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Snake Wine
2009-09-01 16:46:00
Snake wine (r??u r?n in Vietnamese) is an alcoholic beverage that includes a whole venomous snake in the bottle. It originated in Vietnam and can be found around Southeast Asia. The snakes, preferably venomous ones, are not usually preserved for their meat but to have the snake poison dissolved in the liquor. However, the snake venom is denatured by the ethanol; its proteins are unfolded and therefore inactivated.To prepare this incredible beverage a cobra snake or some scorpions are put into a bottle fulfilled with transparent rice wine liquor and some herbs are added before the drink is left to ferment for months. The venomous cobra snake used to make Snake wine is preserved to have the snake poison dissolved in the rice wine, but because snake venoms are protein-based they are inactivated by the denaturing effects of ethanol, and no more dangerous, but this makes a healthy liquor with many health benefits.Many types of snake drinks can be found all across Asia, but the most famou...
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Firefox Logo
2009-09-01 15:03:00
Mozilla Firefox project was created by Dave Hyatt and Blake Ross as an experimental branch of the Mozilla project. Firefox 1.0 was released on November 9, 2004. Firefox 1.5 was released on November 29, 2005. Version 2.0 was released on October 24, 2006 and Firefox 3.0 was released on June 17, 2008. Version 3.5 was released on June 30, 2009.
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£1,800 dual screen space laptop instant to go on sale by Christmas
2009-09-01 12:33:00
If you want to use it as a laptop, you'll have to have a seriously strong set of knees.The Space book, a titan of technology, weighs in at around 12lb (5.5kg). Compared with the ever-shrinking portable computers on the market, which weigh just four or five pounds, it sounds hideously heavy.But if you're willing to lug it about, you get an extra screen for your pains. With secret agent-style wizardry, the Spacebook laptop folds out to provide two equal-sized screens a total of 34in wide.Wide load: The Spacebook allows users to work on two separate applications... or sneak in a DVDThis allows the user to flip between different applications or work on one screen while sneakily watching a DVD on the other.The two LED backlit 16in or 17in screens slide out from the laptop one behind the other using a uniquely designed mechanism, and slide back into place when you need to use only one.The first pictures have circulated on the internet and are creating a buzz in the computer industry. It ...
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Melinda French Gates married Bill Gates
2009-09-01 11:16:00
Melinda French Gates (born Melinda Ann French on August 15, 1964) is an American philanthropist. She is the co-founder and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and a former unit manager for several Microsoft products such as Publisher, Microsoft Bob, Encarta, and Expedia. In 1994, she married Bill Gates , founder, chairman, and former chief software architect of Microsoft. They have three children: Jennifer Katharine Gates (born 26 April, 1996), Rory John Gates (b. 23 May, 1999) and Phoebe Adele Gates (b. 14 September, 2002).Bill gates Wife Melinda French GatesMelinda Gates was born and raised in Dallas, Texas to Raymond Joseph French, Jr., an engineer, and Elaine Agnes Amerland, a stay-at-home mother. Melinda attended St. Monica Catholic School and was a standout in her class. She was valedictorian of her class at Ursuline Academy of Dallas in 1982. She earned a bachelor degree in computer science and economics from Duke University in 1986 and an MBA from Duke's Fuqu...
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Russian Man claims Jesus of Siberia
2009-08-29 15:54:00
The beard and long hair are both present and correct.And with his flowing linen robes and beatific smile he certainly does a fine impression of a holy man.But to his believers in this remote corner of Siberia , Sergei Torop, a former traffic policeman, is the literal reincarnation of none other than Jesus Christ.Russian ex-traffic cop Sergei Torop sits on his wooden throne during a meeting with his followers in the remote village of PetropavlovkaTorop, 48, is the spiritual leader of at least 5,000 devoted followers, among them intellectuals, artists and professionals who flock to worship him in the small isolated village of Petropavlovka - more than 2000 miles from Moscow.Torop was ?reborn? as ?Vissarion? in 1991 just as Russia was facing a crisis of confidence following the collapse of the iron curtain.He is just the latest example of Russia?s predilection for 'personality cults' - a national obsession that leads back all the way to the days of Rasputin.Both Lenin and Stalin tapp...
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World's Largest Chocolate Fountain
2009-08-25 22:26:00
Jean-Philippe Maury stands by his elaborate chocolate fountain at Jean Philippe Patisserie in the Bellagio. The 27-foot-tall fountain features three types of chocolate.If you have ever had the privilege of dining in the Bellagio in Las Vegas, you might have got a glimpse of Jean-Philippe Maury's breathtaking 27-foot chocolate fountain.This taste bud tempting, 2100-pound behemoth circulates around 120 quarts of chocolate per minute. Just take a look at the videos and see if you can resist visiting the nearest vending machine for something sweet.John Locher made World 's Largest Chocolate Fountain Watch Video

supercar smashes old speed record
2009-08-25 21:37:00
A British-built steam car smashed a 103-year-old world land speed record for steam-powered vehicles in the United States today.The 25ft-long British Steam Car - nicknamed the 'fastest kettle in the world' - reached an average speed of 139.843mph on two runs over a measured mile at the Edwards Air Force Base in California.World record! Charles Burnett III celebrates beside the British Steam Car in California, U.S., after smashing the land speed record for a steam powered carDriver Charles Burnett beat the previous record of 127mph set by American Fred Marriott in a Stanley steam car at the Daytona Beach Road Course in 1906.Mr Burnett said: 'It was absolutely fantastic. I enjoyed every moment of it.Making history: The steam car sped around the track at 139mph, outstripping the 1906 time of 127mph by Fred Marriott in his Stanley SteamerWe reached nearly 140mph on the first run before I applied the parachute.'The second run went even better and we clocked a speed in excess of 150mph...
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Sand Eating Woman
2009-08-25 21:17:00
This woman is from one Russian village.She attracted our attention because of one weird fact about her. According to her words she is found of eating sand. Yes, just regular sand you can get from outside. This what she does - takes the bucketful of sand to bring home.She didn?t tell how much she eats and why she does this. The only information was shared is that she is found of doing this.I?ve heard about a lot of weird things that people take pleasure in eating, but sand?Apparently there is someone out there who not only eats sand, but considers it a delicacy. Not much is known about this woman, other than she lives in a Russian village and every day she goes out, fills her bucket with sand and?eats it. You can see from the pics that she likes her sand very much.
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Nileen Namita Modern Queen Nefertiti
2009-08-25 20:48:00
Changing face: Nileen aged 22 before she had surgery41 during one of 51 cosmetic proceduresHer transformation began more than 20 years ago after she decided that in a past life she had lived as Queen Nefertiti .During that time Nileen Namita has spent £200,000 on her face in order to turn herself into a living sculpture of the ancient Egyptian.The mother of three has had 51 cosmetic surgery operations - including eight nose jobs, three chin implants, one eyebrow lift, three facelifts, six mini facelifts, two lip surgeries, five eye surgeries and 20 minor tweaks - in her efforts to recreate herself in the image of the 'Beauty of the Nile'.Dreams of Egypt: Nileen Namita is planning even more cosmetic surgery after 51 operations to make herself look like Queen NefertitiMiss Namita, a 49-year-old artist from Brighton, says her quest for perfection isn't over yet and plans further surgery, describing her face as a 'work in progress'.She began her transformation in 1987 after deciding...
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Tongue splitting
2009-08-25 10:14:00
Tongue splittingTongue bifurcation, or tongue splitting, is a type of body modification in which the tongue is cut centrally from its tip part of the way towards its base, forking the end. In addition to being covered under laws prohibiting the unlicensed practice of medicine, tongue splitting is now banned in the U.S. military. Thus, by necessity, it is an underground practice (in the USA). The issue of tongue splitting has also divided bioethicists.In most cases, the split is created through scalpeling or surgical laser. To achieve a more rounded and natural look, the upper and lower part of the cutting area in both halves are often sutured together with stitches during the healing process. This prevents sharp, unnatural looking edges on the new "tongues" which would otherwise occur.Before splitting, some have a relatively thick tongue piercing where the base of the split is supposed to be, and wait until this is fully healed before going through the procedure, but the stretched p...
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Snakes Giving birth
2009-08-23 09:51:00
Garter Snake s Giving birthA garter snake is any species of North American snake within the genus Thamnophis. Because of the similarity in the sound of the words, combined with where people often see them, they are sometimes called garden snakes, gardner snakes or gardener snakes, or even garder snakes or guarder snakes. They are harmless to humans. Garter snakes are common across North America, from Canada to Central America, and they are the single most widely distributed genus of reptile in North America. In fact, the common garter snake, T. sirtalis, is the only species of snake to be found in Alaska, and is one of the northernmost species of snake in the world, possibly second only to the Crossed Viper, Vipera berus. The genus is so far ranging due to its unparticular diet and adaptability to different biomes and landforms, from marshes to hillsides to drainage ditches and even vacant lots, in both dry and wet regions, with varying proximity to water and rivers. However, in the ...
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Britain's youngest bridegroom
2009-08-22 17:57:00
He may be too young to drive, drink alcohol or vote, but 16-year-old Leslie Coneley is old enough to wed his childhood sweetheart.The teenager has become Britain's youngest groom after marrying just 18 days after his 16th birthday.Leslie married long term girlfriend Bonnie Buckland, 17, at a lavish ceremony in Swindon, Wiltshire on August 7.Britain's youngest groom: Leslie Coneley, 16, and bride Bonnie Buckland, 17, on their wedding day at Christchurch, SwindonNo expenses were spared at the wedding, which saw Bonnie arrive in a white horse-drawn carriage wearing a £1,800 dress.After a ceremony at Christ Church in Old Town, the couple held a reception for 450 guests at the the Hilton in Swindon, which was paid for by their families.Leslie told the Daily Mirror: 'All my mates are a long way from settling down. But there are people who get married at 40 and end up divorced, so why can't there be people who get married at 16 and stay together for life?'So what if I'm Britain's y...
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Oarfish longest bony fish
2009-08-22 14:10:00
Oarfish longest bony fishOarfish are large, greatly elongated, pelagic Lampriform comprising the small family Regalecidae. Found in all temperate to tropical oceans yet rarely seen, the oarfish family contains four species in two genera. One of these, the king of herrings (Regalecus glesne), is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest bony fish alive, at up to 11 metres (36 ft) in length.The common name oarfish is presumably in reference to either their highly compressed and elongated bodies, or to the former (but now discredited) belief that the fish "row" themselves through the water with their pelvic fins.The family name Regalecidae is derived from the Latin regalis, meaning "royal". The occasional beachings of oarfish after storms, and their habit of lingering at the surface when sick or dying, make oarfish a probable source of many sea serpent tales.Although the larger species are considered game fish and are (to a minor extent) fished commercially, oarfish a...
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Facebook And Twitter Office
2009-08-22 13:06:00
Facebook And Twitter Office pictureFacebook is a social networking website that is operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc.Users can add friends and send them messages, and update their personal profiles to notify friends about themselves. Additionally, users can join networks organized by city, workplace, school, and region. The website's name stems from the colloquial name of books given at the start of the academic year by university administrations with the intention of helping students get to know each other better.Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook with fellow computer science major students and his roommates Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes while he was a student at Harvard University.Website membership was initially limited to Harvard students, but was expanded to other colleges in the Boston area, the Ivy League, and Stanford University. It later expanded further to include any university student, then high school students, and, finally, to anyone age...
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Chinese Woman Pulls Six Cars With Her Hair
2009-08-21 12:55:00
Chinese Woman Pulls Six Cars With Her Hair In China, hair-pulling is, counter-intuitively to Western conventional wisdom, a male-dominated sport. This makes Zhang Tingting the Danica Patrick of the strange competition of pulling cars with her hair.This past week she was the first woman on record to successfully pull six cars over 50 meters with her hair. It's the greatest athletic achievement to occur in Beijing. Ever.
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internet star using her bra as a handbag
2009-08-21 09:28:00
A 20-year-old busty American has become a hit on the internet - by filming herself using her bra to carry items other than her ample cleavage.More than a million web surfers have logged on to see how cheeky student Winter Pierzina smuggles car keys, a mobile phone, camera, lipstick and even mace spray for attacking assailants into her underwear.Pierzina then proceeds to remove lipstick, car keys, mace, and a cell phone from her bra.Winter Pierzina: Using her bra as a handbag has made her an internet starShe has posted two videos on You Tube and surprises viewers by pulling out the items - including a wrench, scissors and a claw hammer.During one of the films she said: 'I just wanted to share with you how amazing it is to have big boobs, because the bra doubles as a purse.'She is said to have come up with the idea for the videos when her friends said they had no pockets or purses to carry their accessories.Surprise: Winter Pierzina pulls out a deodorant from her braShe told NBC Chi...
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Babies Olympic competition
2009-08-12 20:05:00
Olympic Babies Compete in Crawling RaceThey?ve only been born for a year and they?re already competing in sporting events. No wonder they?re called Olympic Babies.Babies born on August 8, known as Olympic Babies, take part in a sporting competition that fits them like a diaper, a crawling race. The race took place on August 6, 2009 in Beijing, to commemorate a 1 year anniversary since the Olympic Games held in the Chinese Capital.'
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Sandwich World's Longest Record
2009-08-12 10:21:00
Sandwich World 's Longest Record at Iron BarleyThe fifth-annual Tomato Fest at Iron Barley in South St. Louis wrapped up Sunday with owner Tom Coghill and a crew of 90 volunteers working to create the world's longest bacon-lettuce-and-tomato sandwich, at 179-feet, two-inches. (That's a lot of bacon -- 500 pounds of savory, crispy, delicious bacon.) The previous record was 169 feet. photos and more BLT stats after the jump.
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Shark Virgin Birth
2009-08-12 09:48:00
Shark "Virgin Birth " ConfirmedA female blacktip shark in Virginia fertilized her own egg without mating with a male shark, new DNA evidence shows.This is the second time scientists have used DNA testing to verify shark parthenogenesis?the process that allows females of some species to produce offspring without sperm.The female shark, dubbed Tidbit, died during a routine physical exam before the pregnancy was identified.A necropsy?an animal autopsy?after her death revealed she was carrying a near-term pup fetus that was about 12 inches (30 centimeters) in length.Tidbit was caught in the wild when she was very young and reached sexual maturity in a tank at the Virginia Aquarium in Virginia Beach, where she lived for eight years."The interesting thing about that was there were no male blacktip sharks in the tank for the entire time of her captivity," said Demian Chapman, a researcher with the Institute for Ocean Conservation Science at Stony Brook University in New York."So the questio...
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Sea Pig Ugliest Sea Creature
2009-08-12 09:31:00
Sea Pig One of the Ugliest Sea Creature The "sea pig" is the common name (i.e. non-scientific name) for a species of sea cucumber (in the class Holothuroidea) that lives in the deepest abyssal depths of the world's oceans.Specifically sea pigs belong to the genus Scotoplanes, a genus of deep-sea sea cucumber which currently includes four species. Sometimes other genera of deep-sea sea-cucumbers are called "sea pigs", but historically, THIS is the one most people mean. Its not entirely clear if those four species are all distinct, but THAT is a discussion for another day...The name Scotoplanes has been around for a LONG time. The genus was discovered and described by H. Theel in 1882 as part of the famous HMS Challenger expedition reports. Sea pigs are ELASIOPODID sea cucumbers, an order of sea cucumbers whose members are prominent in the deep-sea.They are often characterized by having these little legs that come off the bottom surface such as what you see here (legs on side, mouth p...

Radar Speed Detection Device in China
2009-08-12 09:09:00
It looks like a PC case with a car battery attached to it.Radar Speed Detection Device in China A speed detector, sometimes called a fuzz buster, is a passive electronic device used by motorists to determine if their speed is being monitored by law enforcement agencies via a radar unit, thereby potentially avoiding prosecution for speeding. Only doppler radar-based devices can be detected ? other speed measuring devices including those using ANPR, piezo sensors and VASCAR technology cannot be detected, while LIDAR devices require a different type of sensor. Most of today's speed detectors detect signals across a variety of wavelength bandsOne of the technologies that law enforcement agencies can use to measure the speed of a moving vehicle uses doppler radar to beam a radio wave at the vehicle, and then infer the vehicle's speed by measuring the Doppler effect-moderated change in the reflected wave's frequency. Radar guns can be hand-held, vehicle mounted or strategically mounted....

Sauna World Championships
2009-08-09 19:53:00
It's the event where competitors work up more of a sweat than anyone at the Olympic Games, just by sitting still.The 10th annual Sauna World Championship took place in Heinola, Finland, over the weekend, with 160 men and women from 23 countries trying to tough it out in the heat for as long as possible.Given that their country gave the sauna to the world, it wasn't too much of a surprise to see the Finns dominating.Competitors concentrate as they bear the intense heat during the men's semi-finals of the World Sauna Championships .Finnish Timo Kaukonen won the men's event by staying in the sauna for three minutes, 46 seconds.And Tatyana Arkhipenko from Russian took the women's title with a time of three minutes, nine seconds.If those times sound unspectacular, bear in mind that the saunas were heated to 110c, and half a litre of water was poured on the sizzling stones every 30 seconds, making it far more gruelling than the average relaxing sauna, which is 70-80c.'It wasn't fun ...
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Beer drinking competition
2009-08-09 18:17:00
Beer drinking competition in C ChinaPeople take part in a beer drinking competition in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, July 2009. The winner of the competition was able to drink three bottles of beer in one minute.
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World Toe-Wrestling Championships
2009-08-09 18:01:00
Competitors literally went at it toe to toe last weekend at the annual World Toe-Wrestling Championships in Ashbourne, England.Competitors literally went at it toe to toe last weekend at the annual World Toe-Wrestling Championships in Ashbourne, England. The competition is now in its 14th year and the rules are pretty self-explanatory.After being checked for foot hygiene, two bare-footed competitors cross toes before trying to force each other off the "toedium".Although more international competitors have been making the pilgrimage recently, including some from Australia and the US, this year's main event was between two locals - defending champion Paul "The Toeminator"' Beech and veteran Alan "Nasty" Nash.The contest was so tight, in fact, that it had to go to a judges' decision. He concluded that Nash had the more "toe-tal" package, and he would walk away with this year's trophy, and his fifth World Championship.

Bloodletting operations practiced in Gaza
2009-08-09 13:05:00
Bloodletting operations practiced in Gaza Aeman Abo Shbeka, aged 41 (L), a resident of Rafah refugee camp in Gaza receives a Hijama operation, after suffering from severe headaches. Hijama is the name in Arab traditional medicine for wet cupping, where blood is drawn by vacuum from a small skin incision for therapeutic purposes.Using the old methods, Dr. Anuor Shekh El-eid, burns a small piece of paper or cotton inside the vessel, so that the mouth of the cup clings to the skin.Hijama, more commonly known as Bloodletting, is used to treat many serious diseases, such as Rheumatism, Cancer, infertility, Blood Pressure, Eczema, Hemophilia, Chronic Back Pain, Chronic U.T.I., Diabetic Mellitus.The Hijama operation, a sucking of the decayed blood from the human body, is generally performed by Muslims as it is a form of medicine specifically mentioned and encouraged by the Islamic prophet Muhammad.It is believed that six optimal points on the body are all that is required to clean the entir...
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10 Richest Women In The World
2009-07-29 09:37:00
Millions matter not in a world where the wealthiest are measured in many billions.In its inaugural ranking of the world?s richest people 20 years ago, US-based Forbes magazine uncovered some 140 billionaires. Just three years ago it found 476. This year the list stretches to a record 793. Their average net worth is $3.3 billion (£1.7 billion) and 78 of them are women - 10 more than in 2005, though only six are self-made.Oprah Winfrey, Athina Onassis, the Queen and JK Rowling do not make the girls' top 10. Here's who does...10. Cristina GreenMrs Green may derive some of her wealth from husband Philip's retail empire, Arcadia, but I bet she's earned it. And as the only Brit in the top 10 richest women and the only one with self-made cash, she deserves our applause. Their $7 billion (£3.7 billion) fortune makes the Greens the 74 richest people in the world and they like to protect their cash from the taxman by living in Monaco. Arcadia Group is Britain's third-largest clothing ret...
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Wheelchair teen in record-breaking backflip
2009-07-28 17:34:00
Freewheeling: But get it wrong and your head?s going to hurt...Performing incredible stunts comes so easily to Aaron 'Wheels' Fotheringham he can claim world records sitting down.The fearless teenager has flown into the Guinness World Record s Book by bec­oming the first person to pull off a backflip in a wheelchair.'It feels awesome to have the record,' said Aaron after completing the trick in Nevada.Everyone thinks ?oh, you're disabled, that's such a terrible thing?, but I think it's positive. It's like being able to carry your skateboard everywhere with you,' he added.'People don't realise how much can be done in a chair.'Axle to grind: Aaron does a smooth hand plantThe spina bifida sufferer has used a wheelchair since he was three and began trying stunts aged nine when elder brother Brian suggested he have a go at their Las Vegas skate park.The 16-year-old, who uses an adapted wheelchair with a 'grind bar' for rail stunts, has gone on to inv­ent 'hardcore sitting'...
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World Youngest Shovelman
2009-07-28 17:24:00
World Youngest ShovelmanThe world?s smallest shovelman lives in Moscow, Russia. His name is Roman and he is just 3 years old, but he already knows how to operate big power shovel.Actually he is doing it with ease and can do the job right. If you look from outside you could never have idea that it?s just a 3 y.o. baby controlling the machine
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world's most crowded swimming pool
2009-07-21 10:20:00
There was barely enough room to tread water as thousands of swimmers crowded into a pool in an attempt to escape China's scorching heatwave.But the fact there was no elbow room was not going to stop the fun in the world's most populous nation.Families desperate to escape the heat grabbed their rubber rings to jostle for space at a local pool in Nanjing, the capital of the Jiangsu Province.Rubber ring to rubber ring: Swimmers still manage to smile despite being crammed into a swimming pool in Nanjing, China, as a heatwave sweeps across the countryA heatwave has blasted many parts of China with temperatures reaching a sweltering 40 degrees.China residents also resorted to jumping into the polluted Yangtze river to cool off.The country is now bracing for extreme weather, with strong gales and soaring temperatures in recent weeks serving as harbingers of disasters to come.Rainstorms have already wreaked havoc on southern parts of China leaving dozens people dead or missing and forcing...
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Love Land open first sex theme park
2009-07-19 12:54:00
Love Land in Chongqing aims to address taboo and improve sex education but many residents see it as vulgarVisitors try to get a glimpse of Love Land, billed as China's first-ever sex theme parkMaybe it was the giant revolving model of a woman's legs and lower torso, clad only in an unflattering crimson thong, or perhaps it was the oversized replica of a set of genitals. Either way, many residents in the south-west city of Chongqing are not happy about the development of China's first sex theme park, which has been described as "vulgar" and inappropriate.The park manager, Lu Xiaoqing, who was inspired by South Korea's popular sex theme park in Jeju, says that Love Land, due to open in October, will improve sex education and help adults enjoy a harmonious sex life. Inside, visitors will be able to view naked human sculptures, giant replicas of genitals and an exhibition about the history of sex and sexual practices in other countries.The park will also offer sex technique workshop...
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