A father-of-two posed for photographs unaware he was holding a live Second World War anti-tank grenade after digging it up in his back garden...*BOOM*
<<<Idiot! picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

Sydney is waking up to a red tinge over everything.... Like some creepy Marz (hehe) movie, a haze of red dust covers the city.
Meteorologists have never seen anything like it.
pic is a before and after picked by Marz 2 months ago

He loses, in more ways than one. picked by cb__ 2 months ago

The squawking laughter is enough to send a Hitchcockian chill up anyone’s spine, though if you live anywhere near the coast – or increasingly in cities further inland – seagulls are part of the landscape, as ubiquitous as pigeons, but bigger. And much more vicious. picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

Compact, sturdy, made of recycled materials, likeable and full of symbolism, no other vehicle is as closely connected with the history of modern Germany as the Trabant.
The best-case scenario would see the first “Trabant nT” with electric motor ready for sale in 2012. picked by ThirDeye 2 months ago

When he told his design team that his figure-hugging outfits would be paraded down the runway by size 12 and 14 models, two of his people were apparently so angry they quit. picked by nateebiinature 2 months ago

Smokey survived 13 shots to the head from an air rifle. (not the pictured cat) picked by topofall 2 months ago

Trenton man catches South American piranha in Delaware River picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

A resurgence of choking air pollution in Hong Kong probably signals that the worst of the economic crisis is over, according to economists and industry watchers. picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

Just six months ago, Robbie and Susan Goodrich of Marquette, Mich., were expecting their second child.

Now Robbie Goodrich is the single father of two young children as he mourns the death of his wife while some two dozen women visit his house in shifts to breast-feed his infant son. picked by Marli 2 months ago

Bay Area architects Ronald Rael and Virginia San Fratello have called for stabilizing the disused – and soon to be entirely dismantled – portion of the Bay Bridge. They would then turn it into a pedestrianized urban park and outdoor sports attraction. picked by Ankabout 2 months ago

Alcohol may have been involved. No offense to farawaymore, that's what it's called here.

Update picked by meggysue 2 months ago

He hid the plants in plain sight. Nobody noticed until he harvested it. picked by meggysue 2 months ago

Thompson, a World War II veteran, said he didn't even notice he was standing outside in the dark without any clothes on. picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

In a transcript of a CNN interview released today, President Dmitry Medvedev says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made the assurance on a secret visit to Moscow this month. picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

One breed, the savannah, is capable of jumping 7ft vertically in the air and can grow three times bigger than a domestic cat. picked by kakana 2 months ago

A father in eastern India gave away his teenage daughter to a fellow gambler after he lost a card game, with police launching a hunt to retrieve the girl. picked by kakana 2 months ago

"The Indian healthcare system is an anarchic hodgepodge, with little insurance, little regulation and a range of services offered by hundreds of government-run, trust-run and corporate hospitals. The care it produced for me was fast, effective, courteous and cheaper than American medicine, even when adjusted for the lower cost of living." picked by gammerus 2 months ago

But you don't have to be a Buddhist monk or an expert on brain plasticity to help increase global compassion. There is evidence that altruistic acts spread through social networks. In other words, if you are kind to a friend, they are more likely to be kind to someone else they know. picked by kakana 2 months ago

Since Mahmoud Ahmadinejad first became Iran's President in August 2005, the economy has gone from "bad" to "worse." Quite an interesting story. Take some time to fully read it. picked by 2manyusernames 2 months ago

Information Minister Dora Akunyili has asked movie houses in the capital of Abuja to stop screening "District 9" because the South Africa-based sci-fi movie about aliens and discrimination makes Nigerians look bad. picked by proverb 2 months ago

One in seven Germans want the Berlin Wall back because they were better off when the country was divided.

How very German of them. picked by proverb 2 months ago

I wonder who counted them? picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

What to some may seem like a disgusting place that one hastens to pass is a suitable sleeping place for others. Drainage pipes, train stations, garbage bins, house entrances and really any little ledge not claimed by anyone else are turned into makeshift beds by millions of homeless children every night. picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

If you feel you must check your Facebook at someone else's computer while you're breaking into their house, please remember to log out afterwards. picked by suckersklub 2 months ago