Indian unveils largest scissors (01:05) Report Aug. 16 – An Indian author has designed what she believes is the world’s largest scissors with which she hopes to break a Guinness World Record.

Heart-kun – Japanese puppy with heart shape birthmark on fur

Baboons at a safari park in northern England have learned how to break into car rooftop luggage boxes.

Chilli record attempt in India – Reuters – Rana Deol A woman sets new world record by rubbing twenty-four chillies on her eyes during competition in Assam. Charlotte Turner reports.

(00:35) Rough Cut Mar 28 – Peruvian magician Princess Inca leaves onlookers spellbound as she seemingly levitates in mid-air. Claudia Pacheco, aka Princess Inca, drew a multitude of fans for the event staged in the central Plaza de Armas square in the coastal capital city of Lima. Although Princess Inca doesn’t reveal how she achieved […]

Sky-high costs to use a toilet? LONDON (Reuters) – Ryanair’s chief executive said Europe’s largest budget carrier might start charging passengers for using the toilet while flying, but his spokesman cautioned Michael O’Leary often just made things up at will. “One thing we have looked at in the past and are looking at again is […]

Monkey with a mission (00:43) Rough Cut Jan 30 – In India’s southern Karnataka, a monkey prevents the authorities from demolishing a roadside temple by attacking officials who venture near the temple premises. The bizarre incident saw the monkey defending the temple dedicated to Hindu monkey god ‘Hanuman’. The authorities in the Kolar region of […]

Potty-trained parrot (00:57) Rough Cut Jan 28 – Jako-parrot Emil has learned many things during his 10-year-long life, but the most unusual is how to use the toilet. The parrot, who lives in southern Sweden with owner Yasmin Mughal and her partner, was taught to use the loo when he was four months old. “We […]

Thai Scorpion Queen breaks record (01:43) Report Jan 24 – A 39-year-old Thai woman has set a new world record after spending 33 days and nights living with 5000 poisonous scorpions. Kanchana Ketkaew, was attempting to break her 2002 world record, when she lived with 3,400 scorpions for 32 days inside a tiny glass room. […]

Entrepreneur creates first jumbo jet hostel Take off for Jumbo hostel (01:27) Report Jan 14 – For the travellers who love planes and want to stay close to the airport, there is now a hostel built especially for them – The Jumbo Jet hostel. The hostel is a refurbished Boeing-747 which opens this week near […]