Luggage might not be the only items being placed on scales at airports in the near future as regulators are asking airlines to more accurately estimate how heavy their passengers are. As part of new safety regulations, the Federal Aviation Administration is requiring airlines come up with new, more in-depth methods of determining passenger and … Read more
Las Vegas is one of the brightest-lit cities in the US that attracts people from around the world, but the artificial lights also lured 46 million grasshoppers in one summer night in 2019. A new study analyzed the invasion using radar data, finding that artificial light awakened the rather idle insects and did so in … Read more
A huge iceberg weighing hundreds of billions of tons is now just 30 miles away from South Georgia – threatening the habitat of millions of penguins. Iceberg A68a – which broke from the Antarctic’s Larsen C ice shelf in July 2017 – slid towards the open ocean for over two years until it hit the powerful Circumpolar … Read more
An enormous goldfish weighing 9lbs, 15 times bigger than the regular pet, was found in a South Carolina lake. The ‘Frankenstein’ fish is about 15 inches long and was discovered during a routine fish survey in a lake in Greenville. The 15in-long creature, which has been compared to the Loch Ness Monster, leapt out of the … Read more
Record-smashing pumpkin! Twins grow UK’s biggest ever squash weighing in at a whopping 185 STONE – heavier than two polar bears Ian and Stuart Paton, 59, spent three weeks growing the giant pumpkin They have have beaten the UK best and missed out on the world record by 31lb The twins hosted their own drive-thru weigh … Read more
You thought the original was difficult! World’s smallest Rubik’s Cube measuring just 9.9mm and weighing 2g goes on sale in Japan for £1,480 Tiny but playable cube released to mark 40th anniversary of original 3D puzzle It is has gone on sale at cost of 198,000 yen (£1,480) for delivery in December The cube, made … Read more
NASA’s 56-year-old satellite that weighs more than 1,000 POUNDS is set to fall into the South Pacific this weekend – but experts say it will burn up before hitting the ocean One of NASA’s satellites is set to fall back to Earth on Saturday at 5:01pm ET Orbiting Geophysical Observatory 1 has been in space … Read more
Wildlife conservationists in Florida stumbled across an enormous species of turtle that looks like it crawled out of a monster movie. Biologists with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission captured three Suwannee alligator snapping turtles last week, including one that weighed 100 pounds. The massive reptiles, known formally as Macrochelys suwanniensis, are a new … Read more
Millennials will need a bigger piece of toast as giant 4lb avocados weighing nine times more than an ordinary fruit hit supermarket shelves tomorrow The South African-grown Avozilla has experienced a bumper harvest this year This year’s Avozillas weigh an astonishing 3lbs 12oz (1.7kg), 1lbs more than 2019 An ordinary avocado weighs around 7.5oz (215g) … Read more
Doctors successfully remove world’s largest ovarian tumour which weighed EIGHT STONE from 52-year-old woman in India The patient had complained about her weight ballooning to almost 17 stone Her feet began to swell and one doctor said it was lucky her organs hadn’t failed Surgery at the Indraprastha Apollo Hospital in Delhi lasted for three … Read more