Yingying or Yingsel - the double life of an Olympic mascot.

A giant, smiling Lego man was rescued from drowning in the sea, off the Dutch resort of Zandvoort on Tuesday. Workers at a drinks stall rescued the 2.5-metre (8-foot) tall lego dued with a yellow head and blue torso. more inside

So long, and sorry for stealing your fish. Yangtze river dolphins extinct. Probably. more inside

Inside the C.I.A.’s secret interrogation program.

Science and the Islamic world. Internal causes led to the decline of Islam's scientific greatness long before the era of mercantile imperialism. To contribute once again, Muslims must be introspective and ask what went wrong.

Killer Hippo Shit. When the carcasses of lions, zebras, white rhinos and other animals began to be discovered alongside some dams in the Kruger National Park, experts were at first puzzled. Then they discovered the reasons for death: Shytte de River Horse.

World's largest clock, Kewl Klockwerks, Watchismo times, eyeball clock, lots o'clocks, ugly clocks, 'shopped clocks--you make one, strangest clocks? I WANT THIS clock! more inside

80 years of female portraits in cinema. A short video composite. more inside

The sacred and the human. Today's atheist polemics ignore the main insight of the anthropology of religion--that religion is not primarily about God, but about the human need for the sacred. As René Girard argues, religion is not the cause of violence, but the solution to it.

Bad Thai cops forced to wear Hello Kitty armbands.

HOOKED! A 1966 comic about heroin abuse

An Englishman and a Frenchman walk into THEIR GIANT DUELLING ROBOTS! Yeah Baby! Duel on.

Pirate Bay Shut Down...Again. the action of the Swedish police has already generated fierce Debate. more inside

Aliens not blamed! The The World's Only Reliable Newspaper, the one that over 25 years ago broke the story that Elvis is alive and was never afraid to cover the important Bat Boy stories the mainstream media ignored, has called it quits. I, for one, am madder than a porcupine stuck in a thorn bush

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The Unshelved Bookclub I have been randomly tickled this last few days by this webcomic. Went on a library reserve rampage because of it. more inside

The Exciting World of South Korean Protests - possibly NSFW - Do not click if you are a bit squeamish or an animal lover - there are pix here that may disturb you. For a country of about 50 million people, there are a lot of protests in South Korea. With a national average of 11,000 public protests a year, the average South Korean riot policeman is mobilized to contain 85 demonstrations a year. Among these, there are some rather interesting protests. Here are a few particularly uniquely interesting/crazy South Korean protest photos. more inside

Nature's Best Photography from the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. more inside

SHENANNIGANS! The cop from the Village People is fresh out of rehab and mounting a comeback tour. He's trying to convince the world that 'YMCA' and other fine songs like "In the Navy" were in no way, shape or form "gay," but just misinterpreted as such by narrow-minded meanies. more inside

My New Leg is a blog, about my experience of getting a new prosthesis and the process involved in how amputees get prostheses. The goal of this blog is to document the delivery of prosthetic limbs in the American health care field as well as to report back from the clinic on the personal experience of wearing one and getting a new one. If you’ve ever wondered, “where do artificial limbs come from?” or “what does it feel like to wear an artificial limb?”, then you’re in the right place. more inside