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Funny and strange from the travel circuits...
The longest cat of all
Fri, Mar 11 2011 08:10 AM
Stewie is no ordinary cat. He is 48.5 inches long from the tip of his nose to the tip of his tail! The Maine coon cat owned by Robin Hendrikson and Erik Brandsness of Reno, Nevada, has broken the Guinness world record for the longest cat in the world.... 
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Go bananas - The Washington Banana Museum
Wed, Aug 25 2010 11:22 AM
Ann Lovell loves bananas so much that she started a museum for it. Well not of real bananas but of art and oddities devoted to her most favourite fruit. Ann has over 4000 curios, posters and artefacts dedicated to bananas in her little museum at Auburn... Click to Read
No need for Sat-Nav when doggy is there
Wed, Aug 25 2010 11:12 AM
Polish Taxi driver Andrzei Szymcakowi doesn't need satellite navigation in his taxi any more. His pet Yorkshire Terrier Bobo is better at getting him from place to place. The 65 year old taxi driver has been taking his pet in his taxi since he was a little pup... Click to Read
The ‘Avatar’ Mountain
Mon, Nov 23 2009 03:45 PM
Naming a mountain after a movie!! That doesn’t happen all the time. Well the Chinese tourism department now has a sure shot way of promoting a tourist destination. The Nan Tian Yi Zhu Mountain in Hunan which was the inspiration for the floating mountains... Click to Read
Saved by the snake..?!
Mon, Nov 23 2009 03:45 PM
Feng did not think for a second that his pet snake would one day save his life. But that was just what happened. A dying snake was nursed and healed by Feng when he found it outside his door. He treated it with herbal medicines... Click to Read
Say Cheese...!!
Mon, Nov 23 2009 03:42 PM
All you cheese aficionados, answer this... Would you eat cheese with real live larvae in it?! You would if you are a native of Sardinia, Italy. Caso Marzu or maggot cheese is made from Pecorino cheese in which fly larvae has been intentionally introduced to ferment it... Click to Read
Life inside a shell - The Nautilus
Sun, Sep 13 2009 11:08 PM
What it would be like to live in a shell...? Well Javier Senosian of Arquitectura organica made this real for a young couple and their two children living in Mexico City. This amazing shell house is aptly called The Nautilus and is made with a 2” Ferro cement shell... Click to Read
Car eating rabbits on rampage!
Fri, Nov 12 2010 10:26 AM
Sounds like a cheap B-movie right? But it is true! Bugs bunny loved carrots and so do rabbits, but what is happening with the rabbits in Denver, Colorado? They are eating parts of cars! It is the new problem at Denver International Airport which certainly... Click to Read
Can a robot marry you off? Yes!!
Wed, Aug 25 2010 11:19 AM
The Japanese are crazy about robots and high tech gadgets but this just takes the cake, literally! Tomohiro Shibata and Satoko Inouye became the first couple in the world to get their marriage solemnized by a robot called I-Fairy. The I-Fairy wore a beautiful wreath of flowers... Click to Read
Sailing on a... Pumpkin?
Wed, Aug 25 2010 11:16 AM
Alwyn Williams is quite serious when he says that he wants to sail to the Isle of Man in a pumpkin. A gardener from Anglesey, Alwyn has being growing pumpkins for a long time now and he is quite sure of its floating capabilities. If a pumpkin of this giant size... Click to Read
Tigers scared of chickens? ...YES
Mon, Nov 23 2009 03:46 PM
They have huge muscular bodies, razor sharp teeth and scary claws…but they are afraid of chickens!! White tigers of the Chinggong animal park in China are so tame that they ran for their lives from a chicken which was their food. How times have changed... Click to Read
Pussycat, Pussycat…where have you been?
Mon, Nov 23 2009 03:45 PM
Casper the cat has a curious habit. He has been bitten by the travel bug! He boards the No 3 bus at 10.55 am from outside his home in Plymouth and travels nearly 12 miles. He finally returns home one hour later. The cat which is 12 years old has been doing this... Click to Read
Doggy day out
Mon, Nov 23 2009 03:46 PM
This place has gone to the dogs… in a good way that is!! A place just for your furry friend who follows you around adoringly. Stephen Henuck’s dog chapel in Johnsbury, Vermont is where you should take your dog and also it’s the place to cherish the fun times... Click to Read
A Bee Wedding
Sun, Sep 13 2009 11:15 PM
We’ve heard about underwater weddings, cave weddings and the one in which a couple said their vows falling from the sky on a parachute. But have you heard about the couple who got married with thousands of live bees on them?... Click to Read
World’s most expensive curry at £2000
Wed, June 17 2009 10:15 AM
Here's some food for thought, literally! London’s Bombay Brassieres has introduced the world’s most expensive curry. To savor the Samundari Khazana or 'seafood treasure' guests would have to shell out a neat £2000!...Click to Read
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