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Oldest Living Dog

Aug.11, 2009 in International 6 Comments

A mixed breed dog named Marcus just became the world oldest dog at 26 years old. The little hunting dog from Arizona state has a birth certificate dating back 26 years ago to prove his world record status. In human years Marcus is 182 years old, shattering the human age record by more than 60 [...]

Tags: America, Animal, Pet, Strange

Dog with a Heart

Aug.10, 2009 in Japan Leave a Comment

A baby chuwawa in Japan was born with a heart shaped fur on its backside. This is the second dog borne from the same mother chuwawa in two years who carries the heart symbol. They are currently the Pucchin pet shop’s favorite little treasures! I see the owner can potentially start a mating pedigree and [...]

Tags: Animal, Japan, Odd, Pet

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Most Intact Mummy

Four coffins were uncovered in China with some of the most intact mummies the world has ever seen. They were nicknamed the "Smiling Princess"! You can even see their eye lashes! No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Ironman Car

A 4WD white car was spotted having triangle tank tracks instead of wheels on the road in China. Your car can not get any manlier than this! It was posted on a Chinese forum and the usual comment is " This is what a man should really drive!" Source: cqsb.cqnews.net No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Building Demolition

Sometime last week an apartment complex situated in Guangdong (China) was successfully demolished by explosives. It is currently the tallest building demolished in this way in Asia. The task to destabilise the main support columns alone cost 55,000 RMB and the whole process was estimated to have cost around 3 million RMB. The apartment complex called the Summit Garden was completed in 1995 but since 1997 it has been left empty. Multiple name changes over the year did not stop the 34 floor and 104 meters high building from escaping its demolition fate. Up until now the highest building to ...

Angry Passengers at Chengdu Airport

The Chengdu airport was forced to close down today due to a fire breaking out with its electrical circuit. The fault created a large disturbance which estimated delayed up to 500 flights. There were a lot of angry customers expecting refunds even going into damaging the airport's properties. Reports of customers taking free food from airport restaurants was an frequent occurrence as well. The images below shows the extend of the crowd gathered! Source: enorth.com.cn No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Hurriance Morakot

Came across a news broadcast of a hotel falling into raging water earlier and after a brief read on the internet it was due to the recent hurricane Morakot in Asia. It looked pretty amazing! via stuff.co.nz A typhoon has pummeled China's eastern coast, toppling houses, flooding villages and forcing nearly a million people to flee to safety. Typhoon Morakot struck after triggering the worst flooding in Taiwan 50 years, leaving dozens missing and feared dead and toppling a six-story hotel. In Taitung county, a six-story hotel collapsed and plunged into a river after floodwaters eroded its base, but all 300 people ...