61 year-old farmer won ultra marathon against top athletes

All of the professional athletes knew that one had to run about 18 hours a day and sleep the remaining 6 hours. The thing is, Cliff Young didn't know that so he kept running through the night and became a legend.

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"I hunted down the woman who stole my life."

Your identity won't be stolen on the internet, it will be stolen in person.

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Vicious Polar Bear Attack (Pics)

These pictures were captured at the onset of this vicious attack. Unfortunately, onlookers could do nothing but watch.

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Number Spiral

Numbers can be mysterious.

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If I Die A Bacon-Related Death, Please Be Because of This

OMFG. Seriously. I almost freaked out just looking at these pix. Must make.

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Physics: Electron Band Structure In Germanium, My Ass

Funny abstract from a frustrated student "My careful theoretical modeling and painstaking experimentation reveal 1) that my equipment is crap, as are all the available texts on the subject and 2) that this whole exercise was a complete waste of my time." Great read!

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So My Dentist Sent Me This Innocent Email... Oh Wait [PIC]

Well, actually the email wasn't sent to me, but this is funny regardless. Though, I can't say I blame him.

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Were The Big Three. We Dont Need to Compete. [Pic]

Funny picture, but it definitely speaks the truth.

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Why Bill Murray Might Show Up at Your Party (Just Like US!)

Why is 58-year-old actor Bill Murray popping up unannounced at Williamsburg house parties and hanging out with twentysomething hipsters? Sarah Horne explores the mystery of the scene's most unlikely, late-blooming It guy.

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Hidden Travels of the Atomic Bomb

Atomic insiders say the weapon was invented only once, and its secrets were spread around the globe by spies, scientists and the covert acts of nuclear states.

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Teacher Sells Ads On Tests To Cover Printing Costs

Left to fend for himself after budget cuts, His tests cost over $500 a year to print, but this year he only got $316, one calculus teacher resorted to selling ads on quizzes and tests to cover his printing costs. $10 for quizzes, $20 for tests, and $30 for a final.

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Acorn Watchers Wonder What Happened to Crop

The idea seemed too crazy to Rod Simmons, a measured, careful field botanist. Naturalists in Arlington County couldn't find any acorns. None. No hickory nuts, either. Then he went out to look for himself. He came up with nothing. Nothing crunched underfoot. Nothing hit him on the head.

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North Atlantic Cold-Water Sink Returns to Life

Scientists have found evidence that convective mixing in the North Atlantic, a mechanism that fuels ocean circulation and affects Earth's climate, has returned after a decade of near stagnation – thanks, perhaps, to a dramatic loss of sea-ice in the Arctic during the summer of 2007.

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