Yowazzup: A Directory of Happening Things

The world largest diamond is not on our planet, Earth, but is in the space at a distance of 50 light years from Earth, in the Constellation Centaurus.

And it has a name — Lucy.

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Good afternoon, fellow earthlings!

• Man claims sleepless record by staying awake for 11 days and nights! He claims eating raw food helps him!
• In Malaysia, Ethnic Malays are born as Muslims from birth. But, a lady named Lina Joy is challenging the law by her decision to convert to Christian. Malaysia sets May 30 for ruling on Islam conversion. Will this changed the law?
• Aye! Pirates grab the biggest loots!
• Did you miss the world’s biggest Star Wars party? Where were you? In the moon?

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The pace at which city dwellers walk has increased by 10 per cent in the last decade, a new study has shown.

The findings, from 32 countries, reflect the fact that increasing numbers of people are living in the fast lane. Teams with stop watches timed how long it took 35 men and women to walk along a 60ft stretch of pavement.

Surprisingly, on the top of the list is Singapore! Followed by Copenhagen (Denmark), Madrid (Spain) and Guangzhou (China).

Read more about The World Is Walking 10% Faster

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It’s a worldwide event! So, grab your free coffee from 10am - 12pm on March 15, 2007 at any Starbucks!

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The former U.S. Vice President, Al Gore, and a group of environmental activists announced a star-studded series of international concerts, aiming at raising awareness about the threat of climate changes.

The worldwide string of various concerts, dubbed Live Earth, which will take place across seven continents, is scheduled for this summer, on July 7, 2007 (07.07.07), and will include performances by 150 of the world’s top recording artists introduced by an army of “celebrities and thought leaders.” Some of those artists that already signed up for the concert include Sheryl Crow, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Black Eyed Peas, Bon Jovi, Kelly Clarkson, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Snow Patrol, Foo Fighters, Duran Duran, Enrique Iglesias, Lenny Kravitz and rapper Snoop Dogg.

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Matt Harding dances around the world. Pretty cool to be able to do that.

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These days, we have many free web-based e-mail providers and more and more are coming. But, what features are the ones the users really want? Something like Microsoft Exchange? Or something simple to use? More space?

As the major providers of web-based e-mails continue to increase the size and functions of the e-mail programs they have, certain company is developing a very cool e-mail - e-mail that self-destruct, non-printable, recallable and changable/editable. The purpose of these functions is to protect the privacy of the sender so that e-mails cannot be forwarded to the wrong party. Besides the security and privacy features, it lets the users to masquerade their e-mail address as well. The e-mail provider is BigString. The free account also comes with 1GB storage, 25MB large message transfer, ability to track when a recipient opens his/her e-mail, etc.

BigString also offers Premium and Business accounts with a small monthly fee. These accounts offer 30 minutes video e-mail and it lets you use your own domain name.

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If you ever get any tattooes, remember this - it’s for life. You would not want your tattoo be an embarassment to you or anything like that. So, don’t get a tattoo when you’re drunk. Don’t get one on impulse. Don’t get one because you think it’s cute. Tattooes are not meant to be cute! In fact, get a tattoo to show the meaner side of yours. Or don’t get one.

Wallstreetfighter.blogspot.com has listed out pictures of the world’s stupidest tattooes. Some of them, you will never get to see them in Asia. Only Americans have that kind of courage, or perhaps stupidity.

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Many of us as a child may already have our own dream home. While some of us may have igloos as dream homes, most people think the most expensive homes are the best home to live in. Forbes.com has listed the world most expensive homes, from Istanbul, Turkey to Windlesham, England and New York in the States.

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View the pictures of the most expensive homes

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The world’s hottest chilli pepper does not come even from a tropical hot spot. Some chillis are fierce enough to make your eyes water. Anyone foolhardy enough to eat a whole Dorset Naga would almost certainly require hospital treatment. The chilli so hot you need gloves to take out the seeds!

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(Via TimesOnline.co.uk)

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