Show Some Skin For Free Clothes – People in their underwear waited to get clothes for free outside a clothing store in Madrid. A clothing brand marked the start of sales in Madrid by offering the first 100 customers clothes for free as long as they showed up in their underwear. What a great idea. Check out the pics. [iol]

Kallis Lifts South Africa – An assured unbeaten 81 by Jacques Kallis put South Africa in command on the first day of the deciding third Test against India at Newlands on Sunday. The chunky experienced all-rounder came to the crease with the hosts struggling on 34 for two but he batted through the rest of the day to lift them to 232 for four at the close. [mail&guardian]

Europe’s Richest Man Building Scotland’s Most Expensive Mansion – Indian steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal is building the most expensive mansion ever erected in Scotland, next to the famed Gleneagles golf resort in Auchterarder, Perthshire. The London-based tycoon, Europe’s richest man and the fifth richest man in the world with a fortune of $28.7 billion, is spending a record $23 million on the posh estate, including the $6 million mansion he tore down to make way for his new luxury fortress. [luxist]

‘Girl Who Played With Fire’ Actor Feared Dead In Blaze – A house fire appears to have killed actor Per Oscarsson, a giant of Swedish cinema who won a best actor award at Cannes in 1966 and appeared in films based on Stieg Larsson’s “Millennium” trilogy, and his wife, police said Sunday.The remains of one person were found Sunday in the ashes of the house and are probably those of the 83-year-old actor or his wife. [huffers]

Kim Kardashian Braids Hair – Kim Kardashian showcased a new hair style as she left the gym in Los Angeles, California on December 30th, 2010. Most of you won’t care about this. Neither do I. But I just KNOW that some of you are going to click this link. And you don’t know why you’re doing it. It’s just your body. Your body is telling you to do it. So go on – do it! [celebuzz]

43 Million People Became Single On Facebook Last Year – Facebook users uploaded more than 2.7 million photographs, shared 1 million links and “liked” 7.6 million pages every 20 minutes in 2010. The numbers also offer a snapshot into Facebook users’ love lives in 2010. Some 43,869,800 people changed their relationship status to single during the year while 3,025,791 changed it to “it’s complicated.” Another 28,460,516 changed their status to in a relationship, 5,974,574 to engaged and 36,774,801 to married. [mashable]

North Korea Warns War Would Bring Nuclear Holocaust – North Korea welcomed the new year with a call for better ties with rival South Korea, warning that war “will bring nothing but a nuclear holocaust.” Despite calls for a Korean peninsula free of nuclear weapons, the communist North also said its military is ready for “prompt, merciless and annihilatory action” against its enemies. South Korea said the editorial showed the North’s interest in resuming talks with the South. [associated]

Australia Flood Is Of ‘Biblical Proportions’ – Towns across Queensland in Australia’s northeast have been evacuated as flooding spreads over an area the size of France and Germany combined. The disaster, which has affected 200,000 people, is of “biblical proportions” with the state facing the cost of rebuilding damaged infrastructure and the loss of income from mining and tourism, Treasurer Andrew Fraser said. [businessweek]

Coming Soon : Free Wi-fi For The World’s Poor – One NGO has an ambitious New Year’s resolution: to reconfigure a commercial satellite in order to offer free, low-speed wireless Internet to poor parts of the world. Ahumanright.org, a Berlin nonprofit, has placed a bid for TerreStar-1, a communications satellite that belongs to a bankrupt company. From TerreStar’s perch over Papua New Guinea, the organization plans to offer wifi to portions of South Asia, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, Siberia, and Polynesia. [newser]

First Female Brazilian President – Dilma Rousseff was inaugurated as the first female president of Brazil on Saturday. During her inauguration speech, Rouseff vowed that she would wipe out extreme poverty from the country.She met with international leaders including Spanish Prince Felipe and Uruguayan President Jose Mujica on Sunday. [epochtimes]

Arnold Schwarzenegger Leaves Public Office, But Will He ‘Be Back?’ – Arnold Schwarzenegger will depart public office on Monday, ending a seven-year stint as the “Governator” of California that has sharply divided opinion. His replacement, Jerry Brown, a Democrat who was also governor from 1975 to 1983, will be sworn in amid uncertainty over what the former Hollywood actor and bodybuilder will do next. [telegraph]

David Arquette Checks Into Rehab – Arquette partied at Beacher’s Madhouse at the Roosevelt Hotel on New Year’s Eve before checking into a live-in facility. A source close to David says he is doing it because it’s “the right thing to do for his family.” Through her rep, Courteney Cox tells TMZ, “I really admire David and his choice to take charge and better his life. I love and support him.” [tmz]

Hollywood’s Highest Earners For 2010 – Forbes has undertaken the onerous task of telling us about the richer, more successful and better looking people than us to make their top 20. The runaway winner was the Queen of chat, Oprah Winfrey, who netted an estimated $315 million. That’s nearly $100 million more than the runner-up, director James Cameron, with $210 million. Check out the rest. [time]

Why The Human Body Temperature Is 37 Degrees – Scientists have found the reason why our body temperature is 37°C. Apparently it’s the perfect balance, as it’s warm enough to prevent fungal infection but not so hot that we need to eat nonstop to maintain our metabolism.Scientists have always wondered why advanced mammals are so hot compared to other animals. And this might be the reason! Fab! [gizmodo]

Ten Nude Bathers Arrested – Ten men have been arrested for bathing nude at the beach, says the City of Cape Town. Spokesman Wilfred Solomons-Johannes said the 10 were arrested on New Year’s Day at the Stand Beach and the Bloubergstrand. “They were fined R500 each for public indecency,” he said. He explained that they contravened the city’s bylaws and the Sexual Offences Act. [timeslive]

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