It's been a long day - you are driving on a busy road and are about to doze off - then...boink! Your car veers over a speed bump and you're wide awake again....

How many times have you ordered a cake for a special occasion and discovered that the message on it, is now quite what you intended it to be. Though annoying at the moment, the mistakes are often quite funny in retrospect. Now a site called Cake Wrecks, has made it their mission to document all these little (and big) snafus! Here's a few....

Unlike most nine-year olds who spend their energy trying to obtain an iPhone, Lim-Ding Wen spends his energy, creating fun applications for the iPhone....

Fossil hunters in Columbia, recently discovered the remains of snakes so large, they are calling them Titanboas. These giants were believed to have slithering around the Earth about 58 million years ago....

The fact that dolphins are intelligent mammals has been known for a number of years, but this latest observation has put them a step closer to humans....

Avoca is a small village in Cass County, Nebraska. For most of the year, this tiny village of 300 people is pretty quiet - however every year, on the last Saturday of January, it becomes hub of activity, when it hosts the annual Quack-Off Duck Race....

Michelto Lagravere's bull-fighting career began at the tender age of six. It's no wonder that now at the age of eleven, he is already considered a veteran matador....

On March 4th, over thousands of students from all over the world will participate in World Maths Day, an online math competition hosted by Australian company 3P learning, in collaboration with Voyager Expanded Learning, a leading publisher of K-12 educational solutions in America....

"As I look around me, a bright sky I see, and a shadow beside me. Six more weeks of winter it will be!" - This was the prediction from "Punxsutawney Phil", the legendary groundhog on February 2nd, the official Groundhog Day....

Ms. Kanchana Ketkaew also known as the Scorpion Queen, set a new Guinness World record in December 2008, by spending 33 consecutive days and nights living with 5,000 live deadly scorpions....

If you are an English teacher or an English major, look away now, for this story will make your hair stand - And the worst part? - it is happening in England....

London residents, Duncan Malcolm and Katherine Lewis, were thrilled when they were selected for a free five-night stay at one of New York's finest hotels. There is however, one slight catch....

Today over 94 million Americans will watch the most popular television event of the year -the championship game of the National Football League - The Super Bowl. Not surprisingly, it is the no 1 day for home-parties - surpassing even New Year's Eve!...

If you thought the kids in the new movie, Hotel for Dogs, loved animals, you haven't heard of Mark Amey and Siouxsie Gillet, a couple who is truly crazy about animals - and we are not talking about normal pets like dogs and cats either!...

The Tesla Roadster has been the poster-child of the ultimate fast and cool-looking environmentally friendly vehicle. Now it looks like the Ultimate Aero EV will easily usurp it from its pedestal on both grounds....

Though Barbara and Jenna Bush, the twin daughters of former President George Bush, are now much older than the Malia and Sasha Obama, they were only seven when their grandfather moved into the White House, and 18 when their father became President....

Results of a new study released by the University of Queensland, Australia prove, that honey bees can actually count - albeit only up to a certain number....

Evan Reynolds was just 16, when he lost his arm in a freak accident. Last year, the teenager became one of the first people in the world to be fitted with a bionic arm - one that he can control with his mind....

First there was Cinders, the pig who was scared of mud and now we have a 11-year old Kentucky, a Humboldt Penguin, who is petrified of going into the water....

We have heard of the hen that lays golden eggs - but eggs the size of a small grapefruit?...

A Nigerian jail is housing a rather unusual criminal - A black and white goat. Its crime? - Attempted car robbery!...

The 13th Annual Winter X(treme)- Games ended in Aspen, Colorado amidst much excitement yesterday. As the name indicates, the three-day event, which features snowboarding, extreme Skiing and Snowmobile racing, is filled with thrilling action....

Millions of people in China and all over the world celebrated the day with great pomp as they ushered in 4,707 - The Year of the Ox. The fifteen-day long celebration that starts on the eve of the New Year, is the most important holiday in China....

At just three months of age, Bili not only got to have his own seat on a flight from Birmingham to Frankfurt, but also got his own passport, complete with name and picture....