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A fruit of two halves: Meet the red and green apple with a split personality
But after inspecting it closely he realized that the remarkable split colours on the fruit were a natural phenomenon. And the bizarre apple turned Mr Morrish into something of a celebrity in his village with scores of neighbours queuing up to take a photograph of it.
Experts say that the odds of finding an apple with such a perfect line between the green and the red are more than 1million to one.
Horticulturists say the colouring on the apple are probably caused by a random genetic mutation. In such cases, the red side usually tastes sweeter than the green side - because it has seen more sunshine during its growth.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Helmet
Jörg Seusenhofer (Austrian (Innsbruck), 1516-1558)
- Date: ca. 1540
- Culture: German
- Medium: Steel Dimensions: Height 10 3/16 in. (25.86 cm) Width 9 in. (22.86 cm) Length 14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm) Weight 6 lb. 6 oz. (2892 g)
- Classification: Helmets
- Credit Line: Bashford Dean Memorial Collection Bequest of Bashford Dean, 1928 Accession Number: 29.150.3a
World’s shortest woman measures in at 24.7 inches
Guinness World Records adjudicator Rob Molloy, right, and Dr. Manoj Pahukar of Wockhardt hospital, second left, measure Jyoti Amge at a press conference in Nagpur, India on Dec. 16. Amge, 18, was declared shortest woman in the world measuring 24.7 inches by the Guinness World Records.
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Shark attack wetsuit set to scare beach
The wetsuit - created by Dutch designer Diddo Velema - makes it look like the wearer has been savaged by a shark thanks to a unique printing process. Custom inks are used to add the gory textures which appear like a torn wetsuit, ripped skin and wounds going down to the bone.
