Children evacuated from swimming pool after prosthetic leg mistaken for paedophile.

Hospital security guards sent an “uncooperative” patient who was “refusing to talk or move” home in a taxi, though he was dying or already dead.

Man banned from every supermarket in Britain for masturbating in Sainsbury’s meat aisle. He can now only enter a supermarket when accompanied by an adult.

Scientists say they have been able to successfully print new eye cells that could be used to treat sight loss.

The faces on LEGO Minifigures are becoming increasingly angry and less happy. The influence of LEGO is immense. The researchers state that on average each person on earth owns approximately 75 bricks.

6 in 10 13-year-old girls, compared to 4 in 10 boys the same age, are afraid of gaining weight or getting fat.

Genetic factors contribute to being skinny.

Exposure to dogs and livestock early in life can lessen the chances of infants later developing allergies and asthma.

Susana Soares has created a simple way of harnessing bees to screen for a number of diseases, including cancers, like tumors of the lung and ovaries.

Snowy winters are something that animals have evolved to overcome or even use to their advantage.

Although the new calculations predict that a collapse of the universe is now more likely than ever before, it is actually also possible, that it will not happen at all.

The Infinite Monkey Theorem Comes To Life

Firms are increasingly resorting to litigation—some of it extraordinarily unpleasant—to prevent employees from moving to rivals.

Expert says a group, with strong footing in financial sector, could be behind Bitcoin phenomenon. And: Bitcoin lost almost 50% of its value overnight after BTC China said it could no longer accept deposits in the Chinese currency.

With a new setting, someone wearing Glass only has to wink at you to take a photo.

Wikipedia:Lamest edit wars

Parsing the Fed: How the Statement Changed

The Man Who Duped Millionaires Into Paying Big Bucks For Fake Wine .

I Got Myself Arrested So I Could Look Inside the Justice System

We’re devaluing your miles. 10 things airlines won’t tell you.

2013 Black List / most liked unproduced screenplays circulating around Hollywood

Gaga stole our style, say twins.

Following yesterday’s post about a SantaCon Santa who was allegedly caught by a filmmaker having his North Pole publicly waxed by a naughty little elf, Gawker received an “urgent” email from a man claiming to be Santa’s lawyer.

More Santa.

every day the same again | December 18th, 2013