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Stuntman who ate 25,000 light bulbs and 6,000 vinyl records during miraculous munching career retires
An iron-stomached stuntman who has eaten his way through tons of scrap is retiring after he nearly died when he bit off more than he could chew. Branko Crnogorac, 80, from Apatin in Serbia, has left audiences open-mouthed as he scoffed his way through 25,000 light bulbs, 12,000 forks, 2,000 spoons, 2,600 plates and nearly…
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999 callers gave up waiting for police to answer during the riots
The Met statistics show that 3,821 emergency 999 calls went unanswered on Monday August 8, the third day of last month’s rioting in the capital. Three quarters of non-emergency calls to police were also abandoned. It also took an average of 75 seconds that day for operators to pick up the 999 calls that were…
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Parking with iPhone demonstrated at Frankfurt car show
FRANKFURT: An equipment supplier put a new twist on its car parking system by introducing a system which can be controlled by the iPhone. During the presentation at the 2011 International Motor Show, a representative for the supplier stood outside the car and parked it by merely using an iPhone application. The car going in…