Couple's special day

The perfect order occurs just once in every hundred years - always on August 7, always on the tenth year, reports the Daily Mail.Troy Peters and Katie Barfoot knew their big day would be memorable, but didn't initially realise the lunchtime ceremony would give them such a remarkable dateline.Katie, 26, said: "When we were booking the wedding day, I knew it would have to be during the school holidays so we could take the children on the honeymoon."I wanted it to be an easy date for Troy to remember so he wouldn't forget our anniversary in years to come."But it was only recently that we realised Friday was a particularly special day because of the time and date."We thought nothing of it until someone pointed out that we are getting married at 12.30pm, so the numerical wonder will take place during our wedding."She and Troy, 27, met nine years ago and their sons Connor, six and Louis, four, will be page boys.


One-and-a-half mile wedding dress

More than 200 guests took over three hours to unroll Lin Rong's wedding train and pin on 9,999 red silk roses for her wedding, reports the Xinhua news agency.Groom Zhao Peng28, a railway worker from northeast Jilin province, said he wanted to challenge the current world record of 1,579 metres."Both the length of the dress and the number of silk roses pinned on the wedding dress can make history. But it doesn't matter whether I can successfully register it on Guinness," he said.Zhao said he had sent an application to Guinness World Records and would also send a video of his wedding with his 25-year-old school teacher."I do not want a cliche wedding parade or banquet," the groom said, "nor can I afford the extravagance of a hot balloon wedding."But even so, his family was initially not too impressed at the £3,500 cost."It is a waste of money in my opinion," his mother said. "Though I understand that he wants to show his love on the big day."Lin Rong, the bride, reportedly laughed and cried at the romantic gesture.Zhao bought the materials and asked his relatives for help in making the wedding dress by hand, which took three months to finish.


Two heads better than one?

Mr Liu, a rail worker who breeds snakes as a hobby, said he was amazed when he first saw the reptile.He had bought 10 snake eggs to hatch at his home in Jiujiang, eastern China's Jiangxi province, reports Dajiang Network."When the cobras hatched out, one of them had two heads," said Liu.He said the cobra was able to eat using both of its mouths simultaneously. It's four eyes were cloudy - but he expected that to change when the snake sheds its skin for the first time.A spokesman for the local wild animal protection centre said the two-headed snake was most likely the result of genetic mutation.