Clint Eastwood has become a living monument of Hollywood. He is to film what Chuck Norris is to roundhouse kicks: the founding father and ruling king. picked by Bornbad 10 months ago

You have probably heard of Botox - but did you know that it is actually a toxin that's so deadly that one pound of it is enough to kill all humans on Earth? Did you know that botulism got its name from ... sausage poisoning? Here's a few facts about the toxin that has the power to kill you and to eliminate your wrinkles .. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

The most interesting and unexpected facts can emerge from the daily news stories and the Magazine documents some of them in its weekly feature, 10 things we didn't know last week. To kick off 2008, here are some of the best of last year. picked by misswinkle 2 years ago

Self-reliance is a vital key to living a healthy, productive life. To be self-reliant one must master a basic set of skills, more or less making them a jack of all trades. Contrary to what you may have learned in school, a jack of all trades is far more equipped to deal with life than a specialized master of only one.

I searched for possible dupes... didn't find any... my bad if it is picked by Nateebiinature 1 year ago

This is a list of 22 things you probably didn't know you could get for free. If you include this list, that makes 23 things! picked by agent014 2 years ago

Ejaculation is just one of the aspects of female sexuality that are being demystified by research. In particular, the female orgasm, the subject of so many myths and folk beliefs, is gradually being understood.

Following some intense field research, here are some of the key facts about the female orgasm, as revealed by modern science. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

What is WhatDoTheyKnow for? To help you find out inside information about what the UK government is doing. How does the site work? You choose the public authority that you would like information from, then write a brief note describing what you want to know. We then send your request to the public authority. Any response they make is automatically published on the website for you and anyone e... read full post picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Cool re-cut trailer from Mary Poppins, the horror movie.
picked by BrightonCub 3 years ago

Because you just have to know these things. picked by sparklyeyedgal181 2 years ago

Pretty cool feature of the BBC site I just discovered.

It shows the 10 things you have learnt from the news in that week, and has an archive going back quite many weeks. picked by Ankabout 7 months ago

Do you know you can Hypnotize Chickens, you can have an erection once dead?...Stuff you may not have known about science and some of the crazy things you can do, things your body is capable of doing that you may not have known. picked by cjmei 3 years ago

Did you know: A pig’s orgasm lasts 30 minutes, a lion can mate 50 times a day, a whale has the largest sex organ in the animal kingdom, and a female rabbit has two “reproductive channels”? picked by maxriter 2 years ago

That's it really - some pictures of some things. Things that straddle that line between cool and pointless.

I reckon there'll be at least one thing on here you'll want. And those stairs/drawers combo that keeps cropping up. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago

A women called Antonia Ruiz Hernandez from Mercedes, Texas has found an image which resembles the Virgin Mary on her air conditioning unit. picked by iamamaniac 6 months ago

I know I always seem to be posting dead people, but I'm big on showing respect so pay your last respects and watch this legend in action. If you want a news article on his death it shouldn't be hard to find..I'm more interested in posting something about his life. picked by Fizz71 2 years ago

The second full trailer has hit for Spike Jonze's highly anticipated "Where the Wild Things Are." picked by orfnerwerdna 4 months ago

It's the force we all know about and think we understand. It keeps our feet firmly on the ground and our world circling the sun.

Yet look a little closer, and the certainties start to float away, revealing gravity as the most puzzling and least understood of the four fundamental forces of nature. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

A growing body of experimental evidence suggests that, on the whole, we know significantly less about our friends, colleagues, and even spouses than we think we do. picked by Bornbad 3 months ago

That is, of course, unless we tell them all about the good old days of modems and typewriters, slide rules and encyclopedias … picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

(Technically ten uses for nine everyday things, and eleven for salt, but... still useful) picked by streetlight22be 2 years ago