The Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg, Germany has 700 trains, 4,000 automobiles, 165,000 trees and 250,000 individual lights and a track lengh of 5.6 miles has set the world record for the largest miniature railroad. The Miniatur Wunderland has been build during approx. 500,000 working hours and it costed 8.7 Million Euros (in April 07). In June 2007 the 4,000,000th visitor has been welcomed. The most expensive train in the stable is the Marklin $500 Big Boy. Made mostly of metal, it is the world's largest model steam locomotive.

Here's Frederick & Gerrit Braun creation "Miniatur Wunderland":

This is the world's biggest train set which covers 1,150 square meters (12,380 square feet), features almost six miles of track and is still not complete.

Twin brothers Frederick and Gerrit Braun, 41, began work on the 'Miniatur Wunderland' in 2000.

The set covers six regions including America , Switzerland , Scandinavia , Germany and the Austrian Alps.

The American section features giant models of the Rocky Mountains, Everglades, Grand Canyon…

…and Mount Rushmore.

The Swiss section has a mini-Matterhorn.

The Scandinavian part has a 4ft long passenger ship floating in a 'fjord'.

It is expected to be finished in 2014, when the train set will cover more than 1,800 square meters (19, 376 sq ft) and feature almost 13 miles of track, by which time detailed models of parts of France, Italy and the UK will be added.

It comprises 700 trains with more than 10,000 carriages and wagons. The longest train is 46ft long.

The scenery includes 900 signals, 2,800 buildings, 4,000 cars – many with illuminated headlights and 160,000 individually designed figures.

Thousands of kilograms of steel and wood was used to construct the scenery.

The 250,000 lights are rigged up to a system which mimics night and day by automatically turning them on and off.

The whole system is controlled from a massive high-tech nerve centre.

In total the set has taken 500,000 hours and more than US$1.8 million to put together, the vast majority of which has come from ticket sales.

Gerrit said: "Our idea was to build a world that men, woman, and children can be equally astonished and amazed in"…

Frederik added: "Whether gambling in Las Vegas , hiking in the Alps or paddling in Norwegian fjords, in Wunderland everything is possible".

Russian federal highway Moscow city – Yakutsk City looks very modern when you start you journey from Moscow. But thousands of miles later, between the cities Ukhta and Naryan-Mar it just doesn't look like a road anymore. The worst thing about it is that you don't have any other choice – it's the only "road" there.

The funny part is that Ukhta is an important industrial city with plenty oil wells and as we know, oil=money. What's funny is that oil companies are too greedy to give money to build a good road, plus it's in their interests.

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10. Van Persie (Belanda) >>> 6,57

9. Fabio Cannavaro (Italia) >>> 6,74

8. Gonzalo Higuain (Argentina) >>> 6,93

7. Fabregas (Spanyol) >>> 6,96

6. Yoan Gourcuff (Prancis) >>> 7,01

5. Kaka (Brazil) >>> 7,27

4. Iker Casillas (Spanyol) >>> 7,34

3. David Villa (Spanyol) >>> 7,37

2. Christiano Ronaldo (Portugal) >>> 7,44

1. Fernando Torres (Spanyol) >>> 7,87

Apparently, this donkey didn't get used to parachute jump. It was screaming loudly and the people on the beach were scared. A kid cried after seeing this scene. He asked his parents: "Why did they tie a donkey on a parachute and let him scream?"

Unfortunately, that donkey fell into the sea. He couldn't swim so he seemed dying after being dragged back to the beach.

An elephant ran amok in an Indian city of Thrissur, causing panic for around three hours.

Remember that 60-foot RX78 Gundam mech that showed up in Tokyo's Shiokaze Park? Well, the guys at Bandai pieced it together once more, this time in Shizuoka. The truth is I missed the awesome-looking RX78, and I couldn't understand why they had to take it down in the first place. But that's not important anymore, because the Gundam statue is back, and this time it's brought a cool saber that shines at night. The newly assembled Gundam will be officially inaugurated on July 24 and it will remain in Shizuoka until January 10 2011.

Every January magazine "Quality of Life Index" measures 194 countries ranked and rated to reveal the best places to live. They make this list using nine different categories like Cost of Living, Culture and Leisure, Economy, Environment, Freedom, Health, Infrastructure, Safety and Risk, and Climate. After this they collates all results to produce final rankings. Lets see according to 2010 results what are the top 20 best quality of life countries!

20.Hungary

Cost of Living – 58
Leisure & Culture – 76
Economy – 48
Environment – 77
Freedom – 100
Health – 84
Infrastructure – 77
Risk & Safety – 93
Climate – 76

19.Uruguay

Cost of Living – 60
Leisure & Culture – 72
Economy – 52
Environment – 72
Freedom – 100
Health – 76
Infrastructure – 64
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 93

18. Finland

Cost of Living – 39
Leisure & Culture – 93
Economy – 66
Environment – 68
Freedom – 100
Health – 81
Infrastructure – 76
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 76

17. Spain

Cost of Living – 56
Leisure & Culture – 68
Economy – 63
Environment – 75
Freedom – 100
Health – 90
Infrastructure – 65
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 79

16.Denmark

Cost of Living – 33
Leisure & Culture – 88
Economy – 69
Environment – 84
Freedom – 100
Health – 86
Infrastructure – 72
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 78

15.Malta

Cost of Living – 63
Leisure & Culture – 70
Economy – 53
Environment – 84
Freedom – 100
Health – 89
Infrastructure – 52
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 95

14.Liechtenstein

Cost of Living – 44
Leisure & Culture – 80
Economy – 100
Environment – 65
Freedom – 100
Health – 80
Infrastructure – 44
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 79

13.Austria

Cost of Living – 41
Leisure & Culture – 86
Economy – 68
Environment – 87
Freedom – 100
Health – 85
Infrastructure – 68
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 76

12. Norway

Cost of Living – 39
Leisure & Culture – 60
Economy – 89
Environment – 76
Freedom – 100
Health – 90
Infrastructure – 89
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 60

11.Netherlands

Cost of Living – 48
Leisure & Culture – 71
Economy – 69
Environment – 67
Freedom – 100
Health – 87
Infrastructure – 92
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 75

10.Italy

Cost of Living – 56
Leisure & Culture – 85
Economy – 63
Environment – 74
Freedom – 92
Health – 90
Infrastructure – 62
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 87

9.Canada

Cost of Living – 62
Leisure & Culture – 76
Economy – 69
Environment – 62
Freedom – 100
Health – 84
Infrastructure 85
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 69

8.Belgium

Cost of Living – 41
Leisure & Culture – 83
Economy – 66
Environment – 64
Freedom – 100
Health – 88
Infrastructure – 96
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 86

7.United States

Cost of Living – 56
Leisure & Culture – 79
Economy – 67
Environment – 62
Freedom – 92
Health – 78
Infrastructure – 100
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 84

6. Luxembourg

Cost of Living – 44
Leisure & Culture – 76
Economy – 85
Environment – 77
Freedom – 100
Health – 87
Infrastructure – 66
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 83

5.New Zealand

Cost of Living – 62
Leisure & Culture – 82
Economy – 65
Environment – 77
Freedom – 100
Health – 88
Infrastructure – 70
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 84

4. Germany

Cost of Living – 54
Leisure & Culture – 82
Economy – 71
Environment – 83
Freedom – 100
Health – 89
Infrastructure – 90
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 79

3. Switzerland

Cost of Living – 41
Leisure & Culture – 86
Economy – 79
Environment – 78
Freedom – 100
Health – 95
Infrastructure – 96
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 77

2.Australia

Cost of Living – 56
Leisure & Culture – 82
Economy – 71
Environment – 76
Freedom – 100
Health – 87
Infrastructure – 92
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 87

1.France

Cost of Living – 55
Leisure & Culture – 81
Economy – 69
Environment – 72
Freedom – 100
Health – 100
Infrastructure – 92
Risk & Safety – 100
Climate – 87

Paloma Werner and Ralph Mothes, who operate the Cape Town Sailing Academy, were enjoying a day of sailing through Table Bay when a Southern Right Whale up to 45 ft long (about 14 m) breached the surface and landed on their boat. Luckily no one was hurt in the incident, but the boat will have to go in for some repairs. This species of whale is common to the area and was not attacking the boat

Seymourpowell revealed details of their Aircruise concept in which they dreamed up new transatlantic travel routes for kite-shaped airships that could herald a new era of luxury transport. The sketches show the craft floating above tall skyscrapers, huge deserts or wide oceans in a sustainable way with zero emissions.
Airships had their May in the 1930s with the famous German zeppelins. This new technology makes them increasingly attractive from an environmental standpoint and safer than their early forerunners. Silent and pollution free, the Aircruise combines solar power with a primary hydrogen drive.

Samsung plans to take off Seymourpowell's plans from the drawing board.
This colossal craft is designed to become a leisurely, environmentally friendly alternative to flying. However, the solar and hydrogen cell-powered craft will be in need of astronomical amounts of money to actually build it.

The idea of spending more time relaxing while getting from point A to point B does sound rather appealing compared to the typical frenzy of flying. As time is regarded as the most valuable good, the journey would be the reward getting away from everyday routine!
Seymourpowell based its design around a maximum of 100 passengers on board, making the journey an adventure in itself. Penthouse apartments, stylish bars and an array of glass viewing floors will be featured by the craft.

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All these bars are located in Nambia and have 'cool' names, plus, it seems that they like American TV series.

Let's see the aging timeline of one of the most beautiful women in the world.

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In the pictures you will see the beautiful city of San Francisco made of nothing but jelly. This is the brain child of Liz Haycock and you cannot but be impressed by the myriad of colors and the pain that must have gone into this huge project. She has made a lot of effort to make sure that every detail is taken care of and to see that all the important landmarks are made visible. You will see that she has not even missed on the details on the flag in one of the pictures.