Offbeat
- Chinese Wine Company Breaks Record with a 1850l Bottle of Wine
[28 Jan, 2010] comments (0)
A company called Wang Chen Wines, located in Liaoning, northern China, presented a 15 feet high bottle that contains 1,850 liters of wine. ...- Australian Skydiver Plans 120,000-feet Jump
[26 Jan, 2010] comments (0)
Felix Baumgardner, a skydiver from Australia, looks forward to jump from a 120,000-feet altitude. ...- Transformers Fan Makes Optimus Prime Replica from Junk
[25 Jan, 2010] comments (0)
The famous action movie Transformers has gathered a lot of fans and some of them were apparently so excited that they decided to do something extraordinary to show they're true fans of the movie like this man from Taiwan, who managed to create a 14-foot model of Optimus Prime from junk. ...- Aircraft from 1960s Transformed into Luxury Hotel
[25 Jan, 2010] comments (0)
The old 120-seater aircraft located at Teuge Airport, Netherlands, has been transformed into a luxury hotel. The German plane from the 1960s features a luxurious sauna, Jacuzzi, three flat screens, Blu-ray player and more. ...- Top Ten Most Popular Passwords Headed by 123456
[22 Jan, 2010] comments (0)
Imperva, company that specializes in protecting business applications and databases, has recently unveiled its research entitled Consumer Password Worst Practices. ...- Chopard Creates Precious Valentine Gifts
[20 Jan, 2010] comments (0)
In celebration of Love, Chopard unveils diamond-set jewelry pieces and watches for ladies to be presented as fine Valentine gifts. ...- British Artist Makes Portraits from Junk
[18 Jan, 2010] comments (0)
A talented British artist, Jane Perkins, decided to recycle and reuse different objects, which most people would throw away, to create beautiful masterpieces. ...- And the Word of the Decade is... Google!
[12 Jan, 2010] comments (0)
Although there's still enough time till the end of the decade, the American Dialect Society thought it is time to state the word of the decade, which is ... google. ...- Computer Scientist Calculates Pi to 2.7 Trillion Digits
[11 Jan, 2010] comments (1)
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In August 2009 a Japanese computer scientist managed to break the world record for the highest number of digits in Pi. Now another computer scientist claims he has set a new record, being able to calculate Pi to 2.7 trillion digits. ...
- The 2009 Darwin Awards Given to World's Dumbest
[06 Jan, 2010] comments (0)
Recently the list of winners of last year's 2009 Darwin Awards has been presented. It is worth mentioning that the Darwin Awards are given to those people who have done something incredibly stupid. ...- Artist Sculpts 100 Santas Using Sand to Draw Attention on Global Warming
[29 Dec, 2009] comments (1)
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A sand artist from India is the author of 100 Santa Clause figures made from sand and recently presented on an exhibition in Puri, a tourist town in eastern Orissa state, India. ...
- Origami Specialist Builds Paper Plane that Breaks World Flight Record
[28 Dec, 2009] comments (0)
Takuo Toda, a Japanese engineer, was able to launch a paper plane that set the new world flight record, staying in the air for 26.1 seconds. Now he looks forward to break the 30-seconds barrier. ...- Chinese Designers Present Christmas Tree Built from 1,000 Beer Bottles
[21 Dec, 2009] comments (1)
Designers from China decided to take the green theme further - they managed to create a huge Christmas tree from 1,000 beer bottles. ...- Cloud 360 - Futuristic Observatory that Floats in the Sky
[07 Dec, 2009] comments (0)
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This amazing structure is located in Sungnam, South Korea. Cloud 360 was designed by a team of architects, who thought about creating a building that would look as though it floats in the sky. ...
- Japanese Company Offers Space Beer
[04 Dec, 2009] comments (0)
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Sapporo Breweries Ltd., a Japanese beer company with headquarters in Ebisu, Shibuya and Tokyo, has recently announced that it is going to market exclusive beer prepared using barley that was grown from seeds brought to outer space. ...
