When wealth is measured as a percentage of the economy, John D. Rockefeller was the wealthiest American ever (and Bill Gates comes in at #5).

Is it just me or does #4 look suspiciously like Steve Ballmer? picked by Galoot 2 years ago

If the Super Bowl was really for football fans, every year's halftime show would be the same: John Cougar Mellencamp, Bruce Sprinsteen or Kid Rock covering songs from Bon Jovi's Slippery When Wet as an attractive woman blows up household furniture with M-80s. In actuality, the Super Bowl is the Jerry Maguire of television events, pretending to be about football while catering to people who think a... read full post picked by MasterPiece 2 years ago

Nature magazine, the world's leading scientific journal, has featured a powerful image of John McCain and Barack Obama on its front cover. Then, however, you see the back cover... picked by mitzuzake 1 year ago

A team of experts assembled by the Discovery Channel has recreated the assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Using modern blood spatter analysis, new artificial human body surrogates, and 3-D computer simulations, the team determined that the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository was the most likely origin of the shot that killed the 35th president of the United States. picked by ImNotBlue 1 year ago

Mathematicians John Conway (inventor of the Game of Life) and Simon Kochen of Princeton University prove that the universe must have free will. Conway is giving a series of lectures on the 'Free Will Theorem' and its ramifications over the next month at Princeton. A followup article strengthening the theory (PDF) was published last month in Notices of the AMS." picked by 2manyusernames 8 months ago

The Forme of Cury, compiled by master cooks to Richard II, is part of a collection of medieval texts held by the John Rylands Library, Manchester.

Now an edition of the cookbook dating from the early 15th Century, compiled in about 1420, has been digitized and uploaded to the library's website. picked by bingo 5 months ago

OK so the headline is not entirely true...but there has been a change to the Papal Election rules. Benedict reversed a change made by John Paul that allowed a majority election instead of the traditional 2/3 vote. picked by Moe 2 years ago

Martorano, a former Catholic altar boy and high school football star, became a cool and calculating killer. But...he is perhaps best known as the government witness who helped expose a web of corruption and collusion involving the mob and the Boston office of the FBI. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Judge Andrew Napolitano explains to us the dangers of the Patriot Act.

And just you all know, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, AND Barack Obama all voted to pass the Act. picked by 1thirteen3 2 years ago

When it comes to the economy, 47% of voters trust John McCain more than Barack Obama. Obama is trusted more by 41%. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey also found that, when it comes to the War in Iraq, McCain is trusted more by 49% of voters. Obama is preferred by 37%. McCain has an even larger edge --53% to 31%--on the broader topic of National Security. picked by ImNotBlue 1 year ago

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Previously unseen footage emerged Thursday showing Republican presidential candidate John McCain as a proud, stoic prisoner of war in Hanoi on the day his Vietnamese captors released him to the U.S. military. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

John McCain is also portrayed coming out of a burning chimney.

"It should be seen as art and it should be seen within the month of October. It is Halloween. It's time to be scary. It's time to be spooky," the display's creator said.

Video in article. More pictures in comments picked by suebe 1 year ago

Anybody ever heard of John Mayer? picked by Bornbad 7 months ago

A home video of John Lennon singing "Dear Yoko" acoustically picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

I love free books, and this is a great one - the book on which the movie The Thing (by John Carpenter) is based. You can read it from start to finish online here. picked by runninutes 2 years ago

Mashup of Mr. President performing for the press while waiting for John McCain today. picked by suebe 2 years ago

For a moment teenager John Haig thought a guinea pig had found its way into his family of young rabbits.

One of the young animals that came bouncing out of a hutch with the rest of the brood was lacking something - a pair of ears. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

"I'm Losin' You" was a song from John Lennon's Double Fantasy album, back when Cheap Trick worked with Lennon. Lennon's wife Yoko Ono fired the band, but the song remained intact (with Nielsen's guitars and Carlo's drums) picked by bornbad 6 months ago

In honor of the 40th anniversary of the moon landing the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum has launched a new website to allow visitors to experience the Apollo 11 mission in real time.

Note: The article mentions that the website will go live July 16th at 9:32 am but actually it's already up, showing the rocket on the pad and the countdown currently at 69 Hrs until launch. picked by tigertony 5 months ago

Sir Paul McCartney was recognized
for the songs "All You Need Is Love," "Come Together" and "Hello Goodbye," according to the announcement made Thursday. (Note: ASCAP does not represent John Lennon in the U.S.)
*he did write all of those songs this year, right?* picked by Bornbad 1 month ago