survival

  1. Man sets sail on ice sheet with only vodka bottle for company

    Drunk Michal Kawolski was rescued by astonished coastguards after floating out to sea on a sheet of ice while still clasping a bottle of vodka. The 23-year-old was spotted by coastguards as he floated past them off the coast of Gdansk, Poland. Mr Kawolski had been drinking with friends...
  2. Frog picks bad place to hang out

    It wasn't hoppy days for this tree frog when a hungry snake decided to hang out with it in the Ecuadorian Amazon Basin. The poor amphibian was happily hopping along when a hungry snake snatched it from above. And it was all downhill from the moment it left the ground as, following a...
  3. Bullet Bounces Off Gold Tooth And Saves Man's Life

    Link Removed NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- New Orleans police said a man who was shot by his brother was spared serious injury or death when the bullet bounced off his gold tooth. Police said Waltdell Davis, 20, used a .22-caliber Smith and Wesson revolver to shoot his brother, Walter...
  4. Baby panda released into wild by keepers dressed as pandas

    The handlers donned the panda outfits to release giant panda Cao Cao and her cub Cao Gen into the Wolong Nature Reserve. They have worn the outfits at all times when handling the creatures as it is thought that a healthy fear of humans will be good for them in the wild. When pandas are...
  5. Removing Your Own Appendix

    Link RemovedHaving your appendix removed is a relatively simple surgical procedure. But not when you are stationed at a remote Antarctic station, 1,000 miles from help - and you're the only doctor. This is exactly what happened to Rogozov when he was part of the sixth Soviet Antarctic expedition...
  6. Why Did Neanderthals Have Such Big Noses?

    Why Did Neanderthals Have Such Big Noses? For more than 100 years, scientists studying Neanderthals, humanity's closest known relative, have pondered one question: Why did they have such massive noses? This isn't just a question of beauty. Scientists posited that the big snouts could...
  7. Cyclist didn't expect Siberia to be so cold

    Link Removed Link Removed - Invalid URL A German cycling enthusiast almost lost a few fingers after attempting to bike through Siberia in subzero temperatures, a Russian news report said Tuesday. Sven Riedel has been hospitalised after suffering severe frostbite, a hospital employee...
  8. So many Doomsdays, and yet we're still here

    Doomsday: After Many Predictions, We're Still Here "Repent, repent, the end is near!" Or is it? How many times have we heard that in movies, on TV, throughout literature and in the Bible? Yet, as often as people have predicted a global apocalypse, we're still here, still intact. You've...
  9. Windows 7 STALKER £0.75p on GFWL marketplace one day special

    STALKER £0.75p on GFWL marketplace one day special S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Games For Windows BUY NOW! Daily Deal bargain price ends 7 December 2010 at 16:30. In 1986, the world's worst nuclear disaster occurred at the Chernobyl power station. Soviet authorities established a 30km 'Exclusion Zone'...
  10. Paris woman trapped for 20 days in bathroom

    An elderly woman has survived being trapped in her bathroom in Paris for 20 days, after the door lock jammed. The room had no window or phone so the 69-year-old was unable to tell anyone but she tapped on pipes during the night, hoping to alert her neighbours. They thought the noise was DIY...
  11. Man survives after been shot 21 times by police

    Man survives after been shot 21 times by police (August 2010) A 23-year-old man is counting his luck today after he survived being shot 21 times by police. Armed officers were involved in a shoot-out with the 23-year old named as Angel Alvarez at a New York street party. It’s claimed that...
  12. Movie that goes with L4D(2)

    So if your in to movies and gaming here is a movie that kinds follows the left for dead games. The Crazies Link Removed - Invalid URL
  13. VIDEO Ant Circle

    Apparently it happens when a group of ants get seperated from the main group.....they walk in circles following the scent trail until they die.
  14. VIDEO Crysis 2 Trailer (new)

    Here's the latest Crysis 2 trailer which id due for release October 1st (I can't friggin wait!!) The world has been ravaged by a series of climatic disasters and society is on the verge of total breakdown. Now the aliens have returned, with a full invasion force bent on nothing less than the...
  15. How not to be eaten by a duck

    Link Removed - Invalid URL 1 Avoid smearing yourself in stale breadcrumbs unless absolutely necessary. 2 If threatened by a duck, climb a tree. Ducks, usually excellent climbers, refuse to share trees with anything else. 3 Carry a large automatic weapon with you whenever walking...
  16. 5 Things Capable of Crawling Up Your Toilet

    We’ve all seen cartoons in which people travel through the sewers, although looking back on it, we confess we can’t come up with a reason they were ever down there. Nonetheless, through these shows we learned that the sewer is a magical place, home to many wondrous and sometimes frightening...
  17. Lordly Nightshade

    Captured by Hitler with Oliver Twist in the tower Guards say here's pens and paper just sit down and work for an hour O, Goodness, how can we escape? but it's not worthwhile All I can do is smile. Down gallons of glandular corridors of the dark castle The pompous old bellman is tolling one bell...
  18. Windows 7 News update : Left for dead 2

    Taken from the excellent GameTrailers.com : Looks like someone might have let the cat out of the bag. The Japanese gaming site GNN has revealed what could be two new levels in the upcoming zombie slaughter fest Left 4 Dead 2. The two campaigns are Dead Center and Hard Rain, which will...
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    Windows 7 Tips on Abyss PVP in Aion

    *Here are some very practical tips on Abyss PVP for those who have no experience of it in Aion, the information is given by MidnightTempest . Please have a look and have a good time here! 1. Items Needed for Abyss PVP: HP pots, mana pots, resurrection stones, the yellow potion which cancells...