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Now you can enjoy movies -- on the small screen. England's tiny Sol Cinema is a miniature movie theater that's powered entirely by the sun. With space for eight adults, the small theater uses solar panels to gather and store the energy it needs to screen movies.



A crane lifts the head of what will be the world's largest statue of Jesus Christ in Swiebodzin, Poland, on Nov. 6. Dubbed "Christ the King," the massive statue rises 170 feet above the town. Construction was finished over the weekend, and Father Sylwester Zawadzki says the statue will be officially consecrated on Nov. 21.



Swiss pilot Yves Rossy, the first man in the world to fly under a jet-fitted wing, speeds through the air performing a looping after launching from a hot air balloon on November 5, 2010 above Bercher, western Switzerland. Rossy jumped out of a hot air ballon at about 2,000 meters height.



Refrigerators are supposed to keep things cool, but a German artist is using them to make things hot. Ralf Schmerberg created an igloo with 320 refrigerators called the "Power Eater" in Hamburg, Germany, on Nov. 1 to draw attention to energy use and climate change.



Can't swim but still want to scuba dive? No problem. HydroBOB, a submersible scooter created by Andrew Sneath of West Palm Beach, Fla., can stay submerged for 70 minutes and typically operates at fixed depths of between 10 and 25 feet.



Men dressed as zombies walk through the central business district during the Sydney Zombie Walk on October 24, 2010 in Sydney, Australia. The Sydney Zombie Walk saw participants travel a route through the business district starting and culminating at Sydney's Hyde Park.



This isn't your grandma's wheelchair -- it's the world's fastest powerchair. British plumber Colin Furze broke the record with a 70mph run.



J&D Foods, a company that sells all things bacon, recently commissioned artist Mike Lahue to build a life-size bust of Hollywood actor Kevin Bacon entirely out of bacon. Now, the masterpiece is being auctioned off on eBay for charity and Kevin Bacon has never looked so delicious.



British photographer Carl Warner is getting a taste of fame thanks to photos of landscapes that contain nothing but food. The sails on this Chinese Junk are made of dried lotus leaves, while the hull is made from cinnamon sticks. The waves are a mix of bok choy, kai choy and Savoy cabbage.



Spanish designer Agatha Ruiz de la Prada walks on the catwalk during the Madrid Cibeles Fashion week on Sept. 19 in Madrid.



The HRP-4 "slim athlete" robot shows off its moves during a joint press conference by Kawada Industries and the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Tsukuba, Japan, in September 2010.



Tired office workers can now fall asleep at their desk in comfort - using a new necktie that contains an inflatable pillow. The Pillow Tie is available in over 60 stylish designs and looks just like a normal tie when deflated and worn with a suit.



Seventeen-year-old Khagendra Thapa Magar, from Nepal, is the smallest known person on Earth, standing just 22 inches tall. Londoner "Tiny Iron," 28, from Tottenham, has an incredible 280-pound frame. His enormous biceps measure 24 inches in circumference - bigger than most people's thighs!



Lebanese Muslim Hassan Abed Rabbo inspects with a magnifiying glass what he says is the smallest handwritten complete version of the Koran ever made, at his house in Beirut on Sept. 2, 2010. The 2.4cm x 1.9cm Muslim holy book which Abed Rabbo inherited from his great grandmother dates back to the Ottoman era and contains 604 pages decorated with gold ink.



This photograph of a boatload of vikings isn't a still from a Capital One commercial -- it's an image taken during a recent gathering of the Norse Hollywood Dining Vikings. The group of viking enthusiasts regularly dress up in viking garb and pillage Los Angeles eateries. They've raided IKEAs and even commandeered a Duck Boat in Long Beach, Calif., to raid a Red Bull Flugtag event.



Elaine Davidson, the world's most pierced woman according to the Guinness Book of World Records, performs on the Royal Mile as a statue during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland.



Here is Elvis Presley carved from a single pencil lead, complete with his shades. Many artists have used pencils to create their works -- but Dalton Ghetti creates masterpieces on the tip of one. The Connecticut carpenter spends several months painstakingly crafting each work on the graphite of a pencil.



After some Oktoberfest revelry, aren't these the perfect lederhosen? These 15-foot breeches, tailored by Walter Sinnhofer, are said to be the largest pair of the traditional leather shorts. They were fashioned from 80 square yards of cowhide.



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Lily Cao, 7, from Belfast, Northern Ireland, views a sculpture made from coat hangers that depicts the crucifixion of Jesus. The sculpture, by artist David Mach, is displayed in Parliament Square outside St. Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland.



Tired of spinning class? The Scubster -- a new pedal-powered submarine -- might be your answer. Stephane Rousson of France takes this underwater vehicle for a spin in the waters near Nice, in southeastern France.



Fresh human meat for sale! Animal rights activists say meat is murder -- and buying a steak is no different from buying a corpse. So they covered themselves in fake blood and wrapped themselves in plastic, like meat sold at supermarkets, for a New York City protest on July 27.



Now President Barack Obama really has egg on his face. Indian artist Harwinder Singh Gill shows off his newest creation -- a portrait of Obama that he carved into a duck egg shell.



Extreme Cellists play on top of Ben Nevis mountain in Scotland in 2008. The Extreme Cellists are undertaking a two-week, English coast-to-coast walk for charity, carrying and playing their cellos as they go.



At $770 a bottle, BrewDog's "The End of History" is the most expensive beer ever made. It's 55 percent alcohol, and if that's not enough of a kick, each bottle is sold in a preserved animal's hide.



Models wait during preparations for the spring/summer 2011 fashion show of German designer Patrick Mohr at Berlin Fashion Week on July 9.



Artist Tony Tasset unveils his eye-catching 30-foot-tall sculpture "Eye" in Pritzker Park on July 7 in Chicago. The giant piece will be on display at the small downtown park through Oct. 31.



Hibiki Kono of Cambridge, England, is sucking up lots of media attention because of a wall-climbing device he invented that uses two 15-pound vacuum cleaners. You don't have to ask this kid who his favorite superhero is. Not surprisingly, it's Spider-Man.



Neil Caldwell has brightened the world's breakfast plates with the invention of rainbow-colored bacon. Everybody knows bacon makes everything taste better. Now, it makes everything look better, too.



Steve Wilson found some dirty money while working for DoodyCalls Pet Waste Removal in St. Louis. On a recent call, he spotted some money sticking out from a pile of doggie doo. He cleaned the bills, put them in a plastic bag and returned what turned out to be $58 to the customer. Now, dog owner Karen Linn is putting the cash on eBay in hopes of raising money for the Humane Society of the United States.



Sarah Kaufmann says mild cheddar is the best for sculpting but has made sculptures using harder cheeses as well.



Chris Trueman's self-portrait, made entirely of 200,000 dead harvester ants, has been purchased by Ripley's Believe It or Not! and will be displayed in a Ripley museum.



Fan Qianrong munches on soil on April 13. The 48-year-old resident of China's ********* province says she has stayed healthy for more than four decades by eating dirt.



"Hands up", an art work by Brazilian artist Miguel Sanchez, is on display at the exhibition "The Bra: The Battle Continues - Campaign Against Breast Cancer" in Sao Paulo, Brazil.



This might look like a balloon, but it's actually an intestine. The Ukrainian woman shown here Jan. 30 was partaking in the Pigs Carvers Festival in the Transcarpathian village of Gecha. Inflating a pig's intestine is part of the process by which blood pudding is made.



All babies are beautiful, except maybe this one. Thank goodness this is not a living infant. It's a silicon and fiberglass sculpture by Australian artist Ron Mueck. It went on display at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia, on Jan. 31, 2010. This work is called "A Girl."



GPS Fail
At around 11 am on March 15, three Japanese tourists followed their GPS' directions straight into Moreton Bay, Australia.





 
 
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