A 330-foot-deep sinkhole killed at least two teenagers as it swallowed about a dozen homes early Friday and forced the evacuation of nearly 1,000 people ina crowded Guatemala City neighborhood. Officials blamed the sinkhole on recent rains and an underground sewage flow from a ruptured main. picked by ash0283 1 year ago

A 330-foot-deep sinkhole killed at least two teenagers as it swallowed about a dozen homes early Friday and forced the evacuation of nearly 1,000 people in a crowded Guatemala City neighborhood. picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

Foot binding was practiced in China for 1000 years. Young girls would have their feet wrapped, thus limiting the normal development and essentially crippling them. Today, it is a prominent cause of disability among elderly Chinese women. picked by shredtone 1 year ago

The most detrimental act of achieving beauty was one that approximately one billion women in China have preformed for nearly one thousand years.

more pics here picked by gnikgnok 2 years ago

It's that time again, time to reflect on the year's most idiotic statements from the freewheeling world of technology. Remember last year, when President Bush explained to the world how to use an iPod?: "Lightweight, and crank it on, and you shuffle the shuffle." picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - A fifth human foot in a year has washed ashore off the coast of British Columbia, and this time it's a left one.

Police said two people out for a walk spotted the left foot floating in water off Westham Island on Monday morning. picked by bevissimo 4 months ago

NASA is testing an underwater robot in one of Earth's deepest sinkholes in a first step toward searching for life on Jupiter's icy moon, Europa. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A 900-foot (and growing!) sinkhole has opened up in a Texas town, swallowing oil equipment, an 18-wheeler and everything else in its way. picked by lynxears 5 months ago