July 2nd, 2009, 7:07 pm by ckong
An 80-mph train will crush any car in its path.
So it was a miracle when Noah Hodgkiss, 56, was knocked for a loop by a 100-mph train — and lived to tell the tale, according to this U.K. Telegraph story.
Hodgkiss dropped his phone on the tracks last week while strolling in Tibberton, Worcestershire. He didn’t hear the train coming (hearing-aid batteries were low). He didn’t see the train coming (cataracts). And he didn’t get his phone either.
He got tossed through the air.
“I have been unbelievably lucky,” he told the Telegraph. “I’m not a hero, I’m an idiot.”
Hodgkiss spent two days in the hospital with a broken pelvis, broken ribs and arm injuries. Now he needs a new phone.
And maybe new batteries for that hearing aid.
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July 2nd, 2009, 8:49 am by Tom Berg, Staff Writer
A 12-foot python strangled a 2-year-old Florida girl to death Wednesday, according to Reuters.
The snake slipped out its holding tank and attacked the girl as she slept. Her mom’s boyfriend stabbed the snake but was too late to save the girl’s life.
The boyfriend — owner of the albino Burmese python — could face child endangerment charges, according to the Orlando Sentinel newspaper.
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July 2nd, 2009, 7:00 am by Tom Berg, Staff Writer
In 2002, Ohio motivational speaker Judson Laipply began closing his show with a dance routine — using a medley of songs that spanned 47 years — from Elvis Presley’s “Hound Dog,” to Jay-Z’s “Dirt Off Your Shoulder.” A 6-minute video of his act, called, “Evolution of Dance,” became You Tube’s most popular video of all time. In fact, our #4 pick — “Brian & Katie’s Evolution of Wedding Dance” — is based on this blockbuster, which has been watched more than 122 million times.
Sit back. Relax. And relive almost every dance known since 1956.
This video reminds me ...
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July 2nd, 2009, 2:00 am by Tom Berg, Staff Writer
Matt is easily the WORST dancer on this list. But his videos are the most fascinating. While traveling Asia in 2003, he danced (poorly) for the camera. It became such an online hit that a gum company paid him to travel to 39 countries in 2006 and do his dance. That video went viral, leading Matt to an even better idea. He convinced the gum company to back another trip in which he asked people all over the world to dance with him. It is striking. To see the joy of people dancing the world over can’t help but lift your spirits.
More than 22 million people have watched this:
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July 1st, 2009, 9:20 am by Tom Berg, Staff Writer
This is an actual music video, but it’s low production values (check out the low-rent aluminum foil backdrop), superb choreography and casual charm make it a winner. Clearly many agree, as OK Go’s “Here It Goes Again,” has been watched more than 47 million times!
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