Wednesday, December 28, 2011

The man who discovered Pluto is currently on his way there!

More specifically, his ashes are flying towards the dwarf (former) planet. Clyde Tombaugh’s ashes are traveling within the New Horizons spacecraft on a goal to pass Pluto by 2015! The container Tombaugh’s ashes are in inscribes what would have been on the man’s tombstone including his discovery of Pluto and his family. So next time you look up at the sky, squint hard and see if you can find New Horizons and the ashes of Clyde Tombau...

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

The monsters from I Am Legend were originally supposed to be animatronic and MUCH creepier

Special effects artist Steve Johnson recently uploaded this video on YouTube. It really makes you wonder if this flick could’ve actually been halfway SCARY if director Francis Lawrence hadn’t poo-pooed the animatronics and opted for CGI zombies, which I feel are far inferior. Regardless, ANYTHING's better than the powder-faced "zombies" from the original film, which starred Charlton Heston. ...

Men In Black 3 (III)

I'm Sooooo Gonna watch this one... Defenitely ! :D In case if you dont know what it is, Its a Movie. :P ;) ...

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Top 10 Things You Didn't Know Have Names

Aglet It is the small plastic or metal sheath typically used on each end of a shoelace,cord, or drawstring. An aglet keeps the fibers of the lace or cord from unraveling; its firmness and narrow profile make it easier to hold and easier to feed through the eyelets, lugs, or other lacing guides. Ferrule Its The metal sleeve which is crimped to hold the eraserin place on pencils. The ones you see in Mongol pencils. Liripipe A liripipe...

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Wonder why we yawn ? Here's why.

When your body is low on oxygen, your mouth opens as wide as it comfortably can and tries to suck more air in. Yawning is a way to regulate the amount of carbon dioxide and oxygen in your blood. Unfortunately, yawns are nearly impossible to stifle. Scientists speculate that the onset of a yawn is triggered either by fatigue or by sheer boredom as, at those times, breathing is shallow, and little oxygen is carried to the lungs by the oxygen-toting...

Cherries can cause cancer cells to commit suicide

Cherries are packed full of substances that help fight inflammation and cancer. Two important compounds found in cherries, quercetin and ellagic acid, have been found to inhibit tumor growth and even cause the cancer cells to commit suicide without hurting healthy cells. Cherries also have antiviral and antibacterial properties, and are very nutritional with a low calorie cou...

Saturday, December 3, 2011

Disney's The Lion King is a total ripoff of "Kimba the White Lion", a Japanese cartoon

"Kimba the White Lion" was a Japanese manga (comic book) from the 1950s that became a cartoon show (anime) in the 1960s. In addition to having a similarly-named protagonist ("Kimba" as opposed to "Simba") the "Kimba" cartoon and "The Lion King" feature extremely similar characters: a wise monkey character, hyenas as comic-relief villains, a dead father who appears to his son in the clouds, and an older relative (an aunt in "Kimba" and an uncle...

Downlaod YouTube videos as an audio/mp3 file

To do this all you have to do is go to www.youtube-mp3.org and paste the YouTube video link in that site and press "convert video". Then wait for 2 seconds and when the "download" button appears, click it. Thats all ! :D ...