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Scared Of Heights? Take This Pill
05 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s safe to say that tests are still in their early stages but it’s also safe to say that scientists are quite a bit closer to helping people overcome their fear of heights. They have discovered that by giving people a tablet of the stress hormone cortisol, they can help reduce their phobia.
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Lamborghini Releases Aventador Concept Designs
04 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Lamborghini has introduced designs for the Aventador LP-700, successor to the Murcielago; it is a sexy car from a sexy company, so it is more or less fitting that the designs are pretty sexy-looking too. It’s named for a bull from a 1993 bull-fight, which makes this ethically iffy, but hey. Look for sexy images after the cut.
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There Are No Good Puns About LCD Soundsystem Retiring
04 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
But they did, playing their last show at Madison Square Garden last Saturday, stretching the last hurrah out over a 230-minute show. Which is pretty long, as these go. They played all of their songs, and I mean all of them – from the Billboard Top 10 ‘This Is Happening’ to song titles I had to google.
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Fake Weed Gets Naval Academy Student Expelled
04 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It seems this is a common problem that the US Naval Academy faces. Another midshipman was expelled from the force for using or having a banned weed-like substance known as “spice”. No spice. This brings the total number of expulsions to 12.
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Watch The Full-Length The Hangover: Part II Trailer
01 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Well hello there, movie trailer. You’re looking pretty fine. What’s that? You’re a trailer for The Hangover: Part II? Well I guess that’s pretty — and you’re the first full length trailer? Oh, you’re a tease. That’s what you are. I guess that pretty much takes care of the rest of my Friday.
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French Vegan Couple On Trial Over Baby’s Death
01 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Two vegans who fed their 11 month old daughter only on her mother’s breast milk went on trial in northern France on Tuesday. They have been charged with neglect after their baby died as a result of suffering from vitamin deficiencies and could face up to 30 years in prison if convicted.
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Check Your Radiation Levels
31 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
What with radiation being the topic du jour at the moment (Google Japan), I thought it my civic duty to share this chart that shows very simply just how much radiation you’ll need to absorb before turning into a sludgy mass.
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Nature, You Are Horrific: Spiders Take Over Trees In Wake Of Pakistan Floods
31 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Human displacement aside, the floods in Pakistan have caused massive changes in the local ecology. With more than a fifith of Pakistan submerged, millions of spiders have escaped the rising waterline by moving into trees – quickly covering riverside treelines in cocoons of spiderweb. It’s creepy-looking.
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ANC Youth League Website Hacked
31 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
The ANC Youth League’s website was hacked yesterday. A message was posted saying that the great one himself, Julius Malema, had decided to quit as president of the organisation due to his own incompetence, lack of integrity and a lot of other stuff we know all too well.
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Stop Cyber Bullies With Bully Block
30 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Here’s a story that would make Oprah and every other daytime TV host giddy with delight. It’s called Bully Block and it helps the bullied collect all sorts of evidence against their cyber-bully.
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Ron Jeremy Has His Own Rum Brand And I’m Not Sure How To Feel About That
30 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Ron Jeremy markets a rum brand called Ron Jeremy. If you know who Ron Jeremy is, accept that you’re sort of curious and click through to know more; if you don’t, please believe me when I say it’s better to be ignorant about this kind of thing.
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Tesla Sues Top Gear
30 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Some time ago Top Gear aired a show in which the Tesla Roadster electric car was put through it’s paces. It ran out of electricity, and then had to be pushed back into the garage. Tesla said the test was rigged, and they plan on getting even.
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Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch Is Tanking Pretty Hard
30 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
This, apparently, is what happens when you let Zack Snyder write his own script without any male genitalia to jiggle in slow-motion – $19 million on the opening weekend of an $89 million film. This means Sucker Punch opened behind ‘Diary of A Wimpy Kid: Roderick Rules,’ the sequel to a film nobody watched.
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Creepy Abercrombie And Fitch”Push-Up” Bikini Aimed At Little Girls
29 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Many a talk show will tell you that kids are growing up too fast these days, with little girls dressing “sexy”, and “Brat” dolls that might be borderline inappropriate for children. But the latest offering from clothing manufacturer Abercrombie and Fitch takes this creepy trend to a whole new level.
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The Springbok Gets Kicked Off The Front Of The Jersey
29 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 12 Comments
This was not a very difficult prediction to make, but I did kind of predict that this would happen. Our glorious rugby union has seen it fit to move the Springbok emblem off the front of the jersey, and have relegated it to the left sleeve for the World Cup. And today it has been unveiled for an already miserable South African public to see.
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German Ad Campaign: ‘Sex Is No Accident.’
29 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
MTV Germany, which is a thing I didn’t know existed until just now, is trying to spread the word to the masses: there is no such thing as accidental sex, please wear condoms. To emphasize the point, they’ve put together a series of comics in which people accidentally have sex and don’t wear condoms.
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Watch ‘The Bang-Bang Club’ Trailer
28 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This looks to be pretty rad – a look at the the lives of four photojournalists working in South African townships between 1990 and 1994, based on the book of the same name written by two of the original group. Unfortunate accents aside, the cast and crew are looking pretty rad. Checkit.
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The World Map Of Average Breast Cup & Penis Size
28 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Guys, let me start of by saying that I am very proud of you. We were only beaten by those sneaky Colombians! If you are from China or India, rather not read further. Ladies, I’m afraid there’s some work to be done. Except if you are from Russia. Inside you’ll find the The World Map Of Average Breast Cup And Penis Size. You are welcome.
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World’s Oldest Woman Won’t Get Recognized Because Her Parents Were Slaves
28 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Hoo, boy. Somebody at Guinness had best be working on some serious back-pedaling. Rebecca Lanier just turned 119 years old, which should make her the oldest person now living. As the daughter of former slaves, however, she doesn’t have the right documentation, and therefore doesn’t count.
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‘Tennis Girl’ Reveals Herself 35 Years Later
25 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Hey, you guys know that photo, right? The one with the tennis-playing girl lifting up the back of her skirt in a way that’s sort of sexy but also obliviously enough for people to call it art, rather than sexy-tennis-photography? It’s by Martin Elliot, who died recently, so the model’s decided to let us know who she is.
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Prevue Your Unborn Baby As It Grows
25 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Here’s a totally non-creepy idea, that’s just won an Australian design award. It’s called “Prevue” and it straps over the pregnant ladies tummy and then mummy and daddy and all and sundry can see the Phoetus as it grows.
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Castro Resigns Cuban Communist Party Leadership, Everybody Realizes He’s Still Alive
25 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Fidel Castro has popped up in public to remind us that he isn’t dead yet, and to let us know that he isn’t in charge of the Cuban Communist Party. And hasn’t been since 2006, when he let his brother take over. Fidel didn’t realize that it might be cool to let people know that it was permanent.
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Unreleased David Bowie Album Pops Up Online
24 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
I tend to die a little bit inside every time music heroes try to put out new material after they’ve peaked, but I really like David Bowie so I guess somebody up there likes me. An unreleased 2001 Bowie album called Toy made its way to the internet earlier this week.
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Important News: Zuckerberg Sets Relationship Status To “In A Relationship”!
24 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
News just in, Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder of Facebook and seller of your personal information, is no longer single. The world may now breathe a collective sigh of relief. None of us could bare his loneliness for even one a moment longer.
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RIP, Elizabeth Taylor
23 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Elizabeth Taylor, one of the iconic film actresses of the 2oth century, has passed away in her California home at the age of 79. Taylor is survived by her four children (who were at her bedside in the moments prior to her death), 10 grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
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First Edition Harry Potter Auctioned For ZAR 205K
23 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
So Heritage Auctions sold a 1997 edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone for $29, 875. A book that you can remember the release of just sold at a rare books auction. You’re Old now. If you can’t remember 1997, please crawl back into the womb.
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This Is What A 60 Kilogram Baby Looks Like
23 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
Remember Britain’s first quarter-of-a-ton teen? She had better watch her back because this three year-old boy is gunning for her title. Lu Hao weighed just 2.6kg at birth. However, from the time he was three months old he began to gain weight rapidly.
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China Tightens Electronic Security By A Whole Bunch Of Notches
23 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
If you say the word ‘protest’ too frequently in a cell-phone conversation in Beijing, your call gets cut off. No spice. We have pretty strict phone etiquette policies here at 2ov, granted, but generally we allow calls, once placed, to proceed without Big Brother intervention.
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England Made A 6-Nation Victory Commercial, Before Losing To Ireland [Video]
23 Mar 2011 by Seth Rotherham / 2 Comments
Watching the Brits handle themselves on and around the sports field is a hobby that many of us have indulged in over the years. In particular their addiction to jinxing. However sick you may think it is, the way they (and the press) build themselves up, and then proceed to collapse in a heap of […]
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.XXX Approved As Porn Domain Code
22 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
At last, a way to find pornography on the internet. You guys are reading the words ‘porn’ and ‘xxx’ and getting really excited, but believe me when I tell you that this is almost 99% technology news. Pornography is sort of besides the point here, so to speak. But click through, anyway.
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