Please do not plant tall tree near to the power line. This is what happened in North Washington city past weekend, a crazy explosion on a 60-foot poplar tree caused by the arcing power lines. Video after the break. Read more…

Do you remember the Artificial Virginity Hymen from Gigimo.com? The thing that helps women fakes their virginity. Check it out here if you haven’t seen one.

So anyway, the news today is about yjr Egyptian lawmakers wanted to ban this fake hymen.

“Sheik Sayed Askar, a member of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood who is on the parliamentary committee on religious affairs, said the kit will make it easier for Egyptian women to give in to temptation. He demanded the government take responsibility for fighting the product to uphold Egyptian and Arab values. It will be a mark of shame on the ruling party if it allowed this product to enter the market.”

Prominent Egyptian religious scholar Abdel Moati Bayoumi added “anyone who imports the artificial hymen should be punished.

Medical procedure that reattached a broken hymen by stitching is illegal in Egypt. It costs hundreds of dollars which prohibitively expensive for the poor. But many women still secretly go for it because they fear of punishment for pre-marital sex.
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What do you think of this? Support original or fake?

[via Yahoo]

This is an official update to the original “Shift Happens” video. This new Fall 2009 version includes facts and stats focusing on the changing media landscape, including convergence and technology, and was developed in partnership with The Economist.

Did You Know 95% of all songs download last year weren’t paid for. Find out more did you know after the break. Read more…

A group of five robbers managed clear out the Marlton (New Jersey) Apple Store in just 31-seconds. They robbed 23 MacBook Pro laptops, 14 iPhones and 9 iPod Touch handhelds.

“Even though the store was staffed with a security guard, the thieves were able to time their run right after his rounds, and clear the merchandise from the store in 31 seconds flat.”

Video after the break. Read more…

When you are too angry, you can just do anything without going through your mind. An angry man in the UK drives his 1983 Rolls Royce into the Tesco store after his bed is delivered without a mattress. Several people got cut and bruises and the angry man Mr. Caton is spending nights on a prison cot and awaiting his September 25th sentencing.

[via Autoblog]

In Mexico, this Shop owner was shot but the bullet missed as he tried to prevent armed robbers from taking his notebook PC. The robbers just ran off after the shot, maybe they only got single bullet. Video after the break. Read more…

What happen when you are too rich? Guys will spend car and girls, girl will spend on bags, fashion accessories or maybe… throwing cash and self-snap at a shopping mall. Oh, that is one of the ways to get attention from people. More pictures after the break. Read more…

It has been confirmed that Michael Schumacher (Stig.. haha) will take Felipe Massa’s place for the remainder of the 2009 Formula One season.

“Schumacher has been under the employ of Ferrari as an advisor to the team since his retirement in 2006, and although Massa is reportedly is getting well and on his way to recovering after sustaining a serious head injury from last weekend’s race, Schumacher will be taking over his place for the remaining seven races of the 2009 season.”

Yeeha!

[via Autoblog via Telegraph]

CNN was taking up a trip to Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch last week. In one of their recorded clips, they spot a strange shadow passing by, crossing the screen. What’s that thing? Is that a ghost or it’s just somebody’s shadow from the other side. Video after the break. Read more…

Here is Michael Jackson’s rehearsal video, his last rehearsal, filmed 2 days before death. Video after the break. Read more…