Strange but True
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Reverse Bicycling
Sukhdev Singh (born on April 2, 1970) of Mohali, Punjab does backward pedaling by sitting on the handle of the bicycle, inspired from actor Dharmendra who did reverse bicycling in the movie Sholay! He has been doing this feat since 1990 and while practicing he covers nearly 50 km daily.
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Unique Stunt
T. Prasath Thiagarajan (born on January 23, 1982) of Tamil Nadu placed one rupee of coins inside his both eyes, stuffed his mouth with 710 drinking straws having 0.5 diameter and carried 25 kgs weight with his teeth on February 10, 2011 in Ooty, Tamil Nadu.
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LIGHTING ONE MILLION OIL LAMPS
Chowalloor Shivakshethra Bharana Samithi of Thrissur, Kerala with the support of its President – Bhramashri Keezhillam Krishnan Namboothiri, Vice President – P.K Lakshmanan, Secretary – Ramdas Chowalloor lighted one million oil lamps on the festival of lights called Dasalaksha Deepostsavam for 76 days from October 8, 2010 to December 22, 2010.
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Married Monkeys
The monkey marriage took place some 200 km away from Bhubaneswar (Orissa). Some 3,000 villagers had attended an elaborate Hindu wedding ceremony for two monkeys on February 26, 2008. The guests were served a feast of rice, lentils, vegetables, fish and sweets. The “bride” was dressed in a five-metre long sari and decked in flowers. [...]
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Miraculous Cow
A cow in Gujarat state releases milk from its udders without any assistance from her owner. The cow-named Radha-produces milk whenever she is fed; she delivers about 4 liters of milk in the morning and the same amount again in the evening.
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Baby Drop
Villagers in Musti (Maharashtra) follow a 500-year-old tradition of dropping infants from a temple tower onto an outstretched sheet held by the crowd below.
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Virtual Flight
Bahadur Chand Gupta, an entrepreneur and retired Indian engineer has designed a new concept for the passengers; the experience of flying in a real plane. The passengers boarding his Air-bus 300 in Delhi do not expect to go anywhere because it never takes off. They pay Rs 200 to listen to the announcements and are served airline [...]
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Rat Temple
Karni Mata Temple, 30 miles south of Bikaner in Deshnoke was built by Maharaja Ganga Singh in the early 20th century in the late Mughal style. The temple has around 20,000 rats that are fed, protected and worshipped. Many holes can be seen in the courtyard of this temple. In the vicinity of these holes, [...]
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Thickest Make-Up
The chin mask known as chutti for Kathakali, a performing art in Kerala is the thickest makeup applied for any art form.It is a three dimensional mask-like attachment made up of rice paste and paper that often extends up to 15 cm from the face.
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Tallest Ventriloquist Doll
Magic shows are loved by all walks of life, but if you have ventriloquist along with a magician, then it adds glory to the magic shows. Indushree’s magic shows such kind of facilities. She shows her skills along with a doll, which is ten feet long and it resembles with a mythological character Mahishasura, a [...]