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Welcome to Oddee! With more than 2 million visitors per month, Oddee serves quality entertainment focused on the oddities of our world. Be amazed!
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Saving space in your fridge: Square Watermelons!
Published 4/11/2008
The problem: Watermelons, big and round as we know it, waste a lot of space.
The solution: Japanese farmers have forced their watermelons to grow into a square shape by inserting the melons into square tempered glass cases while the fruit is still growing on the vine.
The result? Perfectly square watermelons!
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7 Most Amazing Caves of our World
Published 3/20/2008
"Cueva del Fantasma" — Spanish for "Cave of the Ghost" — is so vast that two helicopters can comfortably fly into it and land next to a towering waterfall.
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World's Most Creative Buildings
Published 3/10/2008
"What started out as a dream by Dave Longaberger, Founder of The Longaberger Company, has been built Home Office into a giant basket to house the entire corporate offices of the company."
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20 Most Fascinating Prehistoric Paintings
Published 3/4/2008
Cave Paintings are paintings on cave walls and ceilings, usually dating to prehistoric times. The earliest known European cave paintings date to 32,000 years ago. Join us to discover the top 20 Most Fascinating Prehistoric Paintings.
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Medical Craziness: Extreme Babies
Published 2/28/2008
"Probably not a genetic problem, but tThis baby born in Iran six months ago, currently weighs an enormous 20 kilos (44 pounds)! The parents say the baby was born a normal weight close to 8 pounds when he was born."
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Breathtaking Monasteries Around the World
Published 2/19/2008
"Taktshang is the most famous of monasteries in Bhutan. It hangs on a cliff at 3,120 metres (10,200 feet), some 700 meters (2,300 feet) above the bottom of Paro valley. Famous visitors include Ngawang Namgyal in the 17th century and Milarepa."
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10 Most Unfortunate Car Names
Published 2/17/2008
Meet Mazda LaPuta. The car's name actually derivates from the book Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, but go explain this to spanish speakers. For them, it means... "the whore"!
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7 Most Beautiful Oases
Published 1/13/2008
An oasis is an isolated area of vegetation in a desert, typically surrounding a spring or similar water source. Oases also provide habitat for animals and even humans if the area is big enough. Oases are formed from underground rivers or aquifers such as the Artesian aquifer, where water can reach the surface naturally by pressure or by man made wells. Occasional brief thunderstorms provide subterranean water to sustain natural oases. Today we present you the 7 most beautiful oasis on earth.
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15 Craziest Personal Names
Published 1/8/2008
Please, meet our dear friend "James Dr No From Russia with Love Goldfinger Thunderball You Only Live Twice On Her Majesty's Secret Service Diamonds Are Forever Live and Let Die The Man with the Golden Gun The Spy Who Loved Me Moonraker For Your Eyes Only Octopussy A View to a Kill The Living Daylights Licence to Kill Golden Eye Tomorrow Never Dies The World Is Not Enough Die Another Day Casino Royale Bond"
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9 Coolest Aquariums
Published 1/2/2008
"The iPond is an iPod accessory the combines a speaker with a tiny aquarium! A single fish lives in about 650 millilitres of water!"
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Amazing Girl Dances holding 10 Bottles over her Head!
Starring our first original video, professional dancer Rosa dances her paraguayan folk music while holding 10 bottles over her head!
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