Five years undercover in the mafia, Joe Pistone quietly does an interview revealiing startling secrets of his life in the mafia's organized crime business. picked by vanfermin 3 years ago

...what we do is take normal stool from a normal person, make an extract of it, put it in a blender with water, take two tablespoons of that cocktail, and introduce it into the patient's body.

donteatpoop, indeed. picked by gnikgnok 3 years ago

Imagine being like Spider-Man and being able to crawl up walls and hang off ceilings.

Well this could come true one day as scientists have worked out exactly how spiders and other creatures can stick to a wall without falling off. picked by pepersconc 2 years ago

Researchers in Great Britain and the United States have imaged the first high definition imprints that dolphin sounds make in water. They consider it a real breakthrough in deciphering dolphin language. picked by bornbad 7 months ago

The scales encountered in our everyday lives, light is so fast that we perceive our surroundings in real time. Look up into the night sky and this illusion begins to falter. "Because light takes time to get here from there, the farther away 'there' is, the further in the past light left there, and so we see all objects at some time in the past." picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Critics, such as American Civil Liberties Union attorney Tim Sparapani, charge that the bill increases government access to data on Americans and amplifies the risk of identity theft, without providing significant security benefits. Maine has already declared it will not follow the rules, and other states are close to joining that rebellion. In Congress, a bipartisan coalition is forming around b... read full post picked by psycmoe 2 years ago

Sean Connery thinks a Scottish nation is a bonnie notion. How about Spain's Basque country becoming a REAL country? And what's wrong with a People's Republic of Vermont?

Kosovo's looming independence raises all those questions and more. For starters: Why is statehood OK for some people but frowned on for others? After all, isn't the right to self-determination the essence of democracy itself? picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

A real Awwwww! of a story. Enjoy.

EDIT: 1st link stopped working; now linked to Fox News/St. Petersburg Times article. picked by meggysue 4 months ago

Beautiful photos of real people in the world by Mary Ellen Mark. But what makes these extra special, and more touching, are the few words Mary says about each picture. Pictures range from American life, to famine in Africa, to Mother Teresa. But all of them have a compelling story. picked by Marz 2 years ago

It is imperative that you wait for some real private time before touching yourself in an impure manner. And for the love of God—do not keep the Wii controller in your hand when you do it. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

The “Normals” are the real freaks in Tod Browning’s 1932 classic film, now in the public domain. This is well worth an hour of your time and raised quite the controversy in its day. If you don’t have a spare hour to watch the video, read this.

Although toomanyusernames posted this movie last year, maybe some of you haven't seen it. picked by meggysue 1 year ago

It is very important to find the right stallion and stud farm. picked by Bornbad 3 years ago

Here is a collection of actual, real Weight Watchers Recipe cards from 1974. With food like this, it would be REAL EASY to lose weight. picked by Moe 3 years ago

Here it is, the ultimate Transformers item! This is the real 1977 Yellow Chevy Camaro that appears on screen as the central character “Bumblebee” throughout the movie! picked by DiSleXik2501 2 years ago

Apparently it's the new black. Some fight crime, some help the downtrodden. Did I wake up in an alternate reality this morning?

Theme pic is Agent Null, a crime fighter from the Portland, Oregon region. picked by Moe 6 months ago

Just like the title says, over Seven Thousand real bananas cover the wall at Deitch Art Gallery in NYC.

It smells like 7,200 Bananas too... Slightly Rotting. picked by MUPpetMAKer 2 years ago

A blog about... honest-to-gawd Real Estate listings. These include strange houses coming apart, derelict - condemmed by the city houses selling for a quarter of a million or more, former meth labs on the market, and alot of really awful bathroom pictures (love the door directly behind the toliet one). picked by nickyrocks 1 year ago

If you thought one black hole was scary, be very afraid, because triple black-hole mergers are a real possibility in the universe, according to a new supercomputer calculation. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

It may not quite sound the real thing but consumers are being asked to decide whether milk goes better with sparkling water, cane sugar and fruit flavouring. picked by nateebiinature 4 months ago

What if you could draw some stick figures on screen and somehow magically create a beautiful image montage? You can. Maybe.. PhotoSketch claims to scour the internet to find images to smoothly integrate into a seemless montage based on your scribbles. This is reviewed at ZDNet giving it credibility but many viewers claim fraud. What do you think? picked by equinox 2 months ago