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14th, December 2012 Money

Why economic growth is so crap: the New York taxi cab app.

It's about people inventing new ways to do things and then being able to set up and sell those new ways.... More »

14th, December 2012 The Consumer 1

Truth in advertising: the Michigan miracle

"I truly enjoyed my stay.." More »

14th, December 2012 Celebrities

Apocalypse Now: Harry Styles and Taylor Swift have the time of their lives

To New York's Madison Square Garden, where One Direction's Harry 'Hair' Styles has been spotted lifting Taylor Swift over his head... More »

14th, December 2012 Royal Family

Kate Middleton Pregnancy Watch: Jacintha Saldanha, suicide notes, death threats and prestigious imitation

Day 13 of the Duchess of Cambrigde's womb news... More »

14th, December 2012 The Consumer

Kim Beom turns screaming into painting

This video features Beom screaming at yellow paint. You can see it at the Walker Art Center in 2013... More »

14th, December 2012 Strange But True

End of the World fans mass at Serbia's Pyramid-shaped Mount Rtanj

"Hotel owners around the pyramid-shaped Mount Rtanj, in the east of [Serbia], say that bookings are flooding in..." More »

13th, December 2012 Celebrities 1

Walking eyelash Anne Hathaway says looking at her upskirt crotch is sad

Anne Hathaway, the eyelash heavy actress, managed to be photographed without her knickers on... More »

13th, December 2012 Reviews

April Jones is still missing at Christmas

The five-year-old disappeared from near her family home in Machynlleth, Powys, on 1 October 2012... More »

13th, December 2012 Royal Family

In photos: The Queen tours Bank of England gold vaults

The basement... More »

13th, December 2012 Reviews

The Sun says Gangnam Style killed Burnley man

When Eamonn Kilbride passed away, the Lancashire Telegraph reported that the father-of-three collapsed and died at the Thwaites Brewery party at Whitehall Country Club, Darwen... More »

13th, December 2012 Flashback

Pathetic and women-hating postcards of the anti-Suffragette movement

. In this gallery of postcards, you will see the tactics employed by the anti-Suffragettes... More »

13th, December 2012 Celebrities

Nominative determinism: model Ivana Vancova

You wanna what?... More »

13th, December 2012 Sports

Novak Djokovic buys all the donkey cheese in the world

Donkey cheese was unveiled earlier in the year, in a burger that costs £3,000 from a restaurant in Vegas and is one of the most expensive foods on the planet... More »

13th, December 2012 Politicians 1

Words of thanks to Maria Miller and the heroic Joanna Hindley

She has shown everyone that the press are not the sole aggressors. She has shown that politicians can be deceiving and work to squash the facts... More »

13th, December 2012 In Pictures

Jello - yum!

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13th, December 2012 Flashback

How carrots won World War Two

The Ministry of Food had an idea: get shot of the surplus of carrots by marketing them as part of the war effort... More »

13th, December 2012 Royal Family

Kate Middleton Pregnancy Watch: Catherine Ostler is in the know

The Duchess of Cambridge's womb news with Catherine Ostler - she's in the know... More »

13th, December 2012 Key Posts

Caroline Wozniacki is a racist? Is blacking up always wrong?

Are all these people racist? More »

13th, December 2012 The Consumer 1

Barbie has changed from the 1990s

Arch your back for love... More »

13th, December 2012 Sports

Caroline Wozniacki: female tennis is not all about boobs and bums

Did you see Danish tennis player Caroline Wozniacki entertains the crowd with her massive ballsy cleavage and bumage?... More »

13th, December 2012 Royal Family

Kate Middleton Pregnancy Watch: Jacintha Saldanha left three notes and hanged herself

Day 12... More »

13th, December 2012 Sports

Darts: Jesus thrown out of Cash Converters Players' Championship at Butlins at Minehead, Somerset

"I didn't break down crying but I did get emotionally distraught..." More »

13th, December 2012 Strange But True

Other Parents: mother loses her pants but police find her naked pal, bong and shoe

"When asked if she had taken any other drugs, (she) stated, 'I smoke marijuana just about every day,'"... More »

13th, December 2012 In Pictures

Crap Taxidermy

It's probably not what they would have wanted... More »

13th, December 2012 Reviews 1

War on Drugs: woman smuggled cocaine in her breast implants

Such is the pathetic monumental failure of the War on Drugs that the rewards are high enough for a woman to undergo surgery twice.... More »