Ben Underwood lives with his family in the suburbs of Sacramento, California where he attends his local high school. Like any other 14-year-old boy, he loves to play with his friends and chat to girls his age, with whom he seems popular. He looks like any other boy, until he removes his $4,600, hand-crafted eyes. Ben is blind and, like other blind people, relies on some specialist equipment to survive. He uses talking computer software and a Braille machine to help with his homework.
Ben does not have a guide dog, uses no stick, and does not even use his hands to aid his mobility. Instead, he has developed something of a super sense: he is the only person in the world who navigates using clicks. As he walks, he makes a continuous clicking noise with his tongue. As these clicks echo around him, he is able to draw up a detailed mental plan of his surroundings and adjust his direction accordingly.
So accurate is his technique that he is even able to go rollerblading on the street, negotiating narrow gaps between parked cars that even sighted children might find challenging. In fact, Ben’s mother, Aquanetta, inds that her son is far more attentive to the dangers of the road than his friends, always the first to move onto the pavement when a car approaches.
Ben first noticed his talent at the age of seven, when at summer camp. While it began as just a habit, Ben explains, he soon realised that it had potential benefits for navigation. He began to practise every day and developed the system to the point it is at today. It is the fact that Ben is entirely self-taught that is perhaps most astonishing and has led people to use the term ‘genius’ when referring to the boy. (Excerpt from demand.five.tv)
The Great Pyramids of Giza When people think of Egypt, the Great Pyramids of Giza are the first things that come to mind. They are the iconic image of Egypt and for good reasons. However, nothing can prepare you for the sense of wonderment you will feel when you first see them for yourself. They are simply fascinating. At 4,000 years old, they have outlived the other 6 wonders of the world. We know why they were built, as tombs for the pharaohs, but how? Well, I don’t have the answer for that, nor does anyone else, but take a look at all the run down ruins in front of the sphinx, this might be the answer. This is a town where possibly the tens of thousands of workers lived. It is thought to be an entire town developed specifically for the purpose of getting the pyramids built. And despite the Hollywood reputation of ancient Egypt, these workers were not slaves. Instead, they were skilled farmers that came to build the pyramids during the Nile flood season. But, despite the evidence, many still think the pyramids were far too advanced for their time to have been built by ancient Egyptians. Many believe it was aliens, angels, or some other unearthly being. The engineering is WAY before it’s time and given that modern technology and science can’t even recreate such structures, maybe they were created by an otherworldly being. Here’s some amazing facts about The Great Pyramid (the one to the right in the photo), also called the Pyramid of Khufu, and I’ll let you decide for yourself how they were created:
There are about 2.3 million limestone rocks, each weighing about 2.5 tons.
The placement of the stones is to the exact same millimeter.
The Pyramid is aligned facing the exact position of North during the time.
The Pyramid sits exactly in the center of the Earth’s land mass.
Okay, now it starts getting tricky!
The perimeter of the base is 36,524. When divided by 100, it is 365.24, the exact number of days there are in a tropical year to the exact 5 digits.
The length of the diameter of the Pyramid, when measured as a circle, is also 365.24.
The ratio of the length of Grand Gallery, a room in the Pyramid, to the length of the Kings Chamber is also equal to 365.24.
The height of the Pyramid is 5,449 inches. This is also the average height of land above sea.
The curvature on the face of the the Pyramid exactly matches the curvature of the Earth.
The descending passage of the Pyramid was exactly aligned with the North Star at the time.
All three of the pyramids are aligned with the belt of Orion.
At noon during the spring equinox, the pyramid has no shadow.
These facts are only a fraction of what makes the Great Pyramid arguably the most remarkable structure in the world. There are a lot more facts with the precise of engineering, the significance to the calendar, correlations with geometric measurements of the sun and moon, correspondences to the sun and Earth’s radius, similarities to the Earth’s volume and mass and speed around the sun, the speed of light, star alignments, precession of the equinoxes… you get the idea! The pyramids were really thought through! The ancient Egyptians were either geniuses of all times, or in fact, the pyramids were built by some supernatural being. Either way, there is no denying their marvel. How do you think these mysterious pyramids were built? Courtesy: vagabondvirginia.com
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With so many superhero movies around, such as
Spiderman or Hulk, we are used to see people with special abilities in
fiction. But people with amazing abilities actually do exist in real
life; here's a list of 10 of the most amazing of these people! 1 The Incredible Brain (Daniel Tammet)
Daniel Paul Tammet is a British high-functioning autistic savant gifted
with a facility for mathematical calculations, sequence memory, and
natural language learning. He was born with congenital childhood
epilepsy. Experiencing numbers as colors or sensations is a
well-documented form of synesthesia, but the detail and specificity of
Tammet's mental imagery of numbers is unique. In his mind, he says, each
number up to 10,000 has its own unique shape and feel, that he can
"see" results of calculations as landscapes, and that he can "sense"
whether a number is prime or composite. He has described his visual
image of 289 as particularly ugly, 333 as particularly attractive, and
pi as beautiful. Tammet not only verbally describes these visions, but
also creates artwork, particularly watercolor paintings, such as his
painting of Pi.
Tammet holds the European record for memorising and recounting pi to
22,514 digits in just over five hours. He also speaks a variety of
languages including English, French, Finnish, German, Spanish,
Lithuanian, Romanian, Estonian, Icelandic, Welsh and Esperanto. He
particularly likes Estonian, because it is rich in vowels. Tammet is
creating a new language called Mänti. Tammet is capable of learning new
languages very quickly. To prove this for the Channel Five documentary,
Tammet was challenged to learn Icelandic in one week. Seven days later
he appeared on Icelandic television conversing in Icelandic, with his
Icelandic language instructor saying it was "not human."
2 The Boy with Sonar Vision (Ben Underwood)
Ben Underwoodtaught is blind, both of his eyes were removed (cancer)
when he was 3. Yet, he plays basketball, rides on a bicycle, and lives a
quite normal life. He taught himself to use echo location to navigate
around the world. With no guide-dogs, he doesn't even need hands: he
uses sound. Ben makes a short click sound that bounces back from
objects. Amazingly, his ears pick up the ecos to let him know where the
objects are. He's the only person in the world who sees using nothing
but eco location, like a sonar or a dolphin.
3 The Rubberboy (Daniel Browning Smith)
Five time Guiness Record holder, The Rubberboy is the most flexible man
alive and the most famous contortionist. He has been in many
professional basketball or baseball games and on The Tonight Show with
Jay Leno, ESPN's Sports Center, Oprah Winfrey, Ripley's Believe It or
Not, Cirque du Soleil, Best Damn Sports Show Period, The Discovery
Channel, Men in Black 2, HBO's Carnivale, and CSI: NY and American got a
talent. He dislocates his arms to crawl through an unstrung tennis
racquet. He performs contortion handstands and unique acrobatics.
4 Mister Eat-it-All (Michel Lotito)
Michel Lotito (born 1950) is a French entertainer, famous as the
consumer of undigestables, and is known as Monsieur Mangetout (Mister
Eat-it-all). Lotito's performances are the consumption of metal, glass,
rubber and so on in items such as bicycles, televisions, a Cessna 150,
and smaller items which are disassembled, cut-up and swallowed. The
aircraft took roughly two years to be 'eaten' from 1978 to 1980. He
began eating unusual material while a child and has been performing
publicly since 1966. Lotito does not often suffer from ill-effects due
to his diet, even after the consumption of materials usually considered
poisonous. When performing he consumes around a kilogram of material
daily, preceding it with mineral oil and drinking considerable
quantities of water during the 'meal'. He apparently possesses a stomach
and intestine with walls of twice the expected thickness, and his
digestive acids are, allegedly, unusually powerful, allowing him to
digest a certain portion of his metallic meals.
5 King Tooth (Rathakrishnan Velu)
On August 30, 2007, the eve of Malaysia's 50th Independence Day,
Rathakrishnan Velu (or Raja Gigi, as he is known locally) broke his own
world record for pulling train with his teeth, this time with 6 coaches
attached weighing 297.1 tons over a distance of 2.8 metres at the Old
Kuala Lumpur Railway Station. Raja Gigi, from Tampin in Malaysia learned
a technique of concentrating his powers to any part of his body from an
Indian guru at a young age of 14.
6 The Magnetic Man (Liew Thow Lin)
Liew Thow Lin, a 70-year-old retired contractor in Malaysia, recently
made news for pulling a car twenty meters along a level surface by means
of an iron chain hooked to an iron plate on his midriff. He says that
he discovered he had the amazing ability to make objects stick
"magnetically" to his skin, and now he's added car-pulling to his
repertoire. After reading an article about a family in Taiwan who
possessed such power, he says he took several iron objects and put them
on his abdomen, and to his surprise, all the objects including an iron,
stuck on his skin and didn't fall down. Since this "gift'' is also
present in three of his sons and two grandchildren, he figures it's
hereditary.
7 The Man who doesn't Sleep (Thai Ngoc)
Sixty-four-year-old Thai Ngoc, known as Hai Ngoc, said he could not
sleep at night after getting a fever in 1973, and has counted infinite
numbers of sheep during more than 11,700 consecutive sleepless nights.
"I don't know whether the insomnia has impacted my health or not. But
I'm still healthy and can farm normally like others," Ngoc said. Proving
his health, the elderly resident of Que Trung commune, Que Son district
said he can carry two 50kg bags of fertilizer down 4km of road to
return home every day. His wife said, "My husband used to sleep well,
but these days, even liquor cannot put him down." She said when Ngoc
went to Da Nang for a medical examination, doctors gave him a clean bill
of health, except a minor decline in liver function. Ngoc currently
lives on his 5ha farm at the foot of a mountain busy with farming and
taking care of pigs and chickens all day. His six children live at their
house in Que Trung. Ngoc often does extra farm work or guards his farm
at night to prevent theft, saying he used three months of sleepless
nights to dig two large ponds to raise fish.
8 The Torture King (Tim Cridland)
Tim Cridland doesn't seem to feel pain like the rest of people. He
astounded everyone by pushing needles into his arms without flinching
and he now performs a terrifying act for audiences all over America.
Scientific tests have shown that Tim can tolerate much higher levels of
pain than are humanly possible. He explains that, by using mind over
matter, he is able to push skewers through his body and put up with
extreme heat and cold unharmed - but to do this safely he has
extensively studied human anatomy, because puncturing an artery could be
fatal.
9 The Lion Whisperer (Kevin Richardson)
Animal behaviourist Kevin Richardson says he relies on instinct to win
the hearts and form an intimate bond with the big cats. He can spend the
night curled up with them without the slightest fear of being attacked.
His magic works not only work for lions but other animals such as
cheetahs, leopards and even hyenas do not hold a threat against him.
Lions are his favourites and its a wonder how he can play, carress,
cuddle with them whose teeth are sharp enough to bite through thick
steel. Its a dangerous job but to Kevin, its more of a passion for him.
10 The Eye-Popping Man (Claudio Pinto)
Claudio Pinto can pop both of his eyes 4 cm (about 1 and a half inch) or
95% out of their sockets. He's now aiming (poppin'?) for a world
record. Mr Pinto has undergone various tests and doctors say they have
never seen or heard of a person who can pop the eyes as much as him. Mr
Pinto, from Belo Horizonte, said: "It is a pretty easy way to make
money. "I can pop my eyes out four centimetres each, it is a gift from
God, I feel blessed."
The results of recent surveys have shown that roughly 20% of Americans still believe, to this day, that the U.S. never really did make it to the moon. Conspiracy theorists even came up with the theory that the first ever moon landing was faked by the U.S. government as a way to claim victory in the space race against Russia. Of course they had to come up several reasons to support the claim and the following are just 10 of the many reasons why. 10. The Waving Flag When the first moon landing was broadcasted on live television, it was obvious how the American flag seemed to be waving and fluttering as astronauts, Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong, planted it. This wouldn’t have been such an issue except for the fact that there is no air in the moon’s atmosphere and therefore no wind whatsoever to cause such an effect on the flag. 9. Lack of Impact Crater The next claim puts forth the notion that there should be a blast crater underneath the lunar module, as a way of its marking its landing, but there were clearly none; no crater was visible both on video footage and photographs of the landings. Even the fine lunar dust covering the moon’s surface didn’t seem to have been displaced. 8. Multiple Light Sources The moon only has one strong light source and that happens to be the sun which is why it’s common sense that all shadows in videos or photographs of the moon landings should run parallel to each other. This wasn’t the case, however, and shadows appeared to be falling in different directions suggesting that there might have been multiple light sources – like that on a film set instead of the moon. 7. The Van Allen Radiation Belt The Van Allen radiation belt surrounds the Earth and is held in practically the same place by the Earth’s magnetic field. It is said that astronauts have to pass through this belt to get to the moon. The catch here, however, is that the belt contains high levels of radiation which could have fried the astronauts, with their not-quite-so-advanced protective layers and coatings, as they made their way to the moon. 6. The Unexplained Object As seen in the above photograph from the Apollo 12 mission, conspiracy theorists were quick to spot a mysterious object in the reflection of the astronaut’s helmet which bore a very similar resemblance to an overhead spotlight common in film studios. But given the poor quality of the photograph, it’s hard to say if the speculation stands to be true or otherwise. 5. Slow-Motion Walking and Hidden Cables Another claim that suggests the moon landings are nothing more than a hoax is that slow-motion walking due to the low-gravity conditions on the moon had been mimicked by the astronauts – if you happen to take footage of the moon landings and increase the speed by 2.5x, you’ll see that the astronauts appear to be moving at a speed just like on Earth. The impressive jump height, on the other hand, was attributed to hidden cables and wires. 4. Lack of Stars This particular argument is pretty convincing since there is after all no clouds on the moon which means stars are extremely visible and much brighter on the moon than through the filter of the Earth’s atmosphere. In photographic and video evidence – even those that were of high quality – no stars could be spotted. 3. The “C” Rock The photo of the “C” rock – a rock which appears to have the letter “C” engraved into it – is one of the more famous photos from the moon landings. Because the letter appears to be pretty much symmetrical, many conspiracy theorists believed that it could not have been a product of some natural occurrence and that the rock may very well be a prop with the letter “C” as a marker. 2. The Layered Cross-Hairs There is nothing unusual about cross-hairs and them appearing in photos of the moon landings because the cameras used by the astronauts made use of these cross-hairs as a guide when it came to scaling and direction. What made it unusual was that in some photos, the cross-hairs appeared behind some of the objects in that scene which suggested that the photos had been edited or retouched after they were taken. 1. The Duplicate Backdrop The two photos on the top, even though taken miles apart, clearly have identical backdrops; as shown in the third photograph at the bottom. Hardcore conspiracy theorists believed that NASA may have simply made use of the same background even when filming different scenes of the moon landings. Courtesy: techandfacts.com
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The fast-disappearing Amazon rainforest harbors some amazing creatures. Most of us have heard of vampire bats, piranhas and the anaconda, but among the forest’s inhabitants are weird and wonderful animals just as bizarre as the more famous ones, if not more so. Here are 10 of the most bizarre Amazon rainforest animals you’ve likely never heard of.
10 Kinkajou
This relative of the raccoon has golden fur and a tail that can grip branches. Also called the honey bear, it lives in trees and mainly eats fruit. It uses its five inch-long tongue to grasp hanging fruit and also to lick nectar from flowers.
9 Electric Eel Dwelling in murky rivers, the electric eel delivers hundreds of volts that can stun a human. Deaths attributed to this animal are most likely from drowning when the paralyzed victim is unable to swim. The eel uses its “power” to kill prey and to navigate in poor visibility. Despite its name, the electric eel is not closely related to true eels but is the largest member of a group of electric fish called knife fish.
8 Poison Dart Frog These brightly colored frogs are among the most toxic creatures on earth. Their coloration serves to warn potential predators. Some species’ toxin is so virulent that merely touching the animal can deliver a lethal dose. Scientists prefer to call them poison frogs, because in fact they are not widely used by Indians for dart poison. Called “curare” its main ingredient is from toxic vines.
7 Bullet Ant The world’s largest ant grows to the size of your pinky and has a bite to match. It also stings like a wasp. Unlike most ants it is solitary during the day, although it lives in a colony, in a nest usually at the base of a tree. The origin of the name is uncertain. Perhaps being the size of a bullet is the reason, or because the pain of its sting is akin to a bullet. Another name is 24 hour ant, because of the time for the pain of the sting to wear off. Some local tribes have a coming of age ceremony in which the young man has to endure repeated stings without making a sound. (Women are spared the ordeal.)
6 Jesus Lizard When fleeing from predators, this reptile runs along the surface of water such as a pond or stream. The lizard reaches about 5 miles per hour this way. It propels itself along the water, using surface tension to briefly support its weight. The lizard’s toes have flaps of skin to create a broader surface and an air pocket to enhance the surface tension. But the “miracle” soon gives way to physics and the lizard is forced to swim.
5 Fishing Bat Eschewing the typical bat diet of insects, the world’s largest species of bat has claws like an osprey’s. It’s also called the bulldog bat because of its dog-like snout. In the dark of night, it swoop down on fish whose surface ripples it detects using its sonar. No other species of bat is able to fish.
4 Glass Frog The glass frog’s flesh is entirely transparent, allowing you to see the internal organs, including the heart pumping away. The flesh thus takes on the hue of surrounding vegetation, making the frog hard to see.
3 Peanut Head Bug This weird looking insect has a bulbous protuberance from its head that looks remarkably like unshelled peanut. The significance of this seeming encumbrance is uncertain, although scientists believe it may mimic a lizard’s head, and thus deter curious predators. The insect is otherwise defenseless although its wings bear spots that look like an owl’s eyes, all part of its arsenal of deception.
2 Potoo During the day, the potoo rests atop a dead branch, perfectly still and with plumage that mimics its resting place, blending in with its surroundings. It is nocturnal, catching flying insects, so its statue-like behavior during the day serves to hide it from predators. In the next, the chicks also freeze in position, but instead resembling fungi.
1 Candiru Fish This nasty creature, also called the toothpick fish, has been reported to swim up the urogenital tract of bathers and lodges itself therein. Removal by surgery is the only treatment. In nature, the pencil-shaped fish parasitizes the waste ducts of aquatic animals, and apparently finds human orifices irresistible. Courtesy: listverse.com
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Even the highly capable persons and big degree holders fail in the interviews. Facing interviews successfully is still one of the biggest challenge for youngsters to find jobs in big multinationals. Here I am going to give you 5 tips for facing an interview successfully.
1) Prepare Well: Prepare your folder well and arrange all the certificates properly. Usually you need: copies of your educational and experience certificates, bio-data, application (sent to the company) and avoid taking irrelevant documents. 2) Wear Proper Clothes: Wear a jacket, ride your bike and appear before the board like your favorite hero but you end up becoming a villain. You must wear clean & ironed formal dress to woo the board and do not forget to polish your shoes. 3) Control Your Nervousness: This is one of the biggest hurdle even highly talented people fail in the interviews because of nervousness. Nervousness is stored mental energy and you can use it in a positive manner:
1. Concentrate in preparing and forget every other thing, 2. Be well dressed, it will boost your confidence, 3. Eat light food because it will help you feel relaxed, 4. Pray to God for success, 5. Act confidently even if you feel lack of confidence, 6. Reach at the interview place 20-30 minutes before interview, it will help you feel confident, 7. Be brave and take it as a challenge which you have to achieve.
4) Speak Well: A candidate must have good command over language, correct pronunciation and grammar, good store of vocabulary and avoid answers in brief. Whenever you are asked to tell about yourself avoid telling your introduction in brief. You should always tell some important introductory lines about yourself like your name, age, qualification, experience, strengths, aim etc. Unless you are asked to give brief introduction don't introduce yourself briefly. 5) Never Show Cleverness: Many candidates try to act cleverly before interview board because every company needs sincere and hard-working employees. If you do not know the answer of any question just say I don't know. Never criticize anyone while speaking and always be polite and clear in your speaking. After finishing your interview always say the board 'thanking you very much' whether your interview has been good or bad. Courtesy: rockysaggoo.hubpages.com
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You may already know that the Titanic hit an iceberg at 11:40 p.m. on the night of April 14, 1912 and sunk just over two-and-a-half hours later, but do you know the following ten facts about the Titanic?
1 Canceled Lifeboat Drill Originally, a lifeboat drill was scheduled to take place on board the Titanic on April 14, 1912 - the day the Titanic hit the iceberg. However, for an unknown reason, Captain Smith canceled the drill. Many believe that had the drill taken place, more lives could have been saved.
2 Only Seconds From the time the lookouts sounded the alert, the officers on the bridge had only 37 seconds to react before the Titanic hit the iceberg. In that time, First Officer Murdoch ordered "hard a-starboard" (which turned the ship to port -- left). He also ordered the engine room to put the engines in reverse. The Titanic did bank left, but it wasn't quite enough.
3 The Titanic's Newspaper The Titanic seemed to have everything on board, including its own newspaper. The Atlantic Daily Bulletin was printed every day on board the Titanic. The newspaper included news, advertisements, stock prices, horse-racing results, society gossip, and the day's menu.
4 Lifeboats Not Full Not only were there not enough lifeboats to save everyone on board, most of the lifeboats that were launched off the Titanic were not filled to capacity. For instance, the first lifeboat to launch, Lifeboat 7 from the starboard side) only carried 24 people, despite having a capacity of 65 (two additional people later transferred to Lifeboat 7 from Lifeboat 5). However, it was Lifeboat 1 that carried the fewest people - only seven crew and five passengers (a total of 12 people) despite having a capacity for 40. 5 Only Two Bathtubs Although most passengers had to share bathrooms (only the two promenade suites in first class had private bathrooms), third class had it rough with only two bathtubs for more than 700 passengers. 6 Another Boat Was Closer for Rescue When the Titanic began sending out distress signals, the Californian, rather than the Carpathia, was the closest ship; yet the Californian did not respond until it was much too late to help. At 12:45 a.m. on April 15, 1912, crew members on the Californian saw mysterious lights in the sky (the distress flares sent up from the Titanic) and woke up their captain to tell him about it. Unfortunately, the captain issued no orders. Since the ship's wireless operator had already gone to bed, the Californian was unaware of any distress signals from the Titanic until the morning, but by then the Carpathia had already picked up all the survivors. Many people believe that if the Californian had responded to the Titanic's pleas for help, many more lives could have been saved. 7 Two Dogs Rescued With the order for women and children first into the lifeboats, plus the knowledge that there were not enough lifeboats for everyone on board the Titanic to be saved, it is a bit surprising that two dogs made it into the lifeboats. Of the nine dogs on board the Titanic, the two that were rescued were a Pomeranian and a Pekinese. 8 The Fourth Funnel In what is now an iconic image, the side view of the Titanic clearly shows four cream and black funnels. While three of these released the steam from the boilers, the fourth was just for show. The designers thought the ship would look more impressive with four funnels rather than three. 9 A Royal Mail Ship The R.M.S. Titanic was a Royal Mail Ship, a designation which meant the Titanic was officially responsible for delivering mail for the British postal service. On board the Titanic was a Sea Post Office with five mail clerks (two British and three American). These mail clerks were responsible for the 3,423 sacks of mail (seven million individual pieces of mail) on board the Titanic. Interestingly, although no mail has yet been recovered from the wreck of the Titanic, if it were, the U.S. Postal Service would still try to deliver it (the USPS because most of the mail was being sent to the U.S.). 10 Corpses Recovered On April 17, 1912, the day before survivors of the Titanic disaster reached New York, the Mackay-Bennett was sent off from Halifax, Nova Scotia to search for bodies. On board the Mackay-Bennett were embalming supplies, 40 embalmers, tons of ice, and 100 coffins. Although the Mackay-Bennett found 306 bodies, 116 of these were too badly damaged to take all the way back to shore. Attempts were made to identify each body found. Additional ships were also sent out to look for bodies. In all, 328 bodies were found, but 119 of these were badly damaged and thus were buried at sea. Courtesy: history1900s.about.com
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His name is "Ata" - short for Atacama - and no, he's not an alien, report researchers from Stanford University in the film “Sirius.” Rather, the six-inch partially-mummified specimen was male and appears to have survived for as many as six to eight years after birth, despite his small size.
Theories that the body was an aborted fetus do not hold, researchers argue, based on studies measuring its bone density and epiphyseal plate.
“Obviously, it was breathing, it was eating it was metabolizing,” Garry Nolan, the director of stem biology at the university said.
And while he admits it “calls into question how big the thing might have been when it was born,” it appears to be nothing else but an “interesting mutation.”
The findings were first located near an abandoned church in the Chilean Atacama desert, from where it derives its name. According to a Chilean local newspaper, the small figure was wrapped in a white cloth upon discovery.
UFO enthusiasts were quick to assign the specimen’s origins as extraterrestrial, especially given several of its characteristics that have come to be associated with aliens, including an oversized head. The fact that the body was scaly and dark and boasted nine ribs didn’t help. In fact, the skeleton was considered an important element in the documentary in which extraterrestrial activist Steven Greer proposes to prove not only that aliens are real, but that the government is working very hard to cover up their existence.
Greer, a physician himself, explained that the team “obtained excellent DNA material by surgically dissecting the distal ends of two right anterior ribs” from the specimen that “clearly contained bone marrow material.”
However, not everyone is convinced the specimen is not an alien – including Greer. As far as he is concerned, the fact that they were able to prove that it was once a living organism is a step in the right direction. Courtesy: www.natureworldnews.com
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1. Bruce Lee's Family Gave Him a Girl's Name: "Little Phoenix" Bruce's family never called him "Bruce." They preferred to call him by his nickname "Sai Fon" or "Little Phoenix." It was a girl's name, deliberately chosen by his parents because they believed that evil spirits did not like boys in the family (their firstborn was a son who died in infancy). So, by giving Bruce a girl's name, they believed they could fool the demons into sparing his life!
Actually, "Bruce" was a name given by a nurse at the Jackson Street Hospital, San Francisco, where he was born (Bruce's father was traveling with an acting troupe at the time). The nurse thought that giving the baby an English name would help avoid any confusion with his American birth certificate (yes, Bruce was an American by birth - he never had any other citizenship).
2. Bruce Lee was Part German Bruce wasn't pure Chinese - he was actually part German (his grandfather from his mother's side was half German).
3. Bruce Lee Never Lost a Fight
Well, actually he lost a fight only once in his life: when he was 13 years old. This loss actually prompted Bruce to learn martial arts from a Wing Chun master named Yip Man. After other students learned that Bruce wasn't pure Chinese, they refused to let him train in their class. Yip Man had to train him privately. (Image: Portland Kung Fu Club)
4. Bruce Lee was a Bad Student Academics didn't interest Bruce in the least. After primary school, Bruce entered La Salle College, an English-speaking boys' secondary school in Kowloon, Hong Kong, where he often got into trouble. Bruce was expelled from La Salle for disruptive behavior.
Even after his parents moved him to a different school, Bruce kept on getting into street fights.
5. Bruce Lee was an Excellent Dancer and Boxer Actually, Bruce studied dancing as hard as he studied martial arts: he was an excellent dancer who, at 18 years of age, won the 1958 Hong Kong Cha Cha Championship! Bruce was also a great boxer: he won the 1958 Boxing Championship - by knockout, of course.
6. Bruce Lee was a Philosophy Major Bruce wasn't just all muscle and no brain. He attended the University of Washington, where he majored in philosophy with focus on the philosophical principles of martial art techniques. As you might imagine, Bruce supported himself in college by teaching martial arts. Later, Bruce dropped out of college to open his martial arts school.
7. Want to challenge Bruce Lee? Just tap your foot on the ground! After he got famous, a lot of people thought they could beat Bruce - they would walk up to him, tap their foot on the ground (symbolizing a challenge) and then proceed to attack him! Well... maybe not that literal, but Bruce's popularity certainly attracted a lot nutcase trying to prove they're better than him.
One day, while filming Enter the Dragon, an extra taunted Bruce Lee and challenged him to fight. The whole thing went on like this:
"This kid was good. He was no punk. He was strong and fast, and he was really trying to punch Bruce's brains in. But Bruce just methodically took him apart."
"I mean Bruce kept moving so well, this kid couldn't touch him...Then all of a sudden, Bruce got him and rammed his ass into the wall and swept him, he proceeded to drop his knee into his opponent's chest, locked his arm out straight, and nailed him in the face repeatedly."
Typical of Bruce Lee, after the fight he didn't fire the extra - he actually gave his challenger lesson on how to improve!
8. Bruce Lee was Strong In 1964, Bruce was invited to a karate championship in Long Beach, California. There he performed his famous "One Inch Punch," where he would deliver a devastating blow from only an inch away, sending his opponent flying back!
Bob Baker of Stockton, whom Bruce hit, said "I told Bruce not to do this type of demonstration again. When he punched me that last time, I had to stay home from work because the pain in my chest was unbearable."
... and Fast! Most martial art films are sped up to make fighting scenes appear fast, but not Bruce Lee's. His moves were too fast to be captured on the regular 24 frames per second film - so they had to film him at 32 fps, and run the film slower so you can see his moves.
9. Bruce Lee vs. Chuck Norris, who would win? Here's a clip of Bruce Lee fighting Chuck Norris in Return of the Dragon. You can see how fast Bruce Lee moved ... though it's obvious that Chuck Norris would be immune to the One Inch Punch as his one-inch chest hair would absorb the punch with ease!
And the most bizarre Bruce Lee fact is this:
10. Bruce Lee's Corpse Acted in his Final Movie! Bruce Lee was filming Game of Death when he died unexpectedly. So what did the studio do? Well, they rewrote the script so Bruce's character faked his own death to escape the mafia. Then they took footage from Bruce's actual funeral - including close-ups shots of the open casket showing his embalmed face - and work that into the movie!
CHICAGO, USA -- The CST-01 watch, made by the Chicago-based firm Central Standard Timing, is thinner than a credit card - just 0.8mm thick - and shows the time on an electronic ink display; the world's thinnest watch has a 0.5mm flexible electronic component built-in and a Thinergy Micro-Energy Cell battery that can be charged in 10 minutes and has a lifetime of 15 years, setting the world record for the thinnest watch, according to the World Record Academy: www.worldrecordacademy.com/.
Photo: The world's thinnest watch - just 0.8mm thick - has been designed using a single piece of bendy stainless steel. The CST-01 watch is thinner than a credit card and shows the time on an electronic ink display.
The Guinness world record for the longest chain of watches consisted of 1,382 Swatches buckled together in Oeiras Parque, Lisbon, Portugal.
Guinness World Records also recognized the world record for the smallest watch movement, sety by Cal.G720, developed and manufactured by Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. (Japan) in 2002, which measures 30 mm² (0.046 in²) in surface area and 73 mm³ (0.004 in³) in volume. Watch movement means machine parts of a watch except for exterior parts, such as a case, a dial and hands. Its full dimensions are 5.0 mm x 6.0 mm x 2.5 mm.
According to Central Standard Timing, the patent-pending CST-01 is assembled by laminating thin, flexible components into a 0.5mm pocket etched into a single piece of flexible stainless steel.
This is different from traditional digital watches, which typically use the same chassis used for analog watches.
The CST-01 also uses an embedded Thinergy Micro-Energy Cell that charges in 10 minutes from an external dock and has a lifetime of 15 years. All CST-01 watches are planned to be assembled in the USA.
The battery can be recharged 10,000 times and each charge will last about 30 days.
Central Standard Timing was founded by engineers Dave Vondle and Jerry O'Leary, both formetly of successful design outfit IDEO
