A robotic fish developed by scientists from Essex University is put through its paces in a special tank at the London Aquarium. It works via sensors and has autonomous navigational control.
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Tran Van Hay may have the world's longest hair. At approximately 6.2 meters long the 73 year-old vietnamese man keeps it balanced on his head under a scarf and it looks like a giant turban. He unravels it for visitors and his wife lays it out on the table to show them just how long it is.
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Using only his bare hands, french Spiderman Alain Robert scales an 150 meter building in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. People watch as Robert easily reaches the top of the National Telecommunications building in 20 minutes.
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New York Dominatrix and Fitness Instructor Miss "Victoria" puts her overweight clients through an aerobic workout that she has devised named Slavercize. As her willing and submissive 'slaves' they must perform push-ups, sit-ups, jumping jacks and 'play fetch' dressed in latex and threatened with a whip.
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Following the suburban trend of special haunted houses that open for viewers only in the haunted season, urban New York City has come up with few of its own. One such spook-fiesta is Blood Manor on the west side of Manhattan.
Blood Manor is a labyrinth of dark halls, 12 rooms of terror and what it's owners claim is the city's only haunted 3-D maz...
South Vietnamese troops fighting against the Vietcong in a ferocious battles on the Newport Bridge during the Tet Offensive. The South Vietnamese sustained heavy casualties and injured children caught up in the crossfire were rescued.
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Gruesome body parts greet customers of a bakery in Ratchaburi, Thailand. Artist and baker Kittiwat Unarrom has sculpted life-like heads, feet and hands from dough in the bakery's kitchen and exhibits them in glass cabinets in the shop. He says his edible art lures one hundred visitors a day.
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Japan suffered a severe earthquake registering 7.2 on the Richter Scale with the city of Kobe seriously damaged. Rescuers are searching the rubble and people are being brought out alive as other teams assess the damage.
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South Vietnamese troops and US Marines battle to recapture the town of Hue, with bodies being checked for booby traps and civilians caught up in the fighting and leaving. The battle was part of the Tet Offensive.
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An earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter Scale shook Los Angeles for 40 seconds. The death toll was low as it took place in the early hours of the morning when people were asleep but serious damage was sustained by buildings and elevated freeways.
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In June 2005 Michael Jackson was cleared of all charges including sexually molesting a teenage boy. Jackson leaves court with his family.
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A jordanian comedy actor has amazing eyeballs that he can pop out on demand. A leading eye surgeon in Jordan says Abdullah Al-Basrim has an extraordinary ability of being able to control and squeeze his eye muscles to push his eyeballs forward.
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Guinness World Record holder for the most pierced woman.
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On 2nd April 2005 Pope John Paul II died after a prolonged struggle with ill health. Thousands of pilgrims queued for the chance to see him lying for public viewing at Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican in Rome, Italy.
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As the communists pushed further forward the South Vietnamese Army retreated along Highway 1 with some soldiers walking until they were picked up and others who were too badly wounded had to stay where they were until rescued.
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Allya the Beluga whale at an aquarium in western Japan has learned to blow bubble rings. In the wild, some dolphins and whales blow bubble rings by inhaling air through their blowholes and releasing it through their mouths underwater. But thanks to scuba diving equipment, Allya can do it anytime.
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A Lebanese girl has eyes which are producing an average of eight small crystals a day.
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In a Japanese aquarium three Beluga Whales sing for their keeper. There is also a musical walrus which sits up and plays a Swiss Horn.
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In Germany a rabbit breeder raises Grey German Giants and he grown so fond of one of them that he is going to keep it and not eat it.
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Heavy fighting along Highway 13 as refugees in the nearby town of Chum Dunh are forced to pack up and leave what has become a crucial war zone.
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People rush to leave Saigon as the city falls to the Vietcong.
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Incredible footage from World War Two, including a plane crashing on aircraft carrier, ships and planes under fierce attack, planes crashing and exploding and kamikaze planes attacking a destroyer at sea. Dramatic events unfold as a fighter plane catches fire as it lands on aircraft carrier and the plane is engulfed in flames with its pilots still ...
Communists have reached An Loc 56 miles north of Saigon. Government troops moved further along Highway 13 but were halted 11 miles south of An Loc. Wounded soldiers were evacuated.
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The largest industrial robot exhibition ever held took place in Tokyo, Japan in December 2005. It featured a dinosaur robot walking on two legs, a life-like female robot and a concierge robot.
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In Llanwrtyd Wells, Wales crowds watch competitors swim up and down a 133 meter bog filled with sulphurous, weedy water. Some wear silly costumes but all entrants must not use conventional swimming strokes, relying on flipper power only.
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Visitors at a zoo in Thailand witness the bizarre sights of tiger cubs suckling a sow and piglets playing with a fully grown tiger. Sriracha Zoo in Chonburi, is Thailand's most successful tiger-breeding zoo largely due to the discovery that tiger cubs nursed by pigs grew up calm, un-aggressive and more suited to life in captivity. Now all of the zo...
A man in India has been growing his fingernails for nearly 50 years and has to protect them with a cover when he moves around.
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Fighting in Cholon, the Chinese area of Saigon, between US troops and the Vietcong. Civilians shelter from the crossfire and the US Marines capture prisoners.
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Occidental oil rig in the North Sea off the coast of Scotland exploded after a build up of gas and caught fire. 167 workers were killed but 62 were rescued with most of them suffering from severe burns.
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Men from all around the world compete in the World Beard & Moustache Championships in Carson City, Nevada. After taking part in the annual Nevada Day Parade the contestants take the stage to compete in the Imperial and the Freestyling categories showing off their unusual styles of facial hair
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