Offbeat
- Artist Builds Biggest Fairytale Sandcastle
[07 May, 2009] comments (0)
Despite the fact that Mr. Hoggard has been a sand master for over a decade, only recently he managed to finish his most impressive sand creation - a huge fortress that is bigger than three double-decker buses. ...
- Meet Chanel - the Oldest Dog in the World
[07 May, 2009] comments (0)
Chanel is the dachshund that was officially recognized as the oldest dog in the world. Recently she celebrated her 21st birthday. ...
- English Man Began Speaking With Irish Accent After Surgical Operation On His Brain
[28 Apr, 2009] comments (0)
A man from the English Yorkshire began speaking with an Irish accent after he having a surgical operation on his brain. ...
- Couple Got Married Dressed Up as Shrek and Princess Fiona
[24 Apr, 2009] comments (1)
It was a rather unusual wedding - the bride was all green and dressed up to look exactly like princess Fiona from the popular Shrek films and the groom resembled Shrek himself, dark green, tall and somewhat handsome. ...
- Indian Comedy Star Officially Recognized as Smallest Actor in the World
[23 Apr, 2009] comments (1)
Ajay Kumar is a comedy actor in India who was included in the Guinness Book of Records as the smallest actor in the world. ...
- Judge Wants to Prohibit Weird Names
[23 Apr, 2009] comments (0)
A judge from Dominican Republic decided to ban any names that are more than three words long, names that may sound vulgar or those by which it is impossible to identify the gender of the baby. ...
- Pole Adventurer Paid Record Price for Rare Spitfire Plane
[21 Apr, 2009] comments (0)
An adventurer from UK paid a record price for a very rare British World War Two 2-seat Spitfire fighter aircraft. ...
- Bad Teeth and Breath Among the Biggest Concerns on Dates
[21 Apr, 2009] comments (0)
According to a survey of 1,000 women that was carried out on behalf of acleans, Canada's only national weekly current affairs magazine, eight out of ten women worry the most about bad breath before a romantic meeting. ...
- Man Holds the Record for the Most Guinness World Records
[16 Apr, 2009] comments (0)
The 54-year-old Ashrita Furman from Jamaica, Queens, was officially registered as the first person in the world to hold 100 Guinness Book of Records simultaneously. ...
- Russian Doctors Removed a Fir Tree Growing Inside a Man's Lung
[15 Apr, 2009] comments (1)
Russian surgeons were amazed to discover a fir tree growing inside a patient's lung. The doctors were sure that the man had cancer since on X-ray the image was very similar to a tumor. ...
- Artist Uses Porcelain Figures to Illustrate Modern Youth
[15 Apr, 2009] comments (0)
The British artist Barnaby Barford is able to turn porcelain figures into intriguing and even shocking works of art. ...
- Kids with Brightest Smiles More Likely to Have Successful Marriages
[14 Apr, 2009] comments (0)
Researchers from DePauw University in Indiana, carried out a study to find that kids who have the brightest smiles in family photos are 3 times more likely to live happy in a successful marriage compared to children who frown. ...
- Surfing Facebook Linked to Bad Results at Exams
[13 Apr, 2009] comments (0)
Specialists came to a conclusion that youngsters, who spend time on Facebook have worse results at exams than those who don't use the site. ...
- Mathematical Formula Of Happily Married Couples Invented
[12 Apr, 2009] comments (0)
Scientists invented a mathematical model, which can predict with a surprising exactity which married couples will divorce and which ones won't. ...
- Obese Women Find It Harder to Climb Career Ladder than Obese Men
[09 Apr, 2009] comments (0)
According to a research overweight women can have problems with climbing their carrier ladder. At the same time there's no such problem for obese men. ...