Between the mortgage, our two jobs and the dryer breaking down, its no wonder we've forgotten how to smile. In today's society, there is more stress than ever, but if we look around for just a moment, we may be surprised. Believe it or not, there are STILL some things around us every day that can bring an instant smile to our seriously stern faces. picked by maven 10 hours ago

Men will do, say, or put up with just about anything to get laid.

The American alligator has to crank-start his mate for closer to four days before sealing the deal. picked by AutumnLotus 11 hours ago

and he lived 6 blocks away picked by JoshSF49 14 hours ago

A Christian relationship counsellor was sacked because he refused to give sex therapy sessions to gay couples, a tribunal heard today. picked by ginlamia 15 hours ago

Venus and Jupiter have appeared side by side in the evening sky over the past week or so, but tonight was the best night to see the "face" appear, astronomers said. picked by 2manyusernames 16 hours ago

Confirmation that the nation is in a recession and signs pointing to a prolonged downturn sent Wall Street plunging once again Monday, hurtling the Dow Jones industrials down more than 600 points and erasing a huge chunk of last week's big gains.

Update: picked by ImNotBlue 17 hours ago

As if doing cocaine alone wasn't bad for you. picked by nesbyniccolo 20 hours ago

A goofy, lovable and generous mad scientist from Japan who’s working towards 6000 inventions before he dies at age 144. picked by Bornbad 20 hours ago

Uh..duh?

Apparently it's been since last December. picked by JoshSF49 20 hours ago

As Lulu Matheson was warming herself by the fire at her remote rural cottage, police and sniffer dogs burst through the door. picked by Bornbad 20 hours ago

A new study, set for publication in the December issue of the journal Psychological Science, reveals that when a person feels physically clean, he or she cuts others more moral slack. picked by Bornbad 20 hours ago

Supermarkets selling alcohol cheaper than bottled water picked by tigertony 20 hours ago

Our Plimates in The New World already know this. An enterprising duo in Brooklyn are cooking up the Vikings' favorite beverage. picked by suebe 21 hours ago

We've all heard the old adage: never judge a book by its cover. But judging it by its title? H*ll yeah.

Can just those few words tell us whether a book is worth reading? Probably not. Can they make us wonder if the author was batsh*t insane? picked by Interesting 21 hours ago

You see, Fabien and LaLuz both teach abstinence courses to Chicago Public Schools teens. And they say they practice what they preach. picked by nesbyniccolo 21 hours ago

What everyone was expecting has now been confirmed picked by pocksucket 22 hours ago

All the women in two neighboring villages in Papua New Guinea made a pact 10 yrs ago to end the constant fighting between the villages' warriors, in the only way they knew how: kill all the boys! picked by tigertony 22 hours ago

A year-old girl turned out to be pregnant. Doctors said that it was the first incident in the history of modern medicine. Arab media outlets discuss whether the removal of the fetus from the baby girl is going to be considered a murder. picked by doggylives 22 hours ago

The ultimate gift for the Perpetual Kid in your life! Remember how mom would say “NO!” when you asked for just one more donut? We do! Anyway, now that you are a responsible adult you can whip up some dough, place it in the Dough-Nu-Matic and graze all day on delicious mini doughnuts! picked by AutumnLotus 23 hours ago

Just six months after a Frenchwoman underwent the world's first face transplant, a military hospital in China announced that it too had conducted even more ambitious facial surgery.

WARNING: Graphic images. picked by AutumnLotus 24 hours ago

It may have taken NASA millions of dollars and over a decade to design a space telescope that could capture truly spectacular images of deep space.

But an amateur astronomer has now caught the same dazzling constellations - from his back garden. picked by AutumnLotus 24 hours ago

If visiting poor people in remote locations, some who would be at best surviving on below poverty levels and throwing a burger in their faces isn’t bad enough, it gets better, because they also ask the Whopper Virgins to compare the taste of the Whopper to a McDonalds Big Mac as well. picked by AutumnLotus 1 day ago

Venus and Jupiter have appeared side by side in the evening sky over the past week or so, but tonight was the best night to see the "face" appear, astronomers said. picked by AutumnLotus 1 day ago

These incredible photographs look more like a scene from the end of the world than a winter sunrise.

The dramatic pictures were taken in north west Greenland by British Arctic photographers Bryan and Cherry Alexander. picked by AutumnLotus 1 day ago

White guano drips like tears down the face of a statues and monuments in Rome. To scare away the millions of roosting birds, the Italian League for the Protection of Birds broadcast the sound of distressed starlings in the hope of scaring the hordes away. picked by pocksucket 1 day ago