The Ultimate Couch Potatoes

The next time you get in trouble for watching too much television, let your parents know that you are in training for the Ultimate Couch Potato competition, which could win you a grand prize worth over $5,000 USD....

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An Unusual Friendship

When elephants arrive at the Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tennessee, they usually look for a friend to hang out with, for the rest of their golden years....

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Celebrating The New Year In Style!

While New York's annual ball-dropping ceremony to welcome the New Year is famous, it is not the only city that has such a tradition. Other places around the country drop objects too - they are just a tad bit unusual....

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How Does Santa Do It?

Many of you are looking forward to Santa coming to your house on Christmas Eve. While we all know that this jolly man who loves cookies and milk, arrives in a sleigh pulled by eight reindeers, and gives gifts to good kids, have you ever wondered how he gets ready for his world-wide giving tour? And how does he know what you want and if you have been naughty or nice?...

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Space Shuttles For Sale

If you have $42 million USD to spare, NASA is looking for you. Last Wedneday, the US Space Agency announced that it was looking for buyers for two of its three remaining space shuttles - Atlantis and Endeavour, when they are retired around 2010....

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Crinkly The Crook-Necked Swan Returns

Crinkly, a Bewick swan has become a celebrity at a nature reserve in Gloucestershire, England. Every Winter, visitors flock to see him when he makes his mammoth 3,000 mile journey from the freezing Russian Tundra to the Wildlife and Wetlands Trust, and so far, he hasn't let them down....

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Hey! I Think I Grew This!

Students all across the United States, United Kingdom and even Australia and India, are joining a new trend - organic gardening in school. Their schools have their own gardens in the backyards, where students, under the guidance of their teachers and parent volunteers, grow and cultivate vegetables and fruits, which are used for snacks and sometimes even lunch....

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Who Let This Dog Out?

This creature that looks like a miniature camel is Cindy, a poodle who lives in Yucca Valley, California. Unfortunately for Cindy, her owner Sandra Hartness is a pet hairdresser and dog groomer who seems to get a little carried away when she is grooming her....

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A Great Christmas Tradition

For most of us buying the right Christmas tree and putting up the ornaments is work enough. Not for the Addis Family however. Their Christmas routine involves creating something special - Lego brick by Lego brick....

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Rare Leopard Cubs Born In Captivity

Eight-week old Argun and Anuy have no idea how special they are. These two cuties born at the Wildlife Heritage Foundation, a charity that supports rare and endangered cats are amongst only 180 Amur leopards left in the World....

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International Elephant Polo Championship

From December 3rd thru 9th, the small town of Chitwan in Nepal was home to a rather unusual sporting competition - Elephant Polo. Now in its 27th year, this annual event was conceived over cocktails by Nepalese tourism pioneer, A.V. Jin Edwards and polo enthusiast, James Clark....

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