In Case You Missed It of the Day: From last night’s Late Night: Jimmy Fallon visits the White House to challenge FLOTUS Michelle Obama to a friendly game of Feats of Strength.
[lnwjf.]
Harry Potter Synopsis of the Day
Feb. 8, 2012
Harry Potter Synopsis of the Day: Want to get clued in to this “Harry Potter” craze all your friends are talking about, but only have a minute to spare? This 60-second summary of all the Harry Potter movies should do the trick. And by “do the trick” I mean confuse you even further.
[io9.]
World Record of the Day
Feb. 8, 2012
World Record of the Day: In what is fast becoming an annual tradition, the University of Alberta sought to reclaim the Guinness World Record for largest game of dodgeball for the third year in a row.
4,979 students, staff, and faculty members gathered to throw big red balls at each other for over an hour.
At the game’s conclusion, Guinness World Record rep Philip Robertson confirmed the record’s return to Edmonton, saying simply: I’ve never seen so many people throw dodge balls against each other before.”
Watch the opening volley of the game below:
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Snowball Break of the Day
Feb. 8, 2012
Snowball Break of the Day: A ball of neatly packed ice can do actual damage? The hell you say.
(Alt: “Hey mister! Can we have our snowball back?”)
[arbroath.]
So This Happened of the Day
Feb. 8, 2012
So This Happened of the Day: In a bit of life imitating that Soup video of Vanilla Ice playing an acoustic version of “Ice Ice Baby” for hipsters in Echo Park, Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst took to the karaoke stage last night at West Hollywood’s Rock & Reilly to perform a stripped-down rendition of his band’s 1999 hit single “Nookie.”
[tmz.]
Morning Fluff
Feb. 8, 2012
Morning Fluff: Ethan puts many professional human goalies to shame.
[thanks billie!]
Early Bird Special
Feb. 8, 2012
Early Bird Special: I will say one thing about the Atomic Alarm Clock: It certainly looks effective.
[reddit.]
Lights Out
Feb. 7, 2012
Lights Out: Girls who are boys who like boys to be girls who do boys like they’re girls who do girls like they’re boys.
[wtc (nsfw).]
Extreme Scooting of the Day
Feb. 7, 2012
Extreme Scooting of the Day: English stuntman Colin Furze takes the world’s fastest mobility scooter out for a spin in the snow and gets her up to 51mph (20mph short of the scooter’s top speed).
Music: “Valentino” by March to the Grave.
[colinfurze.]
Rebuttal of the Day
Feb. 7, 2012
Rebuttal of the Day: At a taping of her show set to air tomorrow, Ellen DeGeneres called out conservative group One Million Moms (actual membership: 40,000) for calling on JCPenney to dump her as their spokesperson or risk losing customers “with traditional values.”
“I usually don’t talk about stuff like this on my show, but I really want to thank everyone who is supporting me,” Ellen told her audience. “Here are the values I stand for. I stand for honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you’d want to be treated and helping those in need. To me, those are traditional values. That’s what I stand for.”
She then concluded, in signature Ellen fashion: “I also believe in dance.”
Video after the jump (warning: autoplay):
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