ilipino inventor Virgilio Malang invented a vitamin-enriched beer that has garnered awards and recognition worldwide even before it is commercially marketed. Malang's Vitamin Beer, fortified with Vitamin B Complex, became widely popular at the First International Inventors' Day Convention held recently in Bangkok, Thailand. It also won a gold medal at the European Union-sponsored Genius-Europe competition at the Budapest Fair Center in Hungary and it also won the Romanian Ministry Education and Research Cup few years ago.

Not about to run out of ideas, beverage company Jones Soda Co. is giving a new twist to ham this Christmas season - it's in liquid form. The Seattle-based firm launches Sunday is holiday-themed limited-edition flavored soda packs and ham-flavor soda is included in the outrageous roster this year.

The Swedish National Roads Administration is planning to use five elk and about five reindeer from the Skansen wildlife park in Stockholm to detect if animals prefer straight salt or salt mixed with sugar. Depending upon the disliking of both these animals, the same salt will be used to de-ice the country's roads in wintertime. The step is a necessary measure as it would reduce collisions between cars and wildlife.

An environmental group in Australia has captured a "monster" toad that weighs 2 pounds, is 8 inches long toad and is among the largest specimens ever captured in the northern city of Darwin, Australia. Graeme Sawyer, the coordinator of the group FrogWatch, said, "It's huge, to put it mildly" adding that the male frog is almost the size of a football. It is twice the weight of an average cane frog and almost one-third longer and heavier than the previous biggest a female captured in the middle of Darwin.

Employees at a Mexico hospital are gleaming in excitement over a recent birth. The reason of their excitement is the enormous size of the baby. Antonio Vasconcelos, who has been nicknamed "Super Tonio" by visitors weighed 14. 5 pounds at birth, well above the normal weight for a newborn. According to hospital authorities, the baby is perfectly fine and drinks 5 ounces of milk every three hours.