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Mummified body of woman found in apartment

An old woman’s mummified body was found in her apartment in Moscow, 4 months after she died. The woman was aged 70 and she lived alone. It is likely the cold weather helped preserve her body. Read the rest of this entry »

Liu Bolin – Invisible Man

Here is an artist that is really unique. Liu Bolin, 36, from China paints himself to blend in with his background, so much so that he appears almost invisible in some photographs.

No camera tricks, no Photoshop; it’s all really art worthy of a chameleon’s act. Liu claims he takes as much as 10 hours to paint himself for some pictures. What is still not clear, is does he rely on an assistant to paint him after he has given sufficient instructions?

Says Liu, “My work is a kind of reminder, to remind people what the community we live in really looks like, and what kind of problems exist.”

Check out his amazing self portraits, and try to spot him in those pics! Read the rest of this entry »

This is cruelty to animals

All in the name of terrorism security, live pigs are being blown up in experiments to “test the effects of bomb blasts on victims.” 18 pigs were placed near a bomb, about 3 feet away and wrapped in Kevlar blankets, and to top it up, tubes were inserted into their blood vessels and bladders, and their spleens were removed! Read the rest of this entry »

Our lightbulbs are all duds – Enter the Centennial Lightbulb

Have you ever used lightbulbs before? They blow after a couple of months, usually. But did you know that our lightbulbs are not supposed to blow IF we were using Adolfe Chailet’s design? Read the rest of this entry »

From a cave to a palace – Rags to riches

Talk about rags to riches. Two men from Hungary, Zsolt and Geza Peladi who have been living in a cave because they are so poor are set to inherit a mega fortune. They had to rummage for scraps on the streets which they sold for cheap. But now they have a huge mega fortune. And how much is mega? How about £4 billion, or $6.5 billion? That is the fortune they will inherit! Read the rest of this entry »

Eyetest for you

Here is an eyetest for you, let’s see how good is your perception. Check the picture below. Read the rest of this entry »

Boston mum calls police to stop son from playing Grand Theft Auto

Games these days are so addictive. I’m not a player of Grand Theft Auto (GTA), but a woman in Boston could not get her 14 year old son to stop playing the game and go to bed, and finally resorted to calling the cops.

The police who answered her call at around 2:30 am fortunately agreed to help, and persuaded the boy to wind his game up and go to sleep. Read the rest of this entry »

Woman gives birth to giant baby

A Russian woman has stunned doctors by giving birth to a giant baby boy. Doctors at the hospital where the baby was born proclaim the baby as the biggest they have ever seen.

The woman, Svetlana Tagantseva, 28 gave birth to a baby boy who weighed 6.75 kilos or 15 pounds and stands at 62 cm tall. Now that’s big! Read the rest of this entry »

World’s smallest snowman

Just in time for Christmas, scientists at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) have created the world’s smallest snowman, which measures just 0.01 mm across. The snowman was pieced together using very high tech machinery that is normally used to assemble nano objects.

The snowman was made from 2 tiny tin beads welded with platinum, and the scientists used something called an ion beam to carve the eyes and the smile. Another particle of platinum was used for the nose, which measures just 0.001 mm across. Read the rest of this entry »

Kangaroo tries to drown a man and his dog

A kangaroo tried to drown a man after he tried to save his pet dog that was being attacked by the kangaroo. So when we have killer rabbits, now we have killer kangaroos.

Chris Rickard, 49, suffered a deep gash on his forehead and abdomen, as well as cuts and scratches on his chest in the 9 AM attackHe was walking his pet dog, Rocky near his home farm which had a dam nearby, when they startled a sleeping kangaroo. Rocky chased the kangaroo and the kangaroo grabbed the dog and held it underwater for 20 seconds in the dam’s waters. Imagine that! Read the rest of this entry »