Mickeys

Longest Ear Hair:

WHO:
Anthony Victor
WHAT:
18.1 cm (7.12 in)
WHERE:
Madurai, India
WHEN:
As of 26 August 2007

Anthony Victor (India) has hair sprouting from the centre of his outer ears (middle of the pinna) that measures 18.1 cm (7.12 in) at its longest point.

Longest Tongue:

WHO:
Stephen Taylor
WHAT:
9.8 cm (3.86 in)
WHERE:
Coventry, United Kingdom
WHEN:
11 February 2009

The longest tongue measures 9.8 cm (3.86 in) from the tip to the middle of his closed top lip and was achieved by Stephen Taylor (United Kingdom), at Westwood Medical Centre, Coventry, United Kingdom, on 11 February 2009.

Most Fingers And Toes – Living Person:

WHO:
Pranamya Menaria and Devendra Harne
WHAT:
25
WHERE:
India

There are two holders for this record:

Pranamya Menaria (India; born August 10, 2005) has 25 in total (12 fingers and 13 toes). This is as a result of the condition Polydactyly and Syndactyly.

Devendra Harne, pictured above, (India; born January 9, 1995) also has 25 in total (12 fingers and 13 toes) as a result of the condition polydactylism.

taken from QuinnessWorldRecords

You’ve seen the naughty posters sprinkled all over the Mother City and wonder what it’s about? Now in its second successful tour of the country, Sexpo – a health, sexuality and lifestyle exposition – is on at the Cape Town ICC until May 17. Not sure if you should go? Health24’s Wilma Stassen and Heather Parker have the insider’s story about working at Sexpo…

From leather to lace, to things that go “brrrr-rrrr” in the night; past latex, lubricants and lingerie…. We’ve sauntered casually past things that would ordinarily make anyone stop dead in their tracks.

The ticket office is a scrum all day, every day, as people come for a peek at the exhibits at this naughty lifestyle exhibition for over 18s. Some… er… come more than once. “South Africans are becoming more comfortable with their sensuality,” said a spokesperson for the expo. “The focus is on fun as well as sexual health.”

That may be so, but when Health24 was there (at Sexpo in Gauteng), it was astonishing how many visitors even to our tame stand felt they needed to tell us they were there for business only. Of course. Because they were in the import business and were checking out merchandising opportunities. Or because they were working backstage, in charge of sports massage for the dancers. Not a soul admitted to the sheer titillation of a hall focused primarily on everyone’s favourite after-hours activity: recreational sex. (continue reading…)

Thursday, May 07: The oldest condoms ever discovered by archaeologists date back to the 1640s. They were found in a former toilet in Dudley Castle in the West Midlands. They are thought to have been made from fish bladders or animal intestines.

Wednesday, May 06: King Charles VI of France, also known as Charles the Mad, suffered from the delusion he was made of glass. He even had protective iron bars sewn into his clothes to prevent him from shattering if he fell.

Tuesday, May 05: In 1988, Tiáo, a bad-tempered chimpanzee at Rio de Janeiro Zoo, who had a habit of flinging excrement at visitors, was nominated by a satirical magazine to stand in Rio’s Mayoral election. He got over 400,000 votes, coming third out of twelve candidates.

Friday, May 01: On May 1st 1978, the first spam email was written by a man named Gary Thuerk. Sent out two days later to around 600 unwilling recipients, it advertised open houses on America’s west coast for computer company Digital Equipment Corp. And so a phenomenon was born.

Thursday, April 30: While everybody’s worried about a global pandemic, here’s something to take your mind off those fears: since 1945, it’s thought that at least 50 nuclear weapons have been lost around the world, and were never recovered.

Wednesday, April 29: The largest raindrops ever recorded were almost 1cm in diameter, spotted by scientists over Brazil and the Marshall Islands in 2004. Normally, raindrops over 5mm in diameter break apart – it’s thought the 1cm drops may have been formed around large soot particles.

Tuesday, April 28: The legendary baseball player Babe Ruth was reputed to have an innovative method of keeping cool during games – he was said to place an iced cabbage leaf on his head, hidden under his cap.

info from MetroUK

Johannesburg – A 46 year-old man was arrested on Thursday in Brooklyn, Pretoria, for stealing US dollars he himself had collected, police said.

Captain Colette Weilbach said the man collected $5 000 at an FNB bank branch in Brooklyn, which he was to deliver to an RMB bank in Lynnwood Glen, Pretoria.

“He alleged that two men stole the money after forcing him to drive to Isando, east of Johannesburg at gunpoint.”

After viewing CCTV footage at the two banks, police came to the conclusion that the man had lied about the armed robbery and hijacking. The suspect faces charges of defeating the ends of justice, perjury and theft.

story taken from News24

Only great mind can read this: it’s weird, but intersting!

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Let us know whether or not you were able to read the above paragraph!

In Cappadocia’s magical landscape of fairy chimneys, in the ancient village of Urgup, is a luxurious hotel carved into a mountain cliff, the Yunak Evleri. This hotel includes six cave houses, 30 rooms dating back to the 5th and 6th centuries and a 19th century Greek Mansion.

Yunak Evleri is an inspiring hotel – an ideal base for exploring Cappadocia’s elaborate underground cities, hidden cavernous churches and enchanting rock terrain.

Meet Isobel Varley. One cool grandma. She is the most senior tattooed woman in the world according to The Guinness Book of World Records. Isobel proves that you can be beautiful, sexy, and very tattooed even as a retiree.
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10)  Nephilim

The Nephilim were an  antediluvian race (pre-flood) race which are referred to in the Bible as giants. They were reportedly the children born from the “daughters of men”, and the “Sons of God”. It is most important to note that they are mentioned almost simultaneous to God’s statement that He would destroy the earth by flood, and it seems from this association that their affect upon mankind was one of the primary justifications that brought the destruction. Nephilim where thought to be from 8 – 30 feet.

9)  Mothman

The Mothman is the name given to a being reported in the Charleston and Point Pleasant areas of West Virginia between November 12, 1966, near Clendenin, and December 1967. Most observers describe the Mothman as a winged man-sized creature with large reflective red eyes and large moth-like wings. The creature often appeared to have no head, with its eyes set into its chest. A number of hypotheses have been presented to explain eyewitness accounts, ranging from misidentification and coincidence, to paranormal phenomena and conspiracy theories.

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And there you thought The Upside Down House was weird, well let’s try The Green Roof!

The green movement is in full swing and it has become very popular in home decor. Many home owners find that they can enjoy the luxury of functional fashion while still remaining eco-friendly in their furniture, flooring and everything in between. Among the many items that are going green, roofs have become a great place to start your eco-friendly renovations.

For some Green Roof Pictures use the jump.

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Car Breathalyzer Mistakes Ice Cream for Alcohol, Doesn’t Let Man Drive Home

You may want to hand your keys over after a pint of Ben and Jerry’s, because in Australia, a man’s car breathalyzer refused to start his engine after he ate an Ice Cream Bar.

UPI reports that the unidentified man, who lives in Frankston, Australia, claims he ate Bubble O’Bill ice cream, right before blowing into the breathalyzer, which caused the false positive. Afterwards he went before a court asking to have the breathalyzer removed from his car.

The court decided to verify the error with a second test. Without eating the Ice Cream, the man’s BAC was .0000. Immediately after taking two bites, it was .0018. The man got his wish, and the breathalyzer was removed. But the larger cause for concern here is what he did to get stuck with the breathalyzer in the first place? And what will he do now that he’s no longer shackled to the buzz killer?

taken from Gizmodo

As if the right side up house is not enough to deal with, try the upside down house!

The Upside Down House is a project created by a Polish businessman and philanthropist named Daniel Czapiewski, and is located in Poland. Rather than simply being a bizarre tourist attraction this house, managed to attract thousands of tourists. The house is also meant to be a profound statement about the Communist era and the state of the world. Czapiewski’s company would normally take three weeks to construct a house, but this one took 114 days because the workers were disorientated by the strange angles of the walls. Many tourists who visit complain of mild seasickness and dizziness after just a few minutes of being in the structure.

For picture of The Upside Down House or shall we say Down Side Up House click the jump.
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Parents tried to sell a pretend monster that was in someone’s child’s wardropbe so the little one would be able to sleep at night!

Someone picked up a piece of gum chewed by Britney Spears and sold it on eBay for $263!

Britney’s half-eaten egg and salad sandwich fetched $500.

Someone tried to sell the Internet for $1 million.

Nothing strange about selling a wedding dress, you might think but one bloke was selling his ex-wife’s dress and modelled it for the picture. It sold for $3,850. By Jeff Cohen.

The first eBay auction was for a broken laser pointer in September 1995. Though Pierre had intended the listing to be a test more than a serious offer to sell at auction, he was shocked when the item sold vor $14.83.

A man from Florida put his liver up for sale on eBay. The bid went as high as $5.7 million before eBay pulled it from its site, stating it was illegal to sell body parts.

You missed your chance to own a US Navy F/A-18A Hornet jet fighter after it sold for more than $1 million. It was, unfortunately, in pieces and so unusable, but they offered to put it back together and make it ready to fly for the low, low price of just another $9 million. By Jeff Cohen.

A seller offered a grilled cheese sandwich upon which the Virgin Mary had appeared to her and raised $28,000.

Yes, a ghost. In a jar. Well, why not? The ghost was, apparently, terrorising, the man who owned it, and so he decided to capture it and sell it on eBay to someone who might be able to give it a better home. By Jeff Cohen.

Melissa Heuschkel couldn’t decide what to name her fourth child so she auctioned his name to the Golden Palace Casino for $15,500. The baby was named Golden Palace Benedetto in 2005.

The Golden Palace Casino also paid $15,000 for the right to tattoo Kari Smith’s forehead with its website address. She said she’d use the money to send her child to private school.

what are you willing to sell, for more ideas, check Couriermail

Advert reads as follows:

Have you seen this man? The suspect has on 4 occasions broken in to our Richmond District apartment and molested my wife and self (foot / leg fondling) during our sleep. He always leaves evidence of his presence afterwards. The artist’s rendering was created from a recent eye witness account by a friend and neighbor. Any information leading to his capture will be rewarded with $20,000 or equivalent value in advisement and betterment services.

Americans call on White House to end Obama  “inauguration” prank

WASHINGTON. Americans say the “election” of Barack Obama was a fine prank while it lasted, but many believe Tuesday’s inauguration will take the joke too far. “It’s really upsetting my kids,” said one voter. “I keep trying to tell them that it’s just a very clever prank by Mr Bush and Mr Cheney, but I am starting to worry that something has gone very wrong.”

As millions of people poured into Washington DC this morning and a host of A-list celebrities competed for the limelight ahead of the “inauguration”, there were still some Americans who believe that the prank was building to a climax.

“I reckon as he puts his hand on the Bible he’s going to rip off a latex face mask and it’ll be Don Rumsfeld or someone,” said Sally-Mae McLash of Texas, who has come to Washington to witness “awesome comedy”.

But tens of millions of other Americans have bombarded radio- and television stations with messages urging the White House to reveal the hoax “before it gets really embarrassing to watch”.

“Enough is enough,” said Chad Humperdinck of Klan Gulch, Virginia. “It’s been funny, and it’s been a gas to watch the 43 liberals in the US who didn’t know it was a joke getting all teary about ‘Change’, whatever the hell that is.

“But it’s over, okay?”

Asked if he had voted for Obama as part of the hoax Humperdinck admitted that he had.

“The Obama people would come around and say, ‘Hey, you know what would be awesome? If you voted for…wait for it…Barack Obama!’

“Then we’d all roll around and laugh until beer came out of our noses.

“It was such a good gag we even voted for him on Election Day.”

Aphasia Wang, a mother of three from Boston, said she had come to the inauguration to see the next president, and hoped they would unveil him after Obama had done his show.

“Yes, I think it’s a bit tacky to draw out the Obama joke this long, but I believe in Democracy and the United States, and I felt it was my civil duty to be here, to be in the crowd when Mr Bush and Mr Cheney tell us who our next President is going to be.”

taken from Hayibo