CNN — Amateur sleuths with a taste for the supernatural will be glued to their screens next weekend in a bid to try and discover the truth behind Scotland’s biggest mystery. “Monster hunters” from as far away as Japan and New Zealand will be tuning in to livestreams of Scotland’s Loch Ness in the hope of settling a longstanding debate…… read more »
WORLD’S LOWEST CAR IS FIAT PANDA SLICED IN HALF (designboom.com) – Car modifier collective Carmagheddon cuts Fiat Panda in half and turns it into the world’s lowest car that still functions, steers, rides, and drifts like an ordinary, street-legal vehicle. What might have been an ambitious car design project became a reality for Cocchi Rudi, Matteo Marzetti, Nicola Guadagnin…… read more »
(USA Today)- Look out, cubing fans, the master of Rubik’s has outdone himself again. Max Park, a 21-year-old California native, was declared the new world record holder last week after solving a 3x3x3 Rubik’s Cube in a matter of 3.13 seconds, surpassing former champ Yusheng Du’s time of 3.47 seconds. Park’s landmark achievement came on…… read more »
CNN — The mysterious 1912 sinking of the luxury passenger liner, the Titanic, has long served as a source of fascination for many. Historians now believe that a new underwater scanning project may provide answers to some of the unanswered questions regarding the tragedy that killed more than 1,500 people. A team of scientists have used deep sea…… read more »
USA Today – He’s a socialite who roams the forest and likes long naps by the fire. Meet Bobi, a Portuguese pooch declared the world’s oldest dog by Guinness World Records in February, who just celebrated his 31st birthday. According to the global authority on all things record-breaking, Bobi’s owner was planning to throw the…… read more »
CNN — Buddy Holly, the petit basset griffon Vendéen, has been named best in show at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show – the first of his breed to win the prestigious contest’s top prize. The PBGV, who earlier Tuesday won the hound group, charmed judges with his confidence and calm demeanor. “He’s just everything a PBGV should be – hardheaded,…… read more »
CNN — A seventh grader in Michigan is being praised as a hero for preventing his school bus from crashing after his bus driver lost consciousness, according to a school official. Dillon Reeves, a student at Lois E. Carter Middle School in Warren, took immediate action on a bus ride after school Wednesday afternoon in “an extraordinary act of…… read more »
CNN — Calling all cute pet lovers, i.e., everyone. The Instagram account for a certain Mini Sheepadoodle named Bayley is going viral, thanks to the adorable black-and-white pooch’s astounding and uncanny resemblance to Snoopy, the canine mascot for the Peanuts cartoon troupe. Bayley, who according to the pup’s Instagram page will be two years old next month, sports the same oblong…… read more »
SAN FRANCISCO— Strong winds in San Francisco on Tuesday led to trees falling to the ground, a big rig blowing over and airborne furniture crashing down on the sidewalk. Video shared appears to show a large outdoor couch flying through the air and falling to the ground as a high-rise resident observes from his apartment.…… read more »
(UPI) — A trio of engineers broke a Guinness World Record when they created and threw a paper airplane that flew a distance of 289 feet and 9 inches. Dillon Ruble and Garrett Jensen, who work for Boeing, teamed up with fellow aerospace engineer Nathan Erickson and spent four months experimenting with paper plane designs before…… read more »
