Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin became a billionaire as a result of the Facebook IPO but apparently that wasn’t enough money for the 30-year-old. Saverin renounced his citizenship prior to the windfall allegedly in order to avoid paying millions in U.S. taxes. Saverin says his decision was based solely on his desire to live in Singapore, which not-so-coincidentally has no capital gains tax. In carefully worded statement, he said: “I am

Inside the Actors Studio host James Lipton says he was inspired by a New York Times comic strip (pictured left) to write a piece titled: “How to Act Human: Advice for Mitt Romney From Inside the Actors Studio.” Lipton criticizes everything from Romney’s mirthless laugh to his mismatch fashion sense. He even suggests that the stiff Romney take a cue from the graceful Sarah Palin, who is a “constant pleasure

Ann Romney says there’s a misconception that her husband is a stiffly stifferson. “There’s a wild and crazy man inside of there,” she told CBS This Morning. Mrs. Romney reminisced about her high school sweetheart playing jokes but didn’t go into detail for good reason. Mitt Romney was the high school bully from hell, according to the Washington Post. During his senior year at Cranbrook School, Romney and his friends

Forget Red Bull. Xiaogang No.1 High School uses intravenous drips to help energize its students. “The state grants a 10-yuan subsidy for amino acids to each graduating senior that will participate in the gao kao (National College Entrance Exam). Any student that feels not well can go to the infirmary and take amino acids on the IV drip,” explained the Director of Office of Academic Affairs. The IV drips became

On world Art Day, Stockholm’s Museum of Modern Art celebrated the 75th anniversary of the National Organization of Swedish artists with cake-themed art. Artist Makode Lindea, a biracial Swedish man, literally threw himself into his work. Linde posed as the head for a cake caricature of an African woman and screamed out when attendees took a piece of cake. The exhibit was meant to raise awareness of female genital mutilation,

A controversial advertisement for Oreo has been leaked to the media. The ad features a busty woman breastfeeding a child holding an Oreo cookie. The tagline reads: “Milk’s favorite cookie.” Kraft Foods says the ad was created by the South Korean ad agency Cheil Worldwide for internal use. “Our understanding is that they created it for use at an isolated advertising awards forum in Korea,” said a spokesman for Kraft.

The University of Colorado – Boulder has an unwanted reputation for weed. Each year at 4:20 p.m. on 4/20 thousands gather on Norlin Quadrangle to “protest” marijuana laws by lighting up. This year the only grass smell was coming from the fish-based fertilizer. “We’re able to enrich the grounds here, which are lovely, and then we can also create an extra deterrent for people to show up today,” said university

Los Angeles Lakers forward Metta World Peace (AKA Ron Artest) is facing his 13th suspension. This time for violently elbowing Oklahoma City Thunder guard James Harden in the head and knocking him to the floor. The basketball player has gone out his way to clean up his bad boy image by volunteering, donating to charity, and changing his name to “World Peace.” He is attempting explain away the incident as

Students at the National University of Singapore got a 10 finger discount courtesy of Coca-Cola. The company modified their vending machines to dispense soda in exchange for hugs. Coke hopes the machine will spread more than just germs. “Happiness is contagious. The Coca-Cola Hug Machine is a simple idea to spread some happiness,” explained Leonardo O’Grady, ASEAN IMC Director for Coca-Cola. “Our strategy is to deliver doses of happiness in

Cybernetic prostheses usually replace lost function but in Japan they’re the latest fashion statement, known as Neurowear. It combines technology and fashion to created an “Augumented Human Body.” Necomimi are cybernetic cat ears that move in sync with your brainwaves to convey emotion. However, the movements are more accurate to the fictional cat girls that populate anime rather than actual cats. “When cats are frightened or want to scare away

Since beach volleyball’s introduction to the Olympics in 1996, female athletes have been required to wear a bikini or a full body suit for cold weather. However, the London 2012 Olympics will allow women to wear less revealing clothes like shirts and shorts. The sport is currently dominated by the western world (United States, Brazil, and Europe) and the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) wants to make it more inclusive by

Hollywood Madam Heidi Fleiss is at it again but this time she’s pimping some truly exotic women. Fleiss will provide the costumes and props for an alien-themed brothel in Nevada where prostitution is legal. “She’s the chief alien design queen,” says Dennis Hof, owner of the Alien Cathouse. Hof is expanding his famous Bunny Ranch to capitalize on Area 51, which is just a short drive away. The Alien Cathouse

Homeless Hotspots are the squeegee men of the information superhighway. Equipped with MiFi, mobile Wi-Fi hotspots, they offered internet access to attendees of South by Southwest (SXSW) for a suggested donation of $2. It was the brain child of Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH) Labs, which has been criticized for exploiting the homeless. BBH has no immediate plans to continue the program but insists it’s not been canceled as widely reported.

A purported wooly mammoth has been spotted in Siberia, but skeptics say it’s just a bear carrying a fish. The fishy footage was captured by government-employed engineer Michael Cohen, who just happens to be a paranormal writer. Derek Serra, a Hollywood video-effects artist who has previously analyzed faked UFO videos, says the video appears to have been intentionally blurred in order to obscure the animal’s true identity. “Even low-resolution cameras

Talk about sloppy police work, Vermont State Police have been driving around for years with decals that feature a cow with a large pig-shaped spot. The decals were ordered in 2009 from the Northwest State Correctional Facility, where an intrepid inmate altered the image. Public Safety Commissioner Keith Flynn says he can see the humor but “If the person had used some of that creativeness, he or she would not