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Like many six-year olds, Sam Pointon loves trains and dreams of working with them when he grows up. However, when the position for 'Director' for the National Railway Museum in York, England, opened up, Sam couldn't resist applying for it - And lo and behold he got the job!...

If you ever happen to visit the northern state of Punjab in India, you may encounter a strange sight - A taxi that drives only in one direction - backwards!...

Valentine Day has come early at the Pucchin Dog's Pet Shop in Odate, Japan - thanks to the birth of 'Love Kun', a Chihuahua born with a perfect heart-shaped pattern on his coat....

Pohnpei is a tiny island in Micronesia. While this speck of Earth, with only 34,000 inhabitants barely shows up on the world atlas, it is in the record books for one thing - The State team has never won a soccer match. And now, the team has another first - The world's youngest coach!...

If you were ever in doubt that the expression 'greedy pig' was an unfair tarnish to the poor animal's reputation - you may change your mind after reading this article....

Archeologists in Western Europe recently unveiled, what they believe is a 14,000 year old pre-historic hunting map. Etched on a stone, the map was discovered inside a cave in Navarre, Spain in 1994....

16-year old Jyoti Amge may be the world's smallest teenager, but has a smile and spirit large enough to capture any heart. Born with a growth disorder, the young girl is only 1ft 11inch tall and weighs only 12lbs, but still manages to lead a normal life in her native town of Nagpur, India....

Riana Van Nieuwenhuizen is so worried that wild cats will become extinct if we don't do something to save them, that she has adopted not one, but eleven of them. Her menagerie of pets includes four cheetahs, five lions and two tigers....

Try being mean to this robot and he will let you know - and not just by moving his head, but his entire body. Meet Kobian, the latest creation from Tokyo's Waseda University....