Breaking the Wishbone for Luck

Breaking the Wishbone for LuckThe tradition of pulling apart the wishbone, or clavicle, may be as much as 2,500 years old. Ancient Etruscans in what is now Italy kept chickens in their temples to aid priests in interpreting signs of the future. When one of the sacred birds died, the collarbone was dried and saved. Believers would stroke the bone and then make a wish.The ancient Romans, who came to live in Italy after the Etruscans, believed chickens...

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Thanksgiving Day 28-11-2013

Thanksgiving Day 28-11-2013Source: The First Thanksgiving 1621http://loc.gov/pictures/item/2001699850/Throughout history, people have given thanks - sometimes in joyful celebration, often in solemn, even prayerful, ceremony. The United States, over hundreds of years, has come to observe a national holiday for giving thanks. Thanksgiving: family and friends, crisp fall weather, orange and gold leaves, football, turkey, pumpkin pie.A legendary Thanksgiving...

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A Reptile of Many Talents

A Reptile of Many Talents1. Chameleons are lizards, and lizards are reptiles, like snakes, crocodiles, and tortoises. There are about 4,000 kinds of lizards altogether, including around 120 different chameleons. Just over half of all the types of chameleons come from Madagascar, a big island off the east coast of Africa. Most of the others live in mainland Africa. 2. What animal has feet like a parrot, can see in more than one direction at a...

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Some Amazing Facts

Some Amazing Facts Source: http://thumbpress.com/20-mind-blowing-facts-you-probably-didnt-kn...

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Fun facts about Pomeranian dogs

Fun facts about Pomeranian dogsThe Pomeranian is one of they toy breeds and weighs between 3 and 7 pounds (there are larger poms, and although not to the breed standard, they still make wonderful loving pets!). Intelligent and vivacious, these little dogs will steal your heart, but don't let them get away with too much as they must be properly trained or they will become too demanding. With proper care your Pom can live to about 15 years old.1. Did...

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Uses of Neodymium Magnets

Uses of Neodymium MagnetsNickel plated neodymium magnet on a bracket from a hard drive.The magnets in your possession are some of the most powerful magnets in the world.  They are made out of a neodymium-iron-boron material, or Nd2Fe14B, of which iron is the main component.  Their field strength has been measured at 12.5 kiloGauss, or 1.25 Tesla (tens of thousands of times stronger than the earth’s magnetic field).  Their incredible...

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Common Computer Terms

Common Computer TermsBoot: The act of starting up a computer.Byte: One character (eight bits of data).Cracker.  The preferred term to refer to a computer criminal who penetrates a  computer program to steal information or damage the program in some way.Crash. A malfunction in hardware or software that keeps a computer from functioning.  Cut and paste. To move a block of text from one place to another.Cursor: The blinking vertical or horizontal line that indicates where text is being typed.CD-ROM: Compact Disc Read-Only MemoryCD-R/CD-RW:...

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Fungus facts

Fungus facts1. Fungi are in a group all of their own and are neither plants nor animals. The main difference between plants and fungi is that fungi lack chlorophyll (green matter).2. This means that they can’t make their own food from sunlight through the process of photosynthesis. Instead, like animals, they must obtain food from other organisms. 3. The cell walls of many fungi contain chitin (a product also found in insect exoskeletons).4....

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EARTHWORM FACTS

EARTHWORM FACTS1. The smallest earthworm is less than an inch2. The largest earthworm ever found was in South Africa and measured 22 feet from its nose to the tip of its tail.3. An earthworm has a brain, five hearts, and “breathes” through its skin4. An earthworm produces its own weight in casts everyday5. There are over 1 million earthworms in one acre of soil6. Earthworms can burrow as deep as fifteen feet.7. Earthworms are 82% protein and are...

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Amazing Facts About Cats!

Amazing Facts About Cats!1. Most people like cats because they are very loving and playful friends.2. There are many types of cats, and all look very different, and have very different personalities.3. Most cats usually weigh between 5.5 -16 pounds, but some can weigh up to 25 pounds!4. Cats are healthiest and safest when kept indoors. Cats who live inside can live up to 20 years longer than cats who go outside.5. Sadly, there are more cats than...

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Animal fun facts

Animal fun facts1. Cats have excellent vision which helps them as expert hunters. They are usually very quiet when pursuing their prey.2.  Only big cats roar.  Little cats purr.3.  The largest wild cat is the Siberian Tiger from head to tail they can measure more than 10 feet and weigh more than 600 pounds.4.  Cats have hairy tails and rough tongues that they use to clean their fur.5.  There are about 230 species of primates.6....

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Chuck Norris Jokes

Chuck Norris Jokes1. Chuck Norris's apartment pays him a thousand dollars on the first of every month.  It's never been late.2.  Chuck Norris once killed an African elephant by flossing his teeth.3. Chuck Norris's bed is a tarp spread between four peeled Redwoods.  Contrary to what you might expect, he did not scare the bark off the trees, there just isn't any more room to carve notches for all the women he's had sex with.4. Mel Gibson...

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World Television Day - November 21

World Television Day - November 21Television, or TV for short, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with or without accompanying sound.Do you ever stop to think about your television? Well, there is a special day to do this. World Television Day started on November 21, 1998.  The United Nations General  Assembly  decided  there should  be  a day...

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Story of a Famous dog in Japan - Hachiko

Story of a Famous dog in Japan - HachikoHachikoOne tale about a dog known by virtually everyone in Japan is that of Hachiko, an Akita inu(Great Japanese Dog). This true story is the most famous of all dog stories and has become a kind of modern legend, relayed from one generation to another and also finding its way into books, movies, and television dramas. Not only does it demonstrate the deep bond that can be formed between humans and dogs, it...

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Different kinds of Malware

Different kinds of MalwareMalware is a big problem today. Everyday thousands of innocent people are getting infected by different types of malware.  The most common types of malware today are viruses, worms and Trojans. The reason we will use Windows is because malware is very rare in Linux and Mac computers. Definitions 1.  Viruses - Viruses cannot spread without the help of us humans. They are like parasites because they need a host to attach themselves to. The host is usually a legitimate looking program or file. Once this...

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SPEED UP WEB BROWSING WITH GOOGLE DNS

SPEED UP WEB BROWSING WITH GOOGLE  DNS There's a simple way you can get to Web sites faster, and it won't cost  you a penny.  You can hack the way your PC uses the Domain Name System (DNS), the technology underlying all  Web browsing. It's far simpler to do than you might imagine, as you'll see in this article.Click Network and Internet, then Network and Sharing Center, and click Change adapter settings.Configuring your computer...

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Son Doong - the world’s largest cave

Son Doong - the world’s largest caveThe world’s largest cave , called Son Doong, is in a remote jungle area of  Vietnam. Son Doong means “mountain river cave”. The huge cave is in the Phong Nha-Ke Bang national park, which includes one of the largest karst regions in the world. Karst regions are mostly made up of limestone, a type of rock that can dissolve in water. Caves in limestone are formed over millions of years by underground rivers,...

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