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Soldier in Afghanistan Witnesses Son’s Birth Via Skype
Technology is awesome. And not just because it helps us play Words With Friends on our phone when we’re bored at work. It also allowed Specialist Brock Howland to witness the birth of his son.
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Watch This Adorable Girl Set a New ‘Butt Trap’ Record
Thanks to sites like RecordSetter, these days just about anybody with the right combination of imagination and talent can set a world record. Take Miki Agrawal, for example, the Brooklyn, NY resident who recently set the world record for most butt traps with a soccer ball in a minute with eight.
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See What Facebook Would’ve Looked Like in the ’90s
Ever wonder what Facebook would’ve looked like back in the early days of the internet? Well, wonder no more. The fine folks at SquirrelMonkey.com have unearthed this (fake) VHS tape from the 20th century TV show ‘Wonders of the World Wide Web,’ which discusses a new destination called “The Facebook.”
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Fan Makes Greatest Catch in Baseball History
Once you become an adult, you can’t really bring your glove to a baseball game. But don’t worry, you still have something to catch a ball with should the opportunity arise. Yup, we mean that 20 oz plastic cup of beer in your hand.
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Watch A 10-Year Old Girl Set Weight Lifting World Record
Naomi Kutin, a 10-year old from Fairlawn, N.J., recently set a world record in the raw squat at the RAW Unity weightlifting championships in Texas. Big deal, right? How many 10-year old girls even lift weights? Well…
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Baby Naming Regret Is On The Rise
It’s one thing when Gwyneth Paltrow names her child Apple, or M.I.A names her’s Ikhyd. Those celebrities have the resources to deal with the problems that can arise when a child is given an odd name. However, experts are increasingly seeing ‘naming regret” among normal folks who give their babies not so normal names.
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Michael Bay Is Turning the ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Into Aliens For Some Reason
What do you get when you take the mutant out of ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?” That would be Michael Bay’s upcoming live-action movie adaptation of the popular pizza-loving crimefighters.
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Can You Name All the Internet Fads In This Vitamin Water Ad?
Vitamin Water is certainly embracing the internet in their latest ad. In the spot, a man leaves his apartment to go search for their sweet, vitamin-enriched product. He is barely off his stoop when he’s confronted by a sexy sax man. (Who is unfortunately not playing the solo from ‘Careless Whisper.’) And look, there’s a fellow planking on the fire hydrant. Yep, internet fads (or memes) have come to life.
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‘Glee’s’ Heather Morris Naked Photos Leaked Online
Heather Morris of ‘Glee‘ is the latest celebrity to have unauthorized nude photos leaked online. And like Olivia Munn and Christina Hendricks before her, she looks pretty darn good in the shots.
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Toddler Amazingly Survives After Swallowing 37 BuckyBalls
While BuckyBalls may look like a kid’s toy, they are definitely not for young children.
The Bushnall family in Portland, Oregon learned this lesson the hard way when their three-year-old daughter, Payton, swallowed 37 of the BB-sized magnets. At first, doctors thought the toddler had swallowed a regular bracelet, but when they realized they were magnets they had to quickly perform invasive surgery.