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He’s no spring chicken, but Hidekichi Miyazaki has proved that he’s still got it. Wearing his trademark red running shorts and matching t-shirt, the 105-year-old Japanese athlete collected a Guinness World Record in the 100 metres sprint in an over-80s…
This is the incredible moment a seal was caught on camera surfing a humpback whale off the New South Wales coast, Australia. Robyn Malcolm had been photographing a pod of whales on a feeding frenzy 500km (310 miles) south of Sydney,…
For something a little different to brighten up those rainy days, how about these umbrellas that only reveal their hidden patterns when it rains. These umbrellas from Japan use a combination of water repellent and absorbent coatings to create cute…
This is the engineering marvel also known as the Øresund Link. It consists of a bridge, a tunnel, and an artificial island, and connects the Danish capital of Copenhagen to the Swedish city of Malmö. This extraordinary structure was the…
We’ve all received (and deleted) those questionable emails from internet scammers, asking for money and personal details. Well, London-based comedian James Veitch has spent the last two years replying to spam emails — with hilarious results. He’s published these…
Next time you’re in Mexico, skip the tequila and visit Cenote Angelita (Little Angel) on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. Because there you will find an incredible underwater river. The only catch is that you’ll have to scuba dive to see it. These…
This is 95-year-old yoga master Kazım Gürbüz, who looks closer to 50 than 100. Gürbüz still enjoys an active sex life and believes everyone can live to be 130. In an interview with the Daily Hurriyet, Turkish Gürbüz says the secrets to…
Most of us have dealt with the annoyance of ill-fitting shoes — it’s a rare thing when a shoe fits perfectly and comfortably the first time. But Italian shoe maker Vibram is set to change all that with its new…
Forget infinity and rooftop pools, because taking a dip will never be the same again if you do it in London’s latest addition: A transparent swimming pool suspended between two apartment blocks 10 storeys up. The 25-metre swimming pool is…
Meet Liam Murphy, a test engineer from Cork, Ireland. He’s currently visiting the United Arab Emirates for work. Posted by Liam Murphy on Sunday, August 16, 2015 Last week Liam decided to visit Ferrari World in Abu Dhabi. On the way…
Urban foxes are notorious for being bold opportunists — but the residents of Notting Hill in London were still surprised to see this sleeping fox high in the sky in broad daylight. It was spotted by London resident Rachel Johnson, an author and…
Attention Lord of the Rings fans, because a team of self-professed “ambitious architects and structural engineers” is crowdfunding $2.82 billion USD to build a full size replica of the mythical city Minas Tirith. If funded, work will begin in Northern England…
Meet Jacob Lewis, just another 22-year-old from Cardiff, Wales. Except that Lewis is homeless, and yet somehow managed to achieve four A* grades that have secured him a place to study law at the prestigious Cambridge University. How did Lewis manage it?…
We all know that dogs are awesome. And here’s another reason: in one UK hospital, they’re going to be used to sniff out cancer. A trial of whether dogs can smell if someone has cancer has been so successful that…
Meet Kiran Gandhi. The 26-year-old has a Harvard MBA and was the former drummer for M.I.A. She ran this year’s London marathon on the first day of her period — without a tampon or sanitary towel. And it was all for a…
This will be the cutest thing you’ve seen all day. Are you ready? We present a baby Java mouse deer, born weeks earlier at Dutch zoo Natura Artis Magistra. The Java mouse deer is one of the smallest hoofed mammals in the…