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Girls With Painted-On Jerseys? We're sold. 20 girls supporting their favorite teams (Total Pro Sports) 15 NCAA Tourney Look-a-Llikes (Bleacher Report) Robot Unicorn Attack (Game) (Adult Swim) How to Pick a Wedgie These celebs teach us how (Chicago Now) Shannyn Sossaman Pictures See more of this oddly attractive actress (Holy Taco) The Most Awesome Waste of Time An incredible stop-motion ...

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Dating Red Flag of the Week -- Because God Said So

Here's this week's most outrageous relationship red flag story from the editors of The Little Black Blog of Big Red Flags. The Story: I have had not one, but two ex-girlfriends break-up with me because God didn't want us to be together anymore. Well, there you are. Got a red flag story? Submit it by visiting The Little Black Blog of Big Red Flags or emailing bigredflags@gmail.com. ...

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Matt Walsh of 'Players' and Asylum Go Head-to-Head in Foosball

Comedian Matt Walsh is pretty hot right now as a "that guy" character actor. You may remember him from his recent role as a foul-mouthed doctor in last summer's "The Hangover" or as a member of Comedy Central's "The Upright Citizens Brigade". His new show "Players" on Spike TV has Walsh starring as the co-owner of a popular sports bar of the same name. Think "Cheers," if "Cheers" didn't have to ...

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The 10 Most Disappointing NBA Retirements of All-Time*

The recent "retirement" of Allen Iverson reinforces a problem that many NBA players face at the end of their career: dealing with diminished skills on the court and having to battle his demons off of it. It's been enough to essentially force him out of the game. From contract negotiations gone bad to substance problems to devastating injuries, there are plenty of former NBA stars who were forced ...

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Comic Book Characters We Do and Don't Want to Party With

St. Patrick's Day just passed, which means con season is heating up. Our friends over at ComicsAlliance has had party planning on their minds quite a bit. And -- because thinking about comics is their actual, full-time job -- they got to wondering what would happen if they partied with their favorite superheroes. Head over there to see who made their guest list. (via ComicsAlliance) ...

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Coco and Penny Define Musical Mother-Daughter Comedy in 'Sideshow'

On Coco and Penny's official site, it states that the duo is "the world's only mother and daughter comedy team," and that their act "SCREAMS SITCOM!" We can't substantiate either of those claims, but we did notice that they won first place at the Seaford Inn Talent Contest on Long Island, N.Y. That was more than enough to get them on "Asylum Sideshow" ... if(typeof ...

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German Girl Identifies 'Star Wars' Figures With Her Tongue*

A mouth is an awesome apparatus capable of so much more than just swallowing or teeth art or some combination of the two. But we had no idea it could identify an array of "Star Wars" mini-figures. A German girl named Sophia Heesch knew though. She proved it on the German TV show, Wetten, dass..?, last month. Head over to Urlesque to see a video of this amazing feat. (via Urlesque) ...

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Nintendo Cartridge Harmonicas

Anyone who owned a Nintendo Entertainment System knows that in order to get the cartridges to work, you often had to blow on them. An inventive NES modder got to work putting the sweet sound of music in the games, making a clever play on Nintendo's well known fix. No word on any other Nintendo instruments, so your plans for a video-game-based jam band might be put on hold. Our friends at ...

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Car Circus in Delhi Features Appropriately Named 'Wall of Death'

A little over a week ago, our own trend investigator, Ryan McKee, theorized that China's dwarf amusement park may be yet another sign of that country's growing strength. India is another rising Asian power, as evidenced by its trillion-dollar-plus economy and "The Wall of Death" at the Diamond Maruti Car Circus in Delhi. Honestly, with China's use of dwarfs and India's brazen disregard for public ...

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The Punisher's Strangest Villains Ever

With the release of last week's "Punisher Max" #5, Jason Aaron and Steve Dillon wrap up their first incredible story arc with the conclusion of a brutal fight to the death between the Punisher and the Mennonite, an ex-killer who retired to the life of a simple farmer before coming back to kill Frank Castle using only the tools his religion allows. The end result is a pretty amazing fight, but it's ...

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