Wednesday 25 December 2013

Guinness Record For Video Game Collection:10,607 Games



Thomasson is the newly crowned world record holder for having the largest collection of video games. He is featured in a two-page spread in the just-released "Guinness World Records 2014 Gamer's Edition."

the path to the world record had a couple of restarts. He sold off his collection twice, first in 1989 to raise money for a Sega Genesis, then again to pay for his 1998 wedding. ("I was heavy into collecting when we married so she knew what she was getting into," he says of his wife, JoAnn.).

Since then, Thomasson has methodically rebuilt the collection, averaging two games per day on a strict $3,000-a-year budget which means never paying full price.

He estimates the collection is worth $700,000 to $800,000.

Thomasson designs games and teaches 2D animation, game design and the history of video games at Canisius College in Buffalo. He also writes on the topic for magazines and books.

Guinness lists the number of games in Thomasson's record-breaking collection at 10,607, though he said the number exceeds 11,000 now, a year after the official count and after discovering forgotten stashes of games after the counting crew left.

The record was previously held by Richard Lecce in 2010 at 8,616 games

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Michael  Thomasson




Wednesday 11 December 2013

Thursday 5 December 2013

Wednesday 4 December 2013

A Man Had Sex With A GOAT

The victim of a sexual assault showed up to court to face her attacker. She was a goat.
Katana Kitsao Gona, a 28-year-old man from Kenya, was sentenced to 10 years in jail after admitting he had sex with a goat, KTN Kenya reported Friday.
The goat Gona was convicted of sexually abusing was present, brought there by prosecutors as evidence in the case.
Gona was caught committing the crime last Monday, Prosecuting Chief Inspector Jimmy Kema said.
The neighbor told prosecutors he went to urinate behind a bush, when he noticed clothes hanging on a tree. He investigated and found Gona, naked, having sex with the goat. The victim was tied up to graze, according to The Star.
The owner of the goat was alerted, along with other villagers who caught Gona engaging in the abuse. Police
quickly took him into custody.
katana gona goat sex
This goat was abused by a baaaaa-d man.

A report from the district's veterinary officer noted that blood was found coming from its vulva, further evidence of sexual abuse.
Though Gona asked for a pardon in court, saying he had a disabled wife who depended on him, Magistrate Mrs. Muthoni Nzibe gave him the 10-year sentence -- a record sentence in that court for bestiality.

Friday 29 November 2013

Wednesday 27 November 2013

Ad on popular portal: Woman on sale for Rs 2,000

KOLKATA: Sub kuch bikta hai (Everything Sells). When OLX India, which claims to be the next generation of free online classifieds, adopted this slogan, those in charge of the portal may not have thought it would come to this.

On October 26, somebody uploaded the photograph of a young woman in an advertisement and offered her for Rs 2,000. The name and telephone number of a contact person was also given.

Captioned '22Years girl — Kolkata', the classified advertisement said: "I am Soumen Barui i am the ajent of the girl. If u interest enjoying this girl please contract me. please not on fake call."

When Barui was contacted on the telephone number published, he lost his cool initially and said that it was a wrong number. On being told that the caller wasn't interested whether he is actually an 'ajent', he calmed down.
"You don't know how many calls I have received since Sunday. People have been calling up and asking about some girl. Finally, I checked the internet and realized that somebody had played this prank on me. I don't know why somebody would want to cause me such distress. Finally, I lodged a complaint with the Bijpur police station in Kanchrapara. I realized that if I don't do so, I am liable to get into legal trouble. I shall visit the police station on Wednesday again and insist that the authorities try and find out who the prankster is," Barui said.
TOI got in touch with Amarjit Batra, country manager, OLX India, on Tuesday afternoon. He wasn't even aware that something like this has taken place. Keeping the line on hold, he checked the site, and was taken aback by what he discovered.

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Tuesday 26 November 2013

A car Which Ended Up On A Roof

Police in South Carolina are investigating how a car ended up on the roof of a Forest Acres home early Saturday.
According to WIS-TV, an officer with Columbia police tailed the vehicle after witnessing what looked like a drug deal. The driver took off, driving erratically without headlights on.
The officer followed the vehicle and eventually came upon it wrecked on the roof of a suburban home.
car roof house
The suspect was nowhere to be found, but investigators found crack cocaine and cash in the vehicle.
Homeowner Steve Taylor told WIS that he was awakened by a loud bang around 2:30 a.m., and was told by police in his yard that there was a car on the roof.
"I stepped out into the yard and looked back up, and there was a car on the roof." Taylor said. "It was alarming as you can imagine... I still didn't believe it, once I saw it."

Monday 25 November 2013

Wednesday 20 November 2013

Teenager goes out drinking in Oldham - and wakes up in PARIS


What a Triomphe: Luke at monument
Luke at monument
 
Most of us have done something stupid after a night on the tiles... but not many of us woken up in Paris.
But that’s what happened to Luke Harding after going out in Oldham.
Luke, 19, was going home in a taxi from the Tokyo Project nightclub when he decided to visit the Eiffel Tower.
He had his passport in his pocket because he had been using it as ID to prove he was old enough to drink - and told the cabby to take him to Manchester Airport where he boarded an early morning flight to France.
The next thing he remembered was waking up in a toilet cubicle in Charles De Gaulle Airport, almost 400 miles from his home in Oldham.

He later tweeted a photo of himself stood next to the Eiffel Tower and a second pic with the caption: “Sat outside the Arc De Triumph eating a croissant.”
The sheet metal worker said: “I went to drop my friend off at his house in a taxi but for some reason I randomly decided that I don’t want to go home but stay out instead.
“I found my passport which I’d been using for ID and was looking at this flight app on my phone and it was saying something like ‘cheap flights to Paris’.
“I decided the best thing to do was book a flight to see the Eiffel tower. It was just a spur of the moment thing and seemed like a good idea at the time.
“The taxi driver asked me about where I was going and what I was going to do in Paris but I couldn’t bring myself to tell him I was a drunken idiot who spontaneously booked a trip to Paris, so I sold him some story that I was a junior doctor going to a convention.
“I don’t recall much of the flight because I fell asleep and then the next thing I know I find myself lay next to a toilet in a cubicle in the middle of Charles De Gaulle airport and thinking what the hell have I just done?
“I rang my mum and said ‘don’t panic mum but can you pick me up at Manchester Airport at 8pm?’
"Then I told her what I had done and she went mental at me.
“I had 8 hours to kill so I booked a bus into Paris and had a wander around.
Cavendish Press - Manchester
Where the night began: Tokyo Project nightclub in Oldham
 
"I did get to see the Eiffel Tower but there was a massive queue so I didn’t get to go up it but at least I had my picture taken outside the Arc de Triumph and I went to a cafe for coffee and a croissant and sat outside.”
Since then Luke has become a Twitter sensation as news of his big night out spread.
Luke was inundated with messages from Twitter users amused by his escapade.
Dale Harris said: ‘“Don’t even know Luke Harding but I want to shake his hand.”

Catarina Migliorini Attempts Second Online Virginity Auction

The Brazilian college student who attempted to sell her virginity through an online auction last year is hoping lightning will strike twice.
In October, 2012, Catarina Migliorini was offered $780,000 for her virginity from a Japanese millionaire who bid for the privilege through a controversial online auction.
That deal was never consummated, but now she is attempting to do it again through her own website, VirginsWanted2.com.
"Well, after being featured by so many media outlets in so many countries, I decided to actually auction off my virginity," she told The Huffington Post by email via a translator.
The bidding ends Dec. 12, but Migliorini said the minimum bid for her to get into bed is $100,000. She told the Brazilian website PurePeople.com.br that her goal is to get $1.5 million.
Migliorini's previous auction was part of a proposed documentary called Virgins Wanted being made by Australian filmmaker Justin Sisely.
The auction made Migliorini a celebrity and Playboy cover girl in her native country, but also aroused controversy and skepticism.

Tuesday 19 November 2013

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Facebook Facts

  • 1 in every 13 people on Earth is on Facebook
  • 35+ demographic represents more than 30% of the entire user base
  • 71.2 % of all USA internet users are on Facebook
  • In 20 minutes 1,000,000 links are shared on Facebook
  • In 20 minutes 1,484,000 event invites are posted
  • In 20 minutes 1,323,000 photos are tagged
  • In 20 minutes 1,851,000 status updates are entered
  • In 20 minutes 1.972 million friend requests are accepted
  • In 20 minutes 2,716,000 photos are uploaded
  • In 20 minutes 2,716,000 messages are sent
  • In 20 minutes 10.2 million comments are posted
  • In 20 minutes 1,587,000 wall posts are written
  • 750 million photos were uploaded to Facebook over New Year’s weekend
  • 48% of young Americans said they found out about news through Facebook
  • 48% of 18 to 34 year olds check Facebook right when they wake up
  • 50% of active users log on to Facebook in any given day
  • Average user has 130 friends
  • People spend over 700 billion minutes per month on Facebook
  • There are over 900 million objects that people interact with (pages, groups, events and community pages)
  • Average user is connected to 80 community pages, groups and events
  • Average user creates 90 pieces of content each month
  • More than 30 billion pieces of content (web links, news stories, blog posts, notes, photo albums, etc.) shared each month.
  • More than 70 translations available on the site
  • About 70% of Facebook users are outside the United States
  • Over 300,000 users helped translate the site through the translations application
  • Entrepreneurs and developers from more than 190 countries build with Facebook Platform
  • People on Facebook install 20 million applications every day
  • Every month, more than 250 million people engage with Facebook on external websites
  • Since social plugins launched in April 2010, an average of 10,000 new websites integrate with Facebook every day
  • More than 2.5 million websites have integrated with Facebook, including over 80 of comScore’s U.S. Top 100 websites and over half of comScore’s Global Top 100 websites
  • There are more than 250 million active users currently accessing Facebook through their mobile devices
  • People that use Facebook on their mobile devices are twice as active on Facebook than non-mobile users.
  • There are more than 200 mobile operators in 60 countries working to deploy and promote Facebook mobile products
  • Al Pacino’s face was on the original Facebook homepage
  • One early Facebook function was a file sharing service
  • The first “Work Networks” as well as the original educational networks  included Apple and Microsoft
  • The meaning of the term poke has never been defined
  • There is an ‘App’ to see what’s on the Facebook cafe menu
  • Mark Zuckerburg (CEO of Facebook) calls himself a “Harvard Graduate” when in fact he didn’t graduate (apparently his reply is that “there isn’t a setting for dropout”)
  • Australian’s spend more time per month on Facebook than any other country at over 7 hours on average
  • A Facebook employee hoodie sold for $4,000 on eBay
  • Facebook was initially bank-rolled by Peter Thiel the co-founder of PayPal for $500,000
  • It is the second biggest website by traffic behind Google (at the moment)
  • Facebook is now valued at approximately $80 billion
  • Facebook makes money through advertising  and virtual products
  • Facebook was almost shut down by a lawsuit by ConnectU who claimed that Zuckerburg stole the idea and Technology for Facebook (the issue was settled out of court)
  • The USA has the largest Facebook user base with 155 million people which represents 23.6% of Facebook’s total users
  • There is over 16,000,000 Facebook fan pages
  • Texas Hold’em Poker is the most popular Facebook page with over 41 million fans
  • More than 650 million active users

  • Read more at http://www.jeffbullas.com/2011/04/28/50-fascinating-facebook-facts-and-figures/#KMRWFGmHQQH8pWFz.99
     
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    Sunday 6 October 2013

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    Monday 30 September 2013

    Sunlight Reflected Off a Building Melts Objects

    The "Walkie Talkie Building," a name Londoners have given a distinctively shaped skyscraper near Saint Paul's Cathedral, has been in the news this week after reflected sunlight from its mirrored facade melted the side mirrors and panels on a Jaguar XJ parked on a nearby street.

    So how on Earth does a skyscraper melt a car?

    Sunday 29 September 2013

    The Most Haunted Places on Earth

    As children we have heard a lot many fairy tales but with those fairy tales we have also heard some scary ghost stories as well. Well even though we hardly recall the fairy tales but for sure we remember the freaky ghost stories. They still haunt us in our dreams. If this is not enough to digest then let us brief you about some best haunted places on earth that would really give you that real jolt. Drowse yourself in a pure hair raising experience.

    Bhangarh Fort, India

    Bhangarh Fort / Castle is located on the way to Alwar and Jaipur in Rajasthan in India. As per a legend there was a black magic sorcerer who cursed the residents of the palace that they all would die an unnatural death and their spirits will stay there for centuries to haunt the castle for time immemorial. This fort would really freak any living mortal. One can seldom find a temporary household in the close periphery of this fort. Let us reveal you one more fact about this place. The village households found here are without roofs as there persists a popular belief and experience that the moment a rooftop is built on a house it collapses. This is said to be the most freaky place in India. Believe us it is also said that anybody who has been to this place after dusk never comes back !

    Highgate Cemetery, North London, England

    This is just like watching a horror flick of Alfred Hitchcock in reality. By the time dusk settles down the ultimate horror environment starts to descend on the panorama. Highgate cemetery is one ideal place for ghost hunters. Headless statues, creaky pathways, unmanaged grass pavements and lest we forget the typical hooting of owls is a common feature to be found in this place. High gate cemetery also scores the top slot in being the haunted places in United Kingdom. Still one cannot ignore the Gothic architecture, beautiful serene ambiance and lest we forget the shivery silence which overrules the entire arena!

    Screaming Tunnel, Niagara Falls, Ontario

    This one is for those brave hearts boasting hard of their fearless spirits. This is located beneath the railway track that connects Niagara falls to Toronto and New York. As per a legend about a century ago there was a farm house located just near the south entrance of this tunnel. One night the farm house caught fire and a young girl doused in flame screaming for help running wild.Nobody knows the story how the farm house caught fire. She ran through the tunnel if in case she could get some help but alas she was burnt completely and collapsed. So from that day onwards whoever tries lighting a match in the tunnel the spirit comes out screaming and haunting the person till dead.Some say you might also see the ghost of the girl’s father coming into the end of the tunnel.

    Changi Beach, Singapore 

    Changi Beach in Singapore is the ultimate one. The Changi beach in Singapore is believed of being a popular killing ground of the Chinese soldiers by the Japanese during the second world war. Thousands of Chinese soldiers were tortured and killed during this operation as they were suspected by the Japanese of getting into anti Japanese activities. This beach stands witness to the killing of innumerable innocent chinese. Till date beach combers thronging to this place could hear the screams and weeping of people. Often at night people could also find deep dig pits as that needed for burials of dead bodies. The most horrifying is that some beach combers have found headless bodies of chinese soldiers on the beach at night.

    Monte Cristo, New South Wales, Australia

    Monte Christo mansion is recalled by travellers as a place which shouldn't even haunt the memories. As per people's version Mrs Crawley the owner of this mansion locked herself up after the death of her husband and never came out in the rest 23 years of her life except for once. She died in there and her spirit lingers in the mansion. Passerby could hear the shrills and weeping of a woman. People who visit the mansion get suffocated as if some spirit is trying to press in them. They get respite of the shackles only when they come out. Instances have also been cited of people turning blue.

    Saturday 28 September 2013

    Amazing Facts



    • The turkey was domesticated in Mexico and brought to Europe in the 16th century.
    • A large amount of the dust in you home is actually dead skin.
    • Our sun has an expected lifetime of about 11 billion years. 
    • The colour blue has a calming effect. It causes the brain to release calming hormones.
    • The largest McDonald's is in Beijing, China - measuring 28,000 square feet. It has twenty nine cash registers.

    Some Amazing Bridges Around the World


     The following pictures of bridges around the world should be viewed with caution because they might cause serious travel fever. The bridges’ vital stats are not only amazing because they are the world’s tallest and longest; they also fulfill important environmental promises – cutting down traffic, shortening trade routes, connecting countries, or making car, train, bicycle or pedestrian travel not only faster but also so much more stylish!

    Human Facts

    While sitting at your desk make clockwise circles with your right foot. (go ahead no one will see you) While doing this, draw the number “6″ in the air with your right hand.
    Your foot will change direction – that is a fact. Pretty interesting, huh? Keep on reading..

    Wednesday 25 September 2013

    Facts about Boeing

    • The total electrical capacity of a 747-8 can power up to 480,000 thirty-two inch flat screen televisions. 
    • The 747-8 is able to travel the length of three FIFA football fields in one second.
    • The 747-8 is able to travel the length of a standard 42.195 km marathon in 2.5 minutes.
    • The 747-8 tail height is 63 ft 6 in (19.5 m), equivalent to a six-story building.
    • The 747-8 is the longest commercial aircraft 250 ft 2 in (76.3 m).

    Tuesday 24 September 2013

    Dull residents hope to be linked to Boring

    Residents of a small Scottish village called Dull are confident they will become a "sister community" with the US town of Boring.
    Dull, in Perthshire, and Boring forged an unlikely link when Elizabeth Leighton, who lives in Aberfeldy, near the Scottish village, was on a cycling holiday in the US.

    Monday 23 September 2013

    Dead Paramedic Buried in coffin painted as Ambulance

    OSLO, Norway-- A paramedic from Norway who died recently was buried in a coffin decorated like an ambulance, his family said.
    Before Paul Rorset was buried, his coffin was taken on a procession to his childhood home and was then carried to Otroy church in Midsund municipality by his co-workers, who dressed in full uniform, The Local.no reported.
    "He said that he wanted it, but he said it almost as a joke," his daughter Jeanette Rorset told TV2. "But the ambulance service was such an important part of his life, and he worked around the clock, so we decided to do it."
    The coffin was painted by the same company that paints the ambulances Rorset used to drive.
    "They were a little skeptical of the mission at first, but later they found it quite fun," said local undertaker Arild Kirkeland.



    Fun Facts About Bats

    Bats are one of the only mammals known to feed on blood. They are also the only mammals capable of flight. There are more than 900 species of bats found all over the world; some experts say there are more than 1,200 species.

    Sunday 22 September 2013

    One man holds 35 unbeaten world records in pole vaulting!


    Serhiy Nazorovych Bubka is a retired Ukrainian pole vaulter. He represented the Soviet Union until it's dissolution 1991.Throughout his athletic career he won multiple awards, such as six consecutive IAAF World Championships, Olympics gold and broke the world record for men’s pole vaulting 35 times!

    Saturday 21 September 2013

    Snake preserved in wine bites woman

    China – A woman in northern China was rushed to hospital after she was bitten by a snake that had been pickled in wine for three months.
    The surprise attack happened after Liu, from Shuangcheng, Heilongjiang Province, opened the bottle to add more alcohol, reports the Global Times.

    Friday 20 September 2013

    Musical Chills

    Have you ever had the experience of listening to a favourite piece of music and suddenly you get a little spikey feeling running down your spine?

    The Guinness World Record For the Longest Kiss



     PATTAYA, Thailand -- Hospital security guard Ekkachai Tiranarat, 44, and 33-year-old housewife Laksana locked lips for 58 hours, 35 minutes and 58 seconds, during the "kissing marathon" being held at Ripley's Museum in Pattaya, smashing last year's Guinness World Record by more than eight hours and setting the new world record for the Longest Kiss.

    Woman gets speeding ticket while car in repair shop

    Edmonton, Canada resident, Sheila Taschuk took her Honda Element in to a repair shop and was surprised when she received a speeding ticket for a violation that occurred when the car was supposed to be at the shop. As reported by Global News, the warranty work required that her car stay at Boyd Autobody & Glass for two-and-a-half weeks.

    Thursday 19 September 2013

    Buy a wife from Vietnam for 6000$

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    Exorcism: Facts and Fictions

    The belief that demons exist and can possess people is of course the stuff of fiction and horror films — but it is also one of the most widely-held religious beliefs in the world. Most religions claim that humans can be possessed by demonic spirits (the Bible, for example, recounts six instances of Jesus casting out demons), and offer exorcisms to remedy this threat.

    World's First Test-Tube Burger!!!!

    World’s First Test-tube Burger
    It may look like something you’d chuck on the barbecue without a second thought, but this round of meat costs a very beefy £250,000 — as the world’s first test-tube burger.

    After the patty was lightly fried in a little butter and sunflower oil yesterday, the two volunteers chosen to taste it in front of a live audience were hardly effusive, though.

    ‘I was expecting the texture to be more soft,’ said Austrian food researcher Hanni Rutzler, taking 27 chews before being able to swallow a mouthful. ‘It’s close to meat — it’s not that juicy.’

    Good Pools Worldwide

    Swim Literally In The Back Yard

    Devilishly stylish, ridiculously smart and seductively comfortable this is a pool one can build for himself with not so many means but above all else with a lot of brain, desire and the will to entertain himself.

    Some cool facts

    • It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
    • A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.
    • Between 1937 and 1945 Heinz produced a version of Alphabetti Spaghetti especially for the German market that consisted solely of little pasta swastikas.
    • By law, every child in Belgium must take harmonica lessons at Primary school.
    • On average, a human being will have sex more than 3,000 times and spend two weeks kissing in their lifetime.

    Saturday 14 September 2013

    Woman Stoned To Death For Sending Husband Facebook Requests

       Punjab, INDIA — 32-year-old Indira Mahajan was stoned to death today after being found guilty by the Haryana High court of Punjab, India. Her husband, 51-year-old Bijan Kumar Mahajan said he is thrilled with the ruling and says the court’s decision brings much happiness to his friends and family.

    Thursday 12 September 2013

    A Student Sues School After Failing a class!!!!!

    There’s no better way to learn than hands-on experience, and hopefully that’s especially true for one law student who wasn’t doing so hot in the classroom.
    Jackson Milkman, who is currently in his third year at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, is reportedly suing the school after school officials told him he must retake a course in order to complete his law degree program.

    Sunday 8 September 2013

    The Smallest Dog Living

    Pocket-sized pets remain one of the most fascinating areas of the Guinness World Records database, with petite dogs arguably the most popular of all our animal records.
    Guinness World Records currently has two main categories for petite pooches: Smallest dog living (height) and Smallest dog living (length).

    Saturday 7 September 2013

    Monkey Attacked Baby, Tore Off Testicle And Ate It

    A vicious monkey attack at a wildlife park in Guiyang, China, maimed an 8-month-old boy, according to Chinese state media.
    The boy's mother was changing his dirty diaper at Guiyang Qianling Wildlife Park, where monkeys roam free. The animal reportedly attacked the boy, tearing off his testicle and dropping it. According to the Mirror, a man recovered the testicle, but the monkey then "snatched it from his hand before scampering away and eating it."
    There is conflicting information about the attack. The Daily Mail reported that both of the boy's testicles were torn off, but that only one was eaten by the monkey.
    The boy has been hospitalized. Though disfiguring, his injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.
    Just two months ago, an Arkansas man paralyzed from the waist down awoke to "burning pain" in his midsection, and was horrified to discover that a stray dog he had taken in had eaten one of his testicles while he slept.

    Saturday 31 August 2013

    A man holds the Guinness Records for the most no. of records!!!


    56-year-old Ashrita Furman of New York City has set 311 records since 1979 and still currently holds 123 of them (including the record for the most records held at one time)! His first record was for the most jumping jacks performed - a whopping 27,000!.

    All of his records which he currently holds or previously holded are as follows:



    Thursday 29 August 2013

    Some Interesting Facts you dont know about Music

    Birthdays are known to be a costly affair and for a reason! Did you know that if you sang “Happy Birthday to You” for commercial purposes, you could be sued!
    Yes, The song “Happy Birthday To You” is not a public-domain composition. The publishing rights are owned by a subsidiary of Warner Communications, and a performance fee must be paid every time it is used for commercial purposes.
     
    Termites eat wood twice as fast when listening to heavy metal music.
     

    Wednesday 28 August 2013

    Many Amazing Facts about Animals-II

    • A goldfish is the only animal that can see infrared and ultraviolet light.
    • One in 5,000 North Atlantic lobsters are born bright blue.
    • A snail can sleep for 3 years.
    • A group of jelly fish is called a smack.
    • The oceans contain 99 percent of the living space on the planet.
    • The fingerprints of koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans, so much so that they could be confused at a crime scene.
    • There are 701 types of pure breed dogs.
    • There are about 100 breeds of cats.
    • A tiger's paw prints are called pug marks.
    • Over 100,000 birds, whales, seals and turtles worldwide are killed by plastic rubbish every year. Marine life, in particular turtles, is prone to mistaking plastic bags for jellyfish, ingesting them and dying of intestinal blockage.
    • Infant beavers are called kittens.
    • The fastest bird, the spine-tailed swift, can fly as fast as 106mph.
    • Slugs have 4 noses.

    Many Amazing Facts about Animals-I

    • A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.
    • A bee must visit 4,000 flowers in order to make one tablespoon of honey.
    • Humpback whales create the loudest sound of any living creature.
    • Bald eagles may use the same nest year after year, adding more twigs and branches each time. One nest was found that had been used for 34 years and weighed over two tons.
    • Great White Sharks can go as long as three months without eating.
    • A bee can see the colors green, blue and ultra-violet - but red looks like black.
    • A giant squid’s eyes have a diameter of 15 inches which are the largest of any animal.
    • A zebra is white with black stripes.

    Tuesday 27 August 2013

    Very Interesting Facts About The Whales


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    There is certainly plenty of fascinating aspects about whales to be aware of. You may be surprised at some of the characteristics as well as behaviors of these delightful mammals.

    1. Whales need to breathe air
    You likely already know that whales breathe by taking in air though their blowhole.
    2. Whales can’t sleep for very long?
    This is because they have to remember to go to the surface for air as needed.

    3. Whales' brain sleep one half at the time

    In order to make sure that whales perform the basic functions to breathe, only one half of their brain will sleep at a time. This is the only way that they are able to get the amount of rest that they need and still take care of this function that is necessary for their bodies to survive.
    4. Whale Males are not easy to identify.
    It is common for male whales to be misidentified out there due to the location of their genitals. When they aren’t in use, these parts of the body are actually tucked inside of a cavity. This allows them to swim faster. Therefore you do need to really look at other factors before you classify a whale as either male or female.

    5. Whales are mammals, calves grow inside their mothers.

    Do you know that newborn whales are born fin first which means the back end of their body first? Researchers believe this is done so that the calf is less likely to drown when it is born. All of their young are born alive and are able to be cared for immediately after birth.
    6. Whales are cetaceans, mammals fully adapted to aquatic life.

    Whales are believed to be the only mammals that are able to adapt to the changing environment in the waters. This is important due to the impact that humans have had on their natural living environment.

    7. Whales swim as fast as 30 miles per hour.

    Whales can swim at a rate of about 30 miles per hour. However, most people think they are much slower because they often don’t have to be in such a hurry so they simply glide around the water.
    8. Whales have hair.

    Most people don’t think that whales have hair but they do. However, it is very thin and very light so unless you are seeing one up close you wouldn’t think it was there at all.

    9. Whales are warm blooded.
    Whales are warm blooded mammals so they have to keep a high body temperature. Since they don’t have much hair they rely on layers of fat called blubber. You will find that the younger whales have more hair than the adults. As a baby gets older it will develop more blubber and then the hair will start to disappear.
    10. Whales are the largest animals in the world.

    You likely are aware of the fact that whales can be extremely large. The Blue Whale is the biggest one out there. Most experts agree that the Blue Whale is the largest mammal that ever been on Earth as well as the loudest. They can be up to 105 feet long. The smallest whale is the Dwarf Sperm Whale. It is only about 8 feet long.
    11. The most dangerous predators for Whales are humans

    The only predator that whales have to content with are humans. They aren’t bothered by any other creatures in the water. However, the changes to their food source, hunting by humans, and even pollution to the waters that they live in can affect their abilities to survive which is why they continue to try to adapt to the environment that they are in.
    As you can see, there are plenty of facts that are fun to learn about whales. Exploring them in more detail is a great way to enhance your knowledge of these amazing mammals. You may find that you want to learn all you can about them because they are definitely interesting and enjoyable creatures.

    Monday 26 August 2013

    More Facts...

      TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard.

    You can’t kill yourself by holding your breath.

    Money isn’t made out of paper. It’s made out of cotton.

    Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will digest itself.

    The dot over the letter “i” is called a tittle.

    A duck’s quack doesn’t echo. No one knows why!

    The “spot” on the 7-Up comes from its inventor who had red eyes – he was an albino. ’7′ was because the original containers were 7 ounces and ‘UP’ indicated the direction of the bubbles.

    Chocolate can kill dogs, as it contains theobromine, which affects their heart and nervous system.

    Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.

    There are only two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: “abstemious” and “facetious.”

    If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.

    Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to slow film down so you could see his moves.

    The original name for butterfly was flutterby.

    By raising your legs slowly and laying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand.

    Dogs and cats, like humans, are either right or left handed.

    Interesting Facts

     Our eyes remain the same size from birth onward, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

      The Barbie doll’s full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.

      The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows.

      Ants never sleep!

      When the moon is directly overhead, you will weigh slightly less.

      Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, never called his wife or mother because they were both deaf.

      “I Am” is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

      Babies are born without knee caps – actually, they’re made of cartilage and the bone hardens between the ages of 2 and 6 years.

    Highway robbery: Russian man steals road

    A MAN has been arrested after he stole 82 reinforced concrete slabs that made up a road in northwestern Russia.
    The man, in his 40s, has admitted to using an industrial manipulator to dismantle the slabs from the road that links the village of Parcheg in the republic of Komi with the Vychegda River, The Moscow Times reports.
    The slabs, worth  200,000 rubles ($6,100), were then loaded onto three trucks, which police later stopped, the regional interior department said in a statement.
    The man faces up to two years in prison for the theft.
     

    Male spiders can sniff out a well fed female spider

    Simply by taking a little saunter across the female’s web, a male black widow can sense if a female is hungry or not. Why does it matter? Because female black widow spiders have a rather freaky habit of eating the male after mating. It’s how they earned their dangerous name.


    The Smell Of Safety
    Males have developed this very useful technique, which tells them whether or not a female has recently eaten. But if a female is hungry, she would be more likely to cannibalize the male spider. They take a sniff of those silk strands and then decide if they want to proceed or scurry away. A new study discovered this interesting skill and published the findings in the journal Animal Behaviour. So, how do researchers actually go about testing something like this?
    Feeding Time For The Ladies
    First things first. The researchers fed a bunch of hungry female back widow spiders. Using a cricket neatly held between forceps, they rested it on the web and waited for the female to come over, wrap the cricket in silk and chow down. The females got one cricket each week. Yet, by the time the fourth week came around, they weren’t so hungry anymore and didn’t really want to eat the crickets.

    Another bunch of female black widow spiders were starved for a few weeks. It apparently didn’t put their lives at risk, but they did get a bit smaller. Now, let’s find out what happened when a male was placed on the web of a well fed or a starved spider.

    Since the male spiders can pick up scents with their feet, they were able to figure out the difference from one female to another just by walking on the web. Normally, a male black widow spider has a special dance he does to court the female.
    In this experiment, the males danced far more actively on the webs of well fed females. Smart dudes! If anything, dancing and mating would leave them ready to eat – not be eaten! Typically, they dance around for an hour or two, which sure shows their dedication to the purpose. They wave their legs and pluck and tap at the web in a unique way, so that unlike prey they show the female they are interested to mate rather than become dinner.
    If Only I Had Such Powers
    Now I have a strong sense of smell but definitely nothing like these male black widow spiders. It’s too bad because I’m really scared of spiders even though I know most are harmless. If I had my way, I’d be able to simply smell any spider from several meters away. That would give my timid self enough time to run!

    Sunday 25 August 2013

    Photos of tot wearing watermelon pants go viral in China

    BEIJING: A Chinese father's bizarre method to beat the heat has become an Internet hit in the country after he posted photos of his toddler dressed in watermelon shorts.

    The toddler's father in Wenzhou city worked all day to create the fruit attire, complete with a watermelon helmet and shoes, to keep the boy cool in the hot weather, media reports said.

    While most Chinese netizens think watermelon shorts are adorable and funny, some believe they may be uncomfortable due to the moisture in the fruit.

    Dressing babies up in watermelons is a new trend in China, first reported by state news agency Xinhua last month.

    The pictures of the baby in watermelon garb, doing rounds on the Internet, were first posted on Sina Weibo, a Chinese microblogging website, according to New York Magazine 'The Cut'.

    Saturday 24 August 2013

    Random Amazing Facts

    Why are private sector psychiatrists in the U.S trading their cozy lives for 4 years in the U.S Army ? For the $272,000.00 Sign on bonus currently being offered.

    The automatic popup bread toaster was patented before the bread slicing machine. 1919 and 1928. That’s right, people sliced their own bread for the toaster for almost a decade before sliced bread was sold.

    Meteorites were very important to ancient Egyptians, they created jewelry from meteorites by hammering it into shape making beads and other designs. The jewelry was often buried with loved ones.

    After spending 17 years underground, 2013 is the year the Cicada bug is expected to emerge by the billions on the east coast of the United States. Some estimate trillions will arrive.

    The worlds largest yacht is 590 feet (approximately 197 yards) long and 94,000 horsepower.

    The restaurant ‘White Castle’ is Americas oldest and 1st hamburger chain.

    Delaware Students Build World's Tallest LEGO Tower


    Students Build World's Tallest LEGO Tower


    A team of students from Wilmington, Del., spent their entire summer vacation breaking a Guinness World Record.
    The students from John Dickinson High School erected a 112-foot tower of more than 500,000 LEGO bricks – breaking the previous record set by the city of Prague in the Czech Republic, who built a 106-foot tower, according to Gizmodo.
    Instead of going to camp or on vacation, the students spent their entire summer vacation building the tower. The last brick was put into place Monday in front of Guinness World Record Book representatives

    Central Pa. farmer's corn crop yields 4-headed ear

    HANOVER, Pa. (AP) — When farmer Ben Klunk tells people about the mutant corn he found, they're all ears.
    Klunk said Wednesday he discovered an ear of sweet corn with four heads on his central Pennsylvania farm and has been keeping it in his refrigerator.
    Klunk said that when he pulled the corn out of the crop he initially thought there was mud holding it together, but his wife said that wasn't the case.
    "It started out as one," Marie Klunk said, "and then it split, and then another one split."
    The farmer, who's 81, said he's never seen corn multiply in such a way: He'd never found a double- or triple-headed ear of corn, let alone a quadruple one.
    "And I've pulled a lot of sweet corn!" he said.
    The Klunks said they don't plan to eat the corn, which was pulled from their farmland in Hanover, 20 miles southwest of the state capital, Harrisburg, and was first reported by The Evening Sun newspaper. They said if it stays fresh for another 10 days they'll enter it into a contest at the South Mountain 4-H Fair.
    But the Klunks aren't sure it'll last that long in the refrigerator and suspect it's already turning. If that happens, they said, they'll just throw the mutated husk away.

    Lightning strikes pregnant mother, brings on birth of baby girl

    A PREGNANT New Mexico woman has survived a bolt from the blue to give birth to a bouncing baby girl.
    Authorities say Kendra Villanueva and the baby's father Ian Gordon were watching fireworks with friends on July 4 when lightning struck both of them in the front yard of an Albuquerque home.
    “We were actually going inside because we heard the lightning and the thunder,” .
    "The next thing we know, we woke up on the ground and everybody was just trying to keep us calm.”
     Mother, father and baby survived relatively unscathed.
    The couple named the baby Kimberly Samantha Rose Gordon and said they'll also call her "little Flash Gordon."
    Ian Gordon says the new parents are hoping their new daughter will "run fast, or save the universe."


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    Friday 23 August 2013

    Sleep Artist

     A SLEEP artist is set to appear at one of London's most bizarre attractions after shocking sleep experts with his artistic talents.


    Lee-Hadwin-is-a-sleep-artist-who-paints-and-draws-whilst-asleep Lee Hadwin is a sleep artist who paints and draws whilst asleep
    Lee Hadwin, who is described as a ‘sleep walking artist,' has allowed a series of his drawings and paintings as well as videos of him doing them, to be shown at popular tourist attraction Ripley's Believe It Or Not!
    On Friday, Lee himself will make an appearance at the Piccadilly Circus venue where he will be meeting members of the public and signing his prints, which he creates whilst in a state of sleep.
    "The Ripley’s Believe It or Not! brand is such a good fit for my pieces," Hadwin said. "I’m excited to have a pop-up exhibition somewhere that celebrates all that is different and I hope that the visitors will enjoy my unusual talent and the pieces I’ve created."
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    Hadwin has been described by the Edinburgh Sleep Clinic and the Art World as truly "unique." He has been studied by doctors and scientists both in the UK and overseas but his nocturnal artistic activities are a still mystery.
    Despite having had no artistic training, he has been producing pieces of artwork in his sleep since the age of four.
    However, he is unable to produce such pieces whilst awake but his skills whilst asleep have developed over the years to become more detailed and demand for his pieces from art galleries and exhibitions across the globe continues to grow.

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    Some Facts....

    If you have 3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar. The numbers '172' can be found on the back of the U.S. $5 dollar bill in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial.

    President Kennedy was the fastest random speaker in the world with upwards of 350 words per minute.

    In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator.

     Odontophobia is the fear of teeth.

    The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottles represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had.

    In the early days of the telephone, operators would pick up a call and use the phrase, "Well, are you there?". It wasn't until 1895 that someone suggested answering the phone with the phrase "number please?"

    The surface area of an average-sized brick is 79 cm squared.

    According to suicide statistics, Monday is the favored day for self-destruction.

    Cats sleep 16 to 18 hours per day.

    The most common name in the world is Mohammed.


    Random Facts

    1) SNAILS have 14175 teeth laid along 135 rows on their tongue.

    2) A BUTTERFLY has 12,000 eyes.

    3) DOLPHINS sleep with 1 eye open.

    4) A BLUE WHALE can eat as much as 3 tonnes of food everyday, but at the same time can live without food for 6 months.

    Thursday 22 August 2013

    High Heels were made for men to wear originally!!!

    It’s probably fair to say that any woman’s wardrobe simply wouldn’t be complete without a pair of striking killer heels. From kitten heel slip-ons, sensible court shoes, and sensational summer wedges, women today really are spoilt for choice when it comes to footwear.
    men-heelsHeels have been a part of fashion for many centuries but surprisingly enough, these elegant shoes which give extra height and posture were not solely reserved for women. Dukes and Monarchs alike (Louis XIV in particular) were well known for their extravagant shoes with elaborate decorations sometimes depicting scenes of battle. Back in those days, many shoes that were custom designed for Louis XIV boasted a heel of anywhere up to ten inches!
    While heels are predominantly reserved for women, there have been occasions throughout history where they have featured heavily as a practical and fashion element for men. Let’s take the Romans for example;  both men and women wore sandals with a platform heel, known as Cothurns, in an attempt to raise the wearer above the mud and rubbish in the streets. Cowboy boots were first developed as an attempt to stop the foot sliding through stirrups while on horseback, and of course, who could forget the highly popular platform shoes worn by both men and women during the 1970’s.
    Originally reserved for the aristocracy, heeled shoes soon filtered down the rungs of society and became acceptable footwear for all. The heel itself became less of a practical necessity and developed into what we see and wear today however, the sight of a man gracefully strutting down the high street in six inch stilettos is somewhat of a rarity nowadays.

    999 Calls

    One caller reported maggots in her bin, another called for "pregnancy pills" while another complained about a stolen parking space.
    Greater Manchester Police dealt with an average of 3,571 emergency and non-emergency calls a day during April, May and June.
    That increased by 19% in July, according to the force.
    Diane Grandidge, GMP's business lead for call-handling, said: "Every false or inappropriate 999 call wastes precious time that could be spent dealing with genuine emergencies.
    "Apart from potentially putting somebody's life at risk, misusing the 999 system is a criminal offence and we have the power to prosecute people for making hoax calls.
    "Each day we receive dozens of calls about issues that the police are not responsible for, such as noise nuisance, stray dogs and abandoned cars.
    "Answering these calls leads to delays in people trying to get through to us for legitimate reasons so please think ahead and decide whether it may be an issue for the council before picking up the phone."
    Officers reminded people to only ring 999 if there is a direct and immediate threat to life or property, or if a crime is in progress, while for general inquiries or to report less urgent crime or disorder, they should call 101.
    101 is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and there is a single flat rate charge of 15p, no matter how long the duration of the call, what time of day or whether you are calling from a landline or mobile phone.
    Calls about noisy neighbours, stray dogs, graffiti, abandoned vehicles, fly-tipping or faulty traffic lights should go to local councils.

    Roach Motel

    At age 20, Kyle Kandilian of Dearborn, Mich., has created a start-up business to fund his college expenses, but it involves a roomful (in the family home) of nearly 200,000 cockroaches. The environmental science major at University of Michigan-Dearborn breeds species ranging from the familiar household pests, which he sells on the cheap as food for other people's pets, to the more interesting, exotic Madagascar hissing roaches and rhino roaches, which can live for 10 to 15 years. (Kandilian told the Detroit Free Press in July that of the 4,000 cockroach species, only about a dozen are pests.) Why not choose a more conventional "pet"? Because "(m)ammals smell," he said. (Missing from the Free Press story: details on the likely interesting initial conversation between Kyle and his mother when he asked if he could have 200,000 cockroaches in the house.) [Detroit Free Press, 7-28-2013]

    Earth Facts


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    Human Population of the Earth: 7,039,191,305 (estimated as of Sept. 14, 2012)

    World Population Growth: 1.092% - 2009 estimate (this means at the current rate of growth, the earth's population will double in about 64 years)

    Countries of the World: 196

    Earth's Circumference at the Equator: 24,901.55 miles (40,075.16 km)

    Earth's Circumference Between the North and South Poles: 24,859.82 miles (40,008 km)

    Earth's Diameter at the Equator: 7,926.28 miles (12,756.1 km)

    Earth's Diameter at the Poles: 7,899.80 miles (12,713.5 km)

    Average Distance from the Earth to the Sun: 93,020,000 miles (149,669,180 km)

    Average Distance from the Earth to the Moon: 238,857 miles (384,403.1 km)

    Highest Elevation on Earth - Mt. Everest, Asia: 29,035 feet (8850 m)

    Tallest Mountain on Earth from Base to Peak - Mauna Kea, Hawaii: 33,480 feet (rising to 13,796 feet above sea level) (10204 m; 4205 m)

    Point Farthest From the Center of the Earth - The peak of the volcano Chimborazo in Ecuador at 20,561 feet (6267 m) is farthest from the center of the earth due to its location near the equator and the oblateness of the Earth.

    Lowest Elevation on Land - Dead Sea: 1369 feet below sea level (417.27 m)

    Deepest Point in the Ocean - Challenger Deep, Mariana Trench, Western Pacific Ocean: 35,840 feet 
    (10924 m)
    Highest Temperature Recorded: 134°F (56.7°C) - Greenland Ranch in Death Valley, California, July 10, 1913

    Lowest Temperature Recorded: -128.5°F (-89.2°C) - Vostok, Antarctica, July 21, 1983

    Water vs. Land: 70.8% Water, 29.2% Land

    Age of the Earth: 4.5 to 4.6 billion years

    Atmosphere Content: 77% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, and traces of argon, carbon dioxide and water


    Rotation on Axis: 23 hours and 56 minutes and 04.09053 seconds. But, it takes an additional four minutes for the earth to revolve to the same position as the day before relative to the sun (i.e. 24 hours).

    Revolution around Sun: 365.2425 days

    Chemical Composition of the Earth: 34.6% Iron, 29.5% Oxygen, 15.2% Silicon, 12.7% Magnesium, 2.4% Nickel, 1.9% Sulfur, and 0.05% Titanium

    Earth is gradually slowing down. Every few years, an extra second is added to make up for lost time. Millions of years ago, a day on Earth will have been 20 hours long. It is believed that, in millions of years time, a day on Earth will be 27 hours long.

    The centre of the Earth, its core, is molten. This means that it is liquid rock which sometimes erupts onto the surface through volcanic eruptions. This core is 7,500°c, hotter than the surface of the Sun! 

    From a distance, Earth would be the brightest of the planets. This is because sunlight is reflected off the planet's water.