As Tom Stoltman crouched down to pick up the fifth and final Atlas Stone, a 210-kilogram (almost 463 pounds) spherical behemoth —slightly heavier than an upright piano — and lift it up to a platform at shoulder height, he knew it was the only thing standing between him and becoming the ‘World’s Strongest Man.’ It […]
Two twins in California ended up being born on different days, months and years thanks to a rare ‘one in two million’ occurrence. Little Aylin Yolanda Trujillo and her brother Alfredo Antonio Trujillo were born 15 minutes apart on New Year’s Eve — each one straddling midnight, meaning they were technically born in different years. […]
SHARJAH: Sharjah is witnessing a new dawn of art and photography with the opening of ‘Gallery X’, the emirate’s new and permanent venue for photography exhibitions at the iconic Al Majaz Amphitheatre. Curated by the Sharjah Government Media Bureau’s (SGMB) Xposure International Photography Festival, Gallery X will host monthly exhibitions featuring the works of award-winning […]
Another year has passed, and with it, another candle has been added to Kane Tanaka’s birthday cake. Many of us will have ambitious resolutions heading into 2022, but Kane has seen more new years than anyone else on this planet and is presumably not naive enough to bother at this stage. Kane was born on […]
DUBAI: A flawless, vivid yellow sapphire was unveiled at the Sri Lanka Pavilion to coincide with the National Day celebrations of the tropical island republic. The sparkling Mushan Vibrant Golden Yellow Sapphire is a 203-carat, cushion-cut gem, and has been brought to Expo 2020 Dubai by Mushan International, a leading sapphire exporter of Sri Lanka. It […]
A Philadelphia mother has given birth to what is believed to be the world’s first Tesla baby: an infant delivered in the front seat of an electric smart car while it was driving on autopilot. The remarkable delivery, took place recently while Yiran Sherry, 33, and her husband Keating Sherry, 34, were taking their three-year-old […]
SHARJAH: The Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq) announces the development of Sharjah’s newest pro-skatepark attraction which will be part of its much anticipated and upcoming beach destination, Al Hira Beach. Scheduled for completion in Q1 of 2022 along with the opening of Al Hira Beach, the new attraction comes as part of a partnership […]
DUBAI: Visitors to Expo 2020’s Spain Pavilion were treated to a feast for the eyes, as impossibly large, balloon-like bubbles were blown across the stage. They were all part of a show aptly called, ‘The Impossible Bubble’, in which ephemeral artist David Vega, along with his assistant Carmen García, created the big blobs, sometimes forming long chains […]
Right in the middle of the Qatari peninsula, a large chasm suddenly yawns open from the rocky desert, plummeting some 100 meters down into the earth. It’s an impressive sight — whether you’re standing at the top or the bottom. This is Musfur, a massive ancient cavern believed to be the deepest accessible sinkhole to […]
Footprints discovered on a beach in Wales are believed to have been made by an early dinosaur more than 200 million years ago, experts say. Palaeontologists at London’s Natural History Museum said the footprints, which date back to the Triassic period, were thought to belong to a very early sauropod or sauropod relative. “We know […]
Google has officially been knocked off the top spot for being the most popular domain. It didn’t happen until late 2021, according to Cloudflare Radar’s popularity ranking, but it’s still happened. Taking the title now is none other than TikTok — the video-sharing app that has blown up over the last couple of years. It […]
