La Tomatina - World's Biggest Food Fight!Always fantasized about having a food fight? They you need to head to Bunol, Spain to participate in the world's biggest annual food fight - La Tomatina, a festival where you can pelt total strangers with tomatoes and face no repurcussions!...
Read news articleSkydiver Takes Speed Cubing To A New Level - Literally!More than a quarter century after it was invented, the Rubik's Cube remains as big a challenge, as when it was first introduced. Over the years, all kinds of records have been shattered by competitors who had their feet planted firmly on the ground....
Read news articleCar Dreams Come True At Germany's V8 HotelWould you like a Cadillac or Mercedes sir? No you are not in a car dealership, but at the reception of the V8 hotel in Stuttgart, Germany, a dream come true for any car enthusiast....
Read news articleNow This, Is Called Talent!Reality Talent Shows attract thousands of people every week, all aspiring to be the next big star. While a lot of them leave an impression, few have managed to stand out as much as, Liu Wei, a pianist who recently auditioned in Beijing for 'China's Got Talent'....
Read news articleJapanese Spacecraft May Unlock Mysteries Of Earth's 'Evil Twin' - VenusVenus, the brightest natural object in our skies is aptly named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty. However, behind the exquisite twinkle, lies an environment so hostile that the planet is often referred to as Earth's evil twin!...
Read news articlePetermann Glacier Loses Huge Chunk Of IceOn August 5th, a large chunk of ice broke off from the Arctic's Petermann Glacier, creating a floating island that measures 100sq.miles or four times the size of Manhattan. While icebergs calving off the Northern Hemisphere's largest glacier is not an unusual event, it is the size that has aroused everyone's interest....
Read news articleWho Has The Biggest Bee-ard?For most of us, even the sound of a buzzing bee is frightening enough - So you can only imagine how it must feel to have thousands of them hanging out on your face, hands and wherever else they can find an empty spot....
Read news articleNao, An Emotional RobotWhile Robots have been programmed to perform all kinds of human chores, they still act like - well robots, until Nao, the first robot that has been designed to feel and project human emotions like love, fear and sorrow....
Read news articleVideo Of The Week - 2010 World Kiteboarding ChampionshipsSome of the World's best sportsmen and women recently came together on the Canary Island of Fuerteventura, to battle it out for the 2010 World Kiteboarding Championships....
Read news articleKookie The Kookaburra Adopts Madagascar Duckling (For Now)Kookie a six-week Kookaburra and a two day old rare Madagascar duckling have both had a slightly rough start to life. Maybe that's why instead of chowing down the little chick for lunch, Kookie has taken it under his wing - for now at least!...
Read news articleFrom London To Auckland - Aboard A Jet-SkiOn August 1st, four adventurers set off on a 32,000-kilometer epic journey that will take them from London's Excel Marina all the way to the world famous Sydney harbor and then to their final destination, Auckland. Their mode of transport? A Seadoo GTX 155 Personal Watercraft, commonly known as a Jet Ski....
Read news articleVideo Of The Week - Yes, Money Does Grow On TreesEver dreamed you could just walk over to a tree and pluck some money? Your wish would have come true if you lived in Sydney, Australia and happened to come to this park on that fateful Monday in July....
Read news articleEscargot Can Really . . . . . Go?'Ready, Steady, Slow' and off they go! You've heard of car races, horse races, maybe even camel races....but how about a race featuring one of the planet's slowest creatures - Snails! Can these slimy gastropods 'move at a snail's pace' and still compete against one another?...
Read news articleCome Hither, Little Swan! The Queen Requests Your PresenceIf you happened to be near the Thames River in Southern England, from July 19th to the 23rd, you may have witnessed a rather unusual event - Swan Upping, an annual census of swans commissioned by the order of her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II....
Read news articleSiberian Baby Mammoth Heads To FranceEarlier last month, Khroma, a baby Mammoth took its first airplane trip all the way from its frozen home in Siberia where it had lain for over 50,000 years to spend the summer on display in South East France's, ....
Read news articleThe Countdown To Abu Dhabi's Ferrari World Has BegunThe countdown to one of the most world's most anticipated theme parks has begun - In 98 days on October 28th, 2010, Abu Dhabi's Yas Island will be home to the world's first Ferrari theme park and, just like the car, it promises to be fast and furious!...
Read news articleTADA! Do you like my new look?Hey, you know the joke - What's Black and White and Read all over? A newspaper! Except in this case the correct answer to that joke is a bald sunburnt penguin named Ralph, who lives at Marwell Wildlife in Hampshire, England...
Read news articleAsian Elephant 'Toys' Around With LizardsMadhuri, an Asian Elephant that resides in India's has figured out a new way to keep herself entertained - Getting hold of live lizards and tossing them around like toys - for days on end!...
Read news articleThe Netherlands Could Have Won, If Only . . . .Spain's victory against the Netherlands for the coveted FIFA championship can only be attributed to its talented team! Would the outcome have been different had Holland managed to convince one of these talented martial arts students to join them? We can only wonder!...
Read news article'Green Slippers Please!'What do you do when a little baby bird is born with curled toes - buy it a pair of bright green slippers of course! At least that's what happened at Paradise Park, a wildlife sanctuary for endangered birds in Cornwall....
Read news articleTreasure Hunter Unearths Hoard Of Ancient CoinsWiltshire resident David Crisp was doing what he loved best - Walking around the English countryside with his metal detector looking for treasure - What he found has not only made him world famous, but also, quite wealthy!...
Read news article'Jet-Man' Rossy Is Back!Following an unsuccessful attempt to become the first man to fly from Morocco to Spain last year, Swiss Adventurer Yves Rossy, better known as, Jet-Man or Fusionman is back - stronger and more determined than before....
Read news articleHibiki Kono A.K.A SpiderboyLike most young boys, 13-year old Hibiki Kono always dreamt about scaling walls like his favorite Superhero, Spiderman - So, when the opportunity arose, he decided to invent his own wall climbing machine....
Read news articleGive A Smile - Get A Free Ice Cream!How many times have you foraged the bottom of the ice cream machine in hope that someone has forgotten to pick up change or hit at it hard, praying that an ice-cream will plop out? Now, with 'Share Happy', you will need to do none of that - Simply smile and the machine will be happy to dispense you a sweet treat of your choice!...
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