Archive for July, 2009

Running in underwear contest break the Guinness record

In New York, about 200 people took part in a special contest running in underwear. Every player wore underwear and started from Central Park. After the game, they broke the “the world’s largest amount of running race wearing underwear,” the Guinness Book of World Records.

“zombie march” in Frankfurt, Germany

A group of “zombie” come in Frankfurt, Germany on July 18,this is the consecutive 3 years that Frankfurt was visited by “ghosts”.

Japanese scientists found that the human body can be luminous

Scientists have discovered that the body will be luminous, a weak visible light, light intensity fluctuate in a day. Prior research has found that the body will be luminous, but the strength of the light is weaker 1000 times than the light our naked eye can see. In fact, all living organisms will issue a very weak light, which is considered to participate in biochemical reactions of free radicals results. Face can emit more light than other parts of the body. Maybe because the face exposed to the sun more than other parts of the body, and they received more sunlight, the melanin of color contain fluorescence component, which may increase the light’s “production.” This visible light is different from the infra-red visible light, infrared rather than visible light, which come from the body heat.

Volvo hybrid double-decker bus

This is the world’s first generation of energy-saving and hybrid power Volvo double-decker bus,It looks very cool.

The only giraffe hotel: Kenyan family adopt 8 giraffe

At the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro in Kenya , Mackey and his wife Tanya adopt eight rare giraffe, they put them as their own family members, living together. These rare giraffes’ height are more than sixteen feet (about 4.88 meters) and weighs over two tons, they are expected to live to the age of 30.
Mackey and his wife Tanya have named every giraffe in order to identification them.
These giraffes will head into the window at 9:00 every morning to wait for their breakfast. Mackey family and the visitors share the charming experience living wit giraffe, their home has become the world’s only giraffe hotel. Visitors can contact close with the giraffe while they lived here.

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