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Here is how the cheesy late-90′s stand-up comic buried deep in our subconscious would report this story: “Hey folks! Did you read the story in the Northwest Herald today about a guy in Illinois that found $150K in his backyard garden? Talk about growing some cabbage! Am I right folks? Those are a different kind of greens my friends! You hear what I’m saying everyone?!?”

The recent pop cultural embrace of all things zombie has focused on the more negative aspects of reanimated corpses — mainly, their mindless lust for munching on the brains of the living. While it’s true there have been plenty of comedic takes on these killing machines, we don’t think we’ve ever seen anything like the short film below, which is an uplifting and whimsical exploration of the simple

YouTuber Honsco‘s first supercut of movie characters saying the name of the movie they’re appearing in (like when Christopher Lloyd actually says “back to the future” in, of course, ‘Back to the Future’) garnered more than a half-million views and now he’s back with a sequel. Posted this morning, ‘Movie Titles in Movies: Part Deux’ features 110 Titles in 159 Seconds, from Craig Robinson saying

In a study that anyone who works in an office will heartily embrace, researchers found that spending small parts of the day wasting time on the Internet makes workers more productive because it acts to mentally refresh them. “Browsing the Internet serves an important restorative function,” concludes the report from the National University of Singapore.

Burger democratists, rejoice: As of this weekend, the creepy Burger King mascot, “the King,”  is officially dead. Concurrent with the release of the guacamole topped California Whopper, Burger King’s new advertising agency of record McGarryBowen has dethroned the edgy monarch in favor of an approach based on health and freshness.

The ‘Concise Oxford English Dictionary,’ celebrating its 100th birthday this year, has added 400 new entries to the English language. The freshman class of words that are now officially, well, words include “sexting,” “retweet,” “mankini,” “noob,” “jeggings,” and “woot.”

Before they were stars, many of our most famous actors appeared in pretty forgettable movies, TV shows and public service announcements — often while sporting regrettable hair styles.

The four-bedroom home featured in scary movie classic ‘The Amityville Horror’ is up for sale. The asking price is $1.35 million for the Tom’s River, NJ house, which features a pool, theater and killer lakeside view.

I remember the good old days. The days when my mom had to scream over my music. Now that I live on my own I do not feel the need to go deaf to my music (maybe I am over my rebellion phase). This sound system takes the cake.

Our friends at PopCrush assembled an epic list of the worst album covers released in the top half of 2011, including atrocities from Lady Gaga, Limp Bizkit and 311. We must say, there’s something about the digital age that makes artists release pretty awful cover art — could it be that in the age of Spotify and iTunes, they think these’ll never actually get seen any larger than thumbnail-size? Rea

While it has been long assumed that the more time you spend in a rural setting the better your mental health, a new study has shed light on why this is. A team of scientists based in Germany scanned the brains of 32 volunteers from rural and urban areas while they tried to complete puzzles with time limits.

For the low, low price of $100,000, you don’t have to worry about replacing a dull razor blades for 10 whole years! The Zafirro Iridium razor features solid white sapphire blades, which are hypoallergenic and almost completely resistant to oxidation and corrosion.  But it’s actually  the razor’s handle, made from the rare metal iridium, that makes the Zafirro so absurdly expensive.