People Are Tweeting and Driving in This Sad, Sad World

Dayna Evans · 05/19/15 10:15AM

A new survey released on Tuesday morning reveals details of what we had all feared: People who drive cars are not just texting their friends while behind the wheel, they’re also using their time cruising to tweet, update Facebook, and shoot videos. Why bother living when you could be dead instead?

Fox & Friends Scared the Piss out of This Poor Li'l Alligator

Jay Hathaway · 05/19/15 09:07AM

To mark Animal Planet’s “Monster Week,” a small alligator visited Fox and Friends, where an encounter with some real life monsters frightened her so badly that she pissed herself, splashing “gatorade” all over the set floor.

Boy Scouts Aren't Allowed to Have Water Gun Fights Now

Tom Scocca · 05/19/15 08:34AM

The Boy Scouts of America, a paramilitary children’s organization inspired in part by the exploits of the young Mafeking Cadet Corps during the Second Boer War, has forbidden its present-day members to shoot squirt guns at one another. A blog post for adult Scout leaders on the Scouting Magazine website reports that under the rules in the 2015 Boy Scouts of America National Shooting Sports Manual, “Water guns and rubber band guns must only be used to shoot at targets, and eye protection must be worn.”

The FBI Rules Out Bullets in Amtrak Windshield Fracture

Gabrielle Bluestone · 05/18/15 11:30PM

The FBI says there’s no evidence anyone shot at the Amtrak train that derailed last week, pointing out that it’s still unclear if the train’s fractured windshield even contributed to the crash.

The White House Is Archiving Every Tweet Begging @POTUS for Sex

Ashley Feinberg · 05/18/15 05:34PM

Earlier today, the President of the United States and the holder of the highest office in the land, Barack Obama, debuted the first, official Twitter account run by the President and the President alone. Because of how the internet works, hundreds of people immediately asked the President to please sit on my face, daddy. And because of how the Presidential Records Act works, every single one of those tweets, from “spank me” to “fist me,” is getting filed away in the official White House archives.