After two weeks of suspense, the wait is over – A gigantic yellow rubber duck floated into Hong Kong. The duck will hang out in Victoria Harbour until June 9, 2013. Keep in mind that this is no ordinary stay-in-your-own-pond…
Today marks the 75th Anniversary of the screen debut (first appearance) of Bugs Bunny. On April 30th, 1938 Bugs Bunny started his career with the animated short film called Porky’s Hare Hunt. In this film he was called “Happy Rabbit”;…
Spellers beware! The United States National Spelling Bee has changed the rules of the spelling bee competition. Starting this year the contestants will not only have to be able to spell complicated 5 or 6 syllable words, but they will…
The latest photo trend, or internet meme to hit the world in the past few days is “Hadouken-ing” and it is coming straight from Japanese schoolgirls. They are taking photos with their friends throwing energy waves and doing power moves…
Once upon a time, in a land far, far away a mysterious man hid a chest full of treasure. Actually it wasn’t that long ago – it was about 3 years, and the land is not that far away –…
What do a girl, who is having math problems and a guy that is analysing money stuff have to do with the future of school? To find out let’s go back to the beginning of the story – the year…
For the past year the sports world has been shaken up by a very sad story: the story of the fall from grace of Lance Armstrong – a cyclist, who won the premier event of the sport, the Tour de…
The Russian Academy of Sciences reported that a meteor entered the Earth’s atmosphere on Friday morning travelling at a speed of at least 33,000 mph (54,000 kph) and broke up into various pieces between 18 and 32 miles (30 and…
A 213-year-old law that banned women from wearing any form of menswear in Paris was finally revoked on January 31st. According to the law, women needed to have the permission of local police if they wanted to “dress like a…
The official Iranian News Agency (INRA) reported that Iran had successfully launched a monkey into space. It also reported that the monkey returned safely back to Earth (Yay for the monkey!) The monkey has no name at this moment. The…
