50 THINGS EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW

50 Amazing facts about earth, nature, animals...

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Incredible Wildlife Photos - National Geographic 2006 Winners

Nature never ceases to amaze...

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Incredible Wildlife Photos - National Geographic 2006 Winners

Nature never ceases to amaze...

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Be happy Diggers... Paris Hilton is almost gone.

This video should be a nice break for all of you Diggers. Smile knowing that her reign of terror is near the end. My only wish is that it would come sooner....

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Flaming Tennis Ball Explosion

A couple guys launch a flaming tennis ball with a homemade catapault into a pile of leaves soaked in gasoline. Explosion ensues.

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Do humans explode in the vacuum of space?

In scores of science fiction stories, hapless adventurers find themselves unwittingly introduced to the vacuum of space without proper protection. The ill-fated adventurers rapidly swell like over-inflated balloons, ultimately bursting in a gruesome spray of blood. Neat. But what REALLY happens if the human body is exposed to the vacuum of space?

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The Greatest Highlight Ever

Plano East is down 41-17 with 3 minutes to go. What happens next can only be described as 'surreal'. Or 'amazing'. Or 'surrealistically amazing'.

This video combines the elements of great sports drama and extreme schadenfreude, all while providing a subtle social commentary on the importance placed on Texas high school football.

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2OO MPH Nitro RC Car

You cannot even tell what it is.

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Why I got Detention...

Damn, getting detention for being right? What's next, failing a course for getting too many questions right?

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"As God Is My Witness, I Thought Turkeys Could Fly"

A Thanksgiving advertising stunt went terribly wrong yesterday when twenty live turkeys plummeted to their deaths after being dropped out of a helicopter by a Cincinnati radio station.

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How Michael Jackson Would Look Without Surgery

"This age progression is the result of applying basic aging trends to one of Michael Jackson's childhood pictures. It is not meant to be a definitive result." It is still quite surprising compared to the MJ we know nowadays.

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Stem Cells At The Core of Cancer?

The Globe and Mail reports that cancers have at their core a small number of stem cells, without which they cannot spread or reoccur. From the article: A spate of new discoveries about the basic biology of cancer is pushing researchers toward an astonishing conclusion: For decades, efforts to cure the disease may have targeted the wrong cells.

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Craigslist wins discriminatory housing ads case, "Whites Only" ok

Craigslist classifieds can say what newspaper classifieds cannot: "whites only." Here's why Google, AOL, Craigslist, and other online ad venues are arguing for users' rights to use such exclusionary language.

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Photo: Niagra Falls From Space

A whole new perspective of one of the world's most famous Water Falls

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Girl Tapes Herself Burning $900 and Sends it To Credit Card Company

"I vowed that I
’d never give that credit card company a dime of money, ever. To prove a point, I borrowed my friend’s video camera and made a little sign that said ‘F--- YOU _______ CARD!” Then I taped myself burning $900 cash in front of the sign and sent the video to the credit card company in lieu of payment."

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Guy tries to hit biker with car door, gets pwned by pavement

Falling out of the car and knocking all your teeth out...priceless.

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Pilot Snaps Photos from Cockpit of World's 2nd Tallest Tower above Clouds!

The rare photos taken by Russian pilot Letchik Leha for the Moscow city Ostankino Tower which stands above the clouds are really fantastic.

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Stupid people should not be allowed in cars

I've always wondered if this ever happens..

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Seinfeld's Kramer (Michael Richards) Racist Tirade Caught On Tape

Michael Richards exploded in anger as he performed at a famous L.A. comedy club last Friday, hurling racial epithets that left the crowd gasping, and TMZ has obtained video of the ugly incident.

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6031x4456 High Resolution Image of a Galaxy!

It is so huge, that there is even a warning on the page before! File Download Warning You are attempting to access an image with an extremely high resolution. Please read this before you continue.

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Hidden Americans: The Melungeons

For centuries, they remained almost invisible to the American mainstream. They live hidden away on inaccessible mountain ridges, and a racially segregated society wrote them off as a mixture of white, black and American Indian.

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Japanese Underwater Geometric Structures precedes Pyramids by 5000 years

On the sea floor he found vast geometric structures cut out of the rock. There was evidence of stairs, and improbable angles in the stone. Efforts to date the monument are derived from the last time the area was above sea level, which would have been approximately 8,000-10,000 years ago
– about 3-5 millennia before Egypt's pyramids were erected

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Brand new PS3 Smashed - VIDEO

A brand new Playstation 3 is purchased, and smashed in front of dozens of fanboys with a sledgehammer on a busy downtown street.

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Jet-powered Fire Extinguisher Douses Fires in Seconds

A team of Hungarian engineers have created the ultimate fire extinguisher. They've removed the gun turrets from an old Russian tank, replaced them with 2 turbines from a MiG-21 fighter jet, and injected the whole thing with gallons of water. The result is the first ever jet-powered fire extinguisher.

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Jay-Z Versus the Sample Troll

Bridgeport is an unwelcome addition to the music world: the "sample troll." Similar to its cousins the patent trolls, Bridgeport and companies like it hold portfolios of old rights (sometimes accumulated in dubious fashion) and use lawsuits to extort money from successful music artists for routine sampling, no matter how minimal or unnoticeable.

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Guy Photoshops his Baby to Look Like Famous People.

Here are some nice photos the baby will enjoy when he grows up.

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Video: Blackass

This is how Tracy Morgan does Jackass. Haha oh man, just watch.

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The World's Biggest Machine "Chews Up" a Bulldozer (pictures)

The giant mining excavator eats up a stray bulldozer for lunch, after making a spectacular "hike" across the countryside.

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Cat gives birth to puppies

Cat mates with dog... and gives birth to puppies.

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Hiring Homeless To Wait in Line for PS3

While a TV crew was outside a store a "truck used to transport the men from the homeless shelter returned with food for the men. Abdul Salem said he and a friend came up with the idea. They said they plan to pay the men $100 a day to stand in line for a ticket to purchase a PS3 unit that costs around $600."

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Stephen Colberts Sigh: The Best Word Since Truthiness

Absolutely hilarious.

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Coolest Place in the World to Work

Each office has an Xbox, Playstation, (soon Wii) not to mention a moat surrounding it. George Davison spent $$$$$ to create a "Wonkaland" for his employees, building the most creative work environment in the world. Unbelievable place.

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How Rich Are You?

This website ranks your income against the world population. I'm the 56,233,638 richest person in the world! Top .93%!

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Can Bush Sr. and His Team Save Son’s Presidency?

- While George H.W. Bush denies helping orchestrate the replacement of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld with Robert M. Gates -- an adviser from his own administration, a Bush friend tells Newsweek, "his fingerprints are all over this."

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Nintendo's Wii Is A Revolution

In 2005, when Nintendo unveiled its next-generation gaming console, the company revealed that the project's internal code name was "Revolution." Now that it's set to hit U.S stores on Nov. 19, the box will sell, oddly, as the Wii--pronounced "we." But Revolution remains a better fit.

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Nintendo's Wii Is A Revolution

In 2005, when Nintendo unveiled its next-generation gaming console, the company revealed that the project's internal code name was "Revolution." Now that it's set to hit U.S stores on Nov. 19, the box will sell, oddly, as the Wii--pronounced "we." But Revolution remains a better fit.

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The world's most dangerous road

It seems perverse that one of the main roads out of one of the highest cities on Earth should actually climb as it leaves town.

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Kiwi: The cutest (and ultimately saddest) animation you'll see all day.

Sadly, this reminds me of all those people who commited suicide by jumping off the Golden Gate bridge. Thier lives were fraught with misery, as was probably this bird's, with the anguish of not being able to fly. In the end, they got what they wanted. Flight; Freedom.

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Video: Penguin in Japan goes shopping with his own Backpack

Pretty impressive little Penguin.

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Arrested for a rubber band ball.

The cop started in on me, and I finally said, "look, I'll give you the ball. I just want to get on my flight." The TSA guy ignored me, and kept asking me what was in the center of the ball. I kept telling him it was nothing but rubber bands.

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The largest model railroad in the world!

Digitally controlled - H0-scale (1:87) - up to date digital equipment (for train and light control)

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Largest Non-nuclear Blasts In History - Learning Channel

Assorted footage of truly massive explosions. satisfaction guaranteed

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What college football playoffs might look like.

Lets face it, very few people like the BCS here is one sports writers musing on what playoffs might look like, and why it would be much better.

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Video: Man in 31-Wheel Roller Suit....achieves speeds of 60 MPH

The Suit makes the Guy Look like Megaman.

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Robot mistakes human flesh for bacon. And so it begins

Let the robot holocaust commence: robots think we taste like bacon.

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Is Big Bird Dead?

Pictures of this strange creature were snapped on the coast of Russia by a couple of passers by. It is said that the creature was then taken by the Russian special services for further investigation, and it is as yet, still unidentified.

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What is 78 x 23?

What is seventy-eight multiplied by twenty-three? A simple question with a complicated answer?

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Dumb Parents Rob Kids of Fun

Just when you thought you had heard all the stories about parents taking kids' sports too seriously, another idiot comes along

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National Geographic Debunks Chi

You've all seen those martial arts masters that knock people out without so much as touching them. Watch what happens when they try this against a scientist. Best of all, listen to their explanation after they fail.

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All 16,777,216 RGB Colours In One Graphic

"A while back, having nothing better to do, I set about creating an image with all the RGB colours. Yes, that's right. All 16.8 million."

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HP Ink Costs More Than Human Blood, Booze

"Gizmodo reader/potential vampire Shaun just popped this interesting graph in our email this morning, comparing the price of HP ink to other various fluids, some bodily in nature".

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Insect Macrophotography (30+ Photos)

Brilliant Photographs. Mother Nature is truly a Genius in Design

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Lady kills a bird with golf ball

I don't know. Most people have probable already seen this video clip, but I find it to be pretty funny...enjoy!!

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Fantastic Images of the Sun

The Solar Optical Telescope (SOT) onboard Japan's Hinode spacecraft has opened its doors and started snapping pictures. Shown below is a "first light" image taken Oct. 23rd. The light and dark blobs are solar granules, masses of hot gas that rise and fall like water boiling atop a hot stove.

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Goon Bible Project - Book of Job

An animation showing an accurate retelling of the story of Job. It runs on the idea you don't have to change anything in the bible to make it funny - and it works!

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Skydiver uses wingsuit to cruise 15 ft above a mountain slope

A skydiver jumps from a helicopter and cruises 15 feet above a mountain's slope using a wingsuit.

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Skydiver uses wingsuit to cruise 15 ft above a mountain slope

A skydiver jumps from a helicopter and cruises 15 feet above a mountain's slope using a wingsuit.

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Baby laughs his ass off at the slightest noise!

I'll admit this video is completely pointless, but I couldn't help but laugh at it. Better than having a Tickle-Me-Elmo toy!!!

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HUGE Crash - one of the biggest you will ever see

This is one of the biggest motorsport crashes of the year. Take a look at what Joey Hand did to his BMW in the GT class of the Rolex Series at the Mid Ohio Sports Car course earlier this year .... and he walked away !!!!!

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Top 100 photos taken by the Hubble Space Telescope

Taken by a singularly talented photographer.

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14 year old crashes his dad's new 50 grand car minutes after its bought

Some kid's dad just got a brand new 2007 Mustang "Eleanor"....of course his son who is 14 is way too excited and with the car in the driveway for 5 minutes asks for the keys, gets in, and proceeds to plow it through the garage wall. Watch dad and friends' reaction.

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Highest Elevation Tornado Ever Observed (Pictures)

On July 2004 a backpacker in eastern Sequoia National Park encountered a tornado at around 12,000 feet. The highest ever documented.

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