Astronomers Discover Earth-Like Planet Close to Us

This is really exciting: an international team of astronomers has discovered that Tau Ceti, the closest single star like our Sun, has planets just like our solar system. But more importantly, one of these planets orbits in the habitable zone

Doomsday 2012: Watch the 'End of the World' Live Online

Anyone worried that the world will come to an end Friday (Dec. 21) can scan the heavens online this week for any signs of death from

Wang Jiayun: Blowup Doll-like Chinese Girl

Dress Made With Chocolates

Indian village with 250 sets of twins

Underwater Church in Venezuela

31 Fingers and Toes, Chinese Boy Stuns World

Oldest Person in Recorded History

The Mother With the Most Births

World’s Longest Wedding Dress Train

Armless Pilot

The World’s Biggest Traffic Jam

Elaine Davidson Pierced Woman

Amazing Waterfall Restaurant In Huilo Huilo, Chile

Earth Estimated 4.54 Billion Years Old

Snake with Legs ?

China’s First Ever Dairy Cow Pageant

Most likely to disappear beneath the waves – Maldives

Most overweight population – Nauru

Roads made of coral – Guam

Has 350 sheep for every person – Falkand Islands (UK)

Oldest sovereign state – Egypt

Most lakes in the world – Canada

Least likely place to meet your neighbor – Mongolia

Largest number of tanks – Russia

The land of no rivers – Saudi Arabia

Youngest population of any country – Niger

Most diverse country in the world – India

Fastest disappearing nation – Ukraine

Most of its citizens live abroad – Malta

Smaller than Central Park in New York City – Monaco

Almost entirely covered in jungle – Suriname

Almost entirely treeless – Haiti

Largest country with no farms – Singapore

Most languages spoken – Papua New Guinea

Most educated people – Canada

The “country desert” – Libya

Least peaceful nation in the world – Somalia

Produces most of the world’s oxygen – Russia

World’s largest opium producer – Afghanistan

Most people behind bars – United States