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13 Disturbing News Stories You Probably Missed

One of the biggest news stories of 2012 has been the so-called Miami Zombie attack, where one man—theorized to be on bath salts—attacked a homeless man and gnawed on his face. But lots of other terrifying things happened all over the world this year that didn’t get nearly so much coverage. Read on. 1. Macabre Black Market In Thailand, a British citizen, Chow Hok Kuen, was caught attempting to smuggle something very horrifying into Taiwan: six dried human fetuses covered in gold leaf, tattoos,... READ ON

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Heil Honey I'm Home: The Nazi-Themed Sitcom Canceled After One Episode

File under Things That Actually Happened: On September 30, 1990, British Satellite Broadcasting aired a single episode of Heil Honey I'm Home, a Nazi-themed sitcom featuring fictionalized versions of Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun. The couple inexplicably live in a Berlin apartment building, across the hall from the Jewish couple Arny and Rosa Goldenstein, whose goofy antics infuriate the Führer, leading to weirdly unfunny 1950s-style sitcom setups. In this patently offensive parallel comedy universe, the... READ ON

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Can You Tattoo a Corpse? And Four Other Fascinating Facts About Death

Photo Courtesy of Order of the Good Death Are you guys watching Caitlin Doughty’s "Ask a Mortician"? You should be. Not too long ago, I tweeted about how it’s my new favorite thing ever and my mom immediately texted me and wanted to know if we needed to talk. After I explained that Caitlin is more Mary Roach and less cryptkeeper, the intervention was called off. Actually, my mom is now an Ask a Mortician fan, too. Here are just a few things I've learned from Caitlin: 1. Rigor mortis kicks in... READ ON

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7 People Who Died and Left Their Fortunes To Strangers

It's not unusual for wealthy people to leave part or all of their wealth to family and friends. It's extremely rare, however, that people leave estates and fortunes to complete strangers. Here are seven of those exceptional people. 1. An unnamed wealthy Brooklynite A New York man who died in 1919 was well-known for his "wealth and eccentricity," and his will did not disappoint. He left these instructions to the executor of his estate: "I own seventy one pairs of trousers. It is my desire that they be... READ ON

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25 Scenes from New York Comic Con 2012

Last week, more than 100,000 nerds gathered at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City to celebrate all things geek in comics, movies, anime, books, and TV. Here's a glimpse of what it was like. Photos by... READ ON

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11 Dolls the World Could Have Done Without

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The Magazine With a Smartphone Inside

The latest issue of Entertainment Weekly has a smartphone in it. Yes, inside the print magazine, there is a fairly complete phone -- screen, battery, T-Mobile 3G SIM card (!), Android operating system, camera, and even a portion of the keyboard (minus the actual keys). The only bummer is that EW is only producing 1,000 of these special issues, presumably because those proto-phones cost a pretty penny. If you find one, rip it up and you've got a new phone (kinda). The good folks at Mashable took apart... READ ON

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Dr. Strangelove in Lego

So here's a bit of Dr. Strangelove re-done in Lego stop-motion. In these two clips, we enjoy two key scenes from the film. They contain major spoilers, in case you haven't seen the film before -- but they're so good, they make me want to watch the entire film done in Lego. My favorite part is Lego Strangelove's alien/Nazi right arm. The Lego figure's right hand has been replaced with a black hand, to match Strangelove's glove in the movie. Brilliant. Part 1 International diplomacy over the... READ ON

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9 of the World’s Weirdest Museums

While museums dedicated to Spam and barbed wire are strange in their specificity, some museums are just plain bizarre in their subject matter. Here are some of the weirdest museums ever curated. 1. Leila’s Hair... READ ON

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Witchcraft and the Art of Winemaking

Maybe you’ve heard a bad bottle of wine being described as “corked.” This is the fault of TCA, a chemical compound that contaminates wine barrels and corks, giving vino an odor similar to Grandma’s dirty basement or a wet dog. Corked wine isn’t pleasant, but it certainly sounds more appealing than a bottle filled with witch pee—reportedly a common problem in 16th century Italy, when people thought that witches, after retiring from their midnight parties on the Satanic Sabbath, would break into... READ ON