Three adults and three children have died after eight floors of a London tower block were engulfed in flames, the fire brigade has confirmed.
Dozens of people were trapped after the blaze broke out on the fourth floor of the flats in Camberwell, south London, shortly after 4.10pm. picked by Bingo 5 months ago

From a pool of about seven billion, those hard-working geniuses at People magazine have managed to find the 100 most beautiful people in the whole wide world. And - get ready for the surprise - almost all of those beautiful people are rich American celebrities. picked by TraumaMamma 7 months ago

People Who Don't Know How to Navigate a Four-Way Stop or an Uncontrolled Intersection

Can a lady get a wave, please? Just a courtesy wave. That's all I ask. These people are under the impression that rules do not apply to them. They do not have to wait their turn because they are special. They are probably the worst people on this entire list, and that includes wizards. picked by suebe 8 months ago

The University of the People is based on the premise that education is crucial to the advancement of individuals and of society at large. There are millions of people around the world, especially in developing countries, who are excluded from higher education for various reasons: some live far away from academic institutions, others cannot afford the admission fee and tuition for the local univers... read full post picked by dollyllama 7 months ago

Awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com is a collection of the worst library holdings. The items featured here are so old, obsolete, awful or just plain stupid that we are horrified that people might be actually checking these items out and depending on the information. picked by bornbad 5 months ago

More than 1,100 pieces of Bruce Springsteen memorabilia have been returned to the Asbury Park Public Library in New Jersey after library officials filed a police complaint against the men who had taken out the items. picked by suebe 12 months ago

Steve Harwood likes to talk to famous people. Famous people are less keen and so retaliate. Luckily on each and every occasion a photographer has been there to capture the exact moment of pugnacity. picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

Two women are facing fraud charges for staging fake funerals of fake people. They had a plan to collect $1 million from insurance policies on people who didn't exist. If convicted they could face up to 100 years in federal prison. picked by suebe 8 months ago

A new library allows readers to borrow people for a 30-minute chat. Here's the experience of one man who offered himself as a human book picked by davethefish 2 years ago

Miniture people invade the streets of London.

But is it Art? picked by brightoncub 3 years ago

Any librarian who has pulled a tour of duty on the circulation desk of a public library has a few tales to tell about the curious objects people use, and then forget to remove, as bookmarks.
I hear those library tours of duty can be rough. picked by gnikgnok 3 years ago

Out of some 14 million prints, photographs and other visual materials at the Library of Congress, more than 3,000 photos are being made available on our new Flickr page. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Patrons of the Schaumburg Township District Library have never been allowed to bring in the noise. Now they can't bring in the funk. The library recently added "offensive bodily odors" picked by kakana 8 months ago

An Iowa woman has been arrested because she failed to return a library book. She is accused of keeping "The Freedom Writers Diary." picked by Bornbad 10 months ago

The truth is your body can take a lot of abuse, and we've all heard amazing stories of people living through hacked off limbs, extreme temperatures and even falling out of airplanes. So how much punishment can the human body take? Well, under certain circumstances you can apparently survive... picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

That's what happens when photographers forget to tell people to say "cheeeeeeese". picked by bornbad 6 months ago

Short film where 100 different people who are arranged according to their age, hit a drum picked by wildminou 2 years ago

Israel states that the Jewish people arose in the Land of Israel and was exiled from its homeland. Schoolchildren are taught that this happened during the period of Roman rule, in 70 CE. The nation remained loyal to its land, to which it began to return after two millennia of exile. Wrong, says the historian Shlomo Zand. There never was a Jewish people, only a Jewish religion, and the exile also n... read full post picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

What do you suppose are the most well-kept secrets in the world? The launch codes for the American nuclear arsenal? The location of Jimmy Hoffa's bones? Not even close. Below are secrets that only two people on planet Earth know. Sometimes they have very good reasons to keep these secrets so fiercely. Other times, not so much. picked by sharon22 2 months ago

As the annual International Whaling Commission meeting stumbles to a close, unable to negotiate a compromise between whaling opponents and people who’ve killed more than 40,000 whales since 1985, scientists say these aquatic mammals are more than mere animals. They might even deserve to be considered people. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago