Pan-kun the chimp rides a skateboard. And a segway.

Unesco recently added 13 new World Heritage sites to its list. At the same time, it took the almost unprecedented step of removing a site: the Elbe Valley at Dresden has been ruined by a massive new bridge plonked across it. more inside

Meet Tuesday. "Tuesday is a so-called psychiatric-service dog, a new generation of animals trained to help people whose suffering is not physical, but emotional....Taught to recognize changes in a person's breathing, perspiration or scent that can indicate an imminent panic attack, Tuesday can keep Mr. Montalvan buffered from crowds or deliver a calming nuzzle." more inside

Pablo Escobar’s hippopotamus gunned down in Colombia.

So it seems the Department of Prisons thought books written by Barack Obama contained material "potentially detrimental to national security." Or, they did until after the November election. (Such a well timed move) But if a convicted al-Qaida terrorist and Bush-Assasination-Plotter wanted to read those books, then there really IS an Obama-Osama connection, right? (That's a rhetorical question; a moronic rhetorical question)

Fake Limbs, More Help Animals Heal.

Single link YouTube advertisement for a beer product (that is bloody funny).

InOtherNewsFilter: Man Dies after Falling Into Vat of Chocolate in NJ
He obviously didn't yell "FIRE!" (apologies for crappy sound quality recorded too loud but it was the best version I could find and I love these guys)

Synesthesia. [Via]

Forget about the nuke tests and missile launches. It appears that North Korea has declared CYBER WAR on the U.S.ofA. It's a good thing that Kim Jung VeryIll's minions are too undernourished to be competent, or this might be a serious threat.

15 creepy ads. Not sure that they have totally earned the honour of being "creepiest", but I genuinely found some of them to be very very creepy indeed.

Chronicling America: The Library of Congress has scanned newspapers from California, the District of Columbia, Florida, Hawaii, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Texas, Utah, and Virginia from 1880-1922.

Social Security number code "cracked" For people born after 1988 — when the government began issuing numbers at birth — the researchers were able to identify, in a single attempt, the first five Social Security digits for 44 percent of individuals. And they got all nine digits for 8.5 percent of those people in fewer than 1,000 attempts. more inside

Crocodiles stolen. Black market pet suppliers suspected. Apparently there's a MUCH larger wild croc in the area, which one suspects would not "pack down pretty neatly".

Man and Nature Combine to Make Exquisite Art. [Via]

Clay Enos, one of the best photographers in the US, is trekking from NY to Vancouver, on a Vespa. Via twitter and Fliker, Clay is sharing his trip... my guess is that his butt is gonna be sore when he's done, but, the pictures will be great!

Self-Help Hurts ...so says one Canadian Study. My editorial opinion: Duh!

Happy Fourth of July!

and in other news on not thinking things through...

Court: Man Burned at Burning Man Assumed Risk of Being Burned by Burning Man. [Via]