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New TALLEST BUILDING in the world Announced

Published on 2011-04-13 15:23:00

The Saudi royal family announced yesterday it's plans to build the world's tallest building which will be over a mile high (5,280 feet). It will be located outside of the port city of Jeddah and will create a new city of 80,000 residents.Kingdom Tow > read more

Elephant. COOL PHOTO

Published on 2011-04-02 15:40:00

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Curious and FUN tv shows to watch

Published on 2011-03-31 14:28:00

These are the television shows that I currently love watching:Jamie's Food Escapes(Cooking Channel on Cable tv)http://www.cookingchanneltv.com/jamies-food-escapes/index.htmlJamie Oliver hits the road for a culinary expedition through the world's c > read more

World's Tallest Hotel opens in Hong Kong

Published on 2011-03-29 15:29:00

T-A-L-L hotel in a very T-A-L-L new skyscraperThe world's tallest hotel recently opened in Hong Kong West Kowloon mainland. The Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong is located in the International Commerce Centre (ICC) building on floors 102 to 118. The building > read more

New BOEING 747-800 is BIG

Published on 2011-03-26 13:47:00

B-I-GBoeing 747-800The new, larger version of the 747, the 747-800 (above), made its maiden flight March 20, 2011. The plane will compete with the Airbus A380 as one of the largest commercial aircraft in the world. It is approximately 12 ft lon > read more

LIZ Taylor: A Remarkable Life

Published on 2011-03-24 13:37:00

Elizabeth TaylorR.I.P.1932-2011A remarkable life and one that was well-lived. > read more

Air New Zealand YOU TUBE commercial

Published on 2010-10-22 20:51:00

Funny short commercial titled "Bare Essentials" for Air New Zealand > read more

The LIONWHISPERER

Published on 2010-10-17 13:13:00

The man who turns lions into pussycats: The 'Lion Whisperer' takes a risky ride on fearsome animal. Snuggling up to a fully grown male lion seems foolish enough. To then climb on its back is surely suicide.But as you can see, Kevin Richardson enjoys > read more

ME WANT: ONE man's $1billion 27-story new home

Published on 2010-10-14 18:31:00

This is the extravagant £630m ($1bn) home built by a billionaire Indian tycoon to house his family-of-four in Mumbai.With 27 storeys, Antilia will be home to Mukesh Ambani and features a health club with a gym and dance studio, a ballroom, at leas > read more

ELEPHANTS

Published on 2010-09-24 14:21:00

DIPTENDU DUTTA / AFP / Getty Images Elephant Tracks An elephant crosses a railway track, which runs through the Mahananda Wildlife sanctuary in west Bengal. Thursday, Sep. 16, 2010Read more: > read more

Horizontal Skyscraper

Published on 2010-09-05 12:48:00

Designed by Steven Holl, the massive 1,296,459-square-foot Horizontal Skyscraper in Shenzhen, China floats above the surface using just eight legs. To give you an idea of how impressive this is: The building's as long as the Empire State Building is > read more

ELEPHANTS

Published on 2010-09-04 20:40:00

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EVE ENSLER's Embrace Your Inner Girl

Published on 2010-08-01 22:19:00

I'm a feminist. This sums up every reason why. Eve, of course, wrote The Vagina Monologues which I have yet to see in concert--I've only read the book.At about 19 minutes short this lecture is worth every minute. Thanks to my friend Carla Tourin fo > read more

Cool photo!

Published on 2010-07-29 12:49:00

Time Picture of the DAYBedrockOdd Anderson / AFP / Getty ImagesA polar bear dries off in the sun after coming out of the water in his enclosure at a zoo in Berlin.Read more: http://www.time.com/time/today-in-pictures/0,31511,2006018,00.html#ixzz0v5wI > read more

ME Want: A 747 Wing house

Published on 2010-07-17 13:10:00

Here's a short video:From http://content.usatoday.com/communities/greenhouse/post/2010/06/malibu-house-built-with-aircraft-wing-nears-takeoff/1:On a 55-acre property in the remote hills of Malibu, Calif., an old Boeing 747 is taking on a new life as > read more

Astonishing video OK Go - This Too Shall Pass - Rube Goldberg Machine version - Official

Published on 2010-07-15 10:43:00

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