Meet Paul the Oracle
Wherever I go, the only thing I hear is football. Bikash and Princy have in many posts over the last couple of weeks written about the players, the WAGs, body art and almost every controversy which has cropped up about the beautiful game. But no one has written about Paul, the very ‘special’ oracle who predicts the German team’s chances before each match. Paul, the two-year-old octopus, has correctly predicted Germany’s results in South Africa so far. He attained celebrity status by being 70% accurate in its predictions of Germany’s results during the 2008 European Championship.
Watch him make his prediction that Germany would trounce England in their World Cup match.
Read more about Paul here and here
Village and its people for sale
Ever since being out of my ‘own’ house, I’m hooked to two sign boards. One being ‘for sale’ and the other being ‘to let’. And they grab eyeballs even when I see them on news sites. This was why, the Reuters article on ‘For sale – village with pub, 40 people’ caught my eye. What made the owners Bill and Christine Hennah do it? More here.
Guillotine it!
French history has a close association with the guillotine. And I couldn’t but laugh out loud when I saw this news article, where in a bid to save money, President Sarkozy ‘axed the traditional lavish Bastille Day garden party in the grounds of his Elysee Palace residence as a symbolic savings measure.’ Read full article here.
Say ‘I do’ and divorce
‘I do’ – the words have a special meaning when it comes to weddings. Khristina has given us a list of questions to ask before marriage and Rummana discusses life after marriage but this news article was a bit different from the rest. With divorce on the rise in Japan, some couples are choosing to celebrate the end of an unhappy marriage by saying “I do” for the final time at a divorce ceremony before friends and family. Read more about it here.
Scent of Calvin Klein
Ask women which their favourite perfume house is, and chances are Calvin Klein will feature somewhere in the top. But perfume junkies, here comes a shocker. Scientists have discovered that they can use Calvin Klein’s cologne to lure jaguars! Surprised? Here are more details.
Ghosts for sale!
This definitely is not for the weak-hearted. According to reports, Avie Woodbury from Christchurch managed to bottle two ghosts, one of an old man and one, a young girl in vials after an exorcism session. Can’t really blame her for wanting to get rid of them, can I? But did she sell them? Find out.
A bite off the Great Wall
I love chocolates. Whenever I see an article on chocolates, I just can’t stay away from it. So when I saw this article, I was so happy. I would have loved to grab a bite off the Great wall of China if it were made of chocolate – would you have been able to keep away from the temptation?
For the love of pets
Here’s a story of a man who kept a tarantula as his pet and ran into trouble. Now, who would keep a tarantula as a pet? Jharna has in one of her posts told us the story of a snake who tried to swallow its owner. Reading this article made me decide against getting a snake for a pet. But, our tarantula did not do any harm, at least not directly. Here is what happened.
Whale poop to save climate
Did you know that whale poop helps fight climate change, whale vomit is sometimes used in perfumes and the Humpback Whale can beat Kelly Clarkson in a screaming match on American Idol? Here are some fun facts about whales which Vinay has put together.
Fly – to induce rains
Scientists say that they can ‘punch’ holes into clouds and induce rains. Know all about the weather modification exercises many nations are conducting.
How a star is born
In the Milky Way there is a pulsating, vibrant object that is pulling in matter from a surrounding envelope of gas and dust. It is emitting a thin ray of light. Is it a new star is being born? Find out.
Which is your favourite and why? Do you know of others? Let me know.
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