Archive for January, 2007

Total weight of country UK is 24,000,000 billion tonnes

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

The United Kingdom weighs 24,000,000 billion tonnes, and Oxford is the heaviest city, according to new research.
The study found that despite its mountains, Scotland is actually lighter than England and Wales, while Oxford weighs more than anywhere else, with Cornwall and North Scotland the lightest areas.
The figures make Britain heavier per square kilometre than Germany, […]

How to unlock a hidden Minesweeper mode in Windows XP

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

Think you’re good at Minesweeper? Is it just not challenging anymore? Mark will show you how to unlock the new wraparound mode to make Minesweeper exciting again.

Huge python eats 11 guard dogs

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

Guard dogs protecting a fruit orchard in Malaysia have met their match… a 7.1-metre-long (23-ft-long) python that swallowed at least 11 hounds before it was finally discovered by villagers.
“I was shocked to see such a huge python,” orchard-keeper Ali Yusof told the New Straits Times in an article published beneath a picture of the captured […]

Quit Smoking

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

Check out the harm smoking cigarettes does to your body!
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Top 10 foods for a good night’s sleep

Monday, January 29th, 2007

What is the secret to getting a solid 7 to 8 hours of sleep? Head for the kitchen and enjoy one or two of these 10 foods. They relax tense muscles, quiet buzzing minds, and/or get calming, sleep-inducing hormones - serotonin and melatonin - flowing. Yawning yet?
Bananas. They’re practically a sleeping pill in a […]

Top Gear crash footage shows remarkable survival

Monday, January 29th, 2007

Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond was critically injured in an accident last September, while filming an edition of the British TV programme.
Asked why he had attempted a final run in the car after having already reached speeds of 314mph, Hammond said: ” I suppose it’s like when you were playing outside as a kid and […]

Spice World tops worst movie poll

Friday, January 26th, 2007

Spice World The Movie has been voted the worst film of all time. It was surprisingly followed by Oscar-winner Titanic, the highest-grossing movie in history since 1997 with a worldwide box office of $1,835,300,000.
Grease 2 was third, ahead of Waterworld and Hostel in the poll of 12,000 British cinema goers by MSN Movies.
Spokesman Mike Lok […]

Crazy bubble pop dance

Friday, January 26th, 2007

Mail center worker does a dance on bubble wrapping material. Good rhythm he has, enjoy the beats in to the weekend!

Batman’s enemy The Joker now terrorizing the Netherlands with fake ID

Thursday, January 25th, 2007

Is The Joker, one of Batman’s fiercest enemies, a Dutch citizen?
A 35-year-old man from the western Dutch town of Hellevoetsluis convinced local authorities to issue him an identity card with a picture that shows him as The Joker, Dutch news agency ANP reported on Thursday.
Initially, the man was asked not to wear a hat, but […]

How hot air balloons work

Thursday, January 25th, 2007

Hot air balloons are about as simple as flying can get: no engine, no moving parts really, and very little the pilot can do to control the vehicle. Find out what it’s like to fly a hot air balloon!