A chef demonstrates his skills with a knife by slicing meat balanced on top of a balloon. Chen Zibao showed off his delicate touch by cutting raw pork slices using a large cleaver on top of the balloon without popping it, in Wanzhou, Sichuan Province, China. [Telegraph]
In this series of photos, the Korean leader, Kim Jong Un visits a family of young factory workers. However, despite how it looks, this is not the average standard of living for most North Koreans. In fact, these photos are a form of propaganda aimed at the rest of the world and offer a distorted perception of reality.
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Measuring 33 meters (108 feet) in length, this fantastic chocolate train was commissioned for “Chocolate Week” in Brussels. It took approximately 2832 pounds (1285 kg) of chocolate to create the train, which has now also been recorded as a Guinness World Record.
In Cambodia, the local kids frequently catch these poisonous spiders, drown them in a bottle of water and then cook them in hot butter as a daytime snack. This process takes about 10 minutes from catching the spiders to eating them. According to reports, they have a very unusual taste that cannot be compared to anything else.
In a routine fire test, this Minnesota hangar was left completely submerged in foam. Beneath the soapy suds lies an entire fleet of the Sikorsky UH-60 "Black Hawk" helicopters (more commonly known as the “Black Hawk Down”).
When the local government of the city of Wenling, China, decided to build a new motorway, they offered all residents occupying the land, relocation compensation. However, this elderly couple refused to move as they felt that the offer was too low to cover the cost of rebuilding. As a result, the motorway was built around their home and the house now stands right in the middle of the newly built motorway. Cars travelling on the road are forced to drive around the stranded building.
A gaming addict’s girlfriend finally had enough of him spending more time on the computer than he did with her and came home to find that this is what she had done!
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