Danny Gallagher is a freelance writer, reporter, humorist and all around nice guy living in Texas who is a regular contributor to TheFW and has also contributed features, essays and stories to Maxim, GameTrailers, Aol, TruTV's "Dumb As a Blog," Cracked, Mental Floss, CBS' "Mancave Daily and Spike. He also likes puppies and cookies. He can be found on the web at www.dannygallagher.net and on Twitter @thisisdannyg.
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Museum Exhibit to Feature Very Expensive, Jewel Encrusted Rubik’s Cube
An important anniversary of one of the world's most iconic and popular toys is just around the corner. One museum will celebrate its anniversary with a very expensive reproduction that will also make it one of the most expensive toys in the world. Aside from a Ferrari.
‘Angry Birds’ Get the Theme Park Treatment
The 'Angry Birds' have started to flap their way into almost every facet of popular culture. In fact, it wouldn't surprise us if someone actually named a disease after them to make the franchise even more of a viral sensation.
Germany’s Third Most Popular Political Party is Run…By Pirates?!
Politicians are often accused of being plunderers and pillagers of their people's pesos and personal principles. At least this party doesn't pretend about their piracy and lets their people know it by putting "pirate" in their party's pseudonym.
The "Piratenpartel" (translation: Pirates Party) has grown into a very popular political party among Germany's voters and political su
DogTV Is the New Cable Channel Dogs (and Dog Lovers) Actually Want to Watch
It seems that television is only catering to younger demographics, but one cable channel hopes to tap into a new group of TV enthusiasts by becoming the first network to provide wall-to-wall programming for -- wait for it -- dogs.
Marvel’s Avengers Get the ‘Friends’ Treatment
A tight-knit group of quirky superheroes are more than just comic book legends. They have to be friends. Their varying personalities and egos coupled with being charged to save the world make them a close-knit bunch.
Just such a life would make for a perfect sitcom. Thankfully, someone else realized this and made them an opening credit sequence complete with the 'Friends' theme song, 'I'll Be Ther
Prankster Offers Pedestrians Some ‘Drive-by Compliments’
It's a cruel world sometimes. Strangers treat each other with contempt and fear because they're always fearing the worst about them. We're more likely to fling a curse word at someone than a kind word. Even the act of giving someone a compliment makes someone naturally paranoid. One courageous YouTuber tried to change all that.
Who (or What) Topped Forbes’ 15 Richest Fictional Characters?
The real world might be suffering from economic hardship, but the imaginary world (literally) has money growing on trees. Yes, Forbes' annual list of the wealthiest fictional one-percenters is out.
Boy Band One Direction Might Have Koala Chlamydia
Bands have long had a fear of contracting all sorts of STDs, what with the endless bevy of groupies at their wanton disposal. However, even the sordid escapades of The Rolling Stones never had this show up in a physical. Although, if Keith Richards had it, it wouldn't surprise us as much.
Members of the boy band One Direction may have contracted chlamydia from a koala while on a tour in Australia
Science Finally Cracks the Cause of Brain Freeze
For years, one universal scientific phenomenon has baffled scientists and lovers of ice cold sodas and slushies. Why do we get a raging headache when we drink a cold beverage way too fast?
Now science has found the answer.
12 Reasons You Weren’t Accepted Into Marvel’s Avengers
The Avengers might be a group of elite crime fighters and superheroes assembled to save the world from the onslaught of unforgiving evil, but even they have an human resources department to weed out undesirables.
Learn Yoga the Way the Geek Gods Intended, From Zombies, Aliens and Pirates
Yoga always seemed like one of those weird activities that only new age freaks who consider hacky-sack an Olympic sport do. Now that we know that galactic bounty hunters and pirates are doing it, we think it might be worth investing our hard earned money into a foam mat and a monthly membership to a room heated to over 100 degrees.
Microsoft Employee Submits Her Resignation By Channeling Don McLean
There are a million awesome ways to submit a resignation. Around half of them involve breaking some kind of misdemeanor laws or committing a basic health code violation. This is twice as cool as any of those options.
Subwoofer Trick Will Make You Question the Physics of Reality
Very few stereo hacks can make you wonder if reality is just the random creation of a vibration of pure energy. At the most, they usually make you question if the audiohead showing it to you has too much time on their hands.
This one, however, is a different story.
Famed San Francisco Eatery Sam Wo, Home of the ‘World’s Rudest Waiter,’ Is Closing
A restaurant known around the world for its service, and not in a good way, is closing its doors.
Sam Wo Chinese Restaurant, home of the "world's rudest waiter" and a staple of San Francisco's iconic Chinatown, is going out of business.
Will We Finally Be Able to Travel in Tubes?
For years, mankind was wished and dreamed of an efficient and futuristic way to travel in style, comfort and efficiency and the pop culture consensus has determined that tubes would be the best way to go (literally).