Now say ‘borscht’: As many as 10 Russians have died while taking selfies, prompting Russian authorities to discourage people from photographing themselves while climbing on roofs, posing with guns or hugging tigers.
As he rode shirtless atop a bear and wielding an AK-47, Russian President Vladimir Putin told his people, “Do as I say, nyet as I do.”
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Put Grogg on waivers: The PBS documentary series, “First Peoples,” which explores the competition between Homo sapiens and Neanderthals to become the dominate human species, concludes tonight at 9.
Spoiler alert: Homo sapiens wins the trophy, but judging by the DNA of more than a few of us, Team Sapiens traded for a few Neanderthals in exchange for a wheel, fire and a player to be named later.
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Stars and barred: South Carolina’s Senate voted to remove the Confederate flag from the Statehouse grounds, 36-3, with one senator saying the vote kicked flag supporters “in the teeth.”
We wonder if the senator recalls who else was getting kicked in the teeth and what flag the kickers were holding about 50 years ago.
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