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Teen Survives 25,000 Volt Shock – This lucky 16-year-old in England survived a massive electrical shock that burned his clothes off.

10 Fastest Growing Real Estate Markets – Think you still can’t make a buck in the housing “slump,” think again, CNN gives us 10 hot real restate markets.

The Six Scariest Real Estate Markets – Since we had the 10 fastest markets, lets look at the scariest ones thanks to MSNBC.

World’s Most Controversial Destinations – Concierge.com takes a look at 14 of the World’s most controversial vacation destinations, from China to Iran and Syria to Zimbabwe.

Victorian Porn – The Telegraph gives us an interesting look at one of photography’s oldest uses, porn. (NSFW)

Anteaters Wearing Sweaters – Can’t resist posting this because it is hilarious.

Hewing Jungles and Mountains for World’s Greatest Highway (Jun, 1934) – Modern Mechanix brings us an article from 1934 about the construction of the Pan-American Highway.

Colossal Castle or Humble Home? Same Price – Your Choice – Divine Caroline discusses what half or a million dollars will get you in some major US cities versus the rest of the world, I think I’ll move to France now.

Amazing pictures: The lightning storm that engulfed an erupting volcano – Great pictures from the Daily Mail of the volcano that is erupting in southern Chile.

How China gets its troops to stand to attention – Another nice article from the Daily Mail about how China gets its troops to stand at attention, by using pins and crosses.

The bone detective – Finally, we learn that more women are becoming forensic anthropologists than men, interesting shift.

Space Shuttle Destruct Switch – NASA Prepared to Blow Up Discovery – “Each time the space shuttle rises from its launchpad at Cape Canaveral, Fla., an Air Force officer waits anxiously for the first 2 minutes to pass safely. If the spaceship were to veer off course and endanger a populated area, this range safety officer would bear the terrible responsibility of flipping a pair of switches under a stenciled panel reading “Flight Termination.” The first switch arms explosives on the shuttle’s two solid rocket boosters. Flipping the second switch would detonate them, destroying the shuttle and crew.”

Can We Return Man to the Moon? – Time takes a look at what we’ll need to do as a nation to get man back on the moon, including an interview with Gene Cernan and Alan Bean.

This can’t wait to be featured in a Monday Maniacs segment, so take a look at this sicko (INTERPOL and BBC) wanted for sexually abusing boys between six and ten years old.

Lessons In Electric Circuits – Need to learn something about electronics, check out this free course which covers just about everything.