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If you're in a Karaoke bar and somebody started singing and he/she sounds like the real singer of the song, then he/she maybe is the real one. Watch this one as Jewel goes undercover and sings in a Karaoke bar.

In only two years and two months, Nintendo's Wii Sports is now the new world's best-selling video game ever. It surpasses the previous record holder Super Mario Bros. The data is based on cumulative worldwide sales of Wii Sports ending the week of December 27, 2008.

Super Mario Bros sold more than 40.24 million units from the mid 1980's to date. In that same timespan Wii Sports will really be way ahead of for the former record holder.

The data is based on cumulative worldwide sales figures ending the week of December 27, 2008, which indicate that lifetime sales of Wii Sports have exceeded Mario's staggering 40.24 million units.

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Considering his age, this little guy got serious talent about yoyo. See his amazing tricks in this video.



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Yahoo Movies listed the most watched movie trailer of 2008. For movie fanatics like us who miss those movies, it's time to get a glimpse of this year's box office hits by watching it's trailer.

For one thing, I never thought The Dark Knight is on the top list. It's maybe because of Heath Ledger's passing away this year. Now we know one of the recipe of a successful movie. :)

1) The Dark Knight (Batman)

2) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of Crystal Skull


3) Twilight


4) Incredible Hulk


5) Iron Man


6) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince


7) Wanted


8) Hancock


9) Sex and the City


10) Kung-fu Panda

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If you think animated movies are inexpensive, you are wrong. In fact, animated movies are one of the of the most demanding movie to make, both physically and financially. It because artist have to draw every sequence of the scene and actions. Convinced? Here's a list of the top ten most expensive 3D animated movies of all time. (Note: all figures are in US dollar)


1) The Polar Express
Production Costs: $170 Million
U.S. Box Office: $173 Million
Worldwide Box Office: $297 Million

2) Final Fantasy: Spirits Within
Production Costs: $137 Million
U.S. Box Office: $32 Million
Worldwide Box Office: $85 Million

3) Dinosaur
Production Costs: $128 Million
U.S. Box Office: $138 Million
Worldwide Box Office: $356 Million

4) Monsters Inc.
Production Costs: $115 Million
U.S. Box Office: $256 Million
Worldwide Box Office: $525 Million

5) Treasure Planet
Production Costs: $100 Million
U.S. Box Office: $38 Million
Worldwide Box Office: $91 Million

6) Finding Nemo
Production Costs: $94 Million
U.S. Box Office: $339 Million
Worldwide Box Office: $866 Million

7) The Incredibles ()
Production Costs: $92 Million
U.S. Box Office: $261 Million
Worldwide Box Office: $631 Million

8) Toy Story 2
Production Costs: $90 Million
U.S. Box Office: $246 Million
Worldwide Box Office: $486 Million

9) The Wild
roduction Costs: $80 Million
U.S. Box Office: $37 Million
Worldwide Box Office: $87 Million

10) Shark Tale
Production Costs: $75 Million
U.S. Box Office: $161 Million
Worldwide Box Office: $363 Million

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Tomatina Festival is the world's biggest tomato fight held every last Wednesday of August each year in the town of Buñol in the Valencia region of Spain. Each year, approximately 20,000–40,000 tourists come to the tomato fight, multiplying by several times Buñol's normal population of 9,000. The video below is this years (Aug. 27, 2008) celebration were thousands of people went to the Spanish town of Bunol on Wednesday to take part in said festival.



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Gardeners design a giant flower carpet in a central market called Grand Place in Brussels, Belgium. It requires about 700,000 flowers to create, according to event organizers. This is done once every two years.

The flower carpet of Grand Place has a different model every time and it’s made out of roughly 700,000 begonias. This is definitely one of the must see- attractions of Brussels.

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This water fountain in Canal City in Hakata, Japan creates amazing text, images and animation. A very nice and innovative attraction.



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Invented by Swedish inventor Jan von Heland, Waboba ball, the ball that bounces on water, is now becoming popular around the world after videos of it were posted in YouTube.

This ball is made of a combination of plastics with lycra coating. It has the same density as water and floats when at rest. Wabobal ball which is said to have a consistency of breast implant, took the inventor several years to perfect and now being sold around the world after debuting in the beaches of Australia.

"I first got the idea when I was throwing a frisbee upside down on the water trying to get it to bounce,” he said.

"I thought it would be good to get something that used the water to bounce off and began to experiment.”

He added: "It has been very successful and we sell the balls all over the world - Australia is our biggest market.

"It seems a bit odd that a Swede should invent this because it is best for a hot climate where people are in the sea and in swimming pools all the time."

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These Indian men may have practiced day in and out t perfect this 13 men and 1 motorcycle stunt.


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You think money is only for buying? Try money origami and see some cool things you can do with your money.

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A 50-kilogram sandbar shark which became celebrity at a Spanish beach was nabbed by biologists with bare hands and dragging it ashore. This shark became a tourist attraction by making daily trips into the knee-high water in the beach - which beach official fear might bite beach goers.

The fish turned into a novelty by swimming regularly into plain view in very shallow water. Bathers gathered daily to snap photos. Police fined several people who ventured into the water to splash around with it. A team of three biologists from the Barcelona Aquarium waded in yesterday and, after two failed attempts before a crowd of hundreds, finally managed to capture the flailing shark with their hands. They quickly stuck its snout into a net to keep it from biting.

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Grey's Anatomy tops the list of ten most expensive TV shows for advertisers in the US for the first half of the 2007-2008 broadcast-network TV season.

1. Grey's Anatomy - $419,000
2. Sunday Night Football - $358,000
3. The Simpsons - $315,000
4. Heroes - $296,000
5. Desperate Housewives - $270,000
6. CSI - $248,000
7. Two and a Half Men - $231,000
8. Survivor - $208,000
9. Private Practice - $208,000
10. Prison Break - $200,000

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This Diamond-studded wedding Cake is the world's most expensive bridal cake at $20 million.

The sweet treat is worth $20 million and is being called the world's most expensive wedding cake. But, the bridal show's organizer said it won't be eaten. The cake is protected by a team of uniformed security guards at all times. A cake designer and jeweler teamed up to create the masterpiece.

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Grey's Anatomy is the most expensive show for advertisers. Just a 30-second commercial slot will cost an advertiser $419,000 US dollars.

"Grey's Anatomy" holds the crown this fall as the most expensive show on network TV, trouncing last year's leader, "Desperate Housewives."

The network that carries them both, Walt Disney's ABC, is the most expensive for advertisers in the first half of the 2007-2008 broadcast-network TV season, thanks to three of its shows in the top 10.

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