Billy Robbins, 19, who at his heaviest weighed over 700lbs, had the radical procedure in a desperate attempt to reduce his weight and save his heart from giving out.
He ballooned as a child because his mother Barbara could not stop feeding him enormous amounts of junk food.
Fail Blog www.failblog.org invites people to post images and videos of mishaps, accidents and strange situations that - completely randomly - have the word FAIL plastered across them. Users then comment on the contributions and vote for their favourites.
Terrifyingly close, lightning bolts strike the ground and are caught on camera.
This is really Bizarre.
A 9 year old boy - his head severed from his spine in a car accident - SURVIVES - and is walking again..
The tributes are already pouring in for George W Bush as he heads for exit of the US Presidency.
Oh yes this may well go down as the most propserous and peaceful time in US history.
At a news conference today in Iraq, grateful onlookers through shoes at George W - as is their custom of showing respect.
As he tossed the shoe - The happy Iraqi man "Abdul Yecklisis Van Soulduffer" yelled.
may you walk many happy miles in my shoes oh Great George.
Video here
Hmm - straps, sex swings and adult chair.
They call it a hotel, but in China some are wondering if it's a brothel?
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A patrolman with the Bronson Police Dept. in Michigan got a sudden surprise when he hit a deer who ran in front of his car.
Oh this is great - seems you can buy this thing called the Whizzinator. (See Picture).
Why? simple use it cheat drug tests.
Huge site in Russia - apperently had some clever flash animator hack onto it's home page.
Was it an inside job, whatever - it's funny.
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A 22-year-old woman sought medical care for a lesion in the plantar region of her left foot, a well-formed nipple surrounded by areola and hair.
The news of an unusual alien-like baby born in China has received an intensive coverage in the media recently.
Details of the sordid life of Germany’s fake doctor, sentenced last week to three years in jail, reveal Christian E. wanted sex in the clinic with a prostitute.
Oh Boy - Pravda again, with photo proof that someone in Russia has been F%$#ing the Dog.
I mean is this real - if it's in Pravda it has to be
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This has got to be true - cause Russias Pravda newspaper says so
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A large meteor streaked across western Canadian skies on Thursday, causing many awe-struck Alberta residents to call the police.
Oh those crazy Japanese.
They seem so conservative, but underneath they are a wild bunch, hence now men can buy bras, for themselves.
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Martin Stanford reviews the most popular videos online today, including the one of squirrels dancing to Michael Jackson's tunes.
Move over Stephen Curry and Ty Lawson. There’s a new b-ball player in town… and she’s 5 years old
First there was Air Guitar.
Now from the far away shores of Japan - comes the latest craze, Air Sex.
Seriously, and it's Bizarre.. and now they are doing it everywhere.
From the pages of Germany's Bild - comes word that german Cops are dfressing up - like trees.
why? read ..
From Northern Australia comes news that some Bloke pulled his peter, you know what I mean - while on a domestic air flight.
Problem the woman next to him saw, and he didn't stop.
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Okay this is a little old, but I just found it.
Some weird guy in India has grown his Moustache out to 4 meters, thats about 14 feet.
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From the pages of Russias Pravda, comes this gruesome tale of how the family pet Badger, ate the baby.
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The woman known as China's answer to 'Michael Jackson' for her love of plastic surgery believes she's been under the knife 40 or 50 times since 1985.
The Netherlands celebrates "Domino Day" by smashing a world record for the most consecutive dominoes to fall in succession.
The world's most beautiful bottom belongs to 20-year-old Brazilian Melanie Nunes - as judged by a jury in Paris.
A BMW drove into a Denver, Colo. restaurant after a man approached the car and punched the driver. The car pinned one man to the wall. The driver was arrested shortly after.
Lawmakers scuffled in parliament ahead of a vote that dismissed speaker Arseniy Yatsenyuk, an ally of Ukraine's president. The president and the premier are in a struggle for power.
Thomas Beatie, known around the world as the "pregnant man" who gave birth to a girl, is carrying another child, says a report.
No this isn't a clip from a Cheech and Chong Movie.
A Houston, Texas warehouse filled with plastic pellets in cardboard and metal totes caught on fire and billowing black smoke reached so high it could be seen from miles away.
Israeli police rushed into one of Christianity's holiest churches and arrested two clergyman after an argument between monks erupted into a brawl next to the site of Jesus' tomb.
Would-be astronauts will soon be able to experience the thrills of a zero gravity flight for about 3000 euros - just under 4,000 U.S. dollars.
French space agency Novespace, part of the European space agency, is to offer the experience of a life-time starting next year (2009).
A U.S. based company have already been offering zero-gravity flights since 2006 but this will be a first for Europe.
An unusual beauty pageant took place in the capital of the Philippines, Manila, last week. The pageant, Amazing Philippines Beauties 2008, was held to choose the beauty queen among transsexuals and transvestites.
Is this a snatch and grab - sorry.
But seriously, some guy in Dallas stole 130 panties from a Victoria Secrets store - this and we have video of the latest Victoria Secrets show.
Your sad little tufts of ear hair are no match for world record holder Radhakant Bajpai.
We have it on Video.
Unseen footage of The Beatles' American tour in 1964 is up for auction with a possible price of $12,000 US.
It was taken unofficially by a youngster at an unscheduled gig in Kansas City, and lay forgotten in a drawer at his parents' home for decades.
A grandmother who works at a convenience store in Terrell, Texas barely escaped a violent robbery caught on tape.
Unless you lived in a cave 8 years ago, then you will know the Waaaasssssuuuppp guys.
The were in a series of commercials. Well 8 years later they are back. Nope not commercially endorsing anything, but giving an intersting view on politics.
This is very funny.
Iraqi conjoined twins successfully undergo separation surgery in Saudi Arabia.
A frightened shark grazes a British tourist on the head in Australia.
During a dive experience at a Sydney marine park, a grey nurse shark injured a British tourist.
A VIDEO has been released that claims to show aliens and their spacecraft with one UFO researcher calling it the "most important images of a UFO ever filmed".
I have heard marriage can feel like a free fall filled with danger.
Figures - so this is now suprise that a couple started the free fall right after saying - I Do.
One woman escaped a fiery crash into a gas pump in Agoura Hills, Calif. thanks to the quick thinking of off-duty firefighters nearby
Strange but true - officials in East Burundi are protecting dozens of Albinos because groups of raiders are hunting them down, and then dismembering them for their body parts. Why?
Because they can sell the body parts for big money.
Holly Budge became the first woman to skydive over Mt. Everest. She told Maggie Rodriguez about the jump which cost $24,000.
Scientists say that the older we get the more we are likely to be spoken to like children. Nancy Cordes explains why.
A 990-pound, bedridden man who had appealed on Mexican television for help tackling his weight problem died Tuesday of heart failure, his family said.
A naked man led police in Tokyo on a two-hour chase in and around the moat of Japan's Imperial Palace.
A terrifying accident on a carnival ride near Daytona, Florida forced one mother to drop her toddler 40 feet to safety. The incident was caught on tape.
Hard pressed to find good helping hands these days? Not bothered that these helping hands may not be human?
Then you may want to try hiring the same workers as used by the owners of the Japanese tavern Kayabukiya.
