Scientists explained why people learn from their mistakes. The brain immediately alerts you of avoiding the same mistake thus making you learn faster from incorrect actions. picked by maxriter 1 year ago

Before being re-arrested, Willie Joe McAdams approached his victim in a bar, shook his hand, and apologized for shooting him in the head. Still no "Sad" category. picked by ReBoot 1 year ago

The trouble started about 9 a.m. when an attendant at the BP station punched in 35 cents instead of $3.35 for premium-grade gasoline. The mistake wasn’t noticed until about 6 p.m., when crowds jammed the pumps and caused traffic jams on nearby roads picked by mutil8or 5 months ago

Bryan Sampson's wife was charged $2,243.00 for a meal that should have cost $22.43. The mistake happened at the Fairview and Meridian Burger King on Saturday. picked by muppet 6 months ago

A La Vista man was charged with felony theft after he spent $80,000 his bank deposited by mistake in his account. It is a crime to take money that's been "delivered under a mistake." picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A British lottery winner doubled his share of the jackpot to nearly £1 million ($2.4 million) after discovering he mistakenly bought two lucky tickets for the same draw. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Returning home after an absence can mean unpleasant surprises - a leaky roof, a pet's mess, even a break-in. But a Russian woman got a nastier surprise when she returned from her country house: her home was gone, torn down mistakenly by construction workers clearing a site, according to a report Thursday on NTV television. picked by muppet 7 months ago

lol, whoever did the editing really needs to consider getting a new job.. lol picked by pjanaway 1 year ago

559 letters of "You're fired" went out by accident.

Apparently they will be calling them all back, but my bet is that they WILL be needing a new IT guy sometime in the near future. picked by moe 5 months ago

For Republican lawmakers in New York state, the plan to bolster their anti-crime credentials seemed foolproof: send out postcards telling constituents about a phone hotline that warns them of sex offenders in the neighbourhood. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

If we were rational, we would just compute the odds of succeeding from this point forward and then decide if the investment warrants the potential payoff. But we are not rational--not in love or war or business--and this particular irrationality is what economists call the "sunk-cost fallacy."

*For galoot picked by dollyllama 9 months ago

Officials released a prisoner from a state facility after receiving a phony error ridden fax from a grocery store, ordering the man to be freed. They didn’t catch the mistake until nearly two weeks later. picked by BrownTrout 1 year ago

Could you make a worse mistake! picked by teaya21 2 years ago

Might as well be preparded for divorce before getting married picked by gammerus 12 months ago

Why is it again that men are reluctant to donate sperm? picked by mrnelson 2 years ago

VILNIUS (Reuters) - Police in the Lithuanian city of Klaipeda were baffled to discover that a woman arrested for shoplifting last weekend had been registered as dead a month earlier. picked by bevissimo 8 months ago

I honestly think this (the first and second pics) would violate our dress code policy! ... even though technically they are not on the list. picked by bunnysutra 12 months ago

After the bank mistakenly deposited millions into his account, He yesterday told the Supreme Court that if Westpac "can't do their job properly . . . it's the bank's responsibility". picked by DemureArt 1 year ago

Dozens of drivers made a mad rush for cheap gas after a station employee accidentally changed the price to 33 cents a gallon. An employee closing Trig's Minocqua Shell for the night meant to drop the price of gas by 1 cent.

*The owner is upset because people bought the gas. Uh. WHAT? picked by dollyllama 9 months ago

Receives email in error stating "this is the ghetto dude that I spoke to before". Oops. picked by misswinkle 1 year ago