by the boy's mother at Google Webmaster Help:

"My minor son's ex-girlfriend took a copyrighted picture of him (we own copyright) and uploaded it more than 60 times to a website. On each image she wrote slanderous, defamatory and pornographic captions. The webmaster of the site states he removed the images 6 weeks ago, but Google Search still shows all the images. My son is so stressed out and embarrassed and we've done everything we can to get images off of Google including URL removal tool, a letter to Google Legal with all the URLs because of copyright infringement, and nothing has worked!"

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. 

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