How to Whistle with a Blade of Grass

nightintern · 05/31/10 10:00AM

Channel your eight-year-old self with this refresher course on how to do that classic "I'm so bored at soccer practice so I guess I'll just whistle through a piece of grass and annoy my teammates" trick.

Anteater Walk On Hind Legs

nightintern · 05/31/10 09:30AM

This anteater walks across the room to drink soda with a straw, but he doesn't want to let go.

Freeze Frame

Whitney Jefferson · 05/31/10 09:00AM

Can you guess what movie this image comes from? Check back for the answer at 4pm today.

Wheel of Wonder

Adrian Chen · 05/30/10 03:12PM

[The new Luna Park opened this weekend on Coney Island. It is getting positive reviews. Go there and eat some cotton candy, take a few rides on the Wonder Wheel. (Pic via Getty)]

Salt Is the New Sugar/Fat/Corn Syrup/Carbs/Gluten

Adrian Chen · 05/30/10 03:11PM

You know what? Fuck all ingredients. They're nothing but trouble. Take salt: Everyone hates salt now that the war on carbs and fat and sugar have been won. When will someone come up with an ingredient-less food product!? [NYT]

A Compendium of Unnecessary Lady Gaga Eccentricities

Adrian Chen · 05/30/10 01:47PM

Recently, Lady Gaga bought a ghost-hunting kit with which to perform a "spirit-sweep" of a venue. Oh, Jesus. Lady Gaga is so eccentric! We now present our definitive catalogue of her most unnecessary quirks.

Israel Stations (Potentially) Nuclear Submarines off Iran

Ravi Somaiya · 05/30/10 01:14PM

Cruise missiles aboard submarines Dolphin, Tekuma and Leviathan can, according to an Israeli Naval official quoted in the Times of London, "reach any target in Iran." Iran is widely believed to be working towards its own nuclear weapon. Gulp. [Times]

Nothing to See Here, Just a Radioactive Fish

Adrian Chen · 05/30/10 12:54PM

A fish in the Connecticut River found near a Vermont nuclear plant tested positive for strontium-90. Authorities think it's fine: All living things are contaminated with trace amounts of strontium-90 because of 1950s weapons testing and Chernobyl. Phew. [AP]

Netflix Sunday Matinee: Rumble Fish

Tom Dobrowolski · 05/30/10 12:30PM

A reformed gang leader, Mickey Rourke, returns home to steer his younger brother away from a life of crime in Francis Ford Coppola's stylish 1983 film. Basically the Outsiders for adults.

Debt Collectors Forced to Pay $1.5m After Filthy, Racist Voicemails

Ravi Somaiya · 05/30/10 12:24PM

A Texas debt collection company had a unique style for reminder voicemails to one black customer. "This is your motherfucking wake-up call you little lazy ass bitch. Get your motherfucking nigger ass up and go pick some motherfucking cotton fields."