This is an old article (and a similar one to Bingo's post), but I've recently discovered barefoot running and am very interested.

I'm fascinated by this statement: "For the fun of it. One of [Tarahumara Indians] recently came first in a prestigious 100-mile race wearing nothing but a toga and sandals. He was 57 years old."

FOR THE FUN OF IT????? picked by icepigs 4 weeks ago

The only three McDonald's in Iceland have closed their doors. picked by Moe 4 weeks ago

As the plane rolled from one stomach-churning maneuver to another, the passenger was probably wishing that he was somewhere else.
Then, just like that, he was! picked by tigertony 4 weeks ago

Michael Brewer was doused in rubbing alcohol (!) set on fire by 5 peers and now sixty-five percent of his body is covered with second- and third-degree burns.
"People are writing horror stories ... but people just can't imagine the kind of sickness we're talking about," said Dr. Nicholas Namias, medical director of the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital Burn Center in Miami. picked by julea 4 weeks ago

Six million American children are taking psychiatric drugs, but most have never been tested on children. Is this good medicine-or an uncontrolled experiment?

(Also a special on PBS tomorrow) picked by bingo 4 weeks ago

A criminal investigation and allegations of misplaced bodies and shoddy care have roiled the famous burial ground picked by 2manyusernames 4 weeks ago

One of the most celebrated functions of the Internet is an unprecedented ability for people to connect. This has led to social networks, online dating, and, it turns out, a lot of people connecting over really strange things. Here are some of the more interesting clubs that the internet has helped give life to. picked by iamamaniac 4 weeks ago

Swathes of dirty clouds brood over a coal plant in rural Japan, but scientists are now hoping to send the pollutants the other way, deep into the bowels of Mother Earth.

No one seems to think this is a good idea picked by bingo 1 month ago

For more than eight centuries, the Nasca culture prospered in the coastal valleys of Peru until its sudden downfall around 600 AD.

A team of archaeologists has now found convincing evidence the decline was self-inflicted and began with the cutting down of a tree that could have protected them from devastating climate change. picked by bingo 1 month ago

What happens when two genres meet each other somewhere in a sausage plant in Chicago? I'm talking about a true crime story and a true ghost story. Adolph Louis Luetgert wanted to get rid of his wife, and since he had this Sausage & Packing Company.... but his wife came back.

Though he still insisted to be innocent of her murder, his dead wife was haunting him and seeking her revenge, he said. picked by bingo 1 month ago

A seventh-grader and her 80-year-old grandfather are allegedly the first people to discover that President Barack Obama is related to all other U.S. presidents except one. picked by bingo 1 month ago

An Australian woman who spent more than 60 years in an iron lung to treat polio has died at the age of 83. June Middleton entered the Guinness World Book of Records in 2006 as the person who has spent the longest time in an iron lung. An American woman hs also been in an irong lung for 60 years. picked by suebe 1 month ago

Four years after Anthony Sowell was released from a U.S. prison after serving 15 years for a rape conviction, police found six decomposing bodies at his Ohio home. picked by drogue 1 month ago

They are doomed to extinction and these pictures prove it. Absolutely NSFW, unless you are one of these geeks, in which case you won't even notice. picked by equinox 1 month ago

Dennis Hopper has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and is canceling all travel plans to focus on treatment, his manager said Thursday.
The 73-year-old actor and artist is being treated through a "special program" at the University of Southern California picked by bingo 1 month ago

A chewed remote control, a dog, and $62.50 less in the bank account. For Greg Stroke, this could only mean one thing: his dog had purchased 5,000 Xbox points -- worth $62 -- while he and his girlfriend were asleep. picked by suebe 1 month ago

Watch an unthinking human sneeze without covering his mouth! Watch his virus invade your body and wreak havoc! Watch it take over your DNA and clone itself millions of times! Watch it launch itself into your blood stream! Hope your immune system beats its little viral ass! picked by meggysue 1 month ago

Queens NY GOP nominee Dan Halloran is not just any Pagan: he is the "First Atheling," or King, of New Normandy, which is the Greater New York Area branch of the Théod faith of pre-Christian Heathen religions.

This should be interesting! picked by meggysue 1 month ago

When she went in for her surgery, Ms Daalman, a secretary in a local estate agents, told doctors: 'I don't know why but I felt an urge to eat the silverware - I could not help myself.' picked by meggysue 1 month ago

What's inside that storage carton in the back corner of your crawl space? Imagine if it was a one-of-a-kind original pressing of a Beatles record. Now imagine if there were four of them. picked by suebe 1 month ago

The Mayans didn't predict the end of the world in 2012, and they clearly didn't predict whatever catastrophe submerged their sacred city thousands of years ago. Now divers are exploring Samabaj, an ancient paradise now sunk below the surface of a secret Guatemalan lake. picked by equinox 1 month ago

A 'legless' hedgehog was found rolling around an orchard after getting drunk by gorging on fermented apples.

This would be a good place for a joke about drinks being 'spiked' picked by pandorarin 1 month ago

Christopher Lee (the voice of DEATH in the Terry Pratchett movies) has been knighted!

Hooray for Sir Lee! picked by bcgrote 1 month ago

WJLA officials said the segments are providing an important service because many women don't know how to properly check their breasts.

During the next sweeps period, they'll air videos of men masturbating - because that's been shown to reduce the likelihood of prostate cancer. picked by cecilberman 1 month ago

I found this to be so creative. Take a common comic costume, and take it to the next level! Great idea! picked by analumass 1 month ago