Sep 2nd 2010 By Jeremy Taylor

Early man ate human brains

Our happy hour fact to amaze your pub-going pals.

Human meat -- particularly that of children -- was a regular part of prehistoric man's diet.

An analysis of fossilized bones dating back 800,000 years and found at a site in Spain has placed the butchered remains of children alongside those of bison, deer and other animals man would eat. From the way the human bones were broken, the researchers suspect their nutritious marrow was harvested for food. There is also evidence the brains of the children were consumed by hungry cavemen.

"They (probably) cut the skull for extracting the brain." explained Bermudez de Castro, of the National Research Centre on Human Evolution in Spain. "The brain is good for food."

So, if you ever happen to come across a zombie caveman -- which is likely the only kind of caveman you will ever come across -- you really need to run hard and fast.

Sep 2nd 2010 By Justin Massoud

Hot Facts Girls on topics we care about

hotfactsgirlsThe only thing better than hot girls is hot girls dropping knowledge about stuff we care about -- such as video games, comics and Star Wars, you know, the stuff you wrote your dissertation on.

Lucky for us that's where Hot Facts Girls comes in.

Where else could you find out that the stormtroopers' weapons were real sub-machine guns used by British and Canadian forces in the 1950s? Or that Wookiees were originally called Jawas?

Well, sure, Wikipedia or Google -- if you want to be dull. But why sift through all those tedious words when a kind, hot girl is more than willing to educate you?

A popular channel for obvious reasons, the series of videos also covers a breadth of topics outside the standard nerd milieu. Videos covering tattoos, heavenly bodies (the planets, not the girls), the origin of Christmas, strawberries and left-handed people are also featured -- all maintaining the central premise of hot girls listing obscure facts. Yep, that's all it takes.

Check below for the hot facts girls in action.

Sep 2nd 2010 By Alastair Plumb

Fancy tickling a bear? Because now's your chance...

Following in the giant, scaly footprints of the infamous subservient chicken (which if you haven't seen it recently is still well worth another visit) comes a new commandable advert. Out with the chicken... in with the bear. Which, we can all agree, is a cuddlier animal to tell what to do.

You can dance with him, you can tickle him, you can wash him, you can play football with him, you can wrestle him, you can even high-five, high-ten or chest bump the furry beastie.

And why? Well, because those fellas over at Tipp-Ex want you to buy their products. No, we didn't see that one coming either.

We've found about 10 or so just now, and we want more. If you find any others here (aside from the ones we've already listed, o' course) please let us know in the comment box below.

And once you're done with this bit of advertising genius, why not check out that personalised Arcade Fire video. It's also ace -- but contains marginally fewer bears, alas.

Sep 2nd 2010 By Oliver Jones

The world's biggest sporting rivalries deciphered using maths

What makes sport so awesome? It's sure as hell not the kits anymore.

So what is it? Is it the beauty of the games themselves? Is there really, as Arsene Wenger would have it, art in the ability to play football, really really well? Perhaps.

But we think the thing that really makes sport the most important thing in the entire world ever is rivalries. What would sport be without rivalries? We'll tell you what it'd be -- boring, that's what.

Now don't get us wrong, we're not talking about hatred here -- just that bit of needle to make an encounter interesting.

We wanted to know once an for all which were the biggest rivalries in sport. And when we want to know something there is only one thing to freakin' do: Work it out using a (probably flawed) mathematical equation.

So for that equation and the six biggest rivalries in sport, keep reading.

Sep 2nd 2010 By Simon Crisp

Man recreates ex-girlfriend as luxury 'realistic' sex doll

We've all been there, you've been dumped by a girlfriend and can't stop thinking about her. Maybe you dig out a few old photos, or even spy on her and check she's okay via Facebook.

However, it's important not to cross a certain moral line after a relationship has ended. You know, like spending £15,000 having a life-like sex doll created in her image.

That's exactly what an understandably unnamed 50-year-old businessman has done after getting dumped by his blonde girlfriend.

The jilted chap is said to have taken a selection of images of his ex to a Italian adult toymaker and asked them to reproduce her as accurately as possible in a bespoke sex doll.

Well almost. He asked them to give her bigger boobs... and a slightly curvier rear. But other than that he wanted the sex doll to look just like her including small details like the shape of her nails and teeth.

Maker Diego Bortolin of 'Treviso' says the resulting doll weighs 58kg, is 1.6m tall and is capable of taking on "any movement or position a human can."

"Our normal dolls are very realistic and everything works just like the real thing," he added, presumably meaning they nag you to do the washing-up too.

Sep 2nd 2010 By Emerald Catron

Sports car breaks suicide jumper's fall

Ah, New York, New York, New York... In a city with so many skyscrapers, we can understand the allure of jumping off the top of one to end it all. It's faster than pills and cheaper than buying a gun. Unless you happen to land on somebody's parked sports car. And live.



And that's exactly what happened to New York resident Todd Magill, who jumped 40 floors to what probably should have been certain death, only to wind up with only a broken leg, collapsed lung and shattered ankle. Oh, and he freaking totaled Guy McCormack's 2008 red Dodge Charger (above). Well, technically it belonged to McCormack's wife. Hopefully he's not in trouble with the missus.

Magill jumped off the rooftop of the West End Towers on 52nd Street, where he lived a year ago (apparently security's a little lax), and reached a drop speed of 126 miles per hour before crashing McCormack's car. He's expected to make a full recovery. Aside from the embarrassment, that is. That's probably going to stick around for a while.

Sep 2nd 2010 By Oliver Jones

Cassetteboy vs Dragons' Den and Cassetteboy's greatest remixes

Casetteboy is a genius. We already knew that, but his latest remix incarnation sees the remixer extraordinaire lay waste to the Dragons' Den moguls.

Casetteboy, the brainchild of Mark Bolton and Steve Warlin from Brixton, South London, who has previously tackled TV giants The One Show and The Apprentice, has turned his satirical ire onto the show where budding entrepreneurs are made to pitch to a panel of surly business types.

The result is a thoroughly humorous, massively lewd, NSFW video that will leave your sides throbbing -- and guess what? There it is, down there -- ready for you to watch.

But being the caring and thoughtful website you know us to be we've only gone and rounded up all of Cassetteboy's greatest hits haven't we? And for those little morsels of mash-up genius, keep reading.

Sep 2nd 2010 By Alastair Plumb

Rio Ferdinand returns, as does Back To The Future. But don't get too excited...

A peek at the morning's entertainment and sport news.

Rio Ferdinand... returns! For the Manchester United reserves, that is. (The Guardian)

Rooney as lone striker? As long as Emile Heskey isn't around, we're cool with that. (The Telegraph)

New Premiership squad rules... amount to the square root of absolutely nothing. (The Sun)

Manchester United could have had £7.4m Bebe signing for £125k. (The Mail)

Rafael Van Der Vaart signs for Tottenham in £9m Deal. (Who Ate All The Pies?)

Back To The Future is... back. As a computer game, alas. (Empire Online)

David Tennant in Fright Night first image revealed. (Total Film)

Katie Price manages to offend a young child. With an autograph. Nice work! (Heckler Spray)

Lindsay Lohan told Vanity Fair that she wants her acting career back. (PopEater)

A man in Bulgaria is having a sex change operation in order to look like Lady Gaga. (Radar Online)

Sep 2nd 2010 By Alastair Plumb

Disabled? Like hell. It's the world's first double backflip on a wheelchair

How good are you on a wheelchair? You can probably go forwards and backwards, maybe a spin. How about pulling off a backflip in one? No, wait, two backflips?

Aaron "Wheelz" Fotheringham has. And he's only 18. And he's a paraplegic. Yep, he's a teenage paraplegic daredevil -- and we've got video footage to prove it.

Catapulted into a ramp by an specially adapted bungee cord, Aaron rides his wheelchair into a ramp, slinging upself into the air and spinning a clear two times in the air.

He'd done it before, quite a few times, but not without the all-important wheel-based landing, resulting in more than a few nasty crashes.

Despite being born with spina bifida, Aaron refused to let that stop his pursuit of thrills, first perfecting the wheelchair-based grind, carve and powerslide before moving onto the fully-fledged backflip, and now, double backflip.

He's 18. And he's paraplegic. And he makes us look like complete and utter wusses. Mr. Fotheringham, we salute you, you crazy, crazy fool. Check out the video of the stunt in question below, including a few failed attempts to boot.

Sep 1st 2010 By Oliver Jones

Hot, fresh links served when feel like it

Try not to panic...
This is Danica and she is absolutely perfect. (FHM)
This is Jodie Gasson.
She's preeminently sexy. (Zoo)
Venture Bros series 4.
Out soon. Watch now. Yey! (Adult Swim)
This is Jordan Carver.
Yeah, we know. Incredible. (The Smoking Jacket)
After-Effect...
Awesomeness. Just freakin' watch it please! (Daily What)
10 stupid things men do...
To impress women. (AskMen)