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World’s most expensive Toyota: 45-yr-old Toyota 2000GT sells for $1.2m

The world’s most expensive Toyota has been sold for a staggering $ 1.2 million.

For the same price – around £80,000 – car enthusiasts could pick up a sleek brand new sports car like the British Aston Martin V8 Vantage.

But one buyer was more than happy to break the record for…

Meet RoboBee, World’s Smallest Flying Robot

The Guardian calls it the “smallest flying robot in the world,” DVice has it as the “world’s smallest aerial drone,” and USA Today settles for “electronic housefly.” By whichever name, the dime-sized device by Harvard scientists is amazing. (They call it “RoboBee,” for the record.) It has two tiny wings that flap 120 times per second…

The World’s Least-Visited Countries

Haven’t gotten around to visiting Nauru? Turns out you’re not alone. The tiny island nation—and the world’s smallest, at 13 square miles—is the least-visited country on Earth, the Christian Science Monitor reports. A list of the world’s least-popular vacation spots reveals three likely reasons for the low tourism: They’re too remote (Nauru), too…

63 Diners at ‘World’s Best Restaurant’ Get Sick

This might make it a little easier to get a table at Copenhagen’s Noma, which has reigned as the No. 1 eatery at Restaurant magazine for three straight years: Sixty-three diners got sick over a four-day period last month, reports Bloomberg.

Danish health officials ordered the restaurant to ramp up its food-handling procedures after what they termed a…

World’s Fattest Man Loses 644 Pounds

Paul Mason, formerly called “the world’s fattest man,” has shed nearly two-thirds of his body weight after gastric bypass surgery in 2010. At his heaviest, the 52-year-old from Ipswich, England tipped the scales at an astonishing 980 pounds.

Mason used to be so heavy that he was unable to leave his room. When he needed a hernia operation in 2002, the fire department had…

Stewie, The World’s Longest Cat, Dies In Nevada

Stewie the Cat, the longest domestic cat in the world at more than 4 feet long from nose to tail, has died.Stewie was surrounded by family when he succumbed to a yearlong battle with cancer Monday evening at his Reno home, owner Robin Hendrickson said Tuesday. He was 8.

Guinness World Records declared Stewie the record-holder in August 2010, measuring 48.5 inches from…

Mikel Ruffinelli: The woman with the World’s Largest Hips

One lady most certainly of the opinion that men prefer curves is Mikel Ruffinelli, a 420-pound mother of four who measures a staggering eight-foot in circumference.

At just five-foot-four, 39-year-old Mikel, who lives in Los Angeles, is substantially wider than she is tall, but says she wouldn’t want it any other way.

‘I love my shape and I see no reason to diet because I don’t have health problems,’ explains Mikel,…

See The World’s Most Eligible Bachelor (PHOTOS)

This year, Town & Country magazine crowned the royal figure as the world’s most eligible bachelor. The younger brother of Prince William beat out Hollywood hot shots to secure his number one spot, including George Clooney, who ranked in at only no. 33!….More pictures when you continue:

World’s Oldest Person Dies At 116-Years-Old

Besse Cooper, the woman who was listed as the oldest person in the world, has died at the age of 116 in a Georgia nursing home.

She died peacefully Tuesday in Monroe, Ga., after she became ill with a stomach virus the previous day, Cooper’s son Sidney told The Associated Press. His mother complained that she was having trouble breathing Tuesday and…