Cold Cut Sandwiches: A (Potentially) Deadly Lunch

Jeff Neumann · 08/03/10 05:04AM

It wouldn't be summer without hot dogs and bologna sandwiches, right? Well, you might want to think twice before eating processed meats, because the nitrites and nitrates used to preserve, color and flavor them could cause bladder cancer.

Shark Week Teaches You How To Survive a Shark Attack

Zach Mack · 08/03/10 02:03AM

There's nothing like a day of fishing on the open ocean with a beer in your hand... until your boat randomly catches fire and explodes and you fall into shark infested water. Tonight, Shark Week taught you how to survive.

Would You Spend $200,000 on This Seven-Year-Old's Paintings?

Max Read · 08/03/10 01:53AM

Meet Kieron Williamson, a seven-year-old kid from Norfolk, England. Like a lot of kids, Kieron likes to paint—landscapes, mostly, using watercolors. The only difference is, Kieron just sold 33 of his paintings—for a total of $200,000.

Mazed and Confused

Max Read · 08/03/10 01:11AM

[A giant maze opened in London's Trafalgar Square today to encourage visitors to "get lost" in the West End. If only there was a superlative adjective that lent itself to puns involving the word "maze"! Pic via Getty.]

Australia's Newest Menace: Juggalos

Max Read · 08/03/10 12:31AM

"A notorious American youth gang... has hit Sydney," writes Australian tabloid The Daily Telegraph. Is it the Bloods? The Crips? The Latin Kings? No, it's the fearsome Midwestern clowns the Juggalos, obsessive fans of face-painted rappers Insane Clown Posse.

Rob Dyrdek: Making Dreams Come True

nightintern · 08/02/10 10:45PM

Tonight on Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory: on top of getting a picture of a bikini-clad Chanel in Maxim, Rob's alter-ego Barry Bright made an infomercial for the newest and most groundbreaking piece of home work-out equipment available: the iCore Cruncher.

Just Desert

Max Read · 08/02/10 09:05PM

[These baby Chilean Flamingos are wandering in the Uyuni salt desert in Bolivia, abandoned by their parents after a late nesting triggered by extremely cold weather. The adults, hungry and disoriented, have been appearing in urban environments. Pic via AP.]