On June 30, the California Court of Appeal held that a man who was burned by the huge bonfire that ends the Burning Man festival each year could not sue the festival organizers. Anthony Beninati admitted he had intentionally walked into the fire, and that he had previously known fire was hot. picked by bornbad 16 hours ago

One of the not-so-great joys of my new trailer is that it came with an infestation of black widow spiders. We would open the galley, and there one would be: black, and shiny, with horribly pointy legs and a big, fat abdomen. picked by bornbad 16 hours ago

The surface is as calm as a cup of tea and and there is no danger of getting lost on a stretch of canal a little over 7ft wide.
Even so, you don’t want to rock the boat just here.
Because if you lose your balance, you are not going to fall into the water.
You are going to drop 127ft on to an unforgiving slab of Wales and a lifejacket will not help you one bit. picked by Bingo 16 hours ago

Page after page of this unsettling effect applied to well-known folks. picked by bornbad 16 hours ago

"A zipper-entrapped penis is a painful predicament that can be made worse by overzealous intervention. Described is a simple, basic approach to release, that is the least traumatic to both patient and provider."
*oh, the humanity* picked by bornbad 16 hours ago

1935. Two boys are busy clearing East 123rd Street of February snowfall by shovelling it down an open manhole. Next thing, they spot something large and reptilian lurking in the icy waters below. With much effort and no little rope, they manage to lasso and heave up a seven-foot alligator. Once at street level, the alligator begins snapping its sizable set of jaws, so the boys, being boys, proceed... read full post picked by bornbad 17 hours ago

Three adults and three children have died after eight floors of a London tower block were engulfed in flames, the fire brigade has confirmed.
Dozens of people were trapped after the blaze broke out on the fourth floor of the flats in Camberwell, south London, shortly after 4.10pm. picked by Bingo 17 hours ago

Will he go? Won't he go? As Govenor Sanford's political future hangs in the balance, 10 politicians who survived a public airing of their dirty laundry. picked by Bingo 18 hours ago

In the fight of pachyderms vs. people - the pachyderms now have the upper trunk.

Three circus elephants scored a decisive victory over three human competitive eaters at a cross-species eating contest Friday, chomping down on 505 hot dog buns in six minutes. The humans forced down only 143 buns in the bout at Brooklyn's Coney Island. picked by Bingo 18 hours ago

The Brazilian Senate is in full-blown crisis these days. A controversy over 600-plus undisclosed (or “secret”) acts over recent years has centered on the upper house’s president, 79-year-old Jose Sarney.But it was not just Sarney involved in the secret acts. About half of the senators have been implicated, according to one report. And many Senate employees saw their salaries zoo... read full post picked by Bingo 18 hours ago

A German gardener's house was left a smouldering wreck on Friday.... picked by topofall 18 hours ago

Imagine a Rubik's Cube that actually makes you smarter; an Erector (snickers) Set that never stops erecting; a Hula Hoop you don't look ridiculous playing with; Silly Putty that isn't silly; cram it all in a jar, turn the fun up to 11, and you've got BuckyBalls! picked by Doggylives 18 hours ago

A giant plastic statue of Michael Jackson has been unveiled... picked by topofall 18 hours ago

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says she will resign from office July 26.

Her spokesman wouldn't say why Palin decided to step down picked by IcePigs 19 hours ago

In 1946, artist Salvador Dali and Walt Disney became collaborators, and set to work on a short film called Destino. The project was abandoned with less than 20 seconds of film shot, but six decades later Disney artists completed the film using Dali's original storyboards. The result is easily the strangest thing to come out of the Disney studios since... Well, probably ever.
related picked by Bingo 19 hours ago

90-year-old Rachel Veitch of Orlando, Florida has been driving the same 1964 Mercury Comet Caliente since it was new. Now she has racked up 557,000 miles on the odometer -and it’s still going great!
Unlike her three husbands, Veitch says, the Mercury has “never lied to me, never cheated on me, and I can always depend on her.” picked by Bingo 19 hours ago

The Oops Design Awards have taken it upon themselves to do something that should have been done a long time ago -they have created an award for the ugliest, silliest and most useless product designs of the year.
Some really awful stuff! picked by Bingo 20 hours ago

Turns out it's not so mysterious after all.

It's a Pacu.

Update to this picked by Doggylives 20 hours ago

The Human Printer is a group of people who print photos in CMYK or B&W by hand! picked by suebe 20 hours ago

They should be called leaders.

We know them as trailers, but they don't trail anything; they play before the movie, not after it. The name dates to their earliest incarnation, when they actually did follow the feature. picked by suebe 21 hours ago

With the power of the wind, a knitting machine knits from the outside towards the inside of the building. The knitted material is harvested from time to time and rounded-off in individually packaged scarves. Each scarf has its own label which tells you in how much time it has been knitted and on which date. picked by suebe 21 hours ago

A New York Police Department rookie just couldn't wait to get started.

Officer Dariel Firpo, 23, was leaving the midtown Manhattan ceremony when he saw a 79-year-old man being robbed of his wallet and thrown to the ground by a mugger, police said. picked by suebe 23 hours ago

A Philadelphia man's accused of using Tarot cards and mysticism to lure three teenage girls into having sex with him. picked by funkfrost 23 hours ago

... no more ... today over 100 years after the Brits introduced the law here its finally struck down by the high court. but the "great" religious folks are not too happy. Hope they open their minds soon. Rainbow Pride Walk picked by tgkprog 24 hours ago

A Northern California elementary school teacher sent her students home for the summer with a video of class memories, only the DVD included six seconds of her having sex on a couch. Video here NSFW picked by suebe 24 hours ago