Last week, a skydiver somehow survived a 12,000 foot plunge into a parked van. He was, of course, severely injured and required more than $33,000 worth of emergency transport and surgery, putting him into serious debt. Thankfully, the internet rallied and raised nearly $50,000 for the man and his family to pay for the surgery and follow-up care.

Just 20 years after this charming neighborhood video tour directed by Bram van Splunteren and led by Iggy Pop, this particular version of New York is all but gone. (Via Metafilter/Gothamist.)

"I just close my eyes and act like I'm a 3-year-old. I try to get as close to a childlike level as possible because we were all artists back then," begins Kanye West in his Interview interview with Steve McQueen. It only gets better from there, with Kanye being equally reasonable and outlandish, just like we like him.

[Sjinkie Knegt of the Netherlands' team flips two birds at Victor An of Russia. Knegt lost the men's 5000m relay at the ISU European Short Track speed skating championships in on Sunday. Image via Robert Michael/Getty.]

The Yogurt Wars continue to descend to previously unimaginable depths of depravity. Now Yoplait is touting the fact that it is tastier than Chobani. Fine. Dog poop may be more toothsome than cow shit, but at least it has the decency not to crow about it.

Vladimir Putin jumps on the "I'm not prejudiced, I have gay friends" bandwagon. Doesn't that count as propaganda?

Twenty-five years ago today, the Bush presidential dynasty officially got its start. And it may not be over yet. Happy MLK Day, everybody! A thousand points of light!

Well, it looks like someone got a firm talking to.

We all know how Fight Club ends, but what would the film have looked like without Brad Pitt's Tyler Durden? Well, thanks to Richard Trammell, we know.

Four people were struck and killed by automobiles in New York City this weekend, bringing the number of pedestrian fatalities this month to nine. In response, the NYPD is cracking down... on jaywalking. This is like blaming the deer for getting in the way of the hunter's bullet.

In case you missed it, Lifetime (television for women and their friends who love campy shit) aired a brand new version of V.C. Andrews' incest classic Flowers in the Attic on Saturday. Its ridiculous plot, which finds a group of four young siblings imprisoned in their grandparents' attic because their grandfather can't know about them because their mother married her half-uncle and their mother is trying to win back the love of her father so she can inherit his fortune, was delivered ridiculously. (Spoiler alert: The imprisoned brother and sister end up fucking, so that kind of thing runs in the family.)

Martin King—he hasn't used the "Dr." or "Luther" or "Jr." for decades now—is living proof that even legends can get tired of being legendary. Pacing his spartan office at MSNBC's studios at Rockefeller Center on a dreary Wednesday in mid-January, King is pecking a text message back to his daughter about dinner plans tonight. It is King's 85th birthday and his family and friends are holding a party at the forever popular Sylvia's in Harlem, but his first priority is his new 8 p.m. show on MSNBC.

On Thursday, a father received a letter from OfficeMax addressed to himself and to his daughter, who died in car accident last year. Forgivable enough mistake, except that the letter was actually addressed to "Mike Seay, Daughter Killed in Car Crash."

Life Is Short, But Are Most of Us Really Living?: "I am 26, so probably a good deal more than ¼ through my life. The scariest, most abyss-staring part of death is that, once we are dead, we never come back... Think about that. Then think about the grain of sand our life truly is."

According to prosecutors, a 22-year-old college student secretly filmed himself having unprotected sex with as many as 31 people, knowingly exposing them to HIV.

When you're a married cop trying to carry on an affair during a work shift, you've got to be creative and smart. Ocoee Police Officer Shaun Whiting was creative, but maybe not smart.

Kevin Ogar, an experienced athlete and Crossfit coach, was left paralyzed after a weightlifting accident during a competition earlier this month. Is that Crossfit's fault?

Dogs are surprisingly good at teaching puppies how to use stairs. Not to give away the video's end but let's just say cats are... a little less patient with their kittens.

Kenneth Bae, the American missionary who has been jailed in North Korea for more than a year, told reporters at a press conference in Pyongyang on Monday that the United States could help ensure his release if they cooperated with Kim Jong Un's government. He also admitted to commtting crimes against North Korea.

Almost everyone has thought about what their obituary will say, but one Swedish man got to read it in a local newspaper after his 90-year-old sister mistakenly thought he died.