World’s Largest Frozen Bubble

Braving temperatures colder than Antarctica professional bubble-maker, Samsam Bubbleman unveiled his latest creation- the world’s largest frozen bubble for Aero ice cream.

Interesting Facts about Pakistan

• Pakistan is officially known as the ‘Islamic Republic of Pakistan’.
• The national language of Pakistan is Urdu, while its official language is English. Apart from that, Balochi, Pashto, Persian, Punjabi, Sindhi and Siraiki are also spoken there.
• The main ethnic groups in Pakistan include Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashtun (Pathan), Baloch and Muhajir (Indian immigrants since partition).
• Majority of the people in Pakistan are Sunni and Shiite Muslims, followed by Christians and Hindus.
• The currency of Pakistan is Pakistani Rupee.
• The capital of Pakistan is Islamabad.
• Pakistan follows the system of ‘Islamic Republic’.
• Pakistan gained independence from the United Kingdom on 14th August 1947.
• Pakistan is made up of four main provinces - Punjab, Sindh, NWFP and Baluchistan.
• Parts of Himalayas, Karakoram Range and Hindu Kush make up the mountainous region, in the north of Pakistan.
• Mehrgarh, lying on the Kachi plain of Balochistan, dates back to 6000 BC and is one of the earliest known farming villages in the Indus Valley.
• British government took over control of India, which then included Pakistan, in the mid-19th century.
• Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the leader of the Muslim League, was instrumental in separating Pakistan from India.
• Pakistan came into existence in 1947, after partition of India.
• In the initial years, Pakistan was divided into two regions. One was West Pakistan, situated between Iran and the western border of India. The other was East Pakistan, situated on the eastern side of India.
• In 1971, East Pakistan broke away from Pakistan and became a separate country - Bangladeshi.
• Pakistan is a member of the United Nations, Commonwealth of Nations, World Trade Organization, G33 developing countries and Group of 77 developing nations
• Pakistan is a major non-NATO ally of the United States.
• The highest mountain in Pakistan is K2, which comes under the Karakoram mountain range.
• In Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah is rearded as the 'Father of the Nation'.
• Pakistan is the sixth most populous country in the world
• Pakistan has the second largest Muslim population in the world, after Indonesia.
• Pakistan is a founding member of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, and South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation.

Fastest Production Car

The fastest production car is the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport, which achieved a two-way timed speed of 431.072 km/h (267.86 mph) at the Volkswagen proving grounds in Ehra-Lessien near Wolfsburg, Germany, on 26 June 2010.

Catalonia's bullfight ban provokes emotional response

The Catalan parliament voted to ban bullfighting in an emotional session packed full of deputies, activists and observers, says the KN's Sarah Rainsford in Barcelona.

In the end the vote passed by an absolute majority - a wider margin of victory than animal rights campaigners had dared hope for.

Sixty-eight deputies voted in favour of the ban; 55 were opposed.
"We had three different speeches prepared, and in the end we could read out the one for a big victory," laughed Jordi Casamitjana, who was heavily involved in pushing for this vote.

He admits he had expected a closer call.

"It means the politicians here actually get it. Bullfighting has no place in the 21st Century. I could not hold back my tears," he said.

He was not the only one. As the result was announced, those supporting the ban leapt and shouted for joy. Alongside them, some of the losers cried too - in frustration.

But activists collected 180,000 signatures in order to get this initiative off the ground and into parliament - and they were determined to enjoy the moment.
"I'm over the moon!" enthused Deborah Parris, who worked with the campaign group Prou (Enough, in Catalan), to ban the corrida, as the bullfight is known.

"There is incredible suffering in a bullfight. Six bulls are killed each time, not one, and they are tortured for 20 minutes," she said. "It's not right to pay money to go and watch that kind of cruelty."

Bluetooth Headset Spy Camera

A spy is nothing without his gadgets like an archer without his arrows. Behind every successful spy there is a significant role of a spy gadget. There are a plenty of spy gadgets available in the market.

You will be surely treated with this bluetooth device plugged into your ear and nodding your head with the rhythm of the music. You can still record both audio and video without drawing anyone’s attention. It comes with a separate display of 2.4 inch LCD and has 2GB memory capacity.

Ice Cream Van For Dogs

The world’s first ice cream van for dogs has been created specially for the Boomerang Pets Party to be held in Regent’s Park on July 24th

On the menu will be a meaty gammon and chicken sorbet topped with a crunchy canine biscuit bone and served in a cone.

House moves towards the sun

An Australian family wakes up every morning on a different view after choosing to live in spinning house.

Everengehan family moves in the new house in north of Sidney 3 years ago, and they canturn their house towards the sun without need to leave their chairs.This house cost 700 thousand AUD, and it can make a whole turn within 30 minutes.

Periodical table of newspapers showcases a dying science

Presenting the Periodical Table of Newspapers, a chart that showcases the top 100 American newspapers of the day by symbol, and ranks by circulation.

Some might say the most important elements in a democracy are the free press, and they wouldn’t be wrong.

Dancing Robots

A group of programmable humanoid Nao robots, developed by a French company Aldebaran Robotics, perform dance inside the France Pavilion at the Shanghai Expo.

Bendy Framed Cycle

The bendy-framed bike was created by Kevin Scott, a final-year Product Design student at DeMontfort University in Leicester.

However, when the bike is parked, the cable can be loosened, allowing the segments of the tube to separate and the frame to be bent through up to 180°.

This would let it be wrapped around a lamp-post and the two wheels to be locked together with an ordinary D-lock without removing them. It is both more secure and less space-consuming than locking an ordinary bike to a post by the frame.
The design won Mr Scott a runners-up award at the Business Design Centre New Designer of the Year Award and a cheque for £500.

Super Pets have new Airways

Pet Airways, declared about a squadron of 5 plans to transport pet animals to anywhere inside the United States of America.

The company also, announced that they will secure these animals inside closed Cages with seat belts to avoid air holes.
This service will cost 150 USD for economy class and 300 for the first class.

Longest professional tennis match

Description: John Isner (USA) defeated Nicolas Mahut (France) in the Longest professional tennis match in their first-round encounter at Wimbledon 2010, a match that broke 12 records and lasted 11 hr 5 min.

Top 10 Scientific Achievements We Are Waiting For

Science has grown exponentially over the past few centuries, making things possible that were once absolutely considered completely impossible. Science has done a lot to cure many of our worldly troubles, but one thing about science is that it isn’t perfect, and never will be. The reason for this is that science is always getting better. There is always more to discover. These are the top ten scientific accomplishments that haven’t been achieved… yet.

10 DNA Computer

Imagine having an iPod capable of holding thousands of years of high definition video. A DNA computer would make such a device very possible. DNA is the substance that living organisms use to store genetic information. What makes DNA special is that it is extremely efficient when it comes to storing information in a limited space. Just one milligram of DNA is capable of holding all the printed material in the world. DNA computing is currently in its infancy, with prototypes such as MAYA-II only capable of showing the concept. If DNA computing is perfected, computers will become capable of holding amounts of information that are hard to imagine by today’s standard.

9 Permanent Moon Base

Ever since space colonization was first imagined, it was thought that the Moon would be first object to be colonized since it was closest to Earth. In 1969, when man first walked on the moon, a permanent colony suddenly appeared to be very achievable. However, for a variety of reasons, both economical and technical, the project was never truly attempted. However, NASA currently has plans to have one constructed by 2024. The ESA also has plans to construct a moon base by 2025. Japan and India also each have plans to have a base by 2030. The biggest barrier to a base is money. Many people within NASA, including Buzz Aldrin, have criticized the building of a moon base, saying that NASA should put more focus on different projects, like item number five.

8 Head Transplant

This bizarre surgery is bound to cause controversy in the near future. In a head transplant, the patient is decapitated, and the patient’s head is attached to a donor’s body so that blood circulates between the head and body. A head transplant would theoretically cure absolutely any disease that did not directly affect the head. However, unless a means of repairing the spinal cord is developed, the patient would be quadriplegic. Head transplants have been done with limited success on mice, dogs, and monkeys. The biggest problem of doing a head transplant is that it raises all sorts of ethical questions. For instance, if organ donors were in short supply, a head transplant would be considered wasteful as a donor’s body would only help one person. A greater fear is that if head transplants were combined with cloning, then people might murder their own clones to double their life spans.

7 Clean Energy

While many alternatives to fossil fuels have been investigated, there is still quite a way to go before mankind’s energy supply is completely renewable. As of today, about 85% of all energy comes from fossil fuels. The reason clean energy is considered to be important is because fossil fuels aren’t expected to last much longer, they pollute the environment, and they have led to tensions between nations. The reason clean energy is hard to come by is that we’ve spent the past 150 years dependent on oil, and it’s quite difficult to make the switch. Some have even suggested that the technology for producing vast amounts of clean energy already exists but is being suppressed by big oil companies. However, several European countries have produced considerable amounts of clean energy. Current methods of clean energy include wind, solar, geothermal, tidal, hydropower, nuclear, biofuel, and several others.

6 Cure for Cancer

Cancer is one of the deadliest diseases of the modern era. Ever since the days of Hippocrates people have been searching for a cure. Cancer is similar to the common cold in that although there are many ways to treat it, modern medicine is still yet to come up with a cure. This is partially because like the common cold, there are many different types of cancer, and they are all slightly different. Unfortunately, with over seven million deaths per year, cancer is much more serious than the common cold. A wide assortment of drugs, chemicals, stem cells, genetically modified viruses, and even arsenic have all been proposed as cancer cures. However, number two on this list has quite a bit of promise.

5 Manned Mission to Mars

Putting men on Mars has been an idea in science fiction for quite a while. However, when man first walked on the Moon, walking on Mars suddenly seemed feasible. A manned mission to Mars would be a huge milestone in space exploration. It would allow a more in-depth study of the Red Planet, and many have argued that building a permanent base on Mars is much more practical than building one on the Moon. A mission to Mars would be similar to the Moon landings, but much more difficult. The trip is about a hundred times longer, and there are new problems such as the Martian weather which must be considered. NASA currently has plans to have a man on Mars sometime in the 2030s, while the ESA plans to do so also around the same time frame. Russia has plans to launch a manned Mars mission by 2020.


4 Space Elevator


A space elevator would be thousands of times taller than the current tallest building. However, building this structure is actually much easier than it sounds. This is because the center of mass of the structure is actually in orbit. While plans for a space elevator differ slightly, they usually involve a space station being put into or above geostationary orbit, running a tether between the station and the ground, and having elevator cars carry people and cargo between Earth and the station. A space elevator would make space travel much easier, cheaper, and safer. If such a structure is to be constructed efficiently, then a very strong material made from carbon nanotubes will have to be made in large quantities. There are also other problems with building a space elevator. Despite this, LiftPort Group, a private corporation, plans to have one built by 2031.


3 Theory of Everything


For thousands of years, it has been speculated that all the events in the universe are actually the result of a single force. For centuries, physicists have sought to unify the known forces. Currently there are four fundamental forces: electromagnetic, weak nuclear, strong nuclear, and gravity. While the Electroweak Theory has unified weak nuclear and electromagnetic, the Theory of Everything would require that all four be unified. In order to prove such a theory, matter must be studied at extremely high energies. String Theory tries to explain the basics of nature, but a Theory of Everything would be much nicer. Such a theory would be the biggest breakthrough in physics since Einstein. The Theory of Everything gets its name from the fact that it ties together all physical phenomena. Despite its name, it wouldn’t be a complete understanding of physics, as there would still be more to discover.


2 Nanomedicine


Nanotechnology has the potential to revolutionize several fields, but its greatest contribution may very well be in medicine. The applications of nanotechnology in medicine are literally endless. Molecules could be built to stick to and destroy cancer cells, and only cancer cells. Advanced drug delivery techniques could be used to deliver drugs to specific parts of the body and eliminate side effects. Microscopic robots could be used to perform ultra delicate surgeries, to repair damaged tissues, or to hunt down and destroy certain cells, like cancer cells or bacteria. Nanomedicine is currently in its infancy, but it may prove to be the biggest breakthrough in modern medicine since the first vaccine.


1 Journey to the Center of the Earth


In the 19th century, it was generally thought that man would reach the center of the Earth long before he reached the Moon. This shows just how unpredictable technology can be. A journey to the center of the Earth is actually much more difficult than it sounds. The pressure at the center of the Earth is enormous because, quite literally, the entire weight of the world is on top of you. There is no known substance, not even carbon nanotubes, that can maintain its shape at such a great pressure. Currently the deepest man-made hole is less than 0.2% of what it would need to be. While the Earth’s deep interior may offer vast amounts of energy, it may be quite a while before we can tap into it directly.

10 Biggest Misconceptions We Learn in School

1) Einstein got bad grades in school.
Generations of children have been heartened by the thought that this Nobel Prize winner did badly at school, but they’re sadly mistaken. In fact, he did very well at school, especially in science and maths (unsurprisingly).

2) Mice like cheese
Mice enjoy food rich in sugar as well as peanut butter and breakfast cereals. So a Snickers bar would go down much better than a lump of cheddar.

3) Napoleon was short.
He was actually around 5ft 7, completely average for the 18th/19th century.

4) Thomas Edison invented the light bulb.
Edison invented a lot of things – in fact he’s one of the most famous inventors of all time – but the light bulb wasn’t one of them. What he did was develop a light bulb at the same time as the British man, Joseph Swan, who came up with it originally.

5) Lemmings throw themselves over cliffs to commit suicide
The poor old things are sometimes so desperate for food that they do, according to the BBC “jump over high ground into water”, but they aren’t committing group suicide.

6) Water flushes differently in different hemispheres
No it doesn’t. Sorry!

7) Humans evolved from apes
Darwin didn’t actually say this, but he’s been misreported ever since. What he did say was that we, and apes, and chimpanzees for that matter, had a common ancestor, once, a long, long time ago.

8) Vikings had horns/helmets with horns.
Vikings may have been buried with their helmets and with drinking horns. When they were dug up by the Victorians, they assumed that the helmets had horns.

9) Columbus believed the earth was flat
He may not have known how big the world was, but he wasn’t worrying about falling off the edge of it.

10) Different parts of the tongue detect different tastes
You do have different taste buds on your tongue and some are more sensitive than others. But they aren’t divided into perfect, easy-to-teach sections.

Largest beach towel

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The largest beach towel measured 64.20 m (210 ft 8 in) x 31 m (101 ft 9 in) was created by Bookcyprus.com & Aeolos Travel in association with Paralimni Municipality at Fig Tree Bay in Protaras, Cyprus, on 1 June 2008.

Source: Guinness World Records

Largest underwater wedding

Description: The largest underwater wedding was achieved by 261 divers at the marriage ceremony between Francesca Colombi and Giampiero Giannoccaro (both Italy) during an event organised by MARES S.p.A. (Italy) at the Morcone beach, Capoliveri, Elba Island, Italy on 12 June 2010.

World Largest Basket

Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia - A group of 58 women from Fatat Al-Ahsa Benevolent Society at the Heritage Village in Al-Ahsa set a new Guinness World Records™ record by constructing the largest basket on 16 May 2010.

The basket, which measures 22 m in length, (72 ft 2.16 in) 14.9 m in width (48 ft 10.5 in) and 12.4 in (40 ft 8 in) height broke the previous record for a basket measuring 18.7 x 9.48 x 10.20 m, (59.61 x 31.10 x 33.46 ft), which was made by members of Turda Roma community of Romania between 25-27 September 2009.

The new world-beating basket which was made entirely from natural materials, including wicker and bamboo, resembled the Saudi traditional basket and was intended to draw attention to the traditional vocation of palm leaf handicrafts.



A total of 58 women from Fatat Al-Ahsa Benevolent Society who were supported by municipality of Al-Ahsa and the Ministry of Agriculture, worked daily for a month and a half to make this humongous basket.

Guinness World Records™ adjudicator Talal Omar was on hand to authenticate the record. After carefully measuring the large basket with the aid of two independent surveyors, he presented the certificates to Latifa Al-Afaliq, the director of Fatat Al-Ahsa Benevolent Society, and Nawal Al-Afaliq.

Princess Adela Bint Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz who also was present to witness this achievement, brought a touch of royalty to the event by presenting certificates to all participants humouring their work and efforts.

Guinness World Records

Time Magazine sees the world in black and white

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Time Magazine has quite the habit of relying on black and white covers.

In fact, 247 covers over the past decade were one of the two colors. That’s about sixty percent of all the editions.

Blue was another popular background, followed closely by gray (or silver).

The least popular Time cover colors?

Pink and purple. Both pastel colors were featured on only two covers each from 2000 – 2010.