Kids News - Fun Articles

The next time you are caught in a pillow fight with your sibling or friend, just tell your parents you are training for the championship - For believe it or not, smacking an opponent with a fluffy pillow is now a legitimate sport, complete with a world cup and all!...

On Sunday May 15th, 160 men from all over the world came together in Trondheim, Norway with one simple mission - To impress the judges with their carefully coiffured full or partial bears and/ or moustaches....

For some reason the sound of a buzzing bee has not only humans, but also, animals like the mighty elephant, scampering for cover. But not California man Norman Gary - This bee expert goes out of his way to seek them out and even walks around, 'wearing' them....

On Sunday, May 15th, over 50,000 competitors took to the streets of San Francisco to participate in the centennial year of the city's most famous road race - The Bay to Breakers. Started in 1912 to bring some cheer to the residents following the 1906 earthquake, the unique event celebrates not only athleticism, but also, the fun-loving spirit of the people of San Francisco....

Six year-old Ivan Stoiljkovic was born with an unusual talent - A magnetic upper body to which metal seems to stick like it would on a normal magnet. All he has to do, is take his shirt off and items ranging from cutlery to cell phones and even frying pans stay stuck to his body. In fact, the heavier the object, the stronger they stick!...

Friday, May 10th, started out like any other lunch period at Scotland's Bell Baxter High School cafeteria. Some 600 students were mulling around eating their midday meal, when suddenly, the music began....

The next time you look up at the sky and see a cloud that resembles a Disney character or the mascot of your favorite sports team, look again, for it may not be a cloud, but a Flogo - a logo that flies. The brainchild of special effects entrepreneurs Francisco Guerra and Brian Glover, Flogos are the new green way to advertise in the skies....

On May 7th, 2011, 51-year old Swiss adventurer Yves Rossy made headlines when he flew over the Grand Canyon with his world-famous jet-propelled wings strapped to his back. While Rossy or Jetman, as he is often called, has used the wings to soar across the European skies, this was his first foray in the USA....

All French extreme skier Matthias Giraud had planned for the morning of April 25th, was a run down a slope in the French Alps to build up the speed he needed for a parachute-assisted jump off one of the cliffs....