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Handsome Asian Male Model Is Actually a Cute Girl

Posted: 15 Jan 2014 05:05 AM PST

A few weeks ago, we did an article about a male model from Korea who posed as a girl. Now the latest news doing the rounds is quite the opposite – 23-year-old Yachen Xing is one of the hottest topics trending on Weibo, China's version of Twitter, for being a girl with a successful career in male modeling.

In her photographs, Yachen is dressed in male clothing and has her hair cropped short. The pictures show a guy with sulky, school-boyish looks and striking features. It's really impossible to tell that the model is actually female.

Yachen is studying animation at the Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University & School of Arts. She is 173 centimeters tall (that's 5 foot 7 inches), and her frame is best described as 'lanky'. She is a representative of her school's women's basketball team. Her suave, model-like appearance seems to have helped her get started with modelling as well.

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Get Ready for Verrückt, the World’s Tallest and Fastest Water Slide

Posted: 15 Jan 2014 02:00 AM PST

Verrückt, in German, means 'insane'. And that's exactly what this new and upcoming water slide is. Verrückt is touted to be the world's next tallest and fastest water slide – beating the current Brazilian record holder.

The current record holder, 49.9m-tall 'Kilimanjaro', is located at Aguas Quentes Country Club in Rio de Janeiro, but Verrückt is going to be much taller than that. Exactly how much, we don’t know. Its makers at Schlitterbahn Water Park and Resort in Kansas City, are keeping the height a secret until opening day. But if the rumors are true, it could be about 17 stories high. That's taller than Niagara Falls and the Statue of Liberty from toes to torch. It's also twice the height of the tallest wave ever surfed.

Imagine sliding down at top speed from such a great height. The adrenaline rush has got to be truly 'insane'. To get to the top of the ride, you need to climb a whopping 264 stairs. Then, a specially designed raft will take you and three other riders plummeting down at a speed greater than 65 mph (the current speed of the Brazilian ride).

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South African Pastor Tells Congregation to Eat Grass to Be Closer to God

Posted: 15 Jan 2014 01:25 AM PST

Pastor Lesego Daniel, of Rabboni Centre Ministries, is a highly unusual person. In order to be closer to God, the South African preacher is encouraging his congregation to eat grass. He also tramples on them for added effect.

The pastor is said to have claimed that humans can eat anything they choose to sustain themselves. When he put up pictures of the grass-eating event on Facebook, he faced severe criticism from thousands of people across the world. Rabboni Centre Ministries is now a trending topic on social media. But none of that has bothered Mr. Daniel's followers; they defend their pastor and swear by his methods.

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