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31st, January 2013 Reviews

Cats order study into effect of humans and dogs on wildlife

The domestic cat is one of the single greatest human-linked threats to wildlife in the nation... More »

31st, January 2013 Strange But True

Want moobs? Visit Leeds where 59% of men have them

When men get fat, it is perfectly on limits to mock them. Not women. Just men... More »

31st, January 2013 Strange But True 2

Man unearths £100,000's worth of whale puke

VOMIT. You might think it is absolutely worthless, but not everyone does... More »

31st, January 2013 Celebrities

1971: Sophia Loren says Eat With Me (and my giant wooden cutlery ears)

Do no mention the ears... More »

31st, January 2013 The Consumer

Volkswagen and Algernon want Super Bowl fans to say OOOOOOKKKKAAAAYYYYYY to Jamaica

Few things are more entertaining that people looking for offence and finding it in dust... More »

31st, January 2013 Reviews 4

Sandy Hook massacre: How 'gun nuts' and a biased media patronised Neil Heslin

Can the Sandy Hook massacre be used to score political points? Yes... More »

31st, January 2013 Reviews 3

On guns, rape and Jerome McCorry

Do guns prevent rape? First up, we go to Montgomery County, where Erin was at home with her young son when three masked men broke into her home... More »

31st, January 2013 Reviews

Face of the day: The Momotxorro of Zubieta

Might be a sheep... More »

31st, January 2013 The Consumer

Dolce & Gabbana's I Bambini is the smell of babies

The unisex smell is "designed to cuddle and pamper every little boy and girl"... More »

31st, January 2013 In Pictures

Awkward police photos

The Police. What are they?... More »

31st, January 2013 Strange But True 3

Chris P. Bacon leans to walk on two legs

Chris P. Bacon is a piglet with only two legs... More »

31st, January 2013 Reviews 1

California has no money to stop felons and the mentally ill from owning guns

In California, convicted felons and the diagnosed mentally ill are banned from owning guns... More »

31st, January 2013 Reviews 3

Daily Express to launch Polish language edition for lazy foreigners

"MIGRANTS SHUN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE," states the Daily Express. "4 million spell living here hardly speak it."... More »

30th, January 2013 TV & Radio 2

Gangham Style and Call Me Maybe announce arrival of the anti-Christ

Proof! More »

30th, January 2013 The Consumer

Hominid: X-Ray animation

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30th, January 2013 Reviews

Claire Squires died at London Marathon with now banned drug in her system

Whyt did Claire Squires die on the London Marathon?... More »

30th, January 2013 Flashback

1985: LL Cool J plays Colby College in Waterville, Maine

Before he was mega, LL Cool J was a 17-year-old who for $500 could be booked to played Colby College in Waterville, Maine... More »

30th, January 2013 Celebrities

Hulk Hogan wants us to look at his daughter Brooke's legs

Hogan has invited to look at his daughter Brooke Hogan's legs... More »

30th, January 2013 Politicians 1

Nominative determinism: Martin M. Looney on guns

Takes one to know one... More »

30th, January 2013 Reviews 3

Why a bullet tax is stupid - unless you're a New York cop

You can cut down on gun crime in the US by taxing bullets. Well, so say some experts... More »

30th, January 2013 Technology

Go-ahead Iran invents machine to decapitate fingers and fires monkeys at Israel

Earlier this week Iran shot a monkey into space. It is feared that very soon Iran will firing monkeys at Israel... More »

30th, January 2013 Reviews

Men who do housework get less sex

That's right. According to researchers, men who refuse to fit into gender roles by actually doing the menial stuff, get less of the good stuff from their wives... More »

30th, January 2013 Sports

See Garrett McNamara surf a 100-ft wave (video)

Now that's a wave... More »

30th, January 2013 Strange But True

This game of tag has lasted 23 years

Twenty-three years ago, ten friends began playing game of tag at Gonzaga Preparatory School in Spokane, Wash... More »

30th, January 2013 Technology

Downton Abbey game for Super Nintendo

More fun below stairs than Jimmy Krankie's Henry Hoover... More »