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This video is almost unbelievable. Using a ‘re-generative’ powder made from pig’s bladders, a man has regrown the tip of a finger that he lost 3 years ago. A transcript of the video is here.

A Welsh View: Video: Man Re-Grows Finger

３年前に趣味の模型飛行機作成中プロペラで切断した指が、ある粉薬を使用することで新たに生えてきましたよと言うお話。

これはスゴイ。

KANPUR, India — A man in northern India has been recognized by Guinness World Records as having the world’s longest ear hair.

The tufts coming out of the man’s ears measured more than 5 inches when he set the record in 2003.

The hair has now grown to nearly 10 inches.

In fact, the hair is so long he has to shampoo and comb it.

He was granted a certificate from Guinness to certify him as the record-holder.

However, he complained that too many people consider his feat foolish and said the Indian government isn’t treating him with the respect he deserves as a world record-holder.

Indian Man Has World’s Longest Ear Hair - News Story - KNTV | San Francisco

北インド在住の男性が、耳毛をおよそ10インチ(25.4cm)まで伸ばしてギネスに載りましたよと言うお話。

あまりに長いので、シャンプーする必要があるとの事。
また、本人は世界記録保持者である自分はもっと敬意をもって接せられるべきだと思っているとの事。

Fungi could eat dangerous radiation to survive, an unexpected finding that could one day help feed astronauts in space — at least those willing to eat a crawling fungus.

The research began with the discovery of black fungus growing on the walls of the damaged, highly radioactive Chernobyl nuclear reactor and collected by robots.

The fungus was rich with melanin, the same pigment that gives human skin its color, protecting the skin from solar and ultraviolet radiation. Melanin is found in many, if not most, fungal species.

FOXNews.com - Black Fungus Found in Chernobyl Eats Harmful Radiation - Science News | Science & Technology | Technology News

光を葉緑素によってエネルギーに変換するように放射線をエネルギーに変換することのできる菌が、チェルノブイリで発見されたと言うお話。

チェルノブイリはいまだ汚染から回復しておらず立ち入りできないため、採取は無人ロボットで行われたとのこと。

MILAN, Italy (AP) ― Masked thieves drilled a tunnel and broke into a jewelry showroom as employees were preparing for a VIP showing, making off with gold, diamonds and rubies in a brazen daylight heist, the jeweler said.

The bags of jewels stolen Sunday from Damiani ― maker of the diamond bracelet that graced Oscar winner Tilda Swinton’s wrist ― included gold, platinum, diamonds and rubies, though apparently no pearls.

The losses are being inventoried and Damiani is not issuing estimates, but the jeweler’s chief executive dismissed a $7.52 million figure cited by the Italian media.

The Associated Press: Milan Thieves Make Off With Jewels

ミラノの宝石店「ダミアーニ」にトンネルを掘って侵入し、宝石を盗んだ泥棒たちが居ますよと言うお話。

映画「Italian Job (ミニミニ大作戦)」のようにミニクーパを使用したわけでは無いようですね。

A DAREDEVIL ex-SAS soldier is to attempt a record-breaking skydive — from 120,000ft.

Movie stuntman Steve Truglia, 40, will jump from a hot air balloon 24 miles up on the edge of space.

That is three times the cruising altitude of a Jumbo jet. Only a Space Shuttle flies higher, shedding its rocket boosters at 150,000ft.

He will freefall for seven minutes before opening his parachute, and could break the 770mph sound barrier as he hurtles towards the ground. No human has ever travelled at such a speed outside an aircraft — and Steve has no idea how his body will react.

Daredevil | Record-breaking skydive | ex-SAS sodier | 120,000ft skydive | The Sun |HomePage|News

元SAS軍人でスタントマンの Steve Truglia(40) が、高度12万フィート（36,576m）からのスカイダイビングを計画しているというお話。

ちなみに現在の世界記録は、1960年に米国空軍の Joseph Kittinger によって記録された高度10万2千フィート(31,089.6m)とのこと。