Found: World's Oldest Message In A Bottle

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A Scottish fisherman has found the world's oldest message in a bottle. It is 98 years old, and was cast into the ocean by Captain C. Hunter Brown, a scientist at the Glasgow School of Navigation, who was studying the currents in the North Sea.

The bottle was one of 1,890 bottles released on June 10, 1914, and the 315th to be entered into Captain Brown's log, which is still kept and updated by Marine Scotland Science in Aberdeen.

10 Worst Marriage Proposal Fails

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Whether you've met your other half through online dating, at work or having your eyes lock in a crowded room, there's nothing more heartfelt than a marriage proposal that goes smoothly and romantically.

Sadly, there's also nothing more crushingly embarrassing than a proposal that crashes and burns, particularly in public. Here are 10 lovers who popped the question when the time and place weren't right - and suffered the dire consequences.

(thanks David)

The Most Convincing Loch Ness Monster Photograph Ever?

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He has dedicated more than two decades of his life to the hunt for the elusive Loch Ness monster, spending 60 hours a week on the water. And now George Edwards believes he has finally fulfilled his ambition of spotting 'Nessie'; he even has photographic evidence to prove it.

Mr Edwards, who has spent 26 years on his quest, managed to capture an image of a dark hump slinking in and out of the lake's waters from the deck of his boat, before it vanished back into the deep. He claims the picture is the best-ever taken of the Loch Ness Monster and proves once and for all that the elusive leviathan exists. The picture above is what Nessie might look like.

Would You Clean These Windows?

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It does have to be said, on occasion, that some things really should be left to the professionals. One such thing is cleaning windows: not necessarily the everyday ground floor type, of course, but rather those that are at a dizzying height. And yet even so, some people will still insist on cleaning windows themselves.