Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Atlantis

Over 11,000 years ago there existed an island nation located in the middle of the Atlantic ocean populated by a noble and powerful race. The people of this land possessed great wealth thanks to the natural resources found throughout their island. The island was a center for trade and commerce. The rulers of this land held sway over the people and land of their own island and well into Europe and Africa.

This was the island of Atlantis.

Atlantis was the domain of Poseidon, god of the sea. When Poseidon fell in love with a mortal woman, Cleito, he created a dwelling at the top of a hill near the middle of the island and surrounded the dwelling with rings of water and land to protect her.

Cleito gave birth to five sets of twin boys who became the first rulers of Atlantis. The island was divided among the brothers with the eldest, Atlas, first King of Atlantis, being given control over the central hill and surrounding areas. At the top of the central hill, a temple was built to honor Poseidon which housed a giant gold statue of Poseidon riding a chariot pulled by winged horses. It was here that the rulers of Atlantis would come to discuss laws, pass judgments, and pay tribute to Poseidon..

To facilitate travel and trade, a water canal was cut through of the rings of land and water running south for 5.5 miles (~9 km) to the sea. The city of Atlantis sat just outside the outer ring of water and spread across the plain covering a circle of 11 miles (1.7 km). This was a densely populated area where the majority of the population lived. Beyond the city lay a fertile plain 330 miles (530 km) long and 110 miles (190 km) wide surrounded by another canal used to collect water from the rivers and streams of the mountains. The climate was such that two harvests were possible each year. One in the winter fed by the rains and one in the summer fed by irrigation from the canal. Surrounding the plain to the north were mountains which soared to the skies. Villages, lakes, rivers, and meadows dotted the mountains. Besides the harvests, the island provided all kinds of herbs, fruits, and nuts. An abundance of animals, including elephants, roamed the island. For generations the Atlanteans lived simple, virtuous lives. But slowly they began to change. Greed and power began to corrupt them. When Zeus saw the immorality of the Atlanteans he gathered the other gods to determine a suitable punishment. Soon, in one violent surge it was gone. The island of Atlantis, its people, and its memory were swallowed by the sea.

Top 10 Worst Movie Quotes

1. "I'm the king of the world!"- JACK DAWSON (Leonardo DiCaprio) with young ROSE DEWITT BUKATER (Kate Winslet) in Titanic (1997)

2. "Nobody puts Baby in the corner." - JOHNNY CASTLE (Patrick Swayze) about FRANCES "BABY" HOUSEMAN (Jennifer Grey) in Dirty Dancing (1987)

3. "Is it still raining? I hadn't noticed." - CARRIE (Andie MacDowell) to CHARLES (Hugh Grant) in Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)

4. "I love you." "Ditto." - MOLLY JENSEN (Demi Moore) and SAM WHEAT (Patrick Swayze) in Ghost (1990)

5. "You can be my wingman any time." - TOM KASANZKY (Val Kilmer) to LT. PETE MITCHELL (Tom Cruise) in Top Gun (1986)

6. "I'm just a girl standing in front of a boy asking him to love her." - ANNA SCOTT (Julia Roberts) to WILLIAM THACKER (Hugh Grant) in Notting Hill (1999)

7. "Today we celebrate our Independence Day."- US President THOMAS J. WHITMORE (Bill Pullman) in Independence Day (1996)

8. "They make take our lives, but they will never take our freedom!"- WILLIAM WALLACE (Mel Gibson) in Braveheart (1995)

9. "You had me at hello."- DOROTHY BOYD (Renee Zellweger) to JERRY MAGUIRE (Tom Cruise) in Jerry Maguire (1996)

10. "You're a godsend, a saviour." "No, I'm a postman."- A BLIND WOMAN to the POSTMAN (Kevin Costner) in The Postman (1997)

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Monday, October 19, 2009

HARI KARI? HARI KUYO!

In Japan, every village has a shrine dedicated to broken sewing needles. Yes, that's right, broken sewing needles! The name for this shrine is Hari Kuyo.

This is done in the belief that a sewing needle which has performed its task well over its entire life and in the service of others, has 'died' whilst in active service. Broken needles are therefore laid to rest on a soft bed of tofu.

Smallest Miniature Painting By Norris Castillo

This unique painting was created by miniaturist Norris Castillo and carries the name of “The Harvest”. It is an oil on canvas painting and is only 3/8 inches long and a 1/4 inch wide. This unique tiny painting is on display at the National Museum in the Philippines. Castillo himself has created over 10,000 miniature paintings.

The Coldest Desert On Earth

Although its barren desert-like conditions may have been traversed by the ill-fated Scott expedition in 1912, the Dry Valleys region of Antarctica were not formally discovered and recorded until the mid 1950s.

Given the endless miles of snow and ice, where temperatures have gone as low as -89C, the stretch of barren territory came as quite a surprise to explorers. Like any other desert, it has long stretches of plains, sometimes 100km or more, that create optical illusions by making the horizon appear closer than it is. And while it does have rocky outcroppings, and mountains around the perimeter, there is virtually nothing else within the valleys except frozen dirt. Even the mountain ranges have prevented ice from moving down into the valleys. It does snow in the Antarctic however, a whopping two inches of precipitation per year. But at the average temperatures, it doesn't rain. So why are the valleys bare of any kind of moisture? Because of the Katabatic winds that whip down the mountains and over the bare ground at 100mph. With the sole exception of one valley which experiences a flow of water along its riverbed in summer, the region is totally dry, and scientists estimate it has not seen rain in over two million years. The conditions are so unique as to resemble the surface of Mars, which made the Dry Valleys a perfect testing ground for NASA to prepare their exploratory equipment for the red planet.

Burj Dubai

Burj Dubai is part of a 2 kmp development named ‘Downtown Dubai‘ and it is placed at “First Interchange”, along Sheikh Zayed Road at Doha Street. Burj Dubai, whose budget is estimated at 4,1 billion dollars, is now considered the highest building of the World, having 1680 feet (512 meters) more than Taiwan’s Taipei 101, although it has not been finished yet.

It is expected to be about 2605 feet (808 meters) high by September when it is ready for being occupied. The tower, designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill the ones who designed the Sears Tower in Chicago, which it is expected to be 150% overcome, and the Freedom Tower in New York City, will have more than 56 elevators, boutiques, 160 floors, swimming pools, corporate suites, a Giorgio Armani hotel and a 124th floor observation platform.

Oldest Living Tree

The world's oldest known living tree, a conifer that first took root at the end of the last Ice Age, has been discovered in Sweden.

The visible portion of the 13-foot-tall (4-meter-tall) "Christmas tree" isn't ancient, but its root system has been growing for 9,550 years, according to a team led by Leif Kullman, professor at Umeå University's department of ecology and environmental science in Sweden.

The researchers found the shrubby mountain survivor at an altitude of 2,985 feet (910 meters) in Dalarna Province. The tree's incredible longevity is largely due to its ability to clone itself, Kullman said.

The spruce's stems or trunks have a lifespan of around 600 years, "but as soon as a stem dies, a new one emerges from the same root stock," Kullman explained. "So the tree has a very long life expectancy."

Worlds Smallest Dog

The pint-sized pooch — a mere 6 inches (15.2 centimeters) in length from tail to nose — was awarded the record for world’s smallest dog in length by Guinness World Records on January 31 2005. Weighing only 2 pounds, Heaven Sent Brandy still holds on to her crown, as she hasn’t grown a fraction since she won her title nearly 3 years ago.

With legs the size of lollipops, the 4 year old canine’s lungs are so small she can’t even bark.

Pandora's Box

Pandora's box is the large jar carried by Pandora that unleashed many evils on mankind – ills, toils and sickness – and hope.

After Prometheus' theft of the secret of fire, Zeus ordered Hephaestus to create the woman Pandora as part of the punishment for mankind. Pandora was given many seductive gifts from Aphrodite, Hermes, Hera, Charites, and Horae (according to Works and Days). For fear of additional reprisals, Prometheus warned his brother Epimetheus not to accept any gifts from Zeus, but Epimetheus did not listen, and married Pandora. Pandora had been given a large jar and instruction by Zeus to keep it closed, but she had also been given the gift of curiosity, and ultimately opened it. When she opened it, all of the evils, ills, diseases, and burdensome labor that mankind had not known previously, escaped from the jar, but it is said, that at the very bottom of her box, there lay hope.

The Box

Set, apparently, in the Seventies, The Box is the story of a young married couple who are given a mysterious box that has uncanny, deadly powers. Somehow connecting time travel, the 1976 Viking Mars lander, teleportation and kipper ties. With former X-Man James Marsden, the always watchable Cameron Diaz and the sinister presence of Frank Langella it’s an intriguing prospect indeed.

World's Longest Hair

Xie Qiuping (China). Ms. Qiuping's hair measures 5.627 m (18 ft 5.54 in).
Name:
Xie Qiuping
Length:
18 ft. 5.54 inches (5.627 cm)
Measured:
Guangxi Province, China
Date of Record:
May 8, 2004

Oldest Portrait

This 27,000-year-old cave drawing may be the oldest human portrait on record. It was found on the wall of a cave near Angoulême, France.
Drawn with Calcium carbonate, and using the bumps in the wall to give form to the face, it features two horizontal lines for the eyes, another for the mouth and a vertical line for the nose.

Worlds Smallest Fish

Paedocyprisis (only 7.9mm long) -- Scientists claims to be the smallest known fish in the world. The tiny, see-through Paedocypris fish have the appearance of larvae and have a reduced head skeleton, which leaves the brain unprotected by bone. They live in dark tea-coloured waters with an acidity of pH3, which is at least 100 times more acidic than rainwater.

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Useless Trivia

-The oldest known vegetable is the pea.
-The avocado has the most calories of any fruit.
-The first zoo in the USA was in Philadelphia.
-The letter "n" ends all Japanese words not ending in a vowel.
-France has the highest per capita consumption of cheese.
-The hardest bone in the human body is the jawbone.
-4,000 people are injured by teapots each year.
-The typical American consumes 27 pounds of cheese each year.
-The shortest English word that contains the letters A, B, C, D, E, and F is "feedback."
-The state of California raises the most turkeys out of all of the states.
-George Washington Carver invented peanut butter.
-A scallop has 35 blue eyes.
-The left leg of a chicken in more tender than the right one.
-The only dog that doesn't have a pink tongue is the chow.
-The giraffe has the highest blood pressure of any animal.
-The dumbest domesticated animal is the turkey.
-Russia has the most movie theaters in the world.
-The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue.
-The most fatal car accidents occur on Saturday.
-Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the mercury thermometer.
-The mongoose was barred live entry into the U.S. in 1902.
-Goldfish swallowing started at Harvard in 1939.
-Dry fish food can make goldfish constipated.
-Your urine will turn bright yellow if you eat too much asparagus.
-Before Prohibition, Shlitz Brewery owned more property in Chicago than anyone else, except the Catholic church.

The Worst Day of my Life

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were dead
were out

were nothin

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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

The Rafflesia Arnoldii

The flower with the world's largest bloom is the Rafflesia arnoldii. This rare flower is found in the rainforests of Indonesia. It can grow to be 3 feet across and weigh up to 15 pounds! It is a parasitic plant, with no visible leaves, roots, or stem. It attaches itself to a host plant to obtain water and nutrients. When in bloom, the Rafflesia emits a repulsive odor, similar to that of rotting meat. This odor attracts insects that pollinate the plant.

Monday, October 12, 2009

The World’s Most Expensive Shoes

These Cinderella Slippers by Stuart Weizman are the world’s most expensive and cost $2,000,000 dollars. They have a four and a half inch stiletto heel and are set with 595 carats of platinum set diamonds.

Presidential "grave" Facts

1. Most-visited presidential grave: John F. Kennedy's in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va.
2. The only other president buried in Arlington: William Howard Taft.
3. The only president buried in Washington, D.C. proper: Woodrow Wilson, who was laid to rest in the National Cathedral.
4. The only president buried on the grounds of a state capitol: James Polk in Nashville, Tenn.
5. The only presidents buried together: John Adams and his son John Quincy Adams are in a basement crypt in Quincy, Mass.
6. The two presidents who died on the same day: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died July 4, 1826.
7. The states with the most presidential burial sites: Ohio and Virginia (tie).

The Hungarian Suicide Song

Gloomy Sunday is a song written in 1933 by Hungarian pianist and composer Rezső Seress and due to stories about its inspiring hundreds of suicides it was dubbed the Hungarian Suicide Song.

The composer wrote the song for a former girlfriend, who committed suicide shortly after the songs release. Legends have been told about Gloomy Sunday over the years and how it was allegedly connected with various numbers of suicides. Many American and European radio services found it too depressing for broadcast, and banned the song.


It is autumn and the leaves are falling
All love has died on earth
The wind is weeping with sorrowful tears
My heart will never hope for a new spring again
My tears and my sorrows are all in vain
People are heartless, greedy and wicked...
Love has died!
The world has come to its end, hope has ceased to have a meaning
Cities are being wiped out, shrapnel is making music
Meadows are coloured red with human blood
There are dead people on the streets everywhere
I will say another quiet prayer:
People are sinners, Lord, they make mistakes...
The world has ended!

Most Tattaoed Woman

Isobel Varley is the most senior tattooed woman in the world according to The Guinness Book of World Records. Isobel proves that you can be beautiful, sexy, and very tattooed even as a retiree.

The Golden Porsche


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Khagendra Thapa Magar

He is probably the shortest person in the world. Khagendra Thapa Magarfrom Baglung is 14 years old but only 20 inches tall! He is now being shown to public in the city of Pokhara. You will have to buy tickets to see him; and the amount collected will be used for his treatment.

His medical condition and the cause are still unknown. Nobody in his family has had this or similar type of condition before. Khagendra doesn't go to school; he stopped going to school after his classmates started pulling and pushing him around.

If he's really 20 inches; he's certainly the shortest person in the world because according to Guinness Book of World Records, Gull Mohammad was 22.5 inches.