This is John's Cleese's speech at Grahan Chapman's funeral. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

Graham Butterfield has insured his buttocks for £1 million as it is the key to his livelihood - mattress tester. picked by pocksucket 6 months ago

Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton attend the ceremony.

Link to the library picked by suebe 2 years ago

Co-written with Graham Chapman picked by BrightonCub 2 years ago

She fell into a coma Wednesday and is reportedly "to be entering the final stages of life". picked by Moe 2 years ago

She was 87 and was suffering from degenerative osteoarthritis of the back and neck and underwent treatment for pneumonia two weeks ago. She requested to not be kept alive via a feeding tube. Bravo for her courage. picked by Moe 2 years ago

Steve Graham might not be in the doghouse over a dispute with his wife, but as far as his neighbors are concerned, he‘s not far from it. For the past seven years, Graham, 55, has been living in his car parked in the backyard of a house he and his wife, La Donna Graham, own. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

From the common but so very important 0 to π. From numbers such as 42 to Graham's Number - the biggest number ever used in a mathematic proof. Most numbers are special, but some numbers gain ever lasting fame. These are their stories. picked by 2manyusernames 1 week ago

6) Mrs. Irene Graham of Boscombe, delighted the audience with her reminiscence of the German prisoner of war who was sent each week to do her garden. He was repatriated at the end of 1945, she recalled. "He'd always seemed a nice friendly chap, but when the crocuses came up in the middle of our lawn in February 1946, they spelt out 'Heil Hitler.'" (Bournemouth Evening Echo) picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

A lost Jimi Hendrix album recorded with Stephen Stills from Crosby, Stills and Nash has been uncovered, says the Las Vegas Sun.

The record, which Stills forgot about soon after recording it 30 years ago, is being prepared for release by his bandmate Graham Nash. picked by Jetka 6 months ago

The Large Binocular Telescope on Mount Graham, Ariz., has taken celestial images using its twin side-by-side, 8.4-meter (27.6 foot) primary mirrors together, achieving first "binocular" light. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

On the day that Alexander Graham Bell was buried the entire US telephone system was shut down for 1 minute in tribute. picked by maxriter 1 year ago

10 minutes of the man that made me want to take up smoking a pipe when i was in 7th grade. picked by Dangerman 1 year ago

According to Biochemist Graham Logan it did. In brief, containing digestion bi-products in parcels of poop meant that there was less for the bacteria to chew on. This led to less bacteria, and it was the bacteria who were burning up all the oxygen. Which meant there was more oxygen around to play with and the Cambrian Explosion ensued picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

Oh, yes - he did. Graham has harvested his belly button lint since 1984. Of course he has it all documented on his website.
aaaack picked by gnikgnok 1 year ago

Hey, do you remember any of these sites? I remember a few, but there are plenty I've never heard of. "As venture capitalist Paul Graham writes, most of these failures are never written about. No one knew about them, so they were never really expected to go anywhere. But a select few had very public flame-outs - what Graham calls 'the elite of failures.'" Also, the style of writing (sm... read full post picked by psycmoe 5 months ago

Convicted murderer Richard Liggett was asked to make two of the simple plywood coffins he meticulously crafted for fellow prisoners. But these caskets would be for Billy and Ruth Graham. picked by Moe 2 years ago

The only known copy of the world's first telephone directory is set to fetch up to £20,000 at auction next month. The 20-page book containing the names and number of 391 subscribers around New Haven, Connecticut, was issued in 1878 - just two years after the invention of the telephone by Edinburgh-born Alexander Graham Bell. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

Chicago's Fun Inc. brews up around 7,000 latex barfs annually, down from 60,000 in the 1960s. Still, Fun Inc. President Graham Putnam proudly pointed out, "It's the best vomit on the market." picked by mitzuzake 1 year ago

Mr. Graham, the Shanks' attorney, says he approached Wal-Mart's attorneys about negotiating a compromise, but was told the health plan wanted to proceed with the lawsuit. "We're not contending that Wal-Mart isn't entitled to a payment. We're saying they're entitled to one based on equity," he says. Since Mrs. Shank wasn't fully compensated for her damages in the first place, he argues, W... read full post picked by dollyllama 1 year ago