Every Day, the Same, Again
A man has broken the world record for sleep deprivation by staying awake for 11 days and nights. He said that his ‘Stone Age’ diet of raw food helped parts of his brain to stay awake and remain functional for long periods: “It makes it much easier to switch from one side of the brain which is really tired, to the other.”
Actually, the record that he broke – of 11 days, or 264 hours - is 12 hours shorter than the record which used to be included in The Guinness Book of Records.
A prisoner escaped from a high security jail in Germany after climbing into a cardboard box and posting himself to freedom.
Japanese minister died after hanging himself just hours before he was to face questioning in parliament over a political scandal.
An Iraqi-born artist alone in a room for a month and a gun in your hand. 7 days until Wafaa Bilal ends his confinement.
Where to begin? I hate my giant dick. I’d give my left nut to give up 4 inches and some girth.
3 Japanese women admit robbing man who thought sleeping pills were Viagra.
Women make up 70 percent of Algeria’s lawyers and 60 percent of its judges.
Lindsay Lohan has been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after her convertible struck a curb and crashed into some trees in Beverly Hills this weekend.
Another impostor found at Stanford.
Tina Doohan told a court how her ex had entered her home and defecated on her spaghetti bolognese dinner before rubbing it on her face. After this grotesque incident, the mother of one had her hand cut as she held up her plate. Man claimed that she had soiled her own food and cut her own hand.
Competitor sues rival Jack In The Box Inc. to stop TV ads that it says suggest Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s use cow anus to make Angus beef hamburgers.
A horde of decaying zombies invaded San Francisco’s downtown Apple store on Friday evening, hunting for brains, terrifying the customers, and gnawing on iMacs.
Google said it needs to hold on to users’ search data for up to two years for security and commercial reasons.
Conceived as a perfect cube, the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision is the home of the national broadcasting archives.
On September 15, 1896, a railway agent, named William George Crush, staged a show that nobody had seen before: he got two train engines and sent them toward each other at 45 mph.
Driving tips from police officers.
What would happen to sound if I traveled at Mach 1?
Weight gain ad for skinny people, 1934.
The color of the universe: Cosmic Latte.
How the Sun’s surface oozes during a single hour.
This black hole is one of seven possible entrances to subterranean caves identified on Mars.
Cross-border drug tunnel between the U.S. and Mexico.
Had it been completed, it would have been the world’s tallest hotel.
Although Palm Springs has long been considered a second-home haven, an increasing number of home buyers are turning the desert city into their primary residence.
The number of Aboriginal languages that existed in Australia prior to colonisation is estimated to be about 600. Currently there are 200 different Aborginal dialects across Australia, with about 20 in constant use.
Without hearing a word, a new study asserts, a four-month-old child can tell when speakers switch to another language, simply by observing changes in facial contortions, such as shapes made by the mouth as well as mannerisms, like the head-bobbing rhythm that varies between different tongues.
Will there ever be a real lie detector?
The foreign accent syndrome causes people to speak their native language as if they had a foreign accent; for example, an American native speaker might speak with a French-sounding accent.
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