Possibly the greatest thing about the World Cup? Nearly the entire world has joined together to watch. Opposing teams, sure. But there's something amazing about the simultaneous excitement across the globe. The World Cup is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world. An estimated 715.1 million people watched the final match of the 2006 World Cup held in Germany!
More than 1,200 students and staff from the University of Alberta set a Guinness World Record for the world's largest dodgeball game in early February. The group nearly tripled the former record of a 450-person game. Awesome aerial footage of the event below.
The world can be cruel to growing children. Give your child the tools to deal with life's setbacks. Prepare your child for the real world.
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Allegedly the world's smallest model train, Stan's Trains' TY-Scale train is built at the scale of 1:900.
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If you have yet to check out the Secret Tips from the Universe DIY Contest, now's the time! The clock is ticking—you only have until Sunday, 11:59 p.m. to enter for a chance to win original artwork by Yumi.
The hot tracks just keep coming for the “Step Up 3D” soundtrack. In the newest, Laza Morgan, Jamaican hip-hop up-and-comer, unleashes the video for “This Girl.” In the sexy new video, the Gedion Music stud braves a storm, metaphorically and figuratively,to get his lucky lady.
Hello world! I thought it was about time that wonderhowto had its own World of Warcraft community. A place where gamers from all over the real world can come together to discuss the in and outs of the biggest and best MMORPG.
Jaimi Tyrrell is the world’s youngest female Wall of Death rider who is just 17-years-old. Check more at
World's biggest skateboard. World's dumbest skateboard. Whichever you find most fitting. You pick. Crowned by the Guinness Book Of World Records as the world's biggest, Joe Ciaglia and California Skateparks' creation stands at 3 feet 7 1/2 inches tall, 8 feet 8 inches wide and 36 feet 7 inches long.
Do not ask me how, but somehow Octopus Paul of the Sea Life aqarium in Oberhausen, Germany, has an uncanny talent for predicting World Cup Winners. Paul predicts by placing shells in designated boxes.
World Cup World asks: "How'd North Korean fans get to the game?" Fair and valid question. It's seeming IMPOSSIBLE for any North Korean citizen to get a visa to leave the communist regime (not that they could afford it, anyway) to attend this past week's game. After much initial speculation on whether these fans were the real deal, the mystery has been resolved by multiple news sources.
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Boston.com's The Big Picture posts 2009's most amazing Guinness World Record holders. My favorite fanatics below.
So you like performing tricks on your friends? Why not try this trick - it's the best way to have fun with a banana. Do the world's best banana trick.
Read this great how-to article on generating a fantasy world in Adobe Photoshop. Constantin Potorac leads you through, step-by-step, as you follow along and create a fantastic scene, beginning with basic stock images. Combine stock images of a background, tree, and model. Transform the background into a magical wonderland, add atmosphere with cloud effects, and birds to give it life. Edit the image of the model to blend in with the background - add some elegance to her dress and hair, with fa...
Follow Joe Swift's step-by-step video guide to creating a lightweight pergola using yachting cable, with tips on choosing the best climbers.
Ensure your orchids last for years with Sarah Raven's video advice on caring for cymbidium and phalaenopsis varieties as houseplants.
Monty Don talks through the process of choosing a good pair of secateurs for pruning, looking at a variety of styles, to help you select a pair to suit your needs.
Sarah Raven demonstrates how to divide asters to ensure the flower quality doesn't diminish over time.
Gardeners' World is brought to you by the BBC. Search Gardeners' World on WonderHowTo for more videos that give practical gardening advice from experts. In this video, learn how to create a raised alpine bed. Create a raised alpine bed.
Follow Carol Klein's video guide to cross-pollinating two daffodil varieties using a pen. Gardeners' World is brought to you by the BBC. Search Gardeners' World on WonderHowTo for more videos that give practical gardening advice from experts. In this video, learn how to cross pollinate daffodils. Cross pollinate daffodils.
Watch Monty Don as he creates a scented garden using a variety of lavender plants, with suggestions for encouraging bushy growth.
Learn how to divide and pot on congested day lilies by following Chris Beardshaw's video advice. Gardeners' World is brought to you by the BBC. Search Gardeners' World on WonderHowTo for more videos that give practical gardening advice from experts. In this video, learn how to divide day lilies. Divide day lilies.
Generate new plants from your hostas by following Monty Don's video guide to lifting, dividing and planting.
Chris Beardshaw sows bluebells under the shade of the deciduous trees at Berryfields, and discusses the benefits of growing bluebells from seed over planting bulbs.
Discover how to create and maintain acid soil conditions for growing blueberries and cranberries, with Chris Beardshaw's step-by-step video advice.
Learn how to grow runner and haricot beans up a wigwam with Chris Beardshaw's video advice. Gardeners' World is brought to you by the BBC. Search Gardeners' World on WonderHowTo for more videos that give practical gardening advice from experts. In this video, learn how to plant climbing beans. Plant climbing beans.
Follow Monty Don's video guide to planting courgette plants, with advice on planting depths and watering frequency.
Learn how to grow an early crop of beetroot in or out of the greenhouse, with video advice from Sarah Raven.
Monty Don takes you through the process of planting early potatoes with suggestions for soil conditioning and spacing.
Watch Monty Don as he experiments with a new method of growing summer-fruiting raspberries, which claims to yield fruit in the first year.
Follow Monty Don's guide to planting onions, shallots and garlic, with tips on soil preparation, drainage and compost.
Gardeners' World is brought to you by the BBC. Search Gardeners' World on WonderHowTo for more videos that give practical gardening advice from experts. In this video, learn how to grow easy potatoes. Grow potatoes easily in a bag.
Monty Don shows how to get around the problem of limited space in the garden, by growing your own potatoes in a dustbin.
Carol Klein explains how to hand-pollinate hellebores and guides you through the process, offering practical tips and advice.
