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Tallest Man in the World

khurrum1 — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 23:43:02 +0000

Mongolia’s Bao Xishun is no longer the world’s tallest man. His title has been replaced by Leonid Stadnyk who stands tall at 8ft 5 inches. That makes him 8 inches taller than Bao Xishun. He may be taller han Bao Xishun but has he saved any choking dolphins lately?

Leonid Stadnyk did not come forward earlier because he hates his height and doesn’t even look in the mirror. He believes that his height is “God’s biggest punishment for me”. Despite persistent attempts by the Guinness Book of Records to officially measure him over the last three years, Stadnyk had always refused until he met London growth expert, Professor Michael Besser.

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3D Panorama

khurrum1 — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 23:05:14 +0000

Flash based 3D Panorama of a Library. Be sure to look at the roof. This may make you a bit dizzy though.

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For Sale: Largest Gold Coin

khurrum1 — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 22:55:26 +0000

A million dollar gold coin that weighs 100 KG (220 lbs) is being auctioned over TeleTrade. The winner will receive this coin on August 16. One side shows Queen Elizabeth and the other has a picture of three maple leaves.

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Transbay Barad-dur and Mount Doomalpais

khurrum1 — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 22:49:29 +0000

Jim Leftwich’s design proposal for not-yet-constructed San Francisco Transbay Tower.

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Royal Guard Barber Break

khurrum1 — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 22:41:24 +0000

Royal Guards enjoy some bare skin on their head.

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Reason why Nature Documentaries flop in Russia

khurrum1 — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 08:43:29 +0000

Random passerbys near some fountains of Khabarovsk city in Russia were surprised when they saw a small crocodile frolicking amongst the water waves. Apparently, the most obvious thing that they could think of was to pick it up and take photographs with it. There was no news about whether any of them lost any digits. Crickey (russian accent)!

I freak out if a small gecko runs across the wall.

Credit: English Russia

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Tallest Person, Meet the Shortest Person

khurrum1 — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 09:59:50 +0000

While Khagendra Thapa Magar may be the shortest person in the world (20 inches), he still is not registered in the Guinness Book of World Records because of his young age. That title is held by Madge Bester of South Africa (Shortest Female at 26 inches) and Lin Yih-Chih of Taiwan (Shortest male at 27 inches). Lin Yih-Chih is currently being challenged by He Pingping from Inner Mongolia. He may be in for a disappointment though because he is now 28.8 inches. He should, instead, complete in the World Limbo Contest. However, that doesn’t take anything away from the following photo session of Bao Xishun (world’s tallest man at 94.8 inches) and Mr Pingping.

The following meeting took place in Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China

Bao Xishun recently saved choking dolphin by using his long arm to pull out some plastic shards from their stomachs. He recently got married to Xia Shujuan on the 24th of March, 2007 [ Link to wedding Photo ].

The following is an image of Madge Bester (Shortest human in the world):

Madge Bester and Lin Yih-Chih met in 1998 to bring attention to the plight of the physically disabled. She is quoted as saying, “My message to you is to take charge of your life. Forget your disabilities and use your abilities,”

Old Photographs of Japan

khurrum1 — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 12:16:03 +0000

These are some images from the Bakumatsu-Meji period that existed approximately during the 1850s.

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Stadium

khurrum1 — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 12:04:34 +0000

Hey, why not?

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Brain cell

khurrum1 — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 11:40:02 +0000

On the left is a picture of a single brain cell. On the right is an image of the universe.

Are we in someone’s brain? Are the planets that we are familiar with just atoms for another, much larger, universe?

That Pale Blue Dot in the image above is earth. This image was shown by Carl Sagan in 1994. It was taken by Voyager 1 when it was floating away from earth.