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World's Billionaires 2008

World's Billionaires 2008

Posted by eddyra on July 27, 2008| No Comments | 655 views
Recent survey by Forbes for The World’s Billionaires 2008 that was held on 3 May 2008. [TABLE=6] According to the Forbes, Mark Zuckerberg 23 years old the founder of social networking site Facebook is the world?s youngest US billionaire. Worth...
World's smallest school

World's smallest school

Posted by eddyra on June 2, 2008| 2 Comments | 746 views
Li Yongchun, 61, has been teaching at the school in Dasu village, Longjing region for over 25 years. The one child, one teacher school in China /Lu Feng He explained: “At first, the school had more than 400 students, but in the ’90s,...
Call for boycott of Dutch products

Call for boycott of Dutch products

Posted by eddyra on April 2, 2008| No Comments | 1,130 views
Malaysian former Prime Minister Tun Mahathir Mohamad has called for a boycott of Netherlands products for screening a film that criticized the Holy Quran. However, in order to be effective, all 1.3 billion Muslims in the world must unite in the boycott...
Thousands of penguins

Thousands of penguins

Posted by eddyra on March 27, 2008| 3 Comments | 734 views
Thousands of penguins form striking pattern in this picture taken 2,000ft above South Georgia
Amazing Scary Holes on Earth

Amazing Scary Holes on Earth

Posted by eddyra on March 27, 2008| 4 Comments | 1,916 views
The sheer scale of these holes reminds you of just how tiny you are. Kimberley big hole – South Africa
The Door to Hell

The Door to Hell

Posted by eddyra on March 27, 2008| 5 Comments | 1,038 views
This place in Uzbekistan is called by locals “The Door to Hell”. It is situated near the small town of Darvaz. The story of this place lasts already for 35 years. Once the geologists were drilling for gas. Then suddenly during the drilling...
The Use of Indelible Ink

The Use of Indelible Ink

Posted by eddyra on February 29, 2008| 4 Comments | 674 views
Guyana voting process In the voting process, electors will be required to dip the first joint of their right index fingers in indelible ink. In the past, some persons had claimed to be able to completely wash off the indelible ink from their fingers....
2008 is a leap year

2008 is a leap year

Posted by eddyra on February 29, 2008| 1 Comment | 837 views
A leap year is a year in which an extra day is added to the calendar in order to synchronize it with the seasons. 2008 is a leap year, which means that it has 366 days instead of the usual 365 days that an ordinary year has. An extra day is added,...
Would Bangkok really sink?

Would Bangkok really sink?

Posted by eddyra on December 11, 2007| 5 Comments | 679 views
Bangkok is one of 13 large cities at risk of being swamped as sea levels rise in the coming decades, according to the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change held in Khun Samut Chin. The cities include Dhaka in Bangladesh, Buenos Aires,...
Guinness Book of World Records For Man Hit By Car

Guinness Book of World Records For Man Hit By Car

Posted by eddyra on December 10, 2007| 2 Comments | 839 views
In 2001, Matthew McKnight the volunteer firefighter stopped at Interstate 376 in Monroeville, to help out the victims of an accident. While trying to help the victim, he was then hit by a car and thrown in the air for 118 feet. The funny thing is,...