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The Six Most Random Christmas Facts

Posted on December 22, 2011 by SeanLind

The most wonderful time of the year is upon us. Cheer, food, family, presents and hangovers are all primed to shine.

Despite Christmas being many people’s favorite time of the year there are a huge number of misconceptions and lies surrounding this hallmark holiday; the largest being that it never was the supposed birthday of Jesus Christ. While no one knows the exact day he may have been born, the bible (if it can truly be trusted) makes it very clear it could not have been in December.

But I digress, for most people this holiday has nothing to do with Christ and everything to do with turkey and wine. So here are some of the lighter more interesting facts surrounding Xmas.

PS. Bonus Fact: The term “Xmas” isn’t actually meant to remove “Christ” from the holiday’s title. X is the ancient Greek abbreviation for Christ. 

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Keenan Cahill (With Me) vs. Kia Hampsters

Posted on December 22, 2011 by SeanLind

I had originally planned to make some stupid video with Kim Jong-Il and these hampsters, but then I found Keenan Cahill doing his lip-sync dance to it and it spawned this. 

It's only 20 seconds or so but I think it's a pretty hilarious mashup. Hopefully you'll agree. 

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265 Billion burgers sold – let’s put that into perspective.

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Toblerusse

McDonald's has served billions of burgers. In fact, they've served hundreds of billions of burgers.
From our estimates, by the end of 2011 McDonalds will have served over 265 billion burgers. 

It is not easy to accurately comprehend the magnitude of numbers that big.  
Just look at it, it's a ridiculous number. 265,000,000,000 is just a ludicrous sum. Period. 
Let's try to put into perspective what that many burgers equates to.

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#Occupy Wall Street: Ten Top 10s

Posted on December 8, 2011 by SeanLind

The #occupy wall street movement is one of the largest, and most important, political movements of the 21st century.

What was started as a peaceful war-cry (by a Canadian magazine) has bloomed into a world-wide protest. Unfortunately the majority of the general public appear to be confused as to the purpose and end-goal of the movement in general. It’s for this reason we decided to put together this infographic.

This infographic takes a look at the top ten top 10’s of the #occupy movement, from speeches and photographs to news headlines from around the world. Continue reading →

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Test your Cartoon IQ

Posted on November 25, 2011 by SeanLind

The original plan was to make a large image/infographic of cartoon protagonists and antagonists. But I figured that's not nearly as much fun as turning it into a game. 

The game concept is very simple: click on the antagonist below for the protagonist displayed up top. Get it right and you get a point plus five seconds added to the clock. Get it wrong and you move on to the next character. 

The game is supposed to be hard, the goal is to see who (if anyone) is really a master of cartoon trivia. I know I spent countless hours of my childhood watching cartoons, many of which I didn't even like or enjoy (there just wasn't anything better on). How else can you explain having watched entire seasons of Teddy Ruxpin?(yes, I did have the Teddy Ruxpin talking bear)

See how well you can do, post your scores in the comments and challenge all your friends. PS. This is an HTML5 game, so you need an updated browser to play it. If it won't load, Get Chrome 

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Celebrities afraid to fly

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Toblerusse

Sure, celebrities are pampered and often pretentious. They separate themselves from common everyday folk by living lives replete with glamour, glitz, fois-gras, red carpets, complementary expensive cheeses, artificial friendships with other famous people, etc and like, such as.

They basically just exist to make regular people jealous. It's fact, TMZ said so. They don't lie. 

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Online Poker: Bankroll management is as important as the game itself

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Toblerusse


Many new players to the game of poker dream of becoming a famous pro playing on TV with 100k stacks surrounded by lights and cameras. They see the glamour and glitz and it becomes the driving force to take the game seriously. For young players especially, with so many becoming online millionaires, the motivation to follow in their peers footsteps is obvious. The path appears laid out and easy to duplicate. The truth of the matter, however, is that these players possess a level of discipline and understanding that has been internalized to the point where it overcomes the distraction of fame, riches or notoriety. One of the most important but rarely noticed attributes they possess is the ability to know how to manage their money. Continue reading →

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Modern Moniez

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Toblerusse

Ever wonder what the presidents on American currency would look like if they were around today?
No?
Well, that's fine. Regardless, we went ahead and fabricated it anyway. Granted this is totally pointless but here it is for your viewing pleasure nonetheless.

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Black vs. White Infographic

Posted on November 8, 2011 by SeanLind

It's no secret that white Americans and black Americans, while sharing the same cities, often live in completely different worlds. 

If you're a typical sheltered white kid with no idea what I'm talking about, just watch some Chris Rock specials. You'll start to understand quickly enough. 

We decided to take a look at some of the more interesting stats comparing the black and white populations in America. We've left out any opinion or analysis, we figure you're more than capable of drawing up some conclusions on your own. All of the stats below are taken from NCES (National Centre for Educational Statistics) and the American Census. 

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Three Kings Rap Video

Posted on October 31, 2011 by SeanLind

When was the last time you watched the film making masterpiece Three Kings? The answer is inevitably not recently enough. 

With the lead cast consisting of Marky Mark, Ice Cube and George Clooney you can’t help but assume that at some point the cast would break into rap. Unfortunately that moment never arrives… so we made it happen for you.

But wait, you’re thinking “well Marky Mark’s a funky guy, and Ice Cube’s a Boy-n-the-Hood, but how does Clooney fit into this mess?” Don’t worry, as you’ll see below Clooney’s a surgeon with the mic!

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