Archive for February, 2009

Rim in Your Face in NBA’s Hafltime Trampoline Dunk

February 27th, 2009 by admin | Comments Off | Filed in funny, sports

After the NBA superstars’ pre-game half court trick shots, here’s another NBA half-time trampoline dunk show. This time, it’s painful. As the guy do the trampoline dunk, he launches too far causing his chin to slam in the rim, as in, Rim in Your Face. :)

NBA Superstars’ Pre-game Half Court Trick Shot

February 26th, 2009 by admin | Comments Off | Filed in sports

It maybe as a good lucky charm for them, but these NBA superstars’ pre-game half court trick shot is just amazing.

Dwight Howard’s second pre-game half-court shot.

LeBron James’ underhand half-court swish.

And Paul Pierce’s half court swish warm up.

Musafar, The Singing and Dancing Midget

February 23rd, 2009 by admin | 2 Comments | Filed in people

Despite his height, Musafar, the singing and dancing midget, sings and dances very well.

Kola Superdeep Borehole, World’s Deepest Man-made Hole

February 23rd, 2009 by admin | Comments Off | Filed in structure, world record

Located in Northern Russia, the Kola Superdeep Borehole is the world’s deepest man-made hole to earth’s ground. It measures 40,226 feet or over 7.6 miles below the earth’s surface.

Kola Superdeep Borehole, World’s Deepest Man-made Hole

Site of the Kola Superdeep Borehole. Image via

Considered to be the pride of Russian geology, the hole was created by the USSR and was the result of a scientific drilling project to drill as deep as possible to investigate the continental crust. The drilling began on May 24, 1970 on the Kola Peninsula, using an “Uralmash-4E” and later an “Uralmash-15000″ drilling rig. After 24 years the drilling was stopped because it was getting too hot inside it.

The site is currently controlled by the State Scientific Enterprise on Superdeep Drilling and Complex Investigations in the Earth’s Interior (GNPP Nedra) as the Deep Geolaboratory. As of 2003, the deepest active bore is SG-5, at 8,578 metres (28,143 ft) deep and 214 mm (8+7⁄16 in) in diameter.

In late 2005, the project was closed down due to lack of funding and all the equipment for drilling and research was scrapped. The site has been abandoned since 2008.

Lori and George Schappell, World’s Oldest Female Conjoined Twins

February 21st, 2009 by admin | Comments Off | Filed in people, world record

Born on September 18, 1961 in Reading, Pennsylvania as Lori and Dori Schappell, Lori and George Schappell, is believed to be the world’s oldest female conjoined twins. The sisters are craniopagus conjoined twins which means their heads are joined together since birth. Though they share 30% of their brain matter, the sister have a very different personalities and living, insofar as possible, individual lives and a a mark of individuality, and disliking the fact that their names rhymed, Dori changed her name to Reba. By 2007 she was preferring to be known as George.

Lori and George Schappell, Worlds Oldest Female Conjoined TwinsWhile Lori is able-bodied, George has spina bifida which has caused growth retardation of her lower body and severe mobility impairment. The two women are therefore of very different heights. There was no wheel chair that suited George’s unique condition, because to move around, she must be raised to her sister’s height, to avoid undue strain upon Lori’s neck and back. The only thing on wheels that was the right height was a bar stool. Using this as the foundation, George designed the wheelchair that she currently uses. One of the benefits of having a high wheel chair is that, unlike most people in conventional wheelchairs, the user is raised to about the height of a standing adult, which better facilitates normal communication.

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Extraordinary Journey of a New-born Kangaroo

February 19th, 2009 by admin | Comments Off | Filed in animal

Marsupial mammals like Kangaroo carry their young through early infancy in their distinctive pouch (called the marsupium). Babies are born blind, underdeveloped and very delicate and immediately after being born, they need to climb to their mothers pouch or they will die. This video shows the babies extraordinary journey of a new-born Kangaroo from it’s mother’s birth canal to it’s pouch.

Waking a Baby with Snore

February 19th, 2009 by admin | Comments Off | Filed in funny videos

If you are sleeping with your child make sure you don’t wake him up with you snore.

Alfie Patten, UK’s Youngest Father at 13

February 15th, 2009 by admin | Comments Off | Filed in people, world record

At 13 years old, Alfie Patten became United Kingdom’s (UK) youngest father when his girlfriend, Chantelle Steadman, 15, gave birth to Maise Roxanne on Feb. 9, 2009. At 13, baby-faced Alfie looks very young for his age and if you look at him, he’s like an older brother to his daughter. In fact, the couple with looks like brother and sister.

Here’s the video of the couple with their daughter.

Jesse Sullivan, World’s First Bionic Man

February 15th, 2009 by admin | Comments Off | Filed in people

Being the first recipient of a bionic arm, Jesse Sullivan is the world’s first bionic man. He lost his arm when an accident happen while working as a high-power electrical lineman. The accident caused his two arms. With a bionic arm from the innovative “Bionic” research at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Jesse, is able to do things he couldn’t do after the accident.

Developed within the Neural Engineering Center for Artificial Limbs (NECAL) at RIC, Todd Kuiken, MD, PhD, pioneered the muscle reinnervation procedure which takes an amputee’s own nerves and connects them to a healthy muscle. In this case, four of Mr. Sullivan’s nerves were dissected from the shoulder and transferred to the muscles of his chest. Doing so allows the user to move his or her prosthetic arm as if it were a real limb – by simply thinking about what they want the arm to do. The “Bionic Arm,” or myoelectric arm, is driven using electrical signals from the muscles of the chest, now activated by the user’s own thought-generated nerve impulses. These impulses are sensed, via surface electrodes, from the pectoral muscle and carried through to the mechanical arm, causing the arm to move.

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Young Lady Getting Nipple Piercing

February 10th, 2009 by admin | 2 Comments | Filed in odd videos

This is a video of a young lady getting nipple piercing. If you ever wonder how much is hurts you should watch getting her nipple pierce. And if you think it does hurts, imagine how this people endure modifying their bodies. Well, we understand why she’s swearing, it lessens the pain.