The first artificial heart was patented by a ventriloquist.

Who knows what one can become?

For example, do you know that Paul Winchell, a famous ventriloquist patented an artificial heart? And he is a victim of polio from his childhood!

Yes, his famous ventriloquism endeared him to the world as he performed across the world! His wodden dummy to which he talked is known as Jerry Mahoney.

Then Paul became a voice dubbing artist for Disney Movies for many years.

Paul Winchell only went back to school in 1950s and at that time, he was 35. He studied medine and patented the first artificial heart in 1963.

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Meet the 22 inches (only) man from Nepal.

His name is Khagendra Thapa Magar and he is from Nepal. He is 18 years old.

He now firmly believes that he is the shortest man in the world. He wants him to be in the books of Guinness and has already applied. But sadly, he is yet to receive any response.

He may be soon be featured in an Italian Television show.

BTW, if you happen to possess the Guinness book of records, you will find very strange and odd records that are simply amazing.

Watch the box below for a very cute animated picture.



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How to invest in gold?

I will rephrase the question slightly. How to buy gold bullion and when to buy? Do we have to have sound knowledge while investing in precious metals or we can just buy from any bank or jeweler’s shop like most of the people do?

If you want to slowly but steadily become rich, you should do only these two things:

• Read authentic newsletters on precious metals market news
• Invest in precious metals as per the guidelines of the newsletters you read

Which is the best newsletter for first time gold bullion investors?

I am using the free newsletter called “Investor’s Kit” offered by the United States Gold Bureau

It throws useful insights on how to invest in gold and how to protect your retirement with gold.

Using nose to play musical instruments?

Have you ever heard about using the nose to play musical instruments like harmonica?

Here is a man from the good old Calcutta who plays through his nose. His name is Rajeev Kumar and for his rare skill, he was interviewed by the BBC.

He travels across Indian cities to shoe his nasal skill and to perfect this talent, he says Yoga has helped him a lot.

To endure long hours nasal playing, he even uses a sort of lubrications on his nostrils. The photo below shows him playing two harmonicas at the same time. This is truly amazing.

He says human nose is by far the most under rated musical device!

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Beautiful and extraordinary art using pencils.

This amazing sculpture is made only from pencils.


Yes, look again and you will identify the pencils.

The creator is Jennifer Maestre and she says she was inspired to venture into this art when she saw sea urchins. Jennifer Maestre is from South Africa. She is a graduate of art.

See more of her creations here.

7 Most Interesting And Useful Medical Newspaper Columns.

Medical newspaper columns have their fans and their detractors. Still, they live on giving advice to those who ask and providing information to those who read them. Here are 7 of the most interesting and most useful.

Medical Edge Newspaper Column

The Medical Edge Newspaper Column comes from the highly respected Mayo Clinic. It utilizes the questions and answer format that is typical of this type of column. Behind the answers, however, is the knowledge of the Mayo Clinic's full team of physicians, researchers, and surgeons. Topics include but are not limited to women's issues, cancer, pediatrics, family medicine, cardiovascular health issues, and neurological issues.

Dr. Ward's Newspaper Column

This medical newspaper column spans a range of topics. Pressing concerns such as cancer, and breast cancer in particular, are covered as well as a medical professional's role and responsibility when discussing end-of-life issues with patients. This column is interesting because it does not shy away from the larger implications of medical care. Beyond the treatments and their outcomes lie the emotional and life repercussions. This column confronts these issues.

Staying Alive

These columns by Dr. Edlund bring societal issues into the medical discussion. It is not merely health that must be addressed by medicine but also the society in which individuals live because it plays such a large part in both health and disease.

Kinsey Confidential

The Kinsey Confidential newspaper column comes from the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction. This column gives readers information about sex and sexual health that is backed up by current research.

Heart To Heart

This Sing Tao newspaper column investigates mental health topics. From mental illness to the proper way to raise children, this column presents it all with an informed perspective.

Trisha Torrey's Column

This columnist considers herself to be every patient's advocate. Her perspective as someone aggressively investigating and pursuing patient rights is worth checking out. She is not seeking to provide medical advice per se but rather to raise every patient's awareness of the issues impacting their medical care.

Too often patients allow doctors to decide the course of treatment without fully understanding their options. Through a greater understanding of medicine and of health care itself, patients can make decisions on their own behalf. This is what Trisha Torrey's column seeks to accomplish.

Family Medicine

This medical column seeks to answer readers' questions and to provide general information and general direction. Like any other medical column, it cannot provide more specific direction as the writer does not know the individual with the question well enough to give definitive answers. Still, this column can teach you a lot of information regarding the broader details of family medical issues.

These interesting and useful medical newspaper columns can teach you more about health and the issues surrounding them one step at a time. There is always more to learn about health and medicine and these articles can add to your knowledge base. Just take in the medical knowledge one article at a time.

This is a guest post by M. Ellen Ward who writes about how to obtain an LPN to RN degree.