We must be doing something wrong. Whenever we see a new follower show up on our twitter account(@givinguptheship) with a suggestive photograph and an explicit web address, we block it and report as spam. Apparently, celebrities will pay $18 for 1000 of these! Jason Feifer of Fast Company reports in a fascinating article in which…
We know you try to protect your child from all harm. We know you would never knowingly expose them to danger of any kind. But what you may not know could hurt them. A common household item was recently deemed so dangerous by Britain’s National Health Service in Manchester that they have prohibited adult employees…
Men can reach speeds of up to 72 kilometers per hour on the X-treme Faser water slide at Galaxy Rutschenparadies, which is part of the Therme Erding sauna complex near Munich. Women can watch from the ground and take pictures. Park officials say they moved to ban women from the ride after “six women had…
With the Olympics in full swing, The Huffington Post, bastion of fine investigative journalism, answers today’s most burning question: “Do Olympic Swimmers Pee In The Pool?” The answer, apparently, is a resounding yes, though not in the middle of races. Some even pee on the pool deck. No wonder Michael Phelps is retiring. We look…
Six Flags Great Adventure is one of the world’s best amusement parks, and its Kingda Ka roller coaster is one of the world’s best, with a height of 45 stories and top speeds of 128 miles per hour. When you’re zooming around at that speed you expect thrills, but not a bird in the face.…
Timothy Paez is the man. He’s got moves that, well, nobody else has ever tried. And with good reason. The only date he picked up last Saturday night was an arraignment date. Paez went out to Shooter’s Bar & Grill in Boulder, Colorado. At 11:45, a woman caught his eye, and Paez knew better than…
It’s to be expected that tensions are heightened at movie theaters around the country following the recent mass murder at a theater in Aurora, Colorado. It’s no surprise then that police were called by theater employees in Cookeville, TN, when a patron was seen with a holstered gun. When police arrived, they made an annoucement…
44-year-old David Martin Escamillo was drunk, and he was angry. He had just gotten into an altercation with another moviegoer. He stood up in the aisle and shouted “This Is It”, triggering a stampede of the audience out the door of the midnight showing of “The Dark Knight Rises”. Wary after last week’s movie theater…
In 1979, after a stampeded at an Ohio concert by The Who killed 11 people, Providence, Rhode Island Mayor Buddy Cianci cancelled the upcoming The Who concert. Most fans, while disappointed, got their refunds. But a few lazy fans didn’t bother and kept the worthless piece of paper for 33 years. Now some of them…
It’s been a tough summer for 63 year old Everglades City airboat captain Wallace Weatherholt. On June 12, an alligator jumped out of the water as he dangled a fish, biting off his hand. Though wildlife officials were able to track and kill the 9 foot alligator, and removed the hand from its stomach, doctors…