DESREE JENNINGS is a woman “convinced that a flu shot given to her has lead to a rare disorder which means she can only walk backwards”. Video in article.
I couldn't find more reputable sources for this, and it's not really about the flu, but the predicament itself is heartwrenching. picked by blindworld 2 days ago

Miller's costume, which retails for about $30, includes three sobriety levels: Boring, Life of the Party, and Sotally Tober. It also includes a well-placed plastic tube with the instructions "Blow Here." picked by Bornbad 3 days ago

All the female bespectacled bears at a zoo in Leipzig Germany have lost almost all their hair. The reason for this dilemma is not fully understood yet although various ideas are being floated picked by bernardblack 3 days ago

One of the most celebrated functions of the Internet is an unprecedented ability for people to connect. This has led to social networks, online dating, and, it turns out, a lot of people connecting over really strange things. Here are some of the more interesting clubs that the internet has helped give life to. picked by iamamaniac 5 days ago

A nice study paper explaining why you can't tickle yourself. picked by Ankabout 1 week ago

Wile. E Coyote was not available for comment after a singer was killed by coyotes while hiking in an east coast national park. picked by chinook 1 week ago

Workers at a Tennessee library said someone has been using blue ink to completely scratch out curse words from books in the collection. picked by bingo 2 weeks ago

Red-faced United Nations officials on Monday admitted to a major security lapse after a UN guard helped Kentucky Fried Chicken's "Colonel Sanders" gain access to restricted areas.

Apparently they didn't know he was decades dead. picked by theshirtpocket 2 weeks ago

Conservators in Antarctica are toasting to a fascinating discovery: buried under the frozen Antarctic ground , they found two intact cases of Scotch whisky left behind a century ago by Sir Ernest Shackleton from a failed expedition in 1907. The cases of Charles Mackinlay & Co. whisky won't be retrieved until January, when the Antarctic Summer sun can melt the ice around them. In the meantime,... read full post picked by analumass 2 weeks ago

An ice-skating bear turned on its trainers, killing one and seriously wounding another. A visiting Russian troupe was rehearsing for a show in Bishkek when the attack occurred Wednesday. picked by suebe 2 weeks ago

Shoppers in a Wisconsin grocery store got an unexpected surprise when a 125-pound black bear wandered inside and headed straight for the beer cooler. picked by suebe 3 weeks ago

A motorist hit a dog and tried to "put the dog out of its misery" using a hammer and a machete. The dog's owner ran over, grabbed the implements and started attacking the motorist, police say. picked by suebe 3 weeks ago

A man convicted of killing his girlfriend apparently decided that the best thing to wear at his sentencing was "a T-shirt with his victim's picture and the words 'R.I.P. Love You Forever.'" picked by suebe 3 weeks ago

For four days, 74-year-old Mostafa Mahmoud Zayed was seen slumped over his balcony in Marina del Rey. Neighbors, who saw him on Monday, didn't think much of it--it was a dummy for Halloween, after all. picked by suebe 3 weeks ago

In January 2006 in New York, the patient of a well-known psychiatrist draws the face of a man that has been repeatedly appearing in her dreams. In more than one occasion that man has given her advice on her private life. The woman swears she has never met the man in her life. That portrait lies forgotten on the psychiatrist's desk for a few days until one day another patient recognizes that face ... read full post picked by DaftGretel 3 weeks ago

*Three and a half ears*(Dave Letterman)
It will be the first television interview with the fighters since Tyson bit off a chunk of Holyfield's ear in their infamous June 28, 1997 bout. picked by Bornbad 3 weeks ago

Could it be that the Large Hadron Collider is being sabotaged - from the future!? picked by 2manyusernames 3 weeks ago

In scenes reminiscent of Independence Day, a ring-shaped luminous cloud was seen above Moscow city's Western District on Wednesday, last week. picked by Bornbad 3 weeks ago

The 19th century: surely the age of the showman and the hoaxer as much as it was the age of scientific discovery. For every Darwin who stepped forward to enlighten the public by dispelling superstition, there was a Barnum who was happy to provide them with some wonder – for a special discounted fee, of course. picked by Bornbad 4 weeks ago

The Zebras died of hunger earlier this year during the Israel-Hamas war, so the keepers decided to design a pair of donkeys with black and white patterns instead picked by ruthstark 4 weeks ago

Zachary Christie is a six-year old student in Newark, Delaware who is facing 45 days in reform school because he brought his new Cub Scout eating utensil to school for lunch. The utensil includes a knife, and this violates the school's brainlessly, robotically enforced zero-tolerance policy on "weapons on school property." picked by Bornbad 4 weeks ago

A group that seriously intends to revive the reconstructed 5000-year-old Proto-Indo-European language for modern use, as the official language of the European Union. picked by Mithridates 4 weeks ago

Tattoo hell. picked by Bornbad 4 weeks ago

And A Partridge in a pear tree. picked by Bornbad 4 weeks ago

Officers took the harmonica as evidence. picked by Bornbad 4 weeks ago