A quick video checklist to figure out whether or not your school knows how to party. As if you didn’t already know.
Signs You Go To A Party School
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Turns Out Deep Space Makes The Creepiest Sound
In space, no one can hear you scream. But oh, you’ll be screaming, because it sounds like it’s populated by plasma demons.
Space: The Creepy Frontier
Thirty-five years after leaving Earth, NASA has determined that Voyager I left our solar system around Aug. 25, 2012, clocking a total travel distance of over 12 billion miles. Humans, by proxy, have officially begun interstellar travel — Starfleet here we come.
According to the American Geophysical Union, on Aug. 25, Voyager I broke through the heliosphere, a region of space that surrounds our solar system like a bubble of anomalous cosmic rays. Its instruments then became bombarded with galactic cosmic rays, or radiation coming from outside our solar system.
Then Voyager I's plasma wave instrument began to detect something new. Something alien (not invasion alien, just new-to-us alien). Between October 2012 and May 2013 it recorded two instances of interstellar plasma — which is a wicked cool name — vibrations. The sounds are frequencies within human hearing, so just consider this a preview of the things our great-grandchildren will hear on holiday to Alpha Centauri.
This artist's concept shows the general locations of NASA's two Voyager spacecrafts. Voyager 1 (top) has sailed beyond our solar bubble into interstellar space, the space between stars. Its environment still feels the solar influence. Voyager 2 (bottom) is still exploring the outer layer of the solar bubble.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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These Republicans Who Voted To Cut Food Stamps Personally Received Large Farm Subsidies
Some Republican members of Congress receive their own share of government money.
REUTERS
Several of the House Republicans who voted Thursday for a bill that slashed billions of dollars from the food stamp program personally received large farm subsidies for family farms. The bill cutting the food stamp program narrowly passed on a mostly party line 217 to 210 vote.
During the food stamp debate, GOP Rep. Stephen Fincher, who received thousands in farm subsidies, responded to a Democratic Congressman during the debate over the cuts by quoting the bible, saying "the one who is unwilling to work shall not eat."
Fincher himself has received his own large share of government money. From 1999 to 2012, Stephen & Lynn Fincher Farms received $3,483,824 in agriculture subsidies. Last year he took in $70,574 alone.
Another Republican congresswoman who voted to make cuts to the food stamp program was Rep. Vicky Hartzler of Missouri. Her farm received more than $800,000 in Department of Agriculture subsidies from 1995-2012. In 2001, her farm received $135,482 in subsidies.
Rep. Kristi Noem of South Dakota, who also voted to make cuts to the program, was a partner in Racota Valley Ranch, her family's farm and previously had nearly a 17% stake through 2008. The farm received $3.4 million in subsidies from 1995-2012. The Environmental Working Group, which analyzes subsidy data, says the "estimated amount of subsidies attributed to Rep. Noem from 1995-2012 is $503,751."
Rep. Marlin Stutzman, a Republican Rep. from Indiana also received his fair share of government subsidies. He personally took in nearly $200,000 for the farm he co-owns with his father.
According to the New York Times Stutzman said Thursday the bill cutting food stamps by $39 billion over the next ten years "eliminates loopholes, ensures work requirements, and puts us on a fiscally responsible path."
President Obama threatened to veto the bill Wednesday.
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"Hey Ya!" Is 10 Years Old
What’s cooler than being cool?
OutKast's hit Hey Ya! turns 10 years old this month
It was originally released on September 9, 2003
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The Album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below would follow on September 23
Hey Ya! went on to eventually spend 9 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100
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27 Signs You're In A Serious Relationship With Hot Sauce
Love is hot. Love is spicy. Love burns inside me.
If your sinuses haven't turned to Nickelodeon Gak and dripped out your nose after a meal, you feel empty and unsatisfied.
You have YOUR brand.
Or, let's be honest, BRANDS.
You saturate everything with hot sauce before you even taste it because, come on.
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This Is Why The Moon Was So Big Last Night
Harvest moon.
The moon appeared larger, closer and brighter Friday night, and that's because fall is here.
Reuters
Known as the "Harvest Moon," it's the full moon closest to the autumn equinox.
It was used by farmers to know when to harvest crops.
Reuters
The moon appears larger because of its rise time and angle of path.
Reuters
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The Most Fab And Drab Celebrity Outfits Of The Week
You voted — here are the results.
4. Jenny McCarthy Attends The Annual BGC Charity Day In New York City
With 268 "FAB" votes.
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4. Sarah Hyland At The Emmy Awards Week 2013 Kick-Off Party In L.A.
With 270 "FAB" votes.
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3. Jennifer Aniston At The “Life Of Crime” Gala Screening In Toronto
With 282 "FAB" votes.
Mark Blinch / Reuters / buzzfeed.com
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20 Nostalgic '90s Songs That Have A Totally New Meaning Now That We Are Adults
All The Small Things: My Adult Dating History
Blink-182, "What's My Age Again?"
There's nothing like a song that literally makes you question your whole mid-twenties existence. "Nobody likes you when you're 23..." Nobody likes you when you're 27 either.
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Smash Mouth, "All Star"
The majority of us grew up to be neither famous musicians nor professional athletes. Just another song that led us to set unreasonable expectations for our futures.
Hey now, you work retail, put those tags on....
Semisonic, "Closing Time"
A song that reminds you that there is an actual time of night when people won't serve you alcohol anymore? You're taking away my only coping mechanism.
Matchbox 20, "Real World"
A song about the "Real World" you say? The lyrics are depressing in their own right, and thats without words like "Bills", "Work" and "Forever Alone".
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17 Things Everyone Wants To Do On A First Date But Shouldn't
First dates are the worst.
Leave immediately.
However strong this survival instinct is, try to ignore it. You signed up for this parade of awkward, now give love a chance.
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Get drunk.
This seems like the best case scenario but it could lead to vomiting and rarely do vomiting and romance go together.
List all the foods you ate that day.
Don't do this. Not even if it includes nachos. You'll probably be hurting for conversation topics, but by god, have some dignity.
Hide in the bathroom.
As soon as you leave for the bathroom, the judgement clock is ticking. If you give into the temptation of hiding out in your bathroom sanctuary of solitude, you risk looking like you have digestive issues, which often, though not always, detract from romance.
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Members Of The U.S. Military You Need To Remember On The Anniversary Of Don't Ask Don't Tell
Two years ago today , the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy was repealed allowing gay and lesbian members of the military to serve openly. These are the individuals we have to thank.
Sergeant Leonard Matlovich: The first gay service member to out himself purposefully in order to fight the military's ban on openly gay military personnel.
A Vietnam War veteran, he was a recipient of the Purple heart and the Bronze Star.
His first television interview following his public coming out:
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This Couple Used A Facebook Post To Drop-Kick Sexual Orientation Labels To The Curb
After MacKenzie had dated only men, a woman stole her heart. The couple announced their engagement to friends and family in the most excellent way.
Blake and MacKenzie got engaged on Sunday. Naturally, they couldn't wait to spread the good news.
But prior to dating Blake, MacKenzie had only dated men.
Blake says of their meeting, "I always thought MacKenzie was cute, but I was in a relationship, she dated men. Then, one day, everything changed. Can you fall in love at first sight when it's not actually first sight? If so, it was that. "
How to let people know about this turn of events without falling subject to a label you don't feel suits you...
MacKenzie decided to create a "FAQ" post on her Facebook to announce the news:
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Proof That One Direction Are Best Mates
One one of them falls, they all fall.
While being pursued by the paparazzi, Louis fell down. And so the the rest of them also fell down, immediately.
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Here's video of it:
I think I just became a Directioner.
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Datamoshed "Wrecking Ball" Is Strangely Beautiful
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Has Miley Cyrus Officially Replaced Liam Hemsworth?
The proof may be in the pictures.
Seems like things took a romantic turn between she and her producer, Mike Will Made It, after her performance at the iHeart Music Festival in Las Vegas. The duo was seen getting up close & personal together while she was sporting her scandalous outfit.
The two often snap photos of themselves hanging out during recording hours but it definitely seems like they enjoy each other's company.
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24 Reasons Drake's NYU Interview Was The Best Thing Ever
It was funny. It was charming. And, yes, it was emotional .
So it should come as no surprise that his interview with journalist Elliott Wilson at New York University was amazing. The conversation was the fifth installment of Wilson's #CRWN series, presented by Myspace. And it was bananas.
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Pro Football Player Tweets Photo Of Finger Severed During Game
Don’t worry! We’ve got you covered if you’d rather look at fuzzy animals.
Arizona Cardinals safety Rashad Johnson severed one of his fingers yesterday in his team's loss to New Orleans. This is a photo of a baby sloth.
Itsuo Inouye / AP
Johnson said the tip of his left middle finger just broke off during a random play. This is a GIF of a dog in a bowl.
Johnson had surgery Sunday night and may come back in a few weeks' time. This is a sea otter dunking a basketball.
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A History Of USC Coach Lane Kiffin's Golden Touch
Or: A Proud Football Program Shoots Itself In The Groin.
Lane Kiffin has had what some might call an eventful coaching career.
Another way of putting it is that his personal connections and self-promotion skills have allowed him to remain prominently employed despite increasingly extensive evidence that he is about as good at coaching as Cleveland is at being a city.
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Seriously, Lane Kiffin is the Somalia of coaches.
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New York's Metropolitan Opera Season Opens With Gay Protest
“SUPPORT RUSSIAN GAYS!” the sign outside the high-society event declared, as Queer Nation NY and others protested — inside and outside — over the Met’s refusal to dedicate Monday night’s event to Russia’s LGBT population. One more front in the fight against Russia’s anti-LGBT laws.
In advance of tonight's Metropolitan Opera Gala, featuring Russian conductor Valery Gergiev and soprano Anna Netrebko in the performance of gay Russian composer Peter Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, supporters of LGBT people in Russia staged a protest.
Queer Nation NY, which led the protest, described the conductor and soprano as "longtime and vocal supporters of Vladimir Putin." Another composer, Andrew Rudin, had started a petition asking the Met to dedicate tonight's Gala to LGBT people in Russia.
The petition garnered more than 9,000 signatures:
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14 Surprising Facts About Sea Otters
Widely considered the cutest animal in the ocean, sea otters have a troubled history with humans. Let’s celebrate these adorable creatures!
The first sea otter was discovered by Georg Steller in 1751
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Weighing as much as 99 lbs, the sea otter is the heaviest member of the weasel family
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Sea otters are considered a keystone species, meaning they have a disproportionately large effect on its environment relative to its abundance
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THEY EAT LOTS OF SEA URCHIN
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Alec Baldwin's Daughter Takes Over His Twitter Account With Bizarre Selfies
Ireland Baldwin, the 17-year-old daughter, of Alec Baldwin posted a series of odd close-up selfies on his twitter account Monday night. What’s with the spoon?
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