This has to be one of the most disturbing images I’ve seen in a while. A snake was pictured eating it’s own kind while the other wraps itself around it’s killer.
[Cannibal Snake via News.com.au]
Animals | Interesting | Life
Bad People | Company | Interesting | Life | Unlucky
In what has to be the saddest cellphone-related story ever, an 80-year-old man spent a part of every day listening to a voicemail recording of his deceased wife saying her name, "Catherine Whiting." Ever since her death in 2005, listening to the recording offered the man a small amount of comfort. However, when his service was upgraded earlier this year, the message was lost.
To compound the problem, the message was the only existing recording of his wife, so Mr. Whiting blamed Verizon for "taking her voice away." When Verizon got wind of the situation, they promptly restored the greeting from an archive while simultaneously restoring our faith that there might actually be humans behind our nation’s faceless wireless carriers.
[Verizon's Hate via Gizmodo via Fox News via MobHappy via Boing Boing]
Gay | Interesting | Life | Strange | Stupid
A Danish organizations has rented spots that could hold a total of 45 urns specifically for gays and lesbians. The spots go for about $565. The area is separated from the rest of the cemetery by a large triangle of pebbles on the group, with a huge rock on one of the angles.
"We founded an association called Regnbuen (Rainbow) and our goal is that gays and lesbians can be buried next to each other,” Ivan Larsen said.
"The triangle is our old symbol, but it is also a sign of suffering,” Mr Larsen said.
The rainbow flag, a universal symbol for homosexuals representing diversity, would be placed on the rock, he said.
"We don’t want to isolate ourselves but we also feel a need to be together. We see this as a family grave, one that will be taken care of by our family,” said Mr Larsen.
[Gay Grave via News.com.au]
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LOS ANGELES, April 7 (UPI) — Gertrude Baines, one of the world’s oldest women, celebrated her 114th birthday this week at a convalescent center in Los Angeles.
Baines, born near Atlanta in 1894, said she never consumed alcohol or smoked, but regularly eats bacon with her breakfast, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday.
"I eat bacon, toast — I like all kinds of food. If it tastes good, I eat it. If it doesn’t taste good, I don’t eat it," she told the newspaper.
[Third-Oldest via Politicalgateway]