New York's State Liquor Authority just approved a 192-proof (96% alcohol) Polish vodka. Spirytus is "incredibly sharp. It takes your breath away," according to a random boozehound the Daily News interviewed. "It's like getting punched in the solar plexus."

This Brazilian baby may be the most talented infant ever to grace YouTube's "dancing baby" genre. I'm not sure how he has so many moves, or why his balance is so good. Perhaps he's a prodigy of dance?

Personal injury lawyer Andrew Smiley runs an ad every Tuesday on NY1 that is meant as a business-bolstering public service announcement. He calls it "Did You Know Tuesday." Unfortunately his spot got hijacked with a stealthily naughty message.

Apple has proclaimed an iPad "revolution," and has already picked the winners and losers. Banned in its cultural shift are literary illustrations of gay couples making, and of Ulysses. Allowed are heterosexual couples making out and swimsuit editions.

Mark Zuckerberg recently bought an iPhone. But the mobile phone is not very mobile, and not much of a phone, the Facebook CEO says.

We figured DJ Paulie Disco would be the first of MTV's guidos to land a recording contract, but TMZ got their hands on a snippet of The Situation's single. It's sort of like a Snooki punch to your eardrums.

Two sexy underage teens were in the midst of their "very first kiss as a couple" when a Google Maps van snapped their picture. Now Eddie Bateman and Hayley Moss are recorded for posterity getting it on behind a bush.

Katherine Heigl wore one seriously bad haircut last night. But her new brunette bouffant isn't just a bad styling choice. This is "motive hair." Something else is going on that informed this decision. We've all been there, and it's scary.

Teresa Giudice, the Real Housewife of New Jersey who is $11 million in debt, is selling the enormous novelty house that's been featured like a funny sidekick on her show these past two seasons. For $3.99m, it can be yours.

Sabu, a five-ton elephant, escaped from the circus and wandered through Zurich last night, terrifying locals but doing surprisingly little damage. Sabu swam in Lake Zurich and was filmed strolling through the city's shopping and financial districts.

So much has changed since Sarah Palin was governor. She raised a baby; her baby raised a baby; she made millions of dollars on a book. And at the Belmont Stakes this weekend, something else looked a little, um, new.

Jesus Christmas. The principal of a Prescott, AZ elementary school has ordered that a mural — depicting current students at his school — have the skin tones lightened, after a series of racial slurs were hurled at the painters.

We rented a plane to drag a banner over Rush Limbaugh's house during his wedding tomorrow and we need you to tell us what to say. Go here right now and leave a comment! UPDATE: Deadline extended. Keep them coming!

Interested in joining us here at Gawker? We're currently looking to add two people to the team, and we're also seeking another intern to join us for the summer.

Sometimes you're browsing around Facebook and discover the page of a random friend you hadn't thought about for years. That just happened to us, except instead of a friend it was our horrible ex-president. George W. Bush is on Facebook!

Know how when you go to type something into Google it offers all those helpful suggestions? Here are the top 10 things that come up when people type in "Why is..." And here are the answers. Wonder no more!

Hedge funder Phil Falcone and his wife Lisa Maria have a grand vision for the $49 million townhouse they bought from Bob Guccione. A peek at their plans show the redesigned home will be as eccentrically awesome as the original.

Gary Coleman, who was as famous for his downward slide from childhood fame as he was for his role on Diff'rent Strokes, died in a Utah hospital today after suffering an intra-cranial hemorrhage. He was 42.

An incredibly fake-looking advertising campaign for Huggies' denim diapers can't include the world "poop", ABC has decided. Yes, that's right, the commercial's tag line—"the coolest you'll look pooping your pants"—is for real.

One Tuesday last June a man stopped at this gas station in Tennessee to use the bathroom. The toilet "malfunctioned." What happened next left him with "urologic injury, neck injury, prostatic trauma with urinary retention… and trembles from pain."