On Jimmy Kimmel Live, Johnny Knoxville showed a deleted clip from Jackass 3D, featuring everyone's favorite pop princess participating in the famous port-a-potty bungee stunt. Why was it cut? Said Knoxville, "Sometimes in film, you've gotta kill your babies."
Thanks to a quick-thinking bus driver, this Chinese bus full of passengers manages to stop short after a concrete aqueduct falls on the road, avoiding a crash by mere seconds.
If a back flip was not part of your "Things Monster Trucks Can Do" list, it is now. Watch Son-uva Digger driver Ryan Anderson, son of Grave Digger driver Dennis Anderson, do the first back flip ever during Monster Jam 2011 in Las Vegas, NV.
John Thompson (pictured) was convicted of a 1984 armed robbery, and later of murder. He spent 18 years in prison, including 14 years on death row. Problem: the prosecutors who sent him to jail withheld some evidence—including eyewitness reports describing a perpetrator who looked nothing like Thompson, and a blood test that proved Thompson's innocence.
This weekend, Sir Elton John will be Saturday Night Live's host and musical guest. While Elton John's name isn't necessarily associated with hysteric laughter, this cute promo gives some reassurance to his comedic chops.
This new viral campaign for Skittles asks you not to taste the rainbow, but to touch your screen. At first, it's pretty adorable—kittens are involved!—but then, the crazy comes out. Yuck!
Surprise: The Texas prosecutor who said a judge would let Willie Nelson off on a hotboxing charge if he sang "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" (in addition to pleading guilty and paying a fine) in the courtroom was joking. Judge Becky Dean-Walker told the AP that the prosecutor's joke simply "got out of hand." Still, it was fun to think about. And maybe he'll do it anyway?
Who wants to read ancient books made of metal? Scientists, that's who! And some of them are very excited to get their hands on these particular ancient metal books, which might "be more significant than the Dead Sea Scrolls."
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia isn't just a danger to the rights of women, minorities, and the working class: He's also a danger to anyone who happens to be driving near him. Scalia "slammed into" a car on the George Washington Parkway on Tuesday, pushing it into two other cars and earning himself a $70 ticket. There's currently no word as to whether or not the justice will contest the ticket in court (and perhaps argue that nowhere in the constitution does it say you can't just rear-end whomever you'd like), but nerds will be pleased to know that Scalia, a strong originalist, was cited for "following too closely." [WaPo; Above the Law; image via AP]
Cleaner Sarah Kemp and builder George Bentley met over the internet and began a months-long email relationship before agreeing to meet up in person in London. Whereupon the couple discovered that they were long-lost siblings.
Attention, data nerds! Numbers from the 2010 Census are being released, which means it's time to start crunching numbers and making colorful maps. New Geography has a bunch, including these two showing the concentrations of black and Hispanic respondents, respectively. Multiply the numbers in the legend by 100 to get the population percentages. [New Geography via Sociological Images]
On tonight's Daily Show, Jon Stewart opened with a segment about President Obama's address to the nation (given last night) about America's mission in Libya. Apparently, Stewart isn't too keen on Obama's explanations—or the timing of them.
Life is hard for former Real World cast member and current Wisconsin congressman Sean Duffy. Even with a $174,000 salary—three times the median Wisconsin income—the poor guy "struggles" to pay his bills. He drives a used minivan!
A seven-year-old girl in Germany discovered seven-foot boa constrictor in her toilet, according to police. The snake was likely a former pet that had escaped into the sewer system; animal control officers apparently snapped the above photo before it slithered off to make more psychologists in the future very rich. The girl is, as far as we know, safe. The takeaway from this story (and a similar one from the Bronx last year) is: Always look in the toilet bowl before you sit down. [German Herald; AFP via The Daily What]
