A 19-year-old suburban Detroit resident is on track to graduate from The University of Michigan after just a year of study. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

In a year in which roughly 17,000 leading presidential contenders, plus of course Dennis Kucinich, held roughly 63,000 debates, during which they spewed out roughly 153 trillion words; and yet the only truly memorable phrase emitted in any political context was ``Don't tase me, Bro!'' you know there will be a lot of humor to find. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Jon pokes fun at Time's 'Person of the Year' award. picked by Boomshank 3 years ago

The Chinese New Year traditionally begins the first day of the lunar month. The Lunar New Year is named after an animal from the Chinese Zodiac and is considered a major holiday for Chinese communities. picked by Bornbad 10 months ago

How weird a year was it?
Here's how weird. picked by Bornbad 11 months ago

Some people measure years in music or photos, but we like to measure the year in the little blips on the radar that are 15-minute celebrities.
*how about Edward Smith*
Briefly famous for: Admitting to having sex with over 1000 cars.
<---or Joe the plumber picked by Bornbad 11 months ago

Details of 2,000 suspects wanted by Dutch Police languished unchecked within the Crown Prosecution Service for a year. Eleven of the people listed have since gone on to commit crimes within Britain, including serious assault. picked by Pocksucket 2 years ago

"All the beer consumed in the US each year could fill one out of every 25 residential in-ground pools in the US"
and other fancy facts. picked by suckersklub 1 year ago

Call it the year of the remake if you will. Seems that's what Hollywood's betting on to surpass 2008's record-breaking box office fever ignited by Indy, Bond, Iron Man and Batman. picked by Bornbad 11 months ago

The rather new trend of people writing about doing something for a year.

Why do people want to write about "Not having sex for a year", or "Having sex with my husband every day for a year"? picked by Ankabout 3 months ago

An Austrian woman lived with the mummified remains of her aunt for a year after she died at age 96. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Women who use make-up on a daily basis are absorbing almost 5lb of chemicals a year into their bodies picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

Interestingly enough, so are a good majority of the Seventy Year Old Men in this country. picked by muppetmaker 1 year ago

Chinese students are giving pornographic cards as gifts for the upcoming Lunar New Year's Day ...and each one has a small paper fortune enclosed. picked by BrownTrout 3 years ago

Each year, dozens have run down the streets of Boulder, CO wearing only shoes and a hollowed-out pumpkin on their heads. Not this year. Police threatened participants this year with indecent exposure charges. Or maybe it was the foot of snow that fell.. Either way.. picked by equinox 3 weeks ago

A Parkway School District teacher said he was using a teaching technique when he twice ordered a 7-year-old student to hit himself in the head as hard as he could with a pair of drum mallets. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

The Sun has been strangely unblemished this year. On more than 200 days so far this year, no sunspots were spotted. That makes the Sun blanker this year than in any year since 1954, when it was spotless for 241 days. picked by psycmoe 1 year ago

In a year when everyone was looking for a bailout, politics really came through in the clutch for comedy. We had a governor gone rogue, a reverend gone wild, imaginary snipers and, of course, everyone’s favorite mavericky, Prada-wearing hockey mom. As a salute to those who made this the funniest year since, well, last year, here’s a look back at 2008’s most memorable feats and fo... read full post picked by DerAlt 11 months ago

Gosh! Your evening dress, prepared for the New Year celebrations, is not the right size already! And the holiday is approaching us inevitability. But you still have a couple of days in stock. A dress will fit you well, if you keep to a fast diet. picked by femina 3 years ago

A 12 year old girl wrote on MySpace about how her father and stepmother gave her cocaine.

The police found this rather interesting and decided to chat with them about it. picked by Boomshank 3 years ago