If movies have taught me anything, it’s that it’s okay to walk around like a badass with a loaded gun in your waistband. But what happens if the thing goes off? Well, one unfortunate man from Arizona has found out …more »

skateboard fail

We’ve all been there, that awful moment when you realise that something painful is about to happen…to you. So to be honest, it feels a little mean to be sat here watching a bunch of skateboarders live that moment in …more »

Diana Nyad

Diana Nyad, a marathon swimmer, is just days away from an attempt to achieve something that has never been done before. She is planning to swim for 60 consecutive hours, covering a distance of 103 miles, in the shark-infested waters …more »

motorbike tooth pull

When I had a wobbly tooth as a kid, and one of my friends suggested tying a string to it, tying the other end of said string to a door and slamming the door shut to pull the tooth out, …more »

They say that everything’s bigger in Texas, but one Texan mother is probably wishing that her new baby hadn’t taken the message quite so literally.

That’s because even though Janet Johnson had been expecting a big baby (doctors expected “little” …more »

Meditation

Pain sucks. There really are no two ways about that one. Yet sadly, it’s also inevitable for most of us. But just imagine if when you stubbed your toe or had to go …more »

congenital analgesia

For WTF Wednesdays this week we have a condition that, at first, sounds like it might be quite a good thing. Congenital analgesia is the collective term for conditions which render a person unable to suffer from pain. But though it may sound like living without pain would be a blessing, it actually causes more problems than it solves.