Michael Jackson's This Is It #1 in video sales

According to Home Media Magazine, Michael Jackson's This Is It rocketed to the number one position on national home video sales charts in its first week of release selling 1.2 million copies in the U.S. alone. This is a record performance for first week sales of a music film. According to Nielsen VideoScan, the film was also the number 1 seller in the Blu Ray format for the week ending January 31, 2010. Fully 21% of sales of This Is It were on the Blu Ray format, which is also a record for a release of any type.

This Is It chronicles the exhaustive rehearsals leading up to what would have been the largest concert tour ever. The documentary provides a glimpse of the creative genius that was Michael Jackson and offers the viewer the opportunity to meet the dancers, musicians, and crew behind the massive production. This Is It earned over a quarter of a billion dollars in its limited theatrical release worldwide.

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Hidden Michael Jackson music found in SEGA video game

True Michael Jackson fans have known about this soundtrack since he did it. It is said Michael has hundreds of songs and dozens of unreleased music videos in the SONY vault and at his home. Many of them are said to be saved on the computer hard drive removed from his home on the day of his death by his sister LaToya Jackson. Let us pray she doesn't damage or destroy those songs before the world gets to hear them.

...Prepare to die!

A North Carolina woman is recovering from bruises, scratches on her face, and a hoof print on her leg after being trampled by a herd of deer in the middle of downtown. The woman was headed to her jewelry store when a herd of deer came out of nowhere. One of the deer kicked her into the air, causing her to land on her head, then the others trampled her on their way from a protest march against the holiday re-release of Bambi.

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These hands don't do dishes

You may have thought giant weves and long painted talons were the province of inner city America, but you were wrong. The Tokyo Nail Expo 2009 is one of the hottest shows in town and is a bigger draw than the Bronner Brothers Hair Show in Atlanta. Even with the sagging economy, the Japanese nail art business has grown to 200 million yen.

The annual exposition is a showcase for the latest trends in the the upscale world of nail design. It attracts women of all ages to a competition between professional nail artists seeking to display the most innovative and outlandish designs. Approximately 50,000 visitors descended upon the Japanese metropolis to attend the show this year to view the creation of whimsical designs, many of the 3-D and costing in the thousands of U.S. dollars.

I once worked with this woman who had wild nails like those above only hers were maybe twice as long. One day someone asked her how she tends to her hygiene with nails like that. (I wondered, too, but would never ask something so personal.) She told us she wraps the toilet paper around the nails and pats or something to that effect. Plus with nail art like that you don't want to wash your hands too often or they will weaken and peel. From then on I was perfectly nice to her, but never ever ever touched anything after she did. Never mind her a$$, can you imagine the state of her....?

Have you ever been this drunk?

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I don't know if this was the Ciroc Vodka warehouse...

...but this forklift operator must have drank a bottle of it before he destroyed five million roubles of vodka and cognac in a Russian warehouse...

This kid brings new meaning to the phrase "big baby"

This 19lb. Indonesian newborn's mother thought she was having twins. Akbar is already wearing size 24mo. clothes and has gained another half pound since his birth a month ago. His mother still has not healed enough to lift him up.

14-year-old self-taught engineer powers his African village

Broken bungee cords are bad for your well-being

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Imagine hitting the water at 80 mph from a 165 ft drop and living to tell about it.

Girl is lucky to be alive after car crashes into wall where she's standing

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This 6-year-old little girl was lolligagging in a parking lot when a speeding car crashed into the wall where she was standing. Miraculously, she escaped without a scratch. A parking pole saved her life by forcing the car's velocity upwards at an angle rather than straight back into the wall. Presumably, the girl ducked under and out of the way when the car smashed into the wall above her. The car's driver was cited for driving without a license and wreckless endangerment.

Cell Phone Guns...Urban Legends?

The Egyptians were way ahead of their time

My new bestest friend...

Illusionist Derren Brown correctly predicts UK Lottery...

Norweigian glacier shows a weeping face

A glacier in Norway has astonished people the world over by appearing to depict a weeping face as it melts away into the icy waters below. Some say the face is that of Mary weeping for Jesus others claim it is Michael Jackson crying over all the negative coverage in the wake of his death. Environmentalists are calling it Mother Nature's tears and have floated plans to use photos of the glacier in anti-global warming campaigns in the coming months. Global warming is the leading cause of melting polar ice caps and rising sea levels that threaten coastal towns worldwide.

These guys are amazing!

Their show last night on the semifinals of America's Got Talent was just incredible. The leader is 45 years-old (and he's fine; they are ALL fine!). I hope I'm that spry at 45! Visit their website and show them some love.

Could you survive for a week on bubblegum, crackers, and dirty water?

Tressel Hawkins, 43, of Markham; Curtis Hall, 28, of Palacios; and James Phillips, 30, of Blessing, Texas were rescued Saturday after their boat filled with water and capsized in the Gulf of Mexico. The men clung to the top of the overturned catamaran 180 miles from land for an entire week eating nothing but crackers and bubblegum; they used a hose to siphon off fresh water from their internal washdown tank. Boaters use the washdown tank to remove slime and debris from their boats when they are out at sea. The water is fresh, rather than saltwater, but it is not usually considered potable. Many are calling their Saturday rescue by another small vessel which just happened to pass by miraculous since the Coast Guard had called off their search Friday after searching over 86,000 square miles of water and believing the men to be dead.

11 Year Old Hero Saves Family From Fire Gets New Home

he can move to my neighborhood...
"I know when they call me a hero, I was just doing what I was taught to do."- a. bell

Recession Converts London’s Pickpockets to Putpockets

Aware that people are suffering in the economic crisis, 20 former pickpockets have turned over a new leaf and are now trawling London’s tourist sites slipping money back into unsuspecting pockets.

Anything from 5 pounds to 20 pound notes is being surreptitiously deposited in unguarded pockets or open handbags in Trafalgar Square, Covent Garden and other busy spots.

The initiative, which runs until the end of August in London before being rolled out countrywide, is being funded by a broadband provider,TalkTalk, which says it wants to brighten up people’s lives in unusual ways.

When is that shit gonna hit St Louis?

Bolt Shatters World Record to 9.58 Seconds

in Berlin at World Championships yesterday.... i bet they tested a quart of pee.

This guy is incredible!

I didn't believe this until I saw it on The Tonight Show Wednesday night. Can you imagine the self-control this requires? This man should have gone to medical school to be a microvascular surgeon. I bet he could put most of them to shame!