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Interesting Facts About Halloween

2013-10-24T07:22:00.002-07:00

Its almost a week before Halloween, and as a treat we are giving you these cool facts about Halloween that you might not know yet.

10 Cool Facts About Apple You Should Know

2013-09-29T17:54:00.003-07:00

Some facts about apple i bet you didn't know. Take a look at the list:

"Apple iPad's Retina Display is actually manufactured by Samsung"

"Apple Sold 340,000 iPhones/day in 2012"

"Apple HQ employees earn an average of $125,000/year"

"Apple has 80,000 Employees around the world"

"Apple has more operating cash than the US Treasury"

"Apple's iPhone has higher sales than everything Microsoft has to offer"

"Apple earns $300,000 per minute"

"Smoking near apple computers voids the warranty"

"Everything you say to SIRI is sent to apple analyzed and stored"

"Apple's co-founder sold all his shares for $800 , Today they would been worth $35 Billion"

This is what happens online every 60 seconds

2013-09-29T15:23:00.000-07:00

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Flesh Eating Drug Now on US! (Warning! Extremely Disturbing Images)

2013-09-28T05:05:00.001-07:00

Krokodil a street drug well known in Russia has reached the US. There are two cases that is reported on the Arizona area this past week, this is according to the doctors at Banner Poison Control Center.

It is said to be much cheaper than heroin and cocaine thus making it easily to purchase. But, cheap has its price. Little did people know Krokodil is made up of harmful and dangerous materials such as: Paint thinner, gasoline, oil or alcohol.

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London Landmarks Made up of Bread

2013-06-23T20:43:00.002-07:00

The capital’s most popular structures including Big Ben, The Shard and the London Eye were being re-imagined by Lennie Payne in a sculpture positioned alongside Tower Bridge.

The food artist at the same time made use of muffins, crumpets and sandwich thins to make a 3D London skyline which was not just attractive to the eye but in addition seemed somewhat yummy.

The sculpture was requested by food company Warburtons, which was rejoicing on becoming the ‘best’ baker in the capital.
‘To commemorate its announcement as London’s no.1 bakery manufacturer, Warburtons raise a toast to the nation’s much-loved things of the London Skyline by revealing 3D model,’ the bread company stated.

Video: Fox asked for Man's Help

2013-06-19T18:36:00.002-07:00

Wild foxes are certainly not well-known to loaf around people too much, however that changed for a small fox that went on 2 men for assistance just after having his head trapped inside a jar.

A pair of men strolling alongside a dirt road in Russia went upon a red fox having its head trapped in a glass jar. The fox walked toward them, and one of the guys bent straight down to help. He nabbed the jar, removed the jar of the animal's neck and released it.

As the kit scampered away, the guy joked, "Where's my thank you?" as Huffington post translated.

Kisai Intoxicated: A Watch Like no Other

2013-06-19T18:17:00.004-07:00

Japanese watch manufacturer Tokyoflash introduced a cutting-edge wristwatch overnight that does not simply checks your sobriety with a built-in game, but testing your blood alcohol level using a breathalyser included in its side.

The Kisai Intoxicated watch, made available for a kick off price of $US99 right up until Friday night in Australia, reveals the time and date, and provides alarms, as you would certainly anticipate from any kind of wrist watch.

However a breathalyser is likewise concealed underneath what appears like a watch dial and could be utilized to rate the user's blood alcohol level from .001 % up to .2 % - 4x the authorized Australian driving limit.

Hairy Stocking: Anti Pervert Stockings

2013-06-18T18:01:00.000-07:00

Tired of guys staring at your legs whenever on your street or at your workplace? Then you should probably check this "hairy stockings"out.

The functional fashion item is showing a success in China immediately after a photo of the garment was initially published on the country’s variation of Twitter.

‘Super sexy, summertime anti-pervert full-leg-of-hair stockings, important for young ladies hanging out,’ says an affixed caption, as outlined by Shanghai-based bloggers ChinaSMACK.

Girls going to splash out on a set of the hairy stockings might want to reconsider that thought having said that, using the stockings received a varying reaction from the general public.

‘Damn, so disgusting!!!’ one user commented.

Flying Bike Launched

2013-06-18T18:00:00.000-07:00

The XploreAir ‘Paravelo’ flies from any kind of open space and as soon as air-borne it travels at 25mph for about 3 hours at any given time, powered by a fan making use of a biofuel 249cc engine and parachute.

John Foden and Yannick Read's XploreAir X1 can certainly get to altitudes of 4,000 ft but doesn’t need to have a unique license to operate.

check out the video below to watch the bike in action.

Guinea Pig Armor Now Available

2013-06-17T20:13:00.003-07:00

"Is your pet guinea pig tired of wandering around the house unarmored and vulnerable? Do they get picked on by other guinea pigs? Has your guinea pig ever wanted to go with you to a Renaissance Faire but had nothing to wear?"

A quoted description on a charity auction by eBay user mightys0x -- for a hand-made guinea pig helmet and scale-mail.
Since Sunday morning, the guinea pig armor has gotten 75 bids, taking its present value to $1, 350.

With 3 days left in the auction, that amount is likely to go up. The item description states 100 % of the earnings go to Metropolitan Guinea Pig Rescue, a non-profit firm in Virginia committed to rehabilitating, rescuing and acquiring fresh homes for unwanted guinea pigs. Based on its website, MGPR additionally aims to teach many people regarding the right way of looking after guinea pigs.

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Pink Grasshopper Found!

2013-06-17T19:18:00.003-07:00

Pink grasshopper's color is due to erythrism a unique and little known genetic mutation triggered by a recessive gene much like to that which influences albino animals. This specific mutation leads to 1 of 2 things happening or possibly a mixture of the two; a decrease or perhaps scarcity of the regular pigment and/or the increased output of some other pigments, in this situation red which leads to pink morphs. Though it was initially found out in 1887 in a katydid species, it is very uncommon to see these types of pink morphs.

Photos by: Victoria Hillman

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Video: Meteor Left thousands injured in Russia

2013-02-15T22:20:00.001-08:00

With a blinding flash and a booming shock wave, a meteor blazed across the western Siberian sky Friday and exploded with the force of 20 atomic bombs, injuring more than 1,000 people as it blasted out windows and spread panic in a city of 1 million.

While NASA estimated the meteor was only about the size of a bus and weighed an estimated 7,000 tons, the fireball it produced was dramatic. Video shot by startled residents of the city of Chelyabinsk showed its streaming contrails as it arced toward the horizon just after sunrise, looking like something from a world-ending science-fiction movie.

UPS Delivery Guy steals Ipad Mini Dropped by Fedex (VIDEO)

2012-12-22T23:02:00.001-08:00

On Wednesday morning, Sandra and Al Alverson of Houston, Tex., received an email from FedEx with good news: Their new iPad Mini had been delivered, according to KHOU. Hooray for the holidays! Hooray for good cheer!

Only one problem: It was nowhere to be found. Luckily, the Alversons have an elaborate DVR recording system set up for just such an occasion.

Ends up, as the above YouTube footage shows, a temporary, seasonal worker hired by UPS, who delivered a separate package later that day, decided he just could not pass up the possibility of a free iPad Mini and nabbed it.

Man on Kayak Dragged to the Sea while Battling Huge Cod

2012-12-22T22:54:00.000-08:00

Dan Richards was fishing off the coast of Folkestone, Kent in a 12ft canoe when he caught the fish.
The 38-year-old managed to haul the cod onto the bow of his kayak before paddling back to shore with the fish between his legs.

It was so large that it provided 32 separate fillets, which would be worth around £150 pounds if bought from a local fish and chip shop.

Mr Richards, a support worker for people with learning difficulties, turned down an offer of £50 from a local fishmonger and has been eating the fish with his wife Emma, 33, and daughters Jade, 14, and five-year-old Amber.

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Britain's Biggest Christmas Sandwich contains 1 Kilo of Turkey!

2012-12-22T18:20:00.001-08:00

Anyone looking for an alternative Christmas dinner this year could opt for ‘Britain’s biggest’ festive sandwich, which reportedly contains a kilo of turkey.

The massive butty has a healthy helping of all your Christmas lunch favorites including potatoes, sprouts, six carrots, six parsnips and eight sausages wrapped in bacon.

Everything is kept together in a 800g crusty loaf.

The monster treat, which was created by chef Richard Hollis, is served beside a container of cranberry sauce and a large helping of stuffing.

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Ancient Sea Monster Discovered!

2012-12-22T18:15:00.000-08:00

Fossils belonging to an 84-million-year-old freshwater sea monster have been found in Hungary, according to a new study. (Explore a sea monster interactive in National Geographic magazine.)

The recently unearthed creature belongs to a family of ancient aquatic reptiles known as mosasaurs, which looked like crosses between crocodiles and whales. Mosasaurs lacked the superlong necks found in plesiosaurs, which the legendary inhabitant of Loch Ness is alleged to be.

Dubbed Pannoniasaurus, the creature is the first mosasaur thought to spend its entire life in freshwater.

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Doomsday "Hotspots" Flocked by believers

2012-12-21T04:42:00.000-08:00

MEXICO

About 1,000 self-described shamans, seers, stargazers, crystal enthusiasts, yogis, sufis and swamis are gathering in a convention center in the city of Merida on the Yucatan peninsula about an hour and a half from the Mayan ruins at Chichen Itza, convinced that it was a good start to the coming "New Era" supposed to begin around 5:00 a.m. local time Friday.

FRANCE

According to one rumor, a rocky mountain in the French Pyrenees will be the sole place on earth to escape destruction. A giant UFO and aliens are said to be waiting under the mountain, ready to burst through and spirit those nearby to safety.

BRITAIN

Hundreds of people have already converged on Stonehenge for an "End of the World" party that coincides with the Winter Solstice.

Arthur Uther Pendragon, Britain's best-known druid, said he was anticipating a much larger crowd than usual at Stonehenge this year.

RUSSIA

For $1,500, a museum is offering salvation from the world's end in former Soviet dictator Josef Stalin's underground bunker in central Moscow — with a 50 percent refund if nothing happens.

The bunker, located 65 meters (210 feet) below ground, was designed to withstand a nuclear attack.

SERBIA

Some Serbs are saying to forget that sacred mountain in the French Pyrenees. The place to go Friday will be Mount Rtanj, a pyramid-shaped peak in Serbia already drawing cultists.

A local legend has it that the mountain once swallowed an evil sorcerer who will be released on doomsday in a ball of fire that will hit the mountain top.

ITALY

Another spot said to be spared: Cisternino, in southern Italy, plans a big party Friday with hot-air balloons and music in the main piazza. "Nobody will want to sleep anyway as they await the end of the world," Mayor Donato Baccaro was quoted as saying in the newspaper La Stampa on Wednesday.

TURKEY

A small Turkish village known for its wines, Sirince, has also been touted as the only place after Bugarach that would escape the world's end. But on Thursday there were more journalists and security officials present there than cultists — to the great disappointment of local restaurateurs and souvenir shop owners.

Owl Survives Head on Collision with Truck

2012-12-21T03:57:00.001-08:00

A miracle owl lived to fly another day after surviving a head-on collision with a moving Ford pickup.

The brown feathered bird was left with its head lodged firmly in the grill of the truck following the accidental smash in Addison County, Vermont, on December 11.

‘I received a call from the driver a little after five in the morning explaining that he had hit an owl,’ explained biologist David Sausville, of the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department.

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"End of the World" Fever on high in Mexico (Photos)

2012-12-21T03:17:00.005-08:00

Thousands of mystics, hippies and spiritual wanderers will descend on the ruins of Maya cities on Friday to celebrate a new cycle in the Maya calendar, ignoring fears in some quarters that it might instead herald the end of the world.

Brightly dressed indigenous Mexican dancers whooped and invoked a serpent god near the ruins of Chichen Itza late on Thursday, while meditating westerners hoped for the start of a "golden age" of humanity.

"I see it as a changing of an energy, the changing of a guard, the changing of universal consciousness," said Serg Miejylo, a 29-year-old gardener originally from Connecticut.

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Weird Creature Shot and Captured in Africa

2012-12-18T05:40:00.000-08:00

Locals came across this strange creature while they were escorting a shooting party in Namibia.

Witness's state that the creature was spotted apparently foraging for food, one of the shooting party wounded it with his rifle and it escaped into the thick brush. Check out the video and tell us what you think in the comments below.

Hundreds of Black Widow Infest container in Norwich

2012-12-18T00:17:00.000-08:00

Last couple of weeks, we have published that a black widow is found on grapes of Whole Foods, now these
deadly black widow spiders gave workers a shock when they turned up in a shipping container – in Norfolk.

Hundreds of spiders are thought to have hatched inside a crate of tyres in Arizona before its 5,000-mile trip to the UK.

Pest control experts were called to the container firm in Norwich to kill them.

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Woman Fined For Naming Her Dog After her Neighbor

2012-12-17T23:51:00.003-08:00

Hu Lin had fallen out with her neighbor Wang Sun, after they butted heads over a building extension to his home six years ago, the Austrian Times reported.

It seems she was so angered she decided to call her pooch after him and whenever he was in the vicinity she allegedly started to curse at the pet loudly.

‘To get her own back she named her dog Wang and then whenever she saw me she would start swearing and insulting the dog using my name,’ Wang said during the proceedings at the courthouse in Gansu province, northern China.

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Husband Picks Iron instead of Telephone

2012-12-17T23:42:00.001-08:00

A hapless husband is still nursing a serious injury sustained when he lifted a hot iron to his face instead of the telephone that rang while he was pressing clothes.

After Mrs Paczkowski said he wasn’t helping out around the house, he decided to do the ironing while she was at work to ‘prove a point’.

‘Women are always going on about multi-tasking, so I set up the iron, opened a beer and put the boxing on the telly,’ said Mr Paczkowski, 32, from Elbag, Poland.

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Video: Huge Asteroid Pass Flyby Earth

2012-12-16T20:08:00.002-08:00

A new video captures the giant asteroid 4179 Toutatis tumbling through space on its flyby of Earth earlier this week.

The asteroid Toutatis video, which is about 40 seconds long, combines 64 radar images taken Wednesday and Thursday (Dec. 12 and 13) by NASA's Deep Space Network antenna in Goldstone, Calif. On those days, Toutatis was about 4.3 million miles (7 million kilometers) from Earth, or about 18 times farther away than the moon is.

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Chinese Survival Pods all set for End of the World

2012-12-15T21:24:00.000-08:00

Liu Qiyuan, a farmer in Qiantun, China, was worried enough about the possibility of the coming Mayan apocalypse that he decided to take matters into his own hands. Unlike some of his countrymen, though, Liu shunned the run-of-the-mill Noah's Ark copycats in favor of 21st century innovation.

The result? A set of seven "emergency pods" constructed to survive a potential apocalypse.

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