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Solar Eclipse - 1st August 2008

2008-08-04T14:41:00.001+03:00

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, the total solar eclipse is observed at 7:21 pm (1121 GMT) on Friday, Aug. 1, 2008 in north of Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province. The total solar eclipse, the first that can be viewed in China in the new century, occured on Friday.(AP Photo/Xinhua, Ding Haitao)

World's smallest snake

2008-08-04T14:21:00.002+03:00

Scientists have identified the world's smallest snake, about 4 inches long and as thin as spaghetti. The new species is named Leptotyphlops carlae. It is not venomous, eats termites and termite larvae but little is known about its behavior.

The World's First Digital Camera

2008-06-22T09:43:00.001+03:00

Invented in 1975 by Steven J. Sasson. It weighed eight pounds, was the size of a toaster, and produced a 0.01 megapixel image that took 23 seconds to record onto a digital cassette tape.

Missing sheep - Electric fence - What do you find?

2008-05-14T11:05:00.004+03:00

A sheep farmer was puzzled about the disappearance of some sheep on his farm. Few weeks later the farmer decided to put up an electric fence.

And this is what he found !!!

For your information the electric wires are 10 inches apart..

One of the tallest Cow

2008-05-14T10:50:00.003+03:00

Name - Chilli
Place - England, UK
Height - 6ft 7inches
Weight - Over a ton
Diet - Grass

Looks like its been edited in photoshop, but its not.An application has been send to Guinness Book of World Records and is under research. At present, the tallest bovine in the world is 6ft 8ins Fiorino, who lives in Italy.

Top of the Burj, Dubai

2008-04-27T22:09:00.002+03:00

Look at the edge (uppermost right corner) of the picture..
You can almost see the "turn" of the earth…

Baby v/s Cobra

2008-04-25T20:13:00.004+03:00

*This video is disturbing. (PG-16)

The snake is constantly biting the baby and the people around do nothing to stop it. Is it some sort of training? This is happening in India.

Proof that kitty's love music..

2008-04-24T19:59:00.002+03:00

Click on the play button which is on the center of the video to view.

Unknown creature found in Russia.

2008-04-20T18:26:00.004+03:00

Unknown creature found in Sakhalin Shoreline by Russian Soldiers. According to the bones and teeth - it is not a fish. According to its skeleton - it’s not a crocodile or alligator. It has a skin with hair or fur. What is it then? Its looks like Big Bird to me. Source - English Russia

World's oldest tree

2008-04-20T17:53:00.004+03:00

Researchers have uncovered a stand of spruce trees (Spruces are large trees, from 20–60 meters tall) with an 8,000-year-old tree root system in Dalarna(Central Sweden) making it the oldest tree in the world. It was founded while carrying out an environmental research project near the Härjehogna valley.

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the oldest living individual tree is a bristlecone pine in California’s White Mountains estimated to be 4,733-years-old. Now its in second place.

World population will hit 6,666,666,666 soon

2008-04-17T10:47:00.004+03:00

You read it right... World population is going to hit 6,666,666,666... That’s a lot of 6's and I wonder who the lucky 6,666,666,666 going to be? It’s assumed that the population would hit the milestone on May 1st.

Let me try writing this in words... 6,666,666,666. If I am wrong, please correct me by writing a comment.

Six billion six hundred sixty six million six hundred sixty six thousand six hundred sixty six...

100th Post

2008-04-12T12:55:00.006+03:00

Wow!!! My post.. This calls for a celebration..
Never thought I would ever be able to post these many... I would like to thank my visitors, subscribers and everyone who supported me all through out..

Two Faced Baby

2008-04-12T12:38:00.004+03:00

Name - Lali
Place - New Delhi, India
DOB - March 11th 2008
About - Is now worshiped as the reincarnation of a Hindu goddess, Durga. She suffers from a condition called craniofacial duplication (single head with 2 faces). she has got an extra nose, pair of lips and eyes. Her ears are not duplicated.

Congratulations Extra Extra !!!

2008-04-11T22:52:00.003+03:00

Extra Extra !!! just won the Blog of the day award.

Blog of the Day Awards for Friday, April 11, 2008

The selection criteria include content, quality, creativity, and the personal opinion of the judges. Judges grant the award in recognition of outstanding nominees who are recommended by visitors to the site and by a panel of judges.

World's smallest girl, Smaller than a baby !!

2008-04-09T11:08:00.003+03:00

Name - Jyoti Amge
Age - 15
Height - 1ft 11 inches
Weight - 11 lbs
Place - Nagpur, India

Fish with Fangs

2008-04-05T21:38:00.003+03:00

Fish with fangs found in Utah, USA

Ancient gold necklace discovered

2008-04-05T21:24:00.003+03:00

The earliest known gold jewelry has been discovered in southern Peru. The gold necklace, made nearly 4,000 years ago, was found in a burial site near Lake Titicaca.

World's Tallest Dog

2008-04-03T11:03:00.004+03:00

Name - Gibson.
Height - On hind legs, more than 7 feet tall.
Breed - Great Dane.
Weight - 170 lbs.
Age - 6 yrs old.
Place - California, USA.
Profession - Licensed therapy and service Dog, visits children and senior centers.

World's Beard and Moustache Champions

2008-03-28T11:42:00.004+03:00

Yep, you get awarded for growing facial hair..

Click on this link provided below to view the World's Beard and Moustache Contestants and Champions.

Click here to view

My personal favorite is Willi Chevalier, Germany, 2001 World Champion, Full Beard Freestyle. (How did he manage to create that style?)

A father's sacrifice - True Story

2008-03-26T17:19:00.003+03:00

This is a true story, dates back to the British rule in India.

The Pamban Bridge is situated in Tamil Nadu, India. At the entrance of the bridge you can see a picture of a weeping man holding some human body parts close to his chest.

This bridge was built during the British rule in India and it was constructed in such a way that the center portion of the bridge could be lifted with the help of huge wheels, so that ships could easily pass under the bridge. On the bridge, roads and rail tracks are laid for trains and other vehicles to pass.

A middle aged man was appointed to roll the wheels up and down when ships arrive. Once he saw a train slowly approaching, while he was pulling back the bridge after a ship quietly passed beneath. He had to pull back quickly or else there would be a fatal accident and thousands would have died.

At that time his 9 year old son came with lunch. When he saw his father struggling with the wheels, he kept the lunch box down and started helping him to roll the wheels to put the bridge back. Suddenly his son's finger got caught inside the wheel and he started crying out. At this time if the father tries to save his son, the bridge could not be put back on time. He had no other option but to ignore his son's cry. With all his strength he kept on rolling the wheels to down the bridge. As the wheels rolled on, his son slowly started slipping away into the huge machine.

Tears rolled down his father's cheeks, but he ignored his son's cry. If he tried to save him, the train will surely fall into the sea and thousands of people will die. Slowly the boy's whole body fell into the machine and his father could hear his bones breaking one by one, until with a loud sound, his head cracked.

The train with thousands of passengers slowly rolled on the rails, without knowing what had happened there.

Though this man performed his duty honestly he lost his only loving son. With extreme lamentation, he pulled out his son's body parts from the machine and held it close to his chest and cried bitterly.

British Government honored him greatly and in memory of this incident they placed the picture at the entrance of the bridge.

Is this a recorded sound from hell??

2008-03-20T17:38:00.003+03:00

Is hell real??

*Warning* - Its quite disturbing.

A research team from Siberia made a shocking discovery.

Watch the entire video.. and tell me what you think of it??

Some interesting Human Body Facts

2008-03-20T12:28:00.005+03:00

All facts listed below are weird and 100 percent true.

* After eating too much, your hearing is less sharp.

* We are about 1 cm taller in the morning than in the evening. Layers of cartilage in the joints gets compressed during the day.

* Kidney stones come in any color--from yellow to brown.

* Your body is creating and killing 15 million red blood cells per second!

* The average human produces 10,000 gallons of saliva in a lifetime.

* Babies are born without kneecaps. They appear when the child is 2-6 years of age.

* Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.

* A human's small intestine is 6 meters long.

* The human body has approximately 37,000 miles of capillaries.

* The adult human body requires about 88 pounds of oxygen daily.

Unblock websites at school and work..

2008-03-16T17:42:00.004+03:00

Yeah, Most of the schools and workplaces block websites so that their students and employees respectively do their job rather than waste/enjoy/spend their time on social networking sites like Orkut, MySpace, Bebo, Facebook, YouTube, Friendster.

There are many proxies available. (What is a proxy? Answer - A computer network service that allows clients to make indirect network connections to other network services)

I found a proxy which would be of some use to you. Click on the link below to visit the site

www.unblockshop.com

Type in the url of the site you want to visit in the space provided and click on Browse and there a new window opens with your favorite site which was blocked all while along.

Unblockshop.com says, "Browse the internet securely using unblockshop.com. You can unblock popular social networking sites such as MySpace, Bebo, Facebook, YouTube, Friendster and many other sites."

Try it out and let me know..

The World's longest domain name

2008-03-16T13:11:00.006+03:00

iamtheproudownerofthelongestlongestlongestdomainnameinthisworld.com claims to be the world's longest domain name..

(Total 67 characters = 63 characters + 4 characters for .com)

This record cannot be broken with a .com domain, because 63 letters is the maximum number of letters that can be registered as a domain name.

Earth and Moon as seen from Mars

2008-03-15T10:49:00.003+03:00

Breathtaking view of our Earth and Moon from Planet Mars. No wonder aliens visit once in a while . Click on the link below to view full resolution. Source - NASA

Click here to view