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Challenges of Getting to Mars: Curiosity's Seven Minutes of Terror [Video]
Hyundai's Zombie Survival Machine
Catwoman Timeline
Alaska Town Mayor is a Cat Named Stubbs
Analysis of Australian Ecommerce Statistics [Infographic]
Couple Meets for the First Time After 5-Year Long Distance Relationship [VIDEO]
Only In Mexico
Japanese Man Eats Burger with 1000 Slices of Cheese

Challenges of Getting to Mars: Curiosity's Seven Minutes of Terror [Video]

Posted: 18 Jul 2012 05:03 PM PDT

Team members at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory share the challenges of the Curiosity Mars rover's final minutes to landing on the surface of Mars.

Hyundai's Zombie Survival Machine

Posted: 18 Jul 2012 04:38 PM PDT

Hyundai unveiled its Elantra-based Zombie Survival Machine at this year's Comic-Con. The Zombie Survival Machine was designed by The Walking Dead creator/writer Robert Kirkman and fabricated by Design Craft for Hyundai. The Hyundai coupe is now officially ready for anyone who needs to survive a zombie invasion.

Via HyundaiUndead.com

Catwoman Timeline

Posted: 18 Jul 2012 04:23 PM PDT

See how the tempting but dangerous Batman series character has been portrayed in films from 1966 till now.

Alaska Town Mayor is a Cat Named Stubbs

Posted: 18 Jul 2012 03:07 PM PDT

Red cat named Stubbs is a local celebrity in Alaskan town of Talkeetna. He doesn't play in the movies and he is not a famous person's pet. For 15 years Stubbs has been the town's mayor. Known locally as "Mayor Stubbs," the feline's popularity is undisputed: he has 1,000 friends on Facebook, which exceeds the town's 900 residents.

As the story goes, 15 years ago many of Talkeetna's residents didn't think much of the candidates who were running for mayor. So as a joke, they encouraged enough people to elect Stubbs the cat as a write-in candidate. He ended up winning, and has held this honorary office ever since. Most of the time Stubbs hangs out in the local general store, where he eats cat food and meets with his voters.

Analysis of Australian Ecommerce Statistics [Infographic]

Posted: 18 Jul 2012 12:02 PM PDT

Competitions.com.au took a careful look at online spending trends in Australia to compile this infographic, and seeing that online sales are predicted to be worth $37.1 billion by next year, it looks like mobile is definitely the place to be.

Click on Image to Enlarge.

Couple Meets for the First Time After 5-Year Long Distance Relationship [VIDEO]

Posted: 17 Jul 2012 10:06 PM PDT

Youtuber Cadynow says:

After meeting for the first time on a Halo 3 game lobby 5 years ago, we built a relationship as best friends for 3 years through video games, myspace to facebook, then finally skype. Once we talked "face to face" we hit it off as a couple from then on. Now we finally got to meet in person for the first time after dating for 2 years...

Only In Mexico

Posted: 17 Jul 2012 09:05 PM PDT

Every country has its quirks, and Mexico is no different thanks to these classic photos.

Japanese Man Eats Burger with 1000 Slices of Cheese

Posted: 17 Jul 2012 07:52 PM PDT

Japanese website Rocket News, which previously ordered a Whopper with one thousand pieces of bacon, is back. This time, the site ordered a Whopper with one thousand pieces of cheese.

Rocket News called their local Burger King to see if they could actually order a burger with a thousand slices of cheese. It seems it was, and Mr. Sato from Rocket News walked out of the fast food joint with a 25-pound, 45,000-calorie burger. Burger King even fashioned cardboard drink carries into a frame to hold up the burger in its paper bag.

Sato made it through 350 slices, before throwing in the towel and allowing the rest of Rocket News the chance to divvy up the remaining cheese so staffers could have enough cheese for the rest of their lives.

A little Olympic fun

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

A little Olympic fun

We can't all compete in the Olympics this summer, but in just a few days we can all experience some of the fun of the games in our own communities.

On Saturday, July 28, we're launching a Let's Move! Olympic Fun Day Meetup. In cities and towns all across America, family, friends, and neighbors will come together to participate in Olympic-inspired games and activities. And we want you to join the festivities:

What: Let's Move! Olympic Fun Day
When: Saturday, July 28
Where: RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/lets-move

July 28 is the first day of competition for the Olympians in London. One month later, on August 29, the Paralympic Games begin. While Team USA is getting ready to take on the world, you can show your support for our athletes -- not just by cheering them on, but by living up to the example they set.

And if you're participating in the Olympic Fun Day, we want to know about it. Share your photos and updates using the hashtag #LetsMoveDay. We'll highlight activities happening across the country on LetsMove.gov, Twitter, and Facebook.

To get started, just RSVP:

http://www.meetup.com/lets-move

P.S. -- First Lady Michelle Obama sat down to talk about the Meetups and why it's so important for kids to be active. So take a moment and watch the First Lady, then sign up.

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