7 Reasons Why Nothing Leaves Vegas, Ever (Infographic)

Las Vegas is known for its excesses, but Frugal Dad found that during the off-season, it may be cheaper to live on the strip than to rent a home in Sin City. Take a look at the following infographic to see why 39 million Americans came – and then returned to Vegas just last year.

Convicts in Maryland Love Knitting

Lynn Zwerling loved to knit. After retiring, her passion for knitting helped her grow a large community of knitting women — and then taught the craft to over 100 convicts behind bars.

Fake Real Stuff (Pics of Hollywood Props)

Okay, so the telephones and parking meters are real, just non-functioning. The neatly wrapped packages of cocaine are definitely fake or it all would have been Charlie Sheen’d into oblivion by now.

Vital Statistics From Casinos Around The World (Infographic)

Regardless if you gamble as much as I do, the fact of the matter is that Casinos operate in such a way that is almost hidden from the general public. Their secrets are safely guarded and are locked up in the impenetrable vaults that hold all that gold bullion and pirate treasure beneath layers of extra security.

You can usually find me at a craps table at any given time (I’m the guy behind the tear-stained portion of the table, downing Diet Dr. Pepper and moaning like a wounded dog), but that’s not all you’ll find at any modern Casino. From Poker rooms to slot machines, I present to you some truly unique and unknown statistics from the world’s most well-known Casinos.

Occupy Wall Street NY in Turmoil Right Now

Things are apparently getting pretty crazy over at Liberty Square, where Occupy Wall Street is currently protesting in NY. Police have closed off the park with metal barricades, refusing to let people in or out. Many reports of violence inside the park. This morning, around 200 people were arrested while creating human barricades on Wall Street.

Do You Know What Small Business Saturday Is?

Hey gang, do you love America? Do you love American values? I know I do. Did you know that there’s a nationally recognized day called Small Business Saturday? Don’t worry, I didn’t know about it either. Apparently it’s on November 26th right in between Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

The 5 Most Expensive Photographs Ever Sold

The pretentious world of art never fails to deliver a heavy dose of erraticism, and that flamboyance is definitely not limited to the art itself. Works have been sold for millions and millions of dollars — often in part because of the artist’s status. Nobody wants to buy art from another nobody; they want to seem cultured, dammit! Here are 5 of the most expensive photographs ever sold.

Weed is Officially Not Making You Dumb…Maybe

If you’re a total and complete idiot, it’s not because of your inability to put the bong down for more than an hour, dude. A new study says that pot loses all effect on the user after just 28 days of abstinence. When put through psychological tests, men and women who smoked more than 5,000 times performed just as well as those who smoked rarely or not at all.

Anonymous vs. Israeli Government Websites

Wasn’t there supposed to be an attack on Facebook or against the Mexican drug cartel called the Zetas? Well, it hasn’t happened yet, but I’m waiting with baited breath. That’s not sarcasm. It would be great to see Facebook go down for even just a day, or tension and turmoil caused by screwing with a brutal, relentlessly cruel gang.

Will Reverse Aging Become the Next Cosmetic Craze?

We’ll all be Benjamin Button, soon. French researchers took cells from people over 100 years old and actually reversed the aging process, restoring the cells to a stem cell stage.