The BBC will today screen remarkable footage of penguins flying as part of its new natural history series, Miracles of Evolution.

Take a look at the video! picked by topofall 2 years ago

The Viking Store is a celebration of the Vikings at their best. A place to discover the customs and history of our Viking ancestors. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Erik Ayala, 24, was the lone gunman who opened fire outside an under-21 nightclub in Portland on Saturday night, killing two girls and wounding seven other people before shooting himself, police said. The shooting, the worst in Portland's history, was also an international tragedy, including six foreign exchange students among the nine victims. picked by muppet 10 months ago

Where did they originate? What do they do? Find out why don't you!

Go ninjas! picked by TheStep 3 years ago

The crater is about 60 metres deep, allowing a rover to "dig" deeper into the ground – and into Mars's past – than ever before. "We're going to see more of the history of Mars here than we've seen anywhere else," Squyres says. picked by DrNothing 2 years ago

If you wanted to know when was the underwear that you wear made, then check this out. picked by cgmiki 2 years ago

Dust off your short-term memory and test your drug war knowledge with some tidbits from This Is Your Country on Drugs: The Secret History of Getting High in America. picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

Apparently, the killer just couldn't wait for old age to do the trick. picked by VictorDoppelt 1 year ago

An 18-year-old hacker with a history of celebrity pranks has admitted to Monday's hijacking of multiple high-profile Twitter accounts, including President-Elect Barack Obama's, and the official feed for Fox News. picked by Bornbad 11 months ago

"August is the Mississippi of the calendar. It's beastly hot and muggy. It has a dismal history. Nothing good ever happens in it. And the United States would be better off without it." picked by gammerus 2 years ago

A closer look at three Japanese castles which epitomize the beauty, grandeur and history of Japan's feudal age of swords and samurai! picked by mitzuzake 2 years ago

Happy July 4th, Blog Guy. I just saw an Abe Lincoln statue made of cheese. Isn’t that disrespectful?

No. If you know your history, you know Lincoln was a passionate cheese enthusiast picked by suebe 5 months ago

Have you ever wondered what the first item sold on eBay was? Or who ran the first banner ad on the internet? Or what the first spam massage tried to sell?

<<--was the first image on the internet in 1992. It was uploaded by programmer Silvano de Gennaro in Geneva at the request of World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee. picked by Bingo 3 months ago

An unique slice of American automotive history has been acquired by the The Henry Ford museum. picked by topofall 2 years ago

Starbucks will be slashing expansion plans after its second-quarter profits fell 28%. They say that the current market conditions are the worst in their 37-year history. DUPE

Perhaps people are learning that spending $4 for .30 cents of product isn't a wise move. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

In 2002, Motorola created a poster of the full conversation between Apollo and Houston. Gives a nice look into an important event in history. Download the poster here(PDF), and zoom in as much as you want. picked by wildminou 1 year ago

Nothing quite prepares you for the culture shock of Jay Walker's library. You exit the austere parlor of his New England home and pass through a hallway into the bibliographic equivalent of a Disney ride. picked by Nateebiinature 1 year ago

Residents, I get their mail all the time, wtf do they know. They can't even get their own mail. Read more on the history of this stump in the community here from NorthJersey.com. The stump has it's own history. picked by Bornbad 3 years ago

These are wicked and miserable accidents and derailments, some of them large-scale, caused by a single error of machinist or controller, big enough to be recorded in history books... And yet, multitudes of bystanders keep looking upon such carnages with morbid fascination, lost in time and perhaps in their mind, wondering what really took place and how the catastrophe unfolded: picked by bingo 9 months ago

It may be the longest hangover in the history of binge beer drinking. When a 37-year old man walked into a hospital emergency room in Glasgow, Scotland last October complaining of "wavy" vision and a non-stop headache that had lasted four weeks. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago