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George Washington's Boyhood Home Located

Thursday 03 July
By Anthony Layser

(Our happy hour fact to amaze your drinking buddies with.)

Archaeologists recently unearthed the remains of George Washington's boyhood home near Fredericksburg, Va., about 50 miles south of Washington D.C.

Over the last seven years, three locations were excavated. The site determined to be the location of Washington's home revealed a foundation built during the first part of the 18th century (Washington was born in 1732). It also held artifacts linked to his family.

The house was most likely one-and-a-half stories, about 53 by 37 feet, with a central hallway and two rooms on each side.

Among the artifacts found was a blackened smoking bowl, marked with a Masonic crest. Considering Washington joined the Fredericksburg Lodge of the Masons in 1753, we can only assume the founding father used the device for smoking serious doobage ... or possibly tobacco.

Lost 'Metropolis' Reel Discovered, First Gay Robot Footage?

Thursday 03 July
By Brian Childs

Tuesday, we hypothesized that the gynoid in the 1927 silent film "Metropolis" might have been the first robot lesbian, but that we would never know because a reel of the film had been lost forever.

But now that reel has been found.

In a story that's sure to thrill film geeks around the world, ZeitOnline announced that a full version of the film had remained in storage. It's location solves one of the greatest film mysteries of all time.

Questions raised by this discovery:

-- Will "Metropolis" be available online, or are we going to have to wait forever queuing this up in our Netflix?

-- Can we actually sit through a 210-minute silent film?

-- Will the gynoid finally be proven to be the first gay robot ... and will that turn us on?

(ZeitOnline via Tasty Booze)

Did we miss anything? Let us know in the comments.

Elsewhere in the manly "sack pack" universe today ...

That's Mister Mix to You (Bullz-Eye)
Neuton Battery Powered Lawn Mower Giveaway (Green Daily)
Son Finds Parents' Sex Tape with Dogs (Afrojacks)
Eleven Web sites to Save you Cash During the Recession (Double Viking)
Ultimate Drunk People Compilation (Unibrow)
Count Your Beers with the Beer Tracker (Complex)

Cable News Goes Crazy with the Guns

Thursday 03 July
By Brian Childs

News channels have an obligation to use the most exciting video footage possible to illustrate a news story. Occasionally, the go just a little bit overboard. See if you can spot the excessive gun footage in this video clip. (Via 23/6)

Saving the Children with a 'Super Mario Brothers' Marathon

Thursday 03 July
By Brian Childs

A weeklong "Super Mario" Marathon for charity might be the best idea we've ever heard of.

In an attempt to combine their interest in saving fictional princesses and helping real-life children, Brian Brinegar, a 29-year-old web developer in Lafayette, Ind., and his two former college roommates played 7 "Super Mario" games in a row over the course of a weekend. In the process, they raised over $11,000 for the Child's Play charity from softhearted nerds around the web.

This raises a number of important questions: Could the same thing be done with Grand Theft Auto? Is there any way to incorporate hot ladies into this charity event? And is it finally time for Asylum to get into the charity business?

Other Sweet Video Games Features from Around the Web:

Sixty-Five Things That Look Like Pac Man (Games Radar)
Sweetest Cheats of All Time (Game Daily)
Diablo III, Be Prepared to Lose Some Time (Joystiq)
Nine Video Game Powers We'd Love to Abuse (Slobs of Gaming)

Pack of Cigarettes Triggers Gas Station Riot

Thursday 03 July
By Emily McCombs

Hardcore smokers know the laws of man will never stand between them and their next smooth, delicious nicotine fix. The rest of us will probably find hard to understand how a pack of cigarettes could've started a 200-person riot at a Fort Myers, Fla. gas station.

The chaotic scene resulted in the arrest of five females and one male, two of them teenagers. As is often the case with drunken girlfights, the details aren't entirely clear, but the dispute seems to have begun at a teen night at a nearby club over a stolen pack of cigarettes.

The 16-year-old victim told police that she had pulled in next to a gas pump around 1 a.m. when the car was approached by argumentative females. The victim then tried to drive away, but was chased by the angry women, who began beating the sides of the vehicle with sticks, pipes and other blunt objects.

As is also the case with drunken catfights, a large crowd quickly gathered, turning the fight into a 200-person melee. Luckily, it seems that no one was hurt, except for the flawless reputation of big tobacco.

Rock 'N' Roll Spirits -- The Most Badass Graves

Thursday 03 July
By Emily McCombs

It was 35 years ago today that Jim Morrison was found dead in a hotel bathtub, cementing his live-fast-die-young legacy.

Since the singer's death, Morrison's Paris grave site has become an extremely popular tourist destination, famous for being continually defaced with graffiti reading things like "Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll" and "Morrison is God." Meanwhile, the bust pictured was stolen in 1988 and replaced with a flat stone, and in 1991, on the 20th anniversary of Morrison's death, unruly mourners were dispersed by means of police tear gas.

We can't help but think that the Lizard King would consider this sort of vandalism in sync with the rock 'n' roll spirit. It inspired us to search out the graves of other entertainers whose messages live on in their burial markers.


Out Top Ten Favorite Drunks

  • Out Top Ten Favorite Drunks

    11. Winston Churchill
    Prime Minister, author, Nobel Prize winner -- Sir Winston accomplished more on a typical hungover Sunday than most of us do during our entire lives. We can barely be bothered to go out for brunch most weekends.

    Photo From AP

  • Out Top Ten Favorite Drunks

    10. Slash
    Though no longer a raging alkie, have you ever seen the artist formerly known as Saul Hudson not pictured with a bottle filled with something or other? And, of course, there was his memorable obscenity-laden acceptance speech at the1990 American Music Awards. Well, memorable to us anyway. We doubt Slash remembers much of anything that happened during the early '90s.

    Photo From AP

  • Out Top Ten Favorite Drunks

    9. Nick Nolte
    Even before his infamous mugshot, Nolte perpetually looked like he'd just come off a six-week bender. For a lesson in the perils of heavy drinking check out Nolte's performance opposite Julia Roberts in "I Love Trouble," a film that could only have been made while heavily under the influence.

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  • Out Top Ten Favorite Drunks

    8. Dorothy Parker
    Parker famously said that "men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses." But they do go for gals who can fill glasses and then drink them under the Algonquin Roundtable, and Ms. Parker could down a vodka gimlet faster thanyou can say "the dry wit of Robert Benchley."

    Photo From AP

  • Out Top Ten Favorite Drunks

    7. Dudley Moore in 'Arthur'
    As his theme song says, "Arthur he does as he pleases." (And most of what he pleases involves hard liquor.) If you're gonna be a sad drunk, might as well also be a billionaire with a loyal and caustic British butler.Though all the alcohol in Arthur's liver isn't enough to make "Arthur 2: On the Rocks" even remotely watchable.

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  • Out Top Ten Favorite Drunks

    6. Janis Joplin
    So associated with hard drinking is Miss Janis that it's hard to listen to her sing without feeling your liver fill to the brim with Southern Comfort. (The phrase "booze-soaked vocals" was practically invented for her.) Janis still makes Amy Winehouse sound like Miley Cyrus.

    Photo From AP

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    5. Andy CappEveryone's favorite comic strip rummy has been tossing back pints and threatening his long-suffering wife Flo with violence since 1957. Seriously, isn't it time that Social Services took a long, hard look at that marriage?

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    4. Ernest HemingwayThe prototypical hard-drinking author, Papa Hemingway has given generations of mediocre writers an excuse to wail into their beers about their unpublished masterpieces. Still, as fine an author as he is, we figure his fondness for creepy, multi-toed cats must have had something to do with large quantities of alcohol.

    Photo From AP

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    3. Betty Ford
    Although Gerald Ford was renowned for falling over all the time, it turns out Betty was the one with a drinking problem! While we would never make light of Mrs. Ford's struggles (excluding the joke above), it should be noted that having a rehab center named after you definitely earns you a place in the pantheon of hard drinkers. Plus, she's currently the third-longest living former First Lady. Top that, Mamie Eisenhower!

    Photo From AP

  • Out Top Ten Favorite Drunks

    2. Bender from 'Futurama'
    Bender's name doesn't just refer to his function as a robot who bends things: Liquor is his life's blood. Now if only he'd get toasted and punch out that wussy robot from "Lost In Space."

Colombian Devil's Breath -- The World's Scariest Drug

Thursday 03 July
By Asylum Staff

If you haven't checked out the videos on VBS.tv, we highly recommend. From the real-life hitchhiking high jinks of "Thumbs Up!" to the sexy photog journal "Shot By Kern," the Vice Broadcasting Network always turns out edgy fun.

Some of the network's best stuff are their documentary series, and one that particularly blew our minds (and thoroughly freaked us out) was about a Colombian drug called scopolamine. For those who haven't heard, it's some pretty frightening stuff.



Check out part two of Colombian Devil's Breath after the jump.

Britney Back with Paparazzi Guy; Alba the Next Barbarella?

Thursday 03 July
By Nicholas Nadel

(Our round-up of celeb gossip so you can keep up with your girlfriend.)

Britney Spears is back with her paparazzi boyfriend. (The Blemish)

"Hills" hottie Audrina Patridge may go topless for new movie. (Celeb Parasite)

Pete Wentz makes an announcement on the cover of "Out" Magazine. (Derober)

A-Rod's wife could be getting back at Madonna by dating Lenny Kravitz. (Dlisted)

Jessica Alba may be replacing Rose McGowan as "Barbarella." (Page Six)

Evander Holyfield's a deadbeat dad. (TMZ)

Should Robin be included in the "Batman" films? (Cinematical)

If the "Friends" movie does happen, here's a likely scene. (The Hater)