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Thousands Of LOST Fans Win Money In Mega Millions Drawing

If you were a LOST fan nerdy enough to play Hurley’s numbers in the big Mega Millions drawing you may have cashed in to the tune of $150.

Hurley’s numbers were 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42 and the winning Mega Millions numbers were 4, 8, 15, 25, 47 with the Mega Ball number 42.

It’s not the $355 million jackpot of course (that will be split between two winners), but interestingly enough its almost exactly what you would need to pick up the entire LOST collection on DVD. Probably just a coincidence right? Either that or this is the best marketing campaign ever.

2 girls undermine entire US border strategy in under 18 seconds

Since the mid-1990s, the US has built fencing at various points along the southern border in an attempt to deter would-be immigrants from Mexico. Building the fence isn’t cheap. On average, each mile of border fence costs US taxpayers about $4 million to build and will cost another $6.5 billion over the next 20 years to repair and maintain.

Are we getting our money’s worth? Is the border fence an effective deterrent? To find out, I asked two young women—both only about 5’5″—to see if they could climb the wall. Check it out…

Burger King Creates Brussels Sprouts Whopper

Publicity stunt, epic troll, or earnest attempt to get today’s youths interested in Brussels sprouts? You be the judge. Over the holidays, Burger King UK offered the limited-edition Sprout Surprise Whopper in select stores for the same price as a normal Whopper, explaining that “we wanted to create a recipe that would challenge existing sprout perceptions, and genuinely make sprouts a flavour to be reckoned with.” In addition to Brussels sprouts, the burger was topped with Emmental cheese.