Vincent van Gogh wrote extensive letters to his brother, mother, and many others. Here is a complete listing of them all. Searchable via keyword text, topic, or chronological order. Get a look into the great one's tortured soul. picked by Moe 1 year ago

Could a smoking ban spell the end of Amsterdam's world famous coffee shops, where smoking cannabis is one of the main attractions? No chance, says local conservative politician and coffee shop owner Michael Veling. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Struggling in frigid temperatures a horse named Beau floated in an old spring well for about four hours on Friday. His owner, Linda Smiley, watched helplessly as rescue workers tried to pull the four-year-old horse from the icy water. She was visibly shaken as she talked about her family's horse. picked by dollyllama 10 months ago

Human remains were discovered by mechanics performing a post-flight inspection early Thursday in the nose wheel well of a United Airlines Boeing 747. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

Time is no longer a simple line from the past to the future, in a four dimensional world consisting of three dimensions of space and one of time. Instead, Roger Highfield envisages the passage of history as curves embedded in a six dimensionals, with four of space and two of time. picked by DrNothing 12 months ago

Upon their return home from Amsterdam many people recount colorful stories of how they ‘accidentally’ visited a coffeeshop (just like they ‘innocently stumbled into’ the infamous Red Light District).

If you don’t want to make the same mistake - or conversely, if you do - pay attention... picked by kissmenow 2 years ago

Roadworks in southern Greece have unearthed a rare Mycenaean grave thought to be well over 3,000 years old and containing important burial offerings including a gold chalice. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

(lots of reading)

alternately theres HowStuffWorks on time travel picked by camro77 2 years ago

Stunning simulations that give a multi-dimensional glimpse into the interior of stars show that material bubbling around the convection zone induces a rich spectrum of internal gravity waves in the stable layers above and below. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

There may never be a campaign to save the Puget Sound ratfish; no one really loves the ugly fish with rodent-like front teeth. But when a rare albino ratfish was found during a marine survey this past summer, scientists decided it was time to educate the public about the most abundant fish in local waters. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Sometimes they swing, sometimes they miss. The best, and worst Time covers reveal how we looked at news and ourselves in peacetime, war, depression and boom. picked by mobase 7 months ago

A rare 111-year-old New Zealand reptile with links to the age of the dinosaurs is to become a father for the first time in at least 38 years after regaining an interest in sex. picked by AfroMosHi 2 months ago

According to Professor Paul Davies "Scientists have no doubt whatever that it is possible to build a time machine to visit the future". Since the publication of Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity in 1905, few, if any, scientists would dispute that time travel to the future is perfectly possible. picked by shredtone 2 years ago

In a relatively short amount of time, we have become a nation of caffeine addicts. Science has barely had time to study the effects of consumption at this volume. New research does, however, suggest that caffeine may not give us the instant jolt of productivity, alertness, and happiness we think it does. And most of us, it turns out, are using the drug all wrong. picked by BernardBlack 2 months ago

Honduran police have found seven corpses inside a well that authorities believe served as a body dump for the Mara Salvatrucha street gang. picked by tlovesd 2 years ago

Emma Spaulding Bryant wrote these ten letters to her husband in the summer of 1873. Because these letters are unusually frank for this time period, they reveal much about the relationships between husbands and wives in this era, and shed light on medical practices that were often kept private. picked by MissWinkle 4 months ago

"If you are considering writing a love letter to your sweetheart, you might want to take a look at some of the most famous love letters of all times from celebrities of their time. The most important thing to know about love letters is that the best love letters come from the heart. You might not be able to write a poetic love letter like these, but let them inspire you to write a love lette... read full post picked by thephrog 2 years ago

Guy Petzall writes letters to companies with odd questions, gets answers, and posts them. picked by Mershaullk 2 years ago

Rather, a story of what your coffee has to go through to get to your cup. Produced by Holbrooks, a coffee shop, so they describe what happens to the beans they sell.

From Bean To Barista. Want to know what goes on in the time between sowing a coffee bean and finally drinking it at your favourite Espresso Bars? picked by psycmoe 5 days ago

New Mexico Tech students' bomb-shaped entry won second place in a national competition to see which ceramic coffee mug would best survive a two-story fall. picked by gnikgnok 1 year ago