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Graffiti artist David Choe set for Facebook windfall

February 6, 2012
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Continue reading the main story A US graffiti artist who painted Facebook’s offices is set to become a multi-millionaire when the social network begins trading as a public company. David Choe, who first spray-painted the walls of Facebook HQ in 2005, accepted shares in payment for his work. Now the site is planning to...
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Bracelet reveals amazing craftsman’s skill from 7500BC (so good it couldn’t be bettered today)

December 26, 2011
Polished skills: The obsidian bracelet contains remarkable detail

A 9,500-year-old bracelet has been analysed using the very latest computers – and the results show that it is so intricate even today’s craftsmen would struggle to improve it. Researchers from the Institut Français d’Etudes Anatoliennes in Istanbul and Laboratoire de Tribologie et de Dynamiques des Systèmes studied the bracelet’s surface and its micro-topographic...
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‘World’s oldest’ yoga teacher a spritely 91-years-old

December 23, 2011
Bernice Bates, 91, is the world's oldest yoga teacher, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. Picture: AP

    BERNICE Bates is 91 years old and more flexible than people a third of her age. Guinness World Records recently awarded her title of Oldest Yoga Teacher. While there might be other, older yogis, Ms Bates, completed the lengthy documentation process required by Guinness. Her daughter nominated her earlier this year. Ms...
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Spanish village of Juzcar votes to stay blue after being painted for The Smurfs in 3D film to stay tourist attraction

December 20, 2011
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Decided to stay Smurf blue … The Spanish village of Juzcar has become the mecca for Smurf fans after the success of the animated movie.. (AP Photo/Sergio Torres) THE inhabitants of a Spanish village which was painted entirely blue for the filming of box-office smash hit The Smurfs movie voted to keep their houses...
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Aboriginal community Yarrabah crowns new king, the only traditionally-recognised monarch in Australia

December 17, 2011
The coronation: Jabaan is crowned King of Yarrabah. Pictures: Stewart McLean. Source: The Cairns Post

AUSTRALIA’s sole king rules a rich, fertile land of 158 sq km bounded by turquoise seas and white sand beaches dotted with palm trees. Honouring the past, embracing the future, he’s a very 21st century king. Yarrabah’s first monarch for almost 20 years has identified cultural awareness, respect for elders and tackling illegal poaching...
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Penny Wong and Sophie Allouache’s labour of love – their new baby girl Alexandra

December 14, 2011
Family joy ... Penny Wong and partner Sophie Allouache / Pic: David Mariuz

FINANCE Minister Penny Wong has picked up a whole new challenge, but this one had nothing to do with a reshuffle or a budget blowout. Just a week after Ms Wong drove a hard-fought change to the ALP’s platform on gay marriage, her partner Sophie Allouache has given birth to a healthy baby girl....
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Indiana Jones missed the REAL Mayan skull – it’s not crystal, and it’s shaped like a monkey

November 20, 2011
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By ROB WAUGH The ‘crystal skulls’ relics of ancient American civilisations have all been exposed as fakes – but a Mayan carved skull appears to be the real thing. Not only that, experts believe the relic – buried along with its owner between 250AD and 600AD – may have been a replica of a ‘hand...
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Life-size Lego man washes up on US beach

October 27, 2011
The giant Lego man had beachgoers puzzling.

A giant Lego man that washed up on a beach in the US had crowds puzzling after Legoland insisted it did not place it there. Jeff Hindman told the Herald-Tribune he spotted the 2.4-metre figure during a Tuesday morning walk on Siesta Key Beach in Florida and dragged it ashore. The Lego resembles those...
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Performance artist gives birth in gallery

October 27, 2011
Marni Kotak in the gallery with husband Jason Robert Bell. (AAP)

A performance artist who said giving birth is the “highest form of art” has delivered a baby boy — inside a New York City art gallery. Marni Kotak gave birth at 10.17am on Tuesday, the Microscope Gallery in Brooklyn said in a brief statement, adding that everyone was recuperating on Wednesday. It said the...
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Woman Hasn’t Used Money in 15 Years

October 24, 2011
Heidemarie Schwermer

Heidemarie Schwermer, a 69-year-old woman from Germany, gave up using money 15 years ago and says she’s been much happier ever since. Heidemarie’s incredible story began 22 years ago, when she, a middle-aged secondary school teacher emerging from a difficult marriage, took her two children and moved to the city of Dortmund, in Germany’s...
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