A Brazilian man is going after a unique world record - he's trying to break the record for the furthest a person can pop their eyeballs out of their head. Claudio Paulo Pinto can pop his eyeballs out of their sockets at least 7 millimeters. A former truck driver, Pinto had been working at a haunted house, but was recently laid off. He says performing his trick doesn't hut at all.

The new edition of the game Monopoly will feature major companies such as McDonald's, Starbucks and Motorola. Instead of an old shoe, McDonald's French Fries will be a player piece along with a Starbucks coffee cup, a Toyota Prius car, a Motorola RAZR phone and a New Balance running shoe. The "Here and Now" U. S. edition of the board game will feature Times Square instead of Boardwalk, among other changes.

Russia's parliament on Wednesday rejected a proposal to send the celebrated U. S. singer and actress Madonna to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2008. The motion had been introduced by Alexei Mitrofanov, a member of the Duma for the ultra-nationalist LDPR party, saying the trip would be "a serious event" to organize in the same year as presidential elections in the United States and Russia. Madonna had expressed her desire to go into space and board the ISS, during her first ever Russian concert.

A Brazilian man is attempting to land in the Guinness Book of World Records for his ability to pop his eyes out of their sockets. According to the report by Terra Noticias Populares, Claudio Pinto from Brazil, can pop his eyes "almost completely" out of their sockets.

What was intended as entertainment proved to be a disaster as delegates at the Australia and New Zealand Climate Forum in Canberra walked out in disgust when a striptease, complete with corsets and balloons, emerged from the backstage to provide a lighthearted break from the long hours of discussion regarding rising temperatures. The show was cut short and organizers had to issue an apology as some scientists were offended by the act.