Enterprising tree poachers have stolen a gold, er, woodmine of a target: an 800-year-old red cedar tree that's one of the largest in the Vancouver Island area. It's gone now and it was stolen under a two-part operation that's been underway for the past year. Read More >
Featured comment by Tacos:
"Totally was Greenpeace. They are going to start leaving large pieces of the tree infront of the doors of companies they don't like. Like some Eco Hipp..." More »
Featured comment by micrighteous:
"Everything Fox News reports on is a lie. Even truth once reported on Fox News becomes a lie.
This will be the first and only time I hope I mention ..." More »
Now this is just plain bizarre. For some reason over in Siberia, a Russian man had to be rescued by emergency workers from a rubbish chute, after well, trying to hide from his girlfriend. Read More >
The police have arrested a man for trying to sell six dead babies on the internet, which were being sold for use in witchcraft. The ignorance and cruelty of the human species never ceases to disgust me. Read More >
So what's your favourite part about internet sensation and untalented tweeter Rebecca Black's smash single "Friday?" If you said "I think there was a rap interlude in there somewhere that didn't make me die a small death in the most secret parts of my soul," then you're going to love this. Read More >
Poor Vito Stellino. The Florida Times-Union sports writer made the embarrassing everyman mistake of accidentally tweeting a porn link to xHamster.com instead of a sports article. The randy tweet stayed up for nearly an hour and gave his thousands of followers a pleasant surprise. Read More >
A trio of friends are set to arrive back in London soon after navigating the world in a 20-year-old black cab, complete with a mortgage-inducing fare of £80,000 for their London to Sydney journey. Read More >
Featured comment by flynndean:
"I wonder if the same sponsors would fund me beating the meter-reading, just by going round the M25 once in an unlicensed Minicab without my passenger ..." More »
Remember that thing that looked a lot like a Klingon Bird of Prey from last month? Well it seems it's back again, or at least something that looks a heck of a lot like it is. And to make matters worse, NASA's cut the feed for "maintenance" so unfortunately you can't see it live for yourself. Convenient co-incidence or blatant cover-up? Read More >
The touchscreen-equipped iPod Nano spawned a multitude of straps and cases letting users wear it like a watch. But none are as creative, or downright creepy, as this body piercing artist who had four magnets implanted in his arm to hold it in place. Read More >
Lots of gems have come out of the Leveson enquiry, mainly revolving around old man-Murdoch, but right now it's Rebekah Brooks in the hot seat. She's been telling us all about her textual relationship with our dear PM, Mr. David Cameron. Apparently he's not managed to get that newfangled text speak down just yet. Read More >
Florida doesn't get weirder than this: Kamil Mezalka, a 21-year-old man, stabbed his hard drive with a two-handed Samurai sword after the police stormed his house looking for evidence of child pornography. He apparently did all this in his underwear while the police were present. Read More >
Featured comment by FRISH:
"That's not nice calling him a sicko. Maybe he's innocent and the police startled him after he was handling his sword collection when he trips over and..." More »
Tanner is a blind golden retriever whose life almost ended when his owner died. Blair is a black mutt who got shot and used to live in fear. Then they found each other, became best buddies and solved their problems together. Read More >
Featured comment by flynndean:
"Don't watch the video if you've recently eaten. It contains scenes of an American nature and lines that could only come from a deluded animal lovers a..." More »
Reddit is the best possible argument anyone can muster against direct democracy: a perfect cross section of the internet and all horrible people on it. It's bloated with racism, depravity, more racism, but moreover with an incredibly diverse array of strange and absurd subcultures. Read More >
Featured comment by Jon D:
"I thought http://www.reddit.com/r/clopclop would have topped the list.
Given the nature of some of the subredits in the article, a warning may be a..." More »
A lightning struck a 53-year-old man's scrotum and then exited his body through one of his feet in Madrid, Spain. The good news: he survived. The bad news: his testicles were burned. A lucky man. Or maybe not. Read More >
Featured comment by The Doctor:
"Whose bollocks were made out of brass.
In stormy weather,
They'd clatter together
And lightning'd shoot out of his arse." More »
John McAfee, founder of the deeply frustrating McAfee Antivirus, has become the target of a Belize Gang Suppression Unit. He's explained that the GSU raided his research facility, killed his dog, took his passport, handcuffed him and arrested him on a bogus weapons charge. Read More >
Featured comment by MTFlanders:
"Maybe the police had just had to suffer new computers with that awful software pre-installed. If I had the power I'd arrest him and whoever is respons..." More »