With a name like Dagger GT, one expects this car to be more than a little special and with only five being made in 2011, carrying a $450,000 price tag and reaching record breaking speeds of 505km/h, one’s initial suspicions are most definitely proved correct.

TranStar Racing’s latest supercar is closely framed on drag racing technology, in which a normally steel chassis has been replaced by an aluminium one, which makes the car lighter and consequently faster. Although this car’s immense speed capacity is mainly due to it being powered by a 9.4-litre twin turbo, which produces either 2000bhp or 2500bhp.

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With technology currently undergoing a ‘3D revolution’, it was only a matter of time before the conventional and nerdy looking 3D glasses were replaced for sleek, stylish, designer ones.

Renowned for creating the most innovative creativities in the world of fashion, luxury eyewear designer Alan Mikli has collaborated with the Korean manufacturing giants LG and launched a contemporary range of 3D glasses – Exuding style and taste without compromising comfort.

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Let’s face it, business class air travel doesn’t offer much more than slightly more leg room than in economy class, a few free packets of peanuts and an endless supply of drinks. Recognising the need to supply big spending customers with a little more luxury, Cathay Pacific is ‘official five-star airline’ is to launch a new ‘business class seat’.

The ‘business class seat’ is essentially a seat that folds down into a flat bed, allowing clients to lie back and stretch out their legs, before falling asleep and waking up at their destination – oh the joy! Not only does the business class seat provide significantly more legroom room than conventional business class tickets and infinitely more space than the likes of Ryanair, the seat comes equipped with a remote control to adjust its position, as well as for changing the channels of a personal widescreen in-flight entertainment system.

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Want to add a touch of glamour to a kitchen or bathroom? Nothing quite exudes an air of bedazzlement and exquisiteness like Swarovski crystals. If you are yearning to revamp a dull and mundane bathroom or kitchen into one fit for a palace, then some of the following crystallised objects could help. 

Swarovski Azeta Webert Faucet

The Swarovski Azeta Webert taps are guaranteed to bring a touch of class to any sink. These elegant, sleek, polished and contemporary taps are given an additional stroke of sophistication by a Swarovski crystal lever.

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Champagne was in fact discovered in France by accident in the 1700’s in the Champagne region when casks of wine were shipped out from France and the warm weather set off a secondary fermentation during the journey.

A more bizarre story, the traditional champagne glass was in fact invented after Marie Antoinette, who loved a party, decided to cast a wax mold of her breasts and make them into a glass to sip champagne from.

Finally, did you know that there are roughly 44 million tiny bubbles in a bottle of champagne and that a cork will escape a bottle of sparkling wine at 38-40 mph!

Here’s Façonnable’s top 5 champagnes…

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