We're fascinated by the Tor Network, an online anonymizing technology that is often referred to by the much more sexy nickname "the dark net." The dark net is a shadow internet where people can do what they please with little fear of being tracked down and identified. Activists in oppressive regimes use the dark net, but so do drug dealers, gun dealers and pedophiles.

Did you know a bouncer called Gallus Mag used to bite off patrons' ears and store them in pickle jars in one of modern-day New York City's most well-known watering holes? Taking a cue from Copper, the new BBC America show about the violence, corruption, race riots, and class struggle of 1860s New York, here's a few of the city's historically gory addresses that you can still visit today — along with where to find them.

Residents of Blackburn were treated to quite a display as two rival ice cream vendors went at it in the middle of the road after months of rising tensions over a territorial dispute.

I don't know about you, but when I think "People who made the wrong career choice," I think "Albert Einstein." Talk about wasting your smarts! Instead of writing papers on math things that the average consumer doesn't even understand, he could have been writing slogans, for Kit Kats™. Missed opportunities.

Though he was nicknamed the "Causeway Cannibal" in the aftermath of last month's disturbing attack, Rudy Eugene's autopsy report revealed that the so-called "Miami Zombie" had not actually swallowed any of Ronald Poppo's flesh prior to being shot and killed by a Miami police officer.

U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson was found unconscious behind the wheel of a vehicle that struck two cars in the San Gabriel Valley on Saturday.

39-year-old Raymond Dolin of West Virginia was rushed to the hospital Saturday night after falling victim to a random drive-by while waiting for a ride by the side of Highway 2 in Montana.

During her Born This Wall Ball concert in Auckland yesterday singer Lady Gaga suffered a mild concussion after being struck by a stage prop.

Career pothead Tommy Chong revealed during a recent interview with CNN's Don Lemon that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer "about a month ago."

A lawsuit has been filed against an Arby's in Monument, Colorado, by a man claiming his genitals were burned to the point of malfunction by the restaurant's urinal.

The UK's Sun revealed today that Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha had a bit of a scare two months ago when they inadvertently left their eight-year-old daughter alone in a pub after finishing their Sunday lunch.

Last year, "Lynch-heads" the world over rejoiced at news that 52 minutes of deleted footage from David Lynch's 1986 cult classic Blue Velvet — theretofore thought lost — were rediscovered by an MGM employee inside a Seattle warehouse.

I don't know all that much about musical theater, but that was pretty fun. Anyone out there watching the Tonys tonight?

Mitt Romney would love to associate himself with Scott Walker's victory in Wisconsin on Tuesday, but Walker is not so sure Romney gets it.

Maybe you don't speak Arabic, in which case this ad might not mean much. But to the people of Egypt, it's a strong warning against trusting outsiders.

Critics of New York's "stop-and-frisk" policy have suggested that it overwhelmingly targets men of color, but Mayor Bloomberg still think it's necessary to preventing crime.

A 3D sci-fi epic written by Damon Lindelof and directed by Ridley Scott, complete with tie-in to the iconic Alien franchise — you'd think Prometheus would have easily taken the box office this weekend. And yes, it did well, but in the end, it couldn't keep up with Dreamworks' CGI talking animals in Madagascar 3.

Hanging up shitty student art is a time-honored school tradition, but one particular picture is stirring controversy at Fresno's Hamilton School. That's because it's a drawing of Jesus with the caption, "I want you to kill all infidels."

Former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee isn't afraid to express himself.

There are two sides to every story — especially when both sides were involved in a fairly big accident. On Friday, Lindsay Lohan rammed her rented Porsche into an 18-wheeler, a crash the truck driver alleges Lohan's people tried to cover up. Now Lohan is firing back — at least, by way of TMZ's semi-credible sources.