Giant man

Giant Woman

Worlds apart: The moment the tallest man met the shortest

While Mr Xishun, 56, towers above everyone at an astonishing 7.9ft, 19-year-old Mr Pingping is a mere 2.4ft high Bao Xishun, a herdsman from Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, was recently married in a traditional ceremony to a 28-year-old saleswoman from his hometown. At 5ft 6" Xia Shujian only comes up to his elbow and is half his age. He claims he was of normal height until he was 16 when he experienced a growth spurt and reached his present height seven years later. Mr Xishun was confirmed as the tallest person by the Guinness Book of Records last year. Mr Pingping was born nearby in Wulanchabu city, Inner Mongolia. His father claims he was only the size of an adult's palm at birth. He is now seeking to be registered as the world's shortest man by the Guinness Book of Recrods. He could be in for a disappointment though. While Mr Pingping is 73cms tall, the current holder of the title Lin Yih-Chih was measured as 67.5cm.

World's Tallest Horse

Born to the extremely tall parents, the horse Tina on a working farm named Springbrook Inn in Niota of Tennessee comes by her height naturally, which measures 20.1 hands, or nearly 7 feet at the shoulder. The 1,600-pound horse has already ousted the record held by Goliath, who measures 19 hands and lives on a working farm in Mount Pleasant, Texas. Tina will be officially recognised as world's tallest horse after measured by representatives of the Guinness World Records

How To Make Bloody Tampon Heart Earrings

Wear your heart…on your ears. These tampon heart earrings display both your romantic sentiments and your menstrual pride.

Materials

* Tampax tampons
* Spray on acrylic sealant
* White glue
* Red food coloring
* Blank earring posts and backs
* Small heart-shaped beads or stones
* Hot glue gun
* Scissors

Instructions

Cut tip of tampons on the bias, at a 45-degree angle. The long side of the cut section should be no more than one inch. Cut so that the “crease” of the tampon runs along the longer side. Cut the strings off the tampons and set them aside.



Hot glue the cut surfaces together with the end of a tampon string in between them, so they form a V shape.



Put an extra dot of glue in the crook of the V and press together till they form a heart. Spray with acrylic sealant. Let dry.



Mix about ¼ cup of white glue with several drops of red food coloring until desired “blood” color is achieved. Mix thoroughly.



Dip hearts part way into the “blood”. Hang to dry.



Trim strings to appropriate lengths for earrings – about 1 and 1/2 inches.



Hot glue the end of the string to an earring post, then glue the bead or stone on top of the string.

Mexican mega-mushroom a savoury stunner

A mushroom weighing more than 20 kilograms has been picked in a forest in Mexico's southernmost state of Chiapas, university officials say.

The white mushroom, macrocybe titans, measured a towering 70 cm tall, was found near Tapachula, near the Guatemalan border, according to the Southern Border University Centre.

There is no word as to what the researchers plan to do with the specimen.

Soap shaped like little hand

This is actual soap.
shaped like little hands!
each ‘hand’ is hand made.
wash your hands with hands.
the soaps range from 1/2” to 2”.
it’s goat’s milk glycerin & has a light scent.
really quite lovely!
comes in a pretty bag… all ready for gifting to a friend with dirty paws!

Snake Drink : would u dare?

Spectacular Approaches

Scott Durga writes: "The picture on the left was taken by Ludovic Aubert, Imapress/Globe Photo. It was published in Life magazine. The location where the picture was taken is Simpson Bay, St. Martin a Dutch and French island. The island is so tiny that its Juliana International Airport abuts one of the famed Caribbean beaches." The hotel in the background at St. Martin is the Maho Beach Hotel. I have stayed there for some extended layovers. The first Air France approach that you show may well have been one of two separate approaches by the same pilot in which the rear main trucks took out a four foot high chainlink fence (there is no blast fence) at the approach end. This is a fence that locals and tourists like to hang on to when jumbos rev-up for takeoff (I imagine that it gets a little warm). Fortunately nobody was standing there or at least managed to getout of the way for the two Air France approaches. The runway is somewhat small for the jumbos. Rumor has it that the Air France captain was fired after the second fence killing. The last time that I was there the (1992?) you could easily see the new section of chainlink fence that was replaced

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Weird Tunnel

This is China's Mona Lisa?

I don't mean to be rude, but I can't really see anything in this painting. But I suppose I've never been quite sure as to why the Mona Lisa is the Western world's "Mona Lisa." It's a beautiful painting, sure, Leonardo's magnum opus, but the puzzling facial expression of Lisa Gherardini (think I knew a girl from New Jersey with the same name), doesn't seem like it should be the most recognizable and revered piece of Western art in the world. In any event, this painting above, "Along the River During the Qingming Festival," painted on a scroll by Zhang Zeduan in the early 12th century, is China's most famous painting, or as some call it, "China's Mona Lisa." Keith Bradsher, Hong Kong Bureau Chief of the New York Times, published a story Tuesday about "Qingming Festival," as it is part of a 32-piece exhibit of Chinese works now on display at the Hong Kong Museum of Art. The exhibit, aptly titled "The Pride of China," commemorates the 10-year anniversary of Britain handing over Hong Kong to China and is aimed to drum up some Chinese nationalism in the territory. As Bradsher writes, "'Qingming Festival' is famous partly for its involvement over centuries in palace intrigues, theft and wars, and partly for its detailed, geometrically accurate images of bridges, wine shops, sedan chairs and boats beautifully juxtaposed with flowing lines for the depiction of mountains and other natural scenery." But as Hong Kong Keith also points out, that like the Mona Lisa, this painting is famous for being famous. For all of my under-16 readers, kind of like Paris Hilton. To me, again no disrespect to China's art lovers, "Qingming Festival" looks like an ornate welcome mat. But I've never professed to be an expert of Chinese painting.

Jaguar C-XF

This video shows the road version of Jaguar's S-Type, the XF being tested out on the road



The New Jaguar XF Prototype on the Nürburgring Nordschleife.



Jaguar Design Briefings are a compilation of online videos, photography and words that capture various themes of the future design direction for Jaguar.



The second video from Kenzo of the C-XF at the elegance contest in Villa D'Este held on...



The unveiling of the new Jaguar C-XF concept car in Detroit, at the 2007 North American International Auto Show.

Gisele Bundchen tops video

World's biggest colossal squid

In Antarctica's Ross Sea, a fishing boat has caught what is likely the world's biggest known colossal squid, New Zealand officials announced.

Heavier than even giant squid, colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) have eyes as wide as dinner plates and sharp hooks on some of their suckers. The new specimen weighs in at an estimated 990 pounds (450 kilograms).

The sea monster had become entangled while feeding on Patagonian toothfish caught on long lines of hooks. The crew then maneuvered the squid into a net and painstakingly hauled it aboard—a two-hour process.

The animal was frozen and placed in a massive freezer below decks. Now in New Zealand, the carcass awaits scientific analysis.

The deep-sea species was first discovered in 1925, though the only evidence was two tentacles found in a sperm whale's stomach. Since then there have been only a scattering of sightings, including a colossal squid caught in 2003 in the same region as the recent find.
The new specimen is likely the first intact male ever recovered, Anderton said.
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World’s Smallest School

An elementary school in China has just one teacher and one pupil.
Li Yongchun, 61, has been teaching at the school in Dasu village, Longjing region for over 25 years.
He explained: “At first, the school had more than 400 students, but in the ’90s, more and more families migrated from the mountain village to make a living outside, and there were just over 10 students left.”
“In 2000, the city education bureau decided to shut down the school after the graduation of the last student. New kids can register and board at another school in nearby Sanhe town, which is a two-hour drive away.”But the family of a third grader named Han Hongyang can’t afford the boarding fee, so she became the last remaining student.
“We have been like this for more than half a year. She is my only student, and I’m her only teacher,” says teacher Li.
Teacher Li teaches his student six subjects - Chinese, Mathematics, Korean, History, Geography and PE.
“During class breaks, we play badminton, ping pong and football, which is a bit hard for a 61-year-old,” says Li.

In another half a year, teacher Li is to retire, and the city education bureau says then it will send another teacher to take care of the only student till her graduation, reports City Evening Post.

Largest crocodile in the world

This is the largest crocodile ever displayed in the U.S. This is when he was alive and on display at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological park.

How To Pour Ketchup?

The full technical explanation on how ketchup works and the correct way to pour ketchup from traditional ketchup bottles

World Record Speed Eater has Jaw Arthritis

A Japanese man who set a world record by wolfing down dozens of hot dogs within minutes has suffered a severe jaw injury due to his rigorous training, making his next title uncertain.

Takeru “Tsunami” Kobayashi said he can only open his mouth to make a gap the size of a fingertip after being diagnosed with jaw arthritis.

In an entry on his blog entitled “Occupational hazard,” Kobayashi said: “My jaw refused to fight any more.”

The injury occurred only a week after the slender 29-year-old started training to win his seventh straight title at the annual July 4 Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating event on New York’s Coney Island.

“I feel ashamed that I couldn’t notice the alarm bells set off by my own body,” he said. “But with the goal to win another title with a new record, I couldn’t stop my training so close to the competition.

“I was continuing my training and bearing with the pain but finally I destroyed my jaw.”

Kobayashi, who has become a niche celebrity in Japan and the United States, had already halted his competitive eating activities for several months due to mourning after his mother’s death earlier this year.

But he said he still wanted to go to the competition in New York.

“I want to be the pride of my mother,” he said in the blog entry posted Sunday.

Last year, Kobayashi put down a world-record 53 and three-quarters hot dogs in just 12 minutes.

In addition to the Nathan’s Famous titles, he holds world records for scoffing cows’ brains and rice balls.

In 2004, he founded the United Food Fighters Organisation in hopes of making people take competitive eating seriously as a sport.

Despite Japanese people’s reputation as moderate eaters, Kobayashi helped to turn competitive eating into a television sensation with “food fighters” downing everything from sushi to cakes.

But Japanese television began to shy away from such contests after a 14-year-old junior high school student choked to death in 2002 trying to imitate competitive eating during school lunch.

World’s Oldest Car Headed For Auction

The world’s oldest running car is set to cross the auction block at Pebble Beach in August.

The catchy-sounding De Dion-Bouton et Trapardoux was built in France in 1884, and amazingly, it’s a three owner car. Among its many credentials, “La Marquise” is a steam-powered four-wheeled car that is believed to have won the first automobile race.

Top speed on the car is a startlingly high 38 miles-per-hour, which must feel decidedly exciting given its primitive construction and solid rubber tires. To reach that heady speed, drivers need to first stoke the car with coal, wood, paper, or other readily combustible materials, and then wait for around a half-hour to generate enough steam for the car to get rolling.

The De Dion-Bouton et Trapardoux is expected to hammer for between $1.5 and $2 million

Indian miniature artist Jaspal show off Taj Mahal

Indian miniature artist Jaspal Singh Kalsi displays his creation of 1.5 cm high (0.59 inch) wooden replica of the Taj Mahal, in Amritsar, India, Monday, June 25, 2007. The Taj Mahal is among the leading contenders to be the new Seven Wonders of the World as a massive poll enters its final month with votes already cast by more than 50 million people, organizers say. The seven winners will be announced July 7, 2007 in Lisbon, Portugal. (AP Photo/ Aman Sharma)