New World Record: The Sausage longer than 2km!

Kobasicijada is an international sausage festival organized annually in the village of Turija, Serbia. 28. festivals had been held as of 24 - 26 February, 2012; it is one of the biggest and most popular village festivals in Serbia. The festival is attended by tens of thousands of people every year. Organisers of an annual sausage festival in the Serbian village of Turija today said they had made the world's longest sausage. Twelve butchers used...

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10 Most Bizarre Oscar Moments

The Academy Awards are, for the most part, an elegant and tightly controlled affair. But wacky things can and do happen sometimes -- and those are the moments viewers remember the most. So, in no particular order, here are our picks for the 10 most bizarre moments in the show's history.   10. Photo By AP Images You like Sally Field (1985): "Places in the Heart" earned Field her second best-actress Oscar -- the first came for 1979's "Norma...

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Top 8 Longest Place Names In The World

The world is full of amazing locations and some are simply too good for commonly mundane names. Below is a list of places that have drifted far from the economy of words and have instead hung their hat on sheer length.   1. Taumata­whakatangihanga­koauau­o­tamatea­turi­pukakapiki­maunga­horo­nuku­pokai­whenua­kitanatahu (85 letters) Short-forms: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu (57 letters) Location: A hill...

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The Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of All Time [INFOGRAPHIC]

Here are the top 10 most pirated movies of all time according to TorrentFreak. Thousands of illegal movies are downloaded everyday via Bittorrent or other peer-to-peer (P2P) communications protocol for file sharing but ever wonder what movies where downloaded the most? Although the the top 10 movies have been downloaded millions of times they have also done very well in the box-office. The data that was collected to create the list on TorrentFreak...

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At the Heart of Valentines Day [INFOGRAPHIC]

It is true that many of the traditions surrounding Valentine’s Day and similar holidays worldwide are directly linked to consumer industries scheming up ways to build business. And it’s clear from the US spending statistics that silly as some people may find it, Valentine’s Day is no laughing matter when it comes to the flower and candy industries. However, it’s interesting to see different ways this looks across the globe, and to explore some of...

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Top 10 Mega-Construction Projects That Could Save the Environment and the Economy

We humans are builders. One of the ways we leave a mark on the universe is by creating massive structures that show that some opposable digits have been here. So when things get tough, like due to an economic meltdown or a cascading environmental crisis, what can we do but build? Here are 10 massive engineering projects — some pretty real, some quite fanciful — that could help turn our economic and environmental crises around.   10. Renewable...

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Giant 40-foot Whaleshark Caught

KARACHI, Pakistan -- A giant 40-foot whaleshark from the Arabian sea was brought to a port city in Pakistan by a group of fisherman, according to the Daily Mail of London. Cranes were needed to lift the massive 8-ton shark from the water in Karachi, Pakistan. The shark was reportedly spotted floating unconscious in the sea ten days ago, about 90 miles offshore. A large crowd gathered in Karachi to watch as the whaleshark was hoisted from the...

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13 Strangest Necks

Most people don’t pay much attention to other people’s necks. But if you would look closely you would see that no neck is the same. Some people have long necks, others don’t. In either case they can be attractive or less attractive, depending what you like. Some necks look the way they do from birth; others are altered through all kinds of methods and reasons, like religious ones. These are some of the most bizarre necks. Ethnic neck. (Link) NFL's...

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