Man stacks three eggs for Guinness World Record

A Yemeni man living in Malaysia, Mohammed Muqbel, was awarded the record for the world’s largest stack of eggs when he managed to balance three chicken eggs in a tower formation.

The record-keeping organisation stipulated that the eggs had to remain stacked for at least five seconds and all three eggs had to be fresh and free from cracks in their shells.

Muqbel, who has been teaching himself to stack eggs since the age of six, said he found the trick was to identify each egg’s centre of mass and ensure they aligned while stacked. He said stacking the eggs took a high level of concentration, as well as patience and practice.

Sleepy, a ‘game-changing’ product for insomniacs

Summertime is in full swing and these sweltering hot days bring uncomfortable, sleepless nights and dozing off becomes even harder.

But there is a product made especially for the insomniacs. Lush — the handmade cosmetic company known for its overpowering smell — released a ‘soothing, comforting and relaxing’ body cream that has been sending people to sleep.

The ‘Sleepy’ moisturiser is packed with 28 natural ingredients like oat milk known for its rich and soothing skincare properties, lavender water for its balancing and calming scent and Ylang Ylang oil as well as Tonka Absolute.

Sleepy is available in either 95g or 215g, but it’s not the cheapest product on the market.

Sunken temple rediscovered

A 500-year-old sunken temple was spotted as the top of its spire emerged due to low water levels in the Mahandi River, eastern India, leaving archaeologists stunned.

Project lead Anil Dhir told, “The temple was in the midst of seven villages, collectively called Satapatana, sometime from 1830 to 1850, after catastrophic flooding, the river started to change its course and engulf the villages. The villages were abandoned and shifted, but the temple was left intact, with the idols being removed and kept in a makeshift place.

“A new temple was built sometime in 1855. That temple exists today. But the original temple was engulfed in the river and ended up midstream in the subsequent years.”

Only a tiny portion of the temple is visible at the surface, with the majority of the 60-foot structure hidden in the sand below. The temple was built by a local king in the sixteenth or seventeenth century.

Concert for potted plants

The Theatre del Liceu opera house in Barcelona held a concert on the first day of coronavirus restrictions being lifted, featuring the UceLi Quartet playing for an audience of potted plants filling the venue’s 2,292 seats.

Masterminded by conceptual artist Eugenio Ampudia, the concert did not feature any human audience members, but the performance of Puccini’s ‘Crisantemi’ was livestreamed by the opera house’s YouTube account.

The Liceu said the plants were purchased from local nurseries and will be donated to healthcare workers.

Published in Dawn, Young World, July 11th, 2020