During a Portland Winter Hawks hockey game fans threw over twenty thousand stuffed animals onto the ice after their team's first goal picked by bigtonyboy 2 years ago

ALLEGAN, Mich. (AP) -- Is fifth-grader Kenton Stufflebeam smarter than the Smithsonian? On a winter break trip with his family to the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, the 11-year-old southwestern Michigan boy noticed that a notation, in bold lettering, mistakenly identified the Precambrian as an era. picked by prish 2 years ago

Poor guy. I'm surprised I haven't done it myself. Gotta watch the video till the end, it's only 45 seconds. picked by myrthachang 2 years ago

What promised to be a magical day out for many families turned out to be a disappointing muddy field with sheds in it. picked by pocksucket 12 months ago

Before the Wyandotte-Melvindale game Friday night, a flyer was circulated that purported to quote Adams using the 'N' word. The flyer, which claimed Adams made the remarks at a coaches clinic in Battle Creek last winter, stated in part: "I will take my big Polish kids over your fast (expletive) any day.... "What are you going to do when my BIG Polish kid runs right over your little... read full post picked by cecilberman 1 month ago

When Jill Bell noticed a dent on the hood of her car two winters ago, she thought it would be appropriate to paint a Band-Aid on the scrape.

After the painted bandage survived the ice and snow of winter, Bell decided that she wanted to repaint her car entirely - in nail polish. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

Digital painting in Photoshop picked by kairo 2 years ago

Mrs Neely of the Tortoise Sanctuary, had to set up the fridges because of the particularly mild winter. Her tortoises hibernate for up to three months between December and March.

They are in danger of waking early if it heats up - and then do not have enough body weight to keep themselves warm and not enough energy to eat or drink. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Hell, the small Norwegian village, that is. Oh, and temperatures in winter reach -20°C... picked by TheStep 2 years ago

This guy's been growing a beard every winter and every spring he trys to see how many facial hair variations as he can check off from the chart of facial hair types.

Pretty cool, I might try this. I like the Trekkie sideburns, v nice. picked by doggylives 2 years ago

"Hair to Stay was published by and this site is maintained by me -- Pam Winter -- a true hirsute woman. You can find articles and stories from the magazine under the "stories and articles" link. This is the original hairy website on the Internet, before hairy was popular!" ***NSFW*** picked by DrNothing 2 years ago

From winter hot pots and pigs trotters to sweets, jams and noodles, Japanese women are munching on an array of menus, which are being promoted as rich in collagen. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

For Matthew Alan Sheppard, all of the anxiety, deception, and delusion converged in one moment on a crisp winter weekend in February 2008. From the outside, he hardly seemed like a man prepared to abandon everything. picked by Bornbad 3 months ago

Both of Saturn's poles have surprising swirling hotspots that persist even through years of polar winter, a new study reveals. The hotspots are localized areas in Saturn's gaseous atmosphere over its poles that are considerably warmer than the surrounding air — they're actually about as warm as the atmosphere at Saturn's equator. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

This is Russian city Norilsk. It is the northernmost city in Siberia and the world's second largest city above the Arctic Circle. The extreme temperatures can go till -54°C. Therefore, it’s hard to see any homeless people there. When weathermen say that it will be warm, it means it will be -10°C. People have even known snow in June. And this is the bus in winter. It’s not thi... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

A fascist regime plans to host the Olympic Games. Critics call for a boycott, but the Games come off as planned. And on the field of world opinion, the host scores an enormous victory. In 1936 , serious movements urging an outright boycott of the Berlin Games were mounted in the United States, Britain, France, Sweden, Czechoslovakia and the Netherlands. Adolf Hitler had come to power two years ... read full post picked by buddha 2 years ago

A rare winter snowstorm dusted South Africa's commercial capital Johannesburg early on Wednesday as a winter weather front moved across the country, closing mountain passes and claiming at least one life. picked by DrNothing 2 years ago

The group of senior citizens call themselves "The Fined Five" after receiving $25 fines last winter when their condo board decided that their usual kibitzing in the lobby was loitering. picked by suebe 5 months ago

Casey Brikkels, 25, and Robert Winter, 29, were branded “neighbours from hell”
The couple made their neighbours’ lives a misery and have been banned from going into their own home.

The eviction is believed to be the first case of its kind in Sussex under changes to the Antisocial Behaviour Act introduced on December 1. picked by bingo 8 months ago

Grim-faced and sorrowful, former soldiers and Marines sat before an audience of several hundred yesterday in Silver Spring and shared their recollections of their service in Iraq. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago