Jeweler creates amazing designs from watch parts

JM Gershenson-Gates is a Chicago-based jeweler who creates unique designs using parts of old watches. Recently, he posted some pictures on his facebook page , about his new fantastic series of mechanical insects. 

Motorway built around a house in China

A new four lane highway has been built around a building in eastern China, after a family refused to move out. According to China's law, it is illegal to demolish a property without agreement.  

The residents will soon enjoy thousands of cars speeding past their house every day.

Zhang Ling, 46, who lives in the house, said that his family is planning to open up a drive through shop on the ground floor.

Spectacular glacier caves photographed for first time

A team of eight people managed to descend into the Gorner Glacier near Zermatt in Switzerland last month.

Their aim was to map and examine the glacier caves for the first time.

    

 Photographer Robbie Shone who was part of the team, took some spectacular photos.

 

Weird creatures

Adventurer Jonathan Trappe plans to cross the Atlantic ocean with his balloon house

Inspired by the animated movie "Up", 38-year-old Jonathan Trappe created a house with 365 helium-filled cluster balloons attached to it. Jonathan launched his balloon house into the sky, at the Leon International Balloon Festival in Mexico.

He is very ambitious, as he is planning to fly across the Atlantic ocean next year.

Parrot sings Gangnam Style

It was just a matter of time before the animals got in on the Gangnam style act. A video posted on youtube, shows a crazy parrot singing Gangnam style!

Man who fed a sausage roll to a police horse faces court

Francis Kelly ,41, was arrested for trying to feed a police horse a sausage roll. The incident took place in Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow, on 26 September this year.

Prosecutors claim that he behaved in a 'threatening or abusive manner'.  Mr Kelly, who denies the charge, will stand trial in February.

A chicken knows how to count

Various studies have indicated that chickens can learn basic mathematical skills as well as they have good memories. 

JJ, a clever chicken who was rescued from a battery farm has learned to count. The video below shows the owner Helen Jones, thrusting a card in front of JJ who pecks it the corresponding number of times. 

JJ can now count up to seven and as Helen said: ''We hope to have her counting to ten by Christmas!''

Tornadoes in Japan captured on camera

Two tornadoes were captured on camera in the Wakayama and Ishikawa Prefectures in Japan.

One of the tornadoes was filmed from a helicopter. According to the meteorological agency, the tornado lasted about 10 minutes.

 

A US woman forced to hold 'idiot' sign for driving offense

In September, Shena Hardin was caught on camera driving her vehicle on a sidewalk to avoid a Cleveland school bus that was unloading students.

 

Cleveland Municipal Court judge ordered Hardin to stand at an intersection holding a sign warning people about idiots for one hour last Tuesday and Wednesday.

 

 

 

 

The sign reads: "Only an idiot would drive on the sidewalk to avoid a school bus".

Pregnancy test joke leads to cancer diagnosis

A comic post on the social news website Reddit, may have saved one man's life.

An anonymous user posted a story about his friend, who jokingly took a pregnancy test and got a positive result. However, a reader posted a comment advising the man who took the test to visit a doctor, for the reason that a pregnancy test can also be a cancer indicator.

The man took the advice seriously and visited his doctor, who found a small tumor on his right testicle.

According to the National Institutes of Health, pregnancy tests detect the amount of the hormone beta human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in an individual's urine which can be associated with testicular cancer.

Parrot uses tools to snatch his food

A clever cockatoo called Figaro, has become the first known parrot to make and use tools. Researchers have been amazed by his ability to figure out how to modify and use a tool to get his food.

In the video that follows, Figaro grabs a stick and cuts it so as to determine the appropriate size, and then he uses it to retrieve a nut placed out of his reach. 

     

Zac Vawter climbs Chicago's Willis Tower with bionic leg

Zac Vawter, a 31-year-old amputee who lost his right leg in a motorcycle accident, has become the first person to climb 103 floors of a skyscraper with a bionic leg. 

Zac made his achievement at an annual charity event, called SkyRise Chicago. It took him around 45 minutes to scale 2,100 steps to the top of Chicago's Willis Tower.

Do you need a mobile phone? Catch 60 rats!

An area of Johannesburg, South Africa known as Alexandra, is facing giant rad problem. 

In an attempt to find solutions to the problem, the city officials made a strange offer to the residents: ''Bring in 60 rats and you'll get a new mobile phone''. 

Resident Joseph Mothapo, who has won two phones so far and plans to get one for each member of his family, told the South Africa’s Mail & Guardian newspaper: ''It's easy.You put your leftover food inside and the rats climb in, getting caught as the trap door closes.''

Carrier pigeon's skeleton with coded message found in a home in Surrey

David Martin from Surrey, UK, was renovating his home when he discovered a skeleton of a pigeon with a coded message strapped to its leg. 

Historians believe that the bird was almost certainly returning from Nazi-occupied France during the June 1944 D-Day invasion.

The message contains 27 codes, and it was written by a Sergeant W. Stott.

Turtle escapes from an Anaconda attack

Photos taken by the French  photographer Jean-Michel Labat in Los Llanos, Venezuela, show an Anaconda wrapping itself around a turtle.

The turtle was able to resist due to its strong shell. Eventually, Mr. Labat intervened and helped it to escape.

As he said, ''he found it all fascinating to watch at first but then he realised it was going to end badly for the turtle and he had to step in, as it became clear that it would drown if he didn't do something''.

An ice hockey match turns into a brawl

An ice hockey match in Slovakia between Banska Bystrica and Poprad turned into a boxing game.

                  

All started when the one golie was hit in the mask and dropped to the ground, prompting other players to start fighting. The final round belonged to the two goalkeepers who showed off their boxing skills.

An owl acquired his own brick house

The owners of an owl called Gandalf decided to build him a brick house, since he is frightened of flying outside in big open spaces.

Gandalf now spends his time looking out the window.

A 2,5 tonne sponge cake!

The facebook page of Seiersberg town, Austria presents something big. A 2,5 tonne sponge cake!

The cake was created by some chefs in Seiersberg. They used 3000 eggs, 200 kilos of blackberries and 300 kilos of pineapple and strawberries.

Customs police officers in China are taught how to smile

The customs office in Dalian, Liaoning Province in China introduced a new method for practicing the perfect smile. 

Specifically, customs police officers in Dalian are taught a ''smiling course'', with the use of chopsticks. How do they do it? They hold the chopsticks between their teeth and try to smile!

Sheepdog sold at auction for £8,400

A 18-month-old black and white sheepdog called Midge, was sold for a record £8,400 at an auction which took place in Yorkshire last Friday. The buyer was Suffolk shepherd, Eddie Thornalley, Worlington.

 Midge showed great skills at the auction site, even though she has been trained for just three months.

According to the auctioneer, the previous record price was £6,000 at a sale in 2010.

The top ten weirdest mobile phone insurance claims

MobileInsurance.co.uk created a list of the top ten unusual mobile phone insurance claims:

 1. Lost inside a cow

  2. Baked into a cake

          3. Flushed down a lavatory

        4. Snatched by a seagull

     5. Blasted by fireworks

    6. Stolen by monkeys

     7. Dropped from a tree

       8. Thrown at a boyfriend

               9. Worn out by ‘intimate’ use

     10. Dropped overboard

John Lamerton, mobileinsurance.co.uk managing director said: ''Judging by these claims, you really never know what you might need to claim for. My advice would be to just use the phone as a phone.''

Wine glass handling world record

British Philip Osenton, a 43-year-old wine consultant based in Beijing, broke the world record for the number of wine glasses held in one hand, handling 51 glasses. 

                    
The previous record of 39 glasses was made five years ago by Reymond Adina from the Philippines.

Incredible: Shark falls from the sky!

Golfers at San Juan Hills Golf Club in California were stunned when a two-pound leopard shark fell from the sky in front of them.

 It appears that the shark was snagged from the Pacific Ocean by a bird, and then dropped on Golf Club.

The shark was bleeding but still alive, while a golf club employee rescued the fish driving it to a nearby beach.