A so-called $5 ‘just looking’ fee is being implemented by a food specialty grocery store in Australia. A photo of the sign, as shown below, was first posted on Reddit on Sunday, March 24, 2013 by Reddit user BarrettFox and now has more than 1,300 comments, with most of them criticizing the store’s policy. $5 [...]
Toyota announced a voluntary recall this Friday, March 15, 2013, affecting around 310,000 (2007-2013) FJ Cruiser vehicles in various parts in the world, due to potential problem regarding their seatbelts. This is the second Toyota recall this year, following the recall of 1.3 million cars last January to fix the airbags. 2013 Toyota FJ Cruiser [...]
Honda announced on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 a voluntary recall of its Acura MDX, Acura RL, and Pilot model, affecting around 250,000 vehicles worldwide. The Japanese car company said in a press release at Owners.Honda.com that the affected vehicles may have some brake problems. 2005 Acura MDX, one of the models affected by the recent [...]
Bindi Irwin at 14 has now grown up into a young beautiful lady, and is promoting her new movie “Return to Nim’s Island.” Bindi, the daughter of Australia’s famous crocodile hunter Steve Irwin, recently appeared in various TV shows in Sydney, Australia. A behind-the-scenes video of her movie is available below. Bindi Irwin at 14 [...]
A giant African snail was recently captured in Brisbane, Australia, as shown in the photo below. Local officials said that the huge snail, which has the same size of a cricket ball, was reportedly destroying vegetable crops and fruit trees in native forests. The giant African snail, which was captured in Brisbane, Australia Image Credit: [...]
Russell Crowe posted a video of what he believes to be a UFO footage he recorded over Sydney‘s Royal Botanic Gardens. The video has gone viral already. Russel Crowe’s UFO Credit: Captured from the Youtube video As seen in the uploaded video titled “UFO? Time Lapse Photos Outside RC’s Woolloomooloo Office (THESE ARE REAL),” oddly-shaped [...]
Ikea announced a voluntary recall of its almond cakes in 23 countries, after tests revealed that the cakes have been contaminated with coliform bacteria, a type of bacteria found in water waste and other wastes in the environment. Tons of cakes have been destroyed in China due to the same concerns. Ikea logo Image Credit: [...]
A so-called underground Harlem Shake dance video, as shown in the video below, has caused 15 Australian miners to lose their high paying jobs. The miners, who were employed by Barminco, a mining company in Perth, were on the night shift job at the Agnew Gold Mine in Western Australia. Australian miners, doing the underground [...]
BMW announced a voluntary recall of around 570,000 vehicles in US, Canada, and Australia due to electrical cable problem. The German car manufacturer has already coordinated with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) about this issue. The list of the affected models is available below. 2011 BMW 335i Image Credit: AutoBlog.com As noted at [...]
Ikea recently posted a Valentine’s Day ad that offers a free crib to babies who will be born this November. If anyone wonders why they chose November, do simple math. The Ikea Valentine’s Day offer ad was posted in a newspaper in Australia, and is now going viral in social site Reddit, as shown in [...]