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PETA XXX

PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) is once again using scantily-clad women to draw attention to animal abuse. The animal rights group has preregistered the domain www.Peta.xxx, a top-level domain intended for adult websites. “A lot of organizations were gun shy about the triple-x domain, but when PETA saw ... [Read More]

There is no Poop Fairy

Animal Control in Jefferson County, Colorado will be encouraging residents to pick up after their dogs by clearing up The Myth of the Poop Fairy. The campaign runs from July 9 -17 during which volunteers wearing blue “Poop Fairy” T-shirts will greet patrons of local parks to break the news to them that "There is no poop ... [Read More]

YouTube Celebrates 100th Anniversary

It's hard to believe that it's already been a century since the video sharing website, Youtube, debuted. To celebrate they've uploaded the Top 5 Viral Pictures of 1911, which proves the more things change the more they stay the same. Apparently even back then people were getting RickRolled, poorly animating fruit, dressing ... [Read More]

Fountain of Youth found at Harvard

Researchers at Harvard have reversed the aging process in mice. First they prematurely aged the mice by genetically engineering out telomerase, an enzyme that creates protective caps on the end of DNA strands called telomeres. The mice suffered from a variety of age-related afflictions such as testes reduced in size and ... [Read More]

Homosexuality is not a Choice

At least it's not for the animals at Allwetter Zoo in Muenster, Germany. A pair of male vultures has been separated after months of living together. One of the vultures will be shipped off to a Czech zoo to mate. The curator, Dirk Wewers, defends the separation saying, "They weren’t happy as a gay couple anyway. The other ... [Read More]

Mentally Ill Stuffed Animals

Children can be cruel, especially to their toys. "These creatures cannot defend themselves. They cannot run away only escape. Insanity is there there only escape," explains Dr. Kindermann of The Asylum - Psychiatric Clinic for Abused Cuddly Toys (parapluesch.com). The German toymaker calls the toys therapeutic. "Children and ... [Read More]

Top 65 Commercial Disclaimers * (update 2)

Commercial disclaimers are the fine print at the bottom of the TV screen that tries to dissuade you from mimicking what you see with phrases like "professional driver," "closed course," "dramatization," "fictionalization," "do not attempt," or "don't try this at home." But sometimes these warnings are for things that no one ... [Read More]