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“It’s 369 feet high. That’s about twice the size of the Statue of Liberty (minus the foundation). I like this tree. The people who discovered it have never revealed its true location, which is somewhere in Humboldt Redwoods State Park. And though it’s got a nickname, “Stratosphere Giant,” it is no longer the giant. It’s been trumped. After its short four-year reign as World’s Tallest, two hikers, Chris Atkins and Michael Taylor, were deep in another section of another park, Redwood National Park (purchased in 1978 during the Carter administration) when they came across a new stand of trees, taller than anyone had ever seen before. The tallest of the tall is 379 feet 4 inches, 10 feet taller than the Giant. It’s now called Hyperion.” w/ photos + video
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Why soap operas are called soap operas? This all started out in the 1920′s; a simpler time where Jazz was swell; the soviet union was in its infancy; Robbert Goddard became the first rocket man; and the world only existed in black and white.
We found out that no two people in this world have identical fingerprints, not even identical twins.
You would expect identical twins to have the same fingerprints as they are monozygotic, which means that they develop when a single fertilized egg splits in two, leading to two embryos. As they both came from the combination of the same egg and sperm, these twins have virtually indistinguishable DNA.
So why aren’t their fingerprints identical from birth? Fingerprints are not entirely a genetic characteristic. They are a part of a ‘phenotype’ which means they are determined by the interaction of an individual’s genes and the intrauterine environment (differing hormonal levels, nutrition, blood pressure, position in the womb and the growth rate of the fingers at the end of the first trimester).
Minor differences in fingerprints arise from random local events during fetal development. The genes determine the general characteristics of the patterns of fingerprints. However, inside the uterus, finger tissue comes in contact with the amniotic fluid, other parts of the fetus and the uterus. Some experts point out, for example, that touching amniotic fluid during weeks 6-13 of pregnancy significantly changes the patterns of fetus’s fingerprints.
Overall, identical twins’ fingerprints tend to be similar, but there always will be subtle differences making even their fingerprints unique.
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This list was sent in to me yesterday. In light of the devastating earthquake that hit Japan shortly before, I thought it would be a good list to post.
However, some of Japan’s customs and tastes have been widely misunderstood, and have even baffled some. Nonetheless, these 20 interesting facts have given the world a chance to see Japan as it is: An intriguing, culturally rich and economically sturdy super-power.
So, without further ado, here are 20 interesting facts about Japan (in no particular order). Please note, that while some of these facts are negative, they do not reflect any racist opinions held by me, or Listverse:
20. Raw horse meat is a popular entree in Japan. Sliced thinly and eaten raw it is called basashi – it is pictured above.
19. Over 70% of Japan consists of mountains. The country also has over 200 volcanoes.
18. A musk melon (similar to a cantaloupe) can sell for over 31,473 yen ($300.00).
17. The literacy rate in Japan is almost 100%.
16. There are vending machines in Japan that dispense beer!
15. Japanese people have an average life-expectancy that is 4 years longer than Americans. Maybe American’s should eat more basashi!
14. Some men in Japan shave their heads as a form of apology.
13. Japan has the second lowest homicide rate in the world, but is also home to the extremely spooky suicide forest, aokigahara. One occupant of the forest is pictured above.
12. Japan has produced 15 Nobel laureates (in chemistry, medicine and physics), 3 Fields medalists and one Gauss Prize laureate.
11. Younger sumo-wrestlers are traditionally required to clean and bathe the veteran sumo-wrestlers at their wrestling “stables”…including all the hard-to-reach places.
10. Japan’s unemployment rate is less than 4%.
9. Japan consists of over 6,800 islands.
8. “Tetsuo: Iron Man” (no relation to the comic book, or Robert Downey, Jr. film), a relatively popular, extreme, “Cyberpunk” film (a “cyberpunk” film is a science fiction film that involves technology – and the abuse thereof – and social unrest), was based on a play the director Shinya Tsukamoto wrote and directed in college.
7. A Paleolithic culture from about 30,000 BC is the first known inhabitants of Japan.
6. Prolific Japanese film-maker Takahi Miike made up to 50 films in a decade during the peak of his career.
5. Animated Japanese films and television shows (.i.e.: Anime) account for 60% of the world’s animation-based entertainment. So successful is animation in Japan, that there are almost 130 voice-acting schools in the country.
4. 21% of the Japanese population is elderly, the highest proportion in the world.
3. In the past, the Japanese court system has had a conviction rate as high as 99%!
2. Japanese prisons (as of 2003) operated at an average of 117% capacity.
1. Raised floors help indicate when to take off slippers or shoes. At the entrance to a home in Japan, the floor will usually be raised about 6 inches (15.24 cm.) indicating you should take off your shoes and put on slippers. If the house has a tatami mat room, its floor may be raised 1-2 inches (2.54-5.08 cm.) indicating you should take off your slippers.
TOP TEN iPHONE /iPad / Ipod Applications for 2011 8. Siri Assistant:
1. Angry Birds:
This game was developed in Chillingo, and the company sold a million copies of their last app, “Cut the Rope for iPad”. This game has been rated the #1 game for 2010. For iPhone it is the fun package game like the Angry Birds have to kill and fight the green pigs who stole their eggs. This game is seriously a MUST HAVE.
2. Fruit Ninja:
This addictive game is designed by Halfbrick Studios and is designed truly for iPhones and iPads. About two million copies have been sold for it, and the latest version comes with a multi player option.
3. Cut The Rope:
This game is also developed in Chillingo, cut the rope is available on both iPhones and iPads. This game has a mysterious character that is inside a box; he starts eating candies and is never stopped
4. Dragon Dictation:
It is also the best application you can give your iPhone 4. This application provides us a powerful voice recognition app, all you have to do is to start and tap then speak into it.
5. Kindle for iPhone:
This creates and awesome experience for the book readers. The text looks awesome on the clear and beautiful screen. Once it is installed you can get 725000 + books. Via Kindle store
6. Twitterrific for Twitter:
Tweeple, now designed exclusively for iPad, a smooth user interface, same stunts and style.
7. The karate kid:
The movie was a success and so do this app. keeping the same style. The developers have done a great deal about this app. totally cool.
It is the best free productivity app. All you have to do is to speak plain English and within a moment Siri Assistant will start gathering info for you
9. Public Radio Player:
This app turns your iPhone into a radio.
10. Backbreaker football:
This is something with really cool graphics; this gives you a real backbreaking football ecstasy. Everything in it is real smooth.Dr Mobiles Limited FaceBook.com - Email - Posterous - Twitter - Blogger - Flickr
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iPad 2 comes with latest 1GHz dual-core Apple A5 processor which means it will be extremely faster in response as compared to the previous iPad Both iPad and iPad 2 have same display (9.7-inch LED-backlit IPS LCD) and Resolution (1024 x 768) but what makes difference here is that iPad 2 is much smaller and compact, this makes Is handy gadget like others in market ( Samsung Galaxy Tab and Motorola Zoom ) Most important feature which was missing in previous iPad was camera but iPad 2 comes with dual cameras, Rear camera is 720p HD and front camera is VGA While WiFi and Bluetooth remain the same (802.11 a/b/g/n and 2.1 + EDR respectively) the cell radio in the iPad2 has been updated. The original iPad featured EDGE plus triband HSPA while the iPad 2 features EDGE plus quad band UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA (850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz) and GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz) for the AT&T versions and CDMA EV-DO Rev. A (800, 1900 MHz) for the Verizon model Another interesting feature in iPad 2 is its 3 axis gyroscope to provide you endless gaming and multimedia fun The new iPad 2 is much more sleeker than the previous iPad, Original iPad was (13.4mm) thick while the new iPad2 is just (8.7mm) in thickness iPad 2 provides better multitasking experience with 1GHz dual core high performance A5 application processor, 512 MB RAM and the improved iOS 4.3. iPad 2 comes with HDMI capability – you can connect to HDTV via Apple digital AV adapter New Apple iPad 2 comes with an interesting accessory named as Smart Cover – Apple introduces a new bendable magnetic case for iPad 2, named as Smart Cover. One thing more which we never wanted was added and that’s an extra 100 USD price tag for each new iPad 2 as compared to original iPad Prices so the new price for iPad 2 will be as follow