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Squirrels Dancing to Michael Jackson Is Why the Internet Was Invented [VIDEO]
Michael Jackson has been dead for over two years, but his amazing legacy of song and dance lives on in this video of squirrels boogie-ing to the King of Pop’s all-time party-starting jam ‘Don’t Stop Tll You Get Enough.’
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Stephen Colbert Exposes Mitt Romney’s Dark Secret In First Campaign Ad [VIDEO]
The political action committee associated with (but not directed by) Stephen Colbert has come out firing in its first ad, accusing frontrunner for the Republican nomination Mitt Romney of actually being a “serial killer.” So much for politics as usual!
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Returning Soldier Surprises Family at KFC [VIDEO]
We’ve all seen the heartwarming videos of soldiers stationed overseas surprising their children stateside with early returns home.
And that’s how this video of Capt. Cherissa Jackson, who had been deployed in Afghanistan, begins, with mom surprising her daughters Anita and Ashley at a Gaitherburg, Maryland Kentucky Fried Chicken. But then it gets even more touching.
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Whatever Happened to ‘Goonies’ and ‘Indiana Jones’ Star Jonathan Ke Quan?
Then: Jonathan Ke Quan’s first acting gigs were in two of the most memorable movies of the ’80s. He starred as Short Round in ‘Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom,’ and as Data in ‘The Goonies.’ He was also brought on during the fifth season of ‘Head of the Class‘ to portray Jasper Kong, but his previous magic didn’t rub off, and the sitcom was cancelled.
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Marriage Proposal ‘Fail’ At UCLA Basketball Game — Real or Fake? [VIDEO]
There weren’t a whole lot of basketball fans in the Pauley Pavilion stands when UCLA took on Richmond late last month, so you could almost hear every individual groan when a man proposed marriage to his girlfriend on the arena’s JumboVision and was cruely rebuffed.
But was it actually a failed marriage proposal or a hoax?
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Are You Committed to a New Year’s Resolution? ‘Cause Most Fail Miserably — Survey of the Day
The hangover has subsided, and the noise makers and funny hats have been thrown away, so now New Year’s revelers are just left with the resolutions they made when the clock struck midnight. Unfortunately, most of us may even throw those out as well.
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Americans Say 2012 Will Be Awesome — Survey of the Day
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Watch a Montage of the Best TV Quotes of 2011 [VIDEO]
Sometimes a TV character will fire off a line of dialogue that is so good you find yourself quoting it the next day. The Huffington Post’s TV critic Maureen Ryan has compiled a list of her 11 most memorable TV lines of 2011, which includes remarks from the likes of ‘Parks and Recreation’s’ Ron Swanson, ‘The Office’ cut-up Jim Halpert, and ‘Breaking Bad’s’ meth-dealing teacher Walter White.
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RecordSetter Picks Their 15 Best and Craziest World Records of 2011 [VIDEOS]
Thanks to the website RecordSetter, which allows folks to invent a world record in anything, many a wacky record was set and/or broken in 2011.
Some of our favorite RecordSetter marks this year include the record for two girls slapping each other with pizza, the record for most time spent simultaneously juggling, eating and balancing on “rola bola” and the man who set a world record for most quarters shoved up his nose.
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White Castle Wedding Will Warm Your Heart and Clog Your Arteries [VIDEO]
White Castle has become a go-to spot for Valentine’s Day dates, and a couple in Louisville, KY has taken that tradition a step further by having their wedding in the popular fast food chain. Mazel tov! Pass the onion rings.
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Relive All the Important Parts of 2011 With a Catchy Song [VIDEO]
While 2011 is about to be gone forever, you can still get a neat little recap of the year that was from WGNA 107.7 on-air personality Richie Phillips’ annual year-in-review song.
Set to the tune of ‘Battle Hymn of the Republic,’ ‘Rhymin’ Richie’ sings all the big events and bold-faced names of 2011.
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Recession? What Recession? Americans Say ‘We’re Doing Better Than Our Folks’ — Survey of the Day
While the county has been going through an extended period of economic decline and uncertainty, a solid majority of Americans still think that they are ahead of where their parents were financially.
