CULTURE BUZZ: The larger-than-life British artist made headlines (yet again) this week with a record-breaking auction. By cutting out the middleman (aka his art dealer) and taking his work—cows and sharks in formaldehyde, mostly—directly to Sotheby’s, the guy made $200.7 million in two days, breaking Picasso’s sale record from 1993. Putting animals in goo pays!

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The Best Links:

1. Someone paid $17 mill for a shark. Hahahahaha.
2. Damien slights his dealer, makes bank.
3. Bull Market for Hirst in Sotheby’s 2-Day Sale

SPORTS BUZZ: Videos of real shark attacks! Are you sick of adorable animals falling asleep or overcoming adversity? Then these vicious shark attack videos are the perfect palate cleanser.

The Best Links:

1. Amazing Shark Attack Pictures!
2. Surfer Attacked By Two Great White Sharks And Lives To Tell The Tale
3. Great White Eats Sea Lion (Famous Slow Motion Video)
4. Why Great Whites Attack (National Geographic Report)
5. How to Survive a Shark Attack
6. Killer Whale Vs. Great White Shark: Guess Who Won?
7. Shark Attacks Helocopter (Famous Photoshop Hoax)