Category: Fact Check


  • Apparently someone in Japan is working on using ringtones to subliminally alter emotional levels and physical attributes, which include but are not limited to breast sizes.

  • Ahem. U.S. government medical researchers intentionally infected hundreds of people in Guatemala, including institutionalized mental patients, with gonorrhea and syphilis without their knowledge or permission more than 60 years ago. … The researchers were trying to determine whether the antibiotic penicillin could prevent syphilis infection, not just cure it, Reverby writes. After the subjects were…

  • A neat concept for what the future of roadways could look like using solar panels and LEDs along the way. While they address the big issues with a project like this, i.e. glass that doesn’t shatter and can handle the weight and heat of a normal road, this still seems like a long shot before…

  • Ummm. So apparently there is a new way of making clothing that only requires a liquid to be sprayed on. A solvent dissolves and the material becomes like cloth. Ed Hardy will have a hard time competing for tightest, douchiest clothing now.

  • Uhhhh. In one of the most shocking reality TV ideas yet, E! has ordered a new series that crosses a wedding competition with extreme plastic surgery. The network is set to announce “Bridalplasty,” where brides-to-be compete in wedding-themed challenges to win extensive surgical procedures. UUUHHHHH. More here.

  • If only it were that simple. A New Hampshire high school student shocked so severely in shop class that his heart stopped beating is suing his teacher, the school district and the city of Dover.Kyle Dubois and his parents claim teacher Thomas Kelley did not warn Dubois and other students of the dangers of the…

  • Um. Apparently there is a $90 two part series that tries to use science and history to prove that Galileo was wrong about Geocentrism. And they are actually holding a conference for all the believers of this theory. One of the authors is a catholic, obviously, since the Pope was the one who originally exiled…

  • That, my friends, is a 3D painting of a girl for a speed bump. From Canadia. In what sounds like a terrifying experience, the girl’s elongated form appears to rise from the ground as cars approach, reaching 3D realism at around 100 feet, and then returning to 2D distortion once cars pass that ideal viewing…

  • So after writing the script and posting it online, running a few plays in random cities and getting appreciative nods from the actors in the film, Adam Bertocci has finally gotten a legal copy of his script out in the world for you to purchase. You can pre-order this from Amazon for a little under…

  • New York’s water is some of the most delicious in the land, and it’s filled with teeny-tiny shrimp. They’re called copepods. This is one a guy took photos of under a microscope after H&E staining the sample. They’re 1-2 mm long, transparent, have two sets of antenna, and feast on mosquito larvae. What are they…