A young cancer patient's wish was granted when a big yellow school bus picked him up on Thursday. picked by dollyllama 6 months ago

Chinese leader Mao Zedong proposed sending 10 million Chinese women to the United States, in talks with top envoy Henry Kissinger in 1973, according to documents released Tuesday. picked by 2manyusernames 6 months ago

Ahmed Ibrahim claims that 19 couples he’s introduced to each other have stayed together for more than a year. picked by MandolinOrange 6 months ago

A look at presidential residences from around the world. picked by leopoldogolba 6 months ago

Doctor diagnoses man's brain tumor through 'spongy' handshake. picked by cb__ 6 months ago

They married in the spring of 1940 as the country braced itself for a Nazi invasion. Then Thomas Scrowston kissed his young bride Vera goodbye and went off to war. His duties in the RAF meant the newlyweds spent four long years apart, never knowing if they would see each other again. picked by maxriter 6 months ago

Just in case you were curious to whether it is a real holiday or not, as it turns out, it has legit backgrounds.

Cheers! picked by MUPpetMAKer 6 months ago

Charles M. Schulz penned his last Peanuts comic, that were published 8 years ago today. Here they are.

He died the same day. picked by MUPpetMAKer 6 months ago

Two men were arrested under charges that they constructed and helped detonate the suicide bomb that killed Bhutto, the female Pakistani leader, during a rally picked by acemak 6 months ago

I'm not entirely sure this hasn't been posted before. Inspired by this post. Watch your money go right down the drain! I'm not kidding! picked by mahler87 6 months ago

Asian restaurants across Israel have declared a “spring roll strike.” They refused to sell spring rolls or egg rolls. In the next coming weeks they will add sushi and noodle strikes. This is to protest Israel's plan to rid kitchens of foreign chefs, and replace them with Israeli chefs. picked by 2manyusernames 6 months ago

An official update to the original "Shift Happens" video from Karl Fisch and Scott McLeod, this update includes new and updated statistics, thought-provoking questions and a fresh design. For more information, or to join the conversation, please visit
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2008 is shaping up to be the election year that we finally get to have the Great American Healthcare Debate again. And, as usual, Canada is again getting dragged into the fracas and, along the way, getting coated with the obfuscating dust of so many willful misconceptions that the actual facts about How Canada Does It are completely lost in the melee. picked by 2manyusernames 6 months ago

$500, $1000, all the way to $100,000. These bills were printed in the 1920s and 1930s and all were recalled in 1969. You'll (probably) never own one but at least you can see what they looked like. picked by tigertony 6 months ago

As well as to grant legal protection to phone companies that cooperated in President Bush’s program of eavesdropping without warrants.

Hooray for freedom! picked by mahler87 6 months ago

They say they wanted to show their commitment to freedom of speech after an alleged plot to kill one of the cartoonists behind the drawings.

These guys have big cajones. And I respect them. picked by mahler87 6 months ago

Georgia's richest man and presidential critic Badri Patarkatsishvili has died of a heart attack in London.

Note: The country, not the state. I don't exactly know what's going on here, but I like visiting this site and seeing whats up in Europe. picked by Blankspace73 6 months ago

A beaten and abused dog in Iraq tracked a soldier who had befriended him 70 miles across the Iraqi desert. picked by dollyllama 6 months ago

University of Exeter archaeologists have discovered a Roman fort in South East Cornwall, England. Dating back to the first century AD, this is only the third Roman fort ever to have been found in the county. The team believes its location, close to a silver mine, may be significant in shedding light on the history of the Romans in Cornwall. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

Tons of statistics comparing the nations of the world, laid out in easy to interpret displays. You can even plot two statistics against each other to see if there's a correlation.

See also StateMaster for the same thing on US states. picked by Matoogs 6 months ago

Following the news of the decision of the UK's Dep of Education to pull out the Holocaust from school manuals in order not to offend the Islamic comunity, and after receiving a chain email concerning this very subject. “General Eisenhower understood that many people would be unable to comprehend the full scope of this horror. He also understood that any human deeds that were so utterly e... read full post picked by palmieres 6 months ago

After a tornado killed Kathryn Martin's 2-year-old son, C.J., she decided to dedicate her life to helping other victims of natural disasters by starting an emergency child care service in her son's honor. picked by miranda622 6 months ago

At just 2ft 9in, Indian muscleman Aditya 'Romeo' Dev is the world's smallest bodybuilder. Pint-sized Romeo is well-known in his hometown of Phagwara, India - for his ability to lift 1.5kg dumbbells - despite his overall 9kg body weight. picked by MissWinkle 6 months ago

Suspected attack on 14-year-old by a US Marine has echoes of 1995 case that hurt the US-Japan alliance

*Photo not of alleged rapist picked by juaner899 6 months ago

Italian scientists say they have proved Napoleon was not poisoned, scotching the legend the French emperor was murdered by his British jailors. picked by MandolinOrange 6 months ago