The Beast from the East
Nikolai Valuev is the tallest and heaviest recognized champion to this day, standing at 213 cm (about 7 feet) tall and weighing in at 145-150 kg (320-330 lb). He formerly had the nickname “The Beast from the East” but he now prefers to be styled “The Russian Giant.”
Valuev was born on August 21, 1973, in [...]
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Model Making at Its Best
The P-51D Mustang model was built by Young C Park who surprisingly is a dentist by nature. Built exactly like the original plane, it is on a 1/16 scale. Like you can imagine, a lot of hours of work has gone into it. He has worked for 6000 hours in a span of three years [...]
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Barack Obama Transportation
Air Force One is the official air traffic control call sign of any United States Air Force aircraft carrying the President of the United States. Since 1990, the presidential fleet has consisted of two specifically configured, highly customized Boeing 747-200B series aircraft – tail codes Special Air Mission (SAM) “28000″ and SAM “29000″ [...]
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Disney Sketchbook Jigsaw Puzzles
Disney Sketchbook Puzzle reflects a series of drawings which were created for each character and each movie that would help the animator consistently maintain the integrity of each and every character. Snow White’s hair appears perfect even when sleeping is just one of many instructions for maintaining the elegance and beauty of this Disney Princess.
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World Oldest Music Instrument
The Divje Babe flute is a cave bear femur pierced by spaced holes that was found at the Divje Babe archeological park located near Cerkno in northwestern Slovenia. It has been suggested that it is the world’s oldest known musical instrument, but this is in dispute. The continuing dispute notwithstanding, the artifact remains on prominent [...]
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Gold Reserve
Engraving machine be marked on the bar with a gold content of 99.99% (GOST 28058-89) at the Krasnoyarsk plant of nonferrous metals. VN Gulidov. Mandatory labeling contains the serial number, test, precious metal letters, the stamp of the manufacturer, year of manufacture and weight of the ingot in grams or ounces. Ingots Guests have a [...]
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Worlds Greatest Sail Ship
5 times bigger than the Titanic, Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the oceans is the world’s biggest passenger vessel of all time constructed. Oasis left her shipyard in Republic of Finland on Friday and is set to come at her home, Port Everglades, in Fort Lauderdale, Sunshine State on November 20th. With her Maiden voyage adjust [...]
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Cool Steampunk PS3 Mod is Console Art
Yes, the PS3 SLim is out and everyone is so excited about the release, the specs and the amazing update, but I have a feeling that the old Phat PS3 Mods will always look better, for it is as if they have more meat on them to play with. One amazing example is this Steampunk [...]
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Most amazing brushes with death
Ferrari formula 1 driver Felipe Massa, 28, survived a freak accident in qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix in July, after he fell into a coma after fracturing his skull in two places.
Massa was struck by a spring – which can weigh anything up to a [...]
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Faces in places
Feeling blue?
These photographic gems of colourful characters come from the facesinplaces places. Here are a few of our favourites…
Might he be the happiest pretzel you’ve ever seen?
”Oh, I say!
A bit of a flake
“Blergh! I hate soap!”
Feeling wired!
What a deck head!
A grubby little fellow
A frosty phantom
“Get off my head!”
A satisfied banana
He’s happy to [...]
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10 Most Famous Diamonds of the World
Diamonds are one of the most treasured stones. Their sheer beauty is astonishing and over the centuries their symbolism has become renowned. Thus it has become every woman’s desire to own at least one diamond. Famous diamonds have become famous because they are so unique and beautiful and because their stories are fascinating.
There is no [...]
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The World’s Most Beautiful Bills
Though many forms of currency are visually conservative—featuring portraits of notable figures and leaders—there is a class of cool cash from around that globe with eye-popping colors and designs. More than just legal tender, some banknotes serve as an artistic merging of technology, color schemes and cultural references. From Egypt’s display of ancient pharaohs to [...]
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World’s Best Street Food
Street cooks are magicians: With little more than a cart and a griddle, mortar, or deep-fryer, they conjure up not just a delicious snack or meal but the very essence of a place. Bite into a banh mi—the classic Vietnamese sandwich of grilled pork and pickled vegetables encased in a French baguette—and you taste Saigon: [...]
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10 Ships with Unusual Large Cargo
Heavy lift vessels are quite amazing vessels, built to load, carry and discharge large, unusual shaped cargoes (or even smaller vessels) that will simply not fit inside the holds of conventional vessels.
Unusual cargoes can include power plants, submarines, desalination units,oil platform, generators and yachts.
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The World’s Top 10 Left-Handed Athletes
Right is wrong and left is … right?
Seems to be. It’s not exactly a bass-ackward revolution, but left-handers are doing okay for themselves in sports these days.
Or are they?
The idea struck me last week when I saw highlights of college quarterbacks Josh Heupel and Matt Leinart winning BCS National Championship Games. They disappeared = [...]
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Top Poisonous Foods We Love To Eat
Everyday we chow down on food produced from plants that carry deadly poisons. Most of the time we don’t need to be concerned with this as the mass production of fruit and vegetables ensures that we are usually safe, but from time to time people accidentally kill themselves by unwittingly eating the wrong part of [...]
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The Stories Behind 11 Famous Cocktails
When you belly up to the bar, how well do you know the cocktail you’re ordering? The ingredients of these famous tipples may be familiar to bar patrons the world over, but some of their origins are as debatable as those of the Flaming Moe. Here’s a quick rundown of where some of your favorite [...]
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25 Best Intramural Sports Team Names
Once out from the oppressive administration at colleges and universities, those partaking in somewhat organized co-ed sports leagues are forced to come up with their own creative and usually offensive or crude team names. Co-Ed Sports are a past-time for the quarter-lifers and is even called out as #65 of Stuff White People Like. Girls [...]
