- In case you forgot, this week marked the 105-year anniversary of the day Thomas Edison electrocuted an elephant to death to illustrate the dangers of alternating electrical current. So if you’re keeping score at home, that’s Jefferson the slave-raper, Columbus the genocidal mastermind, and Edison the f*cking elephant murderer.
- The Chinese government is clamping down on the “objectionable” content of Youtube videos. From now on, the only sleepy kittens Chinese citizens will be able to see will be ones that somehow support the government.
- In a recent survey, nearly 50% of doctors claimed they’ve prescribed placebos. Fortunately, that lemon-flavored, Life-Saver-shaped pill my doctor gave me really did work to get rid of that bird flu I had.
- Remember that episode of “The Office” from this season when Michael insisted on following his GPS directions and drove into a lake, and we all laughed but thought it was a little too ridiculous, even for Michael? Turns out, it wasn’t.
- Finally, William Shatner and Priceline.com are celebrating 10 years together. Although, 10 years ago, Priceline was a Geocities site that generated blonde jokes.
