hence the name ripley's believe it or not odditorium. >> so who was robert ripley?he actually started as a newspaper journalist and through his travels became fascinated with the bizarre and unusual. was kinda like the real life indiana jones and lived by the adage that fact was stranger than fiction. >> the odditorium has hundreds of exhibits. from freaks of nature to medieval torture devices to some very strange customs. stephen ekstrom is our guide through this weird and wonderful place. >> there's so much to see, that i asked steven to show me his top five favorite exhibits. so where to do we start. >> this way, follow me. >> we're going to start with my fifth favorite attraction and that is the world's largest display of shrunken human heads. these are all real human heads like this one right here, that were shrunk by the havirov tribe of ecuador and peru. we've got about two dozen on display here and that's more than you'll find at the smithsonian. >> how does a head shrink like that? >> we actually have a ten-step recipe up on the wall, but it starts with beh

foot long, 4 foot tall spin on da vinci's masterpiece took 23 hours to create and landed a spot in ripley's believe it or not museum. >>> one dutch gamer will blow you away. he set a guinness world record for playing a video game while free falling. from with an indoor skydiving tunnel, he held control of the gaming device and himself for 18 1/2 minutes, three minutes longer than the time for a new record. his game of choice? mario brothers. good choice. >>> and this next hopeful wasn't playing around. he pulled three buses and an suv more than 40 feet with his hair. the 140,000 load might have seemed like nothing compared to his next world record attempt. he endured 350,000 building blocks being smacked on his head. surely, he would argue, it's all worth it. the new world champion set two new records. >> which one is more impressive to you? >> the building blocks. >> see, the hair thing -- you think the whole scalp would -- >> well, i bonk my head on a cabinet, and -- i'm a baby about it. >>> time now for an early look at some of the stories we'll follow throughout the day here on nbc -- i

russians thought most about this year two thousand and ten is quickly coming to an end this year ripley with major events on the political and economical scene has seriously tainted the world the russian public opinion research center conducted a survey and ask citizens what threatens them in today's world inflation tops the list the with fifty six percent fifty three percent are worried about alcoholism unemployment ranked third gonna ring four to six percent these figures have decreased over the year so that the outcomes of two thousand and ten could be called positive with most people expecting even a better life in two thousand and eleven. ok i talk about people's power but first to jim about the people's republic of china at the very end of this year we saw negotiations between the chinese officials and the e.u. about and i'll say what it is there's to be a lot of different ways of describing it but if china is helping to bail out the european union from all of its debts ok so i ask you in two thousand and ten would it be fair to say this is the year china stood up and started sayi

alice ripley had a tweet.this, is completely unacceptable and embarrassing to working actors everywhere. does someone have to day? where's the line or decisionmakers. what's your response? >> we appreciate everyone's concern for our safety. i guess you just get into this job. you know, it's an athletic event. there's something that has a certain amount of risk involved. people on our crew are amazing. they care or fur safety every day. and improvements to safety are -- we have to trust. we do trust them. we appreciate everyone's concern. but i think the only people more concerned than the other actors are the people in the crew. >> and you know everyone's looking out for you. >> yeah. you definitely feel it. >> patrick, you're a veteran. there's been blowback also on julie taymor, who has directed this. adam pascal says, you know, she should be charged. he was taking poetic license there. but what do you say to your fellow actors who think this is just across the line? that too many risks are being taken? >> i

ripley's believe it or not now plans to display it at one of their museums.erstand it. i'm just telling you what it is. >> good morning. the ultimate in recycling. let me just show you, though, this crowd. gang, let's show you the whole big thing here. this is absolutely amazing. giant crowd. all right. now let's get to the boards. happy friday, everybody. this is what it looks like outside as you're working your way through the eastern seaboard. 14 in minneapolis is a chilly number. these are what you'll be at right now if you walk out the door. raleigh, 20, jacksonville, as well. these numbers will come up ever so slightly by the time you get to afternoon. one place where it is warm, l.a. at 72 degrees. san diego showing off at about 71. we still have the big system into the northwest that delivered so much rain along the coastline and a real chance for avalanche where they've got a strong snowpack anywhere from idaho into montana and also i would say wyoming, as well. >> all right. good job. show your sign. we'll have more weather from times square in the