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According to the Washington Post, there are nine guns in private ownership for every 10 people in the U.S., compared to less than one in 10 in Brazil. In Finland and Switzerland, it's about five out of 10 – more than in Iraq, where it's four out of 10.

Make your own music speaker out of a magnet, a business card and some wire. (via Boing Boing)

Watch crazy white people jump off a cliff wearing high-tech bat suits and fly. Almost.

Tego Calderón says he doesn't believe in music awards.

Common tells Vibe Magazine that he needs fulfillment as an artist and could become a more successful actor than rapper. The Chicago MC stars in the recent American Gangster. (via Starpulse News Blog)

Millions of Aqua Dots – craft beads – were recalled by U.S. health officials after they were found to contain GHB, also known as the "date rape" drug. (via BuzzFeed)