What's Trending Explains How They Accidentally Killed Steve Jobs [Video]

Last Friday, What's Trending tweeted—erroneously—that Steve Jobs had passed away. Which sent the internet into a frenzy! The tweet was deleted minutes after it was published. But how did it get out there in the first place?

Disrupt Group (which run What's Trending) co-founder Shira Lazar appeared at the top of today's What's Trending show and issued an apology and explained what happened. Sort of. According to Shira, a junior staffer sent the unconfirmed tweet and that the tweet was retracted within a minute. Shira went on to say, "who did it or how it happened no longer matters" calling the incident a "terrible and unfortunate one."

Shira apologized to Steve Jobs, his family, friends, and to their former partner CBS News. Shira promised that What's Trending would follow the highest standards in journalism with verified and substantiated news.

That probably starts with no more junior staffers with itchy trigger fingers manning the Twitter feed.

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The Grossest Things Accidentally Found in Hot Dogs Are Even Grosser Than You Think [Wtf]

Hot dogs. Juicy, succulent, mouth savoring meat. A pink mixed mash of deliciousness. See hot dog, want hot dog, eat hot dog. That's what I think, at least. I might have to think twice though. Some truly disgusting stuff is sometimes found in a hotdiggity.

The NY Times sent a FOIA request to the USDA asking to see the complaints the USDA received about foreign objects in hot dogs and um, it ain't pretty. I know hot dogs aren't exactly the shining saint of natural, healthy human food but I didn't expect it to be this bad. Here's a list of the grossest things that managed to finagle its way into the pink tube we all know and love (and probably ate this past weekend):

small piece of glass
worms
maggots
bone fragments
plastic
piece of an eyeball
piece of metal
"something green"
rat leg
"someone has ejaculated in these hot dogs"
Band-Aids
rubber glove
lock washer
"winged insect that resembled a dragonfly inside the package of hot dogs"
razor

There's more too, I could only look at about half of the 64 case files the NY Times received before grossing myself out. All of these "foreign objects" were in complaints filed with the USDA from 2007 through 2009. Having these case files doesn't mean they're all true but it does mean the USDA investigated these claims to a certain point.

Luckily, in most if not all cases, the USDA determined that there was no "pattern of neglect at the packing plant" and just notified the company that handled the hot dogs. To be fair, foreign objects inside hot dogs are still a pretty rare occurrence. Think about it, there are 20 billion dogs made every year and only a few cases include "foreign objects". That's not too bad of a rate, I suppose? Whatever. I'm never eating a hot dog again. Or at least I won't eat one today.

Check out the entire case files of complaints here: Scribd [NY Times, Image Credit: nito/Shutterstock]

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Greyhound Bus Accidentally Dumps Bull Semen On a Highway. Everyone Is Confused [Wtf]

A Greyhound bus was on a slightly-less-than normal trip to Texas this morning. Along with its passengers, it was carrying bull spunk. Bull spunk it dumped on a Tennessee highway. HAZMAT suits were called in. It was a serious mess.

The bull semen, kept frozen in four canisters, was on its way from Ohio to a breeding facility in Texas. But after Greyhound dropped the load, the canisters started to steam and kick up a foul odor... gross. Emergency crews shut down the on ramp near where the canisters fell, and it took three hours to clean up the site.

I just have one question: What's a Greyhound bus doing carrying bull semen in the first place? [WKRN]

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