The world is full of weird and wonderful flowers that sometimes look so strange that we find it difficult to imagine them actually growing in the wild. Some of these are unbelievably odd. picked by bornbad 5 months ago

A photograph that once belonged to the man largely credited with helping Abraham Lincoln win the Civil War, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, has been unearthed — and it could be extraordinarily rare. picked by Bornbad 9 months ago

The photographs for this portrait series were taken in various locations around the world between 1987 and 2005. The idea to photograph people who have lived in three centuries evolved over the course of the project. First, I was simply interested in taking portraits of people who appear worn beyond their years by living extraordinarily hard lives. Those experiences drew me to centenarians, and o... read full post picked by DaftGretel 2 years ago

"The average ordinary Joe on the street would be terrified if they knew how extraordinarily vulnerable they are," he said.

*this is a long and mesmerizing article. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Some of the items are quite hilarious, some are rather interesting, and others are just plain weird. Perhaps the strangest phenomena is the ridiculous amounts of money people are actually willing to pay for some of this crazy stuff. picked by kissmenow 2 years ago

A Japanese labor bureau has ruled that one of Toyota's top car engineers died from working too many hours, the latest in a string of such findings in a nation where extraordinarily long hours for some employees has long been the norm. picked by 2longdogs 1 year ago