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Or are they just large rocks? Scientists from Russia’s Chechen State University claim to have unearthed at least 40 of the world’s largest “dinosaur eggs,” measuring up to 3 feet in diameter and dating back roughly 60 million years.
Culture Buzz Arghhh, potential matey! SeaCaptainDate is either an awesome fully functional dating website geared towards sea lovers and captains alike, or the product of a master troll. They have coined themselves “the destination for romance on the seven seas” and according to Jezebel, has both a spokesperson and real-life users. (via jezebel.com)
Celebrity Buzz In fact, as this sign indicates, he fancies his vim and vigor are at peak levels. Ask your doctor if you're healthy enough to take Bon Jovi.
Culture Buzz Sorry, New York Radiohead fans…first you weren't able to get tickets to their Roseland shows, now you've been pantsed by easily duped protest organizers. The band has officially denied they even considered playing at #OccupyWallStreet and the “organizers” of the sit in have admitted they were hoaxed.
Celebrity Buzz So don't click on this if you see it on Facebook. Amy Winehouse and Osama bin Laden, aside from their lovely singing voices, now have a fake death video in common. (via digitallife.today.com)
Culture Buzz These disturbing images, obtained by Reuters, show the corpses of three unidentified men who were shot by U.S. Navy SEALs in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden. They were taken by a Pakistani security official inside the compound shortly after the raid. None of them appear to be bin Laden himself. Again, these are very graphic. Not for the faint of heart.
Alex Jones, head idiot at Infowars is making stuff up again. This time he's pushing to get “Lindsay Lohan poisoned” trending on google (thanks for helping him succeed, internet) because he believes that “Lindsay Lohan, and by extension millions of Americans, are being poisoned with methamphetamine style drugs like Ritalin that cause brain shrinkage, heart problems and a myriad of other disorders.” We're calling bullshit. Ignore this guy, internet, and he'll go away.
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/2012.html
Our level of gullibility (or perhaps sheer stupidity) has reached the point where NASA has to tell us not to believe Roland Emmerich films are real life.
Culture Buzz Reports came in from several bloggers covering E3 ( here, here, and here) about group of “Demonstrators” protesting the upcoming release of EA's new game Dante's Inferno. Now GamePro is reporting that the whole thing is probably a hoax . What i enjoy most about the the whole thing is the “protesters'” website. The way it hearkens back to 1999 and Geo-Cities makes lends it both the charm of nostalgia and amateurish authenticity.
Culture Buzz Commenters on 4Chan, eBaum's world and other sites rile up the internet by getting a crude visual reminder of 9/11 to the top of the Google Trends page. So okay, this only affects the infinitesimally small number of people that know/care what Google Trends is — but you may be one of them! But you probably also won't be offended.
Politics Buzz The YouTube sensation featuring a trio of women singing pro-McCain songs turns out to be a hoax masterminded by 23/6, a humor website. Everyone seems to have an opinion. This YouTube comment pretty much sums it all up: “your song is stupid and mccain is wierd.” (Thanks for the tip!)
Style Buzz Mysterious spoofs of Juergen Teller’s Marc Jacobs ads by have fashionistas scratching their heads. Viral marketing? Publicity Stunt? Only time will tell.