Just because a car has a Detroit brand name doesn't mean it's all-American.
To to figure out which cars really are the "most American," analysts at the automotive Web site Cars.com looked at where the vehicles are manufactured and how many domestic-made parts they use. The rankings also take U.S. sales into consideration, since top-selling models should boost American employment.
Chad Ettmueller was hungry. And when Chad was hungry, he often went to Which Wich, his favorite sub sandwich shop in Cumming, Georgia. He normally orders the chain’s “Wicked” sandwich, stacked high with turkey, ham, roast beef, pepperoni, and bacon, as well as three cheeses of your choosing. It’s a mouthful as it is, but Chad hadn’t eaten anything that day, so he ordered double meat, too. When he went to take his first bite, he opened wide and prepared to chomp down. But his jaw wouldn’t move—it was stuck open.
His kids started to laugh, thinking he was playing around, but he couldn’t join in the revelry even if he tried. Embarrassed, he went outside to the parking lot and tried moving his jaw around, and even resorted to punching himself to knock it back into place. When that wasn’t successful, he headed for the emergency room. The doctors tried to cure his diagnosed “double dislocation of the mandible,” but still nothing worked. After 14 hours with his mouth open, they had no choice but to surgically reset his jaw.
This is the part where Chad sues Which Wich and wins a crazy multi-million dollar settlement, right? Not this time. Chad’s pride was bruised, but he wasn’t going to get all litigious. “It wasn’t the sandwich’s fault,” he said, “it was my genetics.” The chain offered Chad as many milkshakes as he wanted while he was recovering and is planning on renaming the Wicked sandwich to honor him and his predicament. They’re taking votes on their website to decide if the sandwich should be renamed the “Double Dislocator,” the “Lock-Jaw,” or the “Jaw Wrecker.”
Even though Chad survived his injury, his friend Paul avenged him like a true pal should, by eating the rest of the sandwich later. Afterwards he said “it had to die.” What a guy!
Here’s a video of Chad talking about his jaw-breaking meal:
With our “clever little bag”, Puma kicks-off the next pivotal phase of its’ sustainability program. The tens of millions of shoes shipped in our bag will reduce water, energy and diesel consumption on the manufacturing level alone by more than 60% per year. In other words: approximately 8,500 tons less paper consumed, 20 million Megajoules of electricity saved, 1 million liters less fuel oil used and 1 million liters of water conserved. During transport 500,000 liters of diesel is saved and lastly, by replacing traditional shopping bags the difference in weight will save almost 275 tons of plastic.
Given the right circumstances, would you torture and ultimately kill another person at the request of others? Not someone that is threatening you or your family, just a stranger that someone asks you to torture. Would you do it?
In a 1961 experiment a French psychologist found that two-thirds of the test subjects were willing to administer a fatal shock.
Well, that was 1961. Surely our 'enlightened' society would be less likely to perform such a heinous act. Click the image above to read the article and learn if your peers are more or less likely to torture and kill.
JakPak™, the world’s first all-in-one waterproof jacket, sleeping bag and tent, was created to provide safety and comfort in an unpredictable world. JakPak is the only portable personal sleeping system on the market designed for outdoors and sports enthusiasts, as well as emergency preparedness.
Engineers tasked with building an airport are faced with countless challenges: The ideal location needs ample space, endless flat ground, favorable winds and great visibility. But spots in the real world are rarely ideal, and engineers are forced to work with what they have, making sure that the end product is the safest possible structure for pilots. A survey of airports around the world turns up a mixed bag, ranging from dangerous and rugged landing strips to mega-size facilities that operate like small cities. Here, PM explores the world's most remarkable airports and why they stand out.
Mental_Floss has a series of cool time-lapse videos.
We’re more than halfway through February, yet spring seems so far off for most of us covered under layers upon layers of snow. Personally, I wish we could just hit the fast forward button to about the the middle April. While time may not work that way, video does. In that regard, tonight’s Late Movies feature a series of time-lapse clips to tide you over until it warms up.
Click the image above to see the other 10 videos. The topics include: - Washington DC Snow Storm - Guy driving from LA to New York - A colony of ants devouring a dead gecko - A history of everything - Trapped in an elevator - Passing through the Panama Canal - Street artist - From Larvae to Butterfly - Artificial beauty time lapse by Dove - Cityscapes
First, let me clearly state that I have no idea if this guy's numbers are correct or not. I am posting this because of the way he presents the data. If things were always made this simple I wonder if we would allow our elected officials to get by with some of the things they do.
How do the Obama deficits compare with past presidents? And how did the national debt get so big anyway. This video tries to answer those questions by looking at the debt as a road trip and seeing how fast different administrations have been traveling.
In January, Union Pacific tested a 3.5-mile long "monster" train, using extra locomotives to distribute power efficiently. Just what are monster trains, and how are they different from conventional long-haul freight trains?
Click the image to read the article. Watch the video below to see the train pass...and pass...and pass...
French artist Céleste Boursier-Mougenot creates works by drawing on the rhythms of daily life to produce sound in unexpected ways.
For his installation in The Curve, Boursier-Mougenot creates a walk-though aviary for a flock of zebra finches, furnished with electric guitars and other musical instruments. As the birds go about their routine activities, perching on or feeding from the various pieces of equipment, they create a captivating, live soundscape.
He has preached the gospel to more than 200 million people in 185 lands and, at 91, still maintains that his one purpose in life is "to help people find a personal relationship with God, which, I believe, comes through knowing Christ."
Billy Graham, whose crusade in Los Angeles in 1949 vaulted him into the public square, is far and away the top living preacher that has most influenced Protestant pastors, according to a recent survey by LifeWay Research.
In telephone interviews conducted in November 2009, Protestant pastors were asked to "name the top three living Christian preachers that most influence you." Twenty-one percent of pastors surveyed said Graham – that’s nearly three times the number who named Charles R. Swindoll, prominent pastor, author and host of the radio Bible-teaching ministry Insight for Living.
Like most TV weathermen, Punxsutawney Phil is more about style than science. Each Groundhog Day, people gather at Gobbler's Knob in Pennsylvania to await a winter weather prediction from America's favorite furry forecaster.
Today, the marmot meteorologist saw his shadow, foretelling six more weeks of winter. But just how accurate is Groundhog Day?
Flipping through the history books, it seems Punxsutawney Phil has spotted his shadow 99 out of 114 times. That would mean poor Pennsylvania rarely gets an early spring. However, according to the Stormfax Almanac, the groundhog is only right 39 percent of the time – a failing grade in school terms.
Some very cool pictures. A photographer(s) has taken antique photos back to their original location and 're-shot' them, inserting the antique photo into the picture.
I found this article very interesting. Click on either of the pictures to read the full NY Times article.
For Atsushi Nakanishi, jobless since Christmas, home is a cubicle barely bigger than a coffin — one of dozens of berths stacked two units high in one of central Tokyo’s decrepit “capsule” hotels.
“It’s just a place to crawl into and sleep,” he said, rolling his neck and stroking his black suit — one of just two he owns after discarding the rest of his wardrobe for lack of space. “You get used to it.”
When Capsule Hotel Shinjuku 510 opened nearly two decades ago, Japan was just beginning to pull back from its bubble economy, and the hotel’s tiny plastic cubicles offered a night’s refuge to salarymen who had missed the last train home.
Now, Hotel Shinjuku 510’s capsules, no larger than 6 1/2 feet long by 5 feet wide, and not tall enough to stand up in, have become an affordable option for some people with nowhere else to go as Japan endures its worst recession since World War II.
Now that it’s January, it’s time to prepare for two things: the NFL playoffs and terrifyingly low wind chill reports. What does it really mean when my weatherman is telling me that it feels like minus-20 in Chicago, though? Is there a wind chill thermometer somewhere, or is he just using a mathematical formula? Let’s answer these and some of the other pressing questions about the ubiquitous winter statistic.
Click the image above to read the MentalFloss blog post.
American retailers sell about $4.6 billion worth of Christian products annually, and some are spoofs or spinoffs of commercial logos or brand names. Many such goods are illegal, trademark attorneys say, but companies often are unaware their names are being copied or don’t put up a fight for fear of being labeled anti-faith.
Given the right circumstances, would you torture and ultimately kill another person at the request of others? Not someone that is threatening you or your family, just a stranger that someone asks you to torture. Would you do it? 
Would you believe that there is 900% markup on movie theater popcorn? Want to know where else you are being ripped off?
