Tallest man in the world

Bao Xishun from Inner Mongolia, China is recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's tallest living man. Born in 1951 and measuring 2.36 meters (7 ft 8.95 in) tall, Bao Xishun had a normal growth till he was 16. For unknown reasons, Bao Xishun had experienced sudden growth and reached the current height when he was 23 years old. His legs stretch 4 foot 11 inches and his feet is 1 foot 3 inches long. Bao Xishun lost his title of world's tallest man to Leonid Stadnyk in 2007 and then regained the title after Leonoid Stadnyk failed to meet Guinness's measuring requirements.
At an aquarium pool in Fushun, north-east China, dolphins swallowed plastic and the veterinarians found it hard to remove the plastic shards. Bao Xishun was asked by veterinarians to assist them in removing shards of plastic from the stomachs of two dolphins. Bao Xishun extended his 1.06m-long arm into the dolphins' stomachs and removed the plastic.
The tallest man married Xia Shujian, a saleswoman from his home city of Chifeng on 24 March 2007. Xia Shujian was 25 years younger and two-thirds of his height. The authentic Mongolian ceremony took place on July 12, 2007. Hundreds of people attended the ceremony. Dressed in a silk blue tunic, Xishun greeted the crowd before entering an enormous yurt, where guests ate lamb and cheese while listening to Mongolian chants.

The world's tallest man has met one of the world's smallest (He Pingping) in China. Below is the video of their meeting.

Intresting facts about animals

• The Red Blood Cells (RBC) of camel is oval shaped.


• Sailfish is the fastest fish and can reach a top speed of 110 km/h (68 mph).


• The eyes of ostrich are bigger than their brains.


• Peregrine Falcon is the fastest animal in the world. It can reach speeds over 322 km/h (200 mph).


• The heaviest living flying animal is the great bustard at 21 kg.


• Andean condor and the marabou stork have the largest wingspan at 3.2 m.


• No two zebras have the same striped pattern.


• The smallest flying vertebrates are the bee hummingbird and the bumblebee bat, both of which may weigh less than 2 g.


• Tigers have striped skin not just striped fur.


• Elephant is the only animal that can't jump.


• The slowest flying non-hovering bird recorded is the American woodcock, at 8 km/h.


• Bar-tailed Godwits makes the longest non-stop flight known for any bird, flying 11,000 km from Alaska to New Zealand.


• The longest-distance migration of any bird is Arctic Tern.


• Cockroaches can survive without air for 45 minutes. They can also survive being submerged underwater for 30 minutes.


• Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards.


• The largest species of crocodile is the saltwater crocodile. Crocodiles cannot stick its tongue out.


• Polar bears are left handed.


• Hummingbirds are the only group of birds that can fly backwards.


• Dolphins sleep with one eye opened.


• The tongues of chameleons are as long as it's body or even longer.


• Ant's can lift fifty times of it's own weight.


• A Woodpecker can peck 20 times per second. The air pockets in their skull protect them from headaches.


• The praying mantis is the only insect that can turn its head 360 degrees.


• Butterflies tast sensors are in their feet. They taste their food by standing on it.


• The strongest animal in the world is the rhinoceros beetle. It can lift 850 times its own weight.


• The slowest mammal on earth is the tree sloth. It only moves at a speed of 6 feet (1.83 meters) per minute.


• Approximately 50 percent of all orangutans have fractured bones, a result of falling off of trees on a regular basis.


• The heart of blue whale is the size of a small car.


• Giraffes and humans have the same number of bones in their necks: seven.


• Frogs cannot vomit. Whenever a frog absolutely has to vomit, it vomits its entire stomach.


• The water spider lives underwater but breathes air by using its web to create an underwater sac that stores air bubbles.

Countries that do not have snakes

Snakes are legless carnivorous reptiles. There are about 2,900 species of snakes in the world. They live almost everywhere, in oceans, lakes, deserts, forests. Snakes are found on every continent except Antartica. Ireland, Iceland, and New Zealand are the islands that do not have snakes.

Countries without airport

There are 5 countries in the world that do not have airport within their boundaries and all these countries are in Europe. Where do people in these countries go to board a plane. Let's take a look about this information.

• Liechtenstein The nearest airport is St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport in Switzerland, where there is not and has not been any passport check. Liechtenstein only has a heliport in the southern town of Shaan.


• Andorra The nearest airports are in Barcelona, Toulouse and Girona. Andorra is the largest country in the world not to have an airport.


• Vatican City The nearest airport to the Vatican City is Rome. It would be physically impossible to fit a whole airport in this country.


• San Marino The nearest airport is in Rimini, north east of the country. San Marino only has a heliport located at Borgo Maggiore.


• Monaco The nearest airport to Monaco is Cote d'Azur Airport in Nice, France (source Transport in Monaco). Monaco only has a heliport located in the Monagasque district of Fontvieille.

Dangers of Drinking Raw Milk

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are reminding consumers of the dangers of drinking milk that has not been pasteurized, known as raw milk. Raw milk potentially contains a wide variety of harmful bacteria – including Salmonella, E. coli O157:H7, Listeria, Campylobacter and Brucella – that may cause illness and possibly death.
Consumers who become ill after consuming raw milk, and pregnant women who believe they consumed contaminated raw milk or cheese made from raw milk, should see a doctor or other health care provider immediately. Symptoms of illness caused by raw milk vary depending on which harmful bacteria are present. Symptoms may include but are not limited to: vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, fever, headache and body ache. Most healthy people will recover from illness caused by harmful bacteria in raw milk or in foods made with raw milk within a short period of time. But some individuals can develop symptoms that are chronic, severe, or even life-threatening. Illnesses caused by pathogens found in raw milk can be especially severe for pregnant women, the elderly, infants, young children and people with weakened immune systems.
To avoid the risks caused by drinking raw milk, it is best to have the milk pasteurized. Pasteurization, a process that heats milk to a specific temperature for a set period of time, kills bacteria responsible for diseases such as listeriosis, salmonellosis, campylobacteriosis, typhoid fever, tuberculosis, diphtheria and brucellosis.
Proponents of drinking raw milk often claim that raw milk is more nutritious than pasteurized milk and that raw milk is inherently antimicrobial, thus making pasteurization unnecessary. Research has shown that these claims are myths. There is no meaningful nutritional difference between pasteurized and raw milk, and raw milk does not contain compounds that will kill harmful bacteria.
In fact, raw milk, no matter how carefully produced, may be unsafe. The CDC, the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments, the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture, the Association of Food and Drug Officials and other organizations have endorsed the pasteurization of milk and restriction of the sale of products containing raw milk. Because even pasteurized milk contains low levels of nonpathogenic bacteria that can cause food to spoil, it is important to keep pasteurized milk refrigerated.