A TOUCHING STORY ABOUT POTATOES, AN OLD WOMAN AND A JUDGE
The Rare 'Skull' Caterpillar of Australia
PENTAGON LOOKS TO BREED IMMORTAL `SYNTHETIC ORGANISMS,' MOLECULAR KILL-SWITCH INCLUDED
advantage, creating “synthetic organisms”
CHRISTMAS 1914
A COLLEGE STUDENT SOLD HER VIRGINITY FOR $780,000!!!
THE TOUCHING STORY OF A SICK BOY & HIS RESCUE DOG
BIRINGAN CITY: THE LAND OF THE ENCHANTED
BROKEN-HEARTED DOG STANDS GUARD OVER DEAD MATE'S BODY FOR OVER A WEEK
PEOPLE WHO STAY AWAKE TILL NIGHT ARE MORE INTELLIGENT THAN THE PEOPLE WHO GO TO BED EARLY AND RISE EARLY FOR THE DAY
Recent evidence shows that people who thrive at night have higher IQs. Earl
y risers beg to differ
Are you the type who stays up late to finish your work, or do you get up early to make a fresh start on the day?
Are you the type who stays up late to finish your work, or do you get up early to make a fresh start on the day?
IF YOU HOLD GALLIUM IT WILL BEGIN MELTING IN YOUR HAND
AFTER KILLING A MAN IN THE RING, SUGAR RAY ROBINSON GAVE THAT'S MAN'S MOM HIS EARNINGS FOR HIS NEXT 4 FIGHTS!
JOHN UNGER IS HOLDING HIS DOG IN HIS ARMS IN THE WATER TO MAKE THE DOG FALL ASLEEP BECAUSE THE DOG HAS ARTHRITIS AND ONLY THE COLD WATER CAN RELIEVE HIS PAIN AND ALLOW HIM TO FALL ASLEEP
ABANDONED YUGOSLAVIA MONUMENTS THAT LOOK LIKE THEY'RE FROM THE FUTURE
German Architecture: The Magdeburg Water Bridge
SURPRISING CANCER-FIGHTING BENEFITS OF PINEAPPLE ENZYME
THE DOOR TO HELL, TURKMENISTAN
The Six Benefits of Bathing
t its surprising health benefits.
25 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT LOVE
It’s a beautiful day, which means it’s also a beautiful opportunity to learn more about the main thing that binds us together on this page—our desire to understand and appreciate love.To get us started on the right foot this week, I decided to compile a list of 25 interesting relationship facts aimed at enhancing your insight on how this big love mystery works.
YOUNG BLOOD IS THE KEY TO YOUTH, MAYBE.
TSAR TANK: THE BIGGEST USELESS TANK
Did you know that there's a lake in U.S. named "Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg"?
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SOVIET LADY SNIPER #1: ROZA SHANINA
CHINESE MAN SUES WIFE FOR BEING UGLY, AND WINS
LUMBERJACKS WHO FELLED CALIFORNIA'S GIANT REDWOODS
TALLEST WATER FOUNTAIN
CONSTRUCTION BEGINS ON SHANGHAI GROUND-SCRAPER HOTEL
THE REAL ROBOT GENRE
Trou de Fer Gorge in The Island of La Reunion
THE ROBOT ROMANCE TRILOGY
THE CELTICS-LAKERS RIVALRY
Landkreuzer P. 1500 Monster: Largest Artillery gun
TALIA CASTELLANO, TEEN WITH CANCER, GOES ON ELLEN AND BECOMES COVER GIRL
PROBABLY THE GREATEST HAWAIIAN SINGER OF ALL TIME
MALAMPAYA DEEPWATER GAS-TO-POWER PROJECT: THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE PHILIPPINES
IN ANCIENT GREECE, THROWING AN APPLE AT A WOMAN WAS CONSIDERED A MARRIAGE PROPOSAL.
Sitting Too Close to the Computer Screen Can Make You Go Blind
THE ANTIKYTHERA MECHANISM: THE FIRST COMPUTER???
ARE YOU LAZY? THEN YOU BETTER READ THIS:
A lack of exercise is now causing as many deaths as smoking across the world, a study suggests.
Richard Sandrak: Ukrainian Little-Hercules
KOREAN SCIENTISTS SUCCESSFULLY KILL CANCER WITH MAGNETS
Comet 'shining 15 times brighter than moon' will fly by our planet in 2013
First Filipinos in America
AUSTRIAN BREAKS SOUND BARRIER IN RECORD SPACE JUMP
North Luzon Expressway: Southeast Asia's First Expressway.
10 Facts You Probably Didn’t Know About Michael Jackson
1 Michael Jackson Is The Highest-earning dead Artist: besting the vaunted Rock and Roll Elvis Presley artist and former member Beatles singer-songwriter John Lennon, Michael Jackson is recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records in a new category for achieving died Highest- Artist, earned the top honor. In the first years after his passing in 2009, Jackson's estate has raked in a reported $ 1 billion.
2 Michael Jackson became a Shrewd businessman: While many viewed Jackson as a boyish and playful figure, the bottom exterior is the thinking of a man who made investments that continue to pay today. In 1985, he bought the rights clever 250 backlogged Beatles songs penned by Lennon and Paul McCartney for $ 47 million. In 1995, Jackson sold a parts catalog to Sony for $ 95 million, resulting in strong joint venture in the music publishing company Sony / ATV, with annual revenue hovering around $ 1000000000. It is not include his many endorsement deals, licensing, and other revenue streams generated from Jackson is his name.
3 Michael Jackson owns the distinction of having the Biggest Ever Recording Contract: nine months after his passing, the property of Michael Jackson signed a deal with Sony Records that gives the company access to a wide that Vault of unreleased recordings for a whopping $ 250 million. Ten of the album is expected to be released by 2017, including the recent soundtrack to the tour documentary "This Is It."
4 hacker broke In To Online Access To Server and got 50,000 Michael Jackson Tracks: Music Michael Jackson was a victim of an online hacker attacks, with thieves downloading 50,000 songs not meant for the public. Sony quickly plugged the holes in their security and vowed to move earlier with the release of new music.
5 DJ and Club nationwide Have Sparked Off Annual Party With Michael Jackson's Name: From Washington, DC; Los Angeles; New York City; and all points in between, big name DJ made themed party in honor of Michael Jackson. Renowned manufacturer and hip-hop artist DJ Spinna has taken as its well-attended (and sociable) "MJ vs. Prince" dance party across the country.
6 "Billie Jean" became First Video From A Black Artist To Air On MTV: "Billie Jean" is the second single from the sixth solo album Michael Jackson, the ". Thriller" produced by Jackson and the legendary Quincy Jones, the track got the video treatment and sparked off a revolution of the class. Fans across the country are looking to simulate hairstyle and dance moves Jackson and the clip is considered largely responsible for putting MTV in the mainstream conversation.
7 Thriller became not The Only Hit Album In Jackson's Catalog: Five solo studio album Michael Jackson count among the highest selling record of all time. Thriller predecessor, the "Off the Wall," which was released in 1979, has sold 20 million worldwide, which pales considerably next to "Thriller," sitting on 110 million sold. The album "Bad," "Dangerous" and "History" also sold well in the millions as well.
8 Michael Jackson Is The Most-awarded Artist of All Time: 23 Guinness World Records, 40 Billboard Awards, 13 Grammys and 26 American Music Awards, Michael Jackson has won more awards than any other musical artist . Jackson also received awards for his Congressional Humanitarian outreach efforts.
9 Michael Jackson Inspired Artist Out Of His Genre: Usher, Justin Timberlake, Chris Brown, Justin Bieber and owe a great credit to Michael Jackson and all called him an influence. But even rockers, such as Adam Lambert, Green Day, and female superstars like Beyonce and Madonna, who all said they looked up to Jackson. Although the Brash Diddy called Jackson a "hero" of his.
10 Michael Jackson's Death Moving MTV Programming recognition: At the time after his death, media giant MTV - which are largely moved from its original music video-only programming - went back to its roots and time aired during the Michael Jackson video and footage. Even take the in-house team of news time away from the usual talking celeb fare and focus only on the career of Jackson. Some other stars like the ordered response.
PHILIPPINE AIRLINES: ASIA'S FIRST AIRLINE
It was the first commercial airline in Asia and the oldest of those currently in operation, with a long and distinguished history spans over seventy years.
Out of hubs at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila and Mactan-Cebu International Airport in Cebu City time, Philippine Airlines serves eighteen destinations in the Philippines and 26 destinations in Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia, Canada and the United States .
history
early Beginnings
Philippine Airlines was founded on 26 February 1941, making it the oldest still running carriers Asia under its current name. Airline was started by a group of businessmen led by Andres Soriano, hailed as one of the leading industrialists in the Philippines' time, who served as its general manager, and former Senator Ramon Fernandez, who served as its chairman and president.
First flight of the airline occurred on March 15, 1941 the single Beechcraft Model 18 NPC-54 on daily services between Manila (from Nielson Field) and Baguio.
Pal service is interrupted during World War II, which lasted in the Philippines from late 1941 to 1945 At the outbreak of the Pacific War on December 8, 1941, the two Model 18s and their pilots were pressed into military service. They were used to evacuate American fighter pilots to Australia until one taken down over Mindanao and the other was destroyed on the ground in an already raid in Surabaya, Indonesia.
On July 31, 1946, PAL became the first Asian airline to cross the Pacific Ocean when a chartered Douglas DC-4 ferried 40 American servicemen to Oakland, California from Nielson Airport with stops in Guam, Wake Island, Johnston Atoll and Honolulu.
Magat Dam: Southeast Asia's first large multipurpose dam.
Construction of the dam began in 1975 and ended in 1982 Magat Dam is one of the largest dam in the Philippines and has two primary purposes: as a source of irrigation water and as a provider of hydroelectric power.
The construction and appurtenant structures authorized by PD 693 signed on May 7, 1975 by the late President Ferdinand E. Marcos. The Magat Dam was built in 1978 and inaugurated by Late Pres. Ferdinand E. Marcos on October 27, 1982 and began operations in 1983.
Multipurpose project implementation is based on the preliminary study conducted in 1973 by the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) with the help of the United States Bureau of Recovery (USBR) and United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
The subsequent detailed and extensive study dam site investigation and engineering further confirmed the feasibility of what is now known as the most daring infrastructure projects NIA and one of Asia's largest Dam today.
It is the largest multipurpose dam in South East Asia's. The dam is part of the Magat River Multipurpose Project (MRMP) in which it is financed by the World Bank and that the aim is to improve the existing Magat River Irrigation System (MARIS) and to triple the production of rice in the Cagayan River basin .
THE TALLEST, LARGEST MOUNTAIN & VOLCANO IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM – OLYMPUS MONS
But the largest and highest volcano in the solar system is Olympus Mons (extinct volcano) the planet Mars !!!
Olympus Mons is 24 km (78,000 ft.) On top of the surrounding plain and assume that depression is a 2-3 kilometer, giving a total height of 26-27 kilometers. Its base is more than 550 km in diameter and rimmed by a cliff 6 km (20,000 ft) high. It features a caldera of 85 km (53 miles) long, 60 km (37 miles) wide, and up to 3 km (1.8 miles) deep with six overlapping holes or craters created by different volcanic events. The sizes are only estimates calculated from the analysis of the images of the spacecraft Mariner 9 in 1971 Olympus Mons is a Latin name, which means Mount Olympus. It is three times as tall as Mount Everest. It is approximately the size of the American state Arizona. It is a shield volcano, very similar to the ones in Hawaii, formed by layers of lava over the years.
Olympus Mons is formed in the same way as Hawaii, by an eruption of magma from a hot spot below the surface. Because the layers of lava are formed one on top of another from a hot spot for a long time, it is believed that there are no tectonic plates on Mars to dislocate the mountain and then letting it grow bigger and bigger with the years. Olympus Mons is located in the Tharsis Montes region of Mars (Tharsis Montes is a large swelling on the Martian surface using a set of three volcanoes in the Tharsis region of Mars. It is a plateau region and the largest volcano on Mars). Two craters on Olympus Mons has been named the IAU as Karzok crater with 15.6 km wide and Pangboche crater with 10.4 km wide. The volcano is tall enough to reach a height above the dust storms that often appear on Mars.
The Olympus Mons volcano is surrounded by a region called Olympus Mons aureole (circles of light). This place is gigantic ridges and blocks extending up to 1,000 km (600 miles) from the summit. It shows evidence of development and resurfacing connected with Glacial activity. But this aureole is many a troubled time with the Escarpment. Explain some of the theories that Escarpment was formed by landslides, and the aureole consists of material got deposited from the land slide.
Studies indicate that Olympus Mons first erupted between one and two billion years before. But during the last active volcano still remains the question. Appears very fresh some lava slopes of the volcano anyway. Astronomers believe these and other scientists can it recently active until a million years before.
IN PHOTO, HIGHEST mountain shown is the Mount Olympus Mons, in the middle of the mountain IS THE ILE DE Hawaii, THE BLUE MOUNTAIN IS Mount Everest (shows pictures comparing the highest mountain)
Coconut Tree: The Tree of Life
The Coconut Tree is known to have many uses, from its roots to the tips (leaves), from cooking to non-culinary. In the Philippines, the coconut tree is considered as the "Tree of Life".
You must be thinking, why is that so? Allow me to cite the various parts of the coconut tree and the corresponding benefits and / or using. Let's start with ...
Coconut roots
Coconut roots are used as a drink, dye, mouthwash, and medicine for dysentery (formerly known as flux or the bloody flux). A frayed-out piece of root can also be used as a toothbrush.
Coconut Trunks
Coconut trunks, so Hardy and durable wood is used for building small bridges, preferred for their straightness, strength and salt resistance. It is also used to make benches, tables, carvings, picutre frames, tables, tool boxes and construction materials, among others. Paper pulp can also be taken from coconut trunk and other woody parts of the tree.
Coconut Branch
Branches of coconut (leaf petioles) are strong and flexible enough to make the transition (a flexible shaft, typically used for corporal punishment).
Coconut Leaves
Coconut leaves can pinagtagpi to create effective roofing materials, or reed mats. It can also produce good quality paper pulp, midrib brooms, hats and mats, fruit trays, waste baskets, fans, beautiful midrib decors, lamp shade, placemats, and the bag. You also stiff leaflet midribs used to make cooking skewers and kindling arrows. Dried coconut leaves can be burned to ash, which can be harvested for lime.
Coconut Fruit
Coconut fruit produces a node, often used for salads, halo-halo (crushed ice with sweetened fruit), and sweet pastries. The "sport fruit" of the coconut known as Cocoanut is primarily harvested in the Philippines. These are sold in jars as "gelatinous mutant coconut" cut into balls or strands. Considered a satisfying delicacy and largely used for making preserves and ice-cream. It is not possible for them to keep in storage and still not germinate.
Coconut Meat
Coconut meat is the white thick, fleshy substance found inside the coconut shell. It is edible and can be used fresh or dried in cooking. It can also be used to get Coco flour, desiccated coconut, coconut milk, coconut chips, coconut candies, bukayo or local sweetened shredded coconut meat, copra and even latik, animal feed.
Coconut Water
Coconut water provides an isotonic electrolyte balance, and it is an extremely nutritious food source. Uses of coconut water include: coconut water vinegar; coconut wine; production of the chewy, fiber-rich "nata", good as a dessert and as a laxative; as a growth factor; and as a substitute for dextrose. It is also used for treatment of kidney disorders. "Bukolysis" is the medical process of reducing or dissolving urinary stones from the urinary tract, with the knuckle of water 7-9 months old coconuts. If you've heard of "water therapy", also there such thing as "node / coconut therapy".
Coconut Milk
Coconut milk is made by processing grated coconut with hot water or milk, which extracts the oil and aromatic compounds. It should not be confused with the coconut water mentioned above, and with a fat content of approximately 17%. When refrigerated and left to set, coconut cream will rise to the top and separate the milk. The milk is used to produce virgin coconut oil. It is a common ingredient in many tropical cuisines. In Thailand, coconut milk is the basis of most Thai curries.
Coconut Oil
Copra is the dried coconut meat and, after further processing, is a source of coconut oil content high (as much as 64%). Coconut oil is the most easily digested, all fat, generally used throughout the world. Its chief competitors are soya bean oil, palm oil and palm kernel oil. Can be quickly processed and taken as a completely organic product from fresh coconut flesh, and used in many ways including as a medicine and cosmetics, or as a direct replacement for diesel fuel. Virgin coconut oil is found superior to the oil taken from copra for cosmetic purposes.
(Coconut) apical Bud
Apical buds of adult plants are edible and are known as "palm-cabbage" or heart-of-palm. In the Philippines, it is known as core and considered one of the best vegetables. It is considered a rare delicacy, as the act of Harvesting bud, can kill the palm. It can be served in many appetizing ways. Cubed in fairly large pieces, makes a wonderful addition to Spanish rice, or their long pieces, to Arroz a la Cubana. It is also eaten in salad (mixed with mayonnaise or thousand island dressing), known as "Millionaire's Salad".
Coconut Infloresence
No as early as infloresence the coconut tree is a fermented juice called coconut toddy or, in the Philippines, tuba. The principal use of toddy are: as fresh beverage; for making beverages; for the manufacture of vinegar; for the manufacture of sugar; and as a source of yeast for making bread.
coconut husk
Coconut husks are made of bristle fiber (10%), mattress fiber (20%) and coir dust and shorts or wastes (70%). Coir is used in ropes, mats, brushes, caulking boats and as the Compressing fiber; It is also used extensively in Horticulture for making potting compost. Husk can be used for fuel and are a good source of charcoal. Dried half coconut shells with husks are used to buff floors made of wood, making it clean and shiny (free from dusts). In the Philippines, it is known as "pulling". Fresh inner coconut husk can be rubbed on the lens of snorkelling Goggles to prevent fogging during use.
Coconut Shell
Coconut shell produces the core of the most salable household products and fashion accessories that can become useful, wide-selling cottage industries. In the Philippines, dried half shells are used as a musical instrument in a folk dance called "Maglalatik", a traditional dance about the conflicts for coconut meat within the Spanish era. They are also used in the movie theater, banged together to create the sound effect of a horse hoofbeats'. Half a coconut shell can be deployed as an improvised bra, especially for nifty effects or theatrical purposes. Can be carved out in dried coconut shell button shirt. Coconut buttons are often used for Hawaiian Aloha shirts.
You see how wonderful coconut trees? In fact, in the Philippines, it is considered as one of the major dollar earner that provides livelihood industry the majority of the population. In fact, a Tree of Life!
And did you know that during World War II, coastwatcher scout Biuki Gaza is the first of two from the Solomon Islands to reach the shipwrecked, wounded, and exhausted crew of Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 commanded by then, the US future President John F. Kennedy. Gauze suggested, for lack of paper, delivering by dugout canoe in, a message inscribed on a husked coconut shell. This coconut shell eventually kept in the President's desk, and now, in the John F. Kennedy Library.
THE DIAMOND PLANET
The planet, called 55 Cancri e, was discovered last year and was initially assumed to have a similar chemical makeup to Earth.
However, the researchers were unable to infer the composition of the planet from the recent mass and radius measurements, by "compute all possible combinations of elements and compounds" that match the size. Using this technique, the researchers discovered that 55 Cancri e consists primarily of carbon in the form of Graphite and diamond, as well as iron, silicon carbide, and some silicates.
Such a planet is likely to have an iron or iron-rich core known as the terrestrial planets. Surrounding be Molten Silicon carbide and titanium carbide. On top, a layer of carbon in the form of Graphite, possibly with a kilometer-thick substratum of diamonds if there is enough pressure. During a volcanic eruption, possible diamond from the interior can produce up to the surface, resulting in the mountains of diamond and silicon carbides. The surface contains a fixed or liquid hydrocarbons (eg tar and methane) and carbon monoxide
55 Cancri e is different from the Earth in many ways, not least because over a third of the planet could be diamonds. The planet - orbit the sun in the constellation of Cancer - The radius twice that of Earth, a mass about eight times larger, and revolves around the sun its only 18 hours.
The surface of the planet is estimated at about 3,900 degrees Fahrenheit, and the intense heat accompanied by pressure over time likely caused carbon of the planet to the diamond. "This is our first glimpse of a rocky world with a fundamentally different chemistry from Earth," remarked lead tagapagpananaliksik Nikku Madhusudhan, and this decision could lead to a new way of looking at yet undiscovered planet.