After a year of sold out shows at the Alamo Drafthouse and the Paramount theater in Austin, TX, the World Air Sex Championships are taking to the road and touring fifteen North American cities in the search for this year’s Air Sex Champion. picked by bornbad 6 months ago

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is an international non-governmental organization working on issues regarding the conservation, research and restoration of the environment. It is the world’s largest independent conservation organization with over 5 million supporters worldwide, working in more than 90 countries, supporting around 1300 conservation and environmental projects around the w... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago

See how people from around the world would vote in the 2008 election. picked by Vertex 1 year ago

In a series of illustrations entitled “Twelve Animals,” graphic artist Kentaro Nagai rearranges the world map to create the beasts of the Chinese zodiac. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

There's a World Toilet Summit? picked by Proverb 2 years ago

A bid to set a new world record for the number of women being photographed wearing bikinis in one place failed, after only 42 of the required 1,924 turned up. picked by kakana 4 months ago

Every year on October 1st, World Vegetarian Day kicks off a month of parties, potluck, presentations, food tasting displays...and lots of friendly discussions!

Related link picked by nateebiinature 2 months ago

So, the world probably won't end in 2012, but that's the date for plenty of imagined apocalypses. We look at the various ways the world ends (or at least radically changes) when the Mayan Long Count Calendar runs out. picked by Bornbad 3 weeks ago

A bungee-jumping, ostrich-riding British charity worker has won the 'best job in the world' - as a 'caretaker' for a string of sun-kissed islands along Australia's famous Great Barrier Reef. Update on this post. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

Amazing abandoned cities from around the world with fantastic images, links and videos! picked by derami 2 years ago

Zac Sunderland, who left Marina del Rey 13 months ago with a bold ambition to become the youngest person to sail around the world alone, returned to complete that quest today at 10:30 a.m. Update to this post picked by suebe 5 months ago

A new unique world record is on the cards after staff at a furniture warehouse made a video of themselves playing mattress dominoes. The game sees dominoes substituted with mattresses and the addition of some willing participants. picked by kakana 4 months ago

There are many types of stinky cheeses in the world and they all smell so bad that they make your dirty socks smell like expensive cologne. So picking the smelliest ones was no easy feat, but we’ve done it, so put on your gas-masks as we count down the top 10. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

Few people know that Louis Armstrong actually sang the original theme song for Super Mario World... until Nintendo stepped in and decided to go in a different direction. picked by punthe 1 year ago

"Although great human tragedies like Iraq and Darfur dominate the news, the vast majority of the world is living in peace, conflicts actually decreased over the past decade," says the 2007 State of the Future report. picked by deepchill 2 years ago

Gordie Bannerman served in the Canadian Army in World War II. He discusses training while still here as well as fighting overseas, all accompanied by pictures. picked by tundramonkey 2 years ago

Including links and maps of the World Wonders picked by buddha 2 years ago

Six out of the original 'seven wonders of the world' no longer exist. What would you like to see counted as a new 'wonder of the world?'
(see list of potentials in article) picked by ybne1else 3 years ago

Meet the World and learn facts about each countries through their flags. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Interesting view on how the world will end. very funny (nsfw language) picked by spocksmyhomeboy 2 years ago