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Indian Old Currency Notes

2012-02-04T18:49:00.000+05:30

Here are the amazing photos and unbelievable collection of Indian old currency notes. Indian Government continued to issue notes until 1935 when the Reserve Bank of India took over the functions of the Comptroller of the Currency. Just check out these old Indian currency photos that can refill your excitement more and you can feel wandering for Indian currencies.

Biggest Helicopter In The World

2012-01-31T18:05:00.004+05:30

This is the worlds biggest helicopter at the Dease Lake in British Columbia. It is to be used for taking mining equipment and cargo out to a new mine called Galore Creek. It is owned by a Russian company. It is called the Utsky. The chopper couldn’t land at the air strip at Bob Quinn Lake because it wasn’t a paved area so it had to land in Dease Lake until the landing site north of Bob Quinn could be inspected. Apparently this chopper’s wash will pick up and fling rocks, up to 12 inches in diameter, around like leaves.

Death Of A Baby Elephant In Zoo

2012-01-26T15:32:00.001+05:30

Three month old Baby elephant Lola was due to receive groundbreaking surgery for her condition but passed away during a preliminary scan. Keepers at Munich's Hellabrunn Zoo decided to return her body to the enclosure so mother Panang, 22, could say her goodbyes in peace.

Zoo director and veterinarian Dr Andreas Knieriem explained how baby Lola died after three days of treatment by experts."Considering the pathology, it has to be said it's a miracle that she lived as long as she did," said Dr. Knieriem. 'Her arteries were so blocked that blood couldn't flow through her lungs anymore.'

A 2005 study in the UK found the creatures displayed traits similar to humans and, coming across the remains of an elephant, would gently touch the skull and tusks with their trunks and feet. They are also believed to display a ritual around death, with several elephants travelling to visit a dead body and touching the corpse with their trunks. Some elephants have been seen to weep and others make sounds associated with grief as they cover the body with leaves and branches before keeping a silent vigil.

Illusion Images And Surreal Paintings By Mihai Criste

2012-01-26T13:26:00.002+05:30

Surreal Paintings Offer Dual Perspective surrealistic cues from Dali and Magritte, painter Mihai Criste expands on the unusually expressive art form in his illusionary images. The Romania-based artist boasts a vast portfolio of imaginative works that tackle the cunning abilities of visual elements. Each image offers dual perspectives. It's a matter of what the spectator sees first and their ability to reevaluate what's in front of them, in order to see the optically crafty details.

In addition to the optical illusions, there is a quirky presence in many of Criste's paintings. Many of his works feature animals blending in with their environment, making it difficult to distinguish one from the other. The artist has really mastered the art of illusion, especially when incorporating birds and butterflies.

Paga Crocodile Pond in Ghana

2011-11-11T11:50:00.006+05:30

Paga is a town in northern Ghana where the nation's main north-south road reaches the Burkina Faso border, north of Bolgatanga. Paga is known for its sacred crocodile ponds where most visitors are surprised that they can touch and sit on a live crocodile.

This famous pond is filled with some of the biggest crocodiles in the world. According to history and some myth, one of the ancient crocodiles of this pond saved the life of the first man who settled in the area by leading him to the pond to quench his thirst from a long journey.

Generally crocodiles are wild creatures but not the ones in Paga. These crocodiles coexist with humans and their friendly interactions with humans baffle the minds of many tourists. It is also believed that the soul of every native of this village has a corresponding crocodile in the pond.

Paga crocodile pond sanctuary is visited by millions of travelers from all parts of the globe. There are trained tour guides who performs some exercises before the crocodiles come out of water. A small fee is charged to buy the chicken for the show.

World Contest Of Ugliest Dog 2011

2011-11-05T14:24:00.002+05:30

World’s Ugliest Dog Contest is an annual contest held in Petaluma, California, U.S., as part of the Sonoma-Marin Fair, to decide which of the dogs entered in the contest is the ugliest. Dogs come from across the United States generally but are welcome to enter from around the world. Along with the title of “The World’s Ugliest Dog” the winner’s owner receives a check for USD $1,000 and both dog and owner receive significant publicity for winning the contest, appearing on talk shows and in newspapers around the world.

Yoda won the $1,000 top prize as the world's ugliest dog Contest 2011 in Petaluma, California. It's 14-year old Chinese Crested/chihuahua mix with a malformed nose, short tufts of hair, protruding tongue, and long seemingly hairless legs.

Here are some more photos of ugly dog contestants of 2011.

Heaviest Man In The World - Patrick D. Deuel

2011-11-04T18:27:00.005+05:30

Patrick D. Deuel from Nebraska is one of the heaviest man in the world. He is just 49 years old and the subject of the documentary “Half Ton Man” in Channel Four's Body Shock series, in which Rosalie Bradford gave advice after achieving a record-breaking weight loss of 410 kilograms.
Patrick D. Deuel is a former restaurant manager. At one point, he had not left his bed, in 7 years. He stands at 177.5 cm (5 ft 10 in). At his peak he weighed 1,126 pounds at the time, the only scale that could be used to weigh him was a livestock scale.

Gastric bypass surgery was thought to be his best chance for permanent weight loss. A second operation removed a mass of fat and skin hanging from his midsection. After 12 months, Patrick lost 260 kilograms. After leaving the hospital, Patrick lost even more weight, reaching 170 kilograms, a notable 318 kilograms loss.

Since then, Patrick had a setback and his guess is that he now weighs 193 kilograms.

River Over A River - A Water Bridge On River

2011-10-25T12:17:00.007+05:30

Have you ever seen a river on river or a water bridge over a river? Even after you see it, it is still hard to believe because of it's amazing facts about engineering structure.

It's all about the incredible Magdeburg Water Bridge in Germany. The Magdeburg Water Bridge is a navigable aqueduct in Germany that connects the Elbe-Havel Canal to the Mittelland Canal and allows ships to cross over the Elbe River At 918 meters, it is the longest navigable aqueduct in the world. This is a channel bridge over the River Elbe and joins the former East and West Germany as part of the unification project.

The Elbe-Havel and Mittelland canals had previously met near Magdeburg but on opposite sides of the Elbe. Ships moving between the two had to make a 12 kilometer detour, descending from the Mittelland canal through the Rothensee boat lift into the Elbe, then sailing downstream on the river, before entering the Elbe-Havel Canal through Niegripp lock. Low water levels in the Elbe often prevented fully laden canal barges from making this crossing, requiring time consuming off-loading of cargo.

Construction of the water bridge was started as early as in the 1930 but due to the World War 2 and subsequent division of Germany the work remained suspended till 1997. The aqueduct was finally completed and opened to the public in 2003. It was finally completed and opened to the public in 2003.

Deepak Paswan - Parasitic Twin Growing Out Of His Chest

2011-10-24T14:13:00.009+05:30

Fetus In Fetus which called "Parasitic Twin" is very rare condition that only some 91 cases worldwide have ever been reported. Deepak Paswaan was one of them who suffered from parasitic twin.

Eight year old Deepak Kumar Paswaan from India will finally have a normal childhood after his parasitic twin has been surgically removed. The boy who became known around the world by the nickname “oktopus boy” is born with partially developed legs and arms of his undeveloped twin growing from his chest. Deepak was stigmatized for eight years by some he was perceived as an incarnation of God, while others thought of him as the devil in the human body.

In order to allow the boy to have a normal life, four hour operation of removing his undeveloped twin was performed in a hospital Fortis, the Indian city of Bangalore in June this year and boy is recovering successfully and begins to live a normal life.

The boy first appeared in the media in February when the shares started collecting money for an operation that would remove the extra limbs of a boy. “I am tired of it to be different from other kids, I just want to live normally.” said Deepak after surgery.

Snake Massage Therapy In Israele

2011-10-24T12:30:00.004+05:30

An Israeli health and beauty spa is offering a new service for its customers "Non Poisonous Snake Massage Therapy" for just $80 you can have large slithering reptiles such as California and Florida king snakes, corn snakes and milk snakes, wriggle down your back and up your spine and across your face. If you dont freak out, it can be soothing experience, as the spa owner Ada Barak will tell you.

Barak figured out several years ago that heavy king and corn snakes produce a relaxing kneading sensation. She says that once people get over any initial misgivings, they find physical contact with the snakes to be stress relieving. "Some people said that holding the snakes made them feel better, relaxed," she said "One old lady said it was soothing, like a cold compress."

The size of the snakes depends on the type of massage. The larger ones are said to alleviate deeper muscle tensions and the smaller ones create a 'fluttering' effect. All are the snakes used are non venomous.

Oldest Koi Fish In The World

2011-10-22T18:27:00.003+05:30

Do you know who is the who is the Oldest koi fish? She was the japanese koi fish and died at the age of 226 years.

Koi Fish are a domesticated kind of the common carp kept for decoration in artificial rock pools and ponds, there are types which are known to age to more than 200 years. One of the longest living vertebrate ever recorded, Hanako translated into English as Flower Maid is proof that women do live longer than men.

The 5lb female koi fish from Japan died at the age of 226 in 1977. Born in 1751, 25 years before American independence, her old age could be accounted for by removing one of her scales and examining it extensively, similar to counting rings of a tree.

Oldest Tortoise In The World

2011-10-22T15:33:00.006+05:30

Do you know who is the oldest Tortoise in the world? Addwaita was a oldest aged tortoise in India and the world. A tortoises long life span has been linked to the reptiles slow metabolic rate. Experts reckon as a general rule, animals with a high metabolic rate die early and those that burn energy more slowly can live on for decades.

Reports in the media are frequently claiming that the world's oldest tortoise has died
take Harriet and TuI Malila for example, who died at 175 and 188-years-old respectively.
But Addwaita was a tortoise that lived in West Bengal, India is estimated to have been around 255 years old when it died, making it just a toddler around the time of the American Revolution.

A zookeeper tends to Addwaita at the Alipore Zoological Garden in Calcutta, India, Before his death from liver failure five years ago.

It's age was verified by a technique called carbon dating, confirming Addwaita as one of the oldest creatures of modern times. His long life ended when his shell cracked and a wound developed some months

Horrible Pictures Of Ghost And Real Stories

2011-10-15T12:11:00.002+05:30

You had ever seen horrible ghost pictures and stories but still the question is same. Was it real ghost photos or just fake by trick photography? Ghosts are real and some people say they have been proven fake but other experts say they are genuine, you only believe what you want to believe. if you don't believe in ghosts and one out of 100 people say they are fake then your going to believe their fake. But there is much more evidence pointing to their existence then there is to them not being real. Just because you have not seen something does not mean that it does not exist.

Ghosts are notoriously camera shy. More times than not when someone claims to have photographic evidence of a ghost it is usually a Photoshop job, trick photography, or it is “orbs”. Well orbs are actually just a light source reflecting of dust, bugs or precipitation that is in the air and the only way your camera knows how to deal with this reflection are the balls of light that one often associates with orbs. However some photographic evidence of ghosts does exist.

It is so difficult to capture the actual image of a real ghost on film. In order to capture a horrible picture of a ghost, you would have to be in the presence of an apparition, and visual apparitions are extremely rare. Although there are a number of famous ghost photos that have been examined by experts and are considered to be real ghost pictures. This photographic evidence has stood up to scrutiny and stood the test of time.

This photo was taken by Reverend R.S. Blance at Corroboree Rock near Alice Springs, Australia in 1959. In the woods with branches in front of her appears to be a transparent women. If a photo like this was taken today one would likely think that it was a fake ghost picture created in Photoshop, but Photoshop didn’t exist in 1959. Double exposure is also unlikely given how visible the areas in front and behind the women are.

This photograph is considered by many to be the most famous ghost photograph. It was taken in 1936 by Captain Provand and Indre Shira at Raynham Hall in Norfolk, England. The photogenic ghost is thought to be that of Dorothy Townshend who lived in Raynham Hall with her husband, Charles Townshend, in the 1700s. Legend has it that Dorthy was a mistress to Lord Wharton and Charles found out about it. He then imprisoned her in a remote section of the Hall until she died from his abuses. she is often seen wearing a brown, satin dress. One report tells of her eyes being gouged out. Legal records show she died in 1726, but many believe this to be a sham, as Charles wanted people to believe she was dead, so he could punish her for her infidelity.

On November 19, 1995 Wem Town Hall in England caught on fire. The fire raged on all through the night until the building was nothing but rubble. As firefighters battled the flames, a local citizen, Tony O’Rahilly, decided to snap some pictures of the event. He used a 200mm telephoto lens to snap this shot of a small girl standing in the doorway. In one of his photographs there appears to be the clear image of a little girl standing in front of the inferno. No one remembered a young girl being at the scene and there was definitely not a young girl in the burning building. Dr. Vernon Harrison examined the photo and it's negative and determined that it was genuine. Some believe this is the ghost of a young girl named Jane Churm who, in 1677, accidentally started a fire that destroyed many homes in the town. Jane also died in the fire.

In 1966, Ralph Hardy visited the National Museum in Greenwich, England. While in the Queen’s House section of the Museum, Hardy snapped a photo of the beautiful staircase. Upon developing his photography Hardy made a shocking discovery. One of his photos showed a ghostly figure climbing the staircase. The figure was not in the photography when Hardy took the picture. The photograph and the negatives were examined by experts, some of which were from Kodak, and all have concluded that the negative was not tampered with nor is it a double exposure.

In 1959 Mabel Chinnery had just spent the day at the cemetery visiting her mother’s grave. To finish off a roll of film she snapped a picture of her husband who was seated in the front seat of the car awaiting her. The film was developed and this came out: somebody sitting in the backseat wearing glasses, clear as day. Mrs. Chinnery swore that the "backseat driver" was none other than her own mother whose gravesite she was standing next to when she took the picture.

A woman named Mrs. Andrews was visiting the grave of her daughter Joyce, who died at 17. Andrews saw nothing unusual when she took this photo of Joyce's grave marker. When the film was developed, Mrs. Andrews was astonished to see the image of a small child sitting happily at her daughter's grave. The ghost child seem to be aware of Mrs. Andrews since he or she is looking directly into the camera. Mrs. Andrews said there were no such children nearby when she took the photograph. She remarked that she did not believe it was the ghost of her daughter as a child.

These all ghost photos are absolutely amazing and horrible. Some of these horrible pictures have undoubtedly given even the most hardened skeptic goose bumps and I don’t believe they should be simply written off as fakes and ignored. These photographs should continue to be examined and researched.

Tombs In Lucky Restaurant Ahmedabad India

2011-10-12T18:44:00.001+05:30

Sipping a cup of tea and chatting with friends near tombs in a graveyard, this is what attracts visitors to New Lucky Restaurant in Ahmedabad, India. Serving Indian cuisine to over 300 customers daily, the Lucky hotel has 22 tombs nestled between wooden tables and chairs.

A visit to New Lucky restaurant is part of the itinerary for many tourists and artists. The walls have paintings from the well-known Indian painter Maqbool Fida Husain, a frequent tea drinker at the bustling restaurant. The restaurant offers about 90 vegetarian food items and is most popular for its tea and white butter maska buns.

Many graveyards in India have been reclaimed for development over the years, according to local officials. But the owners of "Lucky Hotel" decided not to demolish the tombs. Some of Sufi poets and saints from the Mughal rule in India. When the restaurant opened about 40 years ago.

Every morning, owner Krishna Kutty, a Hindu, wipes the graves with a damp cloth and decorates them with roses. "I am not aware who was laid to rest here but I know that they are very lucky for me and the visitors. Many suggest me to destroy the cement tombs making room for more customers but I'm happy with the way it is," said Kutty, sitting near one of the tombs.

"It is a bit eerie to sit beside a grave for a meal but I have got used to it, the green tombs make me realize that every bit of life is precious." said 45-year-old Usman Vora, who has been visiting the restaurant since the age of ten.

Bridgette Jordan - The Shortest Woman In The World

2011-09-27T18:12:00.004+05:30

Bridgette Jordan is the shortest woman in the world. She is a 27 inch tall, 22 year old college student from Sandoval, Illinois. She stands 2ft 3in (69cm) tall. Now Bridgette Jordan is the world’s shortest living woman, made official by the record keepers at Guinness World Records. Jordan likes to stay active and often spends time dancing and cheer leading. On her record breaking achievement Bridgette Jordan said "It feels awesome. It's great to be small. I believe that everyone should be confident in themselves."

Jordan and her younger brother Brad, 20, who measures 38 inches tall, were also named the “shortest living siblings” by Guinness. The siblings, who live at home with their parents were born with a rare genetic condition called Majewski osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism type II.

2 foot tall Jyoti Amge of India is currently the world’s shortest teenager, but will qualify as the world’s shortest woman when she turns 18 in December, a Guinness spokesman said.

Worlds Smallest Digital Camera By Hammacher Schlemmer

2011-09-27T11:13:00.002+05:30

This is the world's smallest digital camera by Hammacher Schlemmer, measuring just over one inch in all dimensions and weighing only half an ounce. The camera provides automatic focus and take 2MP images at 1600 X 1200 resolution and AVI video at 30 frames per second at 640 x 480 resolution. You can send everything over to your computer via USB, which is also how you charge up its battery. It is available from Hammacher Schlemmer for $99.95.

Amazing Ritual Round Dance In Circle

2011-09-24T11:26:00.003+05:30

The White Brotherhood performs its amazing ritual dance in circle near Babreka Lake, in Bulgaria's Rila Mountain. This is a celebration of its New Year. The movement is a synthesis of Christianity and Hinduism, with a heavy emphasis on brotherly love, a healthy diet and living alongside nature.

The movement's founder is Bulgarian Peter Danov who started the dance ritual in 1929. He laid out his teachings in a series of 7,000 lectures.

Jiaozhou Bay - The Longest Bridge In The World

2011-09-22T11:10:00.004+05:30

Now China has the world's longest sea bridge, which stretches a massive 26.4 miles. Jiaozhou Bay Bridge is the longest sea bridge in the world which took four years and 10,000 people and cost a cool £5.5 billion to build. Jiaozhou Bay Bridge Opened on 30 June 2011. The bridge opened at the same time as the nearby Qing-Huang Tunnel, both part of the Jiaozhou Bay Connection Project. Jiaozhou Bay Bridge is 42.5 kilometres long, making it according to Guinness World Records the world's longest bridge over water as of July 2011. It is almost three miles longer than the previous record holder, the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in Louisiana.

With an overall length of 42.58km, the route between Qingdao and Huangdao will be shortened by 30km, cutting the travel time by about 20 minutes.

However, the colossal construction is set to hold the record as the longest sea bridge only for a few years – and it will be bettered by another Chinese bridge in the next decade.

Cartoon Theme Ice Hotel in Finland

2011-09-17T18:21:00.003+05:30

Do you know where is the Ice Hotel in the world? It's located in Kemi, Finland which Decorated in a cartoon style Snow Castle. It is the largest snow castle in the world. Each year there is a chapel, restaurant and hotel these are the only unchanging elements of the fortress. But the size, shape and decoration of buildings each year vary. This year, everything is done in cartoon theme hotel. Thus, the entire area of the complex is made of intricate carvings and ice sculptures shaped as some of the most beloved cartoon characters.

World's Largest Crocodile Caught in Philippines

2011-09-12T18:46:00.005+05:30

A massive saltwater crocodile weighing one ton (1,075 kg) has been caught by villagers in a town in the southern Philippines. dozens of villagers and experts ensnared the male crocodile after a three-week hunt. At 21 ft (6.4m), it is thought to be one of the biggest ever caught alive. The crocodile killed a water buffalo in an attack witnessed by villagers last month and was also suspected of having attacked a fisherman who went missing in July. It could be one of the largest crocodiles to be captured alive in recent years.

About 100 people had to pull the crocodile, which weighs about 2,370 pounds from the creek to a clearing where a crane lifted it into a truck. This biggest crocodile was placed in a fenced cage in an area where the town plans to build an ecotourism park for species found in a vast marshland in Agusan, an impoverished region about 515 miles southeast of Manila. villagers were so happy that they would be able to turn the dangerous crocodile.

Doggie Dumbo: Harbor- Dog With The World's Biggest Ears

2011-09-10T12:25:00.005+05:30

Guinness World Records has named Harbor for him the biggest ears on the planet. His left one measures 12.25 inches while the right is longer at 13.5 inches. The breed was developed to hunt raccoons, with the long ears said to help by sweeping scents towards the nose. But Harbor has had a lifelong struggle with his colossal ears, frequently tripping over them as a puppy and rolling down the stairs.

Owner Jennifer Wert, from Boulder, Colorado, said: ‘Cars will literally stop in the street to take a closer look and get a picture. Most days I forget how oddly long his ears are,’ added Jennifer. ‘He is a phenomenon in the world and he creates smiles wherever we go.’

According to Guinness World Records 2012, Harbor’s ear-span is greater than the height of the world’s shortest man, Junrey Balawing, who is 23.5 inches tall. Harbor takes the new title from Tigger (13.5 inch ears), a bloodhound from Illinois, who sadly passed away of old age two years ago.

Harbor's ears are also wider than the smallest road-legal car, which is 26 inches wide, and you could comfortably fit the world’s shortest dog, 6 inch long Brandy, who is also from the US, on each of Harbor’s ears twice.

Longest Word In The World

2011-08-12T12:03:00.004+05:30

Sometimes we are thinking about what is the longest word in the world. and I asked myself as it may be the longest word in foreign-languages. There are lots of longest words available but i think the real longest word should be meaningful and still used by people.

So finally I got it and we can technically consider this word as a longest word in the world:
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

This is a longest word by 45 letters which refers to a lung disease caused inhaling silicon dust particles. Research has discovered that this word was originally intended as a hoax. It has since been used in a close approximation of its originally intended meaning, lending at least some degree of validity to its claim.

I found one of the longest place names.
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu

It's a name of the hill in New Zealand which translates into English as "The brow of the hill where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, who slid climbed and swallowed mountains who is known as the Land Eater, played on his nose flute to his loved one. At 85 letters, it is one of the longest place name in the world. But local peoples typically called just "Taumata" for ease of conversation.

The longest place name in the United States is: Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg

It's a name of the lake in Webster, Massachusetts which 45 letters long. It means "Englishmen at Manchaug at the Fishing Place at the Boundary".

People sometimes ask whether a DNA string can be considered as the longest English word. For example below is the so longest word. It contains more then 1900 letters.

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It’s the scientific name for Tryptophan synthetase, which is a protein containing 267 amino acids. But technically it's does not qualify as a word. They're regarded as chemical names rather than genuine words in the sense of meaningful items of vocabulary. We don't tend to regard these terms as proper 'words'.

Here are some of the long words from Oxford English Dictionary which are highly technical.

otorhinolaryngological - 22 letters
immunoelectrophoretically - 25 letters
psychophysicotherapeutics - 25 letters
thyroparathyroidectomized - 25 letters
pneumoencephalographically - 26 letters
radioimmunoelectrophoresis - 26 letters
psychoneuroendocrinological - 27 letters
hepaticocholangiogastrostomy - 28 letters
spectrophotofluorometrically - 28 letters
pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism - 30 letters

Jose Mestre After Surgery

2011-05-30T18:18:00.017+05:30

Here I have good update about Jose Mestre. As I mentioned in my old post about "Jose Mestre - the man without face”, who had 12-pound tumor that covered his most of face
But Now Jose Mestre is adjusting with his new look after surgery. The life-threatening 12-pound tumor was completely removed by Dr. McKay McKinnon that covered most of Jose Mestre's face. 55 year old Portuguese, is now 5 kilos lighter and looking handsome with human face.

This is after doctors in Saint Joseph Hospital, Chicago performed radical surgery to remove the extra weight growing on his face. It took the doctors three months to successfully do the whole procedure.

Jose Mestre Before Surgery

Jose Mestre After Surgery

The tumor which started growing when Mestre was only 14 years old was already affecting his sight, his breathing and much of his sleeping and eating activities that he could have died had it not been for the operation. The growth on Mestre’s face was so huge that he was more known as “the man without face.”

Jose Mestre after surgery and spending three months in Chicago and undergoing four facial surgeries, finally he has a chance to lead sort of a normal life because before he felt that, even though he never chose to, but he was the center of attraction wherever he went.

His sister Edith Abreu has cared for him over the years and been with him throughout the surgeries. Mestre says without her, he would not be alive.

Baby Boy Born With Two Front Teeth

2011-04-06T09:20:00.003+05:30

A baby boy surprised his first-time parents when he was born with two fully-formed front teeth.
Most babies six months to a year to grow their first teeth but Oliver James had two pearly whites from the start. His parents Joanne Jones, 31, and Lee, 32, said they have already booked their son's first dentists appointment.

First time parents Joanne and Lee Jones had an extra surprise when their son Oliver was born - he had two front teeth. The 7lb 12oz youngster has two front incisors in his lower gums and doctors say the teeth may fall out and be replaced or stay in place as the first of his baby teeth.

Mr and Mrs James, from Haverhill, Cambridgeshire have been inundated with friends and family who are keen to see their firstborn's toothy smile. Mrs James said that they were delighted to have a healthy baby boy and added that his teeth were proving popular with visitors. She said: 'Oliver is a very, very good baby and it was a complete surprise to see his teeth. They are not little stumps, they are proper teeth. It is not unknown for baby born with teeth, but it is extremely rare. It was quite comical in the hospital because everyone wanted to come and see Oliver's teeth when they heard about them.

Mr and Mrs Jones with Oliver.

Doctors says that the teeth may fall out and be replaced or they could stay in place as the first of his baby teeth. Baby's teeth begin to develop before they are born. However, they don't usually come through until they are aged between six months and one year old. One in 2,000 babies is born with a tooth or two like Oliver.

World's Oldest Female Yoga Instructor- Bette Calman

2011-02-23T15:31:00.004+05:30

Yoga instructor Bette Calman may be 83, but she's still bending over backwards to spread the benefits of the ancient Indian discipline. The nimble grandmother can really pull some shapes and with her set hair and pearl earrings she looks as glamorous as Greta Garbo in a pink jumpsuit. With 40 years of teaching under her belt, the Australian wonder is living proof that a lifetime's dedication to yoga will keep you flexible as a rubber band.

When she relocated near her daughter’s home eight years ago, Yoga instructor Bette Calman had every thought of retiring, but her daughter’s agenda included other plans for her. At the time, she had already made a reputation for herself as a yoga instructor, had written a couple of books and had appeared on more television shows than she could count. First, she was asked to help out at her daughter’s health clinic – then she became a fixture, and continues to be so to this day.

The secret, she says, is learning to comprehend that the “body is an instrument,” which means that age has nothing to do with how we should feel. This is why, while other women and men her age have problems tying their shoelaces or stooping to pick something up from the floor, she can do the raised lotus, sit on her head and hold the peacock, where the entire bodyweight is supported on the arms alone.

Not only does she attribute to yoga her excellent physical condition but also her feeling so young. As already noted, at 83, she can put most people even half her age to shame with the things she can do. “Yoga keeps you young. Never have I gone to a yoga class and wished I was somewhere else, because I know I’m going to come out feeling on the top of the world. There’ll always be yoga.” Calman explains.