While his namesake, the former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson, may not have been very thrilled, 2-year old Tyson didn't seem to mind in the least bit when he was crowned winner of this year's 'Beautiful Bulldog' pageant, held by Des Moines based Drake University....

Thanks to Taiwanese based Eva Air, Japan's Tourism Ambassador, the adorable and wildly popular Hello Kitty is now taking to the skies. The company recently announced Magic Jet, their third airplane catering to fans of the cartoon character....

Though toys and video games have undergone numerous exciting innovations, the same cannot be said about outdoor playgrounds. Sure there is the occasional fun slide or web, but they are all more or less homogeneous - a few swings, a sand box, a monkey bar or two etc. etc. Where is, the imagination and innovation? Now, two Scandinavian designers finally seem to have seen the light....

This Sunday, May 6th is World Laughter Day, a special day that can be celebrated by anyone, anywhere - All they have to do, is laugh aloud and rambunctiously, with no inhibitions. Celebrated annually on the first Sunday of May, the fun event was started by Indian physician Dr. Madan Kataria....

What is better than playing a video game on your Xbox 360? How about playing it on a 95-foot tall building? That's exactly what some fortunate students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology were able to do, on April 25th, 2012....

Waffles have been around since the Middle Ages, when bakeries trying to compete with the monasteries in the wafer market, came up with this scrumptious treat. However, while the recipe may have changed over the years, their look has not altered much. Sure you can get waffle makers that spew out different shapes, but the end result is the same - two dimensional crispy treats crisscrossed with horizontal and vertical lines....

How do you add a little excitement to your life if you lived in a town called 'Dull'? By forging an alliance with one called 'Boring' of course!...

It seems like advertisers are getting increasingly innovative in their approach to getting the word out. First there is Denmark's Generous store that hands out gourmet chocolate in exchange for good deeds and now a 'Hug Me' vending machine that dispenses free coke cola in exchange for, you guessed it . . . . . . . A hug!...

Last week, Boston residents were treated to a rather unusual fashion show - One where instead of walking down a normal horizontal catwalk, the models strutted down the wall of the newly opened Revere Hotel's 24-story building....

From April 18th - 22nd, 789 aspiring inventors from 46 countries came to Geneva to exhibit their brilliant ideas at the International Exhibition of Inventors. Now in its 40th year, the event provides a venue for inventors to showcase their creations to potential investors or manufacturers who can help them with commercial production....

If you love riding your bike or scooter and drawing you are going to be thrilled with this new invention, that allows you to do both - Simultaneously! Aptly dubbed Chalktrail, it is the brainchild of Bellingham, WA resident Scott Baumann, whose 'aha' moment came about five years ago, when he was saw his kids and their friends constantly getting off their bikes to create chalk drawings....

Asian cultures generally celebrate their symbolic New Year with prayers, colorful processions, good food and sometimes even fireworks. The people of Thailand have added one more tradition - Having the world's largest water fight!...

It is quite normal for cities to go a little overboard during Olympic years, but London, the host of the upcoming 2012 Summer Olympics seems to have to have taken it to a totally new level - By training its 64-strong penguin crew to become expert high divers....

Have you been infected with Hunger Games fever? If not, chances are you soon will. For those new to this, The Hunger Games is the first of a wildly popular trilogy written by Suzanne Collins. Published in 2008, the book is set in a future country called Panem that is divided into 12 Districts, all of which are tightly controlled by the Capitol, a highly advanced metropolitan....

While some people (think Taylor Swift) consider the number 13 lucky, for most it seems to indicate dire news or events especially, when it falls on a Friday. Today, happens to be that day. What's worse is that while most years have only one such day, 2012 has three. The first one was January 13th and the grand finale will be July 13th. So does that mean we are in for triple trouble?...

In case you missed it, Saturday April 7th, was International Pillow Fight Day - Yes that's right, a day when thousands of adults and children all over the world got together in their respective cities, to stage a pillow fight against total strangers...

This morning, 35,000 lucky kids and their parents from all across America were invited to the White House to participate in the 134th Annual Easter Egg Roll, hosted by President Obama and his family....

Today is Easter Sunday, a day when Christians all over the world celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ by going to church and feasting on delectable foods. For kids, it means seeking out eggs filled with candy or better still, those made out of chocolate. At the Buenos Aires zoo in Argentina, even the animals get into the spirit....

We thought that Wisconsin resident John Peterson had gone overboard when he spent three years building his kids a 200 square foot treehouse. However, Mr. Peterson's treehouse pales in comparison to the one built by Tennessee resident Horace Burgess, who spent 11 years building this 10,000 square foot, 10-story tree-structure that he believes (and nobody is arguing) is the world's biggest!...

Have you ever wondered why tents are always drab looking? In the past, it was probably because they would camouflage well in the wilderness. But nowadays, most of us camp in heavily populated camping grounds where the dangers of attracting wild animals are slim to none - So why not jazz up this home away from home? Now, thanks to Field Candy, you can!...

While April 1st, better known as April Fool's Day, is technically not a holiday, it is a favorite especially for people who like to pull pranks. While the origin of this tradition is a little sketchy, some believe that the light-hearted fun began in 1582, when the Julian calendar (which began the New Year in April), was replaced with today's Gregorian calendar. Others think it was to mark the change of seasons. No matter what its origins, the day can be a lot of fun!...

How cool would it be if you could walk into your local confectionery store and pick up a box of candy for just promising to do a good deed! Sounds too good to be true? Not, if you live in Denmark, where the aptly named 'Generous Store' is doing exactly that!...

Move over Boo, here comes Beyoncé - the world's cutest and probably tiniest puppy! The last born of five siblings, the female Dachshund mix dog was so small when born, that she weighed just one ounce and could fit on a spoon. Now two week old, the cutie can still comfortably fit atop a credit card or even, an iPhone....

Is it just our imagination or are animals getting sportier? First there was Twiggy, the water-skiing squirrel, then came Goatee, the surfing goat and now, Ratatouille the snowboarding opossum....