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The development of the Global Positioning System (GPS) was indeed one of the most major innovations in the past twenty years; with many guided by navigation systems powered by this lovely piece of technology, traveling has been made much easier. That being said, GPS navigation systems may have fixed getting lost, but have not made people any better at spelling.

Here's the deal. A Swedish couple left to go onto a vacation to the island of Capri in southern Italy, and being the modern people they are, brought a GPS. However, when inputting their destination, the misspelled Capri as Carpi. For those who don't know, Carpi is an industrial city in northern Italy. Their misspell lead them, oh about 400 miles of course, give or take.

The best part is the fact that the couple seemed to not question at all the fact that they went 400 miles of course and seemed to forget that they were looking for an island and failed to realize that they crossed no bridges or took any boats to reach their destination. Honestly, I'm not sure how anyone can be so dense, but apparently these two were. I can only surmise they were too busy listening to their Scandinavian metal to notice what was going on.

Lesson learned here people? Always check your spelling, realize what you should be looking for in your destination, and don't always blindly follow the nav system, it's only a machine and can fail. Here's to not getting 400 miles off course anytime soon!

Now I am probably one of the biggest Lego geeks ever (noting beats the toy you can make into anything) but I dare say, I have never attempted to live in them. But that isn't stopping Top Gear's James May from attempting the feat. Mr. May plans to build a two-story home, yes that's correct two-story, made entirely of Legos. And when we say entirely, we mean entirely.

Current building plans indicate that everything is to be made of Legos, if possible; the means pipes, supports, structure, etc. I'm not sure how plausible a Lego shower is going to be, but alright it's your house .

Last count indicates over three million bricks have been delivered to the build site, and Mr. May is calling for anyone who is willing to generously donate parts in the name of this endeavor. I would love to, except I wasted most of my best Lego parts on making a motherboard for a project. Anyways, best of luck in making your home James, just don't let any toddlers get their hands on the main supports.

A few things came to mind when I saw this video, actually a lot of things came to mind, but one stood out, here are these green ninja turtles who speak English and fight other animal villains on a TV screen, telling a first grade class not to take drugs.

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles would only seem to be the creation of a 40 year old pot head with an unhealthy attraction to Ninjas, Turtles, and mutants. Guess not. Or maybe the creator of the cartoon doesn't want any other cartoons stealing his slot on TV.

Then there's the dorky looking 6 year old, standing up to the fifth grade bully, "I'm not a chicken, you're a turkey!" It's effective in scaring away the drug dealer. A response like that would appear to have come from someone who's already high. Either that, or that kid is going to get his ass kicked for calling that bully a turkey. In elementary school that's equivalent of making fun of someones Mom.

If you want to listen to the Turtles, hey that's cool, but you'll never be able to create a super cool cartoon based on mutant amphibious bounty hunters, and that's exactly what these guys want. Don't let them take your inspiration.

(Wacky Media does not condone drug use in any way, shape or form)

Ahh the ATM, the pinnacle of convenience (next to fast food and Quick-E Marts of course), it just screams "I want my money and I can get it now." Of course as with all good things it can be twisted for evil purposes... or just plain stolen by some guys with a van and some chains. Well fear not friends, the South Africans have the answer for protecting our automatic teller machines!

ATMs in South Africa are now armed with pepper spray dispensers to ward off criminals. A camera in the ATM simply sees that you are messing with the card slots in naughty ways and tells the spraying mechanism to blast you. What could possibly go wrong?

Well unfortunately for some technicians performing routine maintenance on some ATMs, they detected a threat and well... have you ever been hit by pepper spray, I doubt it's a pleasurable experience.

The workers had to be treated by paramedics after inhaling some of the spray, but should be fine. Luckily no customers were near the machines during the incident, but it goes to show there are still a few kinks in the system. I would personally avoid using any ATMs in South Africa for the timing being, unless you enjoy getting sprayed in the face, but that's your business, not mine.