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Boston mum calls police to stop son from playing Grand Theft Auto
Posted on December 27th, 2009 No commentsGames 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 »
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Woman gives birth to giant baby
Posted on December 17th, 2009 No commentsA 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 »
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World’s smallest snowman
Posted on December 10th, 2009 No commentsJust 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 »
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Kangaroo tries to drown a man and his dog
Posted on December 1st, 2009 No commentsA 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 »