Suang Puangsri, 38, holds a scorpion in his mouth at his home in Uttaradit province, 600 km (373 miles) north of Bangkok September 4, 2009.
For travelers who like a hotel with a superlative attached, online hotel specialist hotels.com has come with a list of record-breaking hotels.
A Paris Hilton lookalike is to appear as the socialite in a new porn film, it has emerged.
A Nottingham man believes that he may have spotted the Loch Ness Monster on Google Earth, it has been reported.
A German health organization has issued a brochure with new conclusions about the effects of coffee on human health, saying that it is good for the brain and the liver.
A Burnley resident is trying to determine whether he owns the world's oldest cat, it has emerged.
Perched 9,350 feet above sea level, Quito is a gateway to sweeping Andean panoramas and a UNESCO world heritage monument.
China Central Television aired an investigative show last week about a problematic cure for Internet addiction. It focused on a doctor who uses electro-convulsive therapy to treat mostly teenagers sent in by their parents and guardians to achieve "behavioral correction", as the treatment is labeled at a Linyi, Shandong province, hospital.
There are so many pregnant celebrities and they all can't wait to meet their new babies.Check out their street snaps.
Tarzan may have found his paradise in the African jungle, but he could well have felt at home in majestic Mount Taishan with its sacred temples and stone tablets. Not that 7,000 steep steps are easier to climb than treetops. You see, Tarzan in Chinese is identical to Mount Taishan, both called Taishan.
Many people enjoy cuddling their pets. They should be aware, however, that they risk infecting themselves with an illness, be the object of their affection a dog, a cat or an exotic variety of snake.
Model/actress Elle Macpherson, star of the new series "The Beautiful Life", smiles as she participates in a panel discussion at the CW Television Network Summer 2009 Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena, California August 4, 2009.