Why is the Yakult bottle so small?
How come Yakult officials still won’t budge? Abs-cbnNEWS.com did a little research, and here’s what they found out.
Reasons
So why is the Yakult bottle so small?
Is too much of it bad for you? Is it because of the price? Or is it just that company officials never really thought about it?
According to data from Yakult’s companies [...]
Kansas city changes name — temporarily — to Google
Agence France-Presse | WASHINGTON – A city in Kansas seeking to be a test hub for a high-speed broadband network being built by Google has temporarily changed its name to… Google.
Topeka Mayor William Bunten issued a proclamation declaring that, for the month of March, the Kansas capital would be known as “Google, [...]
Watch this movie and win $10,000?
NEW DELHI – A Bollywood filmmaker has issued a lucrative challenge to horror movie fans: a $10,000 reward for anyone who can watch his latest supernatural thriller, alone, in a cinema until the closing credits.
Ram Gopal Varma’s “Phoonk 2,” a sequel to his 2008 film of the same name, is about an [...]
‘Where’s Harry Potter?’ TIME lists 100 best novels
MANILA – TIME Magazine recently released a list of “100 Best Novels of All Time”, to both cheers and jeers from readers.
The list, made by book critics Lev Grossman and Richard Lacayo, featured a hundred English language titles – mostly from Western authors – spanning 1923 (the date TIME began publishing) up to present.
Lacayo described [...]
World’s oldest dog dies
MANILA – Chanel, the world’s oldest dog, died on August 28 in New York, according to various reports. It was 21, or 147 years old in dog years.
The white wire-haired dachshund reportedly died of natural causes inside the home of its owners, New York residents Karl and Denice Shaughnessy.
The couple had adopted the dachshund when [...]
House can be yours for $1 – but there’s a catch
LEESBURG, Va. – A two-story farmhouse on sale for a dollar in northern Virginia is drawing attention from prospective buyers as far as Alaska and Great Britain. There is a catch, however. The land is not for sale, and the buyer will have to pay to have the house carted away.
The 1880s farmhouse is more [...]
Manny Pacquiao’s Boxing Titles
Filipino boxing champ Manny Pacquiao is the first Asian to win five world boxing titles in different weight divisions.
Below is a list of the boxing titles Pacquiao has won:
World Titles
Pacquiao first held the WBC Flyweight titlein 1998 when he defeated Chartchai Sasakul in Bangkok, Thailand. Pacquiao won by TKO in the 8th round. He defended [...]
World’s oldest person has Filipino caregivers
Filipino caregivers are helping the oldest person in the world live longer.
At 115, African American Gertrude Baines is officially the world’s oldest person since the January 2, 2009, death of Portuguese woman Maria de Jesus, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.
Baines said her secret to success is a lifetime of clean living and [...]
Money in bra saves woman’s life
Agence France-Presse | RIO DE JANEIRO – Money stuffed in a woman’s bra saved her life after she was shot aboard a bus in the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia, local media reported Monday.
The incident took place Saturday in Bahia’s capital, Salvador, where 58-year-old Ivonete Pereira was shot in the chest by one of two [...]
Honda unveils dog-friendly car
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Dog-crazy Americans will soon be able to buy a pet-friendly car with a cushioned dog bed in the trunk, fitted with a built-in water bowl and fan and a ramp to help less agile dogs climb in.
With the help of a rescue dog named Sammy, Japanese car maker Honda Motor Co unveiled [...]
