Video gaming is a multi-billion dollar industry where one successful title can lead to an enormous financial return. For every successful video game title, there are numerous disasters that may bankrupt an entire company. We have compiled the Top Ten Video Game Disasters. picked by 1krazykorean 2 years ago

Biggie had it right when he said “Mo’ money mo’ problems”. Finding yourself up to your eyeballs in cold hard cash may seem like the answer to all your prayers but if you don’t know how to handle all this money (and the reality is most people don’t), winning the lottery can become a living nightmare. Following, are some of the worst cases of lottery disasters; th... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

While natural disasters seem to get more press coverage nowadays, they’re are nothing new. Natural disasters have influenced the course of history throughout the ages, causing famine, loss of life, and in extreme cases, the destruction of entire civilizations. While they are, thankfully, strange occurrences by design, there are times when mother nature simply outdoes even herself and creates... read full post picked by molnatisi 2 months ago

Today, cadaver dogs are the gold standard for detecting and recovering bodies in earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, and other natural disasters. "These dogs are highly effective, but it takes lots of time, expense and manpower to train them. If there was a device that was as effective for a fraction of the cost, that would be something worth pursuing," says Dan Sykes, Ph.D., collaborati... read full post picked by kakana 3 months ago

Continuing the plastic surgery theme. Some of these are just plain freaky. In fact, all of them are... Honestly, who injects cooking oil into their face!? picked by IlliterateMook 9 months ago

It's not just your imagination. The world has gotten more dangerous. picked by deepcleanfun 2 years ago

We're an indie label digging through years of demo backlogs day by day. These are some of the choicest gems we've received.
We know that some people worked very hard on these, but also that sometimes, things just don't succeed. Even the best artists admit that. picked by bornbad 6 months ago

Considering both human and economic costs, here is a slideshow of the 10 worst all-time disasters to strike the United States. picked by DemureArt 2 years ago

Two of the world's worst natural disasters in recent years stemmed from different causes on opposite sides of the globe, but actually had much in common, according to researchers who are part of a large National Science Foundation-funded research initiative that has been studying both the Indian Ocean Tsunami of 2004 and the Hurricane Katrina of 2005. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

A comedy about life in the corporate offices of God. What if all the problems on earth were not caused by a spiteful deity, or karma, or fate, but just office politics and the Peter Principle? picked by DaftGretel 3 years ago

For more than six divine minutes, a mysterious ghostly voice repeatedly told Seven Network viewers: "Jesus Christ one of the Navarines" during a documentary on a train disaster screened last night. picked by teaya21 3 years ago

Before Keith, cookery shows on TV were staid affairs, confined to a studio and with all the disasters and failures edited out. Keith showed us cookery, warts and all. Normally to be found with a wine glass in his hand, the calm centre of a maelstrom of chaos he was nothing if not a showman. Earlier this year he was diagnosed with bowel cancer but died last night (15th September 2009) of a heart... read full post picked by pocksucket 2 months ago

Any city with a few million inhabitants is bound to have problems: population, pollution, transportation, water quality, sanitation, crime, natural disasters – you name it. A mega metropolis with a population of 10 or even 20 million will have massive ones especially if it is disadvantaged due to geographic location. picked by bornbad 5 months ago

A lot of the best disasters – asteroids, aliens, earthquakes, tsunamis – have already been taken, sometimes twice, as in the embarrassing simultaneous releases of Armageddon/Deep Impact and Volcano/Dante's Peak. So you'll have to be a bit creative. Pick something unusual: what if gravity started going sideways instead of straight down, say? picked by chez 11 months ago

Police arrested Campbell on Friday on suspicion of impersonating a firefighter, possession of stolen property and being a felon in possession of firearms. picked by Dangerman 2 years ago

Tidying up the FEMA website. In the process, they unearthed and removed a rather unusual publication called A Scary Thing Happened: A Children’s Coloring Book to Help Cope With Disasters. First published in 2003, A Scary Thing had been living on the FEMA site ever since, traumatizing kids with color-it-yourself pictures of towering infernos and children weeping outside hospitals for their de... read full post picked by bornbad 5 months ago

We decided to plough the history of the entire Internet, from the roots of its underlying technology, to the Web properties that helped it explode, the litigation it endured on the way and disasters companies have suffered as a result of the Net's popularity. picked by cactushair 1 year ago

A follow-up to this story indicates that some people trying to sterilize sponges in their microwaves are nearly burning their houses down. It seems they didn't realize that the sponge has to be wet first... (DUH!) picked by Wingnut 3 years ago

The good news? The world isn't going to end in 2012, according to British professor John Beddington. The bad news? 2030 will see "the perfect storm" of disasters that'll make you wish otherwise, he claims. picked by Bornbad 8 months ago

With the amount of time and money it takes to earn a college degree, it's often tempting to just say "screw it" and buy your credentials from a diploma mill. However, you might just want to consider the following 10 people who got exposed for having fake degrees and paid the price (well, at least 9 of them paid the price). picked by 1krazykorean 2 months ago