I’ve always loved the cuddliness of cats and dogs; in fact I have two dogs at home. Animal lovers like myself will surely find this Bengal Tiger at the Six Flags Discovery Kingdom Zoo in Vallejo just within the vicinity of San Francisco in California cute. This Bengal Tiger has a name of Odin and he has a rare coloring – white, a very unusual color for tigers in the wild as well as in the zoo. Odin is now six years old and even though he is large, measuring 10ft long from nose to tail, he just looks all cuddly and adorable. But Odin has a very unusual trait because unlike any other tiger that you’ll find in a Zoo because he just loves to go getting his furry body wet.

I for one haven’t served any jail time but as you can imagine for most it’s an unpleasant time where you are exposed to several aspects that can literally scar you for life but here’s the good news for a sum of money –usually ranging between $75 and $127- you can get 5 star services in your cell. This strange amazing service can be found in several areas of California and is on offer for people with ‘minor charges’ who still have a stash of cash hidden somewhere. Nicole Brockett who has been charged with driving under the influence of alcohol has been placed in one of these jails and pays $85 a day for accommodation in what she describes as a ‘five-star Hilton’ (its important to keep in mind she is referring to a jail)!

Well obviously he isn’t, or is he! On a more serious note Serbian miners have found Kryptonite on Earth! Merely because I feel someone who reads this will have no idea what I’m talking about Kryptonite is an element that superman must avoid at all costs or else perish and its discovery is a huge event for comic lovers all over the world. It turns out the makers of Superman lied because in Superman Kryptonite is shown as green and harmful to Superman but in reality it’s a white powder and is harmless!

Who said a lightening bolt doesn't hit the same place ... Or person twice?
An American forester by the name of Roy Sullivan in Virginia had a special connection with lightening bolts; they seemed to love him a bit too much!
Roy was stricken by lightening for the first time in 1942, he lost his finger! Then again in 1969 another lightening bolt hit him & resulted in burning his eyebrows! Keep counting ...
In 1970, he was hit in the shoulder by one & two years later another one hit him straight in the head! Ok, so that adds up to 4!

This week's picture is of the most premature living baby in the world; the photo shows the baby's feet held in the doctor's hands. when the baby was born on 24 October 2006, it was slightly longer than a ballpoint pen.

How far would you go for a Nintendo Wii?
Some people are crazy enough to do strange & dangerous things to win something, that's so important to them, like Nintendo Wii.
I mean it's not going to save their lives, or bring peace to humanity, but to them it's that important!
A competition that was held on a California radio station, resulted in the death of one woman! The competition was entitled 'Hold your wee for a Wii' ... You know what that means!

As we get closer and closer to the Terminator era, science is closing the gap on what is science-fiction and reality. We know that Jesse Sullivan who made headlines as the man with the artificial arm had an electric arm fitted to help him with everyday life.
But the hand he had had was very basic just like a claw and couldn't move like a regular hand could. Today, an advanced version of a bionic hand, with five individually powered fingers, has been fitted to a man in Scotland.

The famous American philosophy of "Bigger is Better" doesn't always work!
The Freedom of the Seas, the world's largest passenger ship returned to her Florida base after hundreds of passengers got sick from a virus.

The South Florida-based cruise ship set sail with 3800 passengers on a seven-day Caribbean cruise. Now it's coming home with 338 passengers and 46 crew members sick!

Some weddings are so wasteful, don't you think?
All those drinks, food, and flowers that all get thrown away and unappreciated at the end of the day seems like they could have been put to better use for all those starving people around the world.

But I'll stop complaining about the local weddings I go to from now after reading about the most expensive wedding cake in the world.

Designed by Nahid La Patisserie Artistique and Mimi So Jewelers of Beverly Hills, The one of a kind "Diamond Wedding Cake" was the highlight of the first ever Luxury Brands Bridal Show in Beverly Hills.

We've always seen androids & human-like robots in movies, but never in real life.
But now, there exists a human-like robot that looks so human & alive ... Totally freaky!
Japanese company Koroko have delivered their first female Actroid, The Actroid DER2 fembot.
She has lifelike silicon skin & can deliver natural expressions!
The fembot can be dressed-up in a variety of costumes & can take part in events & presentations.
What's even freakier, is that she can choreograph her motions & gestures with her voice!
She even seems to have a character & a personality! -She even likes Hello Kitty!-
The Actroid DER2 fembot is now available for rent from Koroko & will cost around $3,500 for 5 days.

Check out this amazing video of the fembot interacting with an audience, trust me, you'll get confused! Is she real ... Or is she a robot?

A team of French doctors will operate on a man under near-weightless conditions on Wednesday!
They hope will be a step toward performing surgery in space.

Flying above the skies of France aboard a specially modified Airbus, strapped-down surgeons will attempt to remove a fatty tumor from the forearm of a volunteer in a 3-hour operation.

Why are doctors preparing for surgery in space in the fist place? Are they actually considering this as a possibility?

Meet Sebastian, the 1-year-old Persian cat.
What's special about him are his teeth! They are gold!
His owner, a dentist from Indiana, said he gave Sebastian gold crowns to help strengthen the fanged feline's teeth. He was worried the unique canines would break off or become a problem.

High Rise Real Estate LLC in Dubai have unveiled their giant plan for a new tower to be built in Jumeirah Vilage South.
The Dh175 Million rotating residence tower features 72 residential units in total.
What makes this tower special, is that 5 of the 15 stories it's made up of, will be able to rotate & in the speed desired by the residents! A story can rotate 360 degrees, every 3, 6, 12 or 24 hours!
The most expensive & most luxurious unit in the tower, is the single villa built at the peak of the tower.
It also rotates, has a its own car lift and three parking spaces. It also has been revealed that a Saudi prince has already bought the villa for Dh25 Million!
Building will begin next month, & the whole tower is supposed to be ready by 2008!

Not only that! But would you pay $1.5 Million for this floating bed?
Dutch architect Janjaap Ruijssenaars has designed a bed that is suspended in the air by nothing but magnets!
Ruijssenaars spent the last six years working on the development of this magnetic floating bed! That's a lot!
Well, if you don't want a bed like that for yourself, maybe you'd like one for your dog or cat?! Ruijssenaars has designed a smaller version of the floating bed, at 1/5th the size of the regular model, that costs a humble $146,000!
Now would you buy it!