Having your remains made into diamonds is passé these days. What you need to do is be pressed into up to 30 vinyl discs that can be played by your loved ones (or if you've got a really big ego, distributed around the world for sale). picked by pocksucket 2 months ago

Sinking a hole in one is, at best, a once-in-a-lifetime experience for most golfers. Jacqueline Gagne has hit 10 in less than four months. Carl Bialik looks at the long odds on her hot streak picked by sholom22 1 year ago

I was walking through Best Buy yesterday when I heard Soundgarden's "Black Hole Sun" playing...but it wasn't Soundgarden, it was an instrumental version. I asked one of the clerks who it was, he said it was Peter Frampton, from his latest 'all instrumental' album "Fingerprints." On impulse I bought it. It's great. Frampton's peter still stands among the best guitar players. picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

A volcanic eruption in 2000 pierced a hole in the ozone layer. picked by sparky 2 years ago

Your face, these holes.

I'm in the comments. picked by hypnotode 1 month ago

New research shows that black holes are not the ultimate destroyers that are often portrayed in popular culture. Instead, warm gas escaping from the clutches of enormous black holes could be one source of the chemical elements that make life possible. picked by dork 1 year ago

Isn't everyone getting a little tired of this dimension? Don't worry, scientists say they probably won't destroy the world. They'll just make tiny black holes and hopefully discover new dimensions.... yeah... o_O picked by unzercharlie 2 years ago

I wish the best for those who loved him in this time of loss. If, for some bizarre reason, someone who loved the man ends up reading this, I do offer sincere condolences. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

About 70 percent is dark energy, and around 22 percent of the universe is made up of dark matter. Dark matter makes up a substantial part of the universe. Knowing what it is would answer a crucial question about the universe as a whole. picked by braveheart 2 years ago

This history of the Gulf War by William M. Arkin draws on declassified documents and inside information It was published on the Website of the magazine Stars and Stripes (a privately-owned magazine, not the US military newspaper of the same name). At some point the Website disappeared and with it, unfortunately, went this important piece of work. The Memory Hole is pleased to resurrect it. picked by 2manyusernames 8 months ago

Long before tourists arrived in the Bahamas, ancient visitors took up residence in this archipelago off Florida's coast and left remains offering stark evidence that the arrival of humans can permanently change -- and eliminate -- life on what had been isolated islands, says a University of Florida researcher. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

After desperate attempts to find a South East Asian bolt hole, convicted child abuser Paul Gadd a.k.a. Glam Rocker Gary Glitter has been forced to return to Britain. Here he will be forced to sign the Sex Offender's Register and Police will monitor his movements and he will be banned from approaching children. picked by pocksucket 2 months ago

A digital camera inside a parcel looks out through a small hole and captures images of its journey through the postal system. The camera is set to take an image every 10 seconds for a total of 6994 images. picked by ogri2003 1 year ago

Somebody please explain why this is getting past somebody. Are we (humans) this stoopid? picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

I fell down a video rabbit hole and emerged with this. It's simple, yet I was strangely spell bound. picked by bunnysutra 9 months ago

With news that hotels in Beijing will be spying on internet users during the Olympics,Zach Honig (pop photo blogger) gives real world tips about hacking the firewall and dodging spyware while at the games. picked by carguy4life 2 months ago

This guy purposely flooded his neighbor's house - with his garden hose. By drilling a hole through their ceiling. Niiiice. picked by gnikgnok 1 year ago

Black holes don't just consume everything nearby - occasionally they fire out huge corkscrews of gas. Now the first look down the barrel of one of these jets has uncovered its origins. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

Susan Mitchell, of Denton, said she was scared when television stations in the area began broadcasting tornado watches and warnings during Tuesday's severe storms. picked by dollyllama 7 months ago

This clip has everything, a samurai who attempts a back flip and fails, then a clueless model who falls right through the hole he left in the runway.

EDIT: Embedding seems to be banned now - here's a direct link instead: Click for falling goodness. picked by wildminou 12 months ago