Hell, I’d take a beer and pizza IV if I could, but this idea just seems…  odd.   Its a straw, made of cereal.   So you slurp the milk up through the straw, theoretically getting your full daily requirement of sugar and artificial flavor at the same time.     I guess you then can eat the straw […]

When the USDA and lobbyists get involved.    Kind of like these examples:
The USDA has approved a rule that will allow 38 new non-organic ingredients to be allowed in products bearing the “USDA Organic” seal.
The USDA’s passage of this proposal has resulted in the following:
-Anheuser Busch will be allowed to sell its “Organic Wild Hops Beer” […]

The Dunning-Kruger Effect: “the phenomenon whereby people who have little knowledge systematically think that they know more than others who have much more knowledge”. “Across 4 studies, the authors found that participants scoring in the bottom quartile on tests of humor, grammar, and logic grossly overestimated their test performance and ability. Although test scores put […]

That new “alli” diet drug has this disclaimer on their own website:
“You may feel an urgent need to go to the bathroom. Until you have a sense of any treatment effects, it’s probably a smart idea to wear dark pants, and bring a change of clothes with you to work.”
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A levitating wirelessly powered light bulb. Light Bulb uses a special bulb, inside which magnets and circuitry are hidden. Using a magnetic hall effect sensor, an electromagnet, and a [modified] PD feedback system, it floats a light bulb stably in the air, while power is transmitted wirelessly from the base of the sculpture into […]

It is no secret that the French are in love with cheese, but this takes it to new heights.
Le Petit Singly is a farm that specializes in making cheese from women’s breast milk. Are you imagining the milking process? Admittedly, that imagery makes me come to the conclusion that it’s an absolutely bizarre and crazy […]

The largest oil spill in American history is apparently: 1) in New York City, 2) nearly a century old, and 3) beginning to re-surface under Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
The subterranean Brooklyn blob represents “more than a century’s worth of spills, leaks, and waste dumped by oil companies” – and it’s “pooled into a vast underground lake, more […]

Do you
A: Not go into the tunnel.
B: Stop when you hear the police sirens and cops on megaphones yelling at you to stop.
C:

A truck driver whose rig was 6 inches too tall for the Lincoln Tunnel drove its entire 1.5-mile length, peeling the trailer’s roof completely and ripping off decorative ceiling tiles.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19003797/