Tallest Man in the World

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 His title has been replaced by Leonid Stadnyk who stands tall at 8ft 5 inches.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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Khagendra Thapa Magar

Khagendra Thapa Magar is the world’s smallest person. You won’t find him in any record books at the moment because officials believe that the 14-year-old isn’t done growing yet. He is currently only 20 inches tall and weighs 10 lbs.

His website, www.khagendratma.org, has stopped working and it seems as if some body forgot to renew it. Khagendra Thapa Magar can be found touring all around Nepal. His parents show him off to the public and collect money from the shows. They claim that all the proceeds go to Khagendra’s education fund, however, he was withdrawn from school because other students teased him.

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Stills from Persepolis

Sony Pictures Classics has stills of Persepolis, an animated movie about the Irani Islamic Revolution of the 1970s.

This is going to be an amazing.

Written by Marjane Satrapi

It will shed some light on the absurdities of these so-called “Islamic” revolutions around the world.

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If you are interested in learning more about another similar situation then check out Kite Runner, a story about how the Taliban came to take over Afghanistan.

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Speaking of Tamil…

Here is Indian Michael Jackson:-

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Don’t Speak a Non-English Language at the airport

Speaking a language that is not English is now grounds for you to

get detained at the Airport. A person was forced to miss his flight

because he was speaking in Tamil, a language spoken by 74 million

people, in to his Cellphone.

The person was later released after telling officials that he would

make sure not to speak a non-english language at an Airport in the

future. I feel safer already.

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Here is a sample of the Tamil language:

ஆசிரியர் வகுப்பறையுள் நுழைந்தார்.
அவர் உள்ளே நுழைந்தவுடன் மாணவர்கள் எழுந்தனர்.
வளவன் மட்டும் தன் அருகில் நின்றுகொண்டிருந்த 
மாணவி கனிமொழியுடன் பேசிக் கொண்டிருந்தான்.
நான் அவனை எச்சரித்தேன்.

aasiriyar vakuppaRaiyuL nuzhainthaar.
avar uLLE nuzhainthavudan maaNavarkaL ezhunthanar.
vaLavan mattum than arukil ninRu kondiruntha 
maaNavi kanimozhiyudan pEsik kondirunthaan.
naan avanai echarithEn.

Translation:

 

The teacher entered the classroom.
As soon as he entered, the students got up.
Only Valavan was talking to Kanimozhi who was 
standing next to him.
I warned him.

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Writely

Google has just taken Writely out of its Invitation-only phase and now any one can use it. It has tons of features such as collaboration mode, blog publishing, web site publishing, access control etc. I’m actually using it now to write this blog post!

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Largest Donation Ever

Warren Buffet, the second richest man in the world, will give away 85% of his wealth to charities. Most of his money will go to the Bill & Melinda Foundation (a charity founded by the richest man in the world). If properly managed, this money can cure the world of many ills. Let’s hope that the money doesn’t get mismanaged or sent into bank accounts of corrupt people. Bill and Melinda Gates have a huge opportunity right now to do some real good for this world. Let’s see what happens

A quote from Mr. Buffet:

A very rich person should leave his kids enough to do anything but not enough to do nothing.

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Last Minute Father’s Day Gifts

You didn’t remember to buy something for your father eh?

Head over to MAKE blog and they’ll tell you how to create your very own Father’s Day Gifts

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God is a DJ

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Ethan Winer’s Cello Composition.

Watch Ethan Winer play over 37 separate cello parts to create one song using different tracks. He even uses the wood of his cello to play the percussion parts. This is a must see especially if you are a music enthusiast.

From the YouTube Description: This is a pretty amazing video of Ethan Winer playing 37 separate cello parts to create one song. He even plays the percussion parts on his cello. It was recorded on 23 tracks using 37 plug-in effects. He spent hundreds of hours on this project so its worth a listen.

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