 Turbo texters break button-bashing record
 Two South Korean teenagers have been named the world’s fastest
texters. Yeong Ho Bae, 18, and Mok Min Ha, 17, button-bashed their way
past a series of challenges to clinch the $100,000 prize in the Mobile
World Cup World Championship. Representing the US, Morgan Dynda and Kate
Moore came second-place, bagging $20,000 for their efforts.
“Every moment of every round was incredibly intense,” said Bae. “I’m
thankful for this win but also for the opportunity to meet new friends
from different countries in one of the most exciting cities in the
world.”
Thirteen two-person teams made the trip to New York for the
championships and used QWERTY keyboards and texting in their native
language. Portuguese mobile maven Pedro Matias, 27, set a new Guinness
World Record by typing a 264-character text in just 1 minute 59 seconds,
shaving 23 seconds off the previous record set by Finland’s Arttu Harkki
in 2005.
 Tallest meets smallest :
Seeing eye to eye
Here’s looking at you, record breakers…the tallest man in the world
encounters the shortest. Sultan Kosen, all 246.5 cm of him, welcomes He
Pingping, who is 74.61 cm, to his native Turkey in a celebration of
world records.
Mr. Kosen, who stopped growing in 2008 after an operation to remove a
tumour blamed for his growth, said that although everyone appears short
to him he was shocked when he first saw Mr. He. “I had a hard time
seeing him. There is a big altitude difference,” he said. The
21-year-old He, from Inner Mongolia, simply said he was “very excited”.
World’s oldest dog dies
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Peter Jones
with Otto. Image courtesy Shropshire-Star.com |
The owner of the world’s oldest dog which died from stomach cancer
has paid tribute to her beloved pet. Otto, a 20-year-old daschund, is
due to be cremated after being put down by a vet last week.
Owner Lynn Jones, 54, from Shrewsbury, Shropshire, said: “I have
cried all morning, I am devastated. “He died at 10.10am and I feel like
I’ve lost my right arm. I know I soud like a wuss, but he was like the
son I never had, my baby boy.”
Mrs. Jones and husband Peter, 68, took Otto to be put down after the
stomach tumour began to worsen. Otto, who would have been 21 on February
14, was officially crowned the oldest dog in the world by the Guinness
Book of Records October last year. |
