This company will send your stuffed animal on a vacation

Your teddy bear has always wanted to visit Tokyo in the spring. Fortunately for Mr. Bobo, there’s Unagi Travel, the “Japan Travel Agency for Stuffed Animals.”
The travel agency gives tours not to you but to your favorite plush toy.
For fans of the movie “Amelie,” in which a garden gnome disappears from a front yard and mysteriously appears in photos taken at tourist sites around the globe, this is kind of like that: Give your teddy a grand adventure while you sit at home. Talk about a toy story.
The odd but oddly adorable idea goes like this: Head to the Unagi Travel website and book your toy’s tour. Price points are reasonable, but you pay for shipping to Japan. They send your toy back for free.  More

Violin that played as Titanic sank sells for $1.5 million

A violin that was being played as the Titanic went down was sold for 900,000 pounds ($1.46 million) at auction on Saturday, a record price for memorabilia from the doomed ocean liner. Band leader Wallace Hartley played the instrument, trying to calm passengers as the ship slipped into the frozen waters of the North Atlantic in April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg during its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York. Hartley`s band played the hymn "Nearer, My God, To Thee" as passengers climbed into lifeboats. Hartley and his seven fellow band members all died after choosing to play on. More than 1,500 people died. When Hartley`s body was recovered more than 10 days after the disaster, the violin was found in a leather case strapped to him, according to the folklore that has grown up around the event. More

Kitten survives 40-minutes inside a running washing machine

California - The ordeal of a California cat that survived a 40-minute ride in a washing machine was selected as one of the most bizarre pet insurance claims of the year. Veterinary Pet Insurance, based in California, said the 11 finalists for then Hambone Award, given annually to the strangest claims each year, includes Natasha, a 6-month-old kitten that took a ride in Oakland owner Daryl Humdy`s washing machine along with a load of laundry, the Oakland Bee reported Friday. "She had always been very nosy about the washing machine," Humdy said. "She would always peek inside it, but I never thought she would hop in." More

Blind chicken brought back to life

A blind chicken has been brought back to life after its dedicated owner gave it CPR for over three hours. Chooky Wooky was recently blown into the backyard pool at 14-year-old owner Rayna Rapo`s home in Sydney, Australia. Fearing that her pet was dead, Rayna plucked her out of the water and tried to revive her. And even when her mother Roberta suggested that Chooky Wooky couldn`t be saved Rayna was determined not to give up. More

Steve Jobs was given the night shift at Atari because of his personal hygiene

Steve Jobs is undoubtedly one of the most successful men of the century. He was the mind behind all the Apple products that we know and love. In 2010, it was estimated that Steve Jobs net worth was $8.3 billion. However, when he was younger, he may have had questionable hygiene. Steve Jobs used to work at Atari in order to provide himself with a wage so he could survive. Allegedly, Jobs was actually put on the night shift because of his hygiene. It is said that he never bathed, and would walk around the office in his bare feet.

Fencing coach stops robbery

Tennessee – A fencing teacher put his sword to good use, foiling a robbery he stumbled upon during a trip to the local shopping center.
Franco Scaramuzza was pulling into the shopping center’s parking lot when he saw two men attack a couple with pepper spray and take a purse, WSMV.com reported.
“The first thing that went through my head is somebody should do something, and that’s when I got really upset and disappointed with myself, because I realized I had the opportunity to do something.
And I didn’t want to be a hypocrite who just tweeted about it,” Scaramuzza told the station.
The instructor grabbed his epee, jumped out of the car and charged the suspects. More

Attempt to fly phone into prison on pigeon fails

Brazil – A woman’s attempt to fly a mobile phone into a prison on the back of a pigeon failed when the exhausted bird collapsed just after clearing the jail walls.
Cristielli Mansa, 21, had attempted to send the device to her boyfriend, Wagner Machado Rodrigues, 19, who had been arrested for drug trafficking.
Unfortunately for the pair, the pigeon cleared the three-meter high wall of the Central Prison in Porto Alegre, Brazil, but then fell right in front of a patrolling prison officer’s vehicle. More