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Aug 22, 2007

China Airlines Jet Burst

These pictures shows the Boeing 737-800 belonging to the China Airlines, which exploded at the airport of Naha, Okinawa, Japan. All passengers and crew members escaped for a minute before the explosion occurred. It was just a miracle, that nobody was hurt!

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Plumber's Bike

Looks cool? But, wait! This is not a movable bike. It is a creation of a Russian plumber. So, you can definitely expect to get some water! You can use it to wash yourself. link

Bizarre Fortune Telling

How many different methods are there for fortune telling? We think more than thousands are there in this World. Let us know about some bizarre fortune telling methods!

Alphitomancy: Feed a special cake to an alleged wrongdoer. An innocent person will be able to eat and digest the cake, a guilty person will gag on the cake or become ill.
Bibliomancy: Open the Bible and read the first passage you see – that’s your fortune.
Dilitiriomancy: Feed African benge poison to a chicken. Ask the gods a question, being careful to end the question with, “if the chicken dies, the answer is yes,” or “if the chicken dies, the answer is no.” Then wait to see if the chicken dies.
Haruspication: Study the guts of an animal, preferably a sacred one.
Scarpomancy: Predict someone’s future by studying their old shoes.
Stichomancy: Read the first passage of any book you see.
Tiromancy: Study the shape, holes, mold, and other features on a piece of cheese.
Uromancy: Predict someone’s future by studying their urine.

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Perfect Torture

Take a look at the man! This is an advertising campaign for "The Torture Museum", Amsterdam! This human billboard gives extra appeal to the campaign. The advertising campaign was done by Y&R, Amsterdam. Good Work!
Link via Neatorama

The RoadBoat

Take a look at the picture. It is the roadboat, used in the first attempt to row across Canada, back in 2001. The RoadBoat team was trying to create a Guinness World Record by rowing in road from Halifax to Vancouver. But their mission failed.

Their RoadBoat design was cool. Now, we think they are trying to do it again. At least their website shows such a sign. Lets watch out, for the next action! Link

Tooth Jewelry

This World is amazing and amazing is the people who live here! Take a look at this amazing idea! Tooth as Jewelry. This news is from China. Now, people can show up their loose teeth as designer item. This is called wild imagination. What you say?

Pictures of Storm

Storms are one of the greatest examples of Nature's destructive power. Powerful storms can destruct anything that comes in it's way. So, today we have some amazing pictures of storms. Take a look!

A storm is any disturbed state of an astronomical body's atmosphere, especially affecting its surface, and strongly implying severe weather. It may be marked by strong wind, thunder and lightning (a thunderstorm), heavy precipitation, such as ice (ice storm), or wind transporting some substance through the atmosphere (as in a dust storm, snowstorm, hailstorm, etc). (Wiki)

Kepler Watch

This is Ulysse Nardin's Tellurium J. Kepler watch. This watch is a revolutionary timepiece that shows rotation of eath as seen from above the North Pole. It is not a simple watch. It looks complicated with lots of features.

With the help of a flexible spring, this watch shows which part of the Earth is lit by the Sun with the help of an additional ‘dragon hand’ it indicates eclipses of the Sun and the Moon. The case of this watch is made of Platinum and it is water resistant to a depth of 30 meters. But another important thing about the Ulysse Nardin's Tellurium J. Kepler watch is - only 99 units were made and each costs $118,000! Link & Via

Cool Rabbit Scissors

Take a look at these cool Rabbit Scissors! We think that, the design is cool and it looks cute. What you think? Want some? Link via Neatorama

Death Predicting Dog

Meet Scamp. But wait, it is not just another dog! Scamp can sense death and provides comfort to the dying by standing by them. Scamp lives in a nursing home, The Pines, in Canton, Ohio. Scamp's owner, Deirdre Huth, is a staff member at the nursing home. According to her, Scamp even tries to raise the alarm when he gets the feeling that one of the seniors is at death's door.

Director of nursing Adeline Baker says Scamp has forecast practically every one of the 40 or so deaths that have occurred in the three years he's been at the home. She also insists Scamp's presence is welcomed by patients as the end draws near.Link

Watch a Video on Scamp here

The Millau Viaduct

The Millau bridge over the River Tarn in the Massif Central mountains is more than 300m (984ft) high - taller even than the Eiffel Tower. It is the tallest road bridge in the World. Take a look at the pictures of construction of this bridge.

The Millau Viaduct (French: le Viaduc de Millau) is a large cable-stayed road-bridge that spans the valley of the River Tarn near Millau in southern France. Designed by English architect Norman Foster and French bridge engineer Michel Virlogeux, it is the tallest vehicular bridge in the world, with one pier's summit at 343 metres (1,125 ft)—slightly taller than the Eiffel Tower and only 38 m (125 ft) shorter than the Empire State Building. The viaduct is part of the A75-A71 autoroute axis from Paris to Béziers. It was formally dedicated on 14 December 2004 and opened to traffic two days later. Link

Amazing Caves

Nature is the best designer! Take a look at these amazing natural formations. These are different caves, from different part of the world. All these formations are out of our imagination! We can just try to explore them, to take inspiration. What you say?

Condom Dress

Now, condom is coming to your wardrobe! Take a look at the pictures. A fashion show at the Reproductive Health and Technologies Expo in China, highlighted the dresses made entirely out of condoms. This is matter of pleasure...!