A strange sense of reverse culture shock at its best.

'There's a piece of paper inside!" picked by muppetmaker 5 hours ago

An elderly woman misunderstood instructions while checking in at Sweden's main airport and was whisked down a baggage chute after she placed herself instead of her luggage on the belt. picked by AutumnLotus 7 hours ago

Joel Reese shares his harrowing tale of watching former Cowboys' fan favorite Golden Richards fall apart. picked by MissWinkle 8 hours ago

Pioneering lesbian rights activist Del Martin, who married her lifelong partner in June on the first day that same-sex couples here gained that right, died Wednesday. picked by punthe 9 hours ago

Mushroom soup leaked from an overhead locker on a Ryanair flight onto a man with a severe mushroom allergy.

What are the chances of that? picked by pocksucket 9 hours ago

A little app from animator David O'Reilly that creates a holographic cat on your iPhone using the built in motion sensors to align the image. picked by pocksucket 10 hours ago

...because 150,000 people want to worship it.

Not Florida. picked by suckersklub 11 hours ago

A robotic suit will allow people paralyzed from the waist down to stand, walk and even climb stairs. Borg Queen unavailable for comment, too busy assimilating the handicapped. picked by Wingnut 11 hours ago

There goes their trip to Disney World. picked by arsphidius 13 hours ago

A restaurant famous for its exotic meats got a lot of grief for offering farm-raised lion meat to its paying free-willed customers. The handful of people who arbitrarily decided that lion meat = evil but chicken/cow = manna (and even ostrich is acceptable since it is a large chicken) were vocal enough to get the chef to remove it from the offerings. picked by 2manyusernames 15 hours ago

...sorry in advance to our American Plimates for the comment under the photo on the page! picked by topofall 15 hours ago

Your teenage daughter gets top marks in school, captains the debate team, and volunteers at a shelter for homeless people. But while driving the family car, she text-messages her best friend and rear-ends another vehicle.

How can teens be so clever, accomplished, and responsible—and reckless at the same time? picked by 2manyusernames 16 hours ago

One of the most barbaric forms of animal cruelty has an underbelly which for years has remained literally hidden in darkness: “Trunking” is dog fighting’s ugly secret. picked by horsefeathers 19 hours ago

A labyrinth filled with stone temples and pyramids in 14 caves—some underwater—have been uncovered on Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, archaeologists announced last week. picked by AutumnLotus 19 hours ago

Astronomers have glimpsed the largest cluster of galaxies ever seen in the distant, early universe. The discovery of this far-off group, estimated to contain as much mass as a thousand large galaxies, offers further proof of the existence of the enigmatic force called dark energy. picked by AutumnLotus 20 hours ago

Archeologists working at Peru's Huaca Pucllana ruins pulled a mummy from a tomb on Tuesday, thought to be from the ancient Wari culture that flourished before the Incas. picked by AutumnLotus 21 hours ago

Cute photo-essay and your daily dose of awwwww! picked by gnikgnok 21 hours ago

While most cats are renowned for having nine lives, these moggies are clearly living on a wing and a prayer. picked by AutumnLotus 21 hours ago

He's been pulling your strings for so long - now you can pull his! picked by gratheo 1 day ago

The 62-year-old singer and actress is reported to be in talks to play Catwoman opposite Christian Bale in the third Batman film from British director Christopher Nolan.

WHAT!? picked by punthe 1 day ago

They came from Cybertron... picked by Bornbad 1 day ago

An Irish 18 year old, born without a jaw, had surgery at a NYC hospital to build a jaw. There are only two known cases of otofacial syndrome. Alan is one of them. But more than anything else in the world, Alan just want to be normal. Video at link picked by suebe 1 day ago

Been surfing for porn at work, home, and/or school? Internet Explorer 8 will have a special privacy mode so that what happens at your desk, isn't discoverable by teachers, co-workers, grandparents, etc/ picked by 2manyusernames 1 day ago

In a crowded laboratory painted in gray and cooled like a cave, half a dozen specialists embarked this week on a historic undertaking: digitally photographing every one of the thousands of fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls with the aim of making the entire file — among the most sought-after and examined documents on earth — available to all on the Internet. picked by 2manyusernames 2 days ago

We've all seen the tigress who adopted the piglets. There are a number of other animals whose maternal instincts overrode their more animalistic instincts. picked by 2manyusernames 2 days ago