Norrie is 48 years old, lives in Sydney, Australia, and was born a man. He took hormone treatments and had surgery to become a woman at 23. Since the, she has stopped taking hormones and has decided to not live as either gender. Recently Norrie received a certificate from the Registry of Births, Deaths and [...]
From Mail Online: An American architect has broken his own Guinness World Record by building the largest house of free-standing playing cards. Bryan Berg used 218,792 cards to create a replica of the Venetian Macau, which is on display in its namesake luxury hotel and casino. Berg took 44 days and 4,051 decks of cards [...]
This year, however, it’s no longer Bill Gates. Mexican communication tycoon Carlos Slim Helu has taken the top spot with $53.5 billion. The United States still has the most billionaires on the list, but that number has slipped as well. From Forbes: This year the World’s Billionaires have an average net worth of $3.5 billion, [...]
A baby elephant that had been declared dead in the womb days earlier was born alive at a zoo in Sydney, Australia. Officials said they now believe the calf was in a coma throughout the labor. They said the calf had since taken its first steps, but it was too early to know if it [...]
The 8.8 magnitude earthquake that struck the city Concepcion moved it 10 feet to the west. [via]
Partially blind octogenarian travels 14 miles to cross the street
Nancy Underwood must travel 14 miles to cross the street because the village she lives in doesn’t have a cross walk. From Daily Mail: If she wants to visit the Post Office or shop in Chideock, Dorset, she has to catch the Number 31 bus to Bridport three miles away before using a pedestrian crossing. [...]