This is one of the coolest optical illusions I’ve seen (a bit tough as well).
Most people will see the girl spinning clockwise initially… but the girl can be seen as rotating anti-clockwise as well, depending on how you see it.
Tips - focus below the hip to ‘change’ the direction; if you still couldn’t see it after some time, cover the upper body part and just focus on the legs.
[Hat tip to Moillusions]
Radar, the world’s tallest living horse meets Thumbelina, the world’s smallest living horse.
It was the first time the world’s smallest and tallest horses had been photographed together. Their portrait will be featured in the 2008 edition of the Guinness World Records book.
Following the popularity of her international hit song “Umbrella,” Rihanna has launched her own range of umbrellas.
The 19-year-old Barbados born singer is teaming up with Totes, the world’s largest marketer of umbrellas, gloves, rainwear, rubber overshoes, and other weather-related accessories. 5 umbrellas have been launched under Rihanna’s name, with price ranging from $16 to $50.
Burj Dubai in UAE has become the tallest building in the world on July 20 at 512.1 metres… unofficially.
According to Council on Tall buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) they will classify Burj Dubai as a building only after it is completed, which literally means that Taipei 101 in Taiwan is still the official world’s tallest building at 509.2m. The CN Tower in Toronto, Canada, remains the tallest free-standing-structure at 553m.
Emaar (the developer of Burj Dubai) officials have said that the skyscraper, which will have cost one billion dollars by the time it is completed at the end of 2008, will be more than 700 metres (2,296 feet) tall and have more than 160 storeys. [Khaleejtimes]
The Great Canary Telescope (Gran Telescopio CANARIAS; GTC), the world’s largest optical telescope has started its operation on July 13, 2007.
The huge observatory (with 10.4 metre telescope) is built atop a mountain on the island of La Palma (part of the Canary Islands); it cost $180 million and 7 years to construct. The GTC is doing test observations at the moment, with science observations intended to begin in about a year.
Around 100 women took part in a high-heels’ splinting contest in St. Petersburg on July 21, 2007. The contestants were required to wear a pair of shoe with at least 9cm heels and run a short distance; the prize… a shopping voucher worth 50,000 Roubles (~ USD2,000).
British explorer and environmentalist Lewis Gordon Pugh became the first person to undertake a long distance swim at the North Pole.
The 37-year-old British took 18 minutes and 50 seconds to complete a 1km swim in -1.8°C water on July 15, 2007. He undertook the swim to raise awareness about the effects of climate change on the Arctic.
Meet Heart-kun, a Chihuahua puppy that was born with a perfect heart-shaped birthmark.
The puppy was born in May (2007) to breeder Emiko Sakurada in Odate, northern Japan. Emiko said that she had never seen a similar mark on the 1000 puppies she had bred, and she doesn’t plan to sell this special puppy.
