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Manuel Uribe was a chubby kid, weighing more than 250 pounds as an adolescent. Starting in 1992, his weight began ballooning further. Since the summer of 2002, Uribe has been bedridden, relying on his mother and friends to feed and clean him. He keeps a television and a computer he uses to update his Web site near his iron bed."People think that I can eat a whole cow but it's not just overeating, it's also a hormonal problem," Uribe said. Manuel Uribe, the 43-year-old mechanic in the northern industrial city of Monterrey who was once certified by doctors as weighing 1,235 pounds (560kg) in 2006 earning him the Guinness World Record as the world's heaviest man. Uribe has lost 550 pounds (250kg) since February 2006 following the high-protein diet. Manuel Uribe, who hasn't left his bed in six years, now married his longtime girlfriend whom he met four years ago, Claudia Solis Sunday in northern Mexico. Wearing a white silk shirt with a sheet wrapped around his l...
Dede Koswara born in 1971, lives in a small village in Indonesia. Dede is a former fisherman who lives with his two children, trying to take care of them. His wife left him because of his freak skin condition and unable to work. He has an extraordinary skin condition. He has root like structure that have grown out of his body and the branches can grow up to 5cm a year. This growth protrudes from his hands and feet and welts covering his whole body. He looks like a Half Man Half Tree. He is locally known as Tree Man. His condition baffled local doctors when warty roots began growing out of his arms and feet after he cut his knee in a teenage accident. In an attempt to earn a living to support his family, he is part of a circus troupe, displaying his Tree Man limbs along with others afflicted with skin deformities in ‘freak’ shows. The disorder is caused by the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), a fairly common infection that usually causes only small warts to develop. Dede suffers from the im...
The Aiola Island is an amazing getaway located right in the center of the Mur River in Graz, Austria. It is a man-made structure that bridges the banks of the Mur River, this exotic island looks like a big round Lego piece beautifully wrapped with plastic around it. It comprises of a sunbathing area, a coffee house and a trendy bar, allowing travelers a chance to go from one side of the river to the other, while stopping for a drink at the coffee shop or bar or the sunbathing area, this amazing structure is certainly worth seeing. It was designed by New York architect Vito Acconci, Opened in 2003 and immediately developed itself as a popular attraction.
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