This story was painted on real $5 bills. By Amsterdam artist Kamiel Proost. picked by misswinkle 9 months ago

For those who have never heard any version of this story, here are several. Not only do I feel that it is absolutely necessary to know, but the image used for the icon is (partially) my next tattoo. picked by psycmoe 1 year ago

Ever seen the wonderful Memento? Well here's the inspiration behind it - a short story called Memento Mori written by Jonathan Nolan (yep, Christopher Nolan's brother). picked by TheStep 1 year ago

Vanity Fair's interview and story the infamous Larry Flynt, his story, his escapades, and his often successful quest for scandals on politicians. picked by 2manyusernames 8 months ago

Alone each story is meaningless. Together they are a bible story.

Lights in the Sky and Earthquake picked by PulsisX 4 months ago

Normally I wouldn't post a Cracked article here because they end up being posted everywhere but this one is too interesting to pass up. Here are 7 movies that were "based" on a true story. The key word being "based", sometimes it is very very very loosely based. picked by 2manyusernames 1 month ago

Short story about a woman deal with the late night intruder. picked by Young81k 1 year ago

A classic sci-fi short story by Terry Bisson. "Thinking meat! You're asking me to believe in thinking meat!" picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

No time or patience to read a tedious Greek tragedy these days? FEAR NOT! Vegetables tell the story in 8 minutes (great for "refreshing" your memory for that lit test tomorrow). picked by muppet 1 year ago

TAMPA, Fla. - Authorities say a Labrador retriever named Jet really can fly. The 65-pound dog survived a six story leap from a Tampa airport parking garage and lived.

FLORIDA picked by bevissimo 6 months ago

Putting his training jacket on was like throwing a switch that transformed a klutzy pup into a smart, disciplined dog.

I needed an Awwwwwww story today. picked by suebe 5 months ago

"Yesterday I posted a story from CBS News: Quake n’ Bake: Global Warming Causes More Energetic Earthquakes?

"This drew a lot of attention because of the total lack of verifiable science associated with it. I posted some graphs of USGS data showing that the opposite was true, that recent earthquake energy was actually less that in the early 1900’s..." picked by ImNotBlue 2 months ago

Hemingway once wrote a story in six words - here's some famous people's attempts at it. picked by TheStep 2 years ago

The story begins with rumors that a fixed income research analyst, had 'inappropriately relieved' himself in the office in protest at being given a piss-poor bonus...... picked by aclister 7 months ago

Sometimes less is definitely more. 4 carefully crafted panels tell the story of a life come and gone. (check comment #17 if you have problems bringing the image up) picked by BrownTrout 1 year ago

DEVELOPING STORY: Russian news agencies cite the Kremlin as saying that President Vladimir Putin dissolved the government Wednesday
In a second story from Russia, Russia said to have created the "Father of all bombs" picked by Hoosker 11 months ago

The New York Times is up to their normal biased bs. They are running a story showing how there have been 121 deaths caused by veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan. They try to paint the soldiers as victims of the war and of Bush of course. The numbers though, tell a different story, one showing far fewer deaths than the general population. Update to this. picked by 2manyusernames 7 months ago

The Times story said the (military) analysts — mostly retired generals and colonels — merely relayed Pentagon talking points...

“The American people will understand it’s bulls**t. It’s bulls**t coming out of the Times,” Vallely said. “Nobody ever directed what we said.” picked by ImNotBlue 4 months ago

Co-written with Graham Chapman picked by BrightonCub 2 years ago

News broadcast reported a story from DatelineHollywood.com saying that Michael Richards appeared in blackface at a celebrity roast. Station was apparently unaware that DatelineHollywood.com is a satirical humor site. picked by Wingnut 2 years ago