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

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

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! picked by gammerus 3 years 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

Everything you ever wanted to know about the famous fowl... After Mike's "pecker" was lopped off, he lived for 18 months and actually gained another 5 1/2 lbs! picked by BrownTrout 3 years 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

French chemist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur was born 12/27/1822 pioneered the creation of vaccines for rabies, anthrax and helped developed pasteurization (he helped invent the method to stop milk and wine from causing sickness). Drink up! picked by Bornbad 11 months 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

It's hard to miss the celebrations this week of the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth, but unlike the life of Einstein, the public is remarkably ignorant of the real story of the father of evolution.
*However, here are some strange facts about Darwin* picked by Bornbad 10 months ago

Music video to mark 5th anniversary of Iraq War picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

One of the most infectious laughs ever! Celebrating the 73rd birthday of Elvis Presley with the laughing version of "Are You Lonesome Tonight?"

Please ignore cheesy wipes. picked by beckinacea 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

13th March, 1989, Tim Berners-Lee laid out his thoughts on setting up a system of accessing a vast repository of knowledge from remote location. From this paper, The World Wide Web was born. Thinking about it, I don't think this is The World Wide Web's birthday. I think it's the anniversary of when Tim Berners-Lee got busy with The World Wide Web's momma. Which was presumably a server or some... read full post picked by pocksucket 9 months ago

Can you guess why this chap is so happy!? Utilise his massive manhood - remarkably he fits perfectly into the top of a bottle! And he is happy to wait there until thirst strikes again - he loves it! picked by AutumnLotus 12 months 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

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

Send Obama some birthday wishes... right to his Twitter! picked by nateebiinature 4 months ago

Pretty self explanatory. Lets see how many he can get. picked by TheBlueFrog 3 years ago

Osama bin Laden, if he's alive, celebrated his 50th birthday on Saturday, and his friends in the Taliban prayed for his long life. picked by DoggySpew 3 years ago

A late happy birthday, on July 27, 1940, Bugs Bunny made his first appearance in “A Wild Hare.” Bugs Bunny went on to star in almost 200 animated shorts. picked by veronla21 1 year ago