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More than twenty years after the mass-marketing of the Flowbee, As Seen on TV products are still flying off the shelves. Advertising gurus continue to conjure consumer need by pairing off-the-wall inventions with short, ridiculous commercials. The end result is more money in their pockets and less in ours. Nonetheless, we are all richer for [...]

Spiders are among the most diverse, widespread and successful predators in the animal kingdom, due in part to the versatile powers at their disposal; their feet can scale any surface, their fangs pack corrosive venom and they secrete a highly adhesive substance more powerful than steel. You might think there isn’t much else a spider [...]

While women and doctors can insist that ‘size doesn’t matter’ ad infinitum, some guys still worry that they don’t measure up. In extreme cases, men can even be afflicted with an anxiety disorder called Small Penis Syndrome (mentalhelp.net). Others operate under the erroneous belief that they can compensate for their perceived shortfall with a symbolic [...]

Frivolous lawsuits waste billions of dollars in civil courts, but they show no signs of slowing down, and every year they seem to get more ridiculous. We’ve all heard about the woman who sued McDonald’s (and won!) after she spilled coffee on herself, or the thief who sued a family after injuring himself while trying [...]