That last one is absolutely mind blowing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffle_House_Index

240 million years: From its present position, the Solar System completes one full orbit of the Galactic center.[25]

Not that interesting but still made me cringe.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formication

Formication is the medical term for a sensation that exactly resembles that of small insects crawling on (or under) the skin.

I have had this, along with the hallucinations of the insects. Alcohol withdrawal and multiple days without sleep fml.

At first kept 'seeing' tiny flea like things jumping up at me and biting me. I started washing all my clothes and wrapped up my mattress in plastic as I was convinced they had a nest there.
Then I starting seeing things burrowed under the carpet which began chasing me around my house. For a while I thought they had buried into me and were moving around under my skin.

Looking back the scariest part is how real it seemed and how lucid I was. I guess that's the feeling of 'being mad' or 'going crazy', that it all makes perfect sense to you and seems perfectly rational.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ne...on_discography

Just an amazing career of production. I didn't even realize how many songs they had a hand in. These guys are definitely set for life.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgellons

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_H..._(blood_donor) - GOAT blood donor due to rare antibody in his blood

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solway_Firth_Spaceman - mysterious spaceman ends up in a photo, no one knows where he came from

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nachi_worm - A helpful computer worm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_de_Clisson - Woman who became a pirate to avenge her husband's death

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Lee_Riches - Not sure if troll or crazy

I really hope he wins...

It seems obvious to me that is just someone standing with their back to the camera on a bright day, so the light is reflecting off of their clothing and hair and making it look like a guy in a space suit.

IMO the fact that the guy still claims to have no idea what it is 50 years later makes me think he is very stupid, very crazy, or a scammer.

Thanks for getting this thread back on track Shimmy. Good links!

This one is really good IMO
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet

http://spectrum.ieee.org/telecom/sec...ory-of-stuxnet
This explains it more in plain English.

"Someone" planted a worm in the Iranian Nuke production system. It is suspected to be the US Government. The entire worm was 500KB and very effective.

I live in Carlisle where the photo was taken (well actually on the Solway a few miles away) and had never heard of this photo.

Seems to me like someone was crouching/sitting down and they happened to stand up just as the photo was being taken, so it's possible the photographer simply didn't notice them at all. The stance the unknown is taking is the sort of standard hold your back stance/stretch that people take after a long time sitting down. I reckon the guy took the photo and managed to miss the person behind by doing something else/attending to the camera etc.

She's like 20 ft. away.

It's the photographer's wife

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_Calment - Oldest documented person to live

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_School_for_Boys - Reform school in florida that was shut down for abuses, rapes, etc. Then they found at least 50 graves on the property, with more likely to be found.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venera_14 - soviet satellite that landed on venus. This is what it looks like over there-

Did you see the movie, Bug? ...On second thought, maybe you shouldn't.

How has there never been a movie about this chick? Holy ****.

cheers to everyone who's posted in here. have gotten SO many hours of good reading out of this thread.

This is not a wikipedia article but I am certain you will grant me clemency after you read it

Linda Taylor, The Welfare Queen (Slate.com)

It is a long read but worth it. Life is stranger than fiction.

Mary Bacon... playboy model, pro jockey, and KKK member

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Bacon

Great read, thanks. Somehow reminded me of mass murderer Kuklinski - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Kuklinski

There are some documentaries (featuring extensive interviews with him) on YouTube that I can recommend even tho it's absolutely sick stuff obviously.