‘Snakes on a Bus’ – could be a new movie
A bus travelling through central Vietnam was evacuated when dozens of poisonous snakes escaped from a sack. The bus stopped shortly after setting off from Da Nang city on its way to Quy Nhon City after a passenger saw a snake at her feet. “I felt something tickle my legs and saw a snake,” quoted … [Read the full story]
Elizabeth Taylor’s gold cape auctioned
The gold cape worn by Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor in the classic movie Cleopatra has sold for $50,000. The garment — designed to look like the wings of a phoenix — helped the 1963 blockbuster win an Oscar for Best Costume Design. Taylor wore it in scenes where Cleopatra entered Rome and when she committed … [Read the full story]
Black cats are not unlucky
Good news for black cats. They aren’t as unlucky as they’re proposedly meant to be. Contrary to superstition, they are 15% less likely to have an accident than other moggies, say insurers Petplan. Their unluckiest cat is a ginger cat called Leo, who was run over, fell from a tree, was bitten by a snake … [Read the full story]
Stunt man pulls cars with his eyelids!
A Chinese man is claiming to be the most versatile stuntman. Yang Guanghe, from the Guizhou Province in China has made a claim that he can perform more than 30 different tricks, which he recently performed in a one-man show in Changsha. Most of the audience were shocked as they watched him put a live … [Read the full story]
It’s the Cobra-wealth Games
As if the threat of terrorism, shoddy construction or dengue fever wasn’t enough, athletes and visitors to the Commonwealth Games in Delhi now have another potentially-dangerous hazard to consider – snakes. Continuing a dramatic build up to the event, which begins in six days, it emerged on Monday a full-grown cobra had to be removed … [Read the full story]
