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Couple from Nottinghamshire win $ 71 mln in lottery

A young couple from Nottinghamshire, the UK, has won $ 71 mln in the Euromillions lottery.Cassey Carrington and Matt Topham are both 22. They are not married yet, but are planning to tie the knot in September.It was Cassey who bought the winning ticket and managed to match 5 numbers and 2 lucky stars. She says that she had a feeling she would win.T... →

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Marilyn Monroe 'joins' Twitter posthumously

A posthumous account of legendary movie star Marilyn Monroe was launched on Twitter on Tuesday night, almost 50 years after her death. The developers of the Twitter network have confirmed the authenticity of the posthumous account. Monroe’s micro-blog is run by the Authentic Brands Group which owns the rights to the star’s image. →

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Plants can communicate with each other

Vegetables can communicate with each other. Experimental proof of that has been presented by a team of researches at Exeter University in Britain. If cut or pierced, a cabbage leaf cut starts emitting gas, sending an alert signal to neighboring plants. →

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Pigeon auctioned for $328,000

A sky-high price was paid for a pigeon during an online auction in Belgium. The buyer, Chinese shipping magnate Hu Zhen Yu, bought a pigeon for $328,000. Mr. Hu runs a shipbuilding company in China and is the owner of a South China pigeon-racing group. →

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Brussels boy stops peeing due to frost

The Manneken-Pis, a bronze statue of a young boy urinating that is a symbol of Brussels and a major tourist attraction, has had to stop peeing because of sub-zero temperatures, panARMENIAN.net reports, citing Belgium's tourist office. →

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Homeless artist builds home from decomissioned euros

A homeless Irish artist has built a home from the shredded remains of 1.4 billion euros and has been living in it since December. Frank Buckley decorated the walls of his “billion-euro home” in Dublin with collages from pieces of banknotes and Irish 5-pence coins. “People were pouring billions into buildings now worth nothing. →

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Santa takes a break to surf at California beach

Michael Pless, 61, who runs a surfing school in the area, has donned his Santa costume and taken his board out to sea. →

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Bigfoot found in Ingushetia

In the woods of Ingushetia in the North Caucasus, border guards caught a strange creature resembling the legendary Bigfoot. The animal resembles a two-meter tall gorilla but unlike it stands upright and does not rely on its front paws. The beast is scared and is growling and making strange sounds, it eats mostly meat and vegetation. →

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Couple from Nottinghamshire win $ 71 mln in lottery

9 February 2012 23:36

A young couple from Nottinghamshire, the UK, has won $ 71 mln in the Euromillions lottery. Cassey Carrington and Matt Topham are both 22. They are not married yet, but are planning to tie the knot in September. It was Cassey who bought the winning ticket and managed to match 5 numbers and 2 lucky stars. →

Marilyn Monroe 'joins' Twitter posthumously

9 February 2012 19:32

A posthumous account of legendary movie star Marilyn Monroe was launched on Twitter on Tuesday night, almost 50 years after her death. The developers of the Twitter network have confirmed the authenticity of the posthumous account. Monroe’s micro-blog is run by the Authentic Brands Group which owns the rights to the star’s image. →

Plants can communicate with each other

7 February 2012 16:07

Vegetables can communicate with each other. Experimental proof of that has been presented by a team of researches at Exeter University in Britain. If cut or pierced, a cabbage leaf cut starts emitting gas, sending an alert signal to neighboring plants. →

Pigeon auctioned for $328,000

5 February 2012 11:53

A sky-high price was paid for a pigeon during an online auction in Belgium. The buyer, Chinese shipping magnate Hu Zhen Yu, bought a pigeon for $328,000. Mr. Hu runs a shipbuilding company in China and is the owner of a South China pigeon-racing group. →

Brussels boy stops peeing due to frost

3 February 2012 03:16

The Manneken-Pis, a bronze statue of a young boy urinating that is a symbol of Brussels and a major tourist attraction, has had to stop peeing because of sub-zero temperatures, panARMENIAN.net reports, citing Belgium's tourist office. →

Homeless artist builds home from decomissioned euros

26 January 2012 14:55

A homeless Irish artist has built a home from the shredded remains of 1.4 billion euros and has been living in it since December. Frank Buckley decorated the walls of his “billion-euro home” in Dublin with collages from pieces of banknotes and Irish 5-pence coins. “People were pouring billions into buildings now worth nothing. →

Santa takes a break to surf at California beach

29 December 2011 17:28

Michael Pless, 61, who runs a surfing school in the area, has donned his Santa costume and taken his board out to sea. →

Bigfoot found in Ingushetia

29 December 2011 05:00

In the woods of Ingushetia in the North Caucasus, border guards caught a strange creature resembling the legendary Bigfoot. The animal resembles a two-meter tall gorilla but unlike it stands upright and does not rely on its front paws. The beast is scared and is growling and making strange sounds, it eats mostly meat and vegetation. →

Scientists interpret spider webs musically

28 December 2011 16:40

When we think of great composers in musical history, it’s Mozart, Tchaikovsky and then, of course, Charlotte the Spider. Mathematicians and physicists say the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is usually more likely to be considering string theory than string quartets. →

Italian cat inherits €10m

11 December 2011 13:25

Roman 4-year-old cat named Tommaso has inherited €10m from his late 94-year-old mistress Maria Assunta. Now Tomasso, one-time stray, is the world`s richest cat. He inherited flats and houses in Rome, Milan and in Calabria. Under Italian law, animals cannot inherit directly. But they can be beneficiaries if a suitable trustee is found. →

Switzerland can fine nude hikers

21 November 2011 13:38

Switzerland’s Highest Court has ruled that local authorities can impose fines on people hiking nude in the Alps. →

American goes astray in Ukraine - looking for Yulia

15 November 2011 16:44

A former candidate for governor of U.S. Arizona State, Cary Dolego, has been found at a railway station in Chernivtsi, Ukraine, in the company of hobos. Local media say the man failed to seize an opportunity to return home at the U.S. embassy’s request and preferred drifting around in search for his sweetheart. →

Dentist in Canada buys Lennon’s tooth

6 November 2011 01:39

Canadian dentist Michael Zuk has just bought ex-Beatles’ leader John Lennon’s tooth at an auction for over 31 000 U.S. dollars. This was reported on Saturday by the BBC. →

Bigfoot is real - scientists

17 October 2011 13:18

It has many names, but its identity still remains a mystery.  However scientists believe that they have found the irrefutable evidence of the existence of the Big Foot. Is it real or is it folklore? →

Hong Kong pilot asleep at 11,000 m

16 October 2011 19:56

Hong Kong’s largest Cathay Pacific airline has launched a disciplinary hearing over a photo of a pilot asleep on an Airbus at 11,000 meters. The photo was taken by the co-pilot on the Dubai-Hong Kong flight. →

Giant mushroom found in the Urals

13 October 2011 17:20

A giant 12-kg puffball mushroom has been found 20 km of Russia’s city Perm (the Urals). Its cap reaches 172 cm in diameter and the fungus is 50 cm high. Such giants are not rare in the region especially in autumn when it’s warm and humid. (TASS) →

Romania bans silly baby names

3 October 2011 17:16

Romania’s government has amended the country’s Civil Code banning silly baby names. Now registry office staff have a right not to register bad baby names that sound funny, obscene or insulting. The local media write that the decree was adopted after some parents had named their kids Emperor, Police, Tarzan and even  TV-set. (TASS, IF →

Nepal police seize 15 leopard-eaters

28 September 2011 17:32

Nepalese police have arrested 14 villagers for eating a rare leopard, local media report. They caught the animal thinking its meat has healing properties to cure all their illnesses. The eaters claim that they didn’t kill the cat and found it already dead. Leopards in Nepal are endangered species as these snow animals are hunted by poachers.  →

Mouse alarm aboard aircraft

5 September 2011 20:25

A mouse became the reason for a cancelled flight Katmandu - Bangkok of the Nepal Airlines. The airline’s representative reported that a Boeing-757 with 133 passengers aboard was ready for the flight when an airline hostess suddenly noticed a mouse jumping out of a tea and coffee trolley. →

10,000 euros for dog

4 September 2011 05:04

A Russian family has promised to pay a record sum of 10,000 euros for those who find their missing dog. The Italian newspaper La Repubblica reported on Saturday that a dwarf Doberman pinscher named Johnny disappeared a month ago from a hotel in the heart of Genoa, where the owners left him sleeping in their room. →

 

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