Friday, July 12, 2013

Nature’s Amazing Balancing Act


The 50-acre expanse of Brimham Moor in North Yorkshire, England is home to a number of curious rock formations shaped by tens of thousands of years of erosion, but the most impressive of all is Idol Rock, a 200-ton monolith balancing on a tiny pyramidal base.




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Adolf Hitler's favorite film

Adolf Hitler's favorite film was King Kong (1933)


101 Dalmatians and Peter Pan (Wendy)

101 Dalmatians and Peter Pan (Wendy) are the only two Disney cartoon features with both parents that are present and don't die throughout the movie.

Casino Royale (2006)

The very first James Bond film approved by Chinese censor board was Casino Royale (2006). 

All other films in the series were available in China only as illegal bootlegs. 


Wanna Buy An Oscar???


You Can't!!

If you win an Academy Award, make a speech, walk off with your statue, bring it home, and you put it on the mantle. what if someday you wanted to–or worse, needed to–sell it. How much could you get?

Exactly $1, according to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which hosts the annual awards show. 

Since 1950, the Academy has required Oscar winners to sign an agreement stating that neither they–nor their heirs–will sell their statuettes without first offering to sell them back to the Academy for a buck!!!


Some mind-blowing facts about Google!!!


















Svolværgeita: Goat’s Horns rock tower!!


Up until a century ago, the Svolværgeita or Goat’s Horns rock tower had never been conquered, but these days not only has it become one of the most popular climbing pinnacles in Norway, but thrill-seeking mountaineers defy death by jumping between its granite horns.

Goat’s Horns peak was first climbed in 1910 by Carl Rubenson, Alf B. Bryn, and Ferdinand Schjelderup, a fantastic trio who managed to conquer two other virgin summits (Trakta and Stetind) on the very same trip. Climbers can go up Svolværgeita on the original route of its first climbers, just to see how good these three pioneers were in their time.




This cafe in Germany charges for time, coffee is free!!

Slow Time Das Zeitcafé in Germany is charging its customers for the amount of time they spend in the facility instead of charging them for the items they order.


Daria Volkova, 24, who is the founder of the Slow Times cafe in Wiesbaden, said she was inspired by similar cafes in her native Russia. She moved to Germany in 2008. 


Volkova said she expects that the unique business model will help her make enough money to support herself and her 6 year-old-son.



$ 15730 for just a pair of melons!!!



A fruit grower earned $ 15730 for just a pair of melons in auction

TOKYO - A pair of cantaloupe melons sold at auction in Japan for 1.6 million yen ($15,730), one of the highest prices ever paid for the coveted orange-fleshed fruit.
A local fruit wholesaler snapped up the 3.7-kilogramme (8.1-pound) Yubari melons at the high-end fruit and vegetable sale, which took place on the first day of the season for the prestigious melons.


Weston Emmart's Drawings of World War II


Weston Emmart's Drawings of World War II Go Viral After His Grandson Posts Them Online