Much of the initial information coming from news organizations was partially or entirely inaccurate.
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He used a Bushmaster rifle.
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He broke in through a window.
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It is unclear if Adam Lanza even had a girlfriend.
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The Shire film set, which was used as the backdrop for The Hobbit, is a year-round vegetable garden.
6 Harsh Truths That Will Make You a Better Person - [Cracked]
A Huge Asteroid Buzzed by Earth and No One Noticed - [Mental Floss]
Say Farewell to Gossip Girl with a Look Back at the Cast's Cutest Snaps - [PopSugar]
James Franco Wrote and Sold a Poetry Book - [Observer]
When you Mix David and Victoria Beckham you Really do get a Model - [Fashionista]
The Highest Paid Cop in America - [Death and Taxes]
Amazon's New Advertising for 2013 - [AdWeek]
My Experience Working at a Marijuana Dispensary - [The Hairpin]
Amazing Restaurant Commercials from the 1980s - [Gothamist]
Headline Story: The Hobbit's Unexpected Vegetable Garden - [Tree Hugger]
You always got the feeling that they put way more effort into the clothes on the show than they did the plotlines. Here's a recap, from best to worst.
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Cheetahs need to run. Kito and Kiburi, residents at the Houston Zoo, get to stretch their legs at a race track.
Source: @houstonzoo / via: youtube.com
Imagine closing your eyes and surfing one of the the most dangerous waves in the world. It sounds impossible, but recently a blind 19-year-old from Brazil showed everybody how it's done.
Via: storyhunter.tv
A case study with the best pitcher in baseball.
Get this man a MoMA retrospective!
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The literary opus will be about his experiences as an actor and grad student.
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Search “thigh gap” on Twitter and a promotional Levi's tweet appears, atop a list of mostly pro-anorexia tweets. This is probably not what Levi's wanted.
"Thigh gap" is a term used in the pro-anorexia community to refer to a space between the upper thighs coveted by girls who want to lose weight. Of course it's not great branding for a fashion company to be associated with the pro-ana community, even if it's unintentional.
Levi's has not returned BuzzFeed Shift's request for comment, but we can probably assume they did not sign up to advertise on Twitter wanting to be associated with the term "thigh gap." So, how could this happen with their ad?
Except a search for just plain "thigh" reveals no promoted Levi's tweet, so they probably didn't request to be associated with that or other leg words.
It would make sense for Levi's to advertise against its competitor, the Gap, which appears to be what's happening here — Levi's is using "gap" as a keyword to associate its ads with in the hopes of driving customers away from the Gap, its competitor, and straight into their arms.
Last Thursday, Twitter introduced a feature to its advertising that allows advertisers to input negative key words — terms they don't want to be associated with. So if you're a bacon brand and don't want your ads appearing on searches for "Kevin Bacon" you can make "Kevin Bacon" one of your negative keywords, and you won't have to worry about appearing every time someone searches "Kevin Bacon," the results of which are currently free of bacon-related ads. Levi's and other advertisers can make "thigh gap" (or whatever bad term they wish to remain distant from) one or their negative keywords to avoid the awkward ad placement I found today.
Levi's isn't the only advertiser topping a pro-eating disorder stream of tweets. Staybridge Suits appeared today on the top of a search for "pro mia" (short for "pro bulimia"). Probably something to do with the "MIA" part of it, which vaguely relates to travel?
He's got rhythm and style.
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As someone who both walks on the sidewalk and is utterly miserable at skateboarding, I kind of feel like I am collateral damage from this burn.
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This might just hold you over until Community returns.
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Rainbow roses are made by splitting the stems of white roses and resting the stem fragments in different colored dye. The dye is drawn to the petals, which then become colored.
Via: designboom.com
British indie band The xx covered “Last Christmas” on BBC Radio 1 and gave it a dark, brooding spin. Take that, holiday cheer!
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Lin won this round, though: he played well and his Rockets torched the Knicks for an easy victory.
Tonight Jeremy Lin played his first game since Linsanity as a visitor to Madison Square Garden. During introductions, some Knicks fans applauded, but during the game, he was booed and heckled whenever he touched the ball. The Knicks had the choice to re-sign Lin — he would've had no choice to stay in New York if they'd matched his contract offer — but many fans seemed to be under the impression that he had insisted on leaving the team.
For some reason, the Jets decided to give Tebow his own drive in a game crucial to their playoff chances. He did not disappoint, if you're a Titans fan.
With 8 minutes left in the first half of a crucial regular season game, the Jets decided to let Tim Tebow have a drive to himself. Tebow has barely played the last few weeks thanks to injuries.
One of the most secretive countries in the world, uncovered. Find out about unicorns, hamburgers, and golfing records.
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The scientist who discovered a new tartantula species is apparently a huge Megadeth fan, because he named it after Dave.
Last week, a new tarantula species was discovered in Arizona and New Mexico. The scientist who discovered it, Dr. Brent E. Hendrixson, must be a big Megadeth fan, because he gave it the scientific name Aphonopelma Davemustainei.
Dave tweeted about it along with a photo of a specimen Dr. Hendrixson gave him.
Warning: Gross spider pic below (ew).
Source: @DaveMustaine
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