A man in southern India married a female dog in a traditional Hindu ceremony as an attempt to atone for stoning two other dogs to death — an act he believes cursed him — a newspaper reported Tuesday.
Monday, May 12, 2008
Man in India Marries Dog
Chinese Woman Car Kissing Contest
A 27-year-old Chinese woman won the chance to buy a car for the equivalent of 6p by kissing it for more than 24 hours.
A shopping mall in Beijing invited people to kiss six Chevrolet cars with the one lasting the longest being given the chance to buy the car for just one yuan.
The cars, parked in the lobby of the Xizhimen Jiamao Shopping Centre, had plastic nipples attached to them, reports the Beijing News.
Participants had to kiss the nipples without touching the car. They were allowed a ten minute break every seven hours.
More than 400 people applied to take part in the game, but only 120 were selected, since each car had only 20 nipples.
After 24 hours, there were still 28 participants left so the mall introduced new rules requiring them to stand on one foot with their hand behind their back.
The final winner was Zhang Cunying who was so tired by the end of the ordeal that she could not stand up unaided.
She said: "I was learning dancing, so the body flexibility helped a lot. But the main winning factor was my faith."
Chinese 2,008 Chickens Baked in 100 Minutes
A Chinese chef shows his baked chickens at the 17th China's Chef Festival & 2007 Nanning-ASEAN International Tourism and Food Festival, which kicked off on October 19, 2007.
A Chinese chef staged a stunning show by baking a total of 2,008 chickens in 100 minutes in a move to welcome the 2008 Beijing Olympics, official website Xinhuanet reports.
The performance was staged at the 17th China's Chef Festival & 2007 Nanning-ASEAN International Tourism and Food Festival. The performance is also expected to challenge the Guinness World Record.
The 13-day-event that kicked off on Friday at southwestern Chinese city of Nanning is estimated to attract 500 thousand locals.
Chinese Ice Sculpture Festival Celebrates All Things French
French tourists visiting the renowned snow carving festival in Harbin, China, will find themselves in familiar surroundings.
This year's exposition features huge carvings inspired by France's culture and history. A traditional chalet, the Eiffel Tower and even a sculpture of Napoleon Bonaparte have been intricately etched into the snow.
Chinese Ice Sculpture Festival Celebrates All Things French
French tourists visiting the renowned snow carving festival in Harbin, China, will find themselves in familiar surroundings.
This year's exposition features huge carvings inspired by France's culture and history. A traditional chalet, the Eiffel Tower and even a sculpture of Napoleon Bonaparte have been intricately etched into the snow.
The world's most intelligent fish
Introducing the world's most intelligent fish - he can play football, basketball and even limbo dance under a bar.
Comet the goldfish has been trained by his owner to perform the astonishing range of aquatic activities on demand.
And that's not all - watery genius can also play fetch with a hoop, slalom around a series of poles and push a rugby ball over a set of posts.
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Tragic story of world's heaviest woman
After years of gorging on burgers, French fries and chocolate chip cookies Renee Williams tipped the scales at 64 stone. She was just 29 years old.
The mother of two, who weighed almost half a ton, was bedridden and knew her only chance of survival was to beg doctors for a gastric bypass to reduce the size of her stomach.
Before her death she let cameras into her home in Austin, Texas, to raise awareness of the dangers of obesity.
The World’s Slimmest Waterproof Mobile Phone
Fujitsu have launched a mobile phone, the F705i, which is reported to be the World’s slimmest waterproof mobile phone.
It is just 13.77mm thick, and is able to be plunged underwater for a maximum of 30 minutes without any damage to the phone.
World Largest Champagne Fountain
A worker adjusts glasses in an attempt to break the world record for the "Largest Champagne Fountain" in the shopping center Wijnegem near Antwerp, Jan. 25, 2008. The 7 metre (22.9 feet) high pyramid will contain more than 43,000 glasses and weigh 8,750 kg (19,290 pounds) to set a new record.
World's smallest giraffe is born
At the moment she's a "pint-sized" 5ft tall, but soon things will be looking up for Margaret the giraffe.
The female Rothschild giraffe was born prematurely at Chester Zoo after mother, Fay, went into labour two weeks early.
But mother and daughter are doing just fine and, thanks to hand-rearing by her keepers, 10-day-old Margaret is now tipping the scales at just over five stone (34-kilos).
Tim Rowlands, team leader of the Giraffes section, said: "Margaret is one of the smallest giraffe calves we have ever seen.
"Fay isn't the largest of giraffes and Margaret was also early which might go some way to explaining her size.
"Margaret was having difficulty suckling so our keeping team are now hand-rearing her and she is going from strength so strength.
"We have a good track record when it comes to breeding giraffes and we are delighted to welcome another to the fold."
The birth of Margaret - who is named after Tim's mum - has been welcomed as there are only 600 Rothschild giraffes left in the wild, where they roam the lowlands of Kenya and Uganda.
Margaret's story will feature in the new series of Zoo Days, a Channel Five series which takes viewers behind the scenes at Chester Zoo.
World's longest inverted roller coaster
The world's longest inverted roller coaster will start running during China's upcoming Spring Festival in an amusement park in this capital city of south China's Guangdong Province, offering the thrilling fun of falling 80 meters, the park said Tuesday.
Xiong Xiaojie, assistant to the president of the Chimelong Paradise, told Xinhua on Tuesday that the one-km-long roller coaster, designed by Switzerland-based Bolliger and Mabillard for the park, will be safety tested on Jan. 28, and has a planned debut in China's most important festival, the Spring Festival, which falls on Feb. 7 this year.
The 200 million-yuan (27 million U.S. dollars) roller coaster is one of the world's most expensive and the first of its kind introduced to China's mainland. It would offer fun-seekers an experience of a vertical drop of 80 meters, as high as a 30-story building," said Xiong.
Bolliger and Mabillard invented the world's first inverted roller coaster in 1992. Since then, it has designed 71 roller coasters for theme parks around the world. The roller coasterit designed for Chimelong Paradise has three carriages capable of carrying 30 people at a time. Its highest speed is 120 km per hour.
The Chimelong Paradise opened in Guangzhou in April, 2006, and has become one of the must-go tourist attractions in the city, for its sophisticated amusements.
The privately-owned park, built for 1 billion yuan, covers 66 hectares, and can handle 50,000 tourists a day.
The World's Shortest Bodybuilder
In these troubled, despairing times, the world needs heroes to offer a message of hope to the huddled masses. Well, we have that hero:
They say that 'a noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.' If that's the case, then nobody could be more embiggened than Aditya 'Romeo' Dev - the world's smallest bodybuilder.
Dev, 19, who is excellent, stands just 33 inches tall - but weighs an impressive 9.25kg (just under 1.5 stone), and has a chest measurement of 20 inches.
Ten Longest Bridges In World
Here is a list of the ten longest bridges in the world with pictures and descriptions. Those beautiful photos are showing to us that there are no borders and everything is reachable.
10. Seven Mile Bridge
The Seven Mile Bridge, in the Florida Keys, runs over a channel between the Gulf of Mexico and the Florida Strait, connecting Key Vaca (the location of the city of Marathon, Florida) in the Middle Keys to Little Duck Key in the Lower Keys. Among the longest bridges in existence when it was built, it is one of the many bridges on US 1 in the Keys, where the road is called the Overseas Highway.
World Largest Clam
The geoduck or gooyduck is the largest species of clams on the face of the earth. The clam itself is 15 to 20 cm long, which is pretty big but the really impressive part is its long siphon that often reaches one meter in length. it weighs between 0.5 and 1.5 kilograms, but there have been stories about 7.5 kg heavy gooyducks.
The incredible aspect of the gooeyduck isn’t only limited to its size, but also to its lifespan. It has a life expectancy of 146 years, which makes it one of the longest-living organisms in the animal reign.
As repulsive as they look (personal opinion) geoducks are a delicacy in China and Japa, where they are often eaten raw, sashimi style.
Smallest revolver in the world
Introducing the world's smallest gun that fires deadly 300mph bullets - but is just TWO inches long
Meet the pistol that fits in your pocket - and packs a hell of a punch.
The SwissMiniGun is the size of a key fob but fires tiny 270mph bullets powerful enough to kill at close range.
Officially the world's smallest working revolver, the gun is being marketed as a collector's item and measures just 2.16 inches long (5.5cm). It can fire real 4.53 bullets up to a range of 367ft (112m).
The stainless steel gun costs £3,000 although the manufacturers also produce extravagant, made-to-order versions made out of 18-carat gold with customised diamond studs which sell for up to £30,000.
At just over two inches long it is the world's smallest gun - but the 300mph bullets it fires mean it is still deadly
It cannot be imported into the UK, and buyers in Switzerland and Europe must produce an import permit from police to obtain one.
The gun is banned from being imported into the US - because it's barrel is less than three inches, meaning it is deemed too small to qualify for sporting purposes.
World Biggest & Largest Telescope in Puerto Rico's
The radiotelescope established in Аресибо, — now, the world's largest (from using one aperture). The telescope is used for researches in the field of radio astronomy, physics of an atmosphere and radar-tracking supervision of objects of Solar system. Astronomical observatory Аресибо is located in Пуэрто Рико, in 15 km from Аресибо, at height of 497 m above sea level. Researches are spent Корнельским by university to cooperations with National scientific fund (USA). The observatory is also the National center of Astronomy and the Ionosphere of the USA.
Most Powerful Diesel Engine in the World
The Wartsila-Sulzer RTA96-C turbocharged two-stroke diesel engine is the most powerful and most efficient prime-mover in the world today. The Aioi Works of Japan's Diesel United, Ltd built the first engines and is where some of these pictures were taken. It is available in 6 through 14 cylinder versions, all are inline engines. These engines were designed primarily for very large container ships. Ship owners like a single engine/single propeller design and the new generation of larger container ships needed a bigger engine to propel them. The cylinder bore is just under 38" and the stroke is just over 98". Each cylinder displaces 111,143 cubic inches (1820 liters) and produces 7780 horsepower. Total displacement comes out to 1,556,002 cubic inches (25,480 liters) for the fourteen cylinder version.
Indian Man Has World's Longest Ear Hair
KANPUR, India -- A man in northern India has been recognized by Guinness World Records as having the world's longest ear hair.
The tufts coming out of the man's ears measured more than 5 inches when he set the record in 2003.
The hair has now grown to nearly 10 inches.
In fact, the hair is so long he has to shampoo and comb it.
He was granted a certificate from Guinness to certify him as the record-holder.
However, he complained that too many people consider his feat foolish and said the Indian government isn't treating him with the respect he deserves as a world record-holder.
World's largest dog show opens in Birmingham
Dogs rest at the 117th Crufts dog show in Birmingham, central England, March 7, 2008. The 117th Crufts, known as the world's largest dog show, started here on Thursday. The four-day show, organized and run by the non-profit Kennel Club UK, was expected to draw more than 150,000 visitors and 22,964 of the best dogs in the world to compete for the much coveted title of Best in Show.
Tiny teenager from India is smallest girl in the world
A teenager from India who stands at a tiny 1ft 11in (58cm) tall is the smallest girl in the world.
Jyoti Amge, 14, is shorter than the average two-year-old child and only weighs 11lb (5kg).
World biggest barbeque in Uruguay
People gather around Uruguayan cooks who barbecue meat in an attempt to break a record for the world's largest barbecue in Montevideo
A meats association in Uruguay on Sunday hosted the world's biggest barbeque on a single grill totalling 1,500 meters in length, media reported.
As many as 1,252 volunteer cooks grilled 12 metric tonnes of beef and about 20,000 spectators cried with joy when a Guinness judge confirmed the barbecue record had been broken.
"I'm very proud to be Uruguayan. We have the best beef and now we have the world's biggest barbecue," said one of the cooks.
The organizer said the gargantuan cookout is held to promote the country's image as a major cattle producer.
"Uruguay is very small, it's not known for other events so we have to use these kinds of gimmicks so people find out where Uruguay is and what it has to offer," said Fernando Perez Abella, vice president of the National Meats Institute, or INAC in Spanish.
Sunday, May 4, 2008
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