Kyaiktiyo Pagoda, Golden Rock, Burma

Kyaiktiyo Pagoda also known as Golden Rock, sits on top of a granite boulder covered with gold leaves pasted on by devotees. The magnificent Golden Rock balances on the edge of a cliff at the top of Kyaikto Mountain. Believers claim that it was placed at the cliff's edge by two nats (Burmese guardian spirits) 2500 years ago on top of a hair of Buddha. The nats used a boat to search for the best location on which to keep this sacred hair. Having found a location on top of the tallest mountain around, the Nats placed a large boulder on top of the hair to keep it safe. It is this hair of Buddha what maintains the boulder balanced and prevents it from falling. The golden pagoda is 5.5m (18ft) tall sits on top of the rock. Kyaiktiyo has become a popular tourist attraction place of Pagodas in Burma.

The Man who invented Basketball

James Naismith a Canadian-American sports coach was the inventor of Basketball. He invented the sport of basketball in 1891. He was the one who wrote the original basketball rule book. At Springfield YMCA Naismith was asked to create a new indoor game within 14 days.

The first game of basketball was played in December 1891. And, in the year 1936, Basketball was introduced in the official Olympic sports program when Naismith was 75. He witnessed his creation to be the part of most precious Olympic Games. Naismith was also a National Guard chaplain with the First Kansas Infantry Regiment. He taught his soldiers basketball to control their excess energy.

World's most expensive Razor

 

 The most expensive razor with pure sapphire blades with an edge less than 100 atoms across, 5000 times thinner than a strand of your hair, the Zafiro Iridium razor may have even the best straight razor beat.

The handle is made out of 99.95% pure iridium, one of the rarest elements present in the earth’s crust. The hexagonal screws used in the razor are 99.95% pure platinum.

The Zafiro Iridium razor went on sale for a cost of $100,000 per piece, setting the world record for Most expensive razor.

Monowi, Nebraska - One women town

Monowi is a village in Nebraska, United States, whose only remaining resident is a 77-year old woman named Elsie Eiler. Eiler lives in a mobile home a half-block from the only business left in Monowi, a dark, wood-paneled tavern, thick with smoke which Eiler runs. She also runs the town library, a tiny building jammed with 5,000 books left behind by her late husband who was a devoted reader. Elise is also the mayor of Monowi.

Monowi's peak years were in the 1930s, when it had a population of 130. Monowi, like many other small communities in the Great Plains, lost its younger residents to cities that were experiencing growth and offering better jobs. During the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 2 - only one married couple, Rudy and Elsie Eiler. Mr. Eiler died in 2004, leaving his wife Elsie Eiler as the only remaining resident.

Eiler's life as its mayor and sole resident is surreal. Once a year she raises taxes from herself to keep the four street lights on and a few other basic amenities going. She runs the town's only business, the Monowi Tavern, and lives in the only remaining habitable building. She grants her own liquor licence and elects herself mayor. Her customers come off the highway that runs through Monowi or from nearby towns.

This town is an extreme example of what has happened across America's heartland. The depopulation of the countryside over the last 50 years has been called the largest migration in American history. Nowhere is that more starkly illustrated than on the Great Plains, which includes Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma.

Walter Cavanagh owns 1,497 valid credit cards

Walter Cavanagh has 1,497 valid credit cards, all of which amount to a $1.7 million line of credit. Currently, he holds the record for the most credit cards and for the world's longest wallet, which stretches 250 feet, weighs about 38 pounds and can hold 800 cards. But he keeps most of them in bank safe-deposit boxes.

The "Guinness Book of World Records" gave him the title "Mr. Plastic Fantastic" and he has been in the book every year since 1971.

First News - World's smallest newspaper

FirstNews, a children's publication (London, England), has hit the Guinness Book of World Records for being the world's smallest newspaper. Though you may need to have a magnifying glass ready before attempting to read the paper. The smallest newspaper was launched by editorial director Piers Morgan, Its aims 7-14 years old readers. The size of the paper is 32 x 22 mm (1.25 x 0.86 in).

Largest Barbie Doll collection by Bettina Dorfmann

Bettina Dorfmann, has collected 6,025 Barbie dolls, worth £100,000 setting the world record for the Largest Barbie doll collection. The obsessed Barbie fan keeps the dolls in a bedroom, her cellar and half the kitchen in her house. She plans to boast a collection of at least 10,000 dolls. She started collecting Barbies from 1993 and doesn't plan on ever ending her quest for new additions. Her first one was a rare Midge doll, brought out by Mattel in 1963 and marketed as Barbie's best friend. She has even set up a repair service with people sending her dolls from all across the world. Bettina Dorfmann says she will not stop collecting Barbies until she dies.