Justin Sullivan, Facebook Is Facebook Just a Fad? — Survey of the Day
Facebook is currently preparing for what is believed will be the biggest initial public offering ever for an Internet-based company. But while Wall Street sees a bright future for Mark Zuckerberg’s social network, a surprisingly high percentage of the American don’t see Facebook as a good bet.
YouTube Coaches Brawl During Lingerie Football All-Star Game
It would seem the attraction of the Lingerie Football League is more the lingerie than the football. That’s certainly what grabbed our attention.
YouTube Little Leaguer Pulls Off Rare Unassisted Triple Play
There have only been 15 unassisted triple plays in Major League history. This makes the instant inning killer the rarest play in all of baseball.
Although they don’t keep track of such things, it stands to reason there have been more unassisted triple plays than that on the Little League level — just given the sheer number of games played.
MLB Soldier Dad Gives Kids a Huge Surprise After First Pitch at Diamondbacks Game
Six-year-old Jackson Aguirre and his five-year-old sister Alanna were pretty thrilled to have been chosen to throw out the first pitch at a recent Arizona Diamondbacks game. Which isn’t surprising, as that honor is usually reserved for luminaries, not a couple kids in elementary school.
Right before their big moment the stadium’s JumboTron displayed a video message from their dad, a soldier stationed in Afghanistan.
YouTube Watch Kobayashi Drink an Ungodly Amount of Coffee
The folks at Eight O’Clock Coffee have a rigorous process for maintaining quality control. Central to it is a “cupping” room, in which testers sip their java and then spit it out like one does during a wine tasting.
ABC ‘Ferris Bueller’s Next Day Off?’ — Valet Caught Joy Riding on Hidden Camera
In a case of life imitating ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,’ a man who runs a parking lot in Florida was caught on hidden camera joyriding in a convertible sports car which had been left in his care.
Harry Benson, Hulton Archive Key Witness Alleges Second Shooter in Robert Kennedy Assassination [VIDEO]
Nina Rhodes-Hughes was with Robert F. Kennedy at Los Angeles’ Ambassador Hotel in 1968 when the presidential candidate was assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan.
Justin Sullivan, Getty Images Should the Post Office Eliminate Saturday Delivery? — Survey of the Day
Congress is currently considering a postal service overhaul which would eventually eliminate Saturday delivery in a bid to make the postal service more cost efficient.
How would that go over with the public?
Alan Cleaver, Flickr Is Your Boss Or Your Secretary More Important to Your Office? — Survey of the Day
You may not know it, but April 25 is National Administrative Professionals’ Day. To celebrate the office workers formally known as secretaries, Staples surveyed their social media followers on their attitudes toward administrative professionals.
NBC 4 in San Antonio Did an Actual Fireball Shoot Through the Sky in Texas?
The folks in San Antonio, Texas got quite a treat earlier this month when an unexplained fireball, or rather something that looked like a fireball streaked across the midday sky.
Justin Sullivan, Getty Imges Is ‘Political View’ a Factor When Deciding to Block People on Facebook? [KOOL POLL]
As we get closer to the 2012 Presidential election, more and more people are using social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter to express their political views. According to a survey from the Pew Internet & American Life Project, these views are sometimes a little too surprising to the poster’s web friends.
