World’s Strangest

You’ve gotta have faith for Tuesday’s mentalfloss.com 5 Questions quiz: No Hope or Charity

Bad News: You Cut Your Finger. Good News: That Might Have Been Your First Step Toward Saving A Life. This kit is one of the most brilliant ideas I’ve seen in a while. The simplicity is remarkable and makes it shockingly easy to find out if you’re a potential hero to someone in need. * The Viral Recipe: [...]

Alan Moore is known as much for his writing as for his grouchy disposition, and generally hates the Hollywood treatments his works have received so far, which is why I think making his own movies is a brilliant idea! Alan is working with his friend Mitch Jenkins on “a multi-layered, multi-episode narrative created by Moore and [...]

Knowing How A Magician Pulls Off A Trick Ruins the Show. Right? According to the author of a new book that gives away a lot of illusionist secrets: “Magic is a science as well as an art, and in science, knowledge serves only to deepen the mystery. Each new find opens vistas on an unchartered territory at [...]

If you’ve lost all faith in humanity, read this fantastic story about the Police and Fire Departments of Arlington, Texas, coming together to make a 7-year-old boy’s dream come true: Hit play or go to Link [...]

Sheriff Woody Pride in Toy Story had Andy’s name inscribed on his boot. The owner of this tattoo reports that it hurt a lot to get this imitation. But at least he has the satisfaction of publicly affirming his love for Toy Story wherever he goes. Link -via Faith J | Photo: Rob

St. Nicholas the Miracle-Maker by Denshchikov Vladimir (Images: Art Hit Gallery) This ain’t your grandma’s macrame! Ukrainian artist Vladimir Denshchikov turned the knotting craft into epic works of religious art: Only the faces and [...]

Personally, I love clam chowder and I like to try new things, so although I don’t have much faith in the flavor of Clam Chowder Doritos, I would still give them a shot. Surprisingly though, they actually are described as being pretty tasty and actually tasting like clam chowder. So, I ask again, would you try [...]

It’s November, of course, and while that means turkey, football and marathon shopping for some, it’s a month of being hunched over at a laptop slurping cup after cup of caffeine for others. Yep – it’s NaNoWriMo, AKA National Novel Writing Month. People who are crazy ambitious enough to accept the challenge aim to write 50,000 [...]

Today is the feast day of St. Lawrence, who tradition says was martyred by being roasted alive. He supposedly even made a joke about it: “Turn me over, this side is done.” St. Lawrence is now the patron saint of cooks, which may be a nod to his famous sense of humor. What will Catholics eat [...]