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In a situation that may still be developing, major phishing exploits have hit webmail services over the past few days, including Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo, AOL Mail, and others. As usual with mass phishing attacks — which aim to trick people into surrendering personal details about their online identities — it’s unclear what group or groups are behind the initiatives.

The one thing that is certain is the attacks are big.

“This is on a scale that is incredibly rare,” said Mike Halsey,…

You don’t want to live next door to this guy.

World’s longest living marriage (85 years)

Herbert and Zelmyra Fisher, of North Carolina, have been married for 85 years as of May 13, 2009. Zelmyra is 101 years old and Herbert turned 104 on June 10th, 2009. They have shared the same home in the Brownsville community of New Bern for 50 years.

World’s longest serving bartender (77 years)

Angelo Cammarata is, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, the world’s longest-serving bartender. He’s been pouring for most of his 77 years…

Supersized bunnies, tiny cows, and frozen goats–they’re not just for children’s books anymore.

Breeders around the world covet certain animals for their economic potential. Some produce a lot of meat. Some are iridescent. Others fit well into small spaces.

Nevertheless, all of the animals featured below have two things in common. One, they have highly unusual attributes. Two, those very attributes make each a potentially lucrative business proposition:

7. Giant Guinea Pig

Cuy meat is lean, protein-packed, and versatile. Better yet, cuys, or guinea…

Landscapes are usually associated with rolling hills and lush meadows, the tranquil quiet broken only by occasional birdsong. Not these landscapes. Full of fiends and strange faces, some of them might make you think a wizard muttered incantations to invoke nature’s sinister spirits. Others appear as gateways to other worlds best left unexplored, while still others seem like sets straight out of a horror flick director’s sick dream. Muhahahahahahaha! Oh, and if you like being scared, go to Iceland.

Icelandic Stone…

Twenty extraordinary UNESCO World Heritage Sites – which you have probably never heard of.

Island of Gorée, Senegal

Year heritage status achieved: 1978

Background: Off the coast of Senegal opposite Dakar, the island of Gorée is a memorial to the African diaspora. From the 15th to the 19th century, it was the largest slave-trading centre on the African coast. It serves now as a reminder of human exploitation and as a sanctuary for reconciliation.

Bialowieza Forest, Belarus

Year heritage status achieved: 1979

Background: An area of…

There are many recognized breeds of domestic goat (Capra aegagrus hircus). Goats are raised for their meat, dairy and goatskin production. Goat breeds, especially dairy goats, are some of the oldest defined breeds for which breed standards and records of have been kept.

Angora Goa

The peculiar-looking Angora Goat of Turkey is a breed which was first mentioned in the time of Moses, about 15oo BCE. The fleece taken from an Angora Goat is called “mohair”. A single goat produces between five…