Argentine hospital blamed after “dead” baby found alive.

The Federal Railroad Administration insists that all trains must be painted with an “F” at the front, so you can tell which end is which. Over-regulated America.

It is illegal in Massachusetts to deface a milk carton.

California town set to ban smoking anywhere outside… even in your own backyard.

Many Western states, including Utah, Washington and Colorado, have outlawed individuals from collecting rainwater on their own properties.

Final Stats On Heartland Payment Systems Class Action: $1,925 To 11 People, $600k To Lawyers.

U.S. filmmaker repeatedly detained at border.

The Miss Universe Organization announced today that it will begin allowing transgender women to compete in its annual beauty pageants starting next year.

Japanese ATMs to use palm readers in place of cash cards.

Today, half of U.S. residents are single, and a third of all households have one occupant.

Life expectancy may affect when you get married, divorced, have kids.

Can Men Be Trusted to Take Male Contraceptive Pill?

Study uncovers a possible positive effect of using multiple forms of media at the same time. Multitasking – not so bad for you after all?

Social rank alters gene activity in monkeys.

Excessive worrying may have co-evolved with intelligence.

How Wealth Reduces Compassion.

Women have to work harder than men in order to start sweating, while men are more effective sweaters during exercise.

Eating less fat and exercising are some of the most effective paths to weight loss success.

On 30 June 1908, a mammoth explosion in western Siberia flattened trees across more than 2000 square kilometres. The most common explanation is that an asteroid or comet exploded in the atmosphere, yet no extraterrestrial material has been found. Six mystery blasts.

How To Trigger A Volcanic Eruption On Purpose.

Their model suggests that new universes could be created spontaneously from apparently empty space. From inside the parent universe, the event would be surprisingly unspectacular. Does the Early Universe Harbor Evidence of Time Before the Big Bang?

Robot Helicopters To Single Out Pirate Ships.

Why Amazon Wants Your Old CDs.

Nothing is ever exactly as it seems in technology business and that certainly applies to AOL’s recent patent auction.

This sort of thing happens a lot, and a few years ago, Brooklyn law professor Jason Mazzone gave the phenomenon a name – “copyfraud.”

Vang Vieng, deep in the jungle of Laos, is a backpacker paradise where there are no rules. Last year at least 27 travellers died there, and countless more were injured.

For years before they caught him, the Italian police had no idea that Paolo Di Lauro was one of Naples’s most powerful crime bosses, running a drug and counterfeit-goods empire—and responsible for a peace his turf had rarely known.

Beer taxes thus played a crucial role in financing the Dutch Revolt which led to the separation of the Low Countries and, eventually, the creation of Belgium. [PDF]

A parking chair is a chair that is used by a vehicle owner to informally mark a parking space as reserved for oneself.

Fuck your Cherner armchair. Fuck your toilet decal.

TransRatFashion: When we arrived in Rio we were struck by all the transvestites working the streets as prostitutes. We decided to use taxidermied rats, so I started to hunt down the rats.

He also happens to be the man responsible for bringing the bubbly saline injection-based forehead look to Japan.

Thermosaurus Radiator.

The USA Sunglasses by Jeremy Scott.

every day the same again | April 12th, 2012