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McDonald’s Mega Potato is three-quarters of a pound of fries, the highest-calorie item on the menu
As Zimmerman's law of fast food states, gross food can only get grosser and weirder.
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This secret, invite-only bar was built inside a NYC rooftop water tower
N.D. Austin, the organizer, describes this project as "transgressive placemaking."
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Amtrak may start allowing pets to ride with you
Technically all the animals will be in kennels, but we're going to cling to our fantasy of being whisked through the countryside in a pile of cats and dogs.
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Artist displays chunks of real glaciers as sculpture
This exhibit at MoMA consists of glacier chunks, flown from Iceland, sitting in an artificially cooled room. Maybe not the most environmentally friendly statement.
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Watching a tornado victim find her lost dog will make you feel at least a little better for at least a minute
Thank goodness for one little bitty bit of good news.
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Fourth-grade filmmaker sneaks a camera into the cafeteria to document his gross school lunch
Zachary Maxwell sneaked a camera into his school cafeteria. From that footage was born his aptly titled documentary, "Yuck."
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This egg needs to be guarded 24 hours a day, because British egg collectors are CRAZY
Conservationists have been trying to bring common cranes back to Britain, and now one pair has laid an egg.
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Prague’s “love subway” will let single people find romance while they commute
It'll basically be like Amtrak's quiet car, except instead of sitting in silence, everyone will be scanning the car like they would a bar on a Saturday night.
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“Miracle garden” brings life, and food, to the urban wasteland
For 25 years, a devoted group of residents has tended a garden in a former dumping ground in East Baltimore. Its chief caretaker calls it "God's little acre."
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