A plague of backpacks threatens the Toronto subway?

Curiosities, quirks, oddites, and items from around the Bay and beyond

Sarcasm fail at Canada's National Post?

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When a Furry marries a Juggalo you get…

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It's a bird! It’s a plane! It's Banksy (Again. And this time, it's apparently legit)

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Hey, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer: Fuck you very much.

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One of this week's Guardian cover stars, Peaches Christ, dishes (as her boy alter-ego, Joshua Grannell) about his new film, All About Evil, and why the Victoria Theater is San Francisco's unsung movie palace.

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M.I.A ghost rides Suicide

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This is Spinal Tape!

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In honor of the Internet's great black hole (aka YouTube) turning five, here is that compilation of the site's 100 greatest hits crammed into just 4 minutes from last year (so, pardon the missing memes).

If you don't feel like sitting through four minutes -- or forever times infinity squared in Internet years -- of wrap-up, here's really what YouTube has meant in the past half-decade:

(It has been viewed 268,000 268,0001 times)