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A German city named Bielefeld had been the subject of a long-running online conspiracy theory claiming it doesn’t really exist. The city is now offering €1m (£914,000) prize as to anyone in Germany who proves that this city doesn’t exist.

The authorities of the city of Bielefeld said on Wednesday that they will give this huge amount to the who submits solid proof of its non-existence.

The competition is being run by the city marketing group, who wants to disprove a 25-year-old conspiracy theory.

Achim Held – Supporting the competition

The conspiracy started back in 1993 when a college student named Achim Held light-heartedly posted the message “Bielefeld? There’s no such thing” on the Usenet system.

This message of Achim Held became a long-running joke in Germany, after it had created a big internet boom.

So.. Why waiting? Try your luck for €1M !

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The exciting new adventures of Elsa the Snow Queen and her sister Anna will be hitting the big screens on 22nd of November this year.

Frozen 2, the sequel to Frozen (2013) is an American computer-animated musical fantasy film under the production of Walt Disney Animation Studios.

The film goes ahead with the stories of Elsa, the Queen of Kingdom of Arendelle, her sister Elsa, Kristoff and Olaf.

In this second part of Frozen, Elsa starts to hear a strange sound from the north calling her. Elsa, Anna, Kristoff, Olaf, and Sven, is starting a journey beyond their homeland of Arendelle in order to discover the origin of Elsa’s magic powers and to save their kingdom.

The movie is Directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee. The voice roles are done by Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Josh Gad and Jonathan Groff.

WATCH THE OFFICIAL TRAILER HERE !!!

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Franky Zapata (40), French inventor and creator of Flyboard and Flyboard Air has succesfully completed his attempt to cross the English Channel on a jet-powered fly-board.

Zapata, who started his flying from Sangatte, near Calais, at 06:17 GMT on Sunday had landed in St Margaret’s Bay in Dover.

A kerosene-filled backpack has been used in the fly-board journey. Zapata crossed a distance of 22-mile (35.4-km) in 22 minutes.

Zapata was a former jet-ski champion. A previous attempt had been made by him on 25th of July this year, which was not successful. Several complications were faced by him regarding the refueling of the flying system.

Filled with emotions, he told the media, “We made a machine three years ago… and now we’ve crossed the Channel, it’s crazy. Whether this is a historic event or not, I’m not the one to decide that, time will tell”.

“The last five, six kilometres were pure pleasure, to see the [British] coast approaching like this”, he said to the French media while talking with his family, after the flying.

WATCH THE VIDEO HERE !!!

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A giant dinosaur thigh bone have been uncovered by the paleontologists in south-western France. The giant femur has been found out at an excavation site that has been yielding fossils for nearly a decade.

The thigh bone is measured 6.5-foot. Scientists assumed that it belonged to a giant sauropod in France. Sauropod is a plant-eating dinosaur with a long neck and tail.

The sauropods, which existed in the late Jurassic era, were among the largest land animals that ever existed.

Sauropods

Angouleme Museum curator, Jean-François Tournepiche said, “This femur is huge! And in an exceptional state of conservation.”. “It’s very moving”, he added.

The Paleontologists commented that the sate of preservation of the bone is amazing. Reports said that a large pelvic bone was also found nearby.

Ronan Allain, a palaeontologist said, “These are animals that probably weighed 40 to 50 tonnes”.

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Ingredients:

  • Sliced strawberries: 3 tbsp
  • Sliced fresh pineapple: 3 tbsp
  • Vanilla ice cream: 3 scoops
  • 1 banana, sliced in half lengthwise
  • Whipped cream: 1/4 cup
  • Chocolate syrup: 3 tbsp
  • Shaved chocolate: 1 tbsp
  • Crushed walnuts: 1 tbsp
  • Fresh Cherries: 3 nos

Preparation:

In a small bowl, combine pineapple and strawberries and set it aside. Place the ice cream scoops in a long, narrow bowl. Place the banana halves on either side. Top the ice cream scoops with the previously prepared fruit mixture. Drizzle with chocolate syrup.

Add whipped cream to each scoop and on the bananas. Sprinkle with shaved chocolate and walnuts. Top each scoop of ice cream with a cherry. Decorate with mint sprigs, and serve chill.

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The Lion King – directed and produced by Jon Favreau is an American photo-realistic computer-animated musical drama film, which is waiting to hit the big screens on this 19th of July.

The movie, is expected to be an adventure fantasy thriller. The screenplay is written by Jeff Nathanson, and produced by Walt Disney Pictures. The music is done by Hans Zimmer.

The movie reviews so far praises its fabulous visual effects and vocal performances. Besides that, the movie is being criticized to be highly derivative of the original and lack of emoting in the animated lion characters relative to the original.

The voice casting of the movie is as follows: Donald Glover as Simba, Seth Rogen as Pumbaa, Chiwetel Ejiofor as Scar, Alfre Woodard as Sarabi, Billy Eichner as Timon, John Kani as Rafiki, John Oliver as Zazu, Beyonce Knowles-Carter as Nala and James Earl Jones as Mufasa.

The movie journeys to the African savanna where a future king is born. Simba idolizes King Mufasa, his father, and takes to heart his own royal destiny. But the arrival of this new cub king was not liked by someone in the kingdom. The movie, is expected to be welcomed by all the ones, despite the age!

WATCH THE OFFICIAL TRAILER HERE !!

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A rustic sculpture of US first lady, Melania Trump was made in her home town in Slovenia. The figure was cut from the trunk of a living linden tree. This was built in a field beside the Sava River in the village of Rozno, near Slovenia.

The sculpture was commissioned by Berlin-based American artist Brad Downey. A local folk artist Ales Zupevc carved the figure with a chainsaw.

The figure cannot actually be said as a perfect sculpture. The face of the sculpture is rough-hewn and unrecognizable.

The figure shows the lady wearing a pale blue dress that Melania wore at Donald Trump’s inauguration as U.S. president.

Mr. Brad Downey, who commissioned the sculpture said that he wanted to have a dialogue with his country’s political situation, and highlight Melania Trump’s status as an immigrant married to a president sworn to reduce immigration.

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This Rooster named Maurice is the reason for a court battle in France! The rooster’s noisy early morning crowing has been termed as the cause for noise pollution by the neighbors of its owners.

It is a rare case which the court has heard, in which a rooster is being accused. His owner, Corrine Fesseau says that the rooster has never bothered anyone before.

“He does not sing anymore actually. It has been said that he sings all the time”, said Corrine Fesseau. Corrine also said that the neighbors only visits the place a few times a year.

The case was heard by the court in Rochefort on July 4th. The rooster, who has become quite popular these days, received a show of support from cockerel owners who had gathered outside the court building.

An online petition to save Rooster Maurice has been signed by more than 100,000 people. The decision on Maurice’s case will now be considered by the court, with a verdict due in September.

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In an award ceremony at Singapore, the Mirazur restaurant of France was awarded as the world’s No:1 restaurant. It is for the first time that Mirazur’s chef Mauro Colagreco and his dining room is achieving the first place. Previously the restaurant was having the third position.

The competition was organised by the World’s 50 Best Restaurants. The restaurant’s ‘salt-crusted beetroot with caviar cream’, is one among the world famous dishes, in which the vegetables are taken from its own garden. The restaurant is run by an Argentine chef.

Argentine chef Mauro Colagreco

The methodology of the awards, which started since 2002 has been questioned by some critics. The list of awards had been prepared on the basis of more than 1,000 culinary experts’s decisions.

Spain’s three restaurants had the top 10 positions. Restaurants of Denmark and Peru had two top 10 entries each.

William Reed Business Media, that published the World’s best 50 restaurants said that “Mirazur provided “the ultimate restaurant experience”.

They added that they are highly impressed by the “unrivalled views of the French Riviera, three levels of cascading vegetable gardens churning out the sweetest produce and a team of outrageously talented cooks and front-of-house staff”.

Reuters reports that Argentine chef Mauro Colagreco said that he felt like he “was in the sky”.

Check out the list of the top 10 restaurants:

  1. Mirazur, Menton – France
  2. Noma, Copenhagen -Denmark
  3. Asador Etxebarri, Axpe -Spain
  4. Gaggan, Bangkok -Thailand
  5. Geranium, Copenhagen -Denmark
  6. Central, Lima -Peru
  7. Mugaritz, San Sebastián -Spain
  8. Arpège, Paris -France
  9. Disfrutar, Barcelona -Spain
  10. Maido, Lima -Peru

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In the annual gay pride parade event, thousands, including Western diplomats have marched through the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. The Gay Pride parade is marked as the largest ever gay pride that the country has seen.

A large police contingent and National Guard members were deployed by the government, for protection. The parade was also marked as the most peaceful gay pride parade in the country’s history till now. Despite a few small disputes, there occurred only nine arrests in the parade.

The participants in the parade dressed in colorful clothing, waved rainbow flags and held up banners reading “Diversity is beautiful” and “Human rights = happy country.”

Director of the NGO KyivPride, Ruslana Panukhnyk told the Agence France-Presse news agency, “We go out to show that there are a lot of us and we have a lot of support”.

This was the first march after the election of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Zelenskiy’s office, on Monday, urged the police to preserve the safety of protesters and pointed out that the country’s constitution guarantees equality and freedom.

Judith Gough, the British Ambassador to Ukraine wrote on his Twitter, “Thank you to the police and other law enforcement agencies for protecting today’s Pride event”.

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