Anyone concerned that American excess would be curbed by the recent economic downturn can take heart in Cowboys Stadium, the new Arlington, Texas home of the Dallas Cowboys. Built by billionaire oilman (and Cowboys owner) Jerry Jones for a whopping US $1.12 billion dollars, the stadium is triple the size of the Cowboys’ old home, Texas Stadium, and can hold 100,000 spectators.
“I could have built this for $850 million,” said Jones, ever the showman. “But this was such an opportunity for the ‘wow factor.’”
The car blog world is buzzing about the latest announcement from Mercedes-Benz: They’re building an electric supercar.
The SLS AMG is every part the futuristic sports car, with gullwing doors and a lithium ion battery-powered engine that makes no compromises: The car’s four motors can generate the equivalent of 525 horsepower, which means the SLS can go from zero to 100 km/h in about four seconds. This is an electric car with serious balls.
To hardcore nicotine fiends, an unlit cigarette is as tragic as a sexy, topless nun. (For more on that, see below.) They love the idea of having access to fire at all times.
It’s logical, then, that the cell phone-cum-cigarette lighter would be a hit, especially in tech-forward Japan, where nearly a third of adults smoke. That said, it looks like the chances of this not-so-far-fetched contraption coming to market are relatively slim. Until then, smokers, will have to use those old-fashioned lighters. You know, the ones that can’t send text messages.
A 31-year-old nun in Turin, Italy is suing her ex-boyfriend for refusing to remove topless photos of her from Facebook. The irreligious ex opposed his former lover’s decision to become a nun, and naturally, he expressed his displeasure by posting the naked pics.
Italians are going nuts for the spicy images, with one person commenting, “If all nuns are like that, I want to become a priest.” The pope has made no comments, though we’re guessing that he’s feeling particularly bummed about that broken wrist.
Evidence of the health benefits of masturbation have bolstered both the religious and evolutionary arguments for jerking off. Recent studies have shown that regular ejaculation can improve fertility, which means that pleasuring yourself isn’t all about instant gratification; it’s also about fulfilling the evolutionary imperative (and for many, the religious obligation) to procreate.
So, asks Slate writer Daniel Engber, if jerking it helps us procreate, wouldn’t it be a positive behaviour from an evolutionary perspective in animals as well? Indeed, he answers. Which is why every creature, from horses and dogs to turtles and birds, are known to do it as well.
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