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Thursday, 24 October 2013

Royal Baby Prince George Christened With 7 Godparents

Prince George made his first public appearance in three months Wednesday, as he arrived with his parents, Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, for his christening at St. James's Palace. The baby prince smiled as he was shown off to family members including his great-grandparents, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, before the royals entered the Chapel Royal. George was dressed in an intricate lace and satin christening gown...

Tuesday, 22 October 2013

Artist Creates Incredibly Realistic Colored Pencil Drawings That Look Like Photos

Although Adolfo Fernandez Rodriguez started drawing with pencils after the age of 40, Adolfo – a Madrid based artist, quickly mastered this method. Using only colored pencils, he now draws life-like characters, bubbles, reflections and ripples of water that often get confused with hyper-realistic oil paintings and even photographs. His amazing creations include incredibly realistic waves and drops of water, distorted reflections as well...

Justin Bieber Fan Spends $100,000 on Plastic Surgery to Look Like His Idol Singer

  From screaming teenage girls to fanatic grannies, everybody’s got Bieber fever, including Toby Sheldon, a 33-year-old songwriter from Los Angeles who spent $100,000 on plastic surgery trying to transform himself into his idol, Justin Bieber. The man has had countless procedures such as eyelid surgery, chin reduction and face fillers all in an off-the-wall attempt to look like the popular pop-star. Toby has been fanatical with his fading...

Friday, 18 October 2013

First Picture Of Shah Rukh Khan's son AbRam Leaked

Shahrukh Khan’s new born child AbRam was pictured from one of the balconies of the superstar’s bungalow. A nanny was spotted feeding the baby and looking through the window pane while other two nurses were standing in the balcony of the house. It was during the Eid when Shahrukh Khan’s little one partially made his appearance. On Wednesday, Shahrukh Khan climbed atop the grilled barricade to greet his fans during the auspicious occasion of Bakri...

Indian Couple to Set a New Record - As the World's Biggest ALBINO Family

White-skinned Indian couples are set to enter the record books along with their offspring, after becoming the world's biggest albino family. The ten members of the Pullan family, headed by Rosetauri, 50, and his wife Mani, 45, all have the exceptionally pale skin and near-white hair of albinos. But despite years of preconception and suffering the poor vision which is a side effect of the condition, the Pullans and their eight other family...

Monday, 14 October 2013

Kate Middleton and William Break With Tradition on Godparents

Prince William and Kate reportedly have broken with royal tradition by choosing childhood and university friends to be the godparents of their son, Prince George. The baptism of Prince George of Cambridge, who was born on July 22 in London, will take place on October 23 in the Royal Chapel of St James Palace, although the royal family still has not formally announced the names of the godparents. Prince William and Kate have selected Fergus...

Sunday, 13 October 2013

Migbelis Castellanos Crowned Miss Venezuela 2013

Migbelis Castellanos, representing Costa Oriental, was crowned Miss Venezuela 2013 (Miss Universe Venezuela 2014) at the end of the pageant held on Thursday, October 10, 2013 at the Caracas Polyhedron Arena in Caracas. The beauty from Cabimas is 18 years old and stands 1.78 m. She will represent Venezuela in the Miss Universe 2014 pageant. Migbelis attends the Universidad Privada Dr. Rafael Belloso Chacin, in Maracaibo, where she is doing...

Friday, 11 October 2013

Two-Tailed Ancient Dinosaur-Era Bird Uncovered

120-million-year-old bird sported not one, but two tails, paleontologists found. The discovery indicates to a complicated evolutionary path in the tails of birds we see today, National Geographic reported. The second-oldest known bird, Jeholornis, lived in what is today China along with other feathered prehistoric animals. Fossils show the Jeholornis was the size of a turkey, had claws on its winged forelimbs with three small teeth in its lower...

Thursday, 10 October 2013

Tikker Watch - Countdown To Your Death

No-one really knows just how much time they have to live, but there are often formulas and tests that one can do to kind of envisage when you'll go, barring some unfortunate accident. It's even easier to keep track of that now with the Tikker watch that Today World News reported about and it is actually a death watch that lets you know when you're going to go. There is a Kickstarter going for it to be produced and you can have your own for...

Wednesday, 9 October 2013

US Government Shutdown: Barack Obama Accuses Republicans of 'Extortion'

Barack Obama has warned opposition politicians to stop using “threats and extortion” over the ongoing US government shutdown. The president, addressing a news conference, said the American people don’t request a ransom for doing their jobs, so neither should Republicans. The US government closed down on October 1, when Congress was incapable to agree a budget. Republicans, who control the House of Representatives, refused to agree the budget,...

Monday, 7 October 2013

Shocking New Evidence - Jiah Khan Murdered Not Suicide

Rabiya Amin, mother of late actress Jiah Khan, has circulated some photos of her daughter post death to convey that she was murdered. The aggrieved mother recently filed a petition in Bombay High Court insisting for a proper investigation in her daughter's death. She suspected that Jiah had been murdered and not committed suicide as believed. On Friday, Rabiya took to Twitter and published some grim images of her daughter's body. The...

Sunday, 6 October 2013

Lake Natron: Deadly Waters in Tanzania Turn Animals To Stone

  Lake Natron in northern Tanzania causes any animal that becomes engrossed in the water to die and become calcified, according to an article from New Scientist Tuesday. Nick Brandt, well-known for his photography of East Africa's natural landscape, came across Tanzania's Lake Natron during his travels. The lake is named for a mineral (natron, often referred to as sodium carbonate decahydrate) whose presence gives Lake Natron a unusually...