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This Is the Car Park of the Future, and It's Awesome

Matt Cherette · 09/28/10 04:36PM

Holy moly is this amazing: check out The Cube, a new, state-of-the-art car park in Birmingham, UK, that takes any possible human error out of the equation to ensure that your vehicle gets placed—and retrieved—with ease. Video inside.

Psychology Study Finds Only 23 Percent of Britons Are Normal

Adrian Chen · 09/05/10 12:40PM

A new study in the British Journal of Psychology found that only 23% of Britons have no 'personality pathology'. Strange is the new normal, or something. While this would explain England's colonialism and obsession with darts, it seems pretty fishy.

This X Factor Video Will Make You Die of Secondhand Embarrassment

Matt Cherette · 09/05/10 11:56AM

Oy. There really isn't a good way to describe how painful these six minutes are—really. Here are soon-to-be-non-BFFs Abby and Lisa performing "That's My Goal" on this week's X Factor. Oh, also: screaming, swearing, sneering, snarking, and punching!

Tony Blair Drank Like Crazy While Prime Minister

Jim Newell · 09/01/10 10:36AM

England is merrier than usual today, as ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair's memoir finally hits bookstores! So, is he sorry about Iraq? Did he ever "like-like" the Queen? Many questions remain. Blair makes one thing clear, though: He loved getting drunk.

Fair Feathered Friend

Max Read · 08/31/10 03:28AM

[A costumed reveller performs in the Notting Hill Carnival in London, the largest festival of its kind in Europe. Pic via AP.]