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Trucker!
Jaromir Bakalik, of Tucapy, Czechoslovakia, pulled four trucks weighing 62,391 pounds all at the same time!
Submitted by Jene Lobo (), Kurseong
Xtreme Female!
Karen Richardson, of Florida travelled 1750 miles to Nashua, N.H., by paddling a Kayak!
Explosive Survival!
Harebell Childress of Rose Township, Michigan, survived an explosion caused by lightning that struck his home 10 years ago. After rebuilding his house, he survived another explosion caused by a propane leak, that destroyed his house!
Submitted by Sammy Edgar Rice (19), Manhattan
Mechanical Artist!
Artists in the League of Electronic Musical Urban Robots from Brooklyn, N.Y., created robots that can play Guitars and Rattles and, Shivabot, a 6 foot tall robot that plays the Drums with four arms!
Submitted by Diana Holding (24), West Indies
Zap Jacket!
Yolita Nugent and Adam Whiton have developed a "No-Contact Jacket" for women that delivers a jolt of electricity if the wearer is attacked!
Submitted by Sasa Clampton (24), New Jersey
Great-Grandmother!
Angeline DuRussel, age 97, of Reese, Michigan, has 101 great-grandchidren and another on the way!
Submitted by Rabindr Jetley (27), Backwaters, Kumaron
Doctarate @ 15!
Thatagat Avatar Tulsi of Bihar, India, is studying for his Doctorate in Physics at the Indian Institute of Science, at the age of 15 years only.
Submitted by Rabindr Jetley (27), Backwaters, Kumaron
Food Legend: King Potatoe
Legend has it that Germany's King Frederick William was so impressed with potatoes that he ordered peasants to plant and eat them or their noses would be cut off!
Submitted by Sejal (18),
Fruit Picker!
Charles Webb, Author of the Bestselling Novel "The Graduate", signed away the Royalties from the book to his favourite Charity and chose to work at a variety of jobs -
including Fruit Picker, rather than accumulate any wealth!
Submitted by Maverick Wizard
Blind Writer!
Hans Christian Andersen, creator of fairy tales, was word-blind. He never learned to spell correctly, and his publishers always had the spelling errors corrected.
Submitted by Sneha (17),
Bizarre Smuggler!
Customs Officers at Sydney airport arrested a Swedish man who had strapped eight snakes to his legs! The snakes, which included four king cobras, were handed over to the Australian Quarantine Service.
The man refused bail and faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, a fine of $45000 or both. Any which way, snakes might no longer leave this smuggler with Swede memories!
Submitted by Austin Craig (29), Sydney, Australia
Breakfast Anyone!
In Croatia, 38660 people in 11 cities took part in a mass breakfast!
Submitted by Calvin 'Taarzan' (26), Missouri
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