Huge Chewing Gum Sculptures in Venice

Simone Decker is a talented artist who lives and works in Frankfurt. Simone has created a series of unique sculptures that look like a big big chewing gum wads in Venice. More pictures after the break.

Belgium sets world record toilet queue

If you've ever pondered how many hours of your life are wasted standing cross-legged in a queue for the toilet, you might empathise with this. A world record for the longest toilet queue was set on Sunday, when 756 people lined up to visit a latrine in central Brussels.Belgium sets world record toilet queueThe record breaking queue: you call that a queue? That's not a proper queue, that's just an inchoate mob, why can't people queue properly aaarggh grblblb fnngngngn feel my impotent English rage
And after all that, it wasn't even a real toilet. Nightmare.
The event was organised by the United Nations' children's agency UNICEF, to raise awareness for the need for clean water on World Water Day.

Each participant a wristband with his or her number in the line and T-shirt certifying participation in the event. They did not, however, actually get to relieve themselves, as the toilet was a fake - although based on the same design UNICEF uses in third world countries.
UNICEF spokesman Benoit Melebeck said: 'The Guinness Book of Records told us we needed to get at least 500 people in the queue to get the record.'
Melebeck said the event was to raise public awareness and eventually funds for the need for more pumps, wells, latrines, and hygiene education for children in third world countries.

The unusual ritual

The unusual ritual in a small provincial town of Castillo de Murcia, in Spain,

The unusual ritual in a small provincial town of Castillo de Murcia, in Spain, at the end of spring, from 22 to 25 May each year passes, one of the most bizarre religious rituals. This ritual is dedicated to one of the most important Catholic holidays - the body of the Lord.

The ancient ritual of El Kolacho collects city residents and tourists from all over the world. Artist ritual in the yellow-red dress (this is Kolacho) with a whip or a stick in his hand passes through the city with the sound of the drum. Rhythm, struggle in the passage Kalach might Trans.

Once Kolacho comes to the central square, he jumps to the run-through of infants who have not yet turned six months. Children previously put in a number of blankets, or on mattresses, rasstelennye on earth. Residents believe that, jumping, Kolacho kills childhood diseases and takes all the evil in themselves.