Did you know that Matthew Broderick once killed someone while driving? While the circumstances of the car accident were never made completely clear, he was definitely not drunk at the time. In the end, he just had to pay a $175 fine for "careless driving."

He's not the only celebrity responsible for someone else's death. BuzzFeed has an interesting list of people who have killed someone.

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What is a entrepreneur to do after he makes a fortune from his Flip camera company? Start his own high-tech grilled cheese restaurant, of course. Or at least, that's what Jonathan Kaplan is doing with "The Melt" restaurant  he's  launching. The fast food eatery will offer a variety of cheese sandwiches that can be cooked up in under a minute. Plus, customers will be able to order their food over the phone or internet ahead of time.

I don't know about you, but I'd be happy to stop by and snack on a yummy cheese sandwich if one of these popped up in my neck of the woods.

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If you aren't familiar with the show, none of this really matters -but if that's the case, you should go rent the DVDs from Netflix and then return here promptly after viewing.

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You probably already know about the devastating poaching trade in the Congo, but Environmental Graffiti has a great slideshow presenting a fascinating look at the tale from an entirely new point of view -that of the park rangers fighting the poachers on a day to day basis. Their jobs are deadly and the pay is practically nothing, but their love of animals keeps them working to stop the slaughter. Be warned, many of the images are extremely graphic.

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If you love silly historical Facebook posts like the one above, then you'll love Oddee's collection of them. Don't miss the reader contributions at the bottom for even more funny fake posts.

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This poor little shar pei puppy just can't get comfortable. At least his snoring indicates that he's able to sleep through all of this.

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BuzzFeed recently posted another great round up of fun fan art, but the one that really struck me was this Muppet Dr. Who by Amy Mebberson. It was apparently made specifically to be sold at the San Diego Comic Con. I wish I saw it when I was there, but then I probably would have missed the chance to see some of her other great works.

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Most of us know about Black Beard, but the pirates with the really ruthless reputations tend to be the ones ignored in pop culture -because who want to idolize creepy, blood-thirsty monsters. For those of you interested in the dark side of history, you'll certainly enjoy this great Cracked article featuring the most terrifying pirates ever.

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Etsy seller Creaturesfromel creates one of a kind animals from wire, clay and paint. The results are stunning and certainly worth a look.

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Have you ever been told that eating carrots will improve your eye sight? Then congratulations, you've just been fed propaganda from a very successful, but very silly British propaganda campaign.

During the Battle of Britain, the Germans started noticing that a bunch of their planes were getting shot down in instances where the British shouldn't have seen them coming. It was almost like they had some sort of radio device that could detect the presence of incoming objects -- actually, it was exactly that: Britain had perfected the radar and didn't tell anyone about it. Obviously the Brits couldn't let the Germans know they had access to this new technology...British papers published a story about a RAF pilot called John "Cat Eyes" Cunningham who had shot down 20 enemy planes thanks to his superhuman night vision, an ability he achieved by eating lots of carrots.

While carrots are good for your eyes, they can't actually improve your eyesight and they certainly can't give you night vision. Even so, many people still believe that munching them down like Bugs Bunny will help them get rid of their glasses all because of a propaganda campaign.

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While governments across the globe have been trying to figure out how to control the minds of their enemies for centuries, this practice is already possible in the animal kingdom. In fact, Cracked has a list of 5 incredibly creepy methods of animal mind control that are going on right now.

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While we've all heard of the Cherokee and Navajo tribes, much less attention has been given to the Nacirema band of Native Americans, despite their fascinating culture that included ritually:

"scraping and lacerating the surface of the face with a sharp instrument" and another ritual that "consists of inserting a small bundle of hog hairs into the mouth, along with certain magical powders, and then moving the bundle in a highly formalized series of gestures."

If you think those behaviors sound weird, you might want to consider that Nacirema is actually just American spelled backwards and the whole matter was just a spoof on American customs. It's one of many great scientific hoaxes you can learn about in this great Science article.

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Who know foxes could even make such adorable noises? I want to hear the joke that got him going so hard.

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We've all heard a marketing campaign at some point and thought, "that is just stupid," but most bad advertising strategies just result in a few less sales than a successful campaign would have brought in. Sometimes though, a company will run a campaign that's so idiotic that the company ends up losing thousands, if not millions of dollars. Take, for example, the Silo marketing campaign that said customers could get a new stereo for only "299 bananas." When customers started actually showing up with bundles of bananas, the store had no choice but to give them stereos in exchange for fruit.

The saddest part? Silo couldn't even get rid of the bananas (they had thousands of them sitting there, presumably attracting fruit flies), as the local zoos stopped taking them and the food bank didn't take perishables.

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Did you know Leonardo DiCaprio collects action figures or that Johnny Depp likes to play with Barbies? Also awesome -Ben Stiller is a Trekkie. If you want a little more insight into some of today's most popular stars, this BuzzFeed article is a great place to start.

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