Horatio the goldfish has stunned his owner by spending the last five years swimming around upside down.

Aussie also swims upside down. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

This site does as it says on the tin. Upside down dogs galore!

Warning - Potentially disturbing and offending to anyone who finds upside down dogs offending or disturbing picked by doggylives 1 year ago

A horse found itself upside down and stuck in the mud after throwing its rider and slipping backwards into a ditch. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

This may look like a colourful smile in the sky - but in fact it's an upside down rainbow caused by freak weather. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Don't worry, he still sniffs butts right side up... (hey, it's news in China). picked by Browntrout 3 years ago

At the 50-acre Glacier Gardens in Alaska, designers added an unusual flair by uprooting more than twenty hemlock and spruce trees, flipping them over, and using the trunks as natural flower pots. website picked by Bingo 4 months ago

Page after page of this unsettling effect applied to well-known folks. picked by bornbad 5 months ago

Spectators cheered when the riders were brought to the ground from the highest point of the X-Coaster, but one passenger threw up after reaching safety. picked by BrownTrout 2 years ago

When a university student leaves for spring break, his room is turned completely upside down. Hilarious prank, well-documented in photos! Inspired to post by Pink!!!. picked by beckinacea 3 years ago

The brownsnout spookfish has two sets of eyes. One regular pair looks up and the second mirrored pair look down. The mirrors focus what little light there is from below more efficiently than a regular ocular lens.

But that doesn't explain it's name - did it get those eyes by sucking up to more important fish. picked by pocksucket 11 months ago

As Linden Dollars can be exchanged for real world currencies and vice versa, suspicion is that this could be used to launder the proceeds of crime. picked by Pocksucket 2 years ago

and how was your Christmas? picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

This hapless sheep has become a real life 'ram-bo' after inadvertently abseiling down a hill when its horn became snagged on an electricity wire.

The unfortunate sheep was spotted bleating for help more than 15 feet above the ground next to an telegraph pole. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

A Brit woman had been asked by a housing association employee to take down her Christmas lights since they could be "offensive to the community". picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

In the "highly offensive" episode, which aired on May 27, a brother and sister who were having an incestuous relationship were told their unborn child was likely to have Down syndrome as a consequence.

"All Saints has stigmatised every person with Down syndrome and their families." picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Oklahoma has struck down a law that would fine people for disseminating violent videogames to children, $1,000 for each offense, even if those people happen to be the parents of the children who receive the games. picked by punthe 2 years ago

Drug lord Pablo Escobar's hippo died the same way Escobar did - hunted down and shot by the authorities for posing a danger to the public.

*update to this story. picked by kakana 5 months ago

An elderly woman misunderstood instructions while checking in at Sweden's main airport and was whisked down a baggage chute after she placed herself instead of her luggage on the belt. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

An adrenaline junkie has taken in-line skating to new heights and set a new world record after racing down a roller coaster at speeds of 56mph.

Dirk Auer decided to go where no sane man or woman had gone before and skated down an 860 metre track in just over a minute. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

A new book by Richard Woolcott, who ran Australia's foreign service for four years, points to the pitfalls of translating thoughts into different languages. Take the Australian diplomat in France who tried to tell his French audience that as he looked back on his career, it was divided in two parts, with dull postings before life in Paris. "When I look at my backside, I find it is divided in... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago