The biggest hand in the world

Liu Hua, 24, a Jiangsu Province native with the largest hand in the world will be looking forward to a normal life after undergoing radical plastic surgery at Shanghai No. 9 People's Hospital. He was born with a left thumb, index and middle finger much larger than normal.

Liu was suffering from a rare disease called macrodactyly, a birth defect in which toes or fingers are abnormally large. The cause of the disease is unknown but bone and soft tissue grows at an extraordinary rate.

Liu's three fingers and arm grew dramatically as he grew older and this had a serious affect on his life and his ability to work.

When Liu was hospitalized in Shanghai last month, his left thumb measured 26 centimeters, his index finger was 30cm and his middle finger 15cm. The overall weight of his left arm was about 10 kilograms.

"It was the biggest hand in the world," said Chen Zuliang, a hospital official. "Liu's fingers stopped growing in recent years so plastic surgery was at last possible to correct the malformation."

On July 20, 2007 surgeons began a seven-hour operation to reduce the size of Liu's fingers and thumb. Doctors removed 5.1kg of flesh and bone in the procedure.

"This was the first stage. The patient will regain the use of most of his left hand after rehabilitation," Chen said. "A second operation is scheduled in six months to reshape his left arm and shoulder."

Let's all pray to God that Liu Hua who suffering from macrodactyly will back to normal life soon.

Chinese Man Pulls Car By Nose

A Chinese man has pulled a car more than 10 metres with his nose.


Wang Chuntai, from northeastern China, performed his stunt at Haikou City Exhibition Centre. He attached a rope with two hooks to his nostrils and pulled a car with four adults inside more than ten metres.


Onlookers were reportedly amazed at the sight. Wang's other stunt is to pull a car with his eyelids, reports People's Daily.

Thai woman's laugh hits 110 decibels

Jittarat Wongsomboon of Thailand takes part in a Ripley's International Laughing Contest in the Thai resort town of Pattaya July 5, 2008. Jittarat, 55, won the contest on Saturday after laughing continuously for 12 minutes and 26 seconds and hit a peak volume of 110 decibels.

World's largest squid caught

Scientists stand in a thawing bath as they inspect the eye of a the colossal squid at Te Papa Museum in Wellington . The 8 metre long (26 feet) colossal squid weighs about 495 kg (1,089 pounds) and is the largest and best preserved adult colossal squid to be caught.

Doctors Tsunemi Kubodera (L) and Steve O'Shea examine a colossal squid in a thawing bath at Te Papa Museum in Wellington

Members of the media and guests watch scientists inspecting a colossal squid in a thawing bath at Te Papa Museum in Wellington

Python Swallowed 4 Golf-balls

a keeper holds a carpet python snake that swallowed four golf balls after mistaking them for chicken eggs at Currumbin on Australia's Gold Coast.


A python in Currumbin, Australia, had to undergo surgery after swallowing golf balls it apparently mistook for chicken eggs.

A couple had placed the balls in their chicken coop to encourage their hen to nest. Last month, they found the golf balls missing and a lumpy python nearby. The couple took the 32 inch non-venomous snake to a wildlife sanctuary where the balls were surgically removed.

"It's the first golf balls we've ever cut out of anything," said Michael Pyne, senior veterinarian at the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary in Currumbin, Australia. "I think this snake thought he was getting a free feed, but (that) wasn't the case."

The snake is making a speedy recovery.