The Namib Desert is home to some of the world’s rarest and most interesting flora and fauna. A plant that resembles an alien life form and thought to be a relic of the Jurassic period can only be found here. picked by cactushair 7 months ago

Advertising is one of the most powerful forces shaping our lives. From the day we are born to the day we die, for every waking hour, we are bombarded with exhortations to buy. Advertising is the enabler of the consumer society, keeping factories open and people employed, and giving everyone a reason to get out of bed in the morning so they can work ever harder for more and more things that they d... read full post picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

. . . So? He has a bigger-than-normal extended family? picked by MaskedWriter 3 years ago

A man in a black leather mask used a sex toy to belt a woman about the head before tying her dog to a tree until it choked to death, a court has been told. picked by hogstr 11 months ago

A man hanging Christmas decorations in a redwood tree in East Palo Alto Saturday was killed instantly when a string of lights touched two high-tension power lines, according to officials. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

From paratrooper fetuses to Christmas-colored Osama Bin Laden heads, if you can think of an ornament someone has almost certainly made it - along with dozens you would never have imagined. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

A mansion in the hills of Los Angeles has stood empty since 1959 following a murder/suicide.

Visitors who look in the windows still see a Christmas tree with wrapped presents and a 1950s TV.

Through grimy, cracked windows, one can see dust-covered furniture, including a 1950s-style television set, seemingly frozen in time. What appear to be gaily wrapped Christmas gifts sit on a table. picked by bingo 8 months ago

An Indonesian fisherman who feared that he would be killed by tree-like growths covering his body has been given hope of recovery by an American doctor - and Vitamin A. picked by Lilo 2 years ago

The goat tethered to a tree outside of Max Beauvoir's home is doomed.

Beauvoir, tall and majestic with closely cropped white hair, is a voodoo priest who was just named the religion's supreme master, a newly created position that is aimed at reviving voodoo. picked by deEPCHill 2 years ago

Mfuwe Lodge in Zambia happens to have been built next to a mango tree that one family of pachyderms have always visited when the fruit ripens.
(Let the porter grab your trunk) picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

Jib-Jab style picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

Tree CoralScientists gathering specimens in a submersible off the coast of Hawaii have discovered the oldest living colonial creature on Earth, dated at 4,265 years old. picked by xdvx 8 months ago

Claudia Schiffer is not keeping her neighbors happy in Suffolk, London. Her dogs have attacked other dogs, and she has received complaints about them. picked by musicgirldani 3 years ago

Photos by Garry Trinh of tree that's been cut to make way for power lines. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Slowed by tree branches, the baby survives. picked by Hoosker 2 years ago

I know this is a year old, but...I love her. Everyone should get a chance to see her solo. picked by Bornbad 3 years ago

Historic tree, described by the explorers Lewis and Clark, was 200 feet tall and reportedly the largest Sitka spruce in the US, couldn't stand up to the severe weather this weekend. picked by suebe 2 years ago

Turns out there is. And Nationmaster has the proof. Statistics are crazy things and this site has them (at least for 2004) also kinda neat to look at Mortality rates for different reasons in different countries.. By the way, don't climb a tree in Brazil, you could die. ** Link takes some time to load since it does correlations and graphs two stats, after loading you can use the box to look up ... read full post picked by tragluk 2 years ago

Tessa Farmer describes her work as ‘a tool to realise imaginative possibilities that might otherwise linger unseen, just beneath the surface’. The tiny fairies and hell’s angels she creates from plant and tree roots owe their scale to the insect wings which sprout from their backs. picked by AutumnLotus 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