I think they're OK, I suppose.

Challenge - watch this 5 times and then try to spend the rest of the day not singing it. picked by pocksucket 3 weeks ago

About 45,000 people gathered today (6th August 2008) in Peace Memorial Park to hear Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba give an address. In the speech, Mayor Akiba called for the abolition of all nuclear weapons.

Full transcript of the speech in the comments picked by pocksucket 3 weeks ago

An article where Tanya Gold speaks to the descendants of Nazis who have converted to Judaism. Including one man who is a relative of Hitlers. The article is very interesting, but her interview with the so called "Jewish Hitler" is fascinating. picked by Marz 3 weeks ago

Amazing revelations have emerged regarding already existing government plans to overhaul the way the Internet functions in order to apply much greater restrictions and control over the web. picked by carguy4life 3 weeks ago

Starting in 1967 this little animation plops a little green dot on every location that where a Walmart opened.

Turns out there are quite a lot... picked by pocksucket 4 weeks ago

A grandfather has bought a vintage car for £6,000, 50 years after he first bought it for just £23.

Inflation, I suppose! picked by topofall 4 weeks ago

Seatless subway cars are coming to NYC in a few months.

What's next? Subway people pushers? picked by suebe 4 weeks ago

11 photos of amazing trees featured on the karmapanda site. picked by SkandarGraun 4 weeks ago

16! Sixteen. S-i-x-t-e-e-n years old. 4 abortions. A lot of blame and bs excuses pointed everywhere but herself and her mother. She is now 18 and is raising her 6-year old sister. She may have her act together, but I still worry for her sister. picked by 2manyusernames 4 weeks ago

Check Good News Daily to see the GOOD things happening in the world. picked by Maven 4 weeks ago

...after falling asleep in a "first class" ferry cabin. picked by AfroMosHi 4 weeks ago

The headteacher, Sitisak Sumontha, estimates that in any year between 10% and 20% of his boys consider themselves to be transgender picked by AfroMosHi 1 month ago

... on the grounds that the bullets might hurt! picked by tigertony 1 month ago

A schoolgirl banned from lessons for wearing a Sikh bangle won her High Court legal battle today after a judge ruled she was a victim of unlawful discrimination. picked by Maxriter 1 month ago

They believed that his name was Mark Humphries and that he was so bold he would never stop until he was caught. They also knew that an arrest wouldn't come easily. He had proved so cautious that he left almost no evidence with each attack. picked by deEPCHIll 1 month ago

Are you tired of being stuck in the office all day long. Are you a city dweller who never gets to relish in the feeling of grass under your feet. Well fret no more. Soon you will be able to get grass covered shoes. picked by bernardblack 1 month ago

Surjit Singh, a 16-year old 'Dalit' or "untouchable" was caned by his teacher to a point where he almost died when it was discovered he wrote a love poem for a girl in a higher caste. The girls family caned him more at which point he died.

For writing a love poem. picked by BernardBlack 1 month ago

The newcomer, which was filmed by a television news helicopter, has excited marine scientists who think it may be related to Migaloo - to date, the only known all-white humpback whale. picked by deEPCHIll 1 month ago

Some storeowners in Brooklyn who were fed up with thieves took matters into their own hands. The episode of vigilante justice was caught on tape, as two brothers used machetes and large knives to fend off three criminals, who also had weapons of their own. picked by deEPCHIll 1 month ago

As part of its centennial celebration, the FBI just released a list of the "Top Ten Myths in FBI History." picked by deEPCHIll 1 month ago

A new Russian law could make being an emo kid illegal in the eastern European country. picked by tomba 1 month ago

There is an overwhelming consensus by scholars, academics and even mystics that southern Africa is the cradle of humankind and that this is where the first humans walked the Earth before migrating to the distant corners of our planet. picked by deEPCHIll 1 month ago

Sadly he succumbed to pancreatic cancer. He gave us all a new perspective on life and death. May he never be forgotten.
*Sorry, not much on the story, this link is to the GMA excerpt from a bio on him. picked by dollyllama 1 month ago

The lesbian mothers of IVF twin girls have lost a legal bid to sue their doctor for the cost of raising one of the toddlers. picked by maxriter 1 month ago

A Polish tourist looking for a discreet place to urinate wandered off the platform at Vauxhall Station and discovered the electrified rail. picked by pocksucket 1 month ago