The hamburger

The world's most succesful snack!

The hamburger is one of the most popular sandwiches in the world. The average American eats three a week!

The biggest burger

A 900-kilo hamburger made in Minnesota, USA, holds the world record for largest burger. On top of it were: 27 kg of onion, 23 kg of lettuce, 24 kg of tomatoes, 9kg of pickles, 18kg of cheese and 7 kg of bacon!

The most expensive

Some restaurants want to develop the hamburger's potential for making money and are creating luxury burgers. In London, you can taste the Glamburger, which is topped with caviar and gold leaf! It costs 1487 € for one burger!

Watemelon festival

This festival is in the watermelon capital of Australia, Chinchilla. Activities include street parades and watermelon skiing. It's fun!

Cactus-art activist

This cactus cannot supply water! It's an art installation at the Cantareira reservoir in Brazil during a drought. Artist and activist Mundano created it to highlight an environmental problem. The city of Sao Paolo is using the second of its three water reserves... and it has only two months' supply left!

Please don't frack!

Ohio has been shaken by another case of fracking-caused earthquakes, reports NBC. It's the second case this year of fracking-linked earthquakes in the state. In March, seven gas wells were shuht down after fracking triggered two small earthquakes. Despite environmentalists' objections, the fracking industry is booming across the USA, as America moves from importing other countries' gas to exporting their own.

Whiplash

It hurts to become a great musician

Andrew is a first year music student at a prestigious New York conservatory. His dream is to become a great jazz drummer, and it looks like this might come true when he is chosen for the school's top band. But the teacher in charge of the band is a terrifying, sadistic perfectionist. He mentally and physically tortures his students to try to make them surpass their limitations. Soon, Andrew and the teacher are locked in a tense fight for supremacy. Whiplash is a great film about music and dedication that excellence demands, but also asks difficult questions about the role and duty of a teacher.

Junk art

This portrait of Queen Elizabeth looks explensive, but it's made from old junk!

The English artist who created it, Jane Perkins, makes portraits from buttons, broken jewellery and parts of old toys. In fact, the portraits are rubbish!