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2:53 PM

29 Crazy Facts About Everything

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Many years ago in Scotland, a new game was invented. It was ruled “Gentlemen Only…Ladies Forbidden”…and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.

The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV was Fred and Wilma Flintstone.

Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.

Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.


Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn’t added until 5 years later.

The State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work:
Alaska

The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% (now get this…)
The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%

The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $ 16,400

Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?
A. Their birthplace

Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat name requested?
A. Obsession


The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.

I n the 1400’s a law was set forth that a man was not allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we have “the rule of thumb”.

Many years ago in Scotland, a new game was invented. It was ruled “Gentlemen Only…Ladies Forbidden”…and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.

The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV was Fred and Wilma Flintstone.

Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.

Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.

3:27 AM

What a Rose Can Say

Posted by Snowhite

Do you know there are messages behind different colors of roses? This was started by the Romans and used in the Victorian era as a discreet way to express one's feelings to another.

Red Rose symbolizes love, passion, desire and respect


White Rose symbolizes innocence, reverence, humility and truth


Yellow Rose symbolizes friendship, caring, happiness and freedom


Black Rose symbolizes death


Peach Rose symbolizes modesty


Orange Rose symbolizes fascination and enthusiasm


Dark Pink Rose symbolizes gratitude and appreciation


Pale Pink Rose symbolizes grace, admiration and sympathetic thoughts


Purple/Lilac Rose symbolizes love at first sight, enchantment


Red Roses and White combined symbolize bonding and harmony


Red & Yellow blended symbolizes gaiety and joviality

A SINGLE ROSE IN ANY COLOR-indicates simplicity and gratitude
2 ROSES- mutual feelings
3 ROSES- I love you
7 ROSES- I'm infatuated with you
9 ROSES- We'll be together forever
10 ROSES- You are perfect
11 ROSES- You are My Treasured One
12 ROSES- Be mine!
13 ROSES- Friends forever
15 ROSES- I'm truly sorry
20 ROSES- I'm truly sincere towards you
21 ROSES- I'm dedicated to you
24 ROSES- Forever yours
25 ROSES- Congratulations
36 ROSES- Remembering our romantic times
40 ROSES- My genuine love for you
50 ROSES- Unconditional love
99 ROSES- I will love you all the days of my life
101 ROSES- I'm completely devoted to you
108 ROSES- Will you marry me?
999 ROSES- I love you till the end of time

I don’t see anyone else out there catching the most simple images of the world and having them look so beautiful.
Incredible Soap Bubble Photos by Jason Tozer

An old coat hanger bent into a wire loop and a good recipe for bubble mixture - some of the hi-tech essentials for producing great images


“I looked online for bubble recipes and a bit of glucose is apparently the key,” says Tozer. “Ten parts water, one part washing-up liquid and a little bit of glucose. We also used distilled water as well because hard water isn’t so good.”

Tozer’s first experiments produced several close-ups of elongated bubble shapes. Poised in front of a black background, his assistant was charged with bringing the detergent-loaded hoop through the air in front of the camera. Only occasionally would the bubble pass by the correct position…



To achieve the more planet-like images, Tozer began by blowing through a straw into a plate of the solution and turning the camera on what formed on the near-side of the dish.



Interestingly, Tozer found that as further bubbles were made from a particular batch of solution, less colors appeared on the surface. “The first bubble you make has loads of colour in it, when you make another couple they seem to have less detergent in them, so less colour,” he says. “The detergent sinks to the bottom of the bubbles, leaving the water behind, so you gradually get paler images.”

For example:




As for the settings on the camera itself – Tozer kept it all to manual. “I was trying to get the highest shutter speed we could, with the lowest ASA, so the shots were less grainy,” he says. “When we got some beefier lights we were able to go down to about 100 and then 200 ASA.”

What seems most remarkable about Tozer’s shoot is how a seemingly transparent film of liquid actually revealed a whole multitude of colors when caught in mid-air and photographed. Because of this Tozer was able to play around with scale and perspective and create a fantastic series of otherworldly pictures.

5:45 AM

Underwater Restaurant

Posted by Snowhite

Cool underwater restaurant...