The Bigger Picture with Timothy Spangler: 11-16-14, Hour 1

Welcome to #shirtstorm! 

British scientist Matt Taylor, a key member of the Rosetta spacecraft project, was interviewed earlier this week as the world watched the first ever spaceship landing on a comet. Unfortunately, that day Taylor decided to wear to work a colorful shirt adorned with images of scantily clad women, wearing bondage gear and brandishing guns. 

Oops!!

Within minutes a Twitter campaign against Matt was launched using the hashtag #shirtstorm. Eventually, a chastened Matt gave a tearful apology.

So much for a new era of "cool scientists!"

Meanwhile, the world continued to lurch from one ridiculous story to another:

* A mummy and two skeletons of unknown origin were found on the roof terrace of a Madrid university building.




* Doctors in Poland said a man who impaled himself through the head with a 15-inch piece of wood is now recovering from the injury.


* Residents of the French town of Montevrain were told to stay indoors after a tiger was spotted on the loose near Disneyland Paris just outside of the city.

* A boy in Britain who took the Microsoft Certified Professional exam at the age of 5 has become the world's youngest person to pass the test.




* The Austrian Justice Ministry has opened an online store to sell prisoner-made crafts including handbags created from old jeans.

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