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Osama is dead, and whether you're celebrating or not, you're probably curious about how it all went down. The story, which was first told by President Obama Sunday night, has been through a weird game of telephone, leading everyone to get muddled on the actual facts.

Twitter is a big deal in the news lately, from interfering with elections to live-broadcasting the death of Osama bin Laden. Here's a chart showing the usage of Twitter before, during and after the announcement of Osama's death in comparison to this year's Super Bowl. Crazy, right?

Fast Five killed it at the box office this weekend, guaranteeing a Quick Six or some such feature will come our way in time for Memorial Day next year. If you can't wait until then, here are seven badass ways to do everything faster, including things that aren't dangerous at all, like shaving.

Maybe you've tired of Team Coco's late-night antics, but if not, here's a funny video of Will Ferrell shaving Conan O'Brien's "NBC fired me" beard. With every stroke of the razor you can feel his bitterness towards network TV slip away.

The rule of KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid) is proven seven times over in this round up of the facile histories behind some of the most important inventions of our time (like sweet, glorious bread). 

Comments ( 3 )

May 03 11 at 11:42 pm
DrDoctor

Let me do the math: SEAL + MP5 + 9mm subsonic + UBL's forehead = front page news.

The details might be interesting but don't change the equation.

May 04 11 at 4:45 am
Steve

I like to imagine the SEALs using M4s. I like to picture what a 5.56 round did to his head as it exited his skull, it makes me feel all warm inside.

May 04 11 at 9:27 am
DrDoctor

Interestingly, SEALs usually don't train with the M4.

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