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Arkady Kamanin

Do you dream about bei ng an astronaut when you grow up?

How about a fighter pilo t? Well, so did Arkady and he became a fighter pilot... at the age of 14! In 1942, when he was just 12 years old, Arkady Kamani 2 n begged his dad, a com mander in the USSR Air Force, to let him enlist. So, Arkady ’s father let him join up as a mechanic. m After mastering the ins and outs of Soviet planes, Arkady got opromoted to navigating officer. That’s the guy who’s just suppos ed to sit in the back sea t of the plane and fix anything that goe e s haywire. But while on a mission in 1944, Arkady’s pilot wa s hit and blinded. Arkady kept his cool and landed the plane him self. This impressed Ark ady’s dad, who then allowed his son to go into flight training.

Two months later, Arkady became the youngest fighter pilot in World War II.I. He didn’t just guard airf ields or take simple job s, either. Once, while returning from a patrol, Arkady spotted a crashed Soviet plane. Arkady landed his own craft while under hea vy German fire and rescued the pilo t, along with the secret information he was carrying. He was aw arded the Order of the Red Star.

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Laura Dekker

If you ask most people, they’ll tell you that Ferdinand Magellan was the first person to ever successfully go around the world. This is technically true, as his fleet did complete the journey, but Magellan himself died in the process. That is because travelling around the entire globe is a really difficult task. The youngest person to go around the world is 16-year-old Laura Dekker. She did it in her 38-foot yacht named Guppy. While it seems like a dangerous task for someone so young, Laura had a lot of sea experience. She was born on a ship and first sailed solo at the age of 6, and it was her dream to sail around the world. She left Netherlands in 2010 and embarked on her trip and 518 days later, Laura completed her journey and safely docked at St. Maarten, making her the youngest person to go around the globe.

Georgia Brown Two-y o-ye e ea arr-o old ld Geo or orgiia’s ’ parents always knew that their daughter wa s bright. After all, she could count to ten, recognised her colours and wa s even starting to learn with Frenc h. But it was only when their bubbly little two-year-o ld took an IQ test that her genius intellect was confi rmed. Georgia is the youngest female member of Mensa after scorin g a geniusrated IQ of 152. Th is puts her in the same intellectual league, proportion ate to her age, as physicist Stephen Hawking. Accordi ng to an expert in gifted children, Georgia is the brigh test two-year-old she has ever met. She was crawl ing at five months and walking at nine months. By 14 months, she was getting herself dressed. “She spok e really early - by 18 months she was having prope r conversations,” her mother said.

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4 : d e d e e n s ie l p p u S • Tissue box • Glue • Paintbrush • Tissue paper or plain paper to cover the box • Sticky tape • White cardboard or paper • Plastic googly eyes • Scissors • Decorations (including coloured paper spots, wool, egg cartons)

Make a tissue box monster!

Instructions:

Step 1: Remove the plastic insert on the inside of the tissue box opening.

Step 2: Wrap the box in paper with the opening face down so the sticky tape areas are to the back.

Step 3: Using scissors, cut the hole through the paper.

Step 4: Cut plain white paper or cardboard into a jagged edge to create ‘teeth’. Use a paintbrush to glue these to the inside of the opening.

Step 5: Press the “teeth” on the inside of the opening on the top and bottom.

Step 6: Now decorate their monster with coloured paper spots or stickers, wool for hair, paddle-pop stick arms, pipe-cleaner antennas and egg carton eyes - the more the scarier!

Remember kids, always get permission from your parents before you start.

It’s always a good idea to have a helper nearby.

How to make a bird!

Talea Zafar explains how you can create your own bird out of a square piece of paper! Once you’re done with these pretty feathered friends, you can hang them around your room and have them add some ‘tweets’ to your life!

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World wide weird Get your weekly dose of the unusual and funny from across the globe!

Concrete surroundings What happens when you refuse to sell your house to make room for a new construction project? Lacking the balloons and helium to make an upward escape, 67-year-old Luo Baogen of Xiayangzhang village and his wife decided to stay put, refusing the government’s offer to purchase their property. So the government simply went ahead and constructed a road that completely surrounds the couple’s house.

China Daily reports that in 2008, more than 500 local families began to vacate their homes after reaching settlement agreements with the government is Wenling, Zhejiang province. However, Luo didn’t feel that the offered compensation of 260,000 yuan (Rs4,031,066) was enough to cover the expense of building another house elsewhere in the village. In 2007, China passed a law guaranteeing private property rights, meaning the government cannot exercise eminent domain. But after a four-year standoff, the government went ahead and built the road anyway, leaving the Luo home stranded in the middle. The rooms on either side of the house were left intact to protect the house, but Luo claims the roof has leaked since the demolition. The road is not yet in use. SOURCE: IO9.COM

A garlic a day keeps this creature away Not only do we have to worry about bigfoot on the prowl, but now there is a vampire loose in Serbia. But at least in this case, there is always garlic to help ward off the evil.

The village of Zarozje in Serbia has issued a public health warning to its citizens after the abandoned watermill housing the local vampire collapsed, meaning he is on the loose.

The notorious vampire Sava Savanovic was said to have lived in the old watermill on the Rogacica river, at Zarozje village where he drank the blood of anybody that came to mill their grain.

The watermill was bought by the local Jagodic family, and they were too scared to use it as a mill — but discovered it was a goldmine when they started advertising it to tourists.

But the family were worried about carrying out building work on the mill because they were scared they might disturb the vampire or unleash his wrath if his home was messed around with — and now the property has collapsed through lack of repair.

But for locals it has sparked rumours that the vampire is now free once again.

Local mayor Miodrag Vujetic admitted: “People are worried, everybody knows the legend of this vampire and the thought that he is now homeless and looking for somewhere else and possibly other victims is terrifying people. We are all frightened.”

He added that it was all very well for people who didn’t live in the area to laugh at their fears but he said nobody in the region was in any doubt that vampires do exist. He confirmed that the local council had advised all villagers to put garlic on their doors and windows to protect them from the vampire as it was well known they can’t stand the smell.

He added: “We have also reminded them to put a Holy cross in every room in the house.”

SOURCE: WEB.ORANGE.CO.UK

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This Australian couple redefines how much they love animals, they stopped going for holidays after adopting an injured pigeon — for over 17 years!

Not just that, Bertl and Irmi Reiterer are often unable to use the oven at their home in Salzburg as the bird uses it for a nest.

Mr Reiterer, 84, said: “I found her by the side of the road where she had obviously been hit by a car and had broken a wing. We gave her some food and had her treated by a vet and put her in the garage downstairs — that was in April 17 years ago.”

He added: “It was clear that because of her injuries she would never fly again and at Christmas when I accidentally left the door open she came inside and then hopped into the oven which had just been used and was still warm — and refused to come out. I guess she felt it was too cold down in the garage. We gave her a bit to eat in the oven — a few pieces of cornbread. The next morning when she was still there we gave her some water, and she sort of just remained.”

The couple named the pigeon Susi, and say that they can’t imagine life now without her.

Mrs Reiterer, 77, says that they have to wait until the pigeon decides to go for a walk around the house before they can use the dishwasher as it disturbs her while she is sleeping. “I don’t regret the fact that we haven’t gone on holiday because of her — we didn’t travel much anyway although we do have a hut in a ski district we can only go there for the day,” she said.

Vet Heide Maria Muller said: “Susi is a very unusual case. I understand that pigeons can live up to 20 years. But in the wild no bird would manage to live that long. Obviously where she is, with plenty of good food and no predators, she has a good chance of reaching an even higher age.” SOURCE: WEB.ORANGE.CO.UK

A story fit for… apes Bedtime stories don’t only work their magic on children but have proven their credibility in lulling apes to sleep as well.

A zoo keeper has discovered the perfect way to cut out monkey business when he tucks his orangutans up at night — by reading them a bedtime story.

The two playful primates used to drive keepers mad at Poland’s Gdansk Zoo until Michel Krause, 36, started to read to them.

“They were repeat offenders, always causing trouble,” said Michal. “If you gave them a fruit snack they’d throw it around, if you tried to wear them out with play, they’d just get hyper. I didn’t know what to do until I pulled out a book I was reading during a break and within a couple of minutes they were trying to read over my shoulder,” he added.

Now the arty apes have even developed their distinct literary tastes.

Albert likes English literature like Jane Austen and Charles Dickens, while Raya is a fan of thrillers and drama.

“Albert’s favourite book is Pride and Prejudice while Raya likes German fiction, like the Winnetou native American stories by Karl May. But they both like cookery books and when we’re doing dramatic readings they like me to act out all the movements,” said Michal.

“Now they go to bed quietly and peacefully as long as they get their stories,” he added.

SOURCE: WEB.ORANGE.CO.UK

Santa studies Magic tricks and straight answers are all part of being Santa in Japan — at least according to Tokyo’s Santa Claus Academy.

On a recent weekend, 88 Santa wannabes packed the school in Tokyo’s fashionable Roppongi district for a crash course in how to behave as “Santa-san,” as the man in red is known in Japan.

“There are many children who don’t believe in Santa Claus anymore,” said Masaki Azuma, head of the school. “So I said to myself, ‘Let’s bring Santa Claus back.’”

The morning session began with Azuma training students in the mindset of being Santa Claus, such as not to reply to anything unless addressed as “Santa-san,” along with teaching them magic tricks, which Azuma recommends as a good ice-breaker for often shy tots.

The rest of the session was devoted to answering the difficult questions that children have a habit of posing, such as “My house doesn’t have a chimney and we also have a security system, so how will you be able to come in and deliver my present?”

The academy’s answer is that Santa, whose job is to deliver presents no matter what, will find a way. Also, the home security system should recognise him and let him in.

After this, the students dressed in their Santa outfits to stroll streets in the busy Omotesando district, exchanging high fives with shoppers and occasionally stopping to pose for pictures.

“Not only were we able to attract attention, we also interacted and made each other’s days,” said Kazuko Iida, who visits local preschools and retirement homes during the Christmas season.

Despite nearing 70, Azuma has vowed to press on with his school, believing it has a key role to fulfill. “Even as times change, Santa Claus is a figure that needs to live in the hearts of everyone,” he said. SOURCE: REUTERS

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Did you know?

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s n i g i r O d r o W Blood is thicker than water Anyone with a tight family bond will tell you blood is thicker than water. But they may be surprised to learn that the saying has little to do with family ties. In ancient Middle Eastern culture, “blood rituals symbolized bonds that were far greater than those of the family.” That explains “blood brothers”-warriors who symbolically shared the blood they shed in battle together-having a stronger bond than biological brothers. There is also an expression from 3,000 years ago that says: “The blood of the covenant is far stronger than the water of the womb.” It could be that the true meaning of this phrase became muddled by English nobility who wanted to stress the importance of bloodlines.

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Cool facts A butterfly has 12,000 eyes.

Humpback whales create the loudest sound of any living creature.

Whale milk is 50% Fat. In Croatia, scientists discovered that lampposts were falling down because a chemical in the urine of male dogs was rotting the metal.

In the Caribbean there are oysters that can climb trees.

Giraffes have no vocal cords.

Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.

In the UK, it is illegal to eat mince pies on Christmas Day! Pteronophobia is the fear of being tickled by feathers!

When hippos are upset, their sweat turns red.

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