Surprise, surprise, the Beijing zoo that brought us the Tibetan Mastiff disguised as an African lion has closed its doors. Unsuspecting zoo goers, realized that the “African lion” was really a dog when it started barking. Since this incident has made world-wide news more impostors at the zoo have been revealed!
Some rich guy (or girl) just purchased a super rare 1967 Ferrari for $27,5 million (R279,034,843.84) and set a world record! The Ferrari 275 GTB/4*S N.A.R.T. Spider was sold on Saturday night in Monterey, California, and makes it the most expensive road car ever sold at an auction.
The cool thing about Attica is they have a nice, neat and tidy website which showcases all of their awesome gear. Including lounging ‘island,’ sofas, chairs, ottomans, cubes and cocktail tables. And it’s larny stuff for massively competitive prices. Better than the rubbish you find on gumtree. Check it out.
Photos of Oscar Pistorius arriving and standing in court have filtered onto the internet. These include pics of him walking in, standing with his family – possibly praying, as well as pics of him crying. There’s also one of a very amped protester.
With the press event due to kick off on 10 September, specification speculation for the iPhone 5S is going mental. But the long-awaited finger print technology is looking more and more like a certainty with every new report.
Cha Ching! The distant family of Huguette Clark, are in talks to secure a portion of her R3 billion fortune. Huguette was the youngest daughter of former US Senator William Andrews Clark. He was one of the copper kings of Montana, a railroad builder and – get this – the founder of Las Vegas! You can imagine how much money this man had…
We’ve been banging on about the need to introduce quality headphones into your life for some time now, and we’re not giving up on you yet. What we have here is a said pair of quality headphones, at a price that you will not be able to beat, anywhere. Get on this.
A British grandmother is wasting away on death row in Bali for smuggling cocaine. Housed at Kerobokan jail, which is nicknamed ‘Hotel K’, 57-year-old Lindsay Sandiford is awaiting her death. Lindsay was sentenced in January of this year for smuggling £1,5 million (R23,702,674) worth of cocaine into Bali.
James Bond star, Pierce Brosnan, is enjoying the sumer in Hawaii with his wife Keely, son, and trusty dog. The family appears to be loving life in the hot weather, drinking beers while enjoying blissful lunches on the beach, and dips in the water – they look so happy.
If you’re stuck in an office without a television or bouncing from meeting to meeting this morning, you can stream the Oscar Pistorius court appearance analysis straight to your desktop or mobile, right here.
Come to Switzerland – see the Alps, blow a horn, wear a funny hat and, as of 26 August, shag a prostitute in a sex-box. These bus-stop like “sex-boxes” have been erected west of Zurich in a former industrial area to maximise romance – no, safety – for the country’s sex-workers.
Juice. The healthy alternative to fizzy-drinks. Have it when you’re not feeling well, or when tap water isn’t hitting the spot. But is it really the healthiest option? Not according to American obesity expert, Robert Lustig.
The ride is similar to those you rode as a kid outside the Pick ‘n’ Pay – you know, the space-ship or car that used to move about as your mom patiently waited. Banksy’s version is a little different, it delivers a message. The ride is not a space-ship or a car, it’s a dolphin struggling to swim through fishing nets and BP oil, installed as a reminder to those who have forgotten about BP’s role in poisoning the Gulf Coast of the USA.
World’s richest self-made woman dies. Police probe new Diana murder claim. Hacker breaks into Zuckerberg’s timeline. They’ve approved oil drilling in the Amazon rainforest. CIA comes clean about Area 51. Stuntman blames internet for fellow-stuntman’s death.
The Sunday Times has revealed today that ballistic tests show Pistorius did not have his legs on when he shot and killed Reeva Steenkamp. The prosecution will be painting a picture of an aggressive trigger-happy character. Click through for the police case:
The man was seen strolling along the yellow lane of the M5 highway, near Ottery, at around 08:00 on Thursday, the Cape Argus reported.
If records are correct, a Bolivian sheep hearder is the oldest man alive. Born in 1890, Carmelo Flores Laura is said to be 123. Carmelo credits lots of walking, eating barley and drinking water from the fourth highest mountain in Bolivia, Illampu, for his long life.
Some time ago, we became aware of the fact that the folks over at the AVA were producing a documentary on the state of YouTube in South Africa. Their web doccie has finally dropped, and features the likes of Caspar Lee, Derek Watts And The Sunday Blues, and Anne Hirsch. Check it out!
How you get into professional pizza dough twirling as a vocation is beyond us, but it sure is fun to watch. Watch this master pizza dough tosser from Toronto, Canada spin a pie like an edible frisby.
Tshwane will be the first metro in Africa to be fully covered by wifi within three years – at least, that’s what they say.
The music video for Katy Perry’s new single, ‘Roar’ dropped this week, and the people of the internet have lost their collective minds over the narrative, which is explained almost entirely via cutaways of a Whatsapp conversation. Well how about that. The modern world, hey kids?
From the billionaire who wants to build an 80,000 person colony on mars, create auto-pilot cars, and envisions the a steel tube that will get 28 passengers from LA to San Francisco in 35 minutes, comes this awesome video. Check out Elon Musk’s out of this world rocket skills.
Surf videos just got even more gnarly than before. Surfers are being shot from whole new angles using drones. Check out the fresh new perpective in this video.
Apart from being charged with the murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, Oscar Pistorius will face two extra charges when he appears in court on 19 August. eNCA reports that Pistorius will face two extra counts of recklessly discharging a firearm in public.
Look, prevention is better than cure. If you’re the curator of a small consumer goods boutique of any kind, the guardian of the office stationary cupboard, or the curator f the home bar, you’ll know that “shrinkage” can get out of hand pretty quickly. If you’re battling sticky fingers, get your hands on this quick […]
Gaming pieces have been uncovered in a 5,000 year-old burial site in Turkey. They could be the oldest gaming pieces found, ever. Small sculpted stones in the shapes of pigs, dogs, pyramids, dice, and so on were found in the site that was inhabited as early as 7,000 BC.
Apparently, most of you girls out there are wearing the wrong bra-size. Whether its the wrong cup-size, or lack of material around the back, its happening. The okes at ThirdLove aren’t standing for this, so, with a R56 million budget, they have developed an app that can measure your exact bra size from a couple of photos taken of you in a tank top.
Just when science thought it knew everything, a new species of mammal pops up on the radar. The Olinguito is the first new carnivore species to be found in the Western Hemisphere in the last 35 years!
According to a report, a group of 20 villagers from Sa-eab, in Northern Thailand, blocked one of the Street View cars, interrogated the driver, and demanded he swear on a statue of Buddha that he wasn’t up to no good.
One year ago today, 34 miners were killed by South African police and military forces at Lonmin’s Rustenburg platinum mines. One year on, the Mail & Guardian asks why those men died, and if South Africa will ever see a repeat of the Marikana massacre.