Cake maestro Tosan Jemide of Cakes by Tosan today unveiled his anticipated project ‘The Tallest Cake in Africa” at the Silverbird Galleria, Lagos.
The cake is 28 feet tall.

Some women are trying to lose weight as the summer draws near, but Tammy Jung is trying to pack on the pounds, nearly 200 more.

Jung, 23, currently weighs 231 pounds, and doesn’t plan to stop force feeding herself until she reaches her goal weight of 420.

There’s a method behind her masticating.

The aspiring Los Angeles fetish model wants to become an Internet s*x symbol for men who like large women. She is selling memberships to her adult website, sexysignaturebbw.com, where she shows off her ample frame in teeny bikinis.

But beauty has its price. For Jung that means spending her days stuffing herself with fried chicken, donuts and whole blocks of cheese, according to the Mirror.

Sometimes, her boyfriend, Johan Ubermen, 28, helps her out by pouring milkshakes down her throat using a beer bong-like device.

Jung averages 5,000 calories a day — a hefty load, indeed — but she hopes to earn $3,100 a month once she reaches her goal weight, Cosmopolitan.com reported. She says she can spend up to $108 a day on food.

“I start the day with a huge breakfast of waffles, cream cheese, bacon and sausage then head to McDonalds for a few burgers in the afternoon,” she said, according to HuffPost UK. “I can snack on cheese all day, a couple of blocks is no problem, then for dinner I’ll either eat pizzas or make Mexican food.

“At the end of the day, I make a weight-gain shake from heavy whip cream and a whole tub of ice cream, which Johan feeds me through a funnel. The funnel forces me to drink the shake even when I’m full after a day of eating.”

She is averaging 49 pounds every six months, but said she’s never been happier.

“I’ve never been happier than I am working to put on weight, nothing will stop me achieving my dream,” she said, according to the Daily Mail.

“I know it’s controversial but it’s no one else’s business — eating makes me happy. I’m making lots of money doing what I love – and I want to make even more. As far as I’m concerned there is no such thing as too big.”

In the world of supersized s*x symbols, Jung is just small potatoes (albeit potatoes covered with b*tter, bacon and sour cream), compared to the larger luminaries.

The biggest star in “the feeder community” is Susanne Eman, a woman in Casa Grande, Ariz., who is attempting to eat her way to the Guinness World Records book for heaviest woman ever.

Eman told Inside Edition last year that she topped the scales at over 800 pounds – though that weight has never been Guinness certified. She ultimately hopes to reach the 1,200-pound mark previously held by Rosalie Bradford, who died in 2006.

Guinness currently recognizes Pauline Potter, of Sacramento, Calif., as the heaviest woman in the world.

She was awarded the coveted honor in 2011 when she weighed 643 pounds, but recently lost 98 pounds by having lots and lots of s*x with her ex-husband, Alex.

The woman who stands largest among “feeder” s*x symbols is Donna Simpson, who set and holds the Guinness World Record for heaviest woman to give birth when she delivered her daughter, Jacqueline, in February 2007, while weighing a whopping 532 pounds.

Simpson told HuffPost she weighed 630 pounds at her peak, although media reports listed her as 100 pounds heavier. She holds the record for “heaviest mom,” but has never been certified as “heaviest woman alive.”

However, thanks to a large media presence, Simpson is perhaps the most well-known “gainer” and once earned a living by charging fans $19 a month to watch her eat.

That changed in August, 2011, when she decided to go on a diet in August, 2011, for health reasons.

She shut down her pay-per-view eating site a few months later.

Since then, Simpson has blogged for HuffPost about her attempts at changing her life and, in one memorable post, explained how crack cocaine was, for her, an ineffective weight-loss tool.

South Africa’s richest black man, Patrice Motsepe, has announced he is giving away half his wealth to improve the lives of the poor.

The mining magnate said the money would be handled by the Motsepe Foundation to address education and health issues.

He said he was inspired by the word’s two wealthiest men, Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, who are encouraging billionaires to donate to charity.

Mr Motsepe has a net worth of $2.65bn (£1.67bn), Forbes’ rich list estimates.

‘Part of our culture’

Born in the Soweto township, he is a lawyer by training and South Africa’s first and only black billionaire.

He founded the publicly traded mining conglomerate, African Rainbow Minerals, which has interests in platinum, gold, coal and other minerals.

He made most of his mining fortune through the government’s black economic empowerment policy, which mandates that mining companies be at least 26% black-owned, says the BBC’s Pumza Fihlani in Johannesburg.

The businessman also owns Pretoria-based football club Mamelodi Sundowns.

Mr Motsepe made the announcement at an event in Johannesburg, where on a live video link Microsoft founder Mr Gates praised his decision.

He said he was also going to join the The Giving Pledge, a campaign started by Mr Gates and investor Mr Buffet in 2010. So far more than 70 billionaires have signed up to it.

“I decided quite some time ago to give at least half of the funds generated by our family assets to uplift poor and other disadvantaged and marginalised South Africans but was also duty-bound and committed to ensuring that it would be done in a way that protects the interests and retains the confidence of our shareholders and investors,” Mr Motsepe said in a statement.

Mr Motsepe said he was also inspired by the spirit of “ubuntu” – an African belief system which translates as “I am because you are”, meaning individuals need other people to be fulfilled.

“South Africans are caring, compassionate and loving people. It has always been part of our culture and tradition to assist and care for less fortunate and marginalised members of our communities. This culture is also embodied in the spirit and tradition of ubuntu/botho,” he said.

- BBC News

A BOOK of psalms printed 370 years ago is set to become the most expensive ever sold – as it is expected to fetch £20million at auction.

The pristine Bay Psalm Book is the first book ever printed in America and just 11 copies still survive today.
The Pilgrims printed 1,700 copies in 1640 – 20 years after they arrived in Plymouth, Massachusetts, from England.
The last time a copy came up for sale in 1947 it went for £99,000, a world record at the time.
The current world record price for a book was set in 2010 when a copy of John James Audubon’s Birds of America sold for £7.5million.

David Redden, of auctioneers Sotheby’s US arm, said: “The Bay Psalm Book is a mythical rarity. Unseen on the marketplace for more than two generations, it has become too rare to collect.
“Yet here it is today, this modest little book printed in the American wilderness but embodying the values that created our nation: political freedom and religious liberty.”
Selby Kiffer, international senior specialist in Sotheby’s, added: “Of inestimable significance, the Bay Psalm Book is not simply one of the great icons of book history, it is one of the greatest artefacts of American history.”
Experts agree the Bay Psalm Book is the earliest bound book and the first written in America.
Funds were raised in England for a printing press, paper and a printer to be sent to New England in 1638.
The book was so influential it was reprinted in England in 1647.
The copy for sale is one of two owned by Old South church in Boston, Massachusetts – which opposed the infamous witchcraft trials, published the first anti-slavery tract, baptised Benjamin Franklin and hosted the meetings that led to the Boston Tea Party.
Proceeds from the sale will go towards the church’s mission in the greater Boston area.
The book will be auctioned by Sotheby’s in New York on November 26.

Despite the terrorist attacks and kidnapping cases in Nigeria, it still emerged as the ninth most visited country in Africa.

According to findmehotels.com, the country has an average of 1.4 million visits every year.

Nigeria is currently the leading tourist destination in West Africa. It is also favored than other tourist destinations such as Namibia and Kenya.

Egypt tops the list of the most visited country in Africa with an average of 14 million visits every year.

5-tonnes of ice-cream made by Iranian Choopan dairy is displayed during a ceremony at the Tochal mountainous area of northern Tehran, Iran.

An Iranian confectioner has made five tons of ice cream in hopes of setting a new world record for the largest tub of the dessert.

The production drew hundreds of eager spectators to a ceremony north of the capital to taste the chocolate ice cream, which measured 1.6-metres by two metres and which producers say cost over $30,000 to make.

Board Member Mohammad Baheri of Choopan Dairy said the company aimed to register a new Guinness World Record and also boost Iranian ice cream consumption.

A Guinness World Records representative visited the tub, he added.

Iranians eat an average 1.5 kilograms of ice cream per year.

The current record belongs to U.S. producer Baskin-Robbins, which made an 4,021 kg tub in 2005

The saying diamonds are a girl’s best friend has been taken to a whole new level as the world’s most expensive dress has been unveiled.

The dazzling dress is encrusted with 2000 stones in total including the star of the show: the world’s rarest and most expensive red diamond.
The Abaya created by British designer Debbie Wingham may be attracting masses of attention because of its £11.7m price tag.

Debbie first made her mark on the fashion world when she unveiled a £3.5m black dress encrusted with 50 two carat black diamonds that weighed a hefty 29lbs (13kg) last year.

Her latest creation may be a simple abaya design (a loose over-garment, essentially a robe-like dress, worn by some women in parts of the Islamic world including in North Africa and the Arabian Peninsul) but the extravagant design and detailing makes it the most expensive item to ever go on sale.

At the centre of the dress dazzles the world’s rarest and most expensive diamond.
One in every hundred million diamonds is a natural red colour and they are found on average every 50 years but generally too small to speak of, so this is something quite special.

The individual diamond has a value of £4.89m.

Source: Dailymail

Designer Henry Holland, famous for his bold and outrageous designs has created his most outlandish piece yet.

It was created for the opening ceremony of Leeds’ newest shopping centre, Trinity Leeds. The record-breaking lengthy dress is a whopping 15 metres long – the equivalent of three double decker buses – and 480 square metres wide.

The world’s longest designer dress was modeled for the occasion by aerial acrobat and former Cirque Du Soleil principle artist, Colette Morrow.

Rising to the top of the beautiful domed roof and filling the space beneath it with layers of silk, the yellow and pink polka dot creation was embellished with thousands of glittering Swarovski crystals.

More photos below

A Saudi man dubbed “the dean of centenarians” died in the Gulf Kingdom this week at the age of 154 years, nearly four years after his name was listed in Guinness as the oldest living man in the world.

Mohammed bin Zarei died of old age at a hospital in the tiny village of Sadr Ayad near the southern town of Nammas, leaving behind more than 180 children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. He had 10 wives and had told a local TV station that he was looking for a new wife at the age of 150 after all his wives died.

“Bin Zarei died at hospital this week….he was 154 years old…the man had seen all the kings that ruled Saudi Arabia,” one paper said.
Bin Zarei hit headlines when the Saudi satellite TV news channel Alarabiya broadcast a film about him a few years ago, during which he said he was in a good health. The programme presenter, Saud Al Khalaf, called him “the dean of centenarians”.

When he was 150 years old, his name was entered in Guinness book of records as the oldest living man on earth, according to the report.

Mugly, an eight-year-old Chinese Crested from Peterborough, won a $1,000, a year’s supply of dog biscuits, a photo shoot and a VIP hotel stay when he became officially recognized as the world’s ugliest dog last year.

The burger a casino cooked up is so large that it can feed hundreds of people.

The casino now holds a world record of a cooked bacon cheeseburger which is three meters in diameter and weighs over a ton.

The giant burger was served at Black Bear Casino Resort near Carlton, Minnesota and tipped the scale at 2014 pounds or 914 kilograms.

Philip Robertson, a representative of the Guinness World Records verified the record as the largest burger. He called the feat a result of “remarkable teamwork” and said the burger “tasted really good”.

According to the news media, the previous record for a burger was only 400 kilograms.

The Black Bear Casino burger included 27 kilos of bacon, 23 kilos of lettuce, 23 kilos of onions, 18 kilos of pickles and 18 kilos of cheese.

It took about four hours to cook the burger. A crane was used to flip the burger.

Locals enjoyed the delicious burger which they were able to eat free of charge.

Svetlana Pankratova

How long do you think a girl’s legs should be? Check out Svetlana Pankratova, a Russian woman who holds the world record for longest legs ever on a lady.

It took Pankratova six years to clinch the title. But with stems that measure a lengthy four feet, four inches, the 6”5 giant has made history and has the perfect job to put them to use; she’s a high school basketball coach.

After balling for the Russian national team and Virginia Commonwealth University, Pankratova secured a position as assistant coach for the women’s basketball team at George Mason High in Falls Church, Virginia.

Some men are crazy about long legs. Do you like what you see?

We have been bombarded by a slew of food shows the past few years. From Jamie Oliver and Anthony Bourdain to Iron Chef and Top Chef, it has gotten the entire world wanting to eat different, if not healthier, kinds of food. Watching those chefs prepare food can make you envious because of their ability to do it quickly and correctly. Surely, they have the innate talent, but having the right equipment and appliances can only make things easier.

One good way of fulfilling this need is by getting a fully equipped kitchen. And for the really rich, a top-of-the-line kitchen with all the modern amenities that can rival the kitchens of high-class restaurants is the only way to go. You should not only have the right appliances, but also a kitchen with the proper layout and design. Here now are some of the most expensive kitchens in the world.

Electrolux Grand Cuisine Professional Kitchen – $380,000

Henrik Otto, the designer of the Electrolux Grand Cuisine Professional Kitchen, said that its target market are the super rich, the type that take their holidays in the Caribbean on their own private jet on their way to their own private island. They are the ones who will only buy the top offering in the market and who probably would not even use it as they have their own private chef to do the cooking for them.

So imagine your own kitchen where you, or your chef, can accomplish what was thought could only be done in a Michelin-star restaurant’s kitchen. Like cooking a beef short rib at 68 degrees Celsius for exactly 72 hours, popping it in the blast chiller for setting, slicing it into nice little pieces, warming it on the sous vide, before finishing it in the hot oven. That is exactly what an Electrolux Grand Cuisine Professional Kitchen is capable of doing.

Included in the complete package are the most advanced and modern ovens, blast chillers, sous vide vacuum packers, and computerized cooking appliances. The sous vide vacuum packer alone costs more than $9,400. One glance at it and you might mistake it for a laptop notebook. The blast chiller costs more than $17,800 and the control panel has been configured to simulate that of the iPod.

Prepare to add around $100,000 more if you want top-class flooring, cabinets and cupboards to match your new kitchen.

Colosseo Oro – $456,000

The Colosseo Oro is a product of Marazzi Design, a kitchen designer based in London. The company made only 10 of this, meaning this is an extremely limited edition model. The appliances alone cost more than $83,000, including a mirrored steel, max-fired oven hood that costs more than $12,100 and a tap designed by Zaha Hadid for more than $9,100. Zaha Hadid is a famed architect with Iraqi and British ancestries. She was the first woman to win the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2004, before bagging the Stirling Prize in 2010 and 2011. As with any Hadid design, the futuristic-looking tap has an elongated look with powerful form and curving shape.

The Colosseo Oro includes some extremely luxurious finishing. The gold glass is stained with Venetian ink, the appliances are supplied by Sub-Zero and Wolf and have a metallic gloss, the leather is embossed with crocodile skin and there are leafings made of gold that weighs 24 karats. Cabinets and surfaces are also included and these have been painted with at least 12 coatings of clear lacquer applied by hand. To complete the unique design, it was then finished with glitter. There are also Swarovski crystal lights to further enhance the luxurious ambiance of the kitchen.

Marazzi Design said that its target clients are those on the upper end of the market. It is supposed to make the kitchen the heart and soul of the home.

Fiore di Cristallo – $1.6 million

The Fiore di Cristallo was launched in November 2012 at the London Mayfair by the celebrity chef Aldo Zilli. The renowned Claudio Celiberti, whose potential clients are on an eight-month waiting list, designed the kitchen.

The Fiore Di Cristallo has a crystal worktop and solid copper walls, along with a crystal chandelier from Swarovski that costs $42,000. There is also a crystal island from Murano that costs nearly $59,000. This crystal island serves as the kitchen’s centerpiece. There are also 27 cabinets that sport crystal fronts. These items work perfectly together as the lights bounce off the crystal cabinet fronts and worktop. Another worktop made of stone that costs almost $11,000 complements all these.

The 27 cabinets cost more than $700,000 and come with door handles made of crystal measuring nine millimeters. There is also a crystal water basin that is around $4,200. The taps made by Philip Starck are made of chrome and clad by crystal. It has a value of $2,300.

A wine climate cabinet at the side costs around $4,400, while the refrigerator amounts to almost $8,000. There is also an espresso machine that goes for more than $2,700. Also included in the package are handcrafted appliances from the German appliance maker called Gaggenau. The cost of these appliances amount to roughly more than $38,200.

The name of Fiore di Cristallo was derived from Cristallo di Murano. Cristallo di Muranos are gems famous all over the world because they are made in Murano, an island in Italy. These are processed using a complex and closely guarded technique. Celiberti chose solid copper walls because the mineral is known to have the hygienic qualities required to counteract the effects of harmful microbes and bacteria.

Celiberti believes that the Fiore di Cristallo is able to push the boundaries in kitchen design, while exemplifying beauty and redefining the meaning of ultimate luxury. The kitchen is both functional and a work of art. All the cuts and components have been meticulously designed, meaning that even the minutest detail in the kitchen has been properly thought of. Experts have likened the most expensive kitchen in the world to having a kilo of the ultra expensive truffles on pasta.

For most people, flying is a boring and uncomfortable experience. But in the customized private jets that belong to the ultrarich the possibilities are endless, and it’s astounding to look at.

These incredible aircraft include cinemas, marble baths, aquariums, Rolls Royce garages, glass floors, concert halls, wellbeing rooms, thrones, chef’s kitchens and gold seat buckles.

Each unique jet can be personally designed down to the tiniest luxurious detail for work or play.

Photographer Nick Gleis specializes in picturing such planes. But many of the owners wish to remain anonymous, so around 90 percent of Gleis’s work is never seen by the public.

Well-known names who feature in the photos below include Jackie Chan, Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal and Donald Trump.

Chan’s plush jet has his name and intertwining dragons emblazoned on the side. Al-Waleed’s has several planes and his ‘flying palace’ includes a concert hall complete with a grand piano. And Donald Trump’s chosen transport has 18 IMAX-level speakers in the cinema room.

Plush: The dining facilities on board Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal’s private Boeing 747. The prince owns several planes, one of which includes a concert hall complete with a grand piano

Gold: A comfortable throne sits in the middle of Prince Al-Waleed’s Boeing 747

Collection: The prince has several planes including the smaller A Hawker jet, left, and the Boeing 747.

Tranquil: The interior of Jackie Chan’s Embraer SA Legacy 650 jet is designed to be relaxing. The plane transports up to 14 people

Thumbs up: Jackie Chan’s plane is emblazoned with his name and personal logo

Anonymous: The owners of most private jets like to keep their luxurious travel arrangements out of the public eye

Detail: Every part of a private plane can be customized to the final detail, like this exquisite sink

Gleaming: The detail on these doors resemble a luxury home rather than a means of transportation

Snacktime: This kitchen could produce a gourmet meal to wile away the hours on a long flight

Luxury: The curving lines of this jet disguise the fact you are inside an aircraft

Freshen up? Even large bathrooms are elegantly designed to make a big impression

Looking after the staff: On this jet, even the pilots travel in sheepskin luxury

Bespoke: Donald Trump bought his private jet from Microsoft executive Paul Allen for $100 million in 2010 and then he customized it. It includes a cinema room and little extras like gold faucets and seat buckles

Emblazoned: There’s no mistaking that this plane belongs to Donald Trump from the outside

Multi-purpose: Each plane can be configured for work, play or both

Dine in style: Panels and screens section off different areas of the impressive jets

On the agenda: Why waste time in the air when you can have a boardroom meeting?

Traveling in style: These private jets provide huge levels of comfort

Futuristic: In this plane the mirrored ceiling creates the illusion of a bigger space

The world’s tallest building is Burj Khalifa which was formerly known as Burj Dubai.

Name of the building: Burj Khalifa
Location: Dubai

Country: United Arab Emirates

Designed by: Adrian Smith

Opened in: 2010

Space covered: 309,473 square meters

Height: 829.8 meters

Floors: 164

Used as: Corporates office, suites and hotel.

Major materials used: Glass, steel, concrete and aluminum

Cost: 1.5 billion US Dollars

5 facts about the Burj Khalifa:

Burj Khalifa, which was formerly known as Burj Dubai, is the tallest building in the world. Second and third in the list are Makkah Royal Clock Tower Hotel and Taipei 101.

The height of the building is twice the height of Empire State Building of New York.

Burj Khalifa can be seen from a distance of 97 kilometers on a clear day and it take about more months to clean the entire building.

Burj Khalifa hold several world records. It is not only the tallest building in the world but also the tallest free standing structure, it has occupied the highest space of floor, it has the highest number of stories, and the highest outdoor observation deck in the world.

restaurant, the quickest and the tallest elevator in the world.
Another attraction included in the project is “The Dubai Fountain.”

It is a coreographed fountain spread over a 30-acre lake. It has 6600 lights and 25 colored projects, and it can shoot water up to 500 feet in the air.

Dangote Cement, Zenith Bank PLC and Ecobank Transnational Incorporated were among the 25 companies honoured by Forbes Africa and ABN Productions at the Forbes Africa top listed West African Companies Awards Ceremony recently. The event titled, “The Top Listed West African Companies” was a celebration of the

success of risk takers and job creators. The list covered the Top 25 companies in the West African capital market comprising of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, Ghanaian Stock Exchange and the Abidjan-based Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières SA (Regional Securities Exchange SA) or BRVM. The awards were ranked in terms of market capitalization, revenue and profit.

Mr. Chris Bishop, Managing Editor Forbes Africa before presenting the awards to the top five companies said “All too often the lists of the world have overlooked the success of African companies. Nights like this show how important successful African companies are in the progress of the world economy.” According to organisers, the Forbes Africa Top Listed West African Companies celebrates the success of risk takers and job creators. It is an important initiative that aims to encourage organisations to strive for sustained excellence and also promote their profiles not only in their home country but around the world. Impressively, 20 Nigerian companies made it to the list of T0p 25 companies in West Africa. They include:

• Dangote Cement
• Zenith Bank PLC
• Ecobank Transnational Incorporated
• Nigerian Breweries Plc
• First Bank Plc
• Guaranty Trust Bank Plc
• United Bank for Africa
• Guinness Nigeria
• Nestlé Nigeria
• Access Bank
• Flour Mills Nigeria
• Union Bank of Nigeria
• Stanbic IBTC
• First City Monument Bank
• Lafarge Cement WAPCO
• Total Nigeria
• Unilever Nigeria
• PZ Cussions
• UACN
• Cadbury Nigeria Plc

According to Forbes, Nigeria has 20 of the best 25 companies in West Africa. What do you think about this?

Who says burger can’t earn you millions, or that fast food can’t earn you fast money? Say hello to the 30-year-old woman who’s made her billions off flipping burgers.

Lynsi Torres, the youngest female billionaire in America, is owner and president of the popular In-N-Out Burger chain, a fast food haven with such a cult following that many queue for hours ahead of a new store opening, Bloomberg reports.

Fans of the restaurant, which serves up a tasty double-double cheeseburger and animal fries with special sauce, include fellow billionaire Warren Buffett who allegedly told students of the UCLA Anderson School of Business in 2005 that he’d like to own the franchise.

Torres’ rise to riches can be credited to her grandparents who founded the first In-N-Out as a mom-and-pop drive-through burger stand in 1948 in Baldwin Park. Now, over 60 years later, the chain has become a fast-food empire worth more than $1 billion.

“They have done a fantastic job of building and maintaining a kind of cult following,” said Bob Goldin, executive vice president of Chicago-based food industry research firm Technomic Inc. “Someone would love to buy them.”

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog.

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Well, the inevitable has happened in the end and it’s hard to find someone to blame. Back in August 2010, China was crowned the unofficial “host” of the mother of all traffic jams,  with a huge car panorama that stretched for more than 62 miles (100 km) and lasted for 12 days.

The traffic jam was caused by trucks carrying coal to Beijing and unofficial sources claim that each vehicle moved with the insane speed of 2 miles per day!

It all happened on the Beijing-Tibet Expressway near Beijing and, ironically, the cause of the huge traffic jam was the road work on the highway. Trucks carrying construction supplies to Beijing, most of them supposed to be used on the expressway in order to ease traffic, were blocked at the exit, thus causing a traffic jam that lasted over 12 days.

The highway was initially designed to be used exclusively by trucks, but due to the growing number of vehicles, passenger cars started using it too.

Since we’re talking about China, there are no clear statistics concerning the number of stranded drivers, but instead reports published on the web at that time claim that some of the cars advanced with a speed of 2 miles per day! That’s insane, we know, but such a huge gathering had some positive effects for the local region.

For example, those hoping to become the Chinese version of Donald Trump had a chance to make a name for themselves by selling food and water to drivers. Obviously, prices were shockingly high and some of the drivers even refused to buy the goodies, in which case they were robbed or even stabbed. But let’s take everything one at a time.

Twelve days in a traffic jam is a lot, that’s pretty clear, and even if some drivers already had bread and cigarettes as a method of precaution, everybody had to buy at least a cup of water.

Sadly, traffic jams have a very negative impact on drivers’ health. Ever heard of the Traffic Stress Syndrome? It’s a disease that affects drivers and makes them feel scared whenever they’re stuck in slow traffic. As a result, some of them drive recklessly and press the throttle, which in some cases lead to serious consequences on the road. Of course, there are several symptoms, but the most common one is sweaty palms.

Of course, the Chinese living in the area tried to take the most out of this unfortunate moment and raised prices as much as possible, with reports claiming that a cup of water cost 3 yuan, which is 0.4 American dollars. If drivers were starving, they had to pay 2 yuan (around $0.3) for an egg, while those who wanted cigarettes were almost ripped off: the price was nearly $8 a packet.

Lorry drivers were the ones most affected though. Water and food were very expensive, but some of them were robbed during the night. What’s more, local residents syphoned gasoline out of their cars while sleeping and one driver even needed medical assistance as he was stabbed in the arm.

In an effort to prevent this ad-hoc road rage, authorities sent more than 400 police officers in the area, but thieves were still hard to stop during the night.

Ironically, nobody wanted to leave and although some of the lorries were carrying fruits and vegetables, drivers refused to take a detour because of the high gas prices.

“We are advised to take detours, but I would rather stay here since I will travel more distance and increase my costs,” a lorry driver told the Global Times, perfectly emphasizing the reason why the traffic jam reached 62 miles (100 km) in the 12th day

Name Alex Tew

Website: MillionDollarHomepage.Com

Age at the time: 21 years

Time taken: 5 months

The innovative idea of creating The Million Dollar Homepage crossed Alex Tew’s mind while he was still a student at the University of Nottingham; and needed money to fund his further education. Originally from Wiltshire, England, Alex was looking for something that could get him quick money and prevent him from applying for an educational loan.

The Million Dollar Homepage is a web page which consists of a million pixels fixed in a 1000 × 1000 pixel gird. Alex sold the image-based links for $1 per pixel in 10 × 10 blocks. He offered people a minimum of 100 pixel block for $100; and these pixel blocks, while hovering the cursor, displayed tiny images that contained the title/slogan as well as the URL of the respective websites.

Alex launched his website on 26th of August and tried selling the pixels through the word of mouth. Three days later, one of the TV journalists of BBC noticed it and it instantly became an Internet Phenomenon. On 1 January 2006, Alex put up its final 1,000 pixels on eBay for auction; the bid closed on 11th of January paying him $38,100 that brought his total income to a staggering $1,037,100 in gross income.
It took Alex less than 5 months to become a millionaire and according to The Wall Street Journal his achievement initiated the new era of display advertising.

Source: World’s 10 Fastest Internet Millionaires

While you may be condemning the laws of your country, have a look at some of the most weird, craziest and wackiest laws that lawmakers around the world seem to have made when not in their senses.

1. Chewing gums are banned in Singapore in order to maintain cleanliness in the country.

2. It’s illegal to feed pigeons in open in Venice.

3. The conservative land of Dubai doesn’t allow 2 people of the opposite sex to share a hotel room unless they are married or closely related.

4. Stiletto heels apparently cause more damage to the ground they are walked on, than the wearer’s legs, and hence Greece has banned its women from strutting about in them on it’s monumental national heritage sites.

5. You would have to shell out a fine lest you are caught carrying ice cream cones in your pocket in Kentucky. We wonder whether it’s as bad to carry full ice creams in the pocket!

6. You will get away with smoking a drug like cannabis in Holland, but if you smoke tobacco, you would be termed as a law breaker.

7. A pregnant woman in UK has the privilege of urinating anywhere she pleases, even in a policeman’s helmet.

8. The higher or lower your earning income is in Finland, accordingly you will be charged for breaking traffic laws.

9. You dare not forget your wife’s birthday while in Samoa, for you would be a criminal if you do so. Maybe the memory of men there is the sharpest in the world!

10. Dirty cars invite a fine in Moscow. Keep you car clean dear Russians!

11. If you are the sort who feels hungry a lot, and loves fast food, UAE isn’t the place for you during the month of Ramadan as people cannot have anything in public before sundown.

12. As hilarious as it may seem, one cannot afford to die in the House of Parliament in London. It’s a crime.

13. You would be disrespecting the king and government of Thailand, and hence be branded as a criminal if you are ever found stepping on the country’s currency.

14. Small girls of Indiana, beware. You cannot dress up Ken in his toy doll girlfriend, Barbie’s clothes, for that’s a crime.

15. Pigs cannot be raised in Israel unless and until they are required for medical research.

Wang Xianxiang carries two buckets of water with his eyelids during a provincial festival for migrant workers in Shaodong County, Hunan province, Saturday.

“The 42-year-old fireworks maker from the central Chinese province of Hunan was photographed last weekend performing his signature trick: Suspending two water buckets with a combined weight of 9 pounds on plastic hangers hooked to his eyelids for a minute.Wang says he is hoping to increase the amount of weight he can carry with his eyelids.

Wang entertained local migrant workers at a provincial festival near his hometown of Liuyang Saturday.“When I first started it was extremely painful,” Wang told NBC News about his unique talent, “but after a lot of practice it’s just uncomfortable today.”

Among other talents he’s developed for the show? Having two men wrap a metal wire tightly around his neck while he talks to the audience, which he says has been in the thousands.
Wang, who is married with two children, said he has been doing his eyelid trick for five to six years and started doing it purely out of boredom.

But as he increased the weight on his eyelids, he started to train – practicing for 30 minutes each morning and two hours at night. Wang’s family initially frowned upon his hobby, but slowly came around as his stature grew within the community.When asked what his aspirations for the future were, Wang kept it simple. “I can currently hold 4.5 pounds on each eyelid, I’d like to push that to 11 pounds per eyelid.”
He was optimistic that he could accomplish that eye-popping feat by the end of the year

The richest man in Africa, Aliko Dangote, recently took delivery of a luxury yacht said to be worth millions of Naira. The Yacht, which was specially built for him, is called Mariya, and it’s currently sitting at Carrington Crescent, behind Femi Otedola’s office in Victoria Island.

A special condition that triggered the scrotum of Wesley Warren Jr. to grow to a massive 100 pounds made him feel like “a monster” and the las vegas man embark on a campaign to raise $1 million for corrective surgery. 

However, given the possibility of having the surgery – even at no cost – the 47 year old, remains reluctant to undergo surgery, the news media reported.
 
In any case, Warren’s new found fame could have gone to his head and seems to be enjoying his celebrity status.
“I will make a decision when I’M ready,” said Warren.
Warren has appeared on the Howard Stern Show, Comedy Central and will be appearing for a documentary on The Learning Channel.

 A producer with “The Dr. Oz Show,” said he would find a surgeon  to perform the procedure free of charge , as long as he shared his journey with the program.
Warren would not commit to just one show, and later told the news media that he was also concerned physicians selected by him might maul him or kill him during surgery. 

Another doctor at the university of California  at Irvine, has been in contact with Warren, and is also offering his services for free as long as Nevada Medicaid pays for the room.
The doctors said that Warren suffers from lymphedema scrotal, which causes the scrotum to swell with aqueous liquid.

 Without the growth, Warren would weigh about 300 pounds, he said. Its large side makes urinatate difficult and impossible for a normal s**x life. 

He attributes his condition to a painful episodes  in 2008 when he turned in bed and crushing the testicles. “It was like a sharp pain through my body,” he said. “When it stopped, it was like a huge truck and trailer went off the top of me.” 

Warren fears of complications during surgery are not unfounded, reportedly because doctors say there is potential for serious bleeding.

However, Warren scoffs at the idea that he is more interested in fame to cure his condition: “Who would want to live like this” he said. “I do not want to die during the operation either.” 

 A special condition that triggered the scrotum of Wesley Warren Jr. to grow to a massive 100 pounds made him feel like “a monster” and the las vegas man embark on a campaign to raise $1 million for corrective surgery. 

However, given the possibility of having the surgery – even at no cost – the 47 year old, remains reluctant to undergo surgery, the news media reported.
 
In any case, Warren’s new found fame could have gone to his head and seems to be enjoying his celebrity status.
“I will make a decision when I’M ready,” said Warren.
Warren has appeared on the Howard Stern Show, Comedy Central and will be appearing for a documentary on The Learning Channel.

 A producer with “The Dr. Oz Show,” said he would find a surgeon  to perform the procedure free of charge , as long as he shared his journey with the program.
Warren would not commit to just one show, and later told the news media that he was also concerned physicians selected by him might maul him or kill him during surgery. 

Another doctor at the university of California  at Irvine, has been in contact with Warren, and is also offering his services for free as long as Nevada Medicaid pays for the room.
The doctors said that Warren suffers from lymphedema scrotal, which causes the scrotum to swell with aqueous liquid.

 Without the growth, Warren would weigh about 300 pounds, he said. Its large side makes urinatate difficult and impossible for a normal s**x life. 

He attributes his condition to a painful episodes  in 2008 when he turned in bed and crushing the testicles. “It was like a sharp pain through my body,” he said. “When it stopped, it was like a huge truck and trailer went off the top of me.” 

Warren fears of complications during surgery are not unfounded, reportedly because doctors say there is potential for serious bleeding.

However, Warren scoffs at the idea that he is more interested in fame to cure his condition: “Who would want to live like this” he said. “I do not want to die during the operation either.”