Austin, Texas, USA – May 30, 2017 – Austin native Richard Overton, who turned 111 years old on Thursday, May 11, sets the new world record for the Oldest living World War II veteran. Photo: Richard Overton is World’s oldest living World War II veteran, and at age 111 he still drinks, smokes, and drives his own pickup. The Guinness …

Riddles — A riddle is a statement or question or phrase having a double or veiled meaning, put forth as a puzzle to be solved. Riddles are of two types: enigmas, which are problems generally expressed in metaphorical or allegorical language that require ingenuity and careful thinking for their solution, and conundra, which are questions relying for their effects on punning …

Directed by: Chris Columbus Starring: Julia Roberts, Susan Sarandon, Ed Harris, Jena Malone Release Date: December 25, 1998 Running Time: 125 minutes [taq_review] Stepmom Movie Review The movie Stepmom was directed by Chris Columbus and was released in 1998. It stars Julia Roberts, Ed Harris and Susan Sarandon. Stepmom is the story of terminally ill mother, who has to accept …

Directed by: King Vidor Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, Anne Shirley Release Date: August 6, 1937 Running Time: 106 minutes [taq_review] Stella Dallas Movie Review Stella Dallas is a movie starring Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, Edmund Elton, Alan Hale, Marjorie Main and Barbara O’Neil. Directed by King Vidor, the movie was released in the year 1937. The story of Stella …

Directed by: Steven Soderbergh Starring: Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, Aaron Eckhart Release Date: March 17, 2000 Running Time: 130 minutes [taq_review] Erin Brockovich Movie Review Erin Brockovich is a movie starring Julia Roberts, Albert Finny, Aaron Eckhart and Peter Coyote. Directed by Steven Soderbergh, the movie was released in 2000. Erin Brockovich is the story of a single mother, who …

Located in eastern Sikkim, India, at an altitude of about 1547m above sea level, Rumtek Monastery or the Dharma Chakra Centre is one of the most important centers of Kagyu lineage of Buddhism, after Tibet. The monastery is a replica of the Kagyu headquarters in Tibet and it is the seat of His holiness Gyalwa Karmapa, the 16th Karmapa, the …

Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia – April 23, 2017 – “Marína” is a great work of a love and reflective poetry in Slovak literature written by Andrej Sládkovič in 1845; the 291 stanzas (2900 lines) long love poem about realistic but unfulfilled love between the author and his muse Marína Pischlová; it sets the new world record for the Longest Love Poem. …

Dr. Rajkumar was born on April 24, 1929 in a Kannada speaking family at Gajanur, a village on the border of Tamilnadu and Karnataka, in Tamilnadu state. His mother tongue is Kannada. His father, Singanalluru Puttaswamayya who was a famous theater artist and his mother Lakshmamma named their son Mutturaju after Lord Muthathi rai. He was the eldest son in …

Dublin, Ireland – April 7, 2017 – Farmer Patrick Shalvey, whose family are hosting Big Week on the Farm on their dairy farm in Cootehill, Co Cavan, smashed the existing Guinness world record for reversing a tractor and trailer by 2.8 kilometres. Photo: Farmer Patrick Shalvey, whose family are hosting Big Week on the Farm on their dairy farm in …

Dublin, Ireland – April 6, 2017 – Barry John Crowe, 36, from Cavan, managed to break the Guinness World Record for the Most sausages produced in one minute live on air on RTÉ One’s ‘Big Week on the Farm’ at Maudabawn, near Cootehill, by making a whopping 78 sausages in 60 seconds. Photo: Barry John Crowe (36) has smashed the …