Why Elephants can't dance, the strongest animal on earth and more ...

Why elephants can't dance: Although they are one of the biggest and most charismatic animals on Earth, elephants can't dance because of their low area to volume ratio. Their legs are big and heavy to support their weight, but this impairs their ability to jump, change direction and dance, like an elegant ballerina. 



How hamsters can sky dive: The size of an animal determines its likelihood of surviving a fall from an aeroplane or a tall building. Smaller animals hit the ground with a proportionally lower force. That's why, whilst falling out of an aeroplane is fatal for humans, hamsters live and spiders dont even feel the impact. Don't try this at home!  

Why chocolate tastes so melt-in-the mouth good: Chocolate melts in your mouth thanks to the crystal structure of the cocoa butter that is used to make it. The crystal structure is created when molecules fit together and build to make up the cocoa butter fat. Getting this crystal structure right is the trick and its not easy there are six different crystal structures and only one works for chocoholics.  
Why ants are so strong: An ant can lift 100 times its own body weight compared to an Olympic weightlifter, who can only lift double their own weight on a good day. This is because, being so light, ants only use a small amount of their muscles to hold themselves up, leaving the rest of their strength for lifting. So, as things get bigger they get proportionally weaker. 


Can we build a lift to the moon? Until now there has not been a material strong enough to withstand the huge gravitational forces that dominate as you start to move up into space. But recently we discovered super strong materials, which make steel look as soft as butter by comparison, and which could indeed make it possible to build an elevator to the moon.

How about having a crocodile as a pet...

Typical morning greeting in this household:

"Dad, where's your leg?"

"Uh...- oh look, Gena has it. Isn't she cute??"

A businessman has installed the latest home security in his family home – a 7ft crocodile.

Vlad Jersovovcov’s pet croc Gena has the run of the home in Jaskinia, northern Russia.

He said: “She behaves more like a big dog than a killer and likes to sit on the sofa with us. Naturally, not many people try to break in.” (Captain Obvious to the rescue.)

Man told he is pregnant with twins

Gianni says: No... it's not Bud Spencer. And no, it's not one of Berlusconi's many unknown off-springs. But it sure is a curious piece of news!


A man was told by a hospital that he was two months’ pregnant... possibly with twins.

Childless Hilton Plettell, 50, was sent a letter – addressed to Mr Plettell – which informed him that he would give birth in seven months’ time. Like all mums-to-be, he was asked to go for a scan and was helpfully told: “Please attend with a full bladder, which is important to your ultrasound.” The only time he has been to the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital was to have kidney stones removed almost 15 years ago.

The hospital letter advised Hilton: “An ultrasound scan is used to check pregnancy, to determine how far pregnant you are, and sometimes it can show twins.” Hilton said: “It came as a bit of a shock to say the least. I had to read it through twice as I thought I must have read it wrong.” “My partner asked me if it was a secret I had been keeping from her – everyone has had a good laugh about it. I knew the letter was genuine.”

Mr Hilton would have been looking like this? - don't worry much about this guy. His belly is full of beer.. no babies

He added: “The ribbing has been coming thick and fast. When I walk up to the door of my snooker club I get, ‘Ooh mother and baby coming through’. A few of my friends have told me to turn up at Norwich Hospital as a woman and wear a wig.”

Emma McKay, senior nurse for women and children’s services at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital said: “We have contacted him directly to apologize. We will also be taking the opportunity to look at how this obvious mistake occurred and improve our procedures.”

Football team concedes 227 goals in 11 defeats

Madron FC have lost all 11 games of the season, let in 227 goals and has just scored only twice. They struggle to field the 11-man full team but the club refuse to give in. Boss Alan Davenport, 68, said they are "probably the worst team in Britain" but added: "It would be easy to give up but we'll fight on."

The worst game had the result saying a 55-0 drubbing, however, for which the team mustered seven players but no goalie ("One lad did stand between the posts," says Davenport, "but he spent the game chatting to his mates"), things could be looking up. In the following game, Madron lost 22-0 – but they fielded 12 players, and the goalie saved two penalties.

"Today alone, I had calls from three lads who want to play with us," says Davenport. "22-0 isn't brilliant. But it's 33 goals better than last time. This weekend, we might get a point. We're not giving up."

Incredibly, there is another team below them in Mining League Division Two, after they had points deducted for not turning up to a match.

The Madron FC team

The world's largest....XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXL pants..

The XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXL underwear is built for women who are a size 74 with a 105in waistline. They are made by British manufacturers, The Big Bloomers Company, which launched a range of XXXXXXXXL underwear earlier this year.

Co-owner Dianne Mannering, 68, of Penryn, Cornwall, said: "We realised there was a woeful lack of selection and so decided to cater for much larger women."

And here is a sample for you..

P.S - there are 15 Xs

Cheers :)

Optical illusions

So guys, I am sorry have not posted since a couple of days but I had some things to finish up. Now I am here giving you insane optical illusions!!



In this first picture ... you should see, actually how many women do you see?



Here is another one. You might have already discovered the trick.. no?



What are you seeing?



I find this quite amazing, stare at it for 5 seconds and see what happens!! (if you don't feel anything just try for a longer period)



This is the last one guys... how many people/faces can you see?

Want an answer?, its all in your mind. Don't be lazy check them all out  again and POST your finding, here below, and compare them with those of others.

That's all for today, I will catch up with you in a couple of days.

Cheers :)

Ducks on ... marijuana!

French farmer Michel Rouyer has been fined for growing marijuana and feeding them to his ducks to rid them of worms - and he says it worked.

The man has received 1 month in detention and has been fined 500 euros for the act. Police found 12 cannabis plants and about 5kg of dried marijuana on the farm. The farmer also says he smoked some of the marijuana.

Lidl selling reindeer meat ...

Discount grocery chain Lidl has begun stocking its shelves for Christmas - with reindeer meat.

The supermarket, which has 500 shops in the UK, Italy, Germany and Malta.It is the first to introduce the meat, which sells for £5.99 for 350g under its premium Deluxe brand.

Animals rights campaigners claim the Germanowned chain is "destroying the magic of Christmas" and demand it "takes Rudolph off the menu".

Lidl say their reindeer feed on local aromatic herbs and grass. "They live in their natural habitat and have plenty of space," said a spokeswoman.

Would you buy it if it would be available for purchase in Malta?

Link for the reindeer meat: http://bit.ly/cIJY1c (packed so no blood or other quirky stuff)

Dead Drops - your files into cement

‘Dead Drops’ is an anonymous, offline, peer to peer file-sharing network in public space. USB flash drives are embedded into walls, buildings and curbs accessable to anybody in public space.

People are invited to drop or find files on a dead drop. Plug their laptops to a wall, house or pole and share their favorite files and data. Each dead drop is installed empty except a readme.txt file explaining the project. ‘Dead Drops’ is open to participation.

 

This project has already started all over the world, here in Malta too!!- This is at Mside Skate Park

The following is a how to video:

Want more? - This is a link to the database of dead drops around the world! - Here

The funniest and lamest of facebook!

Hi guys hope you all ok :) ..

Ok, check these out... straight from lamebook.com

Practically people post  funny statuses, comments and other stuff coming from Facebook. If you would like to check them out, there is a link at the end of the post. Enjoy and take care =]














Lamebook Link

World's hardest sudoku: Can you solve Dr Arto Inkala's puzzle?

Could this be the toughest sudoku puzzle ever devised?

Number cruncher Dr Arto Inkala has created this new challenge to rival the AI Escargot grid – widely regarded as the most difficult yet.

Applied mathematician Dr Inkala, 41, from Finland, said: “I believe it is the most difficult puzzle I’ve ever created.

"It will test your brain power to the maximum and, I hope, rival AI Escargot. Good luck."

Here is the link for those who would like to try it ! .. Good luck!!

http://bit.ly/aSU2de

The best Creative Advertising Ideas

So, recently I have had a lecture about creative advertising and people's response to it and after a bit of research I did, the following are amongst the best I could find... rate them yourselves :)

Enjoy,



Seems so realistic ... Intelligent Ad



Another intelligent ad, control your smoking :)


Awesome board !!



Imagine you saw that... what would you do?



Intelligent and creative ad by greenpeace



Axe... another successful campaign



Perhaps...the damages of smoking??



Yep, size doesn't matter ...



The pink trees make this ad so creative..



Look!! Mastro Lindo! haha



Ever doubted the power of duracell?



Awesome ad by National Geographic



For Tabasco lovers, i think..



Spend a second or two to understand it... it really means everything!!



This is the last one for today... keep yourself updated!

More to come soon :)

Beware of Photoshop

As suggested by Franco from www.cassarmanghi.net

Pamela Anderson


Shakira


Jessica Biel


Lindsay Lohan


And for the girls:

Brad Pitt


Michael Schumacher


And one last hilarious one:

Amy Winehouse


Beware of Photoshop!!

Animated GIF of the Day

Short... just watch and share :)



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR_8SDNQ0ks (video version)

Well, this is something you don't see everyday...

Well This Is Something You Don’t See Every Day of the Day - The engine of a Qantas Airbus A380 exploded mid-air, sending debris hurtling toward the ground mere minutes after taking off from Singapore’s Changi Airport en route to Sydney.

The plane landed safely, and none of the 459 people on board were injured. Qantas, meanwhile, has grounded its Airbus A380 fleet pending an investigation into the incident.