A customs officer who took a close look at a consignment of more than 100 large, dead bugs sent from Peru to the Netherlands discovered cocaine had been stashed in their backs. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

In a bad case of It seemed like a good idea at the time syndrome, a Japanese customs officer decided that the way to test their sniffer dogs was to hide a bag of cannabis in a random passenger's luggage. picked by pocksucket 3 months ago

Family members say the baby was locked in a customs room by immigration officers with his mother and a nurse when he died. The baby had come to Hawaii for emergency heart surgery.
*Theme pic unrelated. picked by MandolinOrange 7 months ago

Awesome Collection of smallest thing in the world really

(Some images on page NSFW) picked by icemann 2 years ago

Very moving art from Brazilian Artists. picked by LatueOfStiberty 1 year ago

Flight Simulator geeks are flying around the world in the 2007 Round-The-World Flight Simulator Race. The race pits teams from AVSim, FlightSim and Sim-Outhouse against each other in a race around the world with special rules, conditions and bonuses. All teams were given the rules 24 hours in advance of the start of the race (10a EST on Friday). The rules include route requirements (such as two a... read full post picked by dfelteau 2 years ago

Bungling sign writing around the world have been exposed by a new book which quite literally discovered a new "sign language". From the down right obvious to the ridiculous and from South Korea to Canada, Signspotting 2 from the Lonely Planet series captures it all. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

Silly & wierd news clips from around the world - Ex. A brothel in Germany hopes to capitalize on the growing number of retirees by offering them a 50 percent discount in the afternoon. picked by susiesunshine 1 year ago

OSLO, Norway - A British woman's bulging wig did not fool customs agents in Norway who realized she wasn't just having a bad hair day.

The wig was concealing 2.2 pounds of cocaine glued to her head and customs agents detained her on suspicion of cocaine smuggling, authorities said Wednesday picked by bevissimo 2 months ago

Ahem. A kitten! :O) picked by moe 11 months ago

MapOfStrange - strange things in google maps
The MapOfStrange website is a way of recording strange, wacky, weird and wonderful anomalies, sights and oddities from Google Maps and Google Earth. picked by bingo 3 months ago

Including "Coins and Kissing the Guests", "Blackening the Bride" and "Log Sawing" picked by DemureArt 2 months ago

That's unfortunate.

owie... picked by Proverb 10 months ago