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At her 16 years old, Brooke Greenberg weighs 16 pounds and is 30 inches tall. Due to a mysterious disease, she doesn’t grow. Dr. Richard Walker said: "There've been very minimal changes in Brooke's brain. Various parts of her body, rather than all being at the same stage, seem to be disconnected."
Doctors hope that this single case will perhaps help to shed light on the mystery of aging process.
On the first photo, Brooke is one-years old. Look how she has changed over the last 15 years. 
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The crisis is still here and summer has already arrived.
But summer and crisis are two things incompatible.
You wanna go on vacation but now it’s not that easy to afford it….
Despite all that, I propose a small compilation of the best places for big holidays in 2009.
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Many of you have already seen the road marking on the first picture, even if it is curved, it is at least understandable.
But the road markings that you’ll see inside the post are just crazy, one will never understand what it’s all about 
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I want to say THANK our visitor birch9397, who sent us these photos with the help of this form.
There’s what he briefly commented on these pix: "Guess we didn't follow the thinning instructions so well". I want to add that what you are going to see is really cool, I haven’t seen such “pimped” vegetables ;)
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That’s the most bizarre tan I’ve ever seen. Usually, you can see strange tans when someone forgets an object or something else on himself while tanning. But here, it’s a different story. It was voluntary, it was on all the body and the ‘drawings’ were anticipated. Look at what this young man looks like now after the jump.
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If the river is flooding your region and the water is already at you doorsteps – don’t be upset.
These people will tell you how to take the most of it and spend the time cheerfully 
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It’s enough just to take a look at the photos of Jim Reed to understand his passion - the pursuit of any severe weather condition..
It takes a little more than courage to get shots like that. Each image is a mix of patience, knowledge and few extra cameras. 
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I’ve never seen this before. You should not be claustrophobic.
And I think obese people won’t even be able to enter the door… what do I say? They won’t even be able to enter the corridor…
A second picture shows you what it looks like inside the toilet after the jump.
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The eruption happened on a Russian island in the North Pacific.
Thank to the photographs taken from the space (actually from the ISS at 220 miles above the Earth), we can enjoy this magnificent event. 
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A titanic work has been done, but the final result deserves a big “bravo”! 
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Incredible detailed models of military equipment. Very accurate work that demanded a lot of efforts and patience. But I only can image the price of these “toys”. 
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A 4-year-old boy was standing near the store when a car driver lost control over the vehicle and was approaching the boy at high speed.
It is not known exactly what happened, but the driver of the car hit the boy, sending him flying down a flight of stairs before he fell, after a few seconds he got up and ... safe and sound run off crying to his dad who didn’t know what happened until the next day.
Everything happened in just few seconds.
Who said that miracles don’t happen ;)
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Padaung or Kayan Lahwi is a group of the Karenni people, a Tibeto-Burman ethnic minority of Burma.
Women start wearing the brass neck coils at the age of five. Each coil is replaced with longer coils as the weight of the brass pushes the collar bone down and compresses the rib cage. Contrary to popular belief, the neck is not actually lengthened; the illusion of a stretched neck is created by the deformation of the clavicle.
Many ideas regarding why the coils are worn have been suggested. One of them is the coils might be meant to protect from tiger bites.
Kayan women, when asked, acknowledge these ideas, but often say that their purpose for wearing the rings is cultural identity (one associated with beauty). 
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Funny compilation of pictures from the series "How not to dress." 
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We already had compilations of photos about the peculiarities of life and welfare of people in Russia and Africa.
And today, I invite you to get familiar with the unusual aspects of life in India. 
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A concert was planned on Moscow last Saturday but it had to be cancelled. Why? Well, the reason is simple. As we can clearly see on the pictures, the roof collapsed on the stage itself. So, the concert obviously was cancelled and bands such as Scorpion or Alice Cooper had to cancel too. For more photos, go inside the post.
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Look at this picture. How many colors do you see?
Do you really see a blue stripe? Well, there is no blue color at all in this image ... 
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These great pictures of Maldives were sent by Chrisopher Sherman:
"If you are looking for a unique break, breath taking nature and paradise on earth, then Maldives is the perfect place. Checkout 23 beautiful pictures of Maldives to inspire you."
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I always admired people who can draw well. So today we will get acquainted with the remarkable work of this painter.
After the jump, you’ll see some of his works, those that seemed the most interesting. 
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As it says in the author’s portfolio, it’s a “modern spin on vintage tales with twisted turns”.
Very creative and original work. 
