A fairly concise and simple to understand explanation of why we should absolutely get rid of pennies.

Via TheDailyWhat

Unfortunately it was at the University of Kentucky, but it would still have been a blast.

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I’d say he is definitely in the running…

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Find out what your state is “worst” at, and then check the rationale here.

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This American architect beat his own world record for the world’s largest card house which is a replica of the Venetian Macau. He spent 44 days on this beast.

Via Daily Mail

So that was a ridiculously big earthquake.

The earthquake—which so far has resulted in more than 700 dead people— was the equivalent of the explosion of 15.8 gigatons of TNT. That’s 316 Soviet Tsar nuclear bombs—at 50 megatons, the most powerful ever created—dropping at the same time in the same place.

Via Gizmodo

Estimated value of $35 billion for all the decommissioned and out of date planes of the United States Air Force.

Via HuffPost

This dog look remarkable like my sisters dog, except 100 pounds heavier.

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Another impressive stat shot about the stimulus and our recovery.

Via Obama

Great article in the New York Times showing and discussing the impact of the stimulus bill.

Imagine if, one year ago, Congress had passed a stimulus bill that really worked.

Let’s say this bill had started spending money within a matter of weeks and had rapidly helped the economy. Let’s also imagine it was large enough to have had a huge impact on jobs — employing something like two million people who would otherwise be unemployed right now.

If that had happened, what would the economy look like today?

Well, it would look almost exactly as it does now. Because those nice descriptions of the stimulus that I just gave aren’t hypothetical. They are descriptions of the actual bill.

Pretty solid top 10 list put together by Letterman, with help from the always professional radio man Casey Kasem.

Via YesButNoButYes

Did you do your part by trimming your pubic hair?

Via TheOnion

Some of these facts are actually quite surprising, especially the one about Natty Light being the 5th best selling beer in the country, see chart for details.

Via GorillaMask

As we all know, the Super Bowl is approaching and it might interest you to take a look back at some of the worst Super Bowl QBs in history.

Via BleacherReport

France is somehow rated as the best place to live in the world by International Living, and the ranking takes into account a multitude of factors such as cost of living, economy, and freedom. Clearly they did not realize that to take advantage of these factors you have to either live in France, or be French, and who the hell would want that? I call bullshit.

Via HuffingtonPost