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Man poses on dead horse - old mystery photo

I tidied this pic up to remove the scratches, it looks like a man sitting on a dead horse. However the horse is in a hole, which might be some sort of crater, which might go some way to explaining the dead horse. ... There also appears to be some st...

10 great battles that changes the course of war

A great writeup of 10 great battles that changes the course of war. ... 10 The Battle of Stirling Bridge 9 The Battle of Gibraltar 8 The Battle of Leyte Gulf 7 The Ludendorff Offensive 6 The Battle of Salamis 5 The Battle of Gettysbur...

Toyota Pruis in stuck accelerator accident - doubts about its authenticity appear

The driver of a Toyota Prius says he was taken on a wild ride Monday after the car\'s accelerator became stuck, reaching speeds in excess of 90 mph on a winding, hilly portion of a southern California interstate. ... Whats important to note from this...

Decode this sign on the side of a road

Took me about 5 minutes wondering what it was... I thought it was advertising something first

Barrett M107 .50 Caliber sniper rifle

This massive sniper rifle takes out targets, including vehicles, at over a mile away. Described as the most cost effective weapon on the battle field. http://www.youtube.com/v/TWJp14tkBlU

Woman tries to park car - funny video

This is amazing, I think that it would be hard to get a car into a space that is just its size, but I sure wouldn\'t spend so long trying! http://www.youtube.com/v/m7gsE-RoOwA&hl=en_GB&fs=1&

Swimmer eaten by a huge Great White shark

Fiddling with his swimming goggles as he strolled across one of Cape Town\'s most popular beaches, Lloyd Skinner did not notice anything amiss. ... With temperatures in the 90s, the sand was packed with families enjoying the delights of the South Afr...

The ultimate doggie carrier

Just because you only have a motor scooter doesn\'t mean you have to leave your dog at home. This practical dog carrier allows you to travel anywhere with your pet.

Video of fire backdraft to be used for training purposes - firefighting video

Recent amateur video caught by a neighbor of a dangerous fire backdraft that injured 4 firefighters will be used as a training video . The video begins shortly after Truck 33 pulled up to the boarded-up coach house on South Paulina Street on Feb. 18....

How to pretend you are a sailor - funny military humor

How to live like a sailor. ... 1. Buy a dumpster, paint it gray inside and out, and live in it for six months. 2. Run all the pipes and wires in your house exposed on the walls. 3. Repaint your entire house every month. 4. Renovate your bath...

Japan fears earthquake after omens appear from the sea

Japan is bracing itself after dozens of rare giant oarfish - traditionally the harbinger of a powerful earthquake - have been washed ashore or caught in fishermen\'s nets. ... This rash of tectonic movements around the Pacific \"Rim of Fire\" is heig...

Black Barbie dolls half the price of white barbie dolls.

Wall mart makes a huge oops in the pricing of its kids dolls. Walmart is raising eyebrows after cutting the price of a black Barbie doll to nearly half of that of the doll\'s white counterpart at one store and possibly others. The Theresa dolls,... ...

Windows 7 wake timers - a back door to your machine?

As I was trawling through the more obscure settings under advanced power options, I came across a setting called \"Wake timers\". Googling the words came up with this explanation. Wake Timers are a component that programmers can use to wake.....

Survey finds 12 intact shipwrecks up to 1000 years old in the Baltic Sea

A dozen previously unknown shipwrecks, some of them believed to be up to 1,000 years old, were discovered in the Baltic Sea during a probe of the sea bed to prepare for the installation of a large gas pipeline, the Swedish National Heritage Board... ...

Yet again Japan follows its stomach and demands the right to eat threatened species

Bluefin tuna is a highly valued fish worth up to $200-$300 per kg but stocks have depleted rapidly. It is particularly sought-after in Japan, where a single fish can fetch as much a $100,000. So the Japanese desire to continue eating it is just as......

US Military to grow jet fuel at $3 a gallon - new breakthrough

The US military announced they’ve got the price of a crude algae oil down to $2 a gallon, and are working on mass-producing jet fuel for a target price of $3 a gallon this year. ... They’ve got the motivation: the military is currently using 60 to 75...

Bob the demolition dude game

Bob is kinda thick, so the best way for him to demolish things is using his head. He is in a slingshot which you click and drag to get distance and velocity to take out the targets. ... Its a fun little game. http://armorgames.com/play/5388/demo...

Armed robbers attack poker tournament - video

Armed robbers stormed a luxury hotel in central Berlin where a poker tournament was taking place armed with assault rifles and hand grenades and made off with the tournament jackpot of 800,000 euros ($1.1m; £726,000). About 1,000 poker players are......

Carwash fail videos

All these car wash videos feature an overabundance of water. ... http://www.youtube.com/v/KY1DT0QXjNE&hl=en_GB&fs=1& Just what is this woman thinking? That you high pressure spray the inside of the car as well? ...

Book: A Year in Pyongyang - One year living in North Korea

This engrossing book, on the experiences of a scholar living in communist North Korea is a great read. It looked as if for the first and probably only time in my life, I was about to do something different. I quelled my apprehensions by... S...

Chinese restaurant menu translation - oh oh...

Poor translation or is someone really having fun with their food?

Woodpeckers store acorns in microwave antenna

Woodpeckers broke the Microwave Radio antenna by loading the equipment up with too many acorns! I never knew woodpeckers stored acorns to start with. http://www.youtube.com/v/Mdm12KONMBA&hl=en&fs=1

A full catalog of Sumerian literary compositions

This catalog shows all the compositions which will be included in the Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature. The catalogue is thematically arranged and each composition has a number whose first element reflects the broad category to which it....

Respected magazine wants nice Chinese poetry, gets brothel advert instead

Yet another language fail. Instead of a nice Chinese poem on the front page of the Max Planck Forschung journal, they used an advertisement for a Macau strip club. ... A respected research institute wanted Chinese classical texts to adorn its journal...

Argentavis magnificens - the largest bird ever found

Argentavis magnificens (literally \"magnificent Argentine bird\") is the largest flying bird ever discovered, larger in every aspect than any other flying aves, ... This bird, sometimes called the Giant Teratorn, is an extinct species known (as of ...