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Couple Traveling for 11 years

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Couple travel the world for 11 years having four children along the way...and they're still going For most families, a long car journey is the bane of any trip. But for the Zapp's, their 83-year-old vehicle has become a home for the last 11 years, as they travel around the world on a never ending trip of a lifetime. Spanning four continents, Herman and Candelaria Zapp have covered an incredible 142,000 miles  while becoming parents to Pampa, eight, Tehue, five, Paloma, three and Wallaby, one. Read More after the break.... Long way round: The Zapp family has grown on the journey. (L - R) The Zapp family Herman, Pampa,Candelaria holding baby Wallaby, and Tehue pose in front of their 1928 Graham-Paige vintage car in 2009 in Australia Intrepid: The couple have faced many obstacles on their continuous journey. Here Herman Zapp balances the 1928 Graham-Paige vintage car in 2000 as it is ferried across the Amazon. Instead of returning home to buy a house, the couple decide...

Interesting Housing Complex

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How People Live There? Living in one of these houses could be dangerous if you stepped out of the wrong room. The housing complex is known as Habitat 67 and is a landmark that is located in Montreal, Canada. The housing complex was designed by architect Moshe Safdie. Read more after the break....

Miniature Books

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You might need a magnifying glass to read it but the tiny books contain the exact same content as their full-sized versions Lilliput library: The tiny books that command big prices Forget glasses, you'll need a magnifying glass to read the tiny print in these antique miniature books. But simply because they're small doesn't mean they don't tackle big subjects. Read more after the break....... These thumbnail-sized publications which are to be sold at auction after they were discovered in a house clearance include The Bible and the London Almanack from 1842. The smallest of the 16 books measures just 11/8 in by 1 in and the largest 31/8 in by 31/8 in a perfect size for the tiny inhabitants of Lilliput in Gulliver's Travels.  And yet, incredibly, each edition contains every word that the full-size version does. Experts at Bamfords Auctioneers, in Derbyshire, who discovered the books, say they are expected to fetch a total of more than 2,000 when they go on sale next ...

Feel D Punch - Video

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Lost Gardens of Heligane

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 The Lost Gardens of Heligane The Lost Gardens of Heligane, near the town Mevagizi in Cornwall, are among the most popular botanical gardens in the UK. Garden is decorated in the typical style of the nineteenth century under the name "gardenesk", divided into zones with different shapes and different design layout. Read more after the break.... The gardens were created by members of the Cornish Tremayne family for the period from the mid 18 th century to the early 20 th century and they still are part of the family property Heligan. The gardens were abandoned after the First World War, and restored only in 1990. The recovery process is featured in several popular television programs and books.

Joanna Kustra

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Meet Joanna Kustra, Fashion Model from London. more pics after the break...

World's smallest man

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In the Philippines, found a man who may soon become the youngest man on the planet. During his 17 "ponytail" years, he managed to grow only to 55 centimeters. June 12, Junru Baluingu 18 years old, and he can officially be the smallest member of humanity in adults. Read more after the break....