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Running of the Babes
Mujeres muy hermosas (Maxim)

Battle of the Sexes: Judging the 8 Most Iconic Bras Ever Worn (Cracked)

25 Videos of Cats on the Attack (Holy Taco)

Fittest Americans of All Time (Men's Fitness)




15 Things You Didn't Know About Michael Jackson
Did you know M.J. had a ram named Mr. Tibbs? (Regretful Morning)

The Greatest Villain of All Time: Starfish Hitler
This is just too weird for words (WTF Japan Seriously)

14 More Crappy Tattoos
Only Wolverine can look cool riding a My Little Pony (I Am Bored)

Last year, artist and new-best-friend-of-Asylum Deniz Ozuygur was upset that someone pulled yet another "up high, down low, too slow" during a high-five session. After a period of deep soul searching, she decided to take her revenge. Well, actually, she just did what all brilliant, disheartened inventors do: create a robot that does its master's bidding.

Ozuygur's own Bride of Frankenstein is actually the self-congratulatory High-Five Machine. The device allows attendees to experience the euphoria of someone taking the matter of a missed high- or low-five into their own hands (her pun, not ours).

"A high-five, when done right, is the most wonderful feeling," Ozuygur tells Asylum. "A missed high-five, however, can lead to much frustration." Her Self High-Fiver "guarantees a perfect slap every time." Now we don't care about the coming apocalypse because reassurance from others is automatic and without fail, thanks to this invention.

The friend-terminating machine is on display at Manhattan's Chashama 266 Window Space now through July 15, but if you can't see the orgasmic moment of hand unity in-person, keep reading for the video.

There are daredevils and then there's Evel. Throughout a career spanning three decades Knievel managed to set several Guinness world records, including one for breaking 37 bones in his body.

In the breakneck world of stunt performance, there is nobody more famous for putting his life on the line than Evel Knievel. Here's one badass dude no motorcycle insurance company would want to cover.

Our happy hour fact to amaze your drinking buddies with.

People are more likely to say they will die for their religious beliefs when they have been exposed to anxiety-provoking situations.

Researchers from York University presented more than 600 participants with various anxiety-inducing situations, such as having them solve a complex math equation or mull over a dilemma in their personal life.

After each stressful scenario, the participants were more likely to express extreme religious beliefs than those in a control group, who had just been exposed to an anxiety-neutral situation.

The researchers also found that people who report high levels of anxiety in their daily lives are more likely to express religious zealotry.

So, perhaps the world would be a more peaceful place if people could just learn to focus on biting their fingernails when they feel anxious.

Every month in New York City, comedians Ray DeVito and Dan Allen present Sacapuntas, a combination stand-up and storytelling show featuring the funniest people around.

While celebrating Independence Day, DeVito and Sacapuntas contributor Ted Alexandro realized there are many more things that makes America unique besides ignoring the metric system and a disdain for soccer. Like good patriots, they made this video for Asylum ...

Science is inherently cool, but gross science is even better.

Using a combination of computer tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), scientists Kasper Hansen and Henrik Lauridsen of Aarhus University in Denmark were able to visualize the entire internal organ structures and vascular systems (aka "guts") of a Burmese Python digesting a rat.

By choosing the right settings for contrast and light intensity during the scanning process, the scientists were able to highlight specific organs and make them appear in different colors. The non-invasive CT and MRI scans could let scientists look at animal anatomy without the need for other invasive methods such as dissections.



We had the scientists send us some exclusive step-by-step images of the process. While some might call them gruesome, we remind you that knifing your way through frog guts during high school anatomy wasn't exactly pretty either. Keep reading to see the gradual, 132-hour disappearance of one rat from the python stomach.

Our weekly dispatch from the nation's foremost mustache expert.

The Mustached American community has always known that the power of the lower-nose fluffer extends beyond upper-lip warmth and food storage. This week, two scientific developments spread this understanding to a broader audience.

As reported by BBC's Earth News, scientists are unsure why male Mexican molly fish (Poecilia sphenops) wear an extravagant mustache on their top lip. A new study published in the journal Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology revealed that female mollies find the flavor-saving instrument of justice to be sexually attractive.

The study unveils a long-understood mating tactic, one frequently used in the Mustached American community: that mustaches are often used by the male molly fish to rub the female fish's genitals, thereby exciting the lady fish.

We feed, house and bathe our pets. We even pick up their poop. Not only do these actions make us think of our furry friends as part of the family, but they make the critters completely reliant on us.

Which is why the poor beasts have no choice if we want to include them in our most ridiculous family photos. Now, the folks who brought the Internet the face-palming absurdity that is Awkward Family Photos have struck comedy gold again with Awkward Family Pet Photos.

Check out our favorite of these hopelessly ill-conceived animal-themed family portraits:

Tyson Gay has long been the lazy headline writer's worst nightmare. However, this latest misfire takes the cake. Somewhere Usain Bolt -- with his perfect sprinter surname -- is laughing.

The Phillie Phanatic is the most-often-sued mascot in Major League Baseball. The portly, green furball should probably wear this distinction as a badge of honor, since it's proof that he is an icon who flirts with the margins of mayhem -- like any good mascot should.

Still, it can't be fun when your antics cost your employer $2.5 million, which is the amount the Phillies were forced to pay a few years ago after the Phanatic injured a fan's back with a mighty green bear hug.

In the latest in a litany of litigation, a 75-year-old woman is suing the Phanatic for injury to her leg.The incident occurred when the 300-lb. creature jumped into the stands during a ball game in Reading, Penn., home to one of the Phillies minor league affiliates.

The Phanatic, however, is far from the only mascot whose over-exuberance has led to depositions and outrageous monetary payouts.

Read on for the tales of seven other mascots whose antics were lightning rods for lawsuits.