Five scenes from famous (i.e. pretty unrealistic) police action movies, and how they would have worked in real life, with the input of an LA cop. picked by bingo 8 months ago

A Chilean court has uncovered the gruesome details surrounding the death of one of Latin America’s most famous human rights victims, the folk singer Victor Jara. A 4,500-word account of the singer’s death was published last week by the Chilean investigative journalism site CIPER, the day before the court announced murder charges against a former soldier who confessed to participating i... read full post picked by bingo 6 months ago

One of the oldest Swiss watchmaking companies, Baume & Mercier, is currently looking for 5 extraordinary women. picked by maxriter 2 years ago

"People say you’re famous, heroes or celebrities," added Travis, who plans to take criminology next year. "We’re not, we’re just two kids who stood up for a cause."Update to this story. picked by Dangerman 2 years ago

Cherry Darling and Captain Ahab are just 2 of the famous peglegs you can learn about picked by bernardblack 1 year ago

The full version of the famous speech, by the brilliant and inspirational Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Though the holiday is celebrated on Monday, he was born on January 15th, 1929. He died on April 4, 1968. picked by sykeo56 10 months ago

Five-year-old Edgar Hernandez appeared in media across the world in April after the health ministry confirmed that he had contracted, and overcome, the A(H1N1) virus at the start of the epidemic's outbreak. Edgar's role in putting his poor village of La Gloria on the map merited recognition in the shape of a small statue - resembling the famous Belgian landmark - Fidel Herrera Beltran, the governo... read full post picked by kakana 6 months ago

The “Crunchy Frog” confection made famous in the classic Monty Python sketch (”If we took the bones out it wouldn’t be crunchy would it?”) using Gummi frogs, Pop Rocks, and chocolate. picked by Bingo 4 months ago

The top 6 security breaches and near-disasters that have been keeping Google on its toes. picked by super 3 years ago

Interesting amateur movie taken of scientists at the famous Fifth Solvay Congress (1927), in Belgium. picked by joeyneutrino 2 years ago

I swear this isn't my podcast - it's just one I love. Coverville is a show that's all cover songs, and it's great stuff. The price is definitely right - free. :)

(For anyone who doesn't know, cover songs are songs that someone made famous, sung by someone else afterwards.) picked by runninutes 2 years ago

The UK transport minister, Lord Adonis, is proposing a 200 mph high-speed rail service modeled on the bullet trains pioneered in Japan in the 1960s. The £20 billion high-speed line would cut journey times from London to Manchester, from 2hr 7min to just 80min. picked by megha123 11 months ago

Artist Ju Duoqi loves to play with her food by using vegetables to re-create famous historical scenes and form familiar self-portraits. Carefully chosen and painstakingly positioned by Ju, potatoes, ginger root, tofu, cabbage, onions and cucumbers all come to life as actors instead of eats. picked by Bornbad 7 months ago

Pictures of various celebrities with the Stanley Cup.



DiPietro not pictured. picked by icepigs 3 years ago

The face of Egypt's most famous ancient ruler, King Tutankhamun, has been put on public display for the first time. Truly Amazing! picked by Turtle 2 years ago

He created three corporate icons: the Aunt Jemima mammy, Quaker Oats Quaker, and the Coca-Cola Santa, all ubiquitous for those companies for decades. In all, he did over 40 Santa paintings for Coke and dozens more featuring, usually, pretty girls. picked by misswinkle 2 years ago

Flag in famous Iwo Jima photo replaced with tree. Veterans say it trivializes what they went through. picked by shinythings 2 years ago

A cat that has become a regular visitor to a museum for famous haiku poet Issa Kobayashi (1763-1827) here has been made a special director of the museum.
The cat, Sora, makes daily visits from his owner's house nearby to the town-run Issa Memorial Museum in Shinano. picked by kakana 7 months ago

Everything you ever wanted to know about the famous fowl... After Mike's "pecker" was lopped off, he lived for 18 months and actually gained another 5 1/2 lbs! picked by BrownTrout 3 years ago

He may have been big, but the famous 1,000lb porker shot by an 11 year old was actually a farm-raised softie named "Fred" who was shut in a fenced area. picked by VooDooPeacock 2 years ago