Despite everyone’s carefree joy in singing Happy Birthday to You, this simple song puts you in legal jeopardy every time it exits your mouth. picked by Bornbad 11 months ago

Police in Taiwan served a lonely man cake and sang happy birthday after arresting him for stealing a goose to celebrate on his own, an officer in charge said. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Tom and Katie Cruise’s doll-like daughter Suri is to be trained in Scientology after her third birthday this week.

*and you need a license to drive a car* picked by Bornbad 8 months ago

In one instance, a Scientology security guard attempted to deny a disabled senior citizen from walking to her home; this was documented on a popular YouTube video which has spawned a new internet catch phrase to describe Scientology: “Bad People“. picked by kissmenow 1 year ago

Today would have been John's 68th birthday. Yoko Ono explains a project launching this week in honor of John Lennon's birthday, the "Imagine Peace Tower" and a request for a prayer for peace. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

This weekend just gone marks the 20th birthday of the internet worm, which Robert Tappan Morris created on November 2nd 1988. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Flowers "wave" at insects to get their attention, scientists have discovered.

The finding helps explain why many flowers waft in the breeze, and reveals a hitherto unknown trick used to attract pollinators. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Were he alive today he would be 114. Here's a bit of information on the man. Cruel, sure; but he certainly played a major role in shaping our world.

Happy Birthday, Mao. (do you mind if I call you Mao? please don't have me executed) picked by donteatpoop 2 years ago

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! picked by gammerus 3 years ago

On this day three decades ago, Sony's original blue-and-silver Walkman went on sale in Japan, launching an era of personal, portable music and generations of oblivious subway riders and pedestrians. picked by bornbad 5 months ago

Flowers have traditionally been used in many types of cooking: European, Asian, East Indian, Victorian English, and Middle Eastern. Early American settlers also used flowers as food. This site is a useful resource for growing, harvesting and cooking flowers picked by DemureArt 2 years ago

Germany could be asked to ban the U.S.-based Church of Scientology under a Hamburg security official’s proposal that contends the group violates human rights. picked by kissmenow 2 years ago

Jewish tradition regards one's Jewish birthday to be fraught with meaning and relevance and, in some ways, even a mini-Rosh Hashanah! On your Jewish birthday your mazel (good fortune) is dominant.
Figure out your exact Jewish birthday. picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago

It's not just Darwin today, but as Bornbad was kind enough to give a shout out to a Great Brit born today I'm here doing the same by winging a huge chunk of birthday cake across the pond to one Mr Abraham Lincoln - 12th February 1809.

Now does anyone have his address. I know it's somewhere in Gettysburg. picked by pocksucket 10 months ago

Create your own Scientology church sign. picked by kissmenow 2 years ago

Hobart Anderson of New Ulm turned 80 recently and with his birthday came a surprise. He got a birthday card signed by Collette Hartung. She was his teacher _ 70 years ago. He says he was very, very surprised. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

And to think what did we do before Google.

Update: It's no longer Google's birthday so the link is not as cool and the logo they used isn't on the logo page. Sorry to all those who missed it. picked by bonsai1776 2 years ago

Lena Thouless, a great-grandmother, from Bowthorpe, Norwich, has spent all her life celebrating her birthday on November 23.

But detective work by her daughter Lena Brooks discovered she should have tucked into her birthday cake the day before. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

An Australian man who was a former high-ranking member of the Church of Scientology is calling for the religion to be "totally dismantled" because of the human rights abuses he says it inflicts on its followers. picked by doggylives 2 years ago

This is a pretty revealing and frightening interview with the son of the founder of Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard, Jr.

"Scientology and all the other cults are one-dimensional, and we live in a three-dimensional world. Cults are as dangerous as drugs. They commit the highest crime: the rape of the soul." picked by mahler87 2 years ago