Human dominoes smash Guinness World Record
July 16th, 2012 - 8:41 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Beijing, July 16 (THAINDIAN NEWS) More than 1,000 volunteers in China have set the record for the world’s biggest human dominoes. Most of the volunteers described themselves as lovers of dominoes.
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Sammy keeps eyes on the skies as Windies face Lions
May 10th, 2012 - 2:35 pm ICT by IANS
Northampton, May 10 (IANS/CMC) The West Indies will be hoping the rain stays away when they face England Lions in a four-day match starting here Thursday, a fixture that will be ... Read more...
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Hefner prefers playing cards over girlfriends
December 26th, 2011 - 6:16 am ICT by IANS
London, Dec 26 (IANS) Playboy chief Hugh Hefner says that he spends his evenings watching films and playing cards instead of getting intimate with girlfreinds.The 85-year-old, who is ... Read more...
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Bigg Boss 4 Day 50: Housemates have a ball playing the villagers vs. city people game
November 24th, 2010 - 1:27 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Mumbai, Nov 23 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Bigg Boss has given a task to the leftover contestants of the house that they have to portray the characters of hardcore villagers and modern city ... Read more...
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Brain neurons ‘trigger chain reaction like a cascade of falling dominos’
October 26th, 2010 - 4:11 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 26 (ANI): Scientists at MIT have identified a "chain reaction" of brain activity that appears to control the timing of a bird song, saying that neurons in brain fire a ... Read more...
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World record for human mattress dominoes broken by 400 Brits
October 4th, 2010 - 3:45 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 4 (ANI): Britain may now be the new holder of the world record for human mattress dominoes, after 400 people took part in the event.The attempt was made by ... Read more...
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At 27in tall, 24-yr-old Colombian is world’s tiniest living man
September 6th, 2010 - 6:03 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 6 (ANI): A 24-year-old Colombian has been named the world's shortest man - 27 inches tall.Edward Nino Hernandez weighs just 22lbs and has just been officially certified as the world's ... Read more...
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‘Lazy’ Bolt says he would win all the medals for partying
August 30th, 2010 - 6:00 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 30 (ANI): Olympic gold-medallist Usain Bolt has confessed in a new book that he is lazy and often misses training, but had there been medals for partying, he would have ... Read more...
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Chile figuring out ways to keep trapped miners safe
August 29th, 2010 - 2:18 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Aug 29 (ANI): Chilean authorities are reportedly exploring ways to keep the 33 miners trapped underground safe and out of depression by providing them with different games, music system and ... Read more...
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Josie Duggar came home after spending 3 weeks in a rental home because her 12 siblings had chicken pox
August 22nd, 2010 - 8:39 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Tontitown, Aug 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The 19th Duggar baby – Josie was finally able to make her homecoming despite the fact that she was released from the hospital on the 3rd ... Read more...
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Barack, Michelle Obama in 1993 video Whoomp?
June 9th, 2010 - 1:49 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, June 9 (ANI): Internet users are wondering if US President Barack Obama 'hip-hopped' in a 1993 video for Whoomp (There It Is).The 17-year-old video apparently features a left-handed hip-hopper in ... Read more...
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Barack, Michelle Obama in 1993 video Whoomp? Whoomp
June 9th, 2010 - 1:43 pm ICT by ANI
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Internet users are wondering if US President Barack Obama 'hip-hopped' in a
1993 video for Whoomp (There It Is).The 17-year-old video
apparently features a left-handed ... Read more...
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8 cops nab drunken disabled man driving 3mph mobility scooter!
May 26th, 2010 - 4:56 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 26 (ANI): A disabled British man driving a 3mph mobility scooter had eight cops come after him after he ignored an officer who was trying to stop him for drink-driving. ... Read more...
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OK Go’s ‘cool’ pop video a net sensation
March 21st, 2010 - 5:25 pm ICT by ANI
London, March 21 (ANI): The newest sensation on the web is the video of a Los Angeles band called 'OK Go', that shows a four-minute chain reaction of household objects crashing into ... Read more...
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Tiger’s wife Elin Nordegren moves out of Tiger’s Florida mansion
December 8th, 2009 - 7:29 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Florida, Dec 8 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Fed up with new mistresses popping up everyday, Tiger Woods wife Elin Nordegren has reportedly left Tiger Woods' $2.6 million Florida mansion. She has moved out.According ... Read more...
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Was Tiger Woods DUI during his accident?
December 8th, 2009 - 3:15 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Florida, Dec 7 (THAINDIAN NEWS) In a new development that has come to light, the Florida police now suspect that Tiger Woods was driving under the Influence when his ... Read more...
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Record breaking day for entering Guinness World Records
November 12th, 2009 - 2:23 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 12 (ANI): Over 200,000 people across the globe are all set to enter the Guinness Book of Records as they try to break and make strange new records to achieve ... Read more...
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Wake up call on childhood obesity after years of neglect
August 3rd, 2009 - 12:44 pm ICT by admin
By Shobha ShuklaSeventy million Indians with an ever expanding waistline; nearly half of the country’s 250 million adolescents suffering from junk food related obesity. Isn’t it high time to rewrite our health ... Read more...
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American students make Obama mural from 2,420 dominoes
June 20th, 2009 - 2:12 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jun 20 (ANI): A mural of US President Barack Obama has been created by students at Franklin Avenue Elementary School and nearby Westfield State College by using 2,420 dominoes.The official ... Read more...
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Murray wouldn’t mind his kids having English accents
May 21st, 2009 - 5:46 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 21 (ANI): British tennis player Andy Murray, a Scot by birth, has said that he wouldn't mind his kids having English accents."I don't think it would bother me at all ... Read more...
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Not a ‘Ghost’ yet: Patrick Swayze death rumors rubished
May 20th, 2009 - 11:06 pm ICT by GD
As if it were insufficient that the poor man is battling one of the deadliest diseases known to man, Patrick Swayze now has to pinch himself to assure himself that he's ... Read more...
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Hollywood stars to play dominoes at Cannes for charity
May 15th, 2009 - 12:46 am ICT by IANS
London, May 14 (IANS) Hollywood celebrities Penelope Cruz, Charlize Theron, Demi Moore and her actor husband Ashton Kutcher will pit their wits against one another at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival May ... Read more...
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4 million toppling dominoes set new world record
November 20th, 2008 - 12:23 pm ICT by ANI
London, November 19 (ANI): Dominoes fans rejoiced as they set a new world record by toppling four million pieces in two hours.The aphorism patience is a virtue couldnt be, perhaps, more ... Read more...
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Sienna Miller says shes cool with being single
November 10th, 2008 - 12:45 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 10 (ANI): British actress Sienna Miller has confirmed her split from married oil heir and actor Balthazar Getty.The actress confirmed her new single status at the Hollywood Dominoes: VIP ... Read more...
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Pizza culture catching up in Srinagar
July 13th, 2008 - 9:20 pm ICT by ANI
By Afzal BhattSrinagar, July 13 (ANI): Pizza culture, which is fast catching up with leading Italian and Mexican food chain Smokin Joes across India, is making its presence felt in the ... Read more...
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Gene directs stem cells to build heart in mice
July 3rd, 2008 - 12:56 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 3 (IANS) Embryonic stem cells from mice have been successfully put to work building their hearts - a development that takes researchers a step forward in stem cell-based generating therapies ... Read more...
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Scientists unveil gene that directs stem cells to build the heart in mice
July 3rd, 2008 - 12:01 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 3 (ANI): While conducting experiments on mice, scientists Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that embryonic stem cells can be directed to work building the ... Read more...
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Armadas of ancient ice sheets may have crumbled like dominoes
July 2nd, 2008 - 12:36 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 2 (ANI): A new research has uncovered that tens of thousands of years ago, armadas of ice crumbled off of the ice sheet covering North America into the Atlantic ... Read more...
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