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brumbob:
A footwear manufacturer in China has made an electric car out of a giant shoe. It can carry two people up to 250 miles at speeds of up to 20mph on a single charge of the battery underneath the driver’s seat.

brumbob:
Ziona Chana from Baktawang, Mizoram, India, has 39 wives, 94 children, 14-daughters-in-law and 33 grandchildren. They all live in a 100-room-mansion. His wives take it in turns to share his bed and it takes 30 whole chickens to make a dinner.

brumbob:
The longest name in the world is: Barnaby Marmaduke Aloysius Benjy Cobweb Dartagnan Egbert Felix Gaspar Humbert Ignatius Jayden Kasper Leroy Maximilian Neddy Obiajulu Pepin Quilliam Rosencrantz Sexton Teddy Upwood Vivatma Wayland Xylon Yardley Zachary Usansky.
This name is composed out of 29 different names and 197 characters (excluding spaces).
Because Usansky was fascinated by words, he changed his name this way.

brumbob:
Live hairy crabs are displayed in a vending machine at a main subway station in Nanjing, Jiangsu province. The crab dispenser was designed by Shi Tuanjie, Chairman of the Nanjing Shuanghu Crab Industrial Company, who came out with the idea of a crab dispenser 3 years ago. This is the first live crab vending machine in China.

brumbob:
This miniature creature, from the Brookesia genus, was spotted on an expedition in Amber Mountain Park, Madagascar, by British wildlife photographer Will Burrard-Lucas. Mr Burrard-Lucas and his brother Matt had just settled down for lunch during when their eagle-eyed guide spotted the creature. The delicate-looking creature is one of the world’s smallest chameleons - and can sit on a human thumbnail with room to spare.

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