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Thought your rented flat in the city was tiny? One man has embarked on a quest to build the world’s smallest tiny home, with the result measuring just 19.46 square feet.Levi Kelly, 27, decided to build the teeny property in a bid to win a Guinness World Record. Still, he didn’t scrimp on the essentials, as it’s fitted with everything a regular house would have, including a bed, kitchen, hot water, a toilet, shower and even air conditioning.The definition of a tiny home, as outlined by the International Residential Code, necessitates the space being no bigger than an ergonomic 400 square feet – which Levi has certainly mastered. But there’s a science behind...

A remote Australian town that will soon lose its only doctor is offering a salary of up to 680,000 Australian dollars ($428,000), plus free rent and a car, to attract a new candidate. The remote Queensland town of Julia Creek, population 500, is offering about double the salary a family physician would earn in the state’s capital, Brisbane. The catch is that Brisbane is a 17-hour drive away. The closest major city, Townsville, is a seven-hour drive. Prospective applicants must embrace searing heat and tropical insects, too. But the town’s outgoing medic, Dr. Adam Louws, says his replacement will also find a quieter pace of life and the chance to learn skills they’ve...

DeepSeek, the China-based AI startup that recently made headlines for its powerful and cost-efficient AI model, R1, has reportedly confiscated the passports of key employees to prevent potential leaks of sensitive information. According to AI reporter Kylie Robison from The Verge, citing a report from The Information, DeepSeek engineers are facing travel restrictions intended to safeguard confidential data, which may include trade or state secrets. The move comes amidst increasing concerns surrounding AI-related intellectual property protection, especially as global competition in artificial intelligence heats up. DeepSeek positioned itself as a competitor to AI firms like OpenAI and...

We know that there are 7.9 billion people in the world, but where do they all live? How many houses are there in the world, how many people live in each house, and home many people are homeless? How many houses are in the world?   As of 2021, there are somewhere in the vicinity of 2.3 billion houses in the world.Which countries and continents have the most houses?   The most populous country in the world is China (population 1.44 billion). As one might expect, China also has the largest number of houses (roughly 658 million). At the other end of the scale, small countries like Bermuda and Liechtenstein also have the smallest number of houses (28,314 and 16,700,...

IMAGINE browsing for books at a bookstore—only to find the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah doing the same thing just a few shelves away! That’s exactly what happened to one lucky woman. Fatin Nurshazlin took to Threads to share her unexpected encounter with the Perak ruler while browsing the economics section at Kinokuniya Malaysia. “I was carefully picking out books for this month’s reading list. After I was done browsing, I looked up—and there he was. Just a few steps away.” Fatin admitted she was momentarily stunned to see the state ruler standing there, quietly immersed in the books—without any entourage or grand...

ကျွန်ုပ်တို့၏ ကမ္ဘာကြီးသည် အံ့ဖွယ်ဖြစ်ရပ်များဖြင့် အတိပြီးနေသည်။ နှစ်ပေါင်းများစွာသက်တမ်းရှိ စာရွက်စာတမ်းဟောင်းတစ်ခုကြောင့် နေ့ချင်းညချင်း သန်းကြွယ်သူဌေး ဖြစ်လာသော အမျိုးသားတစ်ဦး ရှိနေသည်။ လူတိုင်းနီးပါး၏ နေအိမ်များတွင် ပြန့်ကျဲနေသော...

A grim aerial picture of the notorious El Salvador CECOT prison is going viral, with people pleading for the truth. On Google Maps – for the world to see – a drone snap of the maximum security prison shows what appears to be a giant pool of blood. Despite being unverified, the picture has unsettled social media users and human rights lawyers alike with wild conspiracy theories flying around. Many have suggested the red stain on the map could be the blood of prisoners, with CECOT infamous for being a place “people don’t come out of”. One person suggested the establishment – which has a capacity limit of 40,000 – couldn’t house its inmates...

WHAT started as a forgotten RM50 banknote tucked away in a wallet has transformed into a RM2.15 million windfall and an extraordinary act of generosity that would make any ancestor proud. A self-employed man has stunned the lottery community by winning RM2,151,664.00 in the Da Ma Cai 3+3D Bonus game - and immediately pledging the entire amount to his former primary school, fulfilling a sacred promise made to his late ancestors. The remarkable chain of events began a month ago when the man casually purchased 1+3D numbers at a Da Ma Cai outlet, winning a modest RM60. After exchanging his winnings at the counter, he received change that included a single RM50 note, which remained untouched...

ပစိဖိတ်သမုဒ္ဒရာမှာရှိတဲ့ ကမ္ဘာ့အနက်ဆုံးသမုဒ္ဒရာချောက်နက်ကြီး Mariana Trench ရဲ့အောက်ဆုံးဖျားဆီသို့ သင်ကိုယ်တိုင်ကူးခက်သွားခဲ့ရင် အံ့ဩစရာ ပင်လယ်ရေနေသတ္တဝါတွေကို မြင်တွေ့ရမှာတော့ အမှန်ပါပဲ။   အပြင်ပန်းက ကြည့်ရှုရင်တောင် အပြာရောက်နက်နက်နဲ့ လှပနေတဲ့...

    Back in 2020, Bill and Melinda Gates purchased a $43 million oceanfront estate in Del Mar, California. The six-bedroom, 3.5-bath property was described in real estate listings as a "masterpiece" designed by architect Ken Ronchetti. But the view didn't last long. Following their divorce announcement in 2021, Gates tore the property down. According to the New York Post, the Microsoft co-founder decided to rebuild the home from scratch, planning a modern "bachelor pad" loaded with custom tech upgrades. That decision didn't go over quietly—literally. Construction reportedly began in early 2022 and quickly became a source of frustration for the surrounding...