Some interesting things happened today in the world of music. As an example, The Coasters recorded "Charlie Brown", but wait there's more! picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Charles M. Schulz penned his last Peanuts comic, that were published 8 years ago today. Here they are.

He died the same day. picked by MUPpetMAKer 2 years ago

Take a moment to listen to that haunting Gordon Lightfoot tune and remember the Edmund Fitzgerald, which sank in a ferocious Lake Superior storm 32 years ago today. On Sunday, at Mariners' Church of Detroit, a bell will toll for the ship's 29 hands -- and all sailors lost on the Great Lakes -- in an annual memorial service starting at 11 a.m. picked by DrNothing 2 years ago

In 1981 David Byrne and Brian Eno collaborated on My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts - an album of great import and significance in the history of music.

On 18th August a new album from the pair will be released on this website. As of today there is a track available for free download. picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

In the history of our solar system, for the first time in 95 years, a month has gone by without a single spot forming on the sun’s surface.
(Notice: This report is out and FEMA hasn't responded yet) picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

Casper, which is 12 years old, boards the No3 service at 10.55am from outside his home in Plymouth, Devon, and travels the entire 11-mile route before returning home about an hour later. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

Former 'The View' co-host Meredith Viera joined the Today show permanently today. She took over Katie Couric's spot and NBC hopes to continue being the top rated show. picked by musicgirldani 3 years ago

How old is a piece of string? In this case, 8,000 years - making it the oldest length of string ever found in Britain. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

A couple have married more than 50 years after getting engaged as childhood sweethearts. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

A man who broke his left leg in a motorbike crash 29 years ago is to undergo an amazing operation to grow back 6cm of dead bone. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

A grandmother has been left virtually housebound for two years because she burps uncontrollably.

Jean Driscoll, 72, said she started belching two years ago and despite visits to two doctors and three hospitals, noone has been able to diagnose what it wrong with her. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months 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 4 weeks ago

Mirror, mirror, on the wall,
Who is the fairest of them all?
– Brothers Grimm, “Snow White”
We are at a crossroads. It is the beginning of a new administration and the end of an old one. There are those who would like to forget the last eight years. It’s the magic-slate idea. As if you could lift up an acetate window and those eight years would suddenly vanish. picked by Bornbad 10 months ago

A Family has worked a combined 300 years at General Motors. Their livelihood is now at stake.

Way to generate the emotional response to bail GM out. picked by JoshSF49 1 year ago

A Croatian man claims he has drunk nothing but Coca-Cola for the past 40 years – because he promised his mother he would not touch alcohol. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

Horses were first domesticated on the plains of northern Kazakhstan some 5,500 years ago -- 1,000 years earlier than thought -- by people who rode them and drank their milk, researchers said on Thursday. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

China houses several early-human (Paleolithic) archaeological sites along the Nihewan Basin near Mongolia, some with artifacts that date back about 1 million years ago. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The first call was made by the Queen on December 5, 1958 from the central telephone exchange in Bristol to the Lord Provost of Edinburgh. The Queen began the call with the words "This is the Queen speaking from Bristol. Good afternoon, my Lord Provost". picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

A Mount Airy man will spend 23 years in prison for fatally shaking his girlfriend’s 8-month-old son to death in February 2006 while trying to stop the infant from crying. picked by punthe 2 years ago

One species of burrowing frogs can survive for years buried in mud without food and water. New research has figured out how the frog and other "super-sleeper" animals do it. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago