Barbed Cat Penis
12/31/08 - Interesting
“For all species of the cat family, mating is painful. It’s not the biting that hurts the female, it’s the male’s penis, which is barbed with 100 tiny hooks.”
World’s Strangest Worm
12/31/08 - Amazing
“That’s amazing! It seems as though its tongue-lookin’ thing would take up his entire body when it’s retracted.” w/ photos + video
Broken Bus Still Runs
12/31/08 - Videos
“No need to worry about air conditioning, or flying through the windshield.”
Weird Looking Pigs
12/31/08 - Pretty Cool
“Berlin’s Tierpark welcomed 13 Chinese Meishan piglets on Sunday. The Meishan breed, not surprisingly, is known for its wrinkled skin and long ears. Are these the long-awaited exceptions that prove the “all-baby-animals-are-adorable” rule? Perhaps.” w/ photos
The Nutcracker: Break Style
12/31/08 - Videos
“This year’s New Year Resolution: not to end up as one of the guys in the next round of this montage.”
The Most Fun Job In The World
12/31/08 - Pretty Cool
“Surely the envy of any desk-bound office worker, Tommy Lynch has travelled over 27,000 miles this year, for his job testing holiday resort waterslides. Mr Lynch, 29, works for holiday giant First Choice, checking the height, speed, water quantity and landing of the flumes, as well as all safety aspects. He said: ‘I do have the best job in the world. No-one believes me when I tell them what I do.” w/ photos
Bullshit! Bullshit! Bullshit!
12/31/08 - Hilarious
“I love cheesy movies like these.” — ShearRoberts
The PS360 Hybrid Console
12/31/08 - Pretty Cool
“As if the PS3/360 hybrid controller weren’t enough, one modder has stuck an entire Xbox 360 inside a PS3 shell… If you’re interested in owning this PS360, it’s actually on eBay. We’ll pass until someone manages to fit both a 360 and PS3 into either system of choice.” w/ photo + video
World’s Largest Fossil Site Unearthed
12/31/08 - Amazing
“Scientists claim to have uncovered the world’s largest haul of dinosaur fossils in China. They recovered some 7,600 fossils from a 980ft-long pit near Zhucheng city in the eastern province of Shandong in a dig lasting seven months. The finds at the site – dubbed ‘Dinosaur City’ – include the remains of a 65ft hadrosaurus, possibly a record size for fossils of the duck-billed species.” w/ photos
Top 10 Wussiest Movie Monsters
12/31/08 - Top Lists
“Looking for a Halloween costume? Well, be careful because believe it or not, who you choose to pretend to be says worlds about your character, beliefs and personality and, if your goal is to tell the world that you’re a sniveling, whiny little wuss who could get their ass handed to them by a Cabbage Patch Kid, then by all means go with one of these evil characters.” w/ photos + videos
