January 28, 2014
- Out of 3 billion airplane passengers last year, only 244 died—significantly fewer than the 2,900 deaths triggered by hippos.
- "No, an Abandoned Ship Full of Diseased Rats Is Not Floating Towards Britain."
- Anti-Corruption Foundation honors Sochi's five most distinguished money siphoners profiting off the Olympics.
- Mayor says Sochi has no gay people; patrons of gay clubs disagree.
- In support of the Broncos, every flight at the Denver airport to or from Omaha is not to or from Omaha, but to or from Omaha!
- Despite NCAA rules, women's soccer players are regularly recruited for college out of the eighth grade.
- China uses $132,000 of taxpayer money in an attempt to buy a smile from Li Na; China fails.
- Pete Seeger dies at 94.
- Ex-reporter Stephen Glass rejected by the California Bar in part for misrepresenting some facts to the court.
- Poll of former smokers finds 48% attribute their success to quitting "cold turkey."
- Marlboro Man Eric Lawson becomes latest Marlboro model to die from a smoking-related disease.
- Related: Artist draws what it's like to go into surgery.
- Fascinating story of the radio reporter who discovered his grandparents were on-air mentalists with millions of fans.
- See also: Winners of the 2013 Third Coast International Audio Festival.
- Vertigo-inducing view of France's King Aragon’s Stairs makes it difficult to tell which way is up.
- Scientists capture video footage of the brain processing a memory, which looks different from the brain processing a thought.