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Voice actor Peter Cullen has provided the voice for the leader of the Autobots for more than 25 years. His booming, deep tones have become so engrained with Optimus Prime and the 'Transformers' franchise that it's hard to imagine it going on without him behind the mic. So where exactly did that commanding voice come from?

Here's a tip for potential criminals out there. If you're going to steal a car, run over the owner, and drive off, it's a terrible idea to bring that car to the police to complain about somebody damaging it.

When Christopher Manacci saw Gerald Gronowski and his 15-year-old son on the side of a Auburn Township, Ohio road trying to fix a flat tire, he decided to help. He wound up saving their lives.

When it comes to good customer service from Time Warner Cable, even the great Patrick Stewart, aka Captain Picard, can't make it so. Apparently after 36 hours of trying to set up an account with the infamous cable provider, Stewart (who recently moved to Brooklyn) was left with no recourse but to tweet to the world that he'd lost the will to live.

How many times can we expect the discovery of moldy pizza to make headlines? We’re going to take a wild guess and say definitely zero times. However, when we saw this snapshot on Reddit, we were proven very, very wrong.

Well, this is just great. Google has single-handedly made all the time spent on every field trip in high school completely pointless, by adding a feature to their search engine that instantly tells you an actor's "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" number.

Most dogs deserve the name they end up with. A dog that’s named Scruffy is usually pretty scruffy. Canines named "Killer" are… well, let’s just say you might want to watch out for your fingers when you’re around one of these ferocious pups. And of course a dog named after a Greek god, like Zeus, is probably going to be pretty impressive. Zeus, a three-year-old Great Dane living in Michig

We aren't born potty trained. That's certainly something any parent will be quick to tell you. So when Caroline Robboy was shopping with her two-year-old son Nathaniel in downtown Philadelphia and he said he needed to pee, she realized she might have problem. Especially since the store they were in wouldn't allow him to use their bathroom.

When Boston Red Sox fans saw Dustin Pedroia leave the field mid-game after a discussion with Bobby Valentine, they were probably thinking the worst. A dust up between the team's manager and star second baseman would be an unpleasant capper to a season full of clubhouse chemistry problems and losing. But, when you watch the video of their on-field conversation, you'll notice that Pedroia and Valent

There are bargains out there, and then there are bargains out there. A woman in Virginia discovered just how far her negotiating skills could get her when she unwittingly snapped up an authentic Renoir painting at a flea market. How much did she pay for this masterpiece, valued at potentially $100,000? Seven dollars ... seriously.

It's a pretty massive PR stunt, and we hope it works. Comedian Josh Sankey is doing a 12-city tour of the United States and he can only barter with bacon -- he can't pay for anything with cash. He has been given 3,000 pounds of the stuff to get him across America. But will it work?

If these guys turn out to be guilty, we are definitely blaming them for the high cost of air travel. 18 employees at JFK International Airport were arrested for stealing 100,000 of those little tiny liquor bottles from American Airlines in an elaborate scheme.

Can you imagine making use of three cans of hair spray every day? Kazuhiro Watanabe, a funky fashion designer from Japan sure can. To be honest, this guy doesn’t put that much product in his hair every single day, but when Guinness World Records gives him a call, and asks him to get ready for a photo shoot, he’s on the job, reading to show off his spectacular Mohawk.

Lots of folks are up from a romantic island getaway filled with sand, sun and fun. Who wouldn’t be? Even so, there are plenty of island destinations that offer up some pretty bizarre and unique experiences, which contrast strongly with a typical island beach holiday.

Earlier this year, special effects experts SoKrispyMedia scored a viral hit with Chalk Warfare. The concept is that combatants literally draw their weapons -- like a machine gun or a rocket launcher -- out of chalk, and then start firing away. Like any successful action hit Chalk Warfare begs a sequel, and SoKrispyMediaa has just released a follow up video.