The shady phenomenon of freak waves as tall as 10 storey buildings has finally been proved, the European Space Agency (Esa) said on Wednesday.

Sailors often whisper of monster waves when ships sink mysteriously but, until now, no one quite believed them.

don't know if you've all seen this yet. If so, please ignore.

The Kook dies again, spectators applaud.

"REPOST, it's even still on the first page....enough already"

Sharks aren’t hostile to human divers. On the contrary, they understand that humans can’t breathe underwater and need to be rescued.

As far as I can tell, the way surfers measure wave heights can be all over the map. After thoughtful consideration, it has been determined that they can be roughly subdivided into four categories.

"I think there should be a new metric. Pancake(fish) stack size. All reports maybe should ..."

"I like to use method #4, especially when trying to impress girls with epic tales of the Br ..."

"It depends on the situation, if some other guy is trying to impress the ladies using the l ..."

"Teahupo'o is not a wave by its nature, it's a cliff. A wave is something that builds up ov ..."

"Shelfs and shallow reefs don't lend themselves to method 1 & I could see someone calling t ..."

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida researchers have discovered a 10-million-year-old Neotropical nursery area for the extinct megalodon shark in Panama, providing fossil evidence the fish used these areas to protect their young for millions of years.

sure to make every surfer feel warm and fuzzy

"Probably not going to make any of these my screensaver. "

"Dummy seals? Cruel."

"I think it was a dolphin."

"Dolphin for sure. "

"Plover."