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. 

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

Note: after clicking on the video you might have to wait a few seconds for it to start.

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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.

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. For some more information on why this movement is important to you, and why you should get on board scroll down below the image.

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Reasons to Lend #Occupy Wall Street your Support

You don’t need to go buy a tent and quit your job, but lending some support is always better than none. If you don’t understand why you really need to get out there and make yourself heard, here’s a list of pretty solid reasons.

It’s a numbers game: Strength in numbers is not just a cliché, it’s a universal truth. The more people we have in support of the Occupy movement the more powerful the movement becomes.

The Main Point is Important as #$%&: While there are about 8,890,123 different reasons and demands being touted from #occupy the main point is very simple: There is a very big problem with the American economy and distribution of wealth. We’re on the road to killing the middle class, making it impossible for all but the elite to have anything resembling a “normal” life. We need to make changes now, before we hit the point of no return. This affects all of us, only most people are too ignorant, scared or hopeful to see the truth. We need to wake these people up before it’s too late for all of us.

This is one of the Most Important Historical Moments of our Lives: Regardless of the end result, the day the people began to stand up for what is right will get its own bolded (perhaps underlined as well) headline in the history books. You have the chance to be a part of history; you have no excuse to simply sit on the sidelines.

Because It’s the Right thing to do: If you don’t support the #occupy movement (and I’m not talking about supporting all of the methods, just the main purpose) you need to wake up. If you think this is about getting free stuff, or “some commie bullshit” you’re under the ignorant category.

You need to understand and acknowledge that there is a problem, and without addressing it head on it can only get worse. Then again a massive percentage of Americans still refuse to believe in evolution; I might be speaking upon deaf ears.

Sources:Chinasmack.com,Salon.com,ibtimes.com,Bet.com,Quotegarden.com,OccupyVancouver.com

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 

For some reason this game doesn't like FF or mobile browsers. Sorry about that.

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This game was designed by Sean Lind (which explains why the design is average at best) and coded by Stuart Hoyt.

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

While it may seem an unfair advantage has been bestowed upon these people on this journey called life, it might please some readers to know that many celebrities are headcases that take a lot of meds to deal with psychological problems. Shocking, we know.

One of the most common psychological bullies that celebs deal with is the phobia of flying. Scientifically speaking this phobia has many names: aerophobia, aviatophobia,aviophobia or pteromerhanophobia. 

For your pleasure and amusement, we gathered a bunch of these scaredy-cat celebrity flyers to snap this exclusive photo (below - click for full version).

We put them in coach for a laugh just to let them see where the rest of the passengers sit when these metal birds take us places.

A few notable tidbits of information regarding some of these fearful flyers:

Dennis Bergkamp's fear of flying is well recorded. He was given the brilliantly creative nickname "The Non-Flying Dutchman" by a journalist at the 1994 World Cup after the engine of the team plane cut out during travel. Following this incident Bergkamp decided he'd never fly again suggesting that the anxiety over the flights would significantly affect his performance. This severely limited his ability to play in away matches in European competition and to travel with the Dutch national side. In some cases he would travel overland by car or train, but the logistics of some matches were such that he would not travel at all. 

David Bowie: After an exceptionally stormy flight from Cyprus in the early 70s, he took boats and trains everywhere (including the Trans-Siberian Express to Japan). In the 80s he flew again, but after his heart attack and the birth of his daughter Lexi he's reportedly stopped flying again.

Billy Bob Thornton: Has famously quoted that "I don't have a fear of flying; I have a fear of crashing." and "I quit flying years ago. I don't want to die with tourists". 

He has claimed, paradoxically, that his fear of flying has completely disappeared after the September 11 attacks. “As usual, I’m backwards,” Thornton said an interview quoted by salon.com. “As everybody else has gotten worried, I’m not afraid of flying now … Now I feel a little safer because people feel weird about it.”

Kirsten Dunst: "I always get scared on planes. Whenever I fly I pack those Bose headphones that dull the noise of the plane. I always wear them on take-off and landing".

Jennifer Anniston:  Developed a fear of flying after being caught in an electrical storm on a flight from Toronto to New York City.

"I had one really bad flight where we were caught in an electrical storm. It was from Toronto to New York, which is an hour flight and it took two hours. "We shouldn't have been in the air. We were flying and every once in a while I'd see a field and I'd say, 'Just land it, put it down, put it on the freeway!'" 

"What scares me is taking off, because I don't understand how the plane gets up there. I've heard all about the aerodynamics, the speed, the engine. Of course, when your numbers up, it's up. Maybe I'm just a control freak. I'm still nervous - though much better than I was,".

Agnetha Fältskog: It is commonly agreed that Agnetha's fear of flying lead to the reduced lifespan of the music group ABBA.

"The more I fly, the more anxious I get. I think it's challenging higher powers and I always say a prayer just before start or landing. I would prefer to stay on the ground. But we have had to fly a lot in our line of work."

Muhammad Ali: Muhammad reportedly said that he no longer had a fear of flying because "Allah would not allow him to die in a plane crash."

Ben Affleck: Ben actually started working as a child actor at a very young age. When he was 9 years old, he went on a flight to Washington D.C by himself. The plane was hit by lightening and the engine caught on fire.

According to Ben, the plane had to head in for an emergency landing -- and at this point, things got even worse. The night before, the 9-year-old Affleck had randomly seen a frightening TV program about child molesters. "It scared the lights out of me," he said. And so, as a terrified, crying Ben sat in a flaming plane that was zooming toward the ground, he noticed a potentially creepy man sitting next to him. The man then turned and said: "You know, if we land, they'll put us in a hotel. Don't worry -- you can stay with me." 

Jennifer Connelly:  "I'm a really horrible flyer. I'm not superstitious about anything; I'm pretty much a realist, but flying, I kiss the plane. I'm petrified. It could be classified a phobia.

"For the first 10 minutes of any airplane flight I'm sort of waiting for that sound that, for me - in my fantasy - it's like there's a nut that's come loose and it's going to go into the engine."

Elisha Cuthbert: "I always get on the plane with my right foot first. I pray a lot. I always talk to my mom before I get on a flight. There's all kinds of things, but I try not to be a psycho about it. I realize with my job that I have to fly so I kind do bite my lip and go for it, but there's always that fear in the back of my mind."

"I think fear comes from a lack of knowledge as far as…anyway for me, the fact that I don't understand how a 40 ton craft somehow maneuvers itself in the air and I'm 106lb and I can't lift off at any means. It just doesn't feel safe. So I think it's the unknown. Yeah, flying is definitely frightening."

Dalai Lama:  "I used to be scared of airplanes," he confides. Now, he spends his air time meditating.

Colin Farrell:  "I hate it, man. It just seems highly unnatural to me. I've taken a few (pills) in my time. I'm trying not to (now) 'cause I've had a few messy affairs on planes. I've been lucky they haven't leaked a few (stories) of when I went bonkers. They nearly had the handcuffs out at one stage on British Airways."

Megan Fox:  ‘I developed that (a fear of flying) when I turned 20. All of a sudden I got really afraid to get on airplanes. I had to come up with a way to deal with it because I didn’t want to have panic attacks every time I get on a plane. I know for a fact it’s not in my destiny to die listening to a Britney Spears album, so I always put that on in my (headphones) when I’m flying because I know it wont crash if I’ve got Britney on.’

Whoopi Goldberg:  "I panic, shake, break out in a sweat, cry and moan."

Enrique Iglesias: Regarding an in-flight incident crossing the Atlantic.... "The first thing I did was grab a bottle of vodka and I took a few shots, calming down a little bit...you're flying over the Atlantic and the pilot says we have a problem with one of the engines, we have to turn it off and there's the sound of the engine shutting down, it's a scary sound cause the engine at the time has at 80 percent power so you notice that the plane kind of pulled back a bit...it definitely was scary."

Kim Jong-il: The North Korean dictator never ever flies in airplanes. He is apparently afraid of having a panic attack in mid-air, or of the plane crashing. Not one media outlet will report the "details." 

Stanley Kubrick: "Actually, over the years I discovered that I just didn't enjoy flying, and I became aware of compromised safety margins in commercial aviation that are never mentioned in airline advertising. So I decided I'd rather travel by sea, and take my chances with the icebergs"

"I am afraid of aeroplanes. I've been able to avoid flying for some time but, I suppose, if I had to I would. Perhaps it's a case of a little knowledge being a dangerous thing. At one time, I had a pilot's licence and 160 hours of solo time on single-engine light aircraft. Unfortunately, all that seemed to do was make me mistrust large aeroplanes". 

 John Madden:  "I used to get on the airplane, then I'd get off the airplane. I'd go to the hotel and the stadium, then back to the airplane. I traveled all over, but I didn't see anything. Now, I do."

In 1979 Madden had what he described as "a full-blown panic attack" when about to fly out of Tampa.

"It wasn't about flying, bad turbulence or anything. The flight attendant closed the door and before we'd even moved I knew I had to get off the plane, but I gutted it out. You think you're going to die. I was sweating, shaking, the whole thing.

"It was about being encased and not being able to get out."

Mr. T was afraid to fly on the A-Team - "I ain't gettin' on no plane!"

Kate Winslet: She and her husband, director Sam Mendes, insist on travelling separately because they are terrified of being involved in an air crash which would leave their children - Mia, Kate's eight-year-old daughter from a previous relationship, and five-year-old son Joe - without their parents.

The couple's phobia is said to stem from different air incidents they were involved in.

Before an amendment to his travelling plans, Sam, 43, was originally booked onto the plane from Washington to Los Angeles that was hijacked by terrorists on September 11 2001. 

A month later, Kate, 33, and Mia were flying from London to Dallas when a passenger claiming to be an Islamic terrorist stood up and screamed: "We're all going to die", forcing the pilot to make an emergency landing to have the man arrested.

New players often do not appreciate the importance of bankroll management and see the nosebleed stakes that elite players compete at and think they got there by winning large pots at a comfortable stake and immediately elevating to the next playing level. This assumption is too shortsighted.  Players that have made it to the big stakes by grinding through the lower ranks have gone that far by adhering to very specific bankroll management rules.  It is imperative. 

Variance and mathematics guarantee that even the best players in the world will have losing sessions. It is up to you and your decision making to make sure that you can handle these losses. If you are taking too much of your roll to the table you are jeopardizing all of the hard work you put in to get to that point. It is an unnecessary risk and can have more negative impact overall than positive. 

If you plan to take online poker seriously and make a consistent income, you must plan a viable bankroll management strategy. Otherwise just save your nickels and dimes because ultimately you will go broke. Committing to playing your best game has just as much value as learning precisely which stakes you should be playing at and whether or not you are playing too low or too high. In the long run this will be the defining element of your long-term success at the felt.

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. 

If you have any questions or comments, drop them at the bottom of the page. 

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!