World's Most Expensive Business Card

• The Black Astrum Signature Card, which is being touted as world's most expensive business card, features a sleek, Swiss metal construction dotted with more than 30 carats of diamonds.
•  The cards, which are custom handcrafted to the client's liking, are sold in packs of 25, 50 or 100 and are priced at about $1,500 per card.
• The company has reportedly even turned down clients interested in purchasing the cards."We've had several enquiries from American celebrities and international businessmen, however our cards are offered by invitation only, reflecting our desire to serve only the most premier individuals," Sufian Khawaja, the company's concept director told Business Insider.

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World's Most Expensive House

Antilla, Mumbai, India - $1 billion

• Mukesh Ambani has created a 27 storey  40,000 sq ft tower of a house.
• It has 3 helipads on top but Mumbai corporation has not given permission for making this operational yet.
• Hanging gardens and Swimming pool within the structure. 
• A two storey Health centre. 
• Parking space for 168 cars (6 floors).
• A floor exclusively for servicing these automobiles within the building.
• A floor for Home theatre with sitting capacity of 50.
• With double height ceilings, ballrooms, crystal chandelier ceilings, retractable stages, and 600 servants, there is no other home on earth that compares to the 570 feet tall Antilla.

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Amazing House Designs

THE MUSHROOM HOUSE

The Mushroom house is located in the Hyde park section of cincinnati, USA. It is now a prominent cincinnati landmark. The design tries to embody the movement of music and nature within a built environment.  

THE EARTH HOUSE

This residential earth house is located in Dietikon, Switzerland. An earth house is usually set partially into the ground and covered with thin growth. The earth house concept uses the ground as an insulating blanket that efficiently protects it from rain, low temperatures, wind and natural abrasion.

                                                                

 SHOE HOUSE

Shoe store tycoon Mahlon Haines built this landmark home in 1948 in Pennsylvania.He created this unusual structure as an advertising gimmick. This house has 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. This giant structural advertisement was originally used as a guest house.

                                                             

 STONE HOUSE

The stone house in portugal is one of the best examples of elements of nature put to good use. Inspired by the cartoon named Flintstones, this stunning house was constructed between two giant stones on the hillside of fafe mountains. Because of its unusual design, the house attracts many tourists from all over the world.    

ERR ANTE GUEST HOUSE

 This is an extremely odd house. It hardly looks habitable with its sloping surfaces. But its certainly an eye-catcher. Towers that seem alive, twisting and dancing with each other make for quite amazing view.
                         

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CURIOSITY - The most powerful Rover

• NASA has launched CURIOSITY, the most powerful and advanced robotic rover built to explore Mars. 
• The small car sized rover is equipped with a robotic arm, a drill, two colour video cameras and a tool kit for analyzing the rock contents.
•  "You can operate with solar panels on Mars. You just can't operate everywhere," Stephen Johnson, director of INL's Space Nuclear Systems and Technology Division, said in a statement. 
• This gives you an opportunity to go anywhere you want on the planet, not be limited to the areas that have sunlight and not have to put the rover to sleep at night. 
• The Mars is 56 million km away from the earth.
• Curiosity, which was launched on November 26th, is expected to land on the surface of Mars on August 5, 2012.   

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Most interesting Pregnancy Facts

• The world's first test tube twins are Stephen and Amanda Mays born June 5, 1981.
• The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
• Some people drink the urine of pregnant women to build up their immune system.
• Every day, over 1,300 babies are born prematurely in the USA.
• During pregnancy, the average woman's uterus expands up to five hundred times its normal size.
• Changing a cat's litter box can be dangerous to pregnant women, as cat feces sometimes carry a parasite that can cause harm to the developing baby.
• A pregnant woman's dental health can affect her unborn child.
• May babies are on avearge 200 grams heavier than babies born in other months.
• When a women is pregnant, her senses are all heightened.
• Studies show that couples that smoke during the time of conception have a higher chance of having a girl compared to couples that do not smoke.

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