Showing posts with label Things. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Things. Show all posts

Porsche Reveals Limited Edition

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

This is the Boxster RS 60 Spyder Limited Edition. It pays tribute to the winning Type 718 RS.

Just 1,960 of these cars will be made available at a price of approximately $78,000.

Hurry up - this is definately a "while stocks last" offer.

See more here.

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$30 Million For Coins

Wednesday, November 21, 2007


An anonymous collector has paid more than $30 million for a collection of rare U.S. prototype coins, some from the 1700s, that never went into circulation.

The coin collection consists of approximately 1,000 coins that is referred to as pattern coins — trial designs that never went into production because the U.S. Mint chose other designs.

Read the full story here.

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Train Stop Stolen

Sunday, November 18, 2007

In the Kelantan state of Malaysia, thieves have stolen an entire railway stop.

The national railway authority, Keretapi Tanah Melayu Bhd (KTMB) confirmed that two weeks ago thieves, wanting to extract the steel components of the chattels, removed a store and stop sign at a stopping point for trains at a village.

Read the full story here.

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Dancing Skeletons

Saturday, November 17, 2007

These polymer preserved two humans bodies was exhibited in Barcelona, Spain for the Bodies Exhibition. Link.

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Wine Retirement Fund

James Miles, founder of the London International Vintners Exchange (www.liv-ex.com), said its benchmark index, the Liv-ex 100, which monitors the most actively traded fine wines, has risen by 41 per cent this year.

Bonhams an auctioneer is selling historic stock from the Imperial Russian winery at Massandra on November 28 in New Bond Street, London.

Another sale from the same source - including vintages that survived the communist revolution and Nazi invasion - will follow next month in San Francisco.

According to James Miles, the reason for the increased in commercial activity and in prices of fine wine is that, fine wine has outperformed most equities and commodities in the past three years.

He also adds that the rich are getting richer, and wine investment has become a lot more transparent, which has led to an increased level of confidence and has brought new money into the market.

Read the full story here.

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Chocolate Princess

This is a sculpture of Princess Letizia, made of chocolate, by Galleros Artesanos. It is on display in Rute, Cordoba, in the south of Spain. The sweet sculpture weighs 320 kilograms and took two craftsmen three months to make.

See more photos here.

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Hunted Disneyland

Apparently, an increasing number visitors are bringing the cremated remains of their loved ones, and scattering the ashes throughout Disneyland. In the beginning the most popular spot was, “The Haunted Mansion” but recently visitors are scattering the remains everywhere. Disneyland has trained its employees to handle these sensitive situations, including arming them with special vacuum cleaners to remove the human remains and bone fragments from the park.

Read the full story here.

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Who Needs And Who Has Most Oil


This Is A Map Of World Oil Consumption and Production. According to the map, the United Stated consumes the most oil in the world, followed by China. The map also reveals that Saudi Arabia and Iran have the the most oil reserves in the world. Link.

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White Diamond

Thursday, November 15, 2007

This is the 84.37-carat white diamond sold at Sotheby's auction to Guess clothing company founder Georges Marciano for just under $16.2 million.

The diamond, the largest top-quality, brilliant-cut white diamond ever to appear at an auction — had been valued by Sotheby's at between $13.3 million and $17.8 million.

Marciano's winning bid, made by telephone, was $16,189,769 including the buyer's premium.

Read the full story here.

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Love You Beyond Death

When he died his wife commissioned this sculpture as an expression of her love for him.

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Plane In The "Car Park"

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

An Iberia Airlines Airbus skidded off the runway upon landing on November 9 on Quito's international airport. Authorities confirmed that no one was hurt in the incident. Link.

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90 Year Old Enagagement Ring Found

Monday, November 12, 2007

Stanley Cubiss drowned when his ship, the HMS Opal, sank during the First World War - January 12, 1918. This engraved engagement ring from fiancee, Florence, went down the sea with him.

In September this year, amateur divers on a routine dive around the Opal found a gold band perfectly preserved and engraved "To Stanley from Flo, March 1916".

Read the full story here.

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Investment In Whisky Better Than Stocks

"If you invest in stocks, there is always the risk the value will go down. With whisky, we do not see that," said businessman Michel Kappen.

"It is a very stable investment. The annual rate of return is 12 percent," said Kappen.

He cited for instance a bottle of Black Bowmore Scotch malt whisky, distilled in 1964 and bottled in 1995 went from 150 euros ($218.9) in 1995 to 2450 euros ($3,602) today.

Read the full story here.

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Chocolate Started As A Beer

This urn from northern Honduras is similar to the ones found to the earliest known evidence of the use of the cacao plant -- the source of chocolate.

The chocolate was discovered at least 3,100 years ago in Central America but not as the sweet treat as we know today but as a celebratory beer- like beverage and status symbol, researchers claimed.

Read the full story here.

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Exploding Piggy Bank

Saturday, November 10, 2007

Exploding piggy-bank aims to scare Japanese into saving. The “Savings Bomb,” manufactured by TOMY Co Ltd, “explodes” and scatters coins if its user fails to save for a long time.

Read the full story here.

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Bad Luck Eating Goat

Sunday, November 4, 2007


Unlucky gamblers at the Edogawa Kyotei boat race course in Tokyo have a new way to ease their frustrations if they lose a bet — they can feed their losing tickets to a robotic goat. Edogawa Kyotei enlisted the help of the ticket-munching robo-goat at the end of last month in an effort to reduce litter inside the facility.

Read the full story here.

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Flowers Delivered To The Dead By Email

The photo above is for illustration purposes only and has no relation to the story below. The photo is by lindsayrdean.

Intersepulture, a new French company, has launched a unique service where individuals can have fresh flowers placed on loved ones' graves by simply sending an e-mail.

Individuals place orders over the internet instructing the company to deliver flowers to the graves.

The service starts from about £40.

Read the full story here.

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Folk Chapel

Thursday, October 25, 2007


Folk artist Martin Sanchez has created this chapel entirely out of beer and soda pop bottles, and other assorted found objects. This chapel is located Riverside, California. Link.

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Buddha's Banana

Friday, October 5, 2007

A statue of the Buddha with a banana and two eggs in its lap has been turned round after police warned it was offensive. The £125,000 bronze sculpture is the centrepiece of a display at a Norwich art gallery.

Read the full story here.

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11 Most Expensive Sh*t You Don't Need

Monday, August 20, 2007


This tea bag cost $14,000. PG Tips is a British company that makes tea. Boodles jewelers (an exclusive jeweller based in the UK) made a diamond teabag to celebrate PG Tips 75th birthday.

View other expensive but useless things here.

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