I can't imagine the time it took to make this stop animation short from the creative minds of PES picked by DaftGretel 2 weeks ago

by Remco


1960s toy commercial picked by DaftGretel 3 weeks ago

If you don't mind your humor mixed with a bit of swearing, then check out this music video from "Sons of Butcher" picked by DaftGretel 4 weeks ago

Federal fisheries officials now say the six sea lions found dead in traps on the Columbia River apparently were not shot to death.

Update to an earlier article I can't seem to find. If someone wants to link it for me, I'd appreciate it. picked by DaftGretel 3 months ago

Because they're engaged in a First Amendment-protected protest, the homeless people are exempt from Portland, Oregon's new sit-lie law, and the police are therefore powerless to move them on during the day.

Favorite quote from the article:

"This isn't camping, this is a protest." picked by Daftgretel 3 months ago

"They met each other on Sunday morning," clinic director Berthold Kepplinger told reporters Tuesday. "And it is astonishing how easy it worked, that the children came together and also it was astonishing how easy it happened that the grandmother and the mother came together." picked by DaftGretel 3 months ago

"They met each other on Sunday morning," clinic director Berthold Kepplinger told reporters Tuesday. "And it is astonishing how easy it worked, that the children came together and also it was astonishing how easy it happened that the grandmother and the mother came together." picked by DaftGretel 3 months ago

"They met each other on Sunday morning," clinic director Berthold Kepplinger told reporters Tuesday. "And it is astonishing how easy it worked, that the children came together and also it was astonishing how easy it happened that the grandmother and the mother came together." picked by DaftGretel 3 months ago

"They met each other on Sunday morning," clinic director Berthold Kepplinger told reporters Tuesday. "And it is astonishing how easy it worked, that the children came together and also it was astonishing how easy it happened that the grandmother and the mother came together." picked by DaftGretel 3 months ago

Family members at the center of a bizarre incest and imprisonment case spanning 24 years have held an "astonishing" reunion, medical officials say. picked by DaftGretel 3 months ago

Family members at the center of a bizarre incest and imprisonment case spanning 24 years have held an "astonishing" reunion, medical officials say. picked by DaftGretel 3 months ago

(NOT MY AUCTION - just wanted to share)

Easter Sunday I went to the store and, although a bag of potato chips was not on my grocery list, I decided to grab them anyway. It wasn't until my friends and I were a third of the way through the bag that I noticed in my handful of chips this one...and as soon as I saw it I jumped. picked by DaftGretel 4 months ago

Deputies are seeking a man accused of touching himself for self-gratification in front of a woman and her child at a Target store. picked by DaftGretel 5 months ago

Portland police tactical officers are at Terminal 4 of the Port of Portland this morning. They are searching for a gunman who wounded a security officer around 1:30 a.m.

*Link may ask for demographic info, but you can just make up anything picked by DaftGretel 5 months ago

An article from November 1939 in Natural History Magazine.

The giant clam yielded its treasure only after slaying a native diver trapped when its great jaws snapped shut. Worshiped as the gift of Allah, the 14-pound pearl was finally presented to the author by a Mohammedan chief whose son he saved from death. picked by DaftGretel 5 months ago

Watch just how many uses this strange looking bucket has!

My favorite part is the "Americans" demonstrating/using this amazing thing. The one guy sounds so comfortable! picked by DaftGretel 5 months ago

in 90 seconds picked by DaftGretel 9 months ago

The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office believes it knows who took a jar of money that was to help a 15-year-old cancer victim. picked by daftgretel 10 months ago

A funny sketch from "The Whitest Kids U Know" picked by daftgretel 10 months ago

Nestled within the confines of Monville's private pleasure garden, the Désert de Retz, it “stands like a solitary beacon, signaling the visitor to prepare for an encounter with the bizarre.” picked by daftgretel 10 months ago

In the midst of that quiet Sunday evening, in 1871, a tiny township was totally annihilated - charred by a gigantic fire that engulfed the buildings, the countryside, and even the townsfolk themselves. Even today the little-known blaze holds the distinction of being the deadliest fire ever to occur in the US. picked by daftgretel 10 months ago

Let’s face it: all the really good ideas for comic book villains were taken by, oh, around 1942. The writers have just been scraping the sides of the jar since then.

As proof we offer these villains who, in real life, couldn’t frighten a gazelle. picked by daftgretel 10 months ago

An easy, yet addictive, game where you pick turnips and jump over bad guys.

Click the mouse to jump. picked by daftgretel 10 months ago

Double amputee Nadya Vessey will soon be able to swim like a mermaid with a specially-made tail that will let her propel herself through the water.

The keen swimmer is to be fitted with the "mermaid-style" tail made by the same special effects team behind blockbuster Lord of the Rings and King Kong. picked by daftgretel 10 months ago

A CZECH speedway driver knocked unconscious in a crash stunned ambulance drivers when he woke up speaking perfect English.

Unfortunately, the speedway driver's new found skills didn’t last and he remembers nothing of the accident or the following two days. He is now keen pursue studies in English. picked by daftgretel 10 months ago