Category: Weird

These are authentic seats from Old Yankee Stadium, where Yankees fans watched Reggie Jackson, Thurman Munson, Derek Jeter, and other iconic Bronx Bombers capture 6 World Series titles. Removed from the stadium before it was razed, each of the classic light blue chairs has the original fold-down plastic seats, backrests, and seat numbers that were used in The House That Ruth Built.

To ensure their authenticity, the chairs have a Major League Baseball hologram and come with a signed letter from the New York Yankees and Steiner Sports Memorabilia. The armrests have been repainted and the seats are mounted to stand upright.

Click here for more information…

Alberta Health Services President and CEO Stephen Duckett avoids questions about his handling of excessive emergency room wait times by telling reporters he’s busy eating a cookie.

“I’m eating my cookie — can’t you see I’m eating my cookie!” CEO Stephen Duckett kept repeating to reporters Friday, in a bizarre media moment that deserves to go viral on YouTube.

Health Minister Gene Zwozdesky, when played the audio later by a reporter, said he thought the comment was inappropriate given the gravity of the health-care situation. That would be correct. “I’m eating my cookie” is appropriate only in limited situations — if your spouse wants you to put out the garbage, for instance, but you’re eating your cookie.

I am not sure what the criteria was for this study but being stupid and making $200k is still pretty damn good for a couple of dumbasses.

Researchers found that when both spouses correctly answered three math questions, family wealth averaged $1.7 million. That compared with $200,000 for households where neither spouse answered any question correctly.
via

Legibility, of course, is a matter of degree, but given that NYU computer science professor Ken Perlin’s tiny font can fit 500 words into a 320 x 240 pixel rectangle, I am surprised at how readable it remains. “My design,” he explains, “assumes that screen pixels are horizontal striped as RGBRGB, as are most LCD screens these days.”

Snails on speed don’t get speedier—but their supercharged brains do learn better and make memories that last much longer, a new study says.

Scientists gave pond snails the amphetamine crystal meth to explore the memory-related brain processes that get humans so hooked on the drug.