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Michael Jackson died yesterday, and while everybody is still reeling from the news and trying to process the odd mixture of sadness, confusion (anger?) and adoration that most have felt for the pop superstar and, lately, reclusive nut-job throughout their lives, list-form tributes abound. Rather than add one to the mix, we’ll add 10 suggestions [...]

44 years ago today, Soviet astronaut Alexey Leonov performed the first spacewalk in human history (monkeys, meanwhile, had been spacewalking for decades). For the record, a spacewalk involves “extra-vehicular activity” while not on a planet, whereas a “moonwalk” involves gliding backwards on the surface of a planet (usually Earth or the moon). To commemorate Alexey’s [...]

Prepare to waste the rest of your time at the office, your day off, your early holiday, whatever you’re doing basically is about to be superseded by a black hole of fun, web-based indulgence. The dudes at FHM have compiled a fairly exhaustive list of web-based curiosities, resources and time-wasters, entitled The 100 Greatest Websites [...]