YouTube Surfer Sets World Record by Riding 78-Foot Wave
Pro surfer Garrett McNamara recently set a world record for the largest wave ever surfed after catching a gargantuan 78-footer off the coast of Portugal. Dude, gnarly!
MSNBC Texas School Has Been Misspelling Its Own Name for Nearly Nine Years
An elementary school in Forth Worth, Texas, is finally correcting its name after having misspelled it for nearly nine years. Oops! That can’t bode well for literacy rates.
BBC Prince Charles Classes Up the BBC Weather Forecast
BBC viewers in Scotland got a surprise today when none other than Prince Charles delivered a midday weather forecast. It’s good to know that, if life as a royal doesn’t work out, His Highness can always fall back on a career as a meteorologist.
MSNBC Drunk Dad Lets 10-Year-Old Son Drive
A tipsy pop is in hot water after reportedly allowing his 10-year-old son to act as his designated driver. (Yes, you read that right.) Even worse, we’ve seen this sort of thing before.
Handy ‘Good Sandwich Guide’ Reveals the Secret of Total Bread Coverage
We love tasty sandwiches as much as the next guy, but one thing about making them always drives us crazy — no matter how you overlap the meat, it’s darn near impossible to cover the entire piece of bread. Well, sandwich lovers, rejoice! That eternal problem has finally been solved thanks to this handy image.
Herobuilders.com ‘Tanorexic Mom’ Patricia Krentcil Now Has Her Own Action Figure
It’s been less than a week since Patricia Krentcil, the freakishly tanned New Jersey mom, was accused of letting her six-year-old daughter use a tanning bed. Since then, she’s somehow worked her way into mainstream consciousness, getting mocked on ‘SNL’ and engaging in a public battle with Snooki from ‘Jersey Shore.’
Now, Krentcil’s pop culture status reaches new heights (or lows, depending upon how you look at it) with a brand new action figure.
Rude Baseball Fans Steal Foul Ball From Kid, Make Him Cry
In this video, a pint-sized baseball fan misses a foul ball at a game between the Yankees and the Rangers and sobs hysterically for failing to snag the prize. Even worse, two adult fans next to him proudly display the ball while the youngster bawls his eyes out. Far be it from us to use a word like heartless, but, dang, that’s pretty cold.
YouTube Inspirational Armless Drummer Bangs Out a Perfect Beat
There’s no shortage of amazing young drummers on the internet, such as this five-year-old Kiss fan and this 17-year-old Norwegian street drummer. But 20-year-old drummer Cornel Hrisca-Munn wins points for sheer tenacity and perseverance since he has severe physical handicaps that would’ve prevented a lesser man from pounding the skins.
Heart Attack Grill ‘Double Bypass Burger’ at Heart Attack Grill Claims Another Victim
The Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas claimed another victim when a woman collapsed while eating a double bypass burger on Saturday night. In February, a man suffered a heart attack at the same location while attempting to consume a 6,000 calorie triple bypass burger. Seeing a pattern here?
ABC News Baseball Fan Catches Foul Ball While Holding Daughter
We’ve pulled off some impressive examples of multitasking ourselves. (You should see us type and eat at the same time.) But this dad, who catches a foul ball during a game between the Giants and the Pirates while simultaneously holding his daughter, puts us to shame. Oh, and did we mention that he catches the ball one-handed? He must be some sort of super dad!
Kerry Ware Watch a Florida Family Rescue a 300-Pound Beached Dolphin
During a leisurely boating trip late last week near Fort George Island in Florida, Kerry Ware and her family spotted a dolphin stranded on a sandbar. Fortunately, Ware and her father were able to save the beached animal by dragging it with great effort to deeper water.
