The XO Directory

Warren Buffet makes it to the top of the world's top ten billionaires list who has an estimated $62 billion total assets. While Bill Gates who was previously number one, is now on the third position.

1. Warren Buffett
2. Carlos Slim Helu
3. William Gates III
4. Lakshmi Mittal
5. Mukesh Ambani
6. Anil Ambani
7. Ingvar Kamprad
8. KP Singh
9. Oleg Deripaska
10. Karl Albrecht

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Not only that Gaboon Viper has the largest venom yield per bite of all venomous snakes, it is also the world's heaviest viperid and has the longest fangs that reach to 2.2 inches on average. This snake has pair of horns is present between the raised nostrils

Bitis gabonica is a venomous viper species found in the rainforests and savannas of Sub-Saharan Africa. This is not only the largest member of the genus Bitis, but also the world's heaviest viperid and it has the longest fangs and the highest venom yield of any venomous snake. Adults average 122–152 cm in length with a maximum of 205 cm for a specimen collected in Sierra Leone. The sexes may be distinguished by the length of the tail in relation to the total length of the body: approximately 12% for males and 6% for females. Adults, especially females, are very heavy and stout.

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A 13-foot Burmese python burst after eating an alligator almost equal to it's size. The dead animals was discovered by rangers at the Everglades National Park.

The remains of the two prodigious reptiles were discovered by surprised rangers in the Everglades National Park. The rangers say the find implies that non-native Burmese pythons might even challenge alligators' leading position in the food chain in the swamps. The python's remains were found with the victim's tail sticking out from its burst midsection. The head of the python was missing. The stomach of the python still surrounded the head, shoulders, and forelimbs of the alligator.

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Iranian Mehran Karimi Nasseri, a.k.a the Terminal Man, lived in the Charles de Gaulle Airport for 18 Years, from 1988 to 2006. The movie The Terminal, starring Tom Hanks, is said to be inspired by his life story in the airport.

Mehran Karimi Nasseri born 1942 in Masjed Soleiman, Iran), also known as Sir, Alfred Mehran, is an Iranian refugee who lived in the departure lounge of Terminal One in Charles de Gaulle Airport from 8 August 1988 until August 2006, when he was hospitalized for an unspecified ailment.

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Hai Ngoc, a Sixty-four-year-old Vietnamese living in central Quang Nam province, had been sleepless for more than 30 years. He claimed that his inability to sleep at night began after he got a fever in 1973.

“I don’t know whether the insomnia has impacted my health or not. But I’m still healthy and can farm normally like others,” Ngoc said.

Proving his health, the elderly resident of Que Trung commune, Que Son district said he can carry two 50kg bags of fertilizer down 4km of road to return home every day.

His wife said, “My husband used to sleep well, but these days, even liquor cannot put him down.”

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Warren Buffett is currently the world's richest man as of March 2008. This 77-year-old native of Omaha, Nebraska, has an estimated $62 billion worth of assets. His businesses includes insurance, jewelry , utilities, food, among others.

America's most beloved investor is now the world's richest man. Soared past friend and bridge partner Bill Gates as shares of Berkshire Hathaway climbed 25% since the middle of last July. Son of Nebraska politician delivered newspapers as a boy. Filed first tax return at age 13, claiming $35 deduction for bicycle. Studied under value investing guru Benjamin Graham at Columbia. Took over textile firm Berkshire Hathaway 1965.

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If you are wondering how much distance man can travel in 24 hours under his own power, Greg Kolodziejzyk can tell you that. He travelled 647 Miles in one day under his own power and sets the Guinness World Record.

Greg Kolodziejzyk is a retired entrepreneur on a mission to break the existing 24 hour human powered distance record of 1021.36 km set in 1995. That's almost the distance from a snow shovel in Calgary to a palm tree in California. He has exactly 24 hours to do it and it will be strictly under his own power. No wind or stored energy of any sort allowed. Greg designed and built a custom carbon fiber bicycle called "Critical Power". More appropriately called a "Human powered vehicle", Critical Power is a two wheeled recumbent bicycle encapsulated by a bullet-like streamlined body called a fairing. The sleek body was computer designed for maximum aerodynamic efficiency by Ben Eadie of Mountain-wave.ca. CP is capable of achieving speeds in excess of 100 km per hour and was built to maintain a cruising speed of 50 kph on a flat road with effort levels that would see a paltry 20 kph on a typical mountain bike.

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With about 11,000 meters deep, the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench is the deepest surveyed point in the Ocean. At this depth, the pressure is approximately 1,095 times that at the surface, or over 16,000 pounds per square inch.

The Challenger Deep is the deepest surveyed point in the oceans, with a depth of about 11,000 metres (about 36,000 feet). It lies in the Mariana Islands group at the southern end of the Mariana Trench. The closest land is Fais Island, one of the outer islands of Yap, 289 km southwest and Guam 306 km to the northeast. The point is named after the British Royal Navy survey ship HMS Challenger, which first discovered the trench in 1872.

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Zach Dunlap has been declared dead by his doctors after an all-terrain vehicle accident but came back to life - in time before his organ was to removed by doctor as donations. After four months, he soon recovered fully.

Dunlap was pronounced dead Nov. 19 at United Regional Healthcare System in Wichita Falls, Texas, after he was injured in an all-terrain vehicle accident. His family approved having his organs harvested. As family members were paying their last respects, he moved his foot and hand. He reacted to a pocketknife scraped across his foot and to pressure applied under a fingernail. After 48 days in the hospital, he was allowed to return home, where he continues to work on his recovery.

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Antarctica is the coldest place on Earth. It is situated in the southern hemisphere, almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle, and is surrounded by the Southern Ocean. At 14.4 million km², it is the fifth-largest continent in area. Some 98% of it is covered by ice, which averages at least 1.6 kilometers in thickness.

At the 3-kilometer (2 mi)-high Vostok Station in Antarctica, scientists recorded the world's lowest temperature: −89 °C (−129 °F). For comparison, this is 11 degrees colder than sublimating dry ice. Antarctica is a frozen desert with little precipitation; the South Pole itself receives less than 10 centimeters (4 in) per year, on average. Temperatures reach a minimum of between −80 °C and −90 °C (−112 °F and −130 °F) in the interior in winter and reach a maximum of between 5 °C and 15 °C (41 °F and 59 °F) near the coast in summer.

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Thousand ancient bones of small humans has been discovered by scientists in the Pacific island nation of Palau. The site indicated that the bones belonged to numerous individuals.

Some of the bones are ancient and indicate inhabitants of particularly small size, scientists announced today. The remains are between 900 and 2,900 years old and align with Homo sapiens, according to a paper on the discovery. However, the older bones are tiny and exhibit several traits considered primitive, or archaic, for the human lineage. "They weren't very typical, very small in fact," said Lee Berger, a paleoanthropologist at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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New Portrait of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Found - new portrait (right) of famous composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was found. The oil painting measures 19 inches by 14 inches.

Illinois-Look-A-Like Corn Flake Offered $1000 on Ebay - An Illinois-Look-A-Like corn flake on has been offered more than $1,000 in Ebay.

World's Biggest Fish Finger - Going on a fish diet? Why not include in your menu the world's biggest fish finger.

Picture of Man Walking on Mars Captured by Mars Explorer Spirit - A picture of man walking on Planet Mars has been captured by the Mars Explorer Spirit.

Matthew McGrory, Actor with Largest Feet and Toe in the World - Matthew McGrory was the tallest American actor and was recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the actor with largest feet and toe in the world.

Biggest Black Hole in Universe Discovered, The Size of 18 Billion Suns - Scientists discovered the biggest black hole in the entire universe. It has the size of 18 billion suns.

Scientists discovered the biggest black hole in the entire universe. It has the size of 18 billion suns.

The biggest black hole in the universe weighs in with a respectable mass of 18 billion Suns, and is about the size of an entire galaxy. Just like in the Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny Devito flick “Twins”, the massive black hole has a puny twin hovering nearby. By observing the orbit of the smaller black hole, astronomers are able to test Einstein's theory of general relativity with stronger gravitational fields than ever before. The biggest black hole beats out its nearest competitor by six times. Fortunately, it’s 3.5 billion light years away, forming the heart of a quasar called OJ287. Quasars are extremely bright objects in which matter spiraling into a giant black hole emits large amounts of radiation.

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Matthew McGrory was the tallest American actor and was recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the actor with largest feet and toe in the world.

McGrory was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and trained in engineering at Widener University, and resided on campus, on the first floor of Howell Hall. He grew to the height of 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) and had a size 19 1/2 foot shoe. He lived with his girlfriend Melissa Morphet in Sherman Oaks, California. Matthew McGrory died of natural causes on August 9, 2005. He was 32.

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A picture of man walking on Planet Mars has been captured by the Mars Explorer Spirit. This picture of "Green Man" created excitements and questions in the scientific community.

Bizarre images taken by Nasa's Mars Explorer Spirit have emerged showing a very strange human shape walking down a hill. At first experts missed this clear evidence of ET living on the Red Planet. It wasn't until space and science fiction enthusiasts became involved that the images were taken more seriously. The pictures, found on a Chinese website, are now creating a stir of excitement.

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Going on a fish diet? Why not include in your menu the world's biggest fish finger.

It was served up by an MP outside the Houses of Parliament. Fish fingers have been popular in Britain for the past 80 years - even Posh Spice has confessed to eating them. The only question we have is how much tomato sauce would you need for the king of all sandwiches?!

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An Illinois-Look-A-Like corn flake on has been offered more than $1,000 in Ebay. According to it's sellers, the breakfast cereal looks like the state of Illinois and has not gone any alterations.

Two sisters listed 'The Great Illinois Corn Flake' on the auction site, promising that it had undergone no cosmetic alterations to make it look more Illinoisy.

Emily McIntire, a 15-year-old sophomore in high school from Chesapeake, Virginia, said she was grabbing fistfuls of cereal on her way to class when she found the flake.

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A new portrait (right) of famous composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was found. The oil painting measures 19 inches by 14 inches. It was bought by an American collector in 2005 from a descendent of Johann Lorenz Hagenauer who is said to be a close friend of Leopold Mozart, Wolfgang's father.

The picture has been authenticated by Professor Cliff Eisen, a music scholar at King's College London. He described it as "arguably the most important Mozart portrait to be discovered" since the composer's death in 1791. Prof Eisen, who is to present his findings to academics at the Royal Musical Association on Saturday, said: "It is only the fourth known authentic portrait of him from the Vienna years, the period of his greatest professional successes and greatest compositional achievements."

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Pauly Unstoppable Got The World's First Eyeball Tattoo - Nothing can stop Pauly Unstoppable of Canada from being the recipient of the world's first eyeball tattoo.

Citarum River, World's Most Polluted River - Citarum River located in West Java, Indonesia is maybe the world's most polluted river.

Vatican Released List of Seven New Sins - Vatican released a list of seven new sins.

Oliver Sherwood, Two-year-old Boy Kept Alive by Daily Doses of Viagra - Two-year-old Oliver Sherwood is kept alive by daily doses of viagra.

Brazilian Wandering Spider, World's Deadliest Spider - The Brazilian Wandering Spider is considered the world's deadliest spider.

Pam Babcock, Stuck in a Toilet Seat After Two Years of Sitting - Pam Babcock was stuck in a toilet seat after two years of sitting on it.

Smart Goggle, Glasses That Acts Like Video Memory - Smart Goggle is the glasses of the future.

Baby Girl with Two Faces from Northern India Being Worshiped by Villagers - Born in Northern India, this baby girl with two faces is being worshiped by villagers.

Born in Northern India, this baby girl with two faces is being worshiped by villagers. They think that the baby is a reincarnated god.

The girl was born on Monday at a hospital in the suburbs of Delhi, according IBNLive.com. Since then, people in her rural village have been singing and dancing — offering money and asking for her blessings, IBNLive.com reported.

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