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Muslims largest cemeteries in the world
2007-12-15 11:31:00
Wadi Al Salam (Valley of Peace) in the Iraqi: The largest Muslim cemetery and one of the largest cemeteries in the world, covers an area of six square kilometers. Here buried five million people! Among them are several prophets, including the first Shiite Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib.
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Girl with Third Arm Growing Out of Her Back Has Surgery
2007-12-13 15:35:00
The little girl dubbed the "angel with wings" thanks to the third arm she had growing out of her back has undergone life-saving surgery at a Chinese military hospital.Ren Xin, 11, was operated on by a team of specialists in Beijing - and Sky News reported that, judging by the expressions on doctors' faces, the operation was a success.The extra arm came from an undeveloped parasitic twin whose spine was fused with Ren Xin's. A major blood vessel from the twin was connected to her organs, further complicating the potentially-fatal surgery.Angel: Doctors prepare Ren Xin, 11, for surgery to remove her parasitic twinLife-saving: The life or death operation was complicated as the twin's spine was fused with Ren Xin'sThe operating team was led by one of China's most eminent surgeons, who said the "extremely complex and potentially dangerous" operation was very rare - with only four cases like it in all of China.Ren Xin's parents - poor farmers from Shanxi province - brought their dau...
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Live Frogs and Rats eating in China
2007-12-12 11:40:00
A man in southeast China says 40 years of swallowing tree frogs and rats live has helped him avoid intestinal complaints and made him strong.Jiang Musheng, a 66-year-old resident of Jiangxi province, suffered from frequent abdominal pains and coughing from the age of 26, until an old man called Yang Dingcai suggested tree frogs as a remedy, the Beijing News said on Tuesday."At first, Jiang Musheng did not dare to eat a live, wriggling frog, but after seeing Yang Dingcai swallow one, he ate ... two without a thought," the paper said."After a month of eating live frogs, his stomach pains and coughing were completely gone."Over the years Jiang had added live mice, baby rats and green frogs to his diet, and had once eaten 20 mice in a single day, the paper said.
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Indian restaurant boasts graveyard seating
2007-12-12 09:43:00
In India, death is a part of life - and, at one restaurant in western India, a part of lunch. The bustling New Lucky Restaurant in Ahmadabad is famous for its milky tea, its buttery rolls, and the graves between the tables.It's a spot where old men page through newspapers and argue politics in the morning while young couples share candlelit meals and hold hands at night. That the candles sit atop graves only adds to the ambiance.Krishan Kutti Nair has helped run the restaurant built over a centuries-old Muslim cemetery for close to four decades, but he doesn't know who is buried in the cafe floor. Customers seem to like the graves, which resemble small cement coffins, and that's enough for him."The graveyard is good luck," Nair said one recent afternoon after the lunch rush. "Our business is better because of the graveyard."The graves are painted green, stand about shin high, and every day the manager decorates each of them with a single dried flower. They're scattered randomly ...
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World fastest human calculator breaks own astonishing sum record
2007-12-11 16:53:00
A man known as the human calculator because of his incredible ability to do sums in his head has today recorded the fastest ever time for mentally working out a 200-digit number.Mathlete Alexis Lemaire, 27, found the answer to the 13th root to a random 200-digit number using nothing but brain power in 70.2 seconds, beating his own previous record of 72.4.Alexis correctly calculated an answer of 2,407,899,893,032,210 from the possibility of 393 trillion answers.Lemaire used a computer to generate a massive 200-digit number before working out its 13th rootLemaire set the world record at London's Science Museum using a computer package to randomly generate a 200-digit number before calculating the correct answer.Jane Wess, curator of mathematics at the London Science Museum said: "He sat down and it was all very quiet - and all of a sudden he amazingly just cracked it."He seems to have a large memory and he's made this his life's ambition. It's quite remarkable to see it happen. A ...
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Woman Prefers Company Of Dogs
2007-12-10 11:47:00
A retiree living on a small pension left her family to devote her time to looking after abandoned pets, leading a financially strapped and difficult life. The Wuhan-based Changjiang Daily reported the story of the 58-year-old woman and her dogs. Fang Jiangxue began to adopt stray animals five years ago when she rescued a skinny homeless cat from the streets of Wuhan in Central China where she lives. Once she asked a friend to look after the cat while she went on a trip, and the cat hardly ate anything during those nine days. This touched Fang's heart and made her determined to save more animal lives. Fang now only rescues abandoned pet dogs. She has lived in nine different places with her adopted canines to avoid annoyed neighbors complaining about her. Fang's husband couldn't stand the hardship and chose to live separately from her. The woman loved the dogs so much that she even missed her mother's funeral in another city looking after these animals. The woman rents 13 ro...
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10 Mln Yuan Glittering Diamond Bra
2007-12-10 11:35:00
A shop assistant shows a bra made of over 2,500 diamonds weighing over 100 carats, which is worth 10 million yuan, at a department store in Suzhou, East China's Jiangsu Province Dec. 8, 2007
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Mass Wedding Reception for 60 Couples in Baghdad
2007-12-08 21:53:00
Newly-wed couples cut a cake during a mass wedding reception for about 60 couples in a hotel in Baghdad December 7, 2007
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World's largest spitting cobra species found in Kenya
2007-12-08 21:32:00
A new species of giant spitting cobra, measuring nearly nine feet and possessing enough venom to kill at least 15 people, has been discovered in Kenya , a conservation group said on Friday.WildlifeDirect said the cobras were the world's largest and had been identified as unique. The species has been named Naja Ashei after James Ashe, who founded Bio-Ken snake farm on Kenya's tropical coast where the gigantic serpents are found."A new species of giant spitting cobra is exciting and reinforces the obvious -- that there have to be many other unreported species but hundreds are being lost as their habitats disappear under the continued mismanagement of our planet," said the group's chairman, Kenyan environmentalist Richard Leakey.Ashe, now deceased, was the first to catch a larger-than-normal spitting cobra in the 1960s and suggest it belonged to a different species.Bio-Ken director Royjan Taylor said the recognition of the new species was an opportunity to raise awareness about snake...
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Man builds record-breaking 25ft house of cards
2007-12-07 17:03:00
Bryan Berg has a surprising gravity-defying hobby. The 33-year-old American builds huge structures out of playing cards and his latest 25ft skyscraper has broken all records.The professional 'cardstacker' has created a variety of breathtaking sculptures over the years including models of cathedrals, skyscrapers and stadiums, without using anything to stick them together.Berg said the combined weight of the cards and his special grid structures helped hold his constructions in place.Bryan stands amongst his card creationsHis latest creation, which took five weeks to build, stands at 25ft 9inches tall and was made from 1,800 decks of playing cards. It was limited only by the height of the building he was working in.While Berg's remarkable feats may take unyielding concentration and patience he insists his work is highly rewarding."I like what I do. This is no kind of torture or boredom for me," he said."In my lifetime, cardstacking has gone from a hobby to an obsession to a livelih...
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Baby that already Tips the Scales at Over 3 Stone
2007-12-06 09:36:00
An eight-month-old baby boy in Jilin, Northeast China has tipped the scales at over three stone.Weighing 18.8 kg (41 pounds) and measuring 78 centimeters in height, he was born with a normal birth weight of 3.3 kg (7 pounds 4 oz).The eight-month-old baby starting putting on extra weight when he was one month oldHowever, he starting putting on extra weight when he was one month old, according to his parents.His mother nurses him more than 20 times a day because he often feels hungry. Because of his obesity, he is unable to crawl or stand.
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Gigantic Nestball where 5,000 wasps Lived
2007-12-06 09:30:00
In the attic, something was stirring.All through summer, uninvited and unseen, the visitors congregated in the roof space at Ray and Daphne Jacobs's house.It wasn't until Mr Jacobs opened the loft hatch to service his heating boiler that the extent of the invasion emerged.The wasp factory: Daphne Jacobs with the gigantic nestball where 5,000 wasps lived"The wasps came out like snow," the 75-year-old retired carpenter, from Woodbridge, Suffolk, said yesterday."We couldn't believe it."The nest he discovered attached to two rafters weighed more than 4lbs."We're country folk and used to nests but never have we seen anything this big."The council expert they called in to help remove it estimated there had probably been 5,000 of the insects colonising the attic."It filled me with horror," said Mrs Jacobs, 74 (pictured), who is keeping the nest as a souvenir.
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Most Beautiful Butterfly Selected in Taiwan
2007-12-05 18:15:00
The troides magellanus, or Magellan's Iridescent Birdwing was selected as the most beautiful butterfly in a recent web contest in Taiwan .The rare papilionoidae species buttergly, which is unique in Taiwan and often looks like a "Flying Pearl", was voted number one beautiful butterfly in an island-wide one-month-long vote that started from November 3. The most beautiful butterfly bagged over 247,000 votes from among 3.7 million online ballots the vote had mobilized from 23 counties and towns in Taiwan.So far, there are only 2,000 such butterflies left in the world, with some 1,500 habitating in Taiwan.The troides magellanus is noted for their use of limited-view iridescence: the yellow of the dorsal hind wings is modified by bright blue-green iridescence which is only seen when the butterfly is viewed at a narrow, oblique angle.
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The Sand Heated By Natural SPA
2007-12-04 17:31:00
Japan Kyushu Beppu, people will be following neck earth sand in the physical enjoyment of sand bath.The physical earth sand in the sand heated by natural SPA can be done to promote perspiration.On December 3, 2007Japan Kyushu Beppu, people will be buried the body below the neck
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born with feet facing backwards in China
2007-12-03 17:10:00
A waitress has refused to be classified as disabled even though she was born with feet that face backwards.Wang Fang, 27, of Chongqing city in China , was born with her feet facing the wrong way, but has learned to live with her condition without problems and recently refused a disability pension.Wang Fang, 27, was born with feet facing backwardsShe said: "I can run faster than most of my friends and have a regular job as a waitress in the family restaurant. There is no reason to class me as disabled."Doctors and her family feared she would not be able to walk properly when she was born, but agreed that she can now outrun anyone she knows.Wang, who has a five year-old son with normal feet, said: "I can walk as well as anyone else, and even run faster than them. I'm like everyone else - except of course that I put my shoes on backwards."Ms Fang is able to run faster than many of her friends
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Largest Flag Flying in Sky
2007-12-03 11:14:00
A huge national flag of the United Arab Emirates flies over its capital Abu Dhabi, Dec. 2. This flag, measuring 50,000 square feet (about 4645 square meters) is said to be the largest flag ever flying in the sky.A helicopter flies by a huge national flag of the United Arab Emirates in the sky of its capital Abu Dhabi, Dec. 2.
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World's Largest Bottle Of Wine
2007-11-29 11:02:00
A man stands next to a 490 litre Grande Cuvee TBA NV No.7 2005 of Austrian wine maker Kracher during its presentation in the small Swiss town of Rehetobel, some 40 km (26 miles) from lake Constance, November 28, 2007. The bottle, certified by Guinness World Records as the world's largest bottle of wine, holds the equivalent to 640 regular bottles, or 69,000 glasses of wine.
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Hamburger Eating Championship World Record
2007-10-29 21:27:00
Joey Chestnut sets world record by eating 103 hamburgers in eight minutes Not content with being the hot dog eating champion, Joey Chestnut is also the burger king. Chestnut guzzled 103 hamburgers in just eight minutes to set a new record and win the Krystal Square Off IV World Hamburger Eating Championship . The 23-year-old from San Jose, California, surpassed the previous world record of 97
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Condoms Line of 3.269km Long
2007-10-29 14:57:00
People tie 30,000 condoms to form a 3.269-kilometers line during an anti-AIDS event in Bucharest, capital of Romania, Oct. 28, 2007. Some 59 % of the 10,447 HIV-infected patients and AIDS patients in the country are youth aged from 15 to 19
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Indian Guitarists Set To Break World Record
2007-10-28 21:52:00
More than 1,700 guitarists in India's remote northeast played a Bob Dylan classic on Friday in an effort destined to break a world record for the largest ever guitar ensemble. The guitarists of all ages and skills performed Dylan's "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" in the hill state of Meghalaya to start a month-long Autumn Festival in state capital Shillong. The world record will be declared after
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'Oldest' Elephant A Grouchy Old Woman
2007-10-26 09:17:00
We've all seen it – an elderly relative plonking themselves down in a chair, followed by the phrase: 'Ooh, my knees are playing up.' Well, spare a thought for Vatsala, an elephant in her nineties, whose carers say is a real grumpy old woman. She's got no teeth, dotes on youngsters but gets grouchy when her arthritis flares up. 'She is just like a pensioner,' says Sanjeev Gupta of the Panna
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Record Price For 13th Century Quran
2007-10-25 15:13:00
LONDON - A Quran written in 1203, believed to be the oldest known complete copy, has sold for more than $2.3 million at an auction. The holy book, which had been estimated to sell for up to $715,000, fetched $2,327,300 at Tuesday's auction in London, Christie's said. That was a record auction price for a Quran or any type of Islamic manuscript, the auctioneer Christie's said. A nearly complete,
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Super Long Lasagna
2007-10-25 15:08:00
A kitchen staff lays out part of a 560 metre (1,837 feet) long lasagna on tables that surround a hotel in Singapore October 21, 2007. The record breaking attempt is also a charity event with net proceeds benefiting the Spastic Children's Association of Singapore. Source:-Spluch
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Swimming Contest for Babies
2007-10-24 16:34:00
Babies below two years old are taking part in a swimming contest in Beijing October 22, 2007.
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Couple Wins Underwater Pumpkin Carving Contest
2007-10-24 16:26:00
Pumpkin carvers got a little wet in Key Largo during an underwater carving contest. Contest ants carved jack-o-lanterns and other ghoulish creations during the event held at the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Ken and Linda Smith of Sebring, took top honours for their scary pumpkin entry complete with two fangs. "The pumpkins want to float so that makes it difficult", said Smith, a
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New World Record of the Oldest Groom and Bride
2007-10-23 12:42:00
With the promise of "Yes, I do," a 106-year-old man and a 81-year-old woman got married in east China's Zhejiang province, setting a new record of the oldest groom and bride in the province. Pan Xiting, the groom and Chen Adi, the bride registered for marriage on Friday at the civil affairs bureau of the Lucheng District in Wenzhou City with the blessing of families and local government officials
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The Japanese ninja skirt that turns into a Coca Cola machine
2007-10-23 12:24:00
You've heard of hiding in plain sight. Well, a fashion designer has come up with a more colourful way for worried women to blend into a busy street to elude a pursuer. We've had mini-skirts, skorts, pencils and midis. Now there's the vending machine skirt. It's definitely not the real thing, but Aya Tsukioka's skirt doubles as a disguise to make the wearer look like a Coca Cola machine. Aya
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Man Steamed Alive For 45 Minutes
2007-10-22 09:11:00
a medium who claimed that he had been possessed by the Monkey God sat in a covered wok of boiling water and withstood the steam-filled environment for 45 minutes.By the time the extra-tall lid of the wok was removed, the five frozen whole chickens which had been placed in the wok had already been thoroughly cooked. However, not only was the medium unhurt, he even rebuked those staff members who had opened the lid. The 300 believers who witnessed the sight were amazed.The event (which took place in Ipoh) was officiated by Grandmaster Qingshui from Bahau. He was accompanied by two disciples ? Xia Fuan and Xia Fulai. It was 52-year-old Xia Fuan who had sat inside the covered wok of boiling water, braving the scalding steam for 45 minutes.To prepare for the event, staff members first poured plain water into a large wok that was three feet in diameter. They then put five frozen whole chickens into the water. Next, they placed a round wooden board (which is an inch thick) on top of the wo...
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Man Steamed Alive For 45 Minutes
2007-10-22 09:11:00
a medium who claimed that he had been possessed by the Monkey God sat in a covered wok of boiling water and withstood the steam-filled environment for 45 minutes. By the time the extra-tall lid of the wok was removed, the five frozen whole chickens which had been placed in the wok had already been thoroughly cooked. However, not only was the medium unhurt, he even rebuked those staff members
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Strongest Man Competition In Romania
2007-10-21 11:51:00
Romania's Marian Iurchevici lifts a 140kg ball during a "strongest man" competition in Bucharest October 20, 2007.
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