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As the sun rose from time zone to time zone across the world on Friday, there was still no sign of the world's end -- but that didn't stop those convinced that a 5,125-year Mayan calendar predicts the apocalypse from gathering at some of the world's purported survival hot spots.

This video is making the rounds right now. I'm not surprised. This may be the first and last time you will ever see a truck carrying cows crash, only to see the cows stand up and walk around like it's no big deal.

Valeria Lukyanova's deliberately plastic looks have garnered her fame and notoriety as the "Human Barbie." But while the 24-year-old with the bleach blonde hair and the impossibly thin waist really stands out, she's not unique.

Jet fuel was pumped into cars at three Mercer County gas stations, joining two stations in Monmouth County that did the same thing last week.

Shoppers at an Ikea in Toronto, Canada were surprised to find a very well-dressed monkey wondering around the store's parking lot Sunday.

With all the time we spend on Pinterest, it's no wonder we've come across so much quirky and awesome stuff. Half our holiday gift and decorating ideas come from the site alone! Want to check out Disney/Star Wars mash-up art or a cheeseburger dress? They've got you covered. Not surprisingly, the site also has a whole slew of questionable holiday products you can pin and repin, like a pickle ornamen

Gas stations in Keyport and Manasquan received a delivery of jet fuel by mistake on Friday

Jonathan Mann has written a song a day every day for almost 1,300 days. Seriously. A lot of them are very silly, but he and his girlfriend broke up yesterday, and they did a song about that. It is maybe the best breakup song ever written, because of its sincerity, maturity and plea for friends to still invite both of them to the same parties.

Nothing is sacred in today’s economy, not even the verbal agreement between a hard working John and a red light ambassador for our nation’s retail sex trade.

Fact: everybody who isn't a monster loves the smell of pizza. But that doesn't mean that Pizza Hut should be making a pizza-scented perfume. Especially because their pizza is exempt from the "everybody loves the smell of pizza" clause. But they're doing it anyway.