Baby Born In Bay Area With 12 Functioning Fingers, 12 Toes
Hand picked by Kori on February 19th, 2009Is the human race evolving? First, people are born without wisdom teeth and now they have extra fingers and toes — functioning, no less!
What’s next? Wings? (Ooo, that would be fun!)
Great submission, calinazaret!
Russian, U.S. satellites collide in space
Hand picked by Kori on February 12th, 2009Hey, Valentine’s Day is coming up and the satellites were lonely. You can’t blame them for wanting to be together.
Thanks, CNNReader. You never fail us.
Punxsutawney Phil sees shadow, winter to continue
Hand picked by Kori on February 2nd, 2009Ya know, Punxsutawney Phil, you make it really hard to like you. Another 6 weeks of winter? Well, we’ll be sure to bundle up!
Thanks, DarkNemesis618!
Google Maps Car Hits a Deer, Records Entire Ordeal on Google Maps
Hand picked by Doug on January 30th, 2009I guess “don’t be evil” doesn’t apply to street view. billhartzer found this post about the Google cameras catching a car hitting a deer.
Fewer cookies in the box
Hand picked by Kori on January 29th, 2009Even the Girl Scouts are feeling the pressure of a struggling economy! This year, the popular Girl Scout cookies Thin Mints, Do-si-dos, and Tagalongs are getting fewer cookies in the box.
As long as they don’t mess with the Somoas, we’re okay with it! Not to mention, these measures certainly can’t hurt American’s problems with their waistlines.
Thanks for the submission, AmyVernon! Now we’ll won’t call up the Girl Scout headquarters complaining about being shorted on our favorite cookies!
The 5 Most Ridiculous Arsonist Fails
Hand picked by Kori on January 28th, 2009If you are planning to intentionally burn something down, maybe you should think it out a little first. Or else you will end up on a list on the internet with everyone laughing at you.
Entertaining submission, jansie!
British Pubs are Suffering
Hand picked by Kerry on January 27th, 2009I’ve completely subverted the Mixx Picks system and picked a story that is near and dear to my heart. One of the things I love about visiting England is spending time in the local pubs. Filled with good food and drinks, and wonderful friendly people, the pubs are a central part of the English culture. The pubs are closing at the astounding rate of 40 per week. This video from CNN shows the harsh reality of the impact of the current financial crisis.
Thanks, Kerry, from Kerry for the submission!
Obama Masks at the Australian Open
Hand picked by Kori on January 26th, 2009Even the Aussies are in the spirit of welcoming the new president of the United States. During the Australian Open, spectators donned Barack Obama paper masks, providing quite a hilarious site. We just hope it wasn’t a strategy to distract any American tennis players …
Awesome picture, s_lockyer!
Fullscreen Gigapan Viewer-Inauguration Day
Hand picked by Kerry on January 26th, 2009Play a game of “Where’s Barack?” with this full screen gigapan viewer of Inauguration Day. Zoom in or zoom out, look left or look right. Maybe you will even find someone you know!
Awesome submission, arianrhod!
Nazi angel of death Josef Mengele ‘created twin town in Brazil’
Hand picked by Kerry on January 23rd, 2009Given I have identical twin little brothers (and no history of twins in the family), I found this story really interesting. Not that I’m implying that my little brothers were genetically engineered or anything, but its just interesting.
Another good find, neelkantha! (Two Mixx Picks in a row doesn’t happen often!)