DID U KNOW!!!

• Did you know 11% of people are left handed
• Did you know August has the highest percentage of births
• Did you know unless food is mixed with saliva you can’t taste it
• Did you knowthe average person falls asleep in 7 minutes
• Did you know a bear has 42 teeth
• Did you know an ostrich’s eye is bigger than it’s brain
• Did you know most lipsticks contain fish scales
• Did you know no two corn flakes look the same
• Did you know lemons contain more sugar than strawberries
• Did you know 8% of people have an extra rib
• Did you know 85% of plant life is found in the ocean
• Did you know Ralph Lauren’s original name was Ralph Lifshitz
• Did you know rabbits like licorice
• Did you know the Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters
• Did you know ‘Topolino’ is the name for Mickey Mouse Italy
• Did you know a lobsters blood is colorless but when exposed to oxygen it turns blue
• Did you know armadillos have 4 babies at a time and are all the same sex
• Did you know reindeer like bananas
• Did you know the longest recorded flight of a chicken was 13 seconds
• Did you know birds need gravity to swallow
• Did you know the most commonly used letter in the alphabet is E
• Did you know the least used letter in the alphabet is Q
• Did you know the 3 most common languages in the world are Mandarin Chinese, Spanish and English
• Did you know dream is the only word that ends in mt
• Did you know the names of all continents both start and end with the same letter
• Did you know the first letters of the months July through to November spell JASON
• Did you know if you try to say the alphabet without moving your lips or tongue every letter will sound the same
• Did you know a cat has 32 muscles in each ear
• Did you know Perth is Australia’s windiest city
• Did you know Elvis’s middle name was Aron
• Did you know the flag for Libya is unlike any other being a solid green color
• Did you know goldfish can see both infrared and ultraviolet light
• Did you know the smallest bones in the human body are found in your ear
• Did you know cats spend 66% of their life asleep
• Did you know Switzerland eats the most chocolate equating to 10 kilos per person per year
• Did you know money is the number one thing that couples argue about
• Did you know macadamia nuts are toxic to dogs
• Did you know when lightning strikes it can reach up to 30,000 degrees celsius (54,000 degrees fahrenheit)
• Did you know spiders are arachnids and not insects
• Did you know each time you see a full moon you always see the same side

Source: http://www.did-you-knows.com/

Albert Einstein was a violinist!!!

Genius at Play

“I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music…I get most joy in life out of music.”

These are not the words of a classically trained musician who has devoted his life to an instrument. No, these are the words of the most famous physicist the world has ever known—Albert Einstein.

Einstein, whose mother was a pianist, began taking violin lessons when he was six years old. By the time he was 13 he was done with lessons, but continued to play on his own.

Einstein was so enamored by music that, when he was due to receive his Nobel Prize in 1922, he ditched the ceremony in favor of performing Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata to an audience in Japan.

Not everyone appreciated Einstein for his love of music. One critic who was unaware of Einstein’s true claim to fame wrote, “Einstein plays excellently. However, his worldwide fame is undeserved. There are many violinists who are just as good.”

source: makingmusicmag.com

Chocolate without calories – it’s finally arrived

By Alison Stephenson
news.com.au

 

ALL the taste of chocolate without any of the calories? It sounds too good to be true, but one Harvard University professor has made it happen.

Biomechanical engineer David Edwards has launched AeroShot Chocolate, an inhaler which provides the taste of chocolate in breathable form.

Using a small lipstick-sized tube, consumers draw fine particles of chocolate into their mouth to experience the taste of pure chocolate “re-imagined”.

Aeroshot Chocolate follows the release of caffeine product AeroShot Energy earlier this year which used the same patented delivery system to administer a dose of breathable caffeine.

The product taps into the new-age food trend of “whaffing” or inhalable eating.

Edwards says the product works because the particles are small enough to enter the mouth and too large to go beyond it.

“The chocolate melts immediately upon landing in your mouth,” the Harvard University biomedical engineering professor said. “Since the particles are so small and uniformly dispersed by the air, the taste is immediate, too.

The product is available in three dark chocolate flavours: pure chocolate, mint chocolate, and cherry chocolate and is designed to accompany a coffee, curb an afternoon craving or be consumed as a guilt-free dessert after a meal.

It is being launched this week at the Sweets and Snacks Expo in Chicago, Illinois and will be available for consumers to purchase online from June 15 for US$2.99 ($2.97) per unit.

 

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Drogba’s representative laughs off Barcelona rumors

The Cote d’Ivoire star’s agency has made it clear that the attacker will not leave Shanghai Shenhua, which he joined just a week ago, for the Catalan powerhouse

 

The former Chelsea striker recently signed a contract with Shanghai Shenhua, but reports from Spain suggested that a clause in his contract would allow him to leave the club for Barcelona, and alleged the Drogba would travel to Catalunya on Tuesday to open talks.

However, the player’s representatives, The Sports PR Company, haven’t wasted any time in dismissing the rumours.
“It’s certain. He will not sign for Barcelona. What kind of clause would that be? Do you really think that Shanghai would accept a clause where he could leave for free?” stated a spokesperson to Goal.com.

Rather than travelling to Barcelona, Drogba is currently enjoying a brief holiday in Miami after featuring in a charity match with Lionel Messi and will travel to Shanghai shortly.

 

By Alberto Pinero

 

Arsenal to play Nigeria’s Super Eagles in Abuja

English Premier League side Arsenal will play Nigeria’s Super Eagles in a pre-season match in Abuja on 5 August.

Ranked 60th in the latest Fifa rankings, Nigeria face a Gunners side that finished third in the English top flight last season.

It will be the first time Arsenal have played in the West African nation.

“We are delighted to announce that Arsenal Football Club will face the Super Eagles of Nigeria in Abuja,” said promoter David Omigie of DanJan Sports.

DanJan Sports say that agreement has been finalised with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to provide a strong Super Eagles side.

“The NFF have agreed that the country will present a strong side as coach Stephen Keshi continues his development process,” said Omigie.

“The Arsenal manager [Arsene Wenger] will also use this game to showcase his full squad for the 2012/2013 football season.”

The London club traditionally hosts an annual pre-season tournament at the Emirates Stadium, but they opted to postpone the event for a year because of the 2012 London Olympics.

The visit to Nigeria will conclude Arsenal’s pre-season after tours to both China and Malaysia in July.

On their official website, Arsenal said: “The club last visited Africa during a tour to South Africa in July 1993.”

“It is returning as a result of the fantastic support which exists for the team, not only in Nigeria, but across the entire continent.”

DanJan Sports revealed that tickets for the match will go on sale from 4 July.

Four years ago, they brought two other English clubs, Manchester United and Portsmouth, to the Nigerian capital Abuja for a pre-season friendly.

As well as the match between the two, Portsmouth also played against Nigeria Premier League side Kano Pillars.

Two-time African champions Nigeria have competed at four World Cup tournaments, failing to reach the knock-out stages at the last tournament in South Africa in 2010.

Source: Oluwashina OkelejiBBC Sport, Lagos

Michael Jackson items a hit at auction

Michael Jackson‘s shoes and his handwritten lyrics to “Billie Jean” were among the big sellers at a memorabilia auction held on the eve of the three-year anniversary of the superstar’s death.

Bing: Michael Jackson remembered

Jackson’s autographed black shoes sold for $18,750, while the original “Billie Jean” song sheet sold for $40,625 during a two-day event held by Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills over the weekend.

An MTV Video Music Award given to the “Thriller” icon in 1984 pulled in $50,000. A negligee Madonna wore during her Blonde Ambition world tour fetched $34,375, and an undergarment she wore onstage nabbed $13,750. Elvis Presley items were also big draws: The King’s motorcycle jacket and trousers were auctioned for $41,600, while a ruby and diamond ring attracted a $21,250 bid, and his necklace netted $31,250.

More: Michael Jackson’s 10 Best Songs Radio Forgot

The crypt where Presley was first buried was set to be auctioned off, but it was pulled at the last minute following a backlash from fans. A dress Whitney Houston wore at the Grammy Awards sold for $20,480, a T-shirt Keith Richards once performed in sold for $7,040, and the robe Amy Winehouse wore in her “Rehab” music video went for $34,375.

Source: http://music.msn.com

Nino to be signed on an international record label?

Nino to be signed on an international record label?.

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Nino to be signed on an international record label?

Everybody is singing about the good music this young guy Iyaz who is reported to be associated with our own Ghanaian versatile scholar cum Musician, NINO. He has made Ghana proud with aesthetically good music and his efforts are recognized internationally. IYAZ is doing to NINO what Sean Kingston did for Him. This world super star is already talking of collaborating with Nino in a big Concert in Ghana SOON!
Discovering talents and making them Big. The question is, who is Iyaz: wait a minute! This guy is topping charts all over the world. Keidran Jone (born 15 April 1987) better known as IYAZ is a singer signed with the Record label BELUGA HEIGHTS from the British Virgin Islands. He is known for his singles ”REPLAY,”SOLO,”and ”PRETTY GIRLS”.He released his debut Album Replay in 2009.
Sean Kingston found Iyaz through his Myspace page and later signed him a recording contract with BELUGA HEIGHTS. IS THAT GOING TO HAPPEN FOR GHANA’S OWN NINO? We are all hoping so…Will the
second album of Iyaz feature Nino? Let’s wait and see…

Source: http://www.afroziky.com/2012/06/nino-to-be-signed-on-international.html#.T-naG4Hi_M_.twitter

Facts about Some Famous People

• Ralph Lauren’s original name was Ralph Lifshitz
• Elvis’s middle name was Aron
• Bill Gates began programming computers at the of age 13
• Madonna and Michael Jackson were both born in 1958
• Isaac Newton invented the cat door
• Einstein slept 10 hours a night
• Sir Isaac Newton was 23 when he discovered the law of gravity
• Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors
• Elvis Presley made only 1 television commercial
• Shakespeare invented the words ‘assassination’ and ‘bump’
• Tiger Woods’ real first name is Eldrick
• it took Leonardo Da Vinci 10 years to paint Mona Lisa
• before beginning his movie career Keanu Reeves managed a pasta shop in Toronto Canada
• Chevy Chase’s real first name is Cornelius
• between 1931 and 1969 Walt Disney was awarded 35 Oscars
• Albert Einstein never knew how to drive a car

 

Source: http://did-you-knows.com

Michael Jackson Still The King Of Pop Three Years After Death

Michael Jackson Still The King Of Pop Three Years After Death.