2009-09-25

19 Pound Baby

If you think that your child who weighed 11 pounds at birth is big enough, then imagine giving birth to a 19 pound baby.

A baby born born in Indonesia is currently getting media attention for weighing 19.2 pounds at birth. See video below and decide for yourself whether the child needs weight loss at an early age.

2009-09-23

Head for Ad Space

karolyne smithe tattoo golden casinoIn 2005, Karolyne Smith auctioned the space in her forehead as a permanent site for a tattooed advertisement. The online bidding ended when the buy now option was made by the Golden Palace, an online casino.

No reports have been made however whether Smith gets through job employee screening because of the ten thousand dollar ($10,000) tattoo on her forehead.

2009-09-22

$4,000 French Toast

Singer Justin TImberlake's half eaten slice of french toast was sold on ebay for four thousand dollars ($4,000). The sale included a fork and syrup for the french toast. 4,000 dollars is more than enough to buy MWF filter and even an apple laptop. A 19 year old fan, Kathy Summers, reportedly bought this ebay item.

Source: Ripley's Believe It or Not: Exteremely Weird

2009-09-14

Sniffing Cellphone

Do you think that your voice activated cellphone is high tech enough? Then wait until you read this:

A telecom company in Germany is reportedly developing a cellphone-- the world's first, that will alert its users when their breath smells bad.

So what would be next in this line of high tech gadgets, fire alarms that sniff smokes and automatically alarm fire fighters?

Source: Ripley's Believe It or Not: Extremely Weird (2009)

2009-09-08

$2 Million Shoes

most expensive shoes in the worldWomen shoes need not be very expensive to look good in your feet but there are just shoes that are worth a fortune. A 4½-inch stiletto sandals worn by singer Alison Krauss during the 2004 Oscar ceremony, for example, reportedly costs 2 million US dollars. The cinderella slippers designed by Stuart Weitzman are studded with diamonds.

Since 2002, Stuart Weitzman has been providing million dollar shoes to one oscar nominee to be worn during the Oscars.

2009-09-04

Alleged Bank Robber Leaves Wallet with ID

Authorities claim they have identified a suspected robber in eastern Pennsylvania when the alleged robber forgot his wallet that he placed on the teller's counter during the bank robbery. The wallet had two identification cards and police claim that the photos in those IDs match the robber's image in the surveillance footage.

If you'll get into a bank robbing situation, check out the bank tv stands, a careless robber might also leave another identifying item.

source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090903/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_bank_robbery_wallet

Man Finds Frog Remains in Softdrink Can

A man who opened a can of ice cold softdrink found dismembered remains of a frog and this was confirmed by the US Food and Drug Administration. A spokesman of the FDA Charles Watson verified that the animal was identified by the FDA lab as a frog. The FDA already investigates how the incident happened.

Imagine finding a frog inside your softdrink can while you are in Branson vacations...

source: Yahoo