This subject has been touched on before...but this isn't exactly a dupe. It has the "mosquito" ringtones organized by age...depending on how old you are, you should be able to hear certain tones. Great for tormenting the kids! (I'm 29 and can barely hear the 30 & under tone.) picked by lpoindexter 1 year ago

Famed chef Julia Child shared a secret with Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg and Chicago White Sox catcher Moe Berg at a time when the Nazis threatened the world.

They served in an international spy ring managed by an early version of the CIA. picked by lpoindexter 1 year ago

Sheriff's Deputies in Dewitt County (Texas) say they caught a strange creature on their camera and tried to chase it.

I don't know what it is, but it doesn't really look like a dog/coyote to me. picked by lpoindexter 1 year ago

Percy, Norman, Edna and Gertrude are just a few of the classic British names that could soon be consigned to the graveyard of history. Many popular baby names of years gone by are quite literally dying out with the passing of an older generation. picked by lpoindexter 1 year ago

A man believed to have died in a Colorado flood in 1976 has been found living in Oklahoma.

He didn't know he had been counted among the 144 victims of the Big Thompson Canyon flood until a resident called him last year. picked by lpoindexter 1 year ago

A giant pair of bloomers which belonged to Queen Victoria sold for nine times their estimate at an auction in Britain Wednesday.

"These pants, considering their provenance and pedigree, are very exciting," said auctioneer Charles Hanson. picked by lpoindexter 1 year ago

NEW YORK - A 12-year-old girl fell into a chimney on the roof of her apartment building, plummeted 14 stories down the flue and landed almost unscathed in a pile of furnace soot. picked by lpoindexter 1 year ago

A jilted South Korean has lost a court bid for repayment of the money he spent on his dates. He had made his ex sign a written promise to repay the sum he allegedly spent. picked by lpoindexter 1 year ago

An update to the story.

The "miracle" window washer who survived a 47-story fall from a New York City skyscraper said today in an exclusive interview on "Good Morning America" that he's grateful to be alive and that the Big Apple is his home. picked by lpoindexter 1 year ago

Guests at a hotel in Ouray, Colo., said they were surprised when a "cute, little cinnamon bear" walked onto hotel grounds and got into the pool with them.

"We're doing what we can to keep our guests safe," said the general manager. picked by lpoindexter 1 year ago

Egyptian archaeologists unveiled on Thursday a 4,000-year-old "missing pyramid" that is believed to have been discovered by an archaeologist almost 200 years ago and never seen again.

Apparently lighthouses aren't the only things that go missing. picked by lpoindexter 1 year ago

Saving the living has always been the No. 1 priority for a New York City ambulance crew. But a select group of paramedics may soon have a different task altogether: saving the dead. The city is considering creating a special ambulance whose crew would rush to collect the newly deceased and preserve the body so that the organs might be taken for transplant. picked by lpoindexter 1 year ago

Local historians for decades thought the 30-foot tall lighthouse that once overlooked Wellfleet Harbor had been taken down and destroyed in 1925. Turns out, it had just been moved to the California coast. picked by lpoindexter 1 year ago

Some in eastern Minnesota say there's a large, serpentlike creature living in the Mississippi River's Lake Pepin. The Lake City Tourism Bureau has helped set up a $50,000 reward for hooking, netting or capturing the creature on a camera.

I could use $50K, too bad I live in Texas. picked by lpoindexter 1 year ago

From a little "green" notebook to a transformer phone that turns into a mini-entertainment center. And none are available in the US :( picked by lpoindexter 1 year ago

As residents in Hugo begin to move on from last week's tornado, some say they noticed a few bizarre things amid all the damage. Jason Akins said the twister unwound a roll of toilet paper in his bathroom — draped it across the countertop, then rewound it in the sink. The toilet paper didn't even rip. picked by lpoindexter 1 year ago

England's enigmatic Stonehenge served as a burial ground from its earliest beginnings and for several hundred years thereafter, new research indicates.

Dating of cremated remains shows burials took place as early as 3000 B.C., when the first ditches around the monument were being built, researchers said Thursday. picked by lpoindexter 2 years ago

In response to inquiries from grieving relatives, local officials announced Monday that parents whose only child was killed or grievously injured in the May 12 earthquake would be exempt from the country’s one-child policy. picked by lpoindexter 2 years ago

A federal appeals court today upheld a 2006 ruling that U.S. paper money discriminates against the blind. The decision may force the Treasury Department to redesign the currency, which might result in bills that are different sizes or embossed with raised markings. picked by lpoindexter 2 years ago

Akhenaten wasn't the most manly pharaoh, even though he fathered at least a half-dozen children. In fact, his form was quite feminine, which has puzzled experts for years. And he was a bit of an egghead. picked by lpoindexter 2 years ago

Starting next month, people in Washington, D.C. will be able to rent a bicycle day and night with the swipe of a membership card. picked by lpoindexter 2 years ago