Largest Tree Transplanted
The largest tree to be transplanted was an oak tree (Quercus lobata), aged between 180-220 years and measuring 17.67 m (58 ft) tall, 31.6 m (104 ft) wide (branch-span), weighing approximately 415.5 tonnes (916,000 lb) and with a trunk girth of 5 m (16 ft 2 in). "Old Glory" was moved 0.4 km (0.25 miles) to a new park in Los Angeles, California, USA on January 20, 2004.
ANTI SECOND HAND SMOKE ASHTRAY
Don't worry about smoking ban with this Ionic smokeless ash tray purifies the air and eliminates odors. Ionic technology contains and eliminates secondhand smoke to keep the air healthy, clean and fresh.
Smoke is broken down into minute, negatively charged particles which are then captured by the positively charged stainless steel lining of the dome. Quiet operation with built-in night light. Includes glass ashtray and adaptor.
Save the world with a few coins
Ads from the Austrian World Wildlife Fund meant fo fundraising. "Save the world with a few coins. Donate at www.wwf.at."
MAHOGANY Car !
Mike Morris, 50, spent two years and thousands of pounds building a Triumph Herald to pine for.
Ex-cabinet-maker Mike, of Blackpool, Lancs, has taken the car out on the road twice.
The vehicle — top speed 40mph — has passed its MoT and now Mike is putting it up for sale.
He said: “People say it should be in a museum because it’s like a work of art. My next project is a truck.”
Ex-cabinet-maker Mike, of Blackpool, Lancs, has taken the car out on the road twice.
The vehicle — top speed 40mph — has passed its MoT and now Mike is putting it up for sale.
He said: “People say it should be in a museum because it’s like a work of art. My next project is a truck.”
Tomato Inset Illusion
When you move your head in and out or any side directions, the inset appears to move and hop. 
Hotel Rooms in Concrete Pipes…
Some bright spark in Austria who obviously had a whole lot of concrete sewage pipes lying around in his back yard, had a bright idea
Human Calendar
The Human Calendar.
It's possible to put a 'portable' version of humancalendar.com on your website. Users should see the correct date depending upon their location.
It's possible to put a 'portable' version of humancalendar.com on your website. Users should see the correct date depending upon their location.
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Japanese robot plays the violin
Check out thses new robots Toyota's unveiled in Toyko. One plays the violin. The other not only 'talks' - it signs autographs.
Beefy bullock is tipped to become the biggest
six-year-old Charolais bullock called The Field Marshall is tipped to become the biggest in the country over the next 12 months 
The Field Marshall towers over farmer Arthur Duckett. ‘He eats twice the amount of any of the rest of the animals’
History Of Religion : 5,000 years of religion in 90 seconds
How has the geography of religion evolved over the centuries, and where has it sparked wars?
See and enjoy this map that gives you a brief history of the world's most well-known religions: Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Judaism. Selected periods of inter-religious bloodshed are also highlighted.
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Easy done art : spiral star
Sometimes, you don't need complicated stuff to get beautiful images. Sometimes it's easily done.
Today's Math Art was generated on Microsoft Excel. Yes, you read that right. Microsoft Excel. The VBA code was originally coded by John Walkenbach, Microsoft MVP. And today's Math Art is a hypocycloid.
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RNPS PICTURES OF THE YEAR
A crocodile at a zoo in the southern Taiwan city of Kaohsiung holds the forearm of a zoo veterinarian in between its teeth, April 11, 2007. The crocodile bit off the arm of the zoo
Dinosaur mummy found with intact fossilized skin
The skin of a dinosaur -- a hadrosaur that lived some 65 million years ago -- pokes out of the soil at Hell Creek Formation, North Dakota, in this undated handout released Dec. 3, 2007. A partially mummified hadrosaur discovered by a teenager in North Dakota, may be the most complete dinosaur ever found, with intact skin that shows evidence of stripes and perhaps soft tissue
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A four meter long ribbon fish, or oarfish was captured China.
Even though the oarfish is known to be elongated, the four meter long version is rarely seen. The large species are considered game fish and caught commercially, but oarfish are rarely caught alive; their flesh is not well regarded due to its gelatinous consistency.
The fish weighs at 18.5 kilograms and has a 0.7 meter long tentacles .
The longest oarfish ever known was 15 meters long and at a weight of 45 kilogram. Because they live deep under the water, it is hard to catch a glimpse let alone capture the fish.
Source: CRIENGLISH. com
Even though the oarfish is known to be elongated, the four meter long version is rarely seen. The large species are considered game fish and caught commercially, but oarfish are rarely caught alive; their flesh is not well regarded due to its gelatinous consistency.
The fish weighs at 18.5 kilograms and has a 0.7 meter long tentacles .
The longest oarfish ever known was 15 meters long and at a weight of 45 kilogram. Because they live deep under the water, it is hard to catch a glimpse let alone capture the fish.
Source: CRIENGLISH. com
Enjoy a persian poet
Even after all this time the sun never says to the earth,"you owe me"
Look what happens with a love like that , it lights the whole sky
hafez
Woman Survives Coat Hanger Into Her Eye
A 53-year-old woman who had a metal coat rack hanger go into her eye spoke to the media in New York on Monday to recount the miracle surgery performed by a New York plastic surgeon.
Geri Rivero talked about the traumatic injury to her face and her remarkable recovery. She was at a holiday party when she stumbled and fell onto the coat rack.
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Plucked neck
What happens to this gull's neck?
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was attacked by a falcon. More photos and the story (in Danish) here
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was attacked by a falcon. More photos and the story (in Danish) here
The Christmas Tree Sings
'Choir' Xmas tree sings in Nagano PrefectureA "singing human" Christmas tree set up at a Christian retreat here has begun performing carols in the lead-up to Christmas.
The tree is actually a lit-up 7-story pyramid standing about 7-meters high and is illuminated in the garden of the Megumi Chalet Karuizawa.
The tree was a gift from a church in the United States and setting it up in the garden cost about 2 million yen.
Over the weekend, about 40 people formed a choir dressed in red gowns and lined up along the various stories of the Christmas tree. The choir sang carols such as "Silent Night" together with local residents who came to watch them.
The tree is actually a lit-up 7-story pyramid standing about 7-meters high and is illuminated in the garden of the Megumi Chalet Karuizawa.
The tree was a gift from a church in the United States and setting it up in the garden cost about 2 million yen.
Over the weekend, about 40 people formed a choir dressed in red gowns and lined up along the various stories of the Christmas tree. The choir sang carols such as "Silent Night" together with local residents who came to watch them.
Wrong-Way Feet Girl : I am not disabled
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.
She 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."
Love-making to those living with HIV/AIDS
An Iranian man explains an artwork about "Love-making to those living with HIV/AIDS" during a conceptual art exhibition on HIV/AIDS in Tehran December 2, 2007
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Nuclear energy is your friend
Part of AREVA's campaign for acceptance of nuclear energy, this ad is part Sims and part Sim City. Produced by French design collective H5
Fighting the curse of the face-eating tumour
Jehovah's Witness who for decades refused all surgery on his horrific facial disfigurement has been given hope by a British doctor and new medical technology 
Unwilling to accept a blood transfusion, Jose Mestre has allowed the bloody tumour that first appeared on his lip in adolescence to obliterate almost all of his face.
Unwilling to accept a blood transfusion, Jose Mestre has allowed the bloody tumour that first appeared on his lip in adolescence to obliterate almost all of his face.
Now 15 inches long and weighing 12 pounds, it has blinded him in one eye and made eating a daily ordeal. As it begins to block his airways, doctors fear his life could be in danger.
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