The U.S. of A shreds 7,000 tons of used currency each year.

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Shredded Money

The Bureau of Engraving and Printing is selling a 5 pound bag containing approximately $10,000 worth of shredded US currency notes for $45 each.
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Fat Ass People don’t belong in a Lamborghini

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Small Bits of News You Didn’t Know you Needed

Jewel gang caught after getaway driver refuses to break speed limit
A getaway driver who refused to break the speed limit during a police chase led to a gang of jewel robbers being caught and sent to prison for a total of 20 years.
Neil Murray, 34 was behind the wheel of a stolen high speed Alfa Romeo when the robbers fled with £60,000 worth of gems from the heist.
Police quickly picked up their trail and were pursued in squad cars with overhead support from the force helicopter.
Within 30 minutes of fleeing the shop the three man gang was arrested and were on Saturday behind bars.
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Detroit man confession I kill people for money
Hours after police plucked him out of a suburban alley, Vincent Smothers dropped a bombshell confession: "I don't have a profession," he told an investigator. "I kill people for money."
Then, police say, he laid out details of how each of eight hired hits happened. He stalked his victims before shooting them at close range. He killed some while talking on his cell phone and fired on others even when they appeared to lay lifeless on the ground.
Even in Detroit, which had more than 300 slayings last year, Smothers' case is notable: Rarely is one person charged in so many deaths. On Friday, his lawyers planned to ask a judge to have the confessions thrown out, arguing he was worn down while in custody. Police deny it.
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Couples ditch 'death do us part'

Couples are abandoning "till death do us part" wedding vows in favour of those with a get-out clause, just in case their love "shall falter or fail".
Celebrants claim that only one in five couples from almost 40,000 marriages in NSW last year stuck to traditional vows.
Instead, some are dropping phrases about lifelong commitment, replacing them with finite pledges including "as long as our love lasts''.
A few even make agreements to review their marriage after as little as five years
Divorce rates have dipped slightly, but one in three marriages ends in divorce and celebrants say the trend is acknowledged in ceremonies.
Celebrant Coral Kortlepel said many newlyweds had accepted "if you're not happy, you don't have to stay together'' and some were writing it into their wedding vows.
"I actually had a couple recently that said: `I will love you today, I will love you tomorrow and if our love shall falter or fail, I will respect you for the period of time that you were in my life','' she said.
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String of tampon machine thefts hit MSU

A heavy flow of break-ins and thefts from feminine-hygiene dispensers across campus led MSU Police to launch an investigation.
Apparently, a string of tampon machine thefts is plaguing the Michigan State University campus of late. The campus rag, The State News, is reporting the destruction and theft of money and perhaps content, of numerous tampon machines placed in women’s bathrooms.
The campus police are busy investigating the latest campus crime wave, noting the thieves have targeted machines in the the Chemistry Building, the Human Ecology Building and the Computer Center. MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said, "thefts from feminine-hygiene dispensers have been spotty in the past."
The thefts involved at least six tampon dispensing machines, with a reported loss of at least $7.50 in change. All the thefts took place between June 1-12.
Some of the feminine-hygiene machines "appeared to have been entered with an unknown tool," said McGlothian-Taylor.
The tampon machines are worth about $400. Campus officials are not sure if they have to be replaced.
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Woman banned from having any more virginity operations

Doctors have warned obsessed Natalia Kazapova to give up plastic surgery after she nearly died having her SIXTH operation to restore her virginity. Natalia, 30, has undergone the hymen restoration procedure every year as a wedding anniversary present for her husband, Grigory, 33.
Now surgeons in Moscow have ordered her to stop after she nearly died following the latest operation.
"A serious infection set in and went untreated and she collapsed. She was technically dead but mercifully we were able to revive her. But enough is enough," said one surgeon.

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The Toilet Bowl Game

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Print Of Iconic Einstein Photo Sells For $74K

One of the original signed prints of Albert Einstein sticking his tongue out at photographers has been sold by a New Hampshire auction house for $74,324.
Bobby Livingston, of RRAuction.com in Amherst, says the picture was taken in 1951 after a 72nd birthday celebration for the physicist.
Einstein had nine prints made. He signed the print that was auctioned on Thursday and gave it to journalist Howard K. Smith.
In his inscription, Einstein said his gesture was aimed at all of humanity. Livingston says it also was aimed at the Red Scare and the McCarthy anti-Communist hearings of the 1950s.
David Waxman of Great Neck, N.Y., is the new owner. He is a specialist in important scientific books and autographs.

Man filmed his new yacht being lauched

The guy says "I can't believe!" when the yacht falls from the lift

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Unveiling the blinking phone dress

Former Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova presented a prototype dress to reporters that is designed to light up when the wearer's cell telephone rings.
British fashion student Georgie Davis dreamed up the above knee-length sleeveless white dress as part of a school project with cell phone-maker Sony Ericsson to figure out ways of incorporating new technology into fashion.
Davis said the dress is designed to eventually be connected to the wearer's phone by Bluetooth wireless technology, so she can be alerted to a call even in noisiest of places.
"When you're in a pub or a bar, you can never, ever hear your phone," 20-year-old Davis said.
The right shoulder of the dress is embellished with translucent white scales that move and light up.
Sharapova showed off the dress to a gaggle of photographers and a crowd of passers-by from the window a luxury department store in central London.
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