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When the geniuses over at the RAND Corporation published their now pivotal work “A Million Random Digits with 100,000 Normal Deviates,” there’s no way they could have known the number of lives they would change. But the comments speak for themselves. “I took a class in statistics in college. I used this book to help me select random phone numbers ...

Imagine living a life where the only thing you could eat was ungarnished, plain chicken for every single meal and nothing else. Then, you’ll have a better idea of what it’s like to live death as a zombie. The undead never get a free second to add a little variety into their diet. As soon as they crack open a ...

Eventually, people are going to get bored of this whole fake instrument gaming craze. Once these controllers are mastered, the people over at the Rock Band development lab are going to have to get creative. In the future, perhaps within the next decade or two, it’s possible that Rock Band could look a little something like this video. Hell, we’re ...

Much like the Weebles that wobble, but don’t fall down, the roly-poly light will never stay flat on the ground, no matter how hard you try or how badly you beat it. My other lamps never really put up a fight, which was fun at first and made me feel pretty macho, but got pretty boring relatively quick. Not only ...

Everybody has hydrochloric acid in their stomach. In fact, it’s one of the bodies first steps of digestion, beginning to break down the food and utilize the nutrients or lack there of. A team of scientists were curious just what it looks like to digest a fast food cheeseburger and the results are not pretty. Watch as a cheeseburger is ...

A year ago this month, my favorite celebrity sex tape of all time was released to the public. And to this day I have not found a video which excites me quite as much. What Mario and Princess Peach lack in creativity (they’re strictly missionary) they make up for with pure voyeuristic kink. The Mario bedroom is always open to ...

It’s a tragic tale. Dreaming of a life on the sea but too prone to sea sickness to pursue the dream any further than the confines or your mind. While it’s true that for people with a poor equilibrium, sea life is impractical, but there are ways to live the seaman’s life without living on the sea. The Wall Tentacle, ...

You have no idea the jealousy your car is capable of. About 80% of all car accidents are caused by your vehicles spite for the way you’ve been treating it. Sure, I’ll take you to get a manicure. Trip to the salon? Sure, no problem. No problem at all. Though I must say it’s funny how you have all this ...

Former JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater caught the eye of the nation on August 9 when he made a grand exit from both the flight and his job. If you don’t know the story, the general premise is that drama queen Slater, according to his story, was driven to his breaking point by a disgruntled customer, at which point Slater ...

Gearfuse has some of the smartest readers on the face of the planet. Andrew’s Fake Facts Weekly recently came out with a study that placed Gearfuse at the top of the list for the number of physicists per 1000 readers. You have to admit, that’s a pretty impressive piece of made-up trivia. The infographic after the jump is chock full ...