A message in a bottle found in the walls of an old shed from 1939. Bottle and message from the parents returned to the children. picked by rwills 1 year ago

A Maryland student's note stuffed in a corked wine bottle spent five years bobbing across the Atlantic until it washed ashore this summer on an English beach, where it was picked up by a retired electrician walking his golden retriever. picked by Doggylives 3 months ago

About 21 years passed between the time Emily Hwaung put the message in a soda bottle and Merle Brandell picked it up on the beach. picked by indisguise 2 years ago

A French couple find a champagne bottle with a message from a Massachusetts woman sent in 2003. They sent her a card back. It was returned. picked by suebe 2 months ago

Authorities in Fort Lauderdale are trying to figure out who broadcast a biblical message against homosexuals over the public announcement system in the Florida city's international airport. The verse states: "If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They are to be put to death." picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

"When I lived at Downing Street I never had one. I got my first mobile the day I left," said Blair, who is now a Middle East envoy. "I sent an SMS (short message service) to a friend, but given my lack of technological knowledge I didn't realize the telephone hadn't identified me as the sender. I got an SMS back saying: 'But sorry, who are you?,'" Blair said. picked by bevissimo 2 years ago

Astronomers say they have found the farthest supernova ever detected, a giant star that ripped apart around 11 billion years ago.
A new technique enabled the cosmologists to make the find, which should help advance knowledge into these rare phenomena and their role in generating other stars picked by Bingo 5 months ago

A long-hidden message has been discovered inside Abraham Lincoln's pocket watch. Watchmaker Jonathan Dillon was repairing Lincoln's watch in April 1861 when he heard about the attack on Fort Sumter, South Carolina, and wrote a short message on the metal inside the case. picked by BrownTrout 9 months ago

How old is a piece of string? In this case, 8,000 years - making it the oldest length of string ever found in Britain. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

Darin Winkler was out walking the banks of the Spokane River with his kids last weekend when he saw something that looked... Well, let me put it this way: After you hear this story, the song "Message in a Bottle" may be stuck in your head for days. picked by kakana 8 months ago

Scotland to New Zealand. picked by tomphoolry 3 years ago

University of Alberta faculty member Michael Caldwell is talking about the fossils that were found under a ping-pong table after 25 years. One of which was pregnant.
"It was pretty amazing to realize this valuable discovery had sat under a pingpong table for 25 years," Caldwell said. "But I suppose that after 100 million years in the dirt, it's all relative." picked by musicgirldani 3 years ago

The decomposed corpse of a German man was found alone in his bed after nearly seven years, police in the western city of Essen said Thursday. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago