Man's Coffin Designed for Pornography

A Russian man named Vladimir Villisov specially designed his own coffin to accommodate his vast collection of pornography. "The girls in those magazines ...

Corpse Flower's Empty Promises

What flower has been likened to "3-day-old road-kill," "rotting flesh," and "fish gone bad"? The answer is the corpse flower. ...

"The Truman Show": Facing the Real World

In The Truman Show, Truman (Jim Carrey) isn't aware that, since birth, he has been the star of the ultimate TV reality show. He doesn't know he lives ...

Destroyer Ignored "Friendly" Missile

During the 1982 Falkland Islands conflict, the British Royal Navy felt that its ships were safe from attack because of a sophisticated defense system ...

C. S. Lewis on the Difficulty of Resisting Temptation

No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good. A silly idea is current that good people do not know what temptation means.

This is ...

Thirst Drives Sailors to Drink Sea Water

On July 30, 1945, the battle cruiser USS Indianapolis was returning from a mission delivering enriched uranium to allied forces in the Pacific. It did ...

Abu Ghraib and Peer Pressure

Pfc. Lynndie England pleaded guilty on May 2, 2005, to mistreating prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. England became a central figure in the ...

Alcoholics Anonymous Founder Lived a Lie

Bill Wilson was the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous. For that accomplishment, Time magazine named Wilson one of the Top 100 People of the 20th century. ...

Avalanche Expert Dies After Letting His Guard Down

On January 14, 2005, Shane Maixner died in an avalanche. The 27-year-old and four of his friends drove to the Canyons ski resort outside Park City, Utah, ...

Open Doors Sink Ship

On April 2, 2001, the worst fishing accident in America in 50 years took place on the Bering Sea. The Arctic Rose, a 92-foot commercial fishing trawler, ...