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Have you ever wondered where the trend of calling 1st April, “April Fools’ Day” or “All Fools’ Day” evolved from? Watch this interesting video by Jeremiah Warren which reveals great facts about the history and culture of the silly holiday.
Buzz Aldrin Was the First Man to Pee on the Moon – 42 Years Ago Today
July 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment
American space hero Buzz Aldrin was the first man to pee on the Moon. Neil Armstrong may have been the first to set his foot on it but Buzz was the first one to take a leak.
Yes, he was standing there with millions of people watching with nothing but a smile on his face, little did they know what he was doing otherwise.
Gimme 5 : Fernando Torres’s Goals For Chelsea [Exclusive]
April 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The Top 6 Biggest English Premier League Clubs On Facebook
April 11, 2011 By 1 Comment
Almost everyone is on Facebook these days and it appears that many EPL football clubs use Facebook as a way of interaction with fans. Today, we have collected official club fan pages of the 6 teams in the English Premier League and you can say that the results aren’t surprising with regards to the most followed pages. A huge number of people support Manchester United!
Halloween History: A Visual Timeline
February 27, 2011 By 5 Comments
Below is an infographic showing the a visual time-line of the history of Halloween. Check it out:
History Of Internet
January 16, 2011 By 1 Comment
The Internet has become such an entrenched part of our daily lives that there’s almost nothing that gets done without it. It truly is hard to fathom that there once was a time without the World Wide Web. But it’s vital to know about the evolution of Internet. So the infographic below provides a brief history of the Internet, if only to whet your appetite for knowledge.
The Best Presentations From Slideshare.net
January 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Slideshare is a free online service that lets you host your slide presentations. It supports the following file formats: PowerPoint, PDF, Keynote or OpenOffice presentations. Recently, they announced the results to the World’s Best Presentation’s contest that they had organised. Below are the presentations that were ranked top 3:
Soviet Russia Had Two Chances To Kill Hitler
December 26, 2010 By 1 Comment
Adolf Hitler & Joseph Stalin are two names that almost 90% of this world is familiar with. These guys redefined the word “dictatorship” and ruled in the same time period. According to RT, the Soviet Union had two great chances to eliminate Hitler but it was Stalin who backed up!
Read the report below:
The Soviet Union had at least two opportunities to eliminate Adolf Hitler, but Joseph Stalin did not give the go ahead, fearing the signing of a separate peace treaty between Germany and the Allies.
Adolf Hitler
The facts were revealed by Russia’s former Interior Minister, General Anatoly Kulikov, at the “Unknown Pages of the Great Victory” conference, which took place in the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia.
“Few people know that in 1941 the leadership of the Soviet Union made a decision to eliminate Hitler. At first, it was planned to do in Russia, in Moscow, in case German troops captured the capital. It was later planned to liquidate Hitler in his headquarters, but, suddenly in 1943, Stalin decided not to do so, fearing that, after Hitler’s death, his entourage will sign a separate peace treaty with Britain and the US without the involvement of Russia. The facts proving such negotiations exist,” RIA Novosti news agency cited Kulikov.
According to the General, who now heads the Club of Military Commanders of the Russian Federation, the USSR had a second chance to assassinate Hitler in 1944.
Joseph Stalin
“The detailed plan of the assault was already prepared, but a sudden rejection from Stalin came once again. And this happened despite the fact that there was already a person prepared, who intentionally surrendered to the Germans and was enjoying their confidence. That operation had all the chances for success,” he stressed.
Kulikov added that the Club of Military Commanders possesses an even larger amount of lesser-known facts about the Great Patriotic War.
“We plan to publish a 500 or 600-page collection of these materials and reveal it to the public,” he announced.
Source: RT
So what do you think? If you were in Stalin’s place, would you’ve killed him? Voice your opinions in the comments section below!
How To Get Your Facebook Account Disabled
November 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
You might have seen your friends’ Facebook account get banned, or you would have heard about someone getting banned from Facebook! Ever wondered why? If yes, then the presentation below will help you learn more about it! This presentation titled “How To Get Your Facebook Account Disabled,” by Massimo Burgio shares some common mistakes that may get your Facebook account banned for life.
Risks include:
- Using a fake name for your Facebook profile
- Using a personal profile to promote a business.
- Adding too many friends or joining too many groups.
Chinese Noodle Dinner Buried for 2,500 Years
November 24, 2010 By 3 Comments
Noodles, cakes, porridge, and meat bones dating to around 2,500 years ago were recently unearthed at a Chinese cemetery. Since the cakes were cooked in an oven-like hearth, the findings suggest that the Chinese may have been among the world’s first bakers. This indicates that individuals in northern China were skillful bakers who likely learned baking and other more complex cooking techniques much earlier.
Below are a few pictures of the dinner discovered.
Noodles – a and d;
Cakes (that resemble today’s Chinese moon cakes) - b and c;
Porridge – c and f
Source: Discovery
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