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Caught by alligators
23/05/2013 | Administrator

***The following is supposedly a true story. To be included, besides being true, the story is most likely strange, weird, surprising, or funny.


A 71-yearl-old man fell off a dock and into the jaws of a [ ... ]


200,000 Freestanding Playing Cards! Amazing!!!
23/05/2013 | Administrator
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Bryan Berg broke his own Guinness World Record for the largest house of freestanding playing cards at The Venetian® Macao. The buildings used more than 200,000 cards and took 45 days to complete.
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Why ask why
23/05/2013 | Administrator

Do you need a silencer if you are going to shoot a mime?

If the 7-11 is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, why are there locks on the doors?

If you tied buttered toast to the back of a cat and dropp [ ... ]


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    • Jordan's king to visit West Bank

      Jordan's King Abdullah II will visit the West Bank on Monday where he will hold talks with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, Palestinian officials said on Sunday."King Abdullah II will visit Ramallah tomorrow for a meeting with president Abbas and the t...
    • Malaysia to legalise gatherings without permits

      Malaysia's prime minister is to table a law allowing peaceful gatherings without police permits, in an apparent pre-election move to improve civil liberties after street protests, a minister said Monday.Nazri Aziz, who is in charge of law, told state medi...
    • Philip Morris sues Australia over plain packaging

      Global tobacco firm Philip Morris said it is suing the Australian government over a new law requiring all cigarettes to be sold in plain packages."We are left with no option," Philip Morris Asia (PMA) spokesperson Anne Edwards said.{reg}"The government ha...
    • China: No need to panic over US Asia return

      Chinese state media on Monday played down the impact of greater US involvement in Asia-Pacific after US President Barack Obama's week-long trip in the region, saying there was "no need to panic".Obama flew back to the United States on Saturday after takin...
    • Toribiong travels to Israel

      Despite emergency situation in Palau, President Toribiong Friday traveled to Israel for a state visit.President’s Press Secretary Fermin Meriang explained that the president of Israel had invited Toribiong since over a year ago to visit their country.{r...
    • Can I play the piano once these are off?

      A doctor has come to see one of his patients in a hospital. The patient has had major surgery to both of his hands."Doctor," says the man excitedly and dramatically holds up his heavily bandaged hands. "Will I be able to play the piano when these bandages...
    • Make life simpler tips

      Helpful Tips To Make Life Simpler Old telephone books make ideal personal address books. Simply cross out the names and addresses of people you don't know.{reg} Fool other drivers into thinking you have an expensive car phone by holding an old TV or video...
    • Pay-for-Delay Drugs

      Pharmaceutical companies have sought for years to protect their expensive brand-name drugs by paying generic rivals handsome sums of money to put off efforts to introduce cheaper, generic alternatives that could steal market share.{reg}The controversial p...
    • Be grateful for the guarantee of a better covenant

      The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless (for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.  {reg}And it was not without an oath! Others became priests without any oath, but he bec...
    • Uyehara appointed as PPUC interim GM

      Palau Chamber of Commerce President Ken Uyehara is back in Palau Public Utilities Corporation as interim general manager.On Saturday, President Toribiong appointed Uyehara as interim GM for PPUC effective immediately. He was directed to take over from Pub...

    Sports News

    Etpison Cup at Drop Off Bar and Grill
    23/05/2013 | Peter Erick Magbanua

    Fishing derby enthusiasts are set to gather tomorrow for the much awaited 23rd annual Sports Fishing tournament featuring the Etpison Cup at the Drop Off Bar and Grill.

    A whooping $30,000 grand prize  [ ... ]


    Breakers escape Stingers, 77-75 in IP&E NBL 2013
    23/05/2013 | Peter Erick Magbanua

    Team Breakers held on with their defense as they managed to escape with a 77-75 victory over the Neco Marine Stingers, Wednesday night in the ongoing 2013 season of the Shell IP&E National Basketball  [ ... ]


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    Japan stocks dive as benchmark bond yield spikes
    23/05/2013 | Administrator

    BANGKOK  — Japanese stocks plummeted Thursday after a spike in government bond yields and unexpectedly weak Chinese manufacturing spooked investors sitting atop months of massive gains in share pri [ ... ]


    Lawyer: Malaysian accused of rape married the girl
    23/05/2013 | Administrator


    KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia  — Prosecutors are pursuing rape charges against a 40-year-old Malaysian who allegedly had sex with a 13-year-old girl and then married her.

    Restaurant manager Riduan Masmud w [ ... ]


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    7 excessive emotional feelings that damage body organs!
    23/05/2013 | Administrator

    Unbalanced emotion is the biggest cause of blockages in the body. Chinese Medicine tells us that overexcitement and excessive causes damage to the heart energy.

    Anger and anxiety damages the liver ener [ ... ]


    Polish man gets quick face transplant after injury
    23/05/2013 | Administrator

    WARSAW, Poland — A 33-year-old Polish man received a face transplant just three weeks after being disfigured in a workplace accident, in what his doctors said Wednesday is the fastest time frame to  [ ... ]


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