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Tuesday, 10 December 2013

Texas Life-Size Gingerbread House Sets New Guinness Record

The world’s largest gingerbread house has been erected on Texas A&M Traditions Club grounds, in Bryan, Texas. The 39,201.8 cubic-foot house set a Guinness World Record this year, and is helping raise funds for a local trauma center. It measures 60 feet by 42 feet and its tallest point rises 20.11 feet. The idea for the house first came to Bill Horton, managing director of the Traditions Club, in September 2012. He was watching a Food Network...

Friday, 6 December 2013

Aaradhya and Mom Aishwarya Spotted at Bachchan's Family Wedding

It Seems like Abhishek Bachchan genuinely rubbished rumors of Aishwarya Rai and Jaya Bachchan's tiff. Only a day after he did so the 'Happy Bachchan Family' was spotted bonding together at a relative's wedding in Bhopal. Jaya Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Aaradhya Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan and Big B, the entire Bachchan clan joined the wedding together in Bhopal. Aishwarya and Jaya even shared the stage together to pose for photographs....

Thursday, 5 December 2013

Mandela's Death Announced As Duke and Duchess of Cambridge Watch the Autobiography Of Mandela - "Long Walk To Freedom"

Royals, celebrities and members of Nelson Mandela's family attended the UK premiere of the biographical film of his life - oblivious to the fact the man it was about had died only hours earlier. Mandela's death was announced in South Africa as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge sat down to watch the screening of Long Walk To Freedom, the movie based on his autobiography.    One of Mandela's daughters, Zindzi Mandela, was also...

Nelson Mandela Dies at 95

Nelson Mandela has died at his home in Johannesburg, South Africa aged 95. The anti-apartheid icon died at 12:50pm EST surrounded by close family. Mandela's death came approximately five months after he was admitted to hospital with a lung infection. Despite being allowed to return home three months ago, South Africa's first black president has not been able to move from a bedroom described as being a 'virtual 24 hour intensive care unit' and...

Scientists Resolve the Mystery behind the Spitting of Archer fish

A species of fish that has a killer aim uses physics to chase for its prey, according to scientists. Archerfish lurk under the surface of water before spitting to hit unsuspecting insects that have landed nearby, which when hit, fall to their death to provide the fish with food. Research has shown that the animal is able to impulsively take into account light refraction and other physics principles such as the Plateau–Rayleigh instability...

Alexey Kljatov Photographs Stunning Close-Ups of Snowflakes

As fascinating as macro photography is, most of us think we can’t do it because it needs specialized equipment. Russian photographer Alexey Kljatov, however, is an inspiration to aspiring amateur photographers everywhere – he created a home-made rig capable of capturing stunning close-up pictures of snowflakes out of old camera parts, boards, screws and tape. His pictures give us an enchanting close-up view of snowflakes that we could never...

South Korean TV Show Transforms Twin Sisters into Gorgeous Dolls

Plastic surgery in South Korea is a whole norm in their culture’s circumstances and while it’s usually for enhancing their flawed features for the better, a South Korean TV show called Let’s Beauty focuses on the people who really needs it; i.e. the people who feel ‘too ugly’ over their whole appearance to be confident in life. A pair of twin sisters who were deemed “too ugly” was lucky enough to get sponsored to go under the knife by...

Tuesday, 3 December 2013

Aishwarya and Aaradhya Visit Azad’s Birthday Celebration

Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao’s son Azad Rao Khan turns two and to celebrate the occasion, proud parents Kiran and Aamir threw a private bash where family members and friend from film industry turned up to wish little Azad. Kiran and Aamir played the perfect host and greeted the guests. Spotted at the birthday party was Aamir Khan’s daughter Ira, son Junaid with his friend, Aamir’s sister Nikhat Khan and brother Faisal Khan, mother Zeenat Hussain. Aishwarya...