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Confectionery college school students make the world's longest roll cake in Tokyo on April 17, 2013. Some 90 patissiers and students made a 130.68m long roll cake, using 54kgs of flour, 43kgs of sugar and 2,682 eggs, which was certificated as the world's longest roll cake by Guinness World Records, beating the previous record of 115.09 metres. Duration: 00:54
Portuguese retro design, an industry unaffected by the recession
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Portugal is experience a design renaissance. Retro designs on everything from tinned food to toys to toiletries in Portugal have sent sales soaring and given the country, ravaged by unemployment, a ray of hope. Duration: 02:24.
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Singapore prepares a bid to get its 154-year-old Botanic Gardens included in UNESCO's prestigious list of world heritage sites. Duration: 00:41
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Cyclists tour the new permanent route of the vintage bikes event "L'Eroica", near Gaiole in Chianti, in the Italian region of Tuscany. The new 'L'Eroica' permament poute, which is the same 200 km route as the classic event taking place in Autumn part of the 'stradde bianche' -- the white roads --, is now open to everyone. A unique opportunity to dicover Tuscany, its landscape, its heritage sites and enjoy local food and wines 'con calma' (slowly). Duration: 00:31
London taxi drivers develop a different part of the brain
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Scientific research shows that black taxi drivers develop a particular part of the brain known as the hippocampus when studying for The Knowledge, a special training programme where they memorise London's 25 thousand streets. A natural sound version of an AFPTV report. Duration: 02:22.
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In place of roof tiles, green-fingered Paris authorities have covered the city's newest shopping mall with vegetation -- 7,000 square metres of roof-garden designed to promote urban biodiversity. Duration: 00:49.
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Quinoa is a grain that's been eaten as a staple food in the Andes for centuries - now, its health benefits have made it fashionable in the west, and the Bolivian government hasn't been slow to make the most of this, launching a "quinoa trail" for tourists to follow. The 1500 kilometre route goes through La Paz, Oruro and Potosi states, and the government hopes it will help pull local people out of poverty. Duration: 00:46
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With their indie hairstyles, tattoos and ripped jeans, Yangon's teenage skaters look like their counterparts anywhere in the world and -- like their peers -- they struggle to find somewhere to skate. Duration:00:48
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European Space Agency scientists have developed a smartphone app that turns a toy drone into a virtual spacecraft on a mission to dock with the International Space Station, and uses crowd-sourced data from its manoeuvres to improve artificial intelligence on future missions. Duration: 00:35
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In east London, the Bamboo Bicycle Club allows people to build their own bamboo-framed bicycle and complete it with whichever fittings and fixtures they wish, over the course of a weekend. Duration: 00:49