July 19, 2013 at 9:38 am

The Shirk Report – Volume 223

by twistedsifter

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Welcome to the Shirk Report where you will find the 25 funniest images, 10 most interesting articles, and 5 most viral videos from the previous week of sifting. Most images found on Reddit; articles typically originate from Twitter, RSS and email; videos come from a variety of sources. Any suggestions? Send a note to submit@twistedsifter.com!

*for email subscribers: If you visit the direct link to the shirk report in your web browser (by clicking the blue, underlined title), the videos will play properly and images will appear immediately under the text rather than opening in a new window!

 

25 IMAGES

– Who wants to see a few magic tricks? TRICK 1 | TRICK 2 | TRICK 3 | TRICK 4
Good work team
Going above and beyond
Putin spotted returning to his evil lair
Your fence is invalid
Your boat is invalid
Throw me maybe
There’s a shirt you don’t see every day
Rare Jedi sighting caught on tape
The origin of ‘sweatin balls’
Step off
Jackson exposed
muhahahaah
Making Splash Mountain even Splashier
Fog rolling in
These guys biked across the US. Started with back tires in Pacific and finished with front tires dipped into the Atlantic
The graceful and elegant turtle
So someone decided to ‘yarnbomb’ this Mr. Rogers statue
Bat’er up
What better time for a backflip than this?
Look how tiny this can looks in Shaq’s hand
Impressive. But still, put a shirt on
GoPro stick fetch
Dolphins are such showoffs
Was watching a show on cats when…

 

10 ARTICLES

This is the most interesting man on Wikipedia (thx for sharing Mr. Gilchrist!)
The 7 Types of Hashtag Abusers (for #tmac)
Bananas, the Fast Food Fruit
Sinkholes: When the Earth Opens Up
The 10 Most Controversial Wikipedia Topics Around the World
Detroit becomes largest US city to file for bankruptcy in historic ‘low point’
Becoming a Better Judge of People
You Won’t Need a PIN When You Pay for Everything with Your Face
Questlove: Trayvon Martin and I Ain’t Sh*t
Hunter S. Thompson on Richard Nixon

 

5 VIDEOS

 

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Munchma Reference for those interested (one of the only times Colbert has broken character)

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Thx for sharing Mr. Brierley!

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“I’ll be back” – Monday

 

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