Pay Euro 99 a night to live like a hamster: wheel, grain, and hay stack bed. Leave it to the French to take the housing crisis too far.


Everything is bigger in the South? The world's largest tree house, in Crossville, Tennessee.


Father of the year: this dude spoke to his infant only in Klingon for the first three years of his life. Given this fact alone, how he arrived in a position to become a father remains a mystery.

"I believe that robotics can inspire young people to pursue science and engineering. And I also want to keep an eye on those robots in case they try anything."
-Barack Obama, on the importance of math and science in education

Nude Carla Bruni Flops (uncomfortable imagery intentional)

Way back in April 2008, a naked photo of Carla Bruni] sold for a jarring $91,000 at Christie's. Today, another print of that same photo didn't sell at all. After bidding reached 5,800 euros (about $8,600), the collector who owns the piece withdrew it. And with that, a new economic indicator was born.

[Huffington Post via Daily Intel]

Ads for the Panasonic nosehair trimmer in Indonesia.
Worldly tidbit of the day: Asians love awkward-hair trimmers.

The disappearing doorknob...to lock it you just pull from the inside!

More Google Street View adventures: a firetruck knocking down an old lady?
The best part is the comments.

The Galaxy Dress
This is what 24,000 full-color LED lights and 4,000 Swarovski crystals looks like...

M&M’s actually stands for “Mars & Murrie’s,” the last names of the candy’s founders, Forrest Mars Sr. & William F. R. Murrie.

Happy Guy Fawkes Day!

And I'm so unfit cuz all I eat is rappers
And these rappers ain't shit, I like my fast food faster

He. Kills. It.

I actually like this. Maybe I'm just relieved it's not another 21 Questions, and that NeYo is wearing a hat.

50 Cent - New Music - More Music Videos

China makes it snow...16mm tonnes. We don't know what moderation means.

Halloween is the best.

Prison in February and I ain't in no rush
Drink til I throw up

Lil Wayne is taking going to prison really well.


Honorable mention for a much-awaited lyric:
Swagger just dumb; call it Sarah Palin

More on the "fun theory" - prompting people to do good by making it fun.