A man attempts to snap steel wire using special breathing techniques, during 'Stunt Week' at the Cherry Blossom Festival in Guangzhou, China. Ouch. picked by Bornbad 9 months ago

Some of the first eerie signs of a potential health catastrophe came as bizarre deformities in water animals, often in their sexual organs. Now scientists are connecting the dots with evidence of increasing abnormalities among humans, particularly large increases in numbers of genital deformities among newborn boys. picked by bornbad 5 months ago

Most people tend to learn from their mistakes and avoid making the same blunder twice. A genetic mutation may explain why some people don't seem to learn from their mistakes especially drug addicts, alcoholics and compulsive gamblers. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Ai WeiWei's "Fairytale" artwork will cost 3.1 million euros ($4.14 million), the most expensive project of this year's "documenta" exhibition, a spokesman for the event said. picked by kxmk 2 years ago

A Chinese shop is giving discounts to customers who hit an image of George Bush by throwing shoes. Customers hitting zones A-D can receive a discount from 20% to 50% off at the store in Wenzhou. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

What would Father's Day—and every other day—be like without fathers? Maybe not so bad, according to experts on the Mosuo culture of the Chinese Himalaya. picked by kakana 5 months ago

The upcoming Beijing Olympics is more than just a point of pride for China — it's such an important part of the national consciousness that nearly 3,500 children have been named for the event, a newspaper reported Sunday. picked by marli 2 years ago

English speaking people with dyslexia may have to struggle quite a bit to get by. Other languages, such as Chinese represent an even greater challenge. It isn't just the greater complexity of the written language but the different way the brain translates the written word that also plays a part. picked by 2manyusernames 2 months ago

Sure, you've heard about people getting stupid gibberish phrases tattoos in Chinese, but where oh where can you go to take a look at them and read comments by people who actually can read the languages? Here!
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A Chinese man ended up with a water tap stuck in his eye after he slipped and fell in his bathroom. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

Norwegian (here I'm talking about bokmål, the most often-used variety of Norwegian) is a language spoken by about 5 million people in Norway, and is extremely similar to the languages Swedish and Danish. picked by bernardblack 1 year ago

A Chinese bride burned her new husband to death after he got into bed without washing his feet following a drunken argument. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

An enterprising Chinese condom-maker called Elasun has devised a very clever set of ads featuring condoms and the sport stickmen that's doing a roaring viral business on the Chinese internet. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A Chinese city suburb has set a bounty on dead flies in a bid to promote public hygiene picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Millions of descendants of Confucius are being listed in an international updating of the Chinese philosopher's more than 2,500-year-old family tree. picked by DrNothing 2 years ago

"Office of Administration spokeswoman Mia DeVane said there was no reason to think anyone's personal data had been compromised or that any damage occurred" That's what troubles me most.

On the upside, the article uses the term "back door" picked by Moe 2 years ago

The paper Viagra is being snapped up by customers, along with images of condoms and heavily made-up bar girls. Efforts by authorities to halt the sales had been unsuccessful, due to high demand picked by BrownTrout 3 years ago

A Chinese woman is suing her former employer after falling victim to the company policy of firing staff who contradict their boss three times. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The class is a result of the National Security Language Initiative, introduced by President Bush in 2006 to teach the youngest students Chinese and other foreign languages considered critical to the nation's future security. "We're going to teach our kids how to speak important languages," he said. One goal, he added, was "to advance America's interests around the world, and defeat... read full post picked by muppet 1 year ago

The setting off of sky lanterns - which use hot air from a tea light candle to lift the lanterns into the air - has become popular in Britain since the Bali bombings in 2002, which killed 182 people, when lanterns were released as a tribute to each of the dead. picked by kakana 5 months ago