Man murders girlfriend 5 days after she turned down his marriage proposal broadcast on TV

Ricardo Navarro, 30 stabbed Svetlana Orlava to death a few days after his marriage proposal was rejected on Spanish TV show “Patricia’s Daily Show”. She was clueless why she was invited on the show, but was shocked when her abusive ex boyfriend appeared on the show and proposed marriage. Amazingly, she even had a court […]

The Battle of Kruger, South Africa: Lions vs Buffaloes vs Crocodiles

A battle between a pride of lions, a herd of buffalo, and 2 crocodiles at a watering hole in South Africa’s Kruger National Park while on safari.

BERSIH rally: same event, 2 different viewpoints

A demonstration was organised by the Coalition for Free and Fair Elections (Bersih) on Saturday 10th of November 2007, which called for more transparency in Malaysia’s next general election. It did not get the required police permit.
What transpired then, when the police intervened in that early afternoon, was reported on national / international TV, with […]

Spain’s king tells Venezuela’s President Chavez to “shut up”

On 10th November 2007, the Prime Minister of Spain, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero was making a speech at the Ibero-American summit at Santiago, Chile.
The President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez interrupted him.
This prompted the King of Spain, King Juan Carlos to say, while raising a hand at Chavez : “Why don’t you shut up?”
Zapatero was in […]

Cup Speed Stacking done in 6.69 seconds: a world record?

This is the fastest I can find on youtube. Apparently the world record is 5+ seconds; if you have a video link of that please inform me. Thanks.
Players start with 3 stacks of drinking cups arranged left (3 cups) - middle (6 cups) - right (3 cups). They then do a set routine.

Dion Tiu: the world’s top Minesweeper player: 37 seconds in Expert Mode

Dion Tiu, 20 of Australia set this world record apparently earlier this year. He has held and broken the world record 3 times.

Pekka-Eric Auvinen a.k.a. Sturmgeist89 posts ominous video on YouTube, hours later shot dead 7 people, then commits suicide

On 7th November 2007, Pekka-Eric Auvinen, 18 posted an ominous video on YouTube, predicting a massacre at his former school. A few hours later, he went to that school, Jokela High School in southern Finland and shot dead 7 children (5 boys and 2 girls) and 1 woman: the school principal.
He walked from one classroom […]

Stacking 12 plastic drinking cups in 1.43 seconds

This has to be seen to be believed.