Before he became the greatest player in the NBA, Michael Jordan was a college student taking
Beginning Tennis and Elementary Portuguese his freshman year at the University of North Carolina.

MJ’s entire course load will likely be displayed on someone’s wall sometime soon since this valuable
piece of paper and other documents from his time in college are now up for auction. These documents
once hung on the walls in his “23″ restaurant in Chapel Hill until the business closed in November 2003.

The items were put into storage until the storage space bill wasn’t paid and then became property of a
“Storage Wars”-type dude who sold the contents to New Jersey-based auction house Goldin Auctions.

In addition to his transcripts, two 1980 recruiting letters and an original copy of the diploma he received
from UNC in 1986 are being auctioned. Jordan’s academic records indicate he was a Geography major.

A daycare questionnaire was sent home for the parents of 11-month old Emma to fill out.

Emma’s father decided to answer the ridiculous questions with ridiculous honesty…mostly.

This week, we honor Pakistani ninth-grader Aitazaz Hassan Bangash who
died at school on Monday because he decided to confront a suicide bomber.

Aitazaz was walking to school in the Hangu district of northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
He became suspicious when a man, dressed in a school uniform, asked where the school was.

Aitazaz tried to grab the bomber at the entrance to the school and that’s when the blast went off.

Local residents are calling for Aitazaz to receive a posthumous award for his bravery. “He saved
the lives of hundreds of students. He deserves more recognition than Malala Yousafzai,” he said.

Pakistanis are comparing him to Yousafzai, the schoolgirl shot by the Taliban in October 2012
because she was promoting education for all Pakistani boys and girls.

The hobo nickel is a sculptural art form involving the creative modification of small denomination coins.
The nickel, because of its size, thickness, and relative softness, was a favored coin for this purpose.

The altering of coins dates to the 18th century or earlier. When the buffalo nickel was introduced in 1913
interest increased in creating hobo nickels. About 100,000 classic hobo nickels were created from 1913
to 1930. In the past few years, hobo nickels have gained popularity with many artists.

One such artist is Barcelona-based artist Paolo Curcio who has taken the process to an entirely new level.
His hobo nickels are homages to pop culture, illustrations of literary figures and macabre portraits of skulls.

The following hobo nickels created by Paolo Curcio are examples that make the most (ahem) cents to us.

To see more of Paolo’s amazing creations, click here.

It’s the oldest excuse in the book: “The dog ate my homework.”
But for Payton Moody of Englewood, Colorado it was true.

For her eighth grade science class she worked for hours creating a candy-covered volcano
with Twizzlers for lava and blue M&Ms for water. Since her mother didn’t want her using
a hot glue gun around her younger brother she assembled the entire project with pins.

While the family was at their son’s football game, their 2-year old yellow Labrador, Reggie,
knocked the project off Payton’s desk and ate every bit of it, including an entire box of pins.

Fortunately, the dog made a full recovery after a two-day stay at the vet’s office. But Reggie
didn’t learn his lesson. Payton remade the entire project using a hot glue gun and he STILL
went after that one! But the family caught he before chaos erupted and Payton earned an A.