A South Korean woman who earned a driver’s license after 960 tries is ready to buy a car and get behind the wheel. Yonhap news agency reported Thursday that 69-year-old Cha Sa-soon passed the driving part of the test last month on her 10th try. South Korea requires a written test first, and Cha took [...]
NewerTech iFolio – $129.99 This handcrafted Brazilian leather case will not only hold your iPad, but also documents, cards and even a pen, stylus or similar device. The left side features a hard back to protect your documents while the right side protects your iPad with non-marring, double-stitched leather straps. Best of all, the zipper [...]
Abraham Shakespeare In 2006, Abraham Shakespeare (pictured), a barely literate 43-year-old truck driver, thought his luck had changed for the better when he won a $31 million Florida lottery prize. Instead, it was the beginning of worse troubles. He was reportedly hounded by friends and relatives asking for money. A year later, he was in [...]
1. Wikipedia Changed the way we find information. Before Wikipedia, most online encyclopedias were either sorely lacking in information, or required you to have a paid subscription to access their content. Wikipedia changed all that by not only allowing anyone to view the content for free, but also by allowing individual users to review and [...]
Alabama State changing the value of Pi The April 1998 issue of the New Mexicans for Science and Reason newsletter contained an article claiming that the Alabama state legislature had voted to change the value of the mathematical constant pi from 3.14159 to the ‘Biblical value’ of 3.0. Soon the article made its way onto [...]
Samsung Z130 Cigarette Mobile Phone Intruder Phone Unlike other comparable mobile phones, the Intruder measures just 2.5-inches in diameter and boasts a circular keypad that swivels out to reveal a 220 x 176 display. Out of the ordinary but highly appealing, the device’s most appealing attribute is its thinness – just a third of an [...]
Paradise island caretaker Ben Southall, 34, of Petersfield, beat out nearly 35,000 applicants from around the world for the dream assignment to swim, explore and relax on Hamilton Island in the Great Barrier Reef for while writing a blog to promote the area. He was selected for the $111,000 gig – a six-month contract to [...]
Enema Monument A health spa in Russsia has unveiled on June, 2008, its tribute to a medical procedure it administers there routinely: the enema! “We administer enemas nearly every day,” said Alexander Kharchenko, the head of the sanatorium which specializes in treating illnesses of the digestion tract. “So, I thought, why not use our sense [...]
1 .Tibetan monks need permission to reincarnate In one of history’s most absurd acts of totalitarianism, China banned Buddhist monks in Tibet from reincarnating without government permission. According to a statement issued by the State Administration for Religious Affairs in 2007, the law, which strictly stipulates the procedures by which one is to reincarnate, is [...]
Part of growing up is heading to school with a baseball cap covering the buzz job your mom just laid down on your head. That’s why it’s even more fun to check out these people who ruined their hair on purpose. Don’t feel bad, they would laugh at you too.
If you think you have seen it all,then you better check out these customized Japanese scooters they gonna overawe you. Each bike is an exquisite work of craftsmanship with an impressive attention to detail. Unlike the over-the-top embellished bikes of Orange County Choppers, these scooter enthusiasts from Japan have their own way to exhibit their [...]
Pants for Dogs definitely has a noble cause in mind—potty training a puppy can be an arduous experience to say the least. These dog ‘pants’ are certainly a creative way to solve an age-old problem.
Believe it or not GTA IV or Grand Theft Auto IV is actually the most expensive game to be ever created, costing $100 million to develop! The development team comprised of 1000 people who worked painstakingly for over three and a half years to create this amazing game. World’s second most expensive games to be [...]
The high school kid who used Youtube and landed a prom date with a Maxim model In a move sure to inspire hundreds of copycats, 17-year-old Dakota Ridge High School senior Conner Cordova used a series of YouTube videos to get UFC Octagon Girl and Maxim model Arianny Celeste to go to the prom with [...]
No.1 Carlos Slim Helu $53.5 billion Telecom, Mexico. Telecom tycoon who pounced on privatization of Mexico’s national telephone company in the 1990s becomes world’s richest person for first time after coming in third place last year. Net worth up $18.5 billion in a year. Recently received regulatory approval to merge his fixed-line assets into American [...]
In this day and age, owning a jet is just the beginning for the world’s most elite travelers. Filthy rich dudes with millions stuffed in various banks can even afford a big airbus with ease. But then the dilemma is for those yearning for exclusivity. And so pimping the aircrafts to transform them into luxurious [...]
