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Cap'n Crunch Is Possibly A Traitor To The U.S. Goverment

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The beloved cereal mascot has been lying about his rank for decades. Is this treason?

U.S. Navy rankings vs. Cap'n uniform:

U.S. Navy rankings vs. Cap'n uniform:

Source: imgur.com

A shocking revelation has surfaced about the mascot for everyone's favorite roof-of-the-mouth-destroying cereal: the Cap'n might not really be a Captain.

The Cap'n (full name: Cap'n Horatio Magellan Crunch) wears a jacket with three stripes on the sleeve. According to the U.S. Navy's ranking system, three stripes indicates the rank of Commander. To be a Captain, you need four stripes. A Commander is a lesser ranking than Captain.

But is it illegal to impersonate a Captain if you aren't really one?

In 2006, George W. Bush passed the Stolen Valor Act, which made it a crime to pretend that you earned a military award or medal. However, in 2012, the Surpreme Court overturned the Act with a vote of 6-3, on the basis that it violated the First Amendment.

A new version of the bill, the Stolen Valor Act of 2012, that focuses on people who profiteer off of fake medals passed easily through the House of Representatives, and is awaiting a vote by the Senate.

However, both bills related to false claims of earning medals, not false claims of rank.

But how far does this possible fraud go? Does it implicate Sea Dog, the Cap'n's loyal canine companion who has the greatest Twitter account ever (all he tweets is "Howl")?


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11 Times Jay-Z Used A Phone That Wasn't A Samsung Galaxy

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Magna Carta Holy Fail.

If you have a Samsung phone and like Jay-Z, you're in luck.

If you have a Samsung phone and like Jay-Z, you're in luck.

James Devaney / WireImage

Samsung announced it's giving away a million copies of Jay-Z's upcoming album Magna Carta Holy Grail to people with Samsung Galaxy smartphones for free.

Samsung announced it's giving away a million copies of Jay-Z's upcoming album Magna Carta Holy Grail to people with Samsung Galaxy smartphones for free.

London Ent / Splash News

You just have to download an app and then you can get the album three whole days before everyone else.

You just have to download an app and then you can get the album three whole days before everyone else.

Getty / Scott Gries

It's a big deal because albums that sells a million copies are platinum albums.

It's a big deal because albums that sells a million copies are platinum albums.

Jae Donnelly / http://INFphoto.com


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Westboro Baptist Church Responds To 5-Year-Old Girl Selling Pink Lemonade

8 Crazy Photos Of Steve Carell On Spanish TV

The Legend Of Shoeless Mike Miller

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A veteran sharpshooter walked out of a cornfield to make one of the bigger shots of the NBA season.

"Shoeless Joe" Jackson was a baseball player for the Chicago White Sox, so nicknamed because he had once played a game in his socks. He was banned from baseball after he was found to have helped throw the 1919 World Series at the behest of gamblers. In the movie Field of Dreams, based on the novel Shoeless Joe, Mr. Joe's restless ghost appears, along with those of his teammates, to a troubled farmer in an Iowa cornfield.

Mike Miller was once a starter and borderline star in the NBA. Now he's a role player for the Miami Heat. He averaged 15 minutes a game this season. But in the Finals his ghost, as it were, walked out of a Florida swamp and back into a starting role, where he's made 11 3-pointers on 14 attempts. None were more memorable than this.

That fourth-quarter trey helped keep the Heat in a game they'd later come back and win dramatically. You'll notice something about that shot: Miller canned it while his left shoe was nowhere to be found.

* He threw it to the bench after it'd come loose on a previous play.
** He'll be back to play Game 7 on Thursday.


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Brad Pitt And Jimmy Fallon Yodel Across New York City Rooftops

The Complete Guide To Every Kanye West Appearance On "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" Ever

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How do you rage against commercialism while dating the woman who personifies it? Stay far away from her show.

Season 7, Episode 9: "Sometimes You Just Need To Adjust: Part 2"

Season 7, Episode 9: "Sometimes You Just Need To Adjust: Part 2"

Aired July 9, 2012
Kanye comes to the grand opening of Scott's restaurant. He fits in with everyone. Rob asks about Kanye's necklace. Kanye says it's from a friend from Japan and hides it in his shirt and Kim says she's never been there. Kanye says he'll take her one day.

Season 7, Episode 15: "Kardashian Therapy, Part One"

Season 7, Episode 15: "Kardashian Therapy, Part One"

Aired August 26, 2012
Kanye comes over and looks at Kim's closet. He tells her she needs to throw some things out. She objects to throwing out a purse, saying, "shouldn't I keep this for my daughter one day?" Kim ends up throwing out most of her closet, but it's OK because Kanye's going to get her some new ones.


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This Video Of A Giant Snake Opening A Door May Traumatize You For Life

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Hide your kids, hide your wife. While you’re at it, hide yourself too.

Source: vimeo.com  /  via: huffingtonpost.com

"Bored of being in a dark room, she flips on the light, opens the door and bails. This particular episode takes place at 1am. This is why we keep doors locked with her around. We don't need her harassing the neighbors."


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"GQ" Picked Their New Cover Star Just For Amanda Bynes

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It’s Drake. (And they really did.)

Via: gq.com

And promoting the cover last night on Twitter, as savvy social media editors do:

And promoting the cover last night on Twitter, as savvy social media editors do:

Cue a giddy Bynes reply:

Cue a giddy Bynes reply:

Here are some more photos of Drake from the magazine:

Here are some more photos of Drake from the magazine:

All shot by Mario Sorrenti for GQ July 2013.

Via: gq.com


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23 Famous Dropouts Who Turned Out Just Fine

Serena Williams Apologizes For Saying "It Could Have Been Worse" For Steubenville Rape Victim

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Williams apologized in a blog post Wednesday morning after comments from her Rolling Stone profile prompted an outcry.

Rolling Stone profiled Williams about her life on and off the court. It also covered more serious topics like her thoughts on the Steubenville, Ohio rape case.

Rolling Stone profiled Williams about her life on and off the court. It also covered more serious topics like her thoughts on the Steubenville, Ohio rape case .

Via: Pool / Reuters

Many who read the profile thought that she was victim-blaming and perpetuating rape culture by putting the responsibility on the victim to protect herself.

Many who read the profile thought that she was victim-blaming and perpetuating rape culture by putting the responsibility on the victim to protect herself.

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"Do you think it was fair, what they got? They did something stupid, but I don't know. I'm not blaming the girl, but if you're a 16-year-old and you're drunk like that, your parents should teach you: don't take drinks from other people. She's 16, why was she that drunk where she doesn't remember? It could have been much worse. She's lucky. Obviously I don't know, maybe she wasn't a virgin, but she shouldn't have put herself in that position, unless they slipped her something, then that's different."


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21 Undeniably '80s Fashions

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People are apparently still buying this stuff.

Watch out, Jane Fonda. This lady's got a thong unitard.

Watch out, Jane Fonda. This lady's got a thong unitard.

Source: etsy.com

Working Girl + Midas Touch

Working Girl + Midas Touch

Source: etsy.com

Sure, why not throw a shapeless, shiny raincoat into the mix.

Sure, why not throw a shapeless, shiny raincoat into the mix.

Source: etsy.com

See you at step aerobics.

See you at step aerobics.

Source: etsy.com


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Celebrities And Journalists Declare "I Am Bradley Manning"

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Russell Brand, Oliver Stone, Maggie Gyllenhaal and many more stand up for the imprisoned alleged whistleblower, who is currently facing trial.

Over three years after he was arrested and charged with perpetrating the biggest leak of confidential documents in American history, Pfc. Bradley Manning is now on trial for his alleged crimes. Despite — or perhaps, inspired by — the government's tight handle on the details of his imprisonment and trial, Manning has earned a long roster of public supporters, from journalists and transparency advocates to politically-minded celebrities.

They profess both an admiration for his alleged actions, which include leaking video of US military strikes that killed civilians in Baghdad, and outrage over the dark conditions under which he has been kept. In a new video for the Bradley Manning Defense Network, filmmakers like Oliver Stone and Maggie Gyllenhaal, along with activists such as Daniel Ellsberg, call for whistleblower protections and demand a "fair trial" for Manning and the end of his "unjust confinement."

"To take a risk and take a stand, knowing that in all likelihood you'll be persecuted, penalized, demonized and punished for it — that's incredibly bold," Russell Brand says in the clip.

13 Absurdly Massive Early Computers

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Technology from the days when bigger meant better.

1944.

1944.

Engineer Dr. John von Neumann with the Harvard Mark I, an electro-mechanical computer.

Via: minf.vub.ac.be

1944.

1944.

The Colossus, used by British codebreakers to decrypt coded German messages at the end of WW2.

Source: en.wikipedia.org  /  via: royal.pingdom.com

1946.

1946.

ENIAC, the world’s first general-purpose computer, weighed 27 tons. Among other things, the so-called "Giant Brain" was used for calculations for the development of the hydrogen bomb.

Source: ftp.arl.mil  /  via: linuxshellaccount.blogspot.co.uk

1949.

1949.

Analog Computing Machine, an early version of the modern computer. It's located in the then-Engine Research Building at the Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory, Cleveland, Ohio, which is now part of NASA.

Source: flickr.com  /  via: brainpickings.org


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Zayn Malik Eats Harry Styles' Candy Thong


The 9 Scariest "Unnecessary" Quotation Marks Ever

Brazil Protests Rage On As Thousands Accuse Government Of Corruption

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President Dilma Rousseff, a former guerilla herself, praised the protests but the National Public Security force will be deployed.

Sao Paulo, Brazil's largest city, was once again overrun with protesters as 50,000 people took to the streets with a familiar cry: taxes and prices are too high and the quality of public services is too low in a government rife with corruption.

Via: AP

That was the repeated message Tuesday night in Sao Paulo, where upward of 50,000 people massed in front of the city's main cathedral. While mostly peaceful, the demonstration followed the rhythm of protests that drew 240,000 people across Brazil the previous night, with small bands of radicals splitting off to fight with police and break into stores.

Mass protests have been mushrooming across Brazil since demonstrations called last week by a group angry over the high cost of a woeful public transport system and a recent 10-cent hike in bus and subway fares in Sao Paulo, Rio and elsewhere.

The local governments in at least four cities have now agreed to reverse those hikes, and city and federal politicians have shown signs that the Sao Paulo fare could also be rolled back. It's not clear that will calm the country, though, because the protests have released a seething litany of discontent from Brazilians over life's struggles.

"Brazil has woken up a stronger country this morning," - Brazil President Dilma Rousseff

"Brazil has woken up a stronger country this morning," - Brazil President Dilma Rousseff

It may be surprising for a country that will play host to worldwide mega-events, the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics, but Rousseff, a former leftist guerilla herself, said she saw the protests as a positive for the country.

"My government is listening to the voices calling for change," she said. "The size of yesterday's marches is evidence of the strength of our democracy. It is good to see so many young people, and adults - the grandson, the father and the grandfather - together holding the Brazilian flag, singing our anthem and fighting for a better country," she added.

Via: Nelson Antoine / AP

In response, 11 cities across the country have already lowered bus fares.

In response, 11 cities across the country have already lowered bus fares.

In São Paolo, the mayor changed course, saying he would rethink the 20 cent increase and meet with the protesters, according to Brazil's O Globo newspaper.

"If people make a decision to revoke the price increase, I'll do what they want me to do, because I'm the mayor of the city to do what the city wants me to do," he told the paper.

Via: Nelson Antoine / AP


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13 Songs That Were Better As Demo Recordings

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Of course The-Dream’s demo is better than Beyoncé’s version . And other blasphemies.

The Replacements, "Can't Hardly Wait (Tim Version)"

The Replacements, "Can't Hardly Wait (Tim Version)"

Source: Sire Records  /  via: paulwesterberg.net

A watered-down, horn-heavy version of this song appears on Pleased to Meet Me, but the demo is THE version. It's a perfectly messy, essential recording.

(Official version)

The-Dream, "1+1"

The-Dream, "1+1"

Via: John Lamparski/WireImage / Getty Images

Bey's version is pretty great too, but The-Dream's original demo is a little less melodramatic. There's a rough-sounding percussiveness that makes this version hit harder. Oh, and the vocal harmonies on the chorus — so good!

(Official version)


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Eighth Graders Play Macklemore's "Same Love" For Gay Teacher

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Two students planned a surprise for their teacher during the “YouTube of the Day” part of their class.

A teacher from Ontario shared this amazing story on Reddit's /r/education board.

Source: youtube.com

I teach Grade 8 (13-14 years old) in Ontario, Canada. I am gay, and my students have known this for about a month or so. I am in my first year of teaching, and I teach the class that is considered the "tough" class – they don't get along well with some of their other teachers, and they can be rowdy. Not so much for me, though.

In particular, I have one group of boys that can be a bit of a pain in the neck. Never keep their hands to themselves, always talk out of turn, have gotten in fights, etc. There is one boy in this group (he will be known here as Harry) who is a little quieter than the others, but very popular. He's a bit tough to get close to, and seems like the type to be resistant to new ideas and different people. He hangs out with another tough kid (let's call him Mark), who is loud and boisterous and often rude.

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Now that it's so close to the end of the year, I do a "YouTube of the Day" with them every morning. Kids can send in a short YouTube video for me to show to the class, I preview it, and if it's appropriate, I play it. So this morning, Harry comes up to me and says, "I have a video I want to play."

Now, I preview things for a reason. There are enough horror stories out there of teachers accidentally showing their kids porn for me to be very careful what I show my class. So I tell him to send it to me because, y'know, them's the rules.

"I really want to show it," he says back. "You'll like it, I promise. It's a music video."


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38 Brilliant Dog Care Ideas To Make Your Life Easier

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Here are some tips and tricks to make the rewarding task of caring for your dog just a tiny bit easier.

If you have a hard time brushing your dog's teeth, squeeze some enzymatic doggie toothpaste onto a Nylabone or rope toy and let him/her go to town on it.

If you have a hard time brushing your dog's teeth, squeeze some enzymatic doggie toothpaste onto a Nylabone or rope toy and let him/her go to town on it.

Source: reddit.com

Make your own pill pockets when you need to feed your dog some medicine.

Make your own pill pockets when you need to feed your dog some medicine.

This is a copycat version of the kind made by Greenies.

Source: muttnut.blogspot.com

Learn how to make your own chicken jerky.

Learn how to make your own chicken jerky.

It's a healthier alternative to the store-bought kind. Get the directions here.

Source: imgur.com


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