17 dominos are balanced all one a single stone.

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Learn how to do this awesome balancing trick using domino stones. Watch as 17 dominos are balanced all one a single stone.

China Invents the Bike Washing Machine

Want to keep fit and get your laundry done at the same time?

A middle school student in GuangDong, China did, and he invented a Bike-Washing Machine to do just that.

The boy bought a used washing machine from a local market and connected the canister to his bicycle.

About an hour and a half later you have completed both a great workout and a few loads of clean laundry.

Perfect way to save time and energy, while at the same time losing weight.

Tree grow inside another Tree

The Moped

An elderly man on a Moped, looking about 100 years old, pulls up next to a doctor at a street light. The old man looks over at the sleek shiny car and asks, "What kind of carya got there, sonny?" The doctor replies, "A Ferrari GTO. It cost half a million dollars!" "That's a lot of money," says the old man. "Why does it cost so much?" "Because this car can do up to 320 miles an hour!" states the doctor proudly. The Moped driver asks, "Mind if I take a look inside?" "No problem," replies the doctor. So the old man pokes his head in the window and looks around. Then, sitting back on his Moped, the old man says, "That's a pretty nice car, all right... But I'll stick with my Moped!" Just then the light changes, so the doctor decides to show the old man just what his car can do. He floors it, and within 30 seconds the speedometer reads 160 mph. Suddenly, he notices a dot in his rear view mirror. It seems to be getting closer! He slows down to see what it could be and suddenly... WHOOOOSSSHHH! Something whips by him going much faster! "What on earth could be going faster than my Ferrari?" the doctor asks himself. He presses harder on the accelerator and takes the Ferrari up to 250 mph. Then, up ahead of him, he sees that it's the old man on the Moped! Amazed that the Moped could pass his Ferrari, he gives it more gas. He passes the old man and is feeling pretty good until he looks in his mirror and sees the old man gaining on him AGAIN! Astounded by the speed of this old guy, he floors the gas pedal and takes the Ferrari all the way up to 320 mph. Not ten seconds later, he sees the Moped bearing down on him again! The Ferrari is flat out, and there's nothing he can do! Suddenly, the Moped plows into the back of his Ferrari, demolishing the rear end. The doctor stops and jumps out and, unbelievably, the old man is still alive. He runs up to the banged-up old guy and says, "Are you okay?.... Is there anything I can do for you?" The old man whispers, "Unhook my suspenders from your side mirror."

‘Map of the World’ Egg Laid by Hen in China

‘Map of the World’ Egg Laid by Hen in China

One very interesting and amazing egg has been laid recently by a hen in Zaozhuang City, China.

The egg looks very similar to a world globe. The patterns on the egg show the seven seas and all four oceans, as well as Greenland and Hainan Islands in China.

Motorist plunges over 220ft cliff and survives - and so does his dog

By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 11:58 PM on 15th June 2008

A motorist and his sheepdog had a brush with death when their car careered over a 220ft cliff.

The driver was thrown clear of his Vauxhall Frontera 4x4 as it somersaulted down the cliff and smashed into pieces this morning.

The 42-year-old man ended up buried in undergrowth with both his legs broken. Unable to move, he cried out for help.

MAngled: The wreckage of the Vauxhall Frontera

Luckily, his shouts were heard by the crew of a yacht moored in a bay at Chapman's Pool, near Swanage, Dorset.

Coastguard rescue teams located him by helicopter and winched him to safety.

He is having surgery on his legs and being treated for severe cuts to his face.

The sheepdog was also thrown clear. Astonishingly, it was uninjured and was able to walk up the cliff to a farm where it was found cowering under a table in shock.

A coastguard spokesman said it was a riddle how the motorist drove off the cliff, adding: 'The car went across two fields and a fence to reach the edge.'

Police were not treating the incident as suspicious.

Cliff drama: The scene at Chapman's Pool, where driver and dog were thrown clear of the vehicle (circled)

Postal Service Pinched by Rising Gas Costs

Sunday, June 15, 2008

WASHINGTON — Suburban moms and commuters are not the only ones feeling the bite of rising fuel costs — every time the price of gasoline goes up a penny it costs the U.S. Postal Service $8 million.

"We are definitely feeling the pressure," Deputy Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe told The Associated Press.

Transportation cost the post office $6.5 billion in 2007, $500 million more than the year before.

The post office operates the largest civilian fleet of vehicles in the country — 215,000 motor vehicles — and also faces rising costs for fuel from its contract carriers including truckers and airlines.

It's both a matter or costs and usage, Donahoe explained — looking for ways to reduce costs and change use patterns to reduce the need for fuel.

It's easier for the post office to raise rates than it used to be — the price of sending a letter went up a penny to 42 cents in May.

Another price rise is expected next May, but postage increases are legally limited to the rate of inflation.

That limit does not seem to apply to fuel costs which now top $4-a-gallon (3.8 liters) nationwide.

"We've been looking at this, working on this, for the last couple of years," Donahoe said.

One advantage the post office has is the ability to buy in bulk, so it can get gasoline and diesel fuel at a discount.

Donahoe did not say what prices the agency has been able to negotiate, but even though it is less than retail, it still goes up over time.

Highway transport of mail cost the post office $3.1 billion last year, up 5.8 percent from the year before.

Still, the deals allow the post office to set up bulk storage to supply its vehicles, and it provides special credit cards to long-haul contractors so they can also take advantage of the discount rather than simply passing along their higher costs.

Another step is simply packing the mail more tightly.

If you can cram mail that used to go into four trucks into three, that's one truck that's not burning diesel fuel, Donahoe explained.

"The key is really usage. The best price on a gallon is the gallon not used," he said.

Likewise for airplanes, where more tightly packed mail can take up less cargo space in airline holds or on contract carriers such as FedEx or UPS.

Even so, the cost of air transport of mail jumped 7.9 percent to $3 billion last year, at least partly due to rising fuel costs.

Of the many trucks and cars the agency owns, about 190,000 are those delivery vehicles that roam through American neighborhoods.

Donahoe said the post office is introducing global positioning system technology to streamline delivery routes.

"We're ramping up now just to get more efficient on that line of travel," he said. They expect a savings of about 7 percent along improved routes, not just in fuel costs but also in work hours spent delivering the mail.

And sometimes the old fashioned "tried and true" methods can be brought back to save money.

For example, in cities some letter carriers can walk or takes a bus from the post office to their delivery route rather than driving.

At least in some cases, taking the vehicles out and letting people go back to walking saves more in fuel expenses than it costs in terms of extra time spent, Donahoe said.

In addition, in some warm-weather areas such as Florida, Texas and Southern California, consideration is being given to launching bicycle routes, he said.

"Moving away from a vehicle is also environmentally a good thing to do," he said.

Hydrogen fueled vehicles are also under consideration, he said. The agency is working with General Motors on such a vehicle, which could be tested in California where hydrogen filling stations are being established.

"We think it's an opportunity if the fuel is available," Donahoe said.

Hybrid vehicles also can save fuel, but they may not be best for the Postal Service, he said, because the agency tends to keep its vehicles for a long time. While hybrids save on fuel, if they are kept so long the batteries have to be replaced, and that can be quite expensive, he said.

And transport costs are not the only energy problem. Just like homes and offices, the costs to heat and cool and light the post office's 34,000 facilities across the country are also on the rise.