Moveable Public Parks Park(ing) Day is a global event, held in San Francisco, where “artists, activists and citizens collaborate” to create temporary public parks. It is the brainchild of REBAR. REBAR is a collaborative group of creators, designers and activists based in San Francisco. Rebar’s work ranges broadly in scale, scope and context, and therefore [...]

In a case of extraordinary bad luck, a man sailing off the coast of north-eastern Australia dived into the ocean and face first into a tiny, but deadly, Irukandji jellyfish with a sting said to be as painful as childbirth. The 29-year-old, who has not been named, was wearing a full-length protective stinger suit (a [...]

A County Tyrone woman who almost died after having an allergic reaction to an ice cream she ate on holiday is having to learn how to walk and talk again. Rachel Devine, 24, went into anaphylactic shock and suffered heart failure minutes after eating the ice cream, which contained goat’s milk. She was in Turkey [...]

It was a promise neither man would have wanted to keep. The funeral of a Black Watch soldier killed in Afghanistan took a bizarre turn when his best friend arrived in a bright green dress and pink leg warmers to honour a pact that the two of them had made. Private Kevin Elliott and his [...]

Bewildered Korean police, for the first time, are to investigate an elephant on charges of assault on a person. The unprecedented case was reported to the Gwangjin Police Station on Monday in which a 48-year-old woman surnamed Kim claimed to have been hit with large stones, thrown by an elephant, according to police officials yesterday. [...]

We generate so much trash on a daily basis that it wouldn’t be surprising if future generations mistakenly thought that we actually worshipped all the garbage we toss into landfills. That’s the idea behind Salzig Design’s Temple of Trash, a temporary structure built in a Rotterdam, Netherlands port area as part of the 2007 Follydock [...]

For Britain’s struggling fruit farmers, things could be about to go even more pear-shaped… A Chinese farmer has invented baby-shaped pears – and he is planning to export his novel idea over here. Plucky farmer Gao Xianzhang has created 10,000 of the mini marvels this season and he plans to take the fruits of his [...]

Doramad radioactive toothpaste: Agamma spectroscopy analysis did reveal trace quantities of thorium, but the levels are too low to be detected with a simple hand-held survey meter. This story is adapted from the book Alsos, written by Samuel Goudsmit, H. Schuman Inc., New York, 1947. It appeared in the December 1996 issue of the Health [...]

A kitty in Chongqing, China, is getting some extra-special attention these days: The furry feline has developed wings! Though born looking completely normal, once the cat hit the age of 1, he began growing wing-shaped appendages on either side of his spine, the U.K.’s Daily Mail reports. While some think the bony limbs may be [...]

10. Conway Stewart Westminster Teal Pen Priced at $1,800, British pen company Conway Stewart has released the latest version of this popular pen this time in teal enamel. The pen takes its design cues from the palace of Westminster with its Gothic style engraving on the cap and barrel. The small diamond-shaped recesses mimic the [...]

The Daily Telegraph says: “HOLY cow! This hunk of beef is believed to have been struck by lightning – and somehow survived. And we’re not cooking this up. It’s entirely feasible, James Cook University geo-sciences expert Jon Nott says. “Cows are susceptible to lightning strikes because of both sets of legs being on the ground, [...]

These are Digitigrade leg extensions. They are made of steel and add 14 inches of height to the wearer. But these are not ordinary stilts; they give a person the uncanny and graceful appearance of an animal. It is really cool! The movement of the legs is genuinely graceful and naturalistic. It is a great [...]

Eskil Ronningsbakken is one of the balancing Artists. He is fantastic performer. He is 28years old performed the most dangerous balancing acts. Dangerous Balancing artist Eskil Ronningsbakken Eskil Ronningsbakken started his balancing career only five years old, and he saw a yogin serenely balancing. He performed professionally for nearly 14 years. Now he is the [...]

How it all started The Mondo Spider Project was founded by five Vancouverites: Charlie Brinson, Dillard Brinson, Alex Mossman, Leigh Christie and Jonathan Tippett. Junkyard Wars Inspired by the famous TV shows Scrapheap Challenge and Junkyard Wars USA, Alex Mossman, Brian Wells and several other brilliant local Vancouver Engineers started a competition known as The [...]

Porphyria is not one disease, but a group of at least eight different diseases that are significantly different. The common feature for all porphyria is accumulation of  porphyria. We can find porphyria in our body, but it is not good when porphyria start to accumulation in body. Treatment and symptoms of different types of Porphyria [...]

Forget the “Dukes of Hazard.” In the eastern German town of Limbach-Oberfrohna on Sunday night, a 23-year-old driver speeding through the town center lost control of his vehicle, launched off an embankment and ended up smashed into the roof of the village church some seven meters (23 feet) up. And far from driving a 1969 [...]

The world’s largest swimming pool is now officially found in the San Alfonso del Mar Resort in Chile, but given our deep love for hotel pools, we figured it’s time to take a closer look, especially since the Guinness Book of World Records decided it was worth looking at, too. The San Alfonso del Mar [...]

Marriage in the Sky # is a marriage celebrated in heaven for couples who want to bring their chapel a little closer to angels on their wedding day by raising it 50 metres up in the air. # is a unique event meant for couples who wish to transform an ordinary marriage into a magical [...]