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Richard Dawkins: Why Creationists are like Holocaust Deniers

1976 votes | submitted 2010-03-15 16:22:22 by Bukowsky | 928 comments

Richard Dawkins is a world-renowned evolutionary biologist and author. He now presents a stunning counterattack against advocates of "Intelligent Design" that explains the evidence for evolution while keeping an eye trained on the absurdities of the creationist argument.

Art lovers flock to see Jimi Henchicks

213 votes | submitted 2010-03-15 05:47:32 by surfster | 28 comments

AN obscure art exhibition featuring live birds “playing” electric guitars has become a runaway hit and internet sensation. Although it has hardly been advertised or reviewed, the exhibition has been drawing lengthy queues since a short video of the birds took YouTube by storm.

Top 10 Worst Airplane Passengers

362 votes | submitted 2010-03-14 15:18:50 by NuclearMissile | 90 comments

From the guy hacking up phlegm to the woman giving herself a facial, the top 10 worst airplane passengers:

Daylight Savings Time Explained (INTERACTIVE GRAPHIC)

353 votes | submitted 2010-03-13 20:03:04 by Winkleman | 96 comments

Why do we move our clocks forward in March? Learn about the origins and why we change the time.

Genius Promotion Campaign : IKEA Subway Display in Paris

1103 votes | submitted 2010-03-13 11:01:30 by offon | 144 comments

From 10 to 24 March 2010, IKEA develops an interesting event in four important metro stations in Paris. Furniture collections are currently displayed in high-traffic spots, giving the potential customers a chance to interact with the brand by checking out the products.

7 Magazines That Need To Stop Publishing

361 votes | submitted 2010-03-13 21:07:00 by swansontom | 53 comments

Sure we love them... But, aren't there, like, a LOT of them? A lot of them seem pretty.... similar? Surely we could do without a lot of them. Here are some that really need to stop publishing beacuse they are either A) Evil or B) Superfluous. Here's the definitive list.

Banksy's Strange Animatronic Pet Store

403 votes | submitted 2010-03-13 05:19:33 by shroomtime | 46 comments

Some of Banksy's strangest work: hot dogs, salamis and other reconstituted meat products fill the aquariums at Banksy's pop-up show in Leake Street, London, to accompany the UK release of Exit Through the Gift Shop. The exhibition is now closed, and it is not known when we may next get a peep at the pets.

FCUK Chatroulette Challenge: Get A Date, Get Free Clothes

198 votes | submitted 2010-03-12 22:41:08 by Crnii | 40 comments

FCUK is throwing down the gauntlet for all the guys on Chatroulette. It's simple: convince a girl you meet on Chatroulette to go on a date and French Connection will deck you out for the event.

119 Broadcast Clichés in One Sentence

251 votes | submitted 2010-03-11 19:04:38 by Lederhosed | 25 comments

Tribune Company CEO Randy Michaels has banned 119 commonly-used "newsspeak" words and phrases at Chicago-based WGN-AM. NPR's Ian Chillag tries to use them all in one sentence. Hilarity - and brain damage - ensues.

Stargate Atlantis Home Theater (PICS)

415 votes | submitted 2010-03-12 16:07:50 by Jimmysh | 56 comments

Stargate Atlantis home theatre is a specially designed theme theatre with special Visual and Acoustic effects. When you wave a hand at the Atlantis Logo at the entrance of the theatre, the doors automatically slide open just like the Star Wars.

St. Patrick's Day: Made in the USA?

398 votes | submitted 2010-03-12 16:02:14 by Burento | 74 comments

Only in America ... it's St. Patrick's Day -- at least as we've come to know it. So much so that a Dubliner like Declan Synnott couldn't it when he celebrated his first St. Patrick's Day in the US. "It was a culture shock," says Synnott. "In Ireland, you go to church and spend the day with your family. In America, it's a big party."

Top 10 Japanese Etiquette Mistakes Tourists Make

565 votes | submitted 2010-03-11 16:06:35 by bixby1 | 158 comments

These may seem small but here are some cool and helpful hints to avoid a minor embarrassment...

Americans in the work force=SLACKERS! [Graphic]

562 votes | submitted 2010-03-11 18:08:58 by nikki4digg | 121 comments

It’s almost a universal act to slack off at work for any reason… we Americans are just damn good at it!

Did Saint Patrick Really Banish Snakes From Irleand?

350 votes | submitted 2010-03-11 06:41:36 by casspa | 41 comments

Did Saint Patrick banish snakes from Irleand? It's the season where folks celebrate St. Patrick, the man best known for banishing snakes from the green fields of Ireland.

March Madness: The Geek Edition - NYTimes

82 votes | submitted 2010-03-11 16:28:17 by Caymon | 5 comments

Editors from Random House's Del Rey and Spectra imprints have created their own NCAA-style bracket in which 32 of genre fiction's best known heroes, villains and beasts are placed head-to-head in a six-round battle to the finish.

Living on Pennies, but Wearing Gucci

241 votes | submitted 2010-03-11 19:12:18 by spiderman0505 | 29 comments

Congo's fashion devotees call themselves "sapeurs," and at the moment, a group of them are attempting to revive a movement that has been in some decline in recent years, perhaps not coincidentally along with Congo itself.

RIP: The Novel

326 votes | submitted 2010-03-10 15:50:41 by 0ldB0y | 42 comments

A book that defends plagiarism, champions faked memoirs and declares fiction dead has the literary world up in arms.

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