In the highly-competitive world of the California Institute of Technology, one of the most popular class is its cooking class where the final exam-meal is graded by a Nobel laureate. The whiz students say they enjoy the fun and relaxed atmosphere and amazing food. "We have amazingly gifted people in science and engineering and they are viewed by many people as nerdy," said Caltech's president, Jean-Lou Chameau.

A Scottish island with a population of just 15 residents has placed an ad to recruit two new families to take up residency there. The loneliest schoolgirl in Britain, nine-year-old Caroline MacKinnon, hopes a family with children will be chosen, as being the sole student in the island of Canna's schoolhouse is not much fun.

On Tupperware Brands Corp. 's 60th year, the company held a design contest that asked Tupperware sellers and users to be creative with the plastic containers. CEO Rick Goings said the design contest was an effort to "get Tupperware seen in a very different kind of a light. "

It has been claimed that Prince Harry likes to have some fun in his military barracks by exposing himself. The young royal reportedly likes to parade the corridors of his army barracks in the nude and get a good chuckle out of his fellow soldiers. The 22-year-old recently graduated from Sandhurst Military Training Academy and has since moved to new barracks, where his naked antics have earned him the nickname "Dirty Harry. "

Spain's King Juan Carlos was recently accused of animal cruelty during a trip to Russia. A hunting grounds official made an accusation the king shot and killed a drunken bear in a hunting escapade. The monarch was on a private hunting trip in the Vologda region in northwest Russia in August, when he reportedly slaughtered the bear after it was plied with alcohol and released it into his shooting range.