Facebook’s IPO is on the brink of making a lot of people rich – including graffiti artist David Choe, who was hired by Facebook back in 2005 to decorate the walls of the company’s Palo Alto headquarters. For compensation, Facebook offered him the choice between a few grand and stock, and although Choe thought Facebook’s concept was “ridiculous and pointless” at the time, he wisely went with the stock – which is about to make him worth around $200 million.
Hopefully Choe’s streak of genius continued without selling off any of his steak in the company – but so far he hasn’t commented on the matter.
(via NYT)
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You may think that you’ve pinned down the punchline in the first few seconds, but you’ll want to watch to the end to make sure.
Check it out after the break, and watch out for some nsfw language.
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A man wanted for murder and armed robbery in Georgia was arrested and booked into an North Carolina prison after a hospital visit and two body searches. However, the man’s cellmates were soon complaining that there was a gun in their midst – a 10″ .38 caliber revolver the man had somehow concealed in his butthole throughout the ordeal.
You can check out the news story after the break, and watch reporters and law enforcement squirm as they attempt to present the facts with tact.
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A research article published by the University of Louisiana reveals that Paedophryne amauensis, a frog recently discovered in New Guinea, is the world’s smallest vertebrate.
Averaging less than one-third of an inch (7.7 millimeters) in length, the frogs are able to fit in the center of a U.S. dime. Paedophryne amauensis steals its tiny crown from Paedocypris progenetica, an Indonesian fish that averages over eight millimeters in length.
If small animals don’t impress you, there’s always this.
(PlosOne via HuffPo)
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A 30-year old man was arrested in Madison, Wisconsin last week after neighbors complained about his “excessive drinking and drug use” in a local park. His name? Originally it was Jeffrey Drew Wilschke, but he changed it in October to Beezow Doo-Doo Zopittybop-Bop-Bop.
Yes, refer back to the “excessive drinking and drug use” on that decision. He may have also been craving a Jell-O Pudding Pop at the time.
(via MSNBC)
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An Australian woman is lucky to be alive after a bungee jump accident sent her plummeting into the Zambezi River on the border of Zimbabwe and Zambia.
After falling over 100 meters, the bungee cord snapped, sending Erin Laung Worth 30-40 meters into the crocodile-infested waters below. With her feet bound, she managed to swim to the side of the river where she was rescued.
Hit the break to watch a video of the jump, as well as an interview with Erin. You’ll also find an infographic that provides a detailed account of the accident.
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36 year old Carmen Tisch must really hate abstract expressionism – especially when it was created by the late Clyfford Still. On December 29, she strolled into a recently opened museum in Denver which is dedicated solely to Still’s work, and proceeded to vent her rage on a painting called “1957-J no.2″. After allegedly punching and scratching the work of “art”, she proceeded to depants, rubbing her bare buttcheeks down the canvas before capping off her act of vandalism by taking a pee.
The painting, which is valued at more than $30 million, sustained $10,000 in damage, and Tisch was arrested and charged with felony criminal mischief. Check out a news report about the incident after the break.
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Recently, a man in Canada bought a $2,500 antique French violin which had survived WWII and was examined and authenticated by a top luthier prior to the sale. However, upon receiving the instrument, he disputed its authenticity and sought a refund. However, in order to get his money back, PayPal told him to destroy the instrument, apparently believing it was a counterfeit.
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The future of file sharing policy may be influenced by the Missionary Church of Kopimism, which views copying and pasting as sacred acts and was just recognized as an official religion in Sweden. The “church”, which boasts 3,000 members, was founded by a philosophy student named Isak Gerson, who says:
“There’s still a legal stigma around copying for many. A lot of people still worry about going to jail when copying and remixing. I hope in the name of Kopimi that this will change.”
Uh-huh. The government recently granted the “Kopimists” religion status after they explained their system of prayer and meditation – however, the move doesn’t mean the country has legalized copyright infringement… it just means we throw around the terms “church” and “religion” too liberally.
(torrentfreak via TDW)
