Mandy Sellars: The woman with giant legs

Mandy Sellars was born February 20, 1975, in Lancashire, U.K. She was born with unusually large, malformed legs and feet. As she grew older her legs and feet continued to grow much more rapidly than the rest of her body and she experienced increasing mobility problems and at the age of 14 had an operation to reduce the weight of her legs. She was diagnosed with Proteus Syndrome in 2006.

Despite her disability, Mandy lives a very full life. She has earned a degree in psychology and trailing in counseling. She also spends time fundraising for the Proteus Syndrome Foundation.

Bizzare superstitious beliefs.

• Seeing an ambulance is very unlucky unless you pinch your nose or hold your breath until you see a black or a brown dog.
• Think of five or six names of boys or girls you might marry, As you twist the stem of an apple, recite the names until the stem comes off. You will marry the person whose name you were saying when the stem fell off.
• To predict the sex of a baby: Suspend a wedding band held by a piece of thread over the palm of the pregnant girl. If the ring swings in an oval or circular motion the baby will be a girl. If the ring swings in a straight line the baby will be a boy.
• Keep cats away from babies because they "suck the breath" of the child.

End world hunger!

World Hunger Facts

• 1.02 billion people in the world are hungry.
  UN Food and Agriculture Organization
• 1 billion people in the world live on less than $1 a day.
  "World Development Indicators 2007." The World Bank.
• 27 percent of children under 5 are moderately to severely underweight in the developing world.
  "State of the World's Children 2007."UNICEF.
• Nearly one in three people die prematurely or have disabilities due to poor nutrition and calorie deficiencies.
  "Malnutrition." World Health Organization (WHO)
• One in nearly seven people do not get enough food to be healthy, making hunger and malnutrition the number one risk to health worldwide.
  UN World Food Programme

Wouldn't you be bothered by your conscience if you waste food? We are so lucky that we eat more than three times a day. Next time, when you put food on your plate, get what you can eat.

Try this.

Confusing, right?

I dare you.

Solve these BRAIN TEASERS: