The Cheung Kong Center in Hong Kong have refused to hold an exhibition of wooden clogs because they are bad Feng Shui. picked by pocksucket 7 months ago

Sailors have a higher sex drive than other mortals, according to a new study by boffins in raunchy Amsterdam.

*I think it's the semen* picked by Bornbad 7 months ago

The splashes, barks and grunts of baleen whales carry much more meaning than biologists thought, according to the latest survey of the marine mammals.
The scientists behind the study say that these noises could be the ideal characteristics for conservationists to monitor to understand the growing impact of noises made by humans on the underwater environment.
[audio clip in article] picked by bingo 1 year ago

Hydro Physio Lifestyle Underwater Treadmill — 'The Natural Advantage' picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

He was out checking animal traps when he became trapped. He survived his 4-day ordeal by eating the carcases he had collected, even though they had rotted. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

A man who found himself trapped inside a store recently in Malmo, Sweden, eventually escaped by writing messages on the window in his own blood. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Beneath the surface of many lakes around the world stand sprawling underwater forests. Towering trees that may have been submerged for decades but are no less usable than trees plucked from land forests. picked by cactushair 11 months ago

A horse trapped for six days in a ravine in the Santa Ana Mountains has been freed, with the help of a rescue helicopter. Story with earlier details picked by suebe 11 months ago

Expected to be completed later this year, Hydropolis will be the world's first luxury underwater hotel. Guests will be welcomed at the land station. From there, the connecting tunnel will transport people by train to the main area of the hotel which houses 220 suites. picked by Bingo 4 months ago

An awesome parody of R-Kelly's Trapped in the closet. picked by Jerry520 2 years ago

A 650-million-year-old underwater reef, 10 times higher than the Great Barrier Reef, has been discovered in the middle of Australia's outback. The ancient reef, formed nearly 100 million years before the first known animal life evolved, is the only one of its age in the world. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

While British divers invented underwaterhockey to spend the winter months their continental nemesis - Germany - found diving at winter temperatures equally unpleasant resulting in the invention of underwater rugby. Simply exercising to maintain your physical fitness for only a few months of actual diving a year gets boring eventually, a problem solved creatively by inventing an underwater ball gam... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

An investigation is under way in Australia over claims that navy sailors competed with each other to bed their female colleagues for cash prizes. picked by makuus 5 months ago

Scientists from Canada, Britain and Sweden have pieced together the fossils of a super underwater predator dubbed the Tyrannosaurus rex of the Cambrian era. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

Deep inside an underwater cave in Mexico, archaeologists may have discovered the oldest human skeleton ever found in the Americas. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Residents of Cheyenne, Wyoming have been trapped in their homes by mounds of tumbleweeds which blew down from the high plains and blocking residents' doors and prompting a city cleanup project. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Linda Sims told the paper that her daughter was claustrophobic, and that she questions why she was not called when her daughter first became trapped in the elevator. picked by smarty1052 1 year ago

In a hilly island city like Hong Kong, living space is limited. Here you only see the laboriously constructed huts made of corrugated iron and planks of wood in which the poorest of the poor live if you look upwards – they occupy, to put it in cynical terms, a penthouse location. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

Sounds like a plot from a James Bond flick but, a complex machine was discovered under the track capable of shooting darts at the horses. picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago

A tiny Hong Kong apartment is a model of flexible living, featuring sliding wall units and fold-down tables and chairs. It looks like open space, but behind movable walls, this tiny apartment holds surprises. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago