This will probably come as a shocker to most people: Three economists from leading universities have found that “a substantial fraction of persons die with virtually no financial assets — 46.1% with less than $10,000 — and many of these households also have no housing wealth and rely almost entirely on Social Security benefits for […]
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model and Columbia University student Carolyn Giles
Nationality: American Place of birth: Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA Ethnicity: Japanese / French / Belgian / English http://www.businessinsider.com/model-carolyn-giles-is-suing-volvo-for-making-her-look-like-an-escort-2012-8
Truffles: The Most Expensive Food in the World
alternative bank with high morals
Who is Latino?
Dash asks people on the street to identify Latinos based on physical appearance. Do stereotypes guide people’s perception of a certain “look” of Latino ethnicity? http://youtu.be/-ztOVRSKxqw
The International Hair Business
http://youtu.be/2653J_aaE_I A jaw-dropping documentary (Part 1 of 3) by Aron Ranen, detailing how Koreans now dominate the black hair care market and have been covertly and strategically displacing black owned companies out of the market for decades even though black peoples are 90% of the consumer base. A truly puzzling, thought provoking as well as troubling piece. […]
Pop singer Jamelia goes in search of the truth
http://youtu.be/A9rXFskeFRM
Pop singer Jamelia goes in search of the truth behind the multi-million pound human hair extensions industry. Jamelia grew up experimenting with hair extensions and nowadays they have become an essential part of her stage persona. From celebs to schoolgirls, women will spend anything from £20 to £2,000 to clip, glue or sew another girl’s hair on to their heads. This film accompanies Jamelia as she follows a trail of hair back to its roots. The international road trip takes her from the exclusive London salons to a dingy Moscow apartment where men trade human ponytails for cash, and to the hair sacrificing temples of Southern India. The journey brings her face to face with some of her worst fears when she witnesses hair being shaved from toddlers’ heads and a 13 year old who’s flogging her hair in exchange for pocket money. But she’s also humbled by her experience when she connects with women who still choose to sacrifice it for financial or religious purposes.
multi-billion dollar industry
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How does a deeply spiritual offering from Indias poor become a must-have accessory in the salons of Europe? As fashion and faith collide, religious sacrifice is fuelling a multi-billion dollar industry.
Every year millions of Hindus shave their heads in offering to the gods. Its called tonsuring, and its big business. On average we are getting in excess of five tonnes, says hair dealer Mayoor Balsara as he finalises his latest purchase from the temples. Its a classic globalisation story: the sacrificial hair is cheaply sourced in the developing world, and is lining the pockets of those in the west. David Gold is one of them. Each year his company turns over $150 million selling hair extensions sourced from Indias temples. He deflects questions of ethics, arguing that the temples pour profits back into local welfare projects. Its a dubious claim, and yet many Hindus seem happy for their hair to be spun into gold: We gave it to God, and its come back like this. Its beautiful.
Great Lengths hair extensions featured on MTV Fabulous Life
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Flawed Beauty – Brazil
80’s Supermodel Waris Dirie
80’s supermodel Waris Dirie was born into a nomadic tribe in Somalia. Ms. Dirie ran away at age thirteen to avoid marriage a much older man. After working odd jobs in London, she was discovered by photographer Terence Donovan, who shot her for her the cover of the 1987 Pirelli calendar. From […]
post office closings
http://youtu.be/veGvv5b89mw Shutting down the Lohrville, Iowa post office will save the government $32,000 a year. But residents count the hidden costs. From time and gas needed to mail a package in the next town over, to what they fear will be the death of their hometown.
0-60mph Electric Powered Drag Racer
Northampton, UK. — The Black Current, constructed from a 1965 VW Beetle and an old milk float, created by brothers Olly and Sam Young has beaten a million pound Bugatti Veyron in a drag race; racing from zero to 60 miles per hour in 1.6 seconds it set a world record for Fastest electric-powered drag […]
violin for $16 million
LONDON, UK — The nonprofit Nippon Foundation has sold a renowned Stradivarius violin for $16 million at a London auction to raise money for tsunami disaster relief – setting the world record for the Most expensive musical instrument sold at auction. http://youtu.be/o_84ZXZCmt4
World’s Youngest Professional Drummer: Julian Pavone
MACOMB TOWNSHIP, Mich., USA — Julian Pavone is just seven and is already a professional drummer since he was 5 years 10 months and 3 days old – setting the new world record for the Youngest Professional Drummer. http://youtu.be/rfq2Q242DXQ
Biology
Uttar Pradesh, India — One-year-old Akshat Saxena from Uttar Pradesh, northern India, was born with 14 fingers (7 on each hand) and 20 toes (10 on each foot – polydactyl – setting the new world record for Most fingers and toes – at birth. http://youtu.be/k_dzkOb6Cyg
First woman to earn highest level Black Belt: Keiko Fukuda
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, USA — Sensei Keiko Fukuda of San Francisco, California, a petite 98 years old woman who is only 4-feet-10 and 100 pounds, was promoted to the rank of 10th dan (degree) black belt in Judo this week by USA Judo, the sport’s national governing body – setting the world record for the […]
Youngest Archeologist
This is too cute. I had to share. Chippenham, England — Emily Baldry, five, from Chippenham, south-west England, dug up a 160-million-year-old rare fossil: a 130lb (59kg), 40cm Rieneckia odysseus fossi,l during her first organised dig – setting the world record for the Youngest archeologist. http://youtu.be/59kDhpwvwus
Worlds Youngest Psychologist: Andrew Almazan Anaya
Mexico City, Mexico — Mexican teenager Andrew Almazan Anaya, 16, considered a child prodigy for his intellectual precocity, will graduate this month as a psychologist – setting the world record for the Youngest psychologist – and will go on to finish his last few semesters of medical studies. http://youtu.be/VXM3vFmOLRg
Youngest nuclear scientist: Taylor Wilson
RENO, Nevada, USA — Taylor Wilson, 17, spends his time advising the Department of Homeland Security on anti-terrorism tactics, and coordinating with the Department of Energy on nuclear fusion research – which makes him to set the world record for the Youngest nuclear scientist. http://youtu.be/5YzcgvnmmFI
Most expensive white wine: 1811 Chateau d’Yquerm
LONDON, UK — A 200-year-old bottle of 1811 Chateau d’Yquem was bought for $123000 (75000 pounds) at the Ritz in London by wine connoisseur and private collector Christian Vanneque – setting the new world record for the Most expensive bottle of white wine. http://youtu.be/NoZ6dk4HHaQ
An 1.8 mile (3km) Veil
CASAL DI PRINCIPE, Naples, Italy — Thousands of people were seen taking to the streets of Casal di Principe, Naples, Italy, to watch bride Elena De Angelis’ wedding dress and her 1.8-MILE (3 km) veil, (designed by Gianni Molaro Campania) which required 600 people to carry the headpiece – setting the world record for the […]
World’s Most Generous Boss
http://youtu.be/WfOXQ2JVK0E
Fastest electric car on ice
http://youtu.be/3uMpmosPx8k
Richest woman: Gina Rinehart sets world record
The Australian mining mogul, Gina Rinehart, 58, is worth a reported $29 billion aus; a worth that grows by an astounding one million dollars every 30 minutes of every day – setting the new world record for the Richest woman. http://youtu.be/90zufIQKxl8
Child Prodigies
http://youtu.be/XQ54DhFdbhY
Homemade Planes
Ingenuity isn’t dead. I love these stories from around the world. http://youtu.be/MRsUT5OisoA http://youtu.be/ZzCeD5T0d4s This machine was built by Antonio Saldarriga of Columbia. Home built at a cost of 5,700 English pounds in 1954.And claimed to be the first helicopter built in Columbia, it says flight trials were satisfactory?…2 seats, 125 H.P piston engine, 27 ft rotor,experimental […]
“THE MORAL SIDE OF MURDER?”
Javier Limón y Buika en Buenafuente
Engineer/inventor Created A “FREE ENERGY” Device
Finishing his master’s, Lonnie G. Johnson joined the Air Force and was assigned to the Strategic Air Command, where he helped develop the stealth bomber program. His other assignments included working as a systems engineer for the Galileo mission to Jupiter and the Cassini mission to Saturn. Johnson also created the Super Soaker squirt gun, which became one of […]