20 Most Expensive Houses in the World [Infographic]

With home prices in America lower than they’ve been in 10 years, it’s definitely safe to say that 2012 is a perfect year to buy a home.

Yet, the home prices in these rebounding American markets pale in comparison to some of the most expensive homes around the world.

While entertainer Mariah Carey’s $125,000,000 California mansion represents America on the list of “20 of the world’s most expensive homes,” there are homes on this list from ritzy regions all over world.

Here’s a cool illustration from Tomorrow Finance detailing the price and location of 20 of the most expensive homes in the world. Check it out!

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Project Sea Lion - The World's Fastest Amphibious Vehicle

Each year, amphibious vehicle builders participate in a competition for the world's fastest amphibious "land speed" vehicle and this year’s winner was a cool looking silver vehicle dubbed Sea Lion that broke the top water speed record. This year, the award went to Marc Witt, with his prototype developed beginning in 2006.

It's powered by a 13B rotary from a 1974 Mazda RX4 to run 125mph on land and 60mph in the water. The Sea Lion doesn't hold the title officially, but the amphibious vehicle has been worked on for the past six years and has remained competitively fast during the course of that time. Its asking price is $259,500.














































Via: Fantasyjunction

Kowloon Walled City - The Most Densely Populated Land in the World

Originally a Chinese military fort, Kowloon “Walled City” in Hong Kong was the most densely populated land in history, containing 50,000 residents within 6.5 acres. From the 1950s to the 1970s, it was controlled by Triads and had high rates of prostitution, gambling, and drug use.

Taken by Canadian photographer Greg Girard in collaboration with Ian Lamboth the pair spent five years familiarising themselves with the notorious Chinese city before it was demolished in 1992.










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18 Year Old Has Britian's Most Beautiful Face

Florence Colgate has been dubbed "Britain's Most Beautiful Face," and there's science backing the claim up.

The winner of a Britain-wide beauty contest sponsored by Lorraine Cosmetics, Colgate has mathematically perfect looks, according to statistics reported by the Daily Mail. Not only is the 18-year-old's visage perfectly symmetrical, but she has the "optimum ratio" between her mouth, eyes, chin, and forehead.

Largest Loop The Loop In A Car

Li Yatao of the Car Team of Zhejiang Youngman Lotus Automobile Company in Shanghai, China has made it into the Guinness World Book Of Records after successfully driving the largest loop the loop. The enormous loop had a staggering diameter of 42 feet, and a weight just under 73,000 lbs.

World’s First Vertical Forest – Bosco Verticale

The world’s first vertical forest, Bosco Verticale, is designed by the Milan based architect Stefano Boeri. The towers, a residential duo, can be seen in the metropolis center of Milan, Italy.

The architect explains his design on his website here:

Bosco Verticale (Vertical Forest) is a project for metropolitan reforestation that contributes to the regeneration of the environment and urban biodiversity without the implication of expanding the city upon the territory. Bosco Verticale is a model of vertical densification of nature within the city….

The first example of a Bosco Verticale composed of two residential towers of 110 and 76 meters height, will be realized in the centre of Milan, on the edge of the Isola neighbourhood, and will host 900 trees (each measuring 3, 6 or 9 m tall) apart from a wide range of shrubs and floral plants.

On flat land, each Bosco Verticale equals, in amount of trees, an area equal to 10,000 sqm of forest. In terms of urban densification the equivalent of an area of single family dwellings of nearly 50,000 sqm.

Via: inhabitat

The World's Largest Slingshot

The world’s largest slingshot is made by Bros from DudePerfect cutting down a tree and making a giant slingshot out of it and is used to slam dunk a baseball successfully.

That would be just the perfect thing to play a real-life game of Angry Birds!

Rubik's Cube Blindfolded World Record 28.80 Seconds by Marcell Endrey

Marcell Endrey sets a new World Cube Association (WCA) world record for solving the Rubik's Cube blindfolded at the Zonhoven Open 2012 in Zonhoven, Belgium, with a magnificent time of 28.80 seconds.

The goal of the organization is having some good old-fashioned fun in an atmosphere of fairness, so if you’ve always dreamed of putting your Rubik’s Cube skills to work on an international stage, check out their site for more information.

World's Largest Rope Swing

Extreme junkie Devin Graham went to Moab, Utah with some friends, set up a rope swing over a cliff. It's quickly going viral, already nearing 1 million views in just two days.

458 Indian Boys Set New Guinness Record by Dressing up as Mahatma Gandhi

Dressed in his iconic khaddar, round spectacles and walking stick, some 485 children in Kolkata created a new Guinness World Record for dressing up as Mahatma Gandhi, the founding father of India, to mark the 64th anniversary of his death.

In addition to setting the record, the underprivileged boys, aged 10 to 16, took part in a half-kilometer trek through Kolkata meant to symbolize the revolutionary Dandi Salt March of 1930.








Via: guardian