Sunday, July 31, 2011

Zhang Bin - Sword Pulled From Teen’s Skull

Zhang Bin - Sword Pulled From Teen’s Skull
Zhang Bin - Sword Pulled From Teen’s Skull

The teenager had invited school friends to his house, but one guest brought the dangerous weapon.

Measuring 50cm, it's not known exactly how the sword penetrated 5cm deep into Zhang's forehead.

Thursday, July 14, 2011

$190,000 Nightclub Receipt



“How’s this for a night out: here’s a receipt from the Las Vegas nightclub Tryst that comes to a grand total of $189,375.98, including tax and an amazing $29,581.20 tip. Some people are suggesting that the image — posted by Ben Reiter, a staff writer at Sports Illustrated — is possibly photoshopped. But we want to believe.”

Man drinks gasoline for 42 years

Man drinks gasoline for 42 years
Man drinks gasoline for 42 years

Gasoline powers vehicles all around the world, but a sick Chinese man has been drinking the sticky liquid for 42 years under the illusion that it can relieve his physical pain.

Chen Dejun, 71, lives by himself in shabby thatched cottage on a hill in Shuijiang township, Nanchuan district of southwest China's Chongqing municipality. The short and bony man said he drinks 3 to 3.5 kilograms of gasoline every month, which he buys from a station at the foot of the hill.

Chen is known locally as a stonecutter and master of weaving bamboo with a good business sense. But he’s also known for his undying love of drinking gasoline.

He developed the habit back in 1969 when he suddenly began coughing and felt pain in his chest. Seeing no progress after trying some medicine, he took up the folk remedy of drinking kerosene, Chongqing Evening News reported.

It turned out to be helpful for him after the first sip, and he since became addicted to kerosene. Then he moved on to gasoline.

Chen said it is hard to calculate exactly how much gasoline he has swallowed throughout his life, but the newspaper reported Chen has consumed an estimated 1.5 tons over the past 42 years.

Chen's wife Yuan Huibi and their three sons tried many times to stop Chen's addiction to gasoline, but those efforts only made the family relations tense. Eight years ago Chen moved to the cottage to live alone.

Sources from Honglou Hospital in Chongqing said Chen‘s health is fine despite having symptoms of emphysema. Chen refused to receive free check ups from the hospital.

Feng Fu, an associate professor with the Second Hospital Affiliated to Chongqing Medical University, said Chen may have developed some resistance to gasoline. Otherwise, Feng said, it would be impossible for Chen to live. Feng also said gasoline may only work as anaesthetic for Chen but can’t cure his pain.

Man drinks gasoline for 42 years
Man drinks gasoline for 42 years


Man drinks gasoline for 42 years
Man drinks gasoline for 42 years

Sunday, July 3, 2011

Lunch With Buffett Sells For $2.6M

Warren Buffett - Lunch With Buffett Sells For $2.6M
Warren Buffett - Lunch With Buffett Sells For $2.6M

“There’s no such thing as a free lunch, at least not with Warren Buffett. An anonymous bidder paid $2,626,411 to eat lunch with the legendary Berkshire Hathaway investor, setting an eBay record – sort of. Bidding closed at $2,345,678, which would not have been a record, so once the auction closed, the bidder jacked up the price. Proceeds benefit go to the Glide Foundation, which provides social services to the poor and homeless in San Francisco. Buffett offers himself up as a lunch companion every year in an annually auction that has raised nearly $9 million in the last 12 years. Last year, an anonymous bidder paid $2.6 million, and in 2008, a Chinese investment fund manager paid $2.11 million. “I’ve met a lot of nice people through this,” Buffett said.”

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Man Spends $271,000 At Night Club

Man Spends $271,000 At Night Club
Man Spends $271,000 At Night Club
“A bar bill that runs into six figures might cause more than a headache the next morning for most people. But when you’re a millionaire American gambler buying the world’s most expensive bottle of champagne it’s just a case of using up small change. Gambler Don Johnson, 49, broke the world record at a London nightclub for the most expensive bottle of bubbly ever bought during a night that saw him spend $271,000 on drinks.”