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Fisherman Lands Record 844-Pound Shark
2007-10-15 21:08:00
Six friends went to a fishing tournament looking to catch some grouper. They caught an 844-pound shark instead. The fight by Adlee Bruner and friends to pull the 11-foot mako shark onto the boat from the Gulf of Mexico took more than an hour on Saturday. But when they made it back to land, it was a record for the decades-old Destin Fishing Rodeo. "It was tense," Bruner, 47, said about the
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Fisherman Lands Record 844-Pound Shark
2007-10-15 21:08:00
Six friends went to a fishing tournament looking to catch some grouper. They caught an 844-pound shark instead.The fight by Adlee Bruner and friends to pull the 11-foot mako shark onto the boat from the Gulf of Mexico took more than an hour on Saturday. But when they made it back to land, it was a record for the decades-old Destin Fishing Rodeo."It was tense," Bruner, 47, said about the fight to land the shark, which has a mouthful of huge, fearsome teeth. "I've fished for 40 years. I've never see one that big."The fishermen first noticed the big mako because it kept eating grouper and scamp they had hooked. "It was like 'Jaws,'" Hill said. Hill hooked a two-foot amberine on as bait and tossed it out. The shark eventually hit it.After the long fight, the shark was gaffed and eventually gave up after its tail was roped. But even then, the men could not get the big shark in the boat. They tied it to the stern with three ropes and made the four-hour trip back to land.The shark was ...
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About 100 couples Mass wedding ceremony in Hangzhou
2007-10-14 21:54:00
Newlywed couples walk on a bridge in the West Lake in Hangzhou , Zhejiang Province October 13, 2007. About 100 couples from across the country took part in the mass wedding ceremony.
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About 100 couples Mass wedding ceremony in Hangzhou
2007-10-14 21:54:00
Newlywed couples walk on a bridge in the West Lake in Hangzhou , Zhejiang Province October 13, 2007. About 100 couples from across the country took part in the mass wedding ceremony.
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The World Record Bench Press
2007-10-13 18:53:00
Gene Rychlak setting the world record for the heaviest bench press at 1010lbs or a massive 72 stone to us Brits! Gene was the first person ever to bench over 900lbs and also 1000lbs. At the 2005 Mr Olympia bodybuilding competition, Rychlak attempted to break his own record by pressing 1015 lb (460 kg). Rychlak was unable to complete the press, and despite having several spotters around him,
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The World Record Bench Press
2007-10-13 18:53:00
Gene Rychlak setting the world record for the heaviest bench press at 1010lbs or a massive 72 stone to us Brits!Gene was the first person ever to bench over 900lbs and also 1000lbs. At the 2005 Mr Olympia bodybuilding competition, Rychlak attempted to break his own record by pressing 1015 lb (460 kg). Rychlak was unable to complete the press, and despite having several spotters around him, the weight fell onto his body. Rychlak suffered no serious injuries from the accident. Gene plans to attempt the lift again on September 15, 2007, but with stronger spotters present.Source:-HealthScape
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Single Pole Enough For River Crossing
2007-10-13 11:20:00
During China's weeklong National Day holiday beginning Oct. 1, dozens of performers from Zunyi city, southwestern Guizhou Province, performed what they called "single pole river crossing" over the Pingzhou River of the same province.During China's weeklong National Day holiday beginning Oct. 1, dozens of performers from Zunyi city, southwestern Guizhou Province, performed what they called "single pole river crossing" over the Pingzhou River of the same province. To finish the feat, a person must stand or do the splits on a bamboo pole floating and constantly rolling on water surface while using another for propelling forward. During the crossing, the performers, to make the performance even move dazzling, also do various stunts to fully demonstrate their excellent skills.
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Single Pole Enough For River Crossing
2007-10-13 11:20:00
During China's weeklong National Day holiday beginning Oct. 1, dozens of performers from Zunyi city, southwestern Guizhou Province, performed what they called "single pole river crossing" over the Pingzhou River of the same province. During China's weeklong National Day holiday beginning Oct. 1, dozens of performers from Zunyi city, southwestern Guizhou Province, performed what they called
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David Merlini The Longest Time Under Water Without Air
2007-10-11 15:38:00
Hungarian escape artist David Merlin i attempts to break the world record for the longest time under water without air at the Magic Castle in Hollywood, California Oct. 9, 2007. Merlini, who was chained and handcuffed under water in a glass tank, abandoned his attempt after one minute and 12 seconds due to cold water.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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David Merlini The Longest Time Under Water Without Air
2007-10-11 15:38:00
Hungarian escape artist David Merlini attempts to break the world record for the longest time under water without air at the Magic Castle in Hollywood, California Oct. 9, 2007. Merlini, who was chained and handcuffed under water in a glass tank, abandoned his attempt after one minute and 12 seconds due to cold water.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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The 10 Freakiest Animals on the Planet
2007-10-10 20:16:00
1)the aye-aye2)the blobfish3)the yeti crab4)the star-nosed mole5)the axolotl6)the pygmy marmoset7)the tarsier8)the saki monkey9)the hagfish10)the sucker-footed bathere are ten real animals we hope you never have to encounter in personSource:-ourstereo
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The 10 Freakiest Animals on the Planet
2007-10-10 20:16:00
1)the aye-aye 2)the blobfish 3)the yeti crab 4)the star-nosed mole 5)the axolotl 6)the pygmy marmoset 7)the tarsier 8)the saki monkey 9)the hagfish 10)the sucker-footed bat here are ten real animals we hope you never have to encounter in person Source:-ourstereo
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Face Massaging Robot is for the Stressed and Brave
2007-10-10 19:48:00
Tired? Looking to relax? Here, just stick your face between these two cylinders and let our new $70,000 face massaging robot go to work. What, you don't trust your precious face in there? Well, you clearly haven't experienced the subtle massages that robots can give when they're trapped inside an ugly recliner at Brookstone at the mall. Just consider it like that, only even more crazily expensive and working on a more delicate area. How can you go wrong?Source:-Gizmodo
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Face Massaging Robot is for the Stressed and Brave
2007-10-10 19:48:00
Tired? Looking to relax? Here, just stick your face between these two cylinders and let our new $70,000 face massaging robot go to work. What, you don't trust your precious face in there? Well, you clearly haven't experienced the subtle massages that robots can give when they're trapped inside an ugly recliner at Brookstone at the mall. Just consider it like that, only even more crazily
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spraying milk from his eyelids
2007-10-10 15:45:00
This photo shows Judhisthir Rajbansi, (30) demonstrating the skill of spraying milk from his eyelids at his house in Agarpara, some 40 kms north of Kolkata, August 2007.Rajbansi, a carpenter by profession, wishes to record his skill in the Guiness book of world records and take on other such challenges in the future.Source:-News
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spraying milk from his eyelids
2007-10-10 15:45:00
This photo shows Judhisthir Rajbansi, (30) demonstrating the skill of spraying milk from his eyelids at his house in Agarpara, some 40 kms north of Kolkata, August 2007. Rajbansi, a carpenter by profession, wishes to record his skill in the Guiness book of world records and take on other such challenges in the future. Source:-News
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Hundreds of Naked Volunteers Pose For Pink Lilo Photo
2007-10-10 01:26:00
Hundreds of naked people overcame their modesty for the chance to pose for the sometimes controversial artist Spencer Tunick.The photographer has become famous for draping naked bodies in unlikely places including in front of the United Nations and on glaciers.In his latest project he asked 500 nude participants to pose by the Sagamore Hotel by the popular South Beach in Miami.Models prepare for a nude photo"Obviously, it's about the party, about having excess in leisure and about having escapism and fantasy," Tunick said of the tropical party scene known for its lavish bashes and exotic night life.The 40-year-old artist directed models from a bullhorn, reminding them to remove jewellery and glasses and relax their shoulders."Guys, put your legs together a little bit more. Don't smile. Don't smile," he said.Models create a champagne fountain with 500 bottles of champagneIn one photo he used neon pink and green rafts and about 500 bottles of champagne, which he directed models to ...
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Narrow Victory in Wife Carrying Contest
2007-10-08 22:07:00
By a margin of only a third of a second, a Boston couple claimed victory at the 8th annual North American Wife Carry ing Championships held Saturday at Sunday River Ski Resort."We could never expect something this good," said Keith Cardoza after successfully bringing Julia Stoner, his girlfriend of six months, through the 253.3 meter course.For the victory, Cardoza and Stoner may receive $1,000 toward a trip to attend the World Wife Carrying Championships in Finland. The couple were also awarded a check for $675 (five times Stoner's weight) and Stoner's weight in beer. The latter amounted to nine twelve-pack cases.Second place went to Ri Fahnestock and his friend Sarah Silverberg of Newmarket, N.H. While Cardoza and Stoner maneuvered the course in 1:02.26, Fahnestock and Silverberg came through in 1:02.60."It hurts, especially in a race that close," said Fahnestock. "I could taste the beer."Defeat was softened by the silver medal: Silverberg's weight in beverages, which also amoun...
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Rubik's Cube Solved blindfolded
2007-10-06 23:09:00
Cube got to be joking! Rubik 's Cube solved blindfoldedIf you thought just completing a Rubik's Cube was hard enough, these pictures depict the ultimate challenge for addicts of the 80's craze that just won't go away: doing one blindfolded.The blindfold competition was just one of the events at this year's fourth Rubik's Cube world championship which began in Budapest on Friday.Blindfold players try to solve the game by memorizing the position of key cubes before covering their eyes.Rubik's Cube: Hard enough as it is, but blindfolded?Players, from over 30 countries, can compete in several categories: besides the classic 3x3 Rubik's Cube, which has six sides with six different colours, there will be competitions in 4x4 and 5x5 cubes as well as one-handed, and even feet-only challenges.Contestants race against the clock to complete the fiendishly difficult cubesThe world record holder for the 3x3 Rubik's Cube event, Frenchman Thibaut Jacquinot, aligned all the colours on his c...
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Shortest lovers prepare to wedding
2007-10-06 23:00:00
This is no tall story - standing at just 3ft 6ins, groom-to-be Li Tangyong swept his 2ft 3ins fiancee off her feet at a mass wedding ceremony rehearsal in China.The 33-year-old was all smiles as he scooped up the love of his life, 28-year-old Chen Guilan.Li Tangyong and Chen Guilan: Preparing to tie the knotDress rehearsal: The couple release white dovesThe pair were taking part in a rehearsal with 21 other couples in the Guangdong province of China.They will get married later this year.
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The World Smallest Four Animals
2007-10-06 17:36:00
1. The world's smallest dog Charlton, Massachusetts, United States from the "Scientology" (Ducky) is known as the world's smallest size of the dog."Scientology" weighs just 0.63 kilograms, is 12 centimeters. 2. The world's smallest horseFive-year-old "girl thumb" (Thumbelina) weighs just 27 kilograms, is 43 centimeters, is the world's most small horse!This is Paul Gosling horses and Kaigeshilin couple's masterpiece, they dwarf the specialized training and breeding stallion.In dwarf species of horse, "her thumb" print "differently than the rest": she was of the view that this is a "pygmy."3. The world's smallest fishIn January 2006, scientists in the swamp forests of Indonesia's Sumatra island found that the fish won the world's fish "title", which only 7.9 mm in length.4. The world's smallest catThe world's smallest cat figure from the United States, it is called the "Peebles", is 15.5 cm. (Guangzhou Daily Roundup)
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Amazing Pictures of a Dolphin Giving Birth
2007-10-05 18:45:00
It is one of the most awe-inspiring sights in nature.These amazing pictures show a dolphin giving birth to its calf, which is born tail first and, within moments, is swimming happily with its mother.Nearly there: The dolphin is born tail firstWildlife photographer Leandro Stanzani, who has seen 11 dolphin births, was delighted to capture the moment on film."To take good pictures is not easy," he said."Most births happen during the night when light is poor. Sometimes water quality is poor, sometimes other dolphins are in the middle."In a cloud of blood the dolphin calf is freeThe bottlenose dolphin was born in a pool at the Oltremare Park in Rimini, Italy.The normal gestation period for dolphins is 12 months and the birth can take anything from minutes to hours.Happily swimming side by side with its mother the baby dolphin is instantly at home in the seaYoung dolphins live closely with their mother for up to six years but the calf is not likely to see its father as male dolphins are ...
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Skills Challenges Guinness
2007-10-05 12:48:00
Cycling surprising performances Hoping Zhou Changchun.Take two beautiful women wearing-the-pound copper is still walking free shoes.(Guojijiang) a 123 kg copper running shoes, turning each shoe can be on an equal weight to stop her; Milk in three bags on the marble by hand trauma Stone, milk does not leak; Within minutes a fine as human hair pulled out of noodles, noodles can also wear several needling nose Lane; Reversing biking, a person riding three cars, bicycles circled do ... Thomas yesterday, the first China Folk Culture Festival skills challenges Guin ness in Xiqiao Hill continued to play, unsuitable Prince Di tree red, Chinese noodles magnate Li Peng, the world iron shoes is Wang Hui Zhang, cycling surprising Zhou Changchun, the 100 surprising Easter lakes, Lake Park days in a modest exhibitionTires stood four individuals, Zhang Hui is still with inflatable tires for the nose.
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10-year-old girl was tied hand and foot-wide travel
2007-10-04 18:25:00
Huang Li swims in the Xiangjiang River with hands and feet bound on Tuesday.A 10-year-old girl in Central China's Hunan Province swam for three hours in a tributary of the Yangtze River on Tuesday with hands and feet bound to test her endurance, hoping she would be inscribed into the Guiness Book of World Records someday.Huang Li, a fourth-grader from Sangzhi County in the city of Zhangjiajie, managed to swim along in the Xiangjiang River with her bound feet as her parents kept an eye on her.She had covered three kilometers before her mother told her to stop and fed her some cake."I know she can still continue, but I fear she might be in danger," said Huang's mother Song Jinfang. "It's getting cold and she had only a bowl of noodles for lunch before she started swimming at 12:45 pm."For financial reasons, the family had not bought any insurance to protect the girl from potential harms during the swimming."Next time, she will swim farther and I'll follow her in a boat to ensure s...
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7 Underground Wonders of the World
2007-10-04 01:22:00
Labyrinths, Crypts, Catacombs and MoreWhat motivates humankind to burrow deep into the Earth? From London to Paris, Budapest to Moscow, the USA to Australia, here are seven of the most amazing examples in the world. Some were built for military defense or shelter, many are abandoned while others thrive. These amazing images feature tunnels, caverns, labyrinths from seven underground location around the worldParis, France: There are extensive networks of catacombs, quarries and other tunnels running under the capital of France. Some of these amazing photographs were taken by urban explorers who lit the scenes with candles, producing remarkable image effects. The other images show the work of Paris General of Police from the late 18th Century, when disease led the city to bury bones underground in unused quarries rather than risk further infection of the population.Moscow, Russia: This particular photographer is uniquely privileged, as an official government photographer, to take rare...
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World's Largest Swimming Pool
2007-10-03 21:54:00
Already drawing the crowds in the South American resort of San Alfonso del Mar in Chile, this artificial lagoon and swimming pool is eight hectares in size and contains an incredible 250,000 cubic meters of water. Acknowledged by Guinness World Records as being the world?s largest swimming pool, the lagoon trounces all other record holders in the category, including the Orthlieb pool in Casablanca, Morocco, itself a huge 150 meters by 100 meters ? the San Alfonso pool is 1km in length. The revolutionary clear water artificial lagoons, transparent to a depth of 35 meters and unprecedented in design and construction methods, are the brainchild of Crystal Lagoons founder, biochemist and Chilean businessman Fernando Fischmann. Equivalent in size to an incredible 6,000 standard domestic pools, details of its technology are to be unveiled for the first time at Cityscape Dubai later this month.
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Chinese Woman Car Kissing Contest
2007-10-02 14:27:00
A 27-year-old Chinese woman won the chance to buy a car for the equivalent of 6p by kissing it for more than 24 hours. A shopping mall in Beijing invited people to kiss six Chevrolet cars with the one lasting the longest being given the chance to buy the car for just one yuan.The cars, parked in the lobby of the Xizhimen Jiamao Shopping Centre, had plastic nipples attached to them, reports the Beijing News.Participants had to kiss the nipples without touching the car. They were allowed a ten minute break every seven hours.More than 400 people applied to take part in the game, but only 120 were selected, since each car had only 20 nipples.After 24 hours, there were still 28 participants left so the mall introduced new rules requiring them to stand on one foot with their hand behind their back.The final winner was Zhang Cunying who was so tired by the end of the ordeal that she could not stand up unaided.She said: "I was learning dancing, so the body flexibility helped a lot. But the ...
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Spanish Town Tosses World's Biggest Salad
2007-10-01 13:53:00
A town in southern Spain on Saturday tossed what local officials said was the world's largest salad, involving 6,700 kilograms of lettuce, tomatoes, onions, peppers and olives.It took 20 cooks over three hours to mix all the ingredients needed to make the salad in the town of Pulpi in the province of Almeria, one of Spain's main fruit and vegetable growing areas.The salad will be distributed to restaurants in Pulpi who will provide it for free to their clients.A Guinness World Records judge was on hand to confirm that the salad had set a new record, Span ish media reported.
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Woman Gives Birth to own Grandchildren
2007-10-01 11:28:00
SAO PAULO, Brazil - A 51-year-old surrogate mother for her daughter has given birth to her own twin grandchildren in northeastern Brazil, the delivery hospital said.Claudia Michelle, left, looks at her twins Victor Gabriel and Antonio Bento, as her mother Rosinete Palmeira Serrao rests in a bed at the Santa Joana hospital in Recife, Brazil, Thursday, September 27, 2007.Rosinete Palmeira Serrao, a government health worker, gave birth to twin boys by Caesarean section on Thursday at the Santa Joana Hospital in the city of Recife, the hospital said in a statement on its website.Hospital officials were not available for comment on Sunday, but press reports said the grandmother and twins were discharged on Saturday in excellent health. The Caesarean section was performed about two weeks ahead of time because Serrao was having trouble sleeping, the statement said.Serrao decided to serve as a surrogate mother after four years of failed attempts at pregnancy by her 27-year-old daughter, Cla...
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Age No Barrier for Man 24 and Woman 82
2007-09-30 13:55:00
Reinaldo Waveqche (L), aged 24, kisses his new wife Adelfa Marta Volpes, aged 82, after they got married in the city of Santa Fe, 490 km (305 miles) north of Buenos Aires, September 28, 2007. The couple, who had been living together since he was 15, will spend their honeymoon in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.A 24-YEAR-OLD man who married an 82-year-old woman in Argentina on Friday insists it is a union based on "great love" rather than money.Reinaldo Waveqche, who has lived with his elderly lover, Adelfa Volpes, since the age of 15, said he preferred "mature women".Ms Volpes, a retiree who is single and has no children, said their age difference had never mattered to either of them."I am very pleased," she said."Reinaldo is marvellous: very good, kind and educated. The age difference has never been important for us."Surrounded by family, friends and media, the couple made their vows in a civil ceremony because the octogenarian said she would feel "ridiculous" in a church wedding.Mr Waveqch...
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