The World And BeyondIn Here we speak about anything in the world, around the world and even outside, within the galaxy.The 200mph sports car that will get you to Venice and back on just one tank- August 27, 2008 This sleek machine is being hailed as the future of high-performance, eco-friendly motoring. With an engine that runs on pure biodiesel, the Trident Iceni can do 2,000 miles on one tank of fuel - enough for a return trip to Venice from London. Capable of topping 200mph, the car has been designed and manufactured by Phil Bevan, of Norwich-based firm Trident Performance Vehicles. Impressive:http://badabe123.blogspot.com/2008/08/200mph-sports-car-that-will-get-you-to.html Pictured: A majestic rare albino whale shark graces the ocean- August 27, 2008 Sometimes, Nature puts on a show that leaves Man awestruck. And these spectacular displays by two denizens of the deep left all who saw them beguiled by their grace and beauty. Divers were stunned by the sight of a 33ft albino whale shark as it glided through the waters off the coast of Darwin, an island in the Galapagos group. Enlarge Close and personal: The rare creatures arehttp://badabe123.blogspot.com/2008/08/pictured-majestic-rare-albino-whale.html World's oldest man dies at the age of 138- August 21, 2008 A great-grand father believed to be the world's oldest man has died at the age of 138.Habib Mian passed away early yesterday morning after a brief illness at his home in the Alwar district, Rajasthan, India.According to records Habib was born on May 28, 1870. The grand old man was a witness to the life and times of two kings of Jaipur, the dominance of the British Raj and the decades after thehttp://badabe123.blogspot.com/2008/08/worlds-oldest-man-dies-at-age-of-138.html Lightning Bolt joins Olympic sprint doubles club after blitzing the Beijing 200m field- August 20, 2008 Usain Bolt joined an exclusive club when he stormed to victory in the 200 metres final at the Bird's Nest in a new world record time of 19.30 seconds.The 21-year-old Jamaican became just the ninth man in modern Olympic history to complete the 100m and 200m sprint double.He is the first man since Carl Lewis at Los Angeles in 1984 to complete the feat.Bolt, who casually shaved 0.03 seconds off hishttp://badabe123.blogspot.com/2008/08/lightning-bolt-joins-olympic-sprint.html Zimbabwe official inflation rate leaps to 11,200,000% ... but the real level could be 20,000,000%- August 19, 2008 Zimbabwe's inflation rate has soared by 9 million per cent to 11.2 million in just three months, the country's Central Statistical Office revealed today.Prices have has surged from 2.2 million per cent recorded in May, despite new government controls.Zimbabwe's finance minister, Samuel Mumbengegwi, confirmed the new figure but insisted other countries in the region were also suffering.He said: 'http://badabe123.blogspot.com/2008/08/zimbabwe-official-inflation-rate-leaps.html World's oldest mother, 70, is pleased at male heir but declares daughter 'a burden'- August 17, 2008 The world's oldest mum, who gave birth to twins at 70 after IVF, proudly showed off her son, then admitted: 'Now I've got another daughter to feed too.' Omkari Panwar, and her husband Charan Singh Panwar, 77, underwent IVF all for the sake of producing a male heir to take over the family's smallholdings.The elderly Indian couple, who already have two daughters in their thirties, and fivehttp://badabe123.blogspot.com/2008/08/worlds-oldest-mother-70-is-pleased-at.html The world is left gasping as Usain bolts into history- August 16, 2008 Usain Bolt, from the parish of Trelawny in the county of Cornwall on the island of Jamaica, last night entered the company of the immortals. In the course of 9.69 seconds, he destroyed a world record, secured an Olympic title and sent waves of disbelief crashing through the sporting universe. The statistics told a stunning story, since that improbable time removed three-hundredths of a secondhttp://badabe123.blogspot.com/2008/08/world-is-left-gasping-as-usain-bolts.html Why does the weasel go pop - the secret meaning of our best-loved nursery rhymes- August 16, 2008 Humpty Dumpty Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall; All the king's horses and all the king's men Couldn't put Humpty together again The real Humpty Dumpty was not a person but a powerful cannon used by the Royalist forces during the English Civil War of 1642 to 1651. Sir Charles Lucas and Sir George Lisle led the King's men and overpowered the Parliament stronghold ofhttp://badabe123.blogspot.com/2008/08/why-does-weasel-go-pop-secret-meaning.html Banging walls and shouting obscenities... How a couple's rowdy sex sessions made their neighbours' lives hell- August 9, 2008 A couple kept their neighbours awake all night with marathon sex sessions so loud that one of them ended up in court.The bedroom behaviour of Kerry Norris, an unemployed mother-of-one, disrupted her neighbours' lives for two and a half years, magistrates heard.Norris, 29, was yesterday fined after having all-night sessions with boyfriend Adam Hinton at their one-bedroom flat in Brighton, Easthttp://badabe123.blogspot.com/2008/08/banging-walls-and-shouting-obscenities.html |