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Refrigerated Beach in Dubai
Versace, the renowned fashion house, is to create the world’s first refrigerated beach so that hotel guests can walk comfortably across the sand on scorching days.
The beach will be next to the the new Palazzo Versace hotel which is being built in Dubai where summer temperatures average 40C and can reach 50C.
The beach will [...]
World’s heaviest potato
The weight of the knobbly root vegetable has not yet been verified by the Guinness Book of Records, but could be several times heavier than the existing record holder – a 7lb 13oz spud grown in the Isle of Man.
“I’ve been working the land since I was a boy, and it’s the first time I’ve [...]
Woman living with 130 cats
How would life be when living with 130 cats? Something like this:
Guinness World Records Book 2009
The 54th edition of the Guinness World Records book has been released. In the 2009 version we can find a few interesting world records such as:
The World’s Oldest Bridesmaid (105 years old)
The Most Expensive Ice-cream Sundae (£12,000)
The World’s Longest Dog, with a nose to tail length of 2m 32cm (7.61 feet)
Oldest living person (114 years [...]
Cows point to the North
New weird news related to cows:
Researchers discovered that cattle have a good sense of direction and tend to point in a northerly direction.
It has long been observed that cows appear to have a talent for weather forecasting and are able to predict when rain is on the way, but until now their navigational abilities have [...]
Cow chases bear away
Residents of a rural Colorado town say a cow named Apple chased off a bear that had climbed into her favorite apple tree. Jack McDonald of Hygiene, about 30 miles northwest of Denver, said the bear had climbed out of the tree when the cow approached it Sunday afternoon.
McDonald says the animals touched noses [...]
Stealing From Girl Scouts
Having trouble believing that this video is real. If it is, there isn’t much to say about this… stunning.
Sniper position for rent during NATO Summit
The NATO Summit in Bucharest, Romania is starting soon and someone posted a hilarious ad on his blog:
“From my terrace you have a clear view of the People’s House where the NATO 2008 Summit will take place between 2nd and 4th of April. I’m renting out space for whatever needs you might have: TV crew, [...]
Fake Ferraris in Italy
ROME (Reuters) - Italians are used to buying bogus Gucci bags or Rolex watches to look stylish but police found a new height of craftsmanship and cunning when they broke up a ring selling fake Ferrari cars for a fraction of the real price.
Police accused 15 people of building the blood red sports cars and [...]
Preparing to send fish to space
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Scientists plan to launch 60 tiny fish on a zero gravity rocket ride from above the Arctic Circle on Monday to try to plumb the secrets of motion sickness.
Tomas Hedqvist, project manager for Sweden’s Esrange Space Centre, said the baby cichlid fish will head 260 km (160 miles) into the air on [...]