For those of you who have never heard of him, Steve Lightfoot has been for years trying to convince the world that it was Stephen King and not Mark Chapman who shot John Lennon. Currently he is trying to petition Sarasota City, Florida, to bring Mr King to justice. picked by pocksucket 9 months ago

Aerogel, one of the world’s lightest solids, can withstand a direct blast of 1kg of dynamite and protect against heat from a blowtorch at more than 1,300C. picked by misswinkle 2 years ago

Weird and funny statues. picked by maxriter 2 years ago

Around the world, several labs are drawing close to the threshold of a second genesis, an achievement that some would call one of the most profound scientific breakthroughs of all time. picked by Bornbad 9 months ago

Luxury pools for that luxury lifestyle all Plimates deserve. picked by carguy4life 1 year ago

"The baby harp seals of the world have now found at least one civilized place on this planet to be born where they can be spared the greed and cruelty of humankind.
The Russian government has banned the hunting of baby harp seals in the regions surrounding the White Sea."

*yes, the theme pic is intentionally extra cute. picked by palmieres 9 months ago

Time is no longer a simple line from the past to the future, in a four dimensional world consisting of three dimensions of space and one of time. Instead, Roger Highfield envisages the passage of history as curves embedded in a six dimensionals, with four of space and two of time. picked by DrNothing 2 years ago

Children played with a high-explosive World War Two shell at a playground in the Dutch town Barneveld for months before authorities were warned and removed it. picked by proverb 2 years ago

From antique maps showing sea serpents and hideous monsters devouring ships in the vast expanses of the ocean, to those showing what the world looked like in the distant, and not so distant, past. Maps have, of course, been with us in one form or another, for a long time. picked by Bingo 3 months ago

Support the WW1 veterens this month by following the adventures of 'poppy-man'

Also Remember 11th november 1918 at 11am GMT. The end of the first world war

(i know its a blog, but isnt everything these days?) picked by davethefish 2 years ago

The center, called ReSTART, is somewhat ironically located near Redmond, headquarters of Microsoft and a world center of the computer industry. picked by nateebiinature 3 months ago

New wireless technologies will link not just people but lots of objects too. A view from The Economist about the (near) future of wireless communications - biased towards machine-to-machine (m2m) applications. picked by rambler 3 years ago

Scotch seems to get all the love, but there exist some high class (and severely high priced!) whiskeys in the world as well. Here's your list... and my birthday is in January.

Yes, I know whiskey/scotch. But this list has some things different than that first. picked by psycmoe 8 months ago

German synchronized swimmer Niklas Stoepel has won major national competitions, but he has still been banned from competiting at the international level. Officials in the sychronized swimming world, it seems, still aren't ready for men to participate in the sport. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

For those of us who follow the market, Lehman Brothers, the 5th largest investment bank in the world has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. And Merrill Lynch is being purchased by Bank of America. And AIG is in serious s**t. picked by sykeo56 1 year ago

Want to get from Paris to London in just over two hours? How about Barcelona to Madrid in two-and-a-half?

Take the train. picked by neilharvey 3 years ago

Today in a glass-walled room in New York's Time Square, Netflix gathered six of the world's brightest talents in the field of sitting on ass and watching movies. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

Located in southern France. At one point it is even taller than the Eiffel Tower. picked by Mystic 2 years ago

Hey, that line works in Germany. Read how men around the world try to find "ms-right-now" in "Best Chat-up lines in the world" Women still have the "you're sponge worthy" line option. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Van Johnson, a Hollywood actor whose career took off during World War II and spanned over six decades, has died at the age of 92. picked by suebe 12 months ago