San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge Turns 72!Last week, San Francisco's famous landmark, the Golden Gate Bridge celebrated its 72nd birthday. Besides being beautiful, the iconic bridge that opened to pedestrians only, on May 27th,1937 (drivers had to wait an extra day), was also an engineering marvel as the longest suspension bridge ever built....
Read news articleBeard Team USA Dominate The 'Olympics' Of Beard And Moustache CompetitionOn May 23rd, more than 300 men from 15 countries gathered in Anchorage, Alaska to compete in the 9th World Beard and Moustache Championships. The vastly diverse group, representing 13 countries, all had one thing in common - carefully coiffured full or partial beards and/or moustaches....
Read news articleAll Parents Are The Same . . . . . . . Simply Amazing!While we all know that human parents will do anything to protect their children from danger, if these two birds are any indication, the same principal applies in the animal world....
Read news articleWinners Of The Kids Science Challenge CompetitionIn December 2008, the National Science Foundation and Pulse of The Planet sponsored the 'Kids Science Challenge', a nationwide science competition for third to sixth graders....
Read news articleBees Swarm Video Game RetailerVideo game retailer, GameStop's Union Square store in Manhattan, was literally buzzing on Memorial Day weekend, thanks to some unusual customers - thousands of bees that swarmed the store's entrance!...
Read news articleIt's The Cheese. . . . . . Rollers!Why would grown men roll down a steep hill and risk all kinds of injuries? - For the 8-pound wheel of cheese of course! Welcome to the wacky cheese-rolling contest held every Memorial Day weekend in Gloucestershire, England....
Read news articleVideo Of The Week - An Unusual FriendshipRoscoe was an underfed stray Blue Tick Hound roaming the grounds of an animal sanctuary in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, when he met its animal ambassador - An Orangutan named Suriya....
Read news articleAnd Sold! To Three-Year Old Pipi. . . .?!Has your younger brother or sister ever clicked away aimlessly on the computer, and accidently lost your carefully typed homework? Well then, you will be able to relate to three-year old Pipi Quinlan, who recently did that - except in her case, she ended up being the proud owner of a Kobelco Earth Digger!...
Read news articleWhy Ants Never Lose Their WayEver seen an ant looking lost or stopping to figure out where it's heading? You probably never have or will and that is because it seems that these amazing creatures have inbuilt GPS devices....
Read news articleA Real-Life Hobbit HouseIf you are a fan of R.R. Tolkien's, 'Hobbit' and 'Lord of the Rings', this house will look familiar to you. However, this is not a house from any movie set, but the actual residence of Simon Dale, his wife and two kids....
Read news articleA 'Crash Helmet' For Timmy The TortoiseLooking at this gentle giant, one would never believe that it could be involved in a fight. However, if zookeepers at the Paignton Zoo in Devon are to be believed, not only did it get into a huge fight with another gentle giant, but also has a big hole to prove it....
Read news articleArtist Creates Masterpieces From Old BooksBrian Dettmer, a young artist from Atlanta, has always used unusual mediums for his art. Over the years, he has created works of art from maps, record albums and even cassette tapes. Five years ago, the talented artist began creating amazing masterpieces from old books....
Read news articleAn Unusual Birthday CelebrationFin Keleher, knew exactly what he wanted for his eleventh birthday - An entry in the Guinness Book of Records. And it seems that the determined youngster might have achieved his dream, by placing more live snails on his face, than anyone else in the world....
Read news articleLance Corporal Billy The Goat, RetiresOn May 20th, soldiers from the Royal Welsh Army unit based in Chester, gathered to honor one of their own - Billy a nine-year old Kashmir goat, who retired after seven years of selfless service with the unit....
Read news articleJapanese Astronaut Tests Magic CarpetWhen Japanese Astronaut, Koichi Wakata left for space in March, one of the fun experiments he had planned to conduct was to try flying on a magic carpet. Earlier this week, this fun-loving astronaut put up a show that would have made even Aladdin proud!...
Read news articleVideo Of The Week - Genius Toddler ArtistJust like any two-year old, Melbourne toddler Aelita Andre loves to finger paint - Except her paintings are considered works of art and, are fetching thousands of dollars....
Read news articleBay To Breakers - San Francisco's Annual Mayhem Er Race!Yesterday, over 65,000 'runners' got together to participate in what has been described as the wackiest race in the world - an appropriate description, when the starting line comprises of a team of elite international runners and a man in a hot pink gorilla suit!...
Read news articleThe Red Bull Air Race World ChampionshipsOn May 9th and 10th, over 55,000 spectators gathered at the Marina in San Diego, to watch 15 of the world's best pilots navigate though obstacles in fast, lightweight planes at speeds of up to 270mph, in a quest to win the Red Bull Air Race Championships....
Read news articleFreeze! - You Have Been Squirted By A MicrodroneWhile this 11-inch unmanned remote-controlled spy helicopter looks like something you would only see in a James Bond movie, it is an actual working device that is being used, not only for spying, but a variety of other things....
Read news articleEndangered Frogs Flown To SafetyDozens of Giant Ditch Frogs, popularly known as Mountain Chicken Frogs, are being flown from the Caribbean island of Montserrat to London, to help prevent this highly endangered amphibian from becoming completely extinct....
Read news articleNow This Is a Sweet Job!12-year old Harry Willsher from Billericcay, Essex has just landed every kid's dream job. He has been appointed chief 'taster' for candy manufacturer Swizzles Matlow - Yes that means he (and his three siblings), will the first one(s) to taste and opine on all new candy the company is planning to introduce....
Read news articleThe Amazing Creatures That Inhabit The Bottom Of Our OceansThanks to the findings of naturalist, Edward Forbes, for the longest time, scientists believed that no life could exist in our oceans, beyond the depth of 300 fathoms (1,800 ft.)...
Read news articleTwins Rule In This Remote Indian TownIf you happen to visit the remote village of Kodhini in the Indian State of Kerala, you will have to take a lot of double takes - that's because the village of 2,000 residents is brimming with identical twins - 250 sets to be exact!...
Read news articleFizzle - The Greedy Little FoxIn most children's tales and legends, a fox is always depicted as a sly character, often up to no good. This real-life fox tale adds one more attribute to this bushy-tailed creature - greedy!...
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