1World’s Largest Book The award for largest published book goes to an author and scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Michael Hawley. The 133-pound book is five by seven feet, 112 pages, needs a gallon of ink for printing, and costs $2,000 to produce. Its title? “Bhutan: A Visual Odyssey Across the Kingdom.” 2World’s …
1Black and White Twins A mixed-race British mom, Kylie Hodgson, gave birth in 2005 to twins, one of each — one black, the other white. The odds of such a birth are about a million to one, experts said. Although occurrences of this nature sometimes occur when a woman conceives twins fathered by two different …
Meet the World’s Dumbest Criminals: from a robber who decided to burglarize a house full of karate blackbelts, to another who called to check if there was money in the cash register before the crime. 1The Robber who tried to rob a bank that had already closed A bank robber was arrested in Liberty, Pennsylvania, …
From a Magnetic Floating Bed to the Hamburger Bed, some seriously cool beds! 1Magnetic Floating Bed Talk about a cool bed. Designed by Dutchman Janjaap Ruijssenaars, this magnetic floating bed has enough magnets to keep 900 kilograms (1,984 pounds) floating in the air. To make sure that the bed doesn’t float away because of hard …
Success weight loss stories: From a man who lost almost 1000 pounds to another who started a cross country walk to lose weight. 1Manuel Uribe: Lost almost 1000 pounds One of the most heartwarming diet, health, and weight loss stories that has been ongoing since January 2006 is the effort being undertaken by former half-ton …
Marilyn Monroe Blackberry Dutch ice carver Helena Bangert works on an ice sculpture in Bremen, northern Germany Dragon Ice Sculpture of New York A replica of the Mayan Temple of Chichen Itza in Mexico. Constructed and sculpted from over 80 individual blocks of frosted ice, also incorporating clear ice for the steps Melting men Ice …
1The Wave (between Arizona and Utah – USA) A red-rock stunner on the border of Arizona and Utah, The Wave is made of 190-million-year-old sand dunes that have turned to rock. This little-known formation is accessible only on foot via a three-mile hike and highly regulated. 2Antelope Canyon (Arizona – USA) The most visited and …
1Olive Riley (108-year-old): World’s Oldest Blogger Believed to have been the world’s oldest blogger, australian woman Olive Rileybegan her blog The Life of Riley in February 2007 at the age of 107 and made her final post on 26 June 2008 from a nursing home in Woy Woy, New South Wales, complaining of a cough …
Exrtreme body mods: from Eyeball Tattoos to 3D-art implants, eight body modifications to blow your mind. Being unique takes some pain. Eyeball Tattoo Talk about an extreme body mod. Corneal tattooing is not only possible, but it has been known and done now for over 2,000 years — it became almost commonplace in the late …
These hockey fans in Sweden threw dildos to the field Hopefully her teacher doesn’t read Oddee This fan tried to commit suicide after his soccer team –Brazil’s Vasco da Gama– lost the game This couple couldn’t miss a game, even on their wedding night