French Spiderman" Alain Robert, who has become famous for illegally climbing buildings across the world, scaled a top Hong Kong hotel on Tuesday to highlight the fight against global warming. picked by topofall 2 years ago

"The Vatican's newspaper has finally forgiven John Lennon for declaring that the Beatles were more famous than Jesus " picked by gammerus 1 year ago

Only a few members on the council and some museum officials were aware that the temporary exhibit being installed in the Bristol museum was by the world famous graffiti artist Banksy picked by makuus 5 months ago

Alex was a famous African Grey parrot with amazing communication skills. He lived to 31 years old. Cause of death has not yet been determined. picked by gnikgnok 2 years ago

"For sale: baby shoes, never worn."
By Ernest Hemingway. He called it his best work.

"Machine. Unexpectedly, I’d invented a time"
By Alan Moore

Other famous writers have been asked to try to put together a story in 6 words. They're all really fabulous. picked by genkan 2 years ago

Dog owners in Amsterdam are angry after the city legalised public sex in one of the city's most famous parks. picked by mutil8or 2 years ago

This isn't Nintendo's first scrape with patent infringement. Earlier this year the company coughed up $21 million to tech company Anascape over several Nintendo game controllers, including their famous Wavebird, widely considered the first legitimate wireless game controller. picked by punthe 1 year ago

Since the dawn of civilization, people have build fences to keep enemies out and captives in. Since the dawn of time, all fences have failed. The most famous of these fences took the form of walls, strong enough to withstand rocks and sometimes bombs, but not strong enough to keep people from crossing them. Here are the Seven Fence Wonders Of The World, and how they failed. picked by kakana 8 months ago

25 Year old Mark Greenlaw from Biddeford ME has ran crazy auctions since the day he started the all famous weirdebay.com but nothing could prepare him for his newest adventure. The 25 year old has decided to offer a permanent advertising spot on the back of his nick to the highest bidder. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

According to predictions, the famous Leonid meteor shower will peak this weekend. The best viewing is predicted to be during the wee hours before dawn on Sunday, when you might see as many as 10 to 15 meteors per hour. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Drawings of some famous movie scenes. Guess the movie picked by kamaloo 1 year ago

Run for your lives ... Yellowstone's going to explode!

Hundreds of small earthquakes at Yellowstone National Park in recent weeks have been an unsettling reminder for some people that underneath the park's famous geysers and majestic scenery lurks one of the world's biggest volcanoes. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

Pictured above is the best multi-wavelength image yet of Tycho's supernova remnant, the result of a stellar explosion first recorded over 400 years ago by the famous astronomer Tycho Brahe. picked by royalconner 8 months ago

Element 112, 13 years after its discovery, now has a name. It is named after the famous astronomer Copernicus who developed the *heliocentric?* model for the solar system.
Update to this post picked by makuus 4 months ago

This high-energy indie-rock band will melt your face off! Video and three sample songs here. picked by jasondpatterson 3 years ago

This article is cool because it captures the exact moment Carrie Underwood, Kelly Clarkson and Chris Daughtry morphed from a college student, waitress and car salesman into combined 21x platinum award winning artists. picked by frankwistagio 3 years ago

The famous ending (no spoilers) of Werner Herzogs 1977 feature. picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

A restaurant famous for its exotic meats got a lot of grief for offering farm-raised lion meat to its paying free-willed customers. The handful of people who arbitrarily decided that lion meat = evil but chicken/cow = manna (and even ostrich is acceptable since it is a large chicken) were vocal enough to get the chef to remove it from the offerings. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

Famous leading ladies from the 40's through 60's. picked by nesbyniccolo 2 years ago

Earlier we learned that The New York Times opened up their archives for free. A thread was started where we could post interesting finds. The people at Mental_Floss magazine are showcasing the first time various famous places/names/things/ etc were mentioned in the Times. From simpsons, through Starbucks, Silicon Valley and more! picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago