The soundtrack for the 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony has become a hit across the globe. Isles of Wonder has claimed the top spot on at least five countries’ iTunes Store Top 10 Albums charts since becoming available for download at midnight on July 28. It’s topped the charts in UK, France, Norway, Spain and Belgium.…
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Bizarre Creature Found in 200-Million-Year-Old Cocoon
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About 200 million years ago, a leech released a slimy mucous cocoon that unwittingly encased and trapped a bizarre animal with a springy tail, preserving it until researchers discovered the teardrop-shaped creature in Antarctica recently. The cocoon looks like those produced by living leeches, such as the medicinal leech Hirudo medicinalis. Encased inside was a…
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Forget Royal Baby: ‘A Horse Walks Into McDonald’s’ Tops UK News
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Burned out on Royal Baby updates? You’re not alone. That’s why we’re bringing you the following extremely important story of a woman who was fined by police over the weekend for bringing her horse into a McDonald’s location in Greater Manchester after employees wouldn’t serve her from the drive through window. Once inside, the horse…
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Stream Icona Pop’s New Single, ‘All Night’
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[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=https://youtu.be/lVt4usL2lyA?enablejsapi=1&] It’s strange to think Icona Pop is just getting ready to debut their first album. The band released “I Love It” as a single last May and, in 2013, it became a ubiquitous pop anthem. Now the pressure is on for them to deliver with a whole record. The band announced Tuesday that…
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Obamacare Tweet Was Made for Trolls
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Oh, White House. Haven’t you learned that any and all images on Twitter can and will be Photoshopped to use against you? The President and his social media team learned the Internet’s version of Miranda rights the hard way Thursday, when they tweeted an image of Obama holding a sign prompting people to sign up…
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These Cringe-Inducing Conversations Are Guaranteed to Leave Your Skin Crawling After Reading Them
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President Obama Rocked a Tan Suit, So Twitter Went Nuts
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US President Barack Obama holds a press conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC, August 28, 2014. Image: SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images President Obama, likely knowing full well that stricter fashion rules go into place following Labor Day, wore a tan suit to a press conference on Thursday. The…
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Meet Little Pete: 90s Nickelodeon Star Answers Your Questions
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Danny Tamberelli, a face anyone familiar with 1990s Nickelodeon will readily recognize, will likely forever be known as Little Pete from “The Adventures of Pete & Pete.” Tamberelli also appeared on iconic 90s Nickelodeon shows “All That,” “The Baby-Sitters Club,” and “Figure It Out.” Outside of Nickelodeon, he was the voice of Arnold on “The…
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The Hunt for the King of Comic-Con
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More than 100,000 superfans are in San Diego for Comic-Con this weekend, which begs the question: Who is their king? We hit the ground searching, and got a wide-range of answers — from Obama impersonators to Joss Whedon and Stan Lee. Who do you think is nerd-culture king? Tell us in the comments below. http://p.nowthisnews.com/entry/3679/…
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Mark Zuckerberg Makes Unauthorized Cameo in Online Privacy Film
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On the heels of revelations about NSA spying comes a film that may leave online security advocates further infuriated. In a documentary, titled Terms And Conditions May Apply, Facebook‘s CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes an appearance, in which he’s asked to talk about privacy and the dark side of the Internet. The movie’s director, Cullen Hoback,…
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Hold a Meme in Your Hand Thanks to 3D Printing
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If you’ve ever wanted to have your very own Doge, now is your chance. These fun figurines are primed and ready to jump off your News Feeds and onto your desks thanks to 3D printing. Shapeways is a marketplace that uses over 15,000 designers to produce a wide array of 3D-printed jewelry, home decor, gadgets,…
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The Acronym ‘OMG’ Is Way Older Than You Think
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The older crowd likes to blame the youth for the popularization of text-speak. You know the type: LOL, LMFAO, ROFL, OMG, Totes. Well, it turns out that we’re blaming the wrong people for at least one of those abominations to the English language. “OMG” is almost 100 years old. The earliest known usage of the…
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Monumental: Mashable’s New Pop Culture Debate
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Everybody loves a good list. Here are four reasons why: 1. They’re fun2. They’re informative3. They’re shareable4. They probably have GIFs Thankfully, Mashable‘s new show Monumental is all about lists. Every Tuesday, a rotating group of panelists will debate and decide the top four — or “Mount Rushmore — of a familiar topic in pop…
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Viral Oreo Machine Guy Stars in New MTV Series ‘Practically Useful’
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If you liked David Neevel’s Oreo Separator Machine, we’ve got a treat for you. MTV and its connected content lab, MTV Other, have a new web series starring the quirky physicist. The new project, Practically Useful, premieres today — watch the debut episode above. It centers on Neevel as he attempts to tackle some of…