One Big Happy FamilyTim and Jackie Ferrier love to entertain and invite guests for meals. On any given morning, afternoon or night, they may have up to 29 of them clucking, heehawing, barking, meowing and even neighing at each other. For the guests they invite, are not of the human kind but their menagerie of pets....
Read news article4-Year Old Racing WhizLeonardo Panayioutou is a normal four year-old who 'lives and breathes motor racing'. Except in his case, he gets to fulfill his passion twice or thrice a week on an actual track. For this pint-sized British boy is already an amazing Go-Kart racer....
Read news articleScaling The Sheer Cliffs Of Yosemite's El CapitanFor most of us scaling the peak of Yosemite's , El Capitan once in our lifetime, would be achievement enough - but not for speed climber Hans Florine. He has been climbing the sheer cliff over and over again since 1991, trying to out do himself each time - and Sunday was no exception....
Read news articleKenyan Elephants Use Text MessagingKenyan Ranger Richard Lesowapir was enjoying a peaceful day, when he received a text message from Kimani. The African bull elephant was back to his old tricks - heading to raid the neighborhood farms. Richard jumped into his jeep and rushed to try frighten Kimani back to his home at the Ol Pejeta conservancy....
Read news articleVideo Of The Week - Columbus DayToday, many people in America and other countries of the World celebrated Columbus Day - the anniversary of the arrival of Christopher Columbus to the Americas on October 12th, 1492. This week's video traces his journey from Spain to the shores of the new World, he mistook for India....
Read news articleThe Happiest Place On Earth Turns Spooooky!They may be the happiest places on Earth during the day, but in September and October, both Disneyland and Disneyworld turn spooky at night. Welcome to Disney's Not-So-Scary Trick or Treat party. Held at both parks on select week days and on weekends, they are a great way to jump start your Halloween celebrations....
Read news articleWorld Ironman Championship In HawaiiWhile there are more than 20 Ironman competitions held around the World, none compares to the Hawaiian Ironman, which took place in the city of Kona, last weekend. Now in its 30th year, this grueling one-day event is considered the toughest and most prestigious of all Ironman races....
Read news articleSpace - The New Tourist DestinationYesterday, Space Adventures, the world's first and only company catering to space tourism, blasted off yet another earthling, for a ten-day jaunt to the International Space Station. Richard Garriott, famous for developing the Ultima video games series, is the sixth passenger to be flown by the company, but the first ever offspring of a NASA Astronaut....
Read news articleVrooooom - This Motorbike Rocks!The crouching Jaguar affixed atop its namesake car is probably more popular than the car itself. Now a British motorcycle enthusiast has taken his love for the logo, to a whole new dimension....
Read news articleWisconsin Man's Unusual Mode Of TransportWe have heard of pumpkins being used to make pies, Jack-O-Lanterns and even a temporary coach to transport Cinderella to the ball, but a canoe? - That is definitely a first....
Read news articleJapanese Restuarant Hires Monkey WaitersYat-chan and Fuku-chan are the perfect waiters. They are polite, rarely mess up an order, and patiently listen to the incessant chatter of their patrons....
Read news articleA Closer Look At MercuryThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration Agency (NASA) released some amazing photos of Mercury, the smallest planet in our Solar System, now that Pluto has been demoted to dwarf planet. The pictures were taken by NASA's Messenger probe, whose mission is to become the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury....
Read news articleSpain'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....
Read news articleVideo Of The Week - Skydiving Over Mt. EverestEarlier this week, three skydivers made history by jumping over Mt. Everest. The daredevils from Britain, New Zealand and Canada, who started their freefall 465 ft. above the highest peak in Nepal, said the view from the top was spectacular!...
Read news articleBorneo Center Teaches Orphaned Orangutans to Survive In The WildThe Nyaru Mentang Center, located on the Indonesian side of Borneo, is home to more than 600 orphaned Orangutans. Here these infants, all victims of deforestation and illegal poaching, are taught to fend for themselves in the wild, a process that takes about eight years....
Read news articlePre-Historic Cave Paintings May Be The Joint Efforts Of Many GenerationsNew research conducted by scientists has revealed that pre-historic cave paintings may not be the work of one generation, but the combined efforts of many, with each one adding to and enhancing the paintings, in some cases for as long as 20,000 years....
Read news articleTeen Girls Bring Comfort to Thousands Of KidsAnastasia Fullerton and her cousin Madeline Petrow were only twelve years old when they read Jennings Michael Burch's autobiography 'They Cage the Animals at Night', a stirring tale about his childhood as an orphan....
Read news articleEarthlings Pit Against Space Astronaut in Historic Chess MatchAfter winning every game of chess in the last four months against his counterparts on Earth, NASA Astronaut Gregg Chamitoff has set his sights on the rest of us earthlings....
Read news articleIncredible StuntsIn 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."...
Read news articleElephants Never Forget - Especially When It Involves Yummy Mangoes!They say an elephant never forgets - The owners and guests of a luxury lodge at a National park in Zambia can certainly testify to that. Every November for about six weeks, the lodge is visited by a herd of elephants that zip right past the reception and head straight to the mango groves....
Read news articleThis Is One Cool-Looking Dude.....Er TurtleThough this turtle looks like it's ready to go partyyyyyyy, the green stuff growing out of its head is not dyed hair, but green algae. If that sounds unusual, its because you are looking at a Mary River Turtle, one of the most unique reptiles on Earth....
Read news articleA Topsy-Turvy HouseYour 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!...
Read news articleVideo Of The Week - Those Amazing PigeonsMost of us believe that pigeons are a bit of nuisance. They poop on every clean surface they find, are always trying to get a scrap from our meals and to top it all - are not very exotic looking. However, after watching the Video of The Week, we believe you will view this rather unassuming bird, with a new sense of respect....
Read news articleSan Francisco Unveils Its Amazing Academy Of SciencesLast weekend, thousands of Bay Area residents waited patiently in lines, for as long as five hours, to be among the first to catch a glimpse of the newly renovated California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park....
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