World's largest snake found dead:
Amazing but useless skill, 1: World's fastest cup stacker:
Amazing but useless skill, 2: Bobby Bad Fingers, who can snap his fingers thirty (30!) times/second:
There are several others here, but in the interests of good taste I shall let you decide for yourselves whether you want to watch the guy who can pull a private jet with his penis or the guy who could imitate cannon fire, thunderstorms, musical instruments, and animal calls with his farts.
Can you say, "Third grade hero!"? I thought so.
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Here's a little prezzie. If you want to keep up with what's happening but hate the ad-filled front page of the NYTimes, try Skimmer. It's free. (I think; you may have to be already subscribed to the online NYT. I am, so it works for me. Let me know if it works for y'all who do not subscribe. If it doesn't, accept my apologies and go yell at someone else.)
