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Ame and Lia are not twins but the two are born on the same day (just minutes apart) to the same mother, 29-year-old Miss Spence. The five-month-old babies look like twins, but in fact they're not. They were conceived three weeks apart - a million-to-one medical rarity.

An explanation for this unusual case:The girls were conceived through a process known as superfetation, the term used to describe the formation of a foetus whilst another foetus is already present in the uterus.

This occurs when eggs from two separate menstrual cycles are released, as opposed to normal non-identical twins where more than one egg is released in a single cycle. Although common in animals it is rare in humans, but it can result in a twin or multiple pregnancy. It is diagnosed when the foetuses show a marked different in development. The girls are technically not twins. Identical twins occur when one egg splits into two and non-identical, or fraternal, twins occur when two eggs are released and fertilised at the same time.

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Juan Manuel Alvarez caused a train crash after he attempts to commit suicide three years ago by parking his car in a train track. He later change his mind but failed to get his car off track. The crash leaved 11 fatalities and more than 180 people were injured. He was convicted of murder on June 27, 2008 and faces the death penalty.

Prosecutors said Alvarez caused the accident on the Metrolink commuter line on January 26, 2005 deliberately to get attention.

His lawyers claimed however that Alvarez had parked his car on the tracks to commit suicide but was unable to remove it after he changed his mind at the last minute.

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If you don't want your energy be wasted in the gym, why not enroll in one of Hong Kong's human-powered gyms. In gyms such as these, the energy burned off your exercisers is diverted and converted to power lighting fixtures, and the excess energy is stored in a battery for later use - when gym users are resting. What a nice motivation to burn fats.



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According to recent report, there are already 10 million millionaires in the world. I'm sure you wanna be one of them. But to be included in the list, you should have at least $1 million in assets.

"The growth of their wealth is outpacing the growth of their population, and that's a trend that's going to continue in coming years," said Ileana Van Der Linde, a principal with Capgemini.

The ranks of the wealthy are growing fastest in the developing economies of India, China and Brazil. The number of millionaires in India grew by about 23 percent.

The United States still reigns supreme when it comes to fat wallets, though: One in every three millionaires in the world lives in America. Combined, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America account for just one in 10.

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A perfect V12 engine made by Yee Job is made entirely from paper. He spent two year building it using the Japanese art Origami. This 63cm model, weighing just 1.5kg, has moveable parts which includes a crankshaft, a cooling fan, 12 rods and 12 pistons has 1978 individual pieces. If you want to build your own Origami V12, you can buy his for £80.

Traditional Origami only uses a small number of different folds, which can be combined in a variety of ways to make intricate designs.

But Yee, from Montreal, Canada, says it is right to call his model Origami, adding: "The Origami-style interior structure is applied everywhere in the engine.

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Triumph International of Japan unveils a eolar-powered bra. This is said to generate enough electricity a cellphone and iPod.

Triumph International Japan showed off its "Solar Power Bra" on Wednesday in Tokyo, but it will not be in stores just yet.

The environmentally friendly, green-colored brassiere includes a solar belt that goes around the stomach, but its creator admits that "people usually cannot got outside without wearing clothes over it" and says it should not be washed or worn in the rain to avoid damage.

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This blonde girl sure got a lot of talent. One of it is spinning through escalator handle. Check it out.



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A police helicopter, with a three-man crew, had a close encounter with a UFO. They are forced to swerve sharply to avoid being hit by it. It would have been a direct hit, the crew said. This extraordinary incident which took place near an RAF base outside Cardiff, South Wales, was said to be the first sightings of its kind.

“They are convinced it was a UFO. It sounds far-fetched, but they know what they saw.

“These guys are hardened professionals and know people will take the mickey, but they are certain they saw a UFO.”

The source added to The Sun: “After the near-collision they decided to follow it to find out what the hell it was.

"They belted across the Bristol Channel in pursuit, but it was too quick. They got to the North Devon coast and had to turn back because they were running low on fuel.”

The police Eurocopter, an EC135T21, was hovering in the sky above RAF St Athan late at night, waiting to land, a police spokeswoman confirmed.

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This world's fastest clock can measure time to a millionth of a second.



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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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The Null listed the inventions that was booed by famous individuals of their time, only for the invention to become a success. Here are some.

While theoretically and technically television may be feasible, commercially and financially I consider it an impossibility, a development of which we need waste little time dreaming. - Lee DeForest, American radio pioneer, 1926.

Television won't be able to hold on to any market it captures after the first six months. People will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night. - Darryl F. Zanuck, Head of 20th Century-Fox, 1946.

Radio has no future. - Lord Kelvin, British mathematician and physicist.

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A recent study showed that earth was habitable 4.3 billion years ago - much more earlier than previously thought. The team of scientists led by geologists Takayuki Ushikubo, Valley and Noriko Kita analyzed ancient minerals called zircons. This mineral showed that liquid water existed as early as 4.3 billion years ago. Zircons, the tiny mineral grains, was used to determine the age of ancient rocks since this minerals are resistant to chemical change.

Ushikubo, the first author on the new study, says that atmospheric weathering could provide an answer to a long-standing question in geology: why no rock samples have ever been found dating back to the first 500 million years after the Earth formed.

"Currently, no rocks remain from before about 4 billion years ago," he says. "Some people consider this as evidence for very high temperature conditions on the ancient Earth."

Previous explanations for the missing rocks have included destruction by bombardment of meteorites and the possibility that the early Earth was a red-hot sea of magma in which rocks could not form.

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Madonna tops the list of top ten highest female earner in the music industry in the year 2007, according to Forbes.

1. Madonna - $72m
2. Barbra Streisand - $60m
3. Celine Dion - $45m
4. Shakira - $38m
5. Beyoncé - $27m
6. Gwen Stefani - $26m
7. Christina Aguilera - $20m
8. Faith Hill - $19m
9. Dixie Chicks - $18m
10. Mariah Carey - $13m

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Here's a list of the top five highest paid players in Euro 2008. Another addition to the growing list of sports millionaire.

1) Thierry Henry
Country: France
Club: Barcelona
Annual Earnings: $25.1 million, £12.5 million, 18.3 million euros

2) Cristiano Ronaldo
Country: Portugal
Club: Manchester United
Annual Earnings: $18.5 million, £9.2 million, 13.5 million euros

3) Francesco Totti
Country: Italy
Club: AS Roma
Annual Earnings: $16.2 million, £8.1 million, 11.8 million euros

4) Michael Ballack
Country: Germany
Club: Chelsea
Annual Earnings: $16 million, £8 million, 11.7 million euros

5) Alessandro Del Piero
Country: Italy
Club: Juventus
Annual Earnings: $14.3 million, £7.1 million, 10.4 million euros

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This man has extraordinary elastic skin. It seems that he has a lot of spare skin when he do his tricks.

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This amazing photo-realistic human sculptures, except for it's sizes, are all made by Ron Mueck (born 1958), an Australian hyperrealist sculptor working in Great Britain.

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Unicorn,the 1-year-old Roe Deer was born with a single horn at the center of his head. He is believed to have been born with a genetic flaw because his twin has two normal horns. He was born in captivity in the research center's park in the Tuscan town of Prato, near Florence, Italy.

"This shows that even in past times, there could have been animals with this anomaly," he said by telephone. "It's not like they dreamed it up."

Single-horned deer are rare but not unheard of — but even more unusual is the central positioning of the horn, experts said.

"Generally, the horn is on one side (of the head) rather than being at the center. This looks like a complex case," said Fulvio Fraticelli, scientific director of Rome's zoo. He said the position of the horn could also be the result of a trauma early in the animal's life.

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To show patriotism and support, a 60 year-old Chinese acupuncturist has pierced his head, face, chest, and arms with 2008 decorative needles for the upcoming China Olympics.

The event broke his previous Guinness Record of 1790 needles set in 2004. Wei also hopes to share more about the history of acupuncture to the world.

Initially inspired after reading about a Canadian who had set a record for inserting 420 needles in his arm, Wei felt that it was “not much compared to our centuries-old acupuncture,” and began experimenting with piercing his own body with needles.

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