The Dog With The Longest Ears On The Planet. Guinness World Records 2012. Woman with the longest tongue. The crocodile weighs one ton and is believed responsible for eating at least one fisherman, but this monster has finally been caught by 100 men in Philippines. Measuring 21 ft (about 6.5 m), the monster is the largest crocodile captured alive in recent years. World's largest crocodile…
The Dog With The Longest Ears On The Planet. One Ton Crocodile Captured In Philippines. Largest Crocodile In The World. A woman with a four-inch tongue and another one with 10-foot fingernails are among entries in the 2012 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records. Aevin Dugas, 36, from New Orleans, US, is also gets an entry for having grown the world’s largest natural afro. She is…
Medusa, the world’s largest snake weighs more than 300 lbs (135 kg), is 25ft (7.5 meters) long and it takes 15 people to hold her. Medusa, a massive python is set to slither into the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s largest snake living in captivity. The giant snake, which will be on display at the Edge of Hell haunted house attraction in Kansas City, eats a 40lb animal about o…
2012 President Obama State of the Union Barack Obama's State of the Union address 2012 Here is the Speech…. according to the New York Times…but not on….. are many other issues that effect the American People…yesterday, today & tomorrow ……that were not addressed in the speech at all…….as there are so many problems around us it is hard…
The 2011 Rugby World Cup is the seventh edition of the quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. The International Rugby Board (IRB) chose New Zealand as the host country in preference to Japan and South Africa at a meeting in Dublin on 17 November 2005. The IRB Council eliminated South Africa in the first of two rounds of voting. Rugby World Cup 2011 was officially…
…able to get my life back, to be able to get back into society. It is stopping me living a reasonable life.” Paul Mason, who weighed 70 st – or half a ton – at his heaviest, used to consume 20,000 calories a day, 10 times the normal for the average man. He said his binge eating was spurred by heartbreak in his twenties at the time of his father’s death and deterioration of his mot…
Mark Moffett, a nature-lover has revealed how he spent two days tracking down a giant insect, weta, on a remote New Zealand island – and got it to eat a carrot out of his hand. Mark Moffett, 53, from Colorado, found that giant weta, genus Deinacrida of the family Anostostomatidae, is the world’s biggest insect in terms of weight. The insect weighs 71g and is heavier than a sparrow and three…
tion growth outpaces economic growth, reproductive health care remains a crucial issue. Ugochi Daniels, UNFPA representative said that while the Philippines population remains young, with people under 25 making up 54% of the total, they needed to be taught proper “life skills” and about sexual issues. Ugochi Daniels said that while women were having fewer children globally, the overall…
United Nations announced that the world’s population will reach 7 billion in the next few days. The 7 billion stage comes just 12 years since the total world population reached 6 billion and the official estimates show the figure will top 8 billion in 2025 and 10 billion before the end of the 21st century. United Nations also said that it is most likely the baby will be born in the Asia-Pac…
…as dispatched to hunt for organic materials and other chemistry considered necessary for microbial life to evolve. The $2.5 billion Curiosity project, NASA’s first astrobiology mission since the 1970s-era Viking probes to Mars, is the first to bring all the tools of a state-of-the-art geochemistry laboratory to the surface of a distant planet. But the latest images from Curiosity, taken at a…
Madrid: violent protests against the cost of Pope’s visit. A thunderstorm has forced Pope Benedict XVI to cut short his yesterday speech during a prayer vigil at the Catholic Church of World Youth Day 2011 festival in Madrid, Spain. More than 1.5 million young pilgrims gathered at the church of World Youth Day 2011 festival on Saturday to be in place for the vigil when a flash, blustery…
…0;I miss our sex life. Pauline could be 1000 lb and we’d still have sex every single day because it’s that good. “Within the first day of being back together, we had sex six times in 24 hours. “Even though one of Pauline’s legs weighs more than I do, we’re able to position her body to make sex enjoyable for both of us.” Pauline and Alex Potter rekindled th…
. Copying it seems to be the latest cloning trend in China – a country known for copying the designs of everything from shoes and cars to iPads and tech start-ups. Tech blogs say there are about 20 Chinese clones of Pinterest already. Some copycats modify the original site’s design only slightly, while others go a step further. Several have taken the basic idea of “pinning”…
Lion King-ing, the latest internet phenomenon, sees pet owners around the world lifting their animals above their head. The phenomenon, copying a famous scene from the film The Lion King, follows other such memes as planking, owling and Tebowing. The videos take their inspiration from the famous scene in the beginning of The Lion King where the wise mandrill Rafiki presents the young Simba to the…
…enge for the post, which has traditionally gone to an American, from Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. Dr. Jim Yong Kim will succeed Robert Zoellick, serving a five-year term beginning on 1 July, the World Bank said in a statement. Jim Jong Kim is a doctor lauded for his pioneering role in treating HIV/Aids and reducing the impact of tuberculosis in the developing world. US Treasury S…
…ined as a graphic designer before joining police doing both age progressions of missing children and facial reconstruction from the skull. His work has helped trace countless missing children over the 11 years he has worked in forensics. But when he is not hard at work in the serious day job, he enjoys creating “fun but scientific forecasts” forecasting how celebrities will look when they are olde…
Despite all the predictions of Mayan apocalypse, the world will probably not end by December 22. How will the believers cope when life carries on? The clock strikes midnight, the hallowed date arrives and, once again, the apocalypse fails to turn up on schedule. For such a cataclysmic event, the projected end of the world has come around with surprising regularity throughout history. Each time a…
The most expensive house in the world is an 8.6 billion euro (over 12 billion dollars) residence, which has been built at the border of Switzerland and Italy. It said that 200 kg of precious metals were used during construction of the most expensive residence on the planet. The most expensive house in the world is located at the border of Switzerland and Italy The building was designed by…
Guests at a London bar were hoping it wasn’t their round after a £5,500 ($8,600) cocktail was mixed by leading drinks expert Salvatore Calabrese. Salvatore Calabrese broke the record for the world’s most expensive cocktail with his “Salvatore’s Legacy” drink which was made up of ingredients more than 200 years old. Salvatore Calabrese, whose nickname is “The Maestro”, made the c…
tners to take turns performing household chores such as cleaning, washing and preparing meals. Normally, one evening meal can see them pluck 30 chickens, peel 132 lb (60 kg) of potatoes and boil up to 220 lb (100 kg) of rice. Ziona Chana’s family has its own school, a playground, carpentry workshops, piggery and poultry farms and a vegetable garden big enough to supply the whole family. Ziona Cha…
…s needed, the image capture is almost instantaneous. The result is 4-dimensional image capture. Light field imaging engine processes the data producing HD quality images. The pictures are displayed in 2D, but in 2012 a special algorithm will be applied to the light field and the photos will be displayed in 3D. The viewers will be able to shift the perspective of the scene. Lytro light field camera…
Asian markets have risen, following gains on Wall Street, after the US Federal Reserve unveiled its latest stimulus plan. The US central bank said it would buy $40 billion of mortgage debt a month and kept interest rates at below 0.25%. It said it would also continue its programme to reduce long-term borrowing costs for firms and households. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index rose 1.8%, South Korea&#…
One Ton Crocodile Captured In Philippines. Largest Crocodile In The World. Guinness World Records 2012. Woman with the longest tongue. Harbor is the black-and-tan coonhound with the longest canine ears in the world, according to Guinness World Records. Guinness World Records has named Harbor the possessor of the longest canine ears on the planet after his ears measurement: the left ear measur…
CIA World Factbook color-coded map reveals the startling difference in life expectancies across 222 of the world’s countries. The map shows how people are likely to live the longest in developed countries with state-funded healthcare systems like Japan, Canada and the UK, which each have average life expectancies of over 80 years. The tiny tax haven of Monaco – with its notoriously we…
Jyoti Amge, a 2 ft (61.95 cm) teenager, a celebrity in her hometown of Nagpur, India, is now set for Guinness Book Record, when she will be officially declared the world’s smallest woman. Jyoti Amge, 18, hopes to celebrate being crowned the world’s shortest woman by launching a Bollywood movie career. The small teenager took the Guinness World Record from 2ft 3in American Bridgette Jo…
Hilaria Baldwin joins husband Alec at Cannes Film Festival 2013 to promote his documentary Seduced and AbandonedAlec Baldwin famously lost his cool with film producer Harvey Weinstein at last year's Cannes film festival. But it appears that Alec Baldwin, 55, has managed to keep his…
Jennifer Lawrence wears blue body paint to portray X-Men's MystiqueJennifer Lawrence has hit the X-Men set like a bolt from the blue and her fans have been given a glimpse of the 22-year-old star in all her painted glory as she reprises her…
Ray Manzarek dead: The Doors co-founder dies aged 74 after long battle with cancerRay Manzarek, keyboardist and founder member of the 1960s rock band The Doors, has died after a long battle with cancer at the age of 74. He formed the band with lead singer…
Christine White dies in a nursing home in Washington at the age of 86Actress Christine White, who played a calming wife on a classic 1963 Twilight Zone episode that featured a young William Shatner, has died at age 86. Christine White…
Macaulay Culkin at risk of lung cancerMacaulay Culkin is said to be smoking a whopping 60 cigarettes a day, leading to new health fears for the troubled former child star. “He's put his nicotine addiction into…
Eurovision 2013: Azerbaijan inquiry into "nul points" for RussiaAzerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev has ordered an inquiry into why his country gave Russia "nul points" at Eurovision Song Contest 2013. Voters and the official Azerbaijan…
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