Michael Stevens of Vsauce explains.

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Dom shares his expertise on newly single girls. Jenna is one.

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A compilation of  Hollywood’s favorite prefix in cinematic history.

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5 Real Princesses Too Badass for Disney Movies – [Cracked]

10 More Mysterious Conspiracy Theories – [Listverse]

The 12 Most Convincing Real-Life Ghost Stories - [Ranker]

Gadhafi Killed In Sirte, Libya’s Interim Leader Says - [CNN]

Longtime Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi has been killed, interim Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril said Thursday. The confirmation came after hours of conflicting reports about the former leader’s status. Gadhafi’s son, Mutassim, and his chief of intelligence, Abdullah al-Senussi, were also killed, according to Anees al-Sharif, a spokesman for the Tripoli military council.

Revolutionary fighters attacked the house where Gadhafi was hiding, Information Minister Mahmoud Shammam told CNN. Gadhafi was shot while trying to flee, he said.

Related: His NY Times Obituary | The 16 Best Twitter Reactions

Hospital to Injured Woman Already at the Hospital: “Call an Ambulance” – [Gawker]

Why would you need an ambulance to take you to the hospital, if you’re already at the hospital? This is the question recently posed by Doreen Wallace, who injured herself during a visit to a hospital in Niagara Falls, Canada and was denied treatment until an ambulance was called. To the hospital. Where she already was, if that wasn’t clear enough.

Libya: The End of Qaddafi and the Fall of Sirte (Photos) – [In Focus]

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The trailer for The Avengers gets the shit sweded out of it by Bryan Harley and Co. for Swede Fest 8.

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The gruesome result of a hunt in Ohio, resulting in the death of 48 exotic animals that were released from an eastern Ohio farm by their owner shortly before he killed himself.

Law officers shot 48 animals and buried them on the property, including 18 tigers, nine lions, eight lionesses, three mountain lions, six black bears, two grizzly bears and a baboon, (Muskingum County Sheriff Matt ) Lutz said during a news conference at a makeshift operations center near the Thompson property. A gray wolf and monkey were still loose, and the monkey may be carrying a virus, Lutz said.

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A stunning time-lapse video shot by Joe Capra:

Midnight Sun: A natural phenomenon occurring in the summer months north of the Arctic Circle and south of the Antarctic Circle where the sun never fully sets and remains visible 24 hours a day.

For 17 days I travelled solo around the entire island shooting almost 24 hours, sleeping in the car, and eating whenever I had the time. During my days shooting this film I shot 38,000 images, travelled some 2900 miles, and saw some of the most amazing, beautiful, and indescribable landscapes on the planet. Iceland is absolutely one of the most beautiful and unusual places you could ever imagine. Especially during the Midnight Sun when the quality of light hitting the landscape is very unusual, and very spectacular.

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5 Rulers Whose Idiot Siblings Nearly Screwed the World – [Cracked]

Remembering Steve – [Apple]

After 24 Years, Malaria Scientist Produces Effective Vaccine – [Reuters]

For Joe Cohen, a GlaxoSmithKline research scientist who has spent 24 years trying to create the world’s first malaria vaccine, Tuesday, October 18, 2011 goes down as a fabulous day.

“There were many ups and downs, and moments over the years when we thought ‘Can we do it? Should we continue? Or is it really just too tough?,” he told Reuters, as data showing the success of his RTS,S vaccine were unveiled at an international conference on malaria.

Final stage clinical trial data on RTS,S, also known as Mosquirix, showed it halved the risk of African children getting malaria, making it likely to become the world’s first successful vaccine against the deadly disease.

While scientists say it is no “silver bullet” and will not end the mosquito-borne infection on its own, it is being hailed as a crucial weapon in the fight against malaria and one that could speed the path to eventual worldwide eradication.

Outstanding Student Loans Will Exceed $1 Trillion This Year – [USA Today]

The amount of student loans taken out last year crossed the $100 billion mark for the first time and total loans outstanding will exceed $1 trillion for the first time this year. Americans now owe more on student loans than on credit cards, reports the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Facebook Friend Tally Is Associated With Differences In Brain Structure – [Guardian]

The brains of people with large numbers of Facebook friends are different from those of people with fewer online connections, say neuroscientists.

The researchers at University College London found that users with the greatest number of friends on the social networking site had more grey matter in brain regions linked to social skills. The finding suggests that either social networking changes these brain regions, or that people born with these kinds of brains behave differently on websites like Facebook.

Transfer Of 1,027 Palestinian Prisoners For Israeli Soldier (Photos) – [The Big Picture]

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