Spain's Amazing Human Castells (Towers)

Building Castells or human towers is an age-old tradition in Spain. Believed to have been started by dancers in the 18th century, it is now a part of the Spanish culture, especially for the residents of the region of Catalonia in North East Spain....

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Incredible Stunts

In his 30-year career, spanning 60 countries, American photo-journalist Jeffrey R. Werner has covered some incredible stunts for both, television and film. He now brings them all together in a book entitled "Incredible Stunts: The Chaos, Crashes, and Courage of the World's Wildest Stuntmen and Daredevils with a Special Tribute to Evel Knievel."...

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A Topsy-Turvy House

Your eyes are not deceiving you - This house constructed on the northern German Island of Usedom has been built entirely upside down, with the roof on the bottom and the foundation at the top. The icing on the cake? - Even the fittings and furniture inside the house have been tacked upside down!...

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The Mysterious Milk Bottle Artist

For the past few months, residents of the town of Stourbridge, West Midlands in the United Kingdom, have been waking up to a pleasant surprise. Empty milk bottles with beautiful farm animals etched into the glass. However, just like Santa, nobody had seen or knew who this kind samaritan and amazing artist was......until now....

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The Great Gorilla Run

Hundreds of runners, all donned in gorilla suits took to the streets of London this weekend, to participate in the sixth annual, 7km Great Gorilla Run, a charity event to help endangered mountain gorillas. This year's record turnout of 735 people, one for every mountain gorilla alive, aimed to raise $400,000 USD to help preserve the dwindling population of this majestic animal....

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Fusionman Soars Over English Channel

Swiss Adventurer Yves Rossy, also known as Jetman or Fusionman, made history this morning by flying across the English Channel with just a jet-propelled wing on his back. Yves, who had to postpone the flight twice this week due to bad weather, soared across the skies at about a 100 mph on a beautiful fall afternoon, completing the 22-mile journey in just 13 minutes....

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His Sculptures Rock!

Since 1994, Bill Dan has been wowing the residents of San Francisco, California and the neighboring city of Sausalito with his amazing rock 'art' - if that's what one could call balancing different sizes of rocks on top of each other....

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Meet The New Breed Of Modern Artists

First it was the elephants, now it seems that other animals have been bitten by the painting bug - and judging from the hundreds of dollars their masterpieces fetched at a recent auction, they are getting mighty good at it....

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Cabbage Patch Kids Turn 25

Some of you may not even know what Cabbage Patch dolls are, but believe it or not, in the early to mid-1980's they were the must-have dolls in America, for everyone young and young at heart. This year, these weirdly cute looking dolls are celebrating their 25th anniversary....

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You Call This A Tree House?

When John Peterson promised his two kids a tree house, he had no intention of building them a luxurious 200 sq ft mansion. But one thing led to another and his plans and aspirations got bigger and voila - three years later, the Peterson kids have a tree house that is turning into a tourist destination in the town of Onalaska, Wisconsin....

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And The Funniest Kids Books Are . . . . . .

On September 13th, children all over the World will celebrate Roald Dahl Day. Though this beloved children's author, who penned classics lie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, BFG and James and the Giant Peach, died 18 years ago, his books remain as popular among young readers today, as they were when first published....

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These Nellies Know How To Have Fun

Elephants are such majestic and serious looking animals that one can never imagine them just frolicking and have a good old time. However, these pictures taken in Northern Kenya, shows that nellies like to have fun just like the rest of us....

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Have You Seen The Remote?

Where is that remote? - Somehow those pesky remotes have a way of disappearing - under the sofa or rug or that blanket you snuggled into the last night. Fear not, as usual some brilliant scientists have come up with a way to make your life easier - change the television channel or volume by simply waving your hand!...

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Scarecrow Stampede In Georgia Town

The small town of Hoschton in Northeast Georgia, is being invaded by scarecrows - about 4,800 of them to be exact. At least that was the final count when the deadline for making the mannequins passed at midnight on September 1st....

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Need A Bigger Cruise Ship? Cut It In Half!

How do you modernize and add room to an old cruise ship? By sawing through the middle, adding a new module, and sealing it all back together. While it sounds almost impossible, this has already been done successfully on three cruise ships over the last four years....

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Dine In The Sky

Looking for a fun party idea? How about 'Dinner in the Sky ', with 22 of your closest friends. As the name indicates, it involves eating a meal suspended by a crane, as high as 164ft above the ground....

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Wild And Wacky Inventions!

Millions of gadgets and gizmos are invented daily - However, only a lucky few are fortunate to actually get manufactured and even fewer are successful. Over the last 35 years, British author, Maurice Collins has made it his hobby and business to collect as many of these weird and wacky, albeit unsuccessful inventions, as he possibly can....

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