How World Cup Soccer balls are made (FIFA 2010)

6 People Who Accidentally Found a Fortune

We’ve all been there—a week until payday, the rent is due, and you’re rummaging in your parents’ attic to find Dad’s Mickey Mantle rookie card. If you’re in need of some quick cash, here are six stories of people who found a fortune when—and where—they least expected it. 1. Lose a Hammer, Find a Horde [...]

Marijuana has therapeutic effects

A new study has found that smoking marijuana has therapeutic effects. Cannabis, also known as marijuana, marihuana and ganja (from Sanskrit: गांजा gañjā, meaning “hemp”), among many other names, refers to any number of preparations of the Cannabis plant intended for use as a psychoactive drug. The most common form of cannabis used as a [...]

What the World Eats, Part 1 (Photo Essays)

What’s on family dinner tables around the globe? Photographs by Peter Menzel from the book “Hungry Planet” Come see What The World Eats. A few years ago photographer Peter Menzel and his wife Faith D’Aluisio started to photograph what family’s around the globe eat and wrote down what their weekly expenditure is. In 2005 they [...]

Hottest phones to come in 2010

If you think the phones currently on the shelf are hot, think again. A hotter crop of smartphones will hit the market later this year. Most cell phone manufacturers have unveiled their best models at Barcelona’s Mobile World Congress in last one week. When these hotties make a debut in the market, they may make [...]

Why is China worried about Dalai Lama’s visit to Tawang (India)

China expert M Taylor Fravel believes the issue of the Dalai Lama’s visit to Tawang monastery in Arunachal Pradesh (India), in the long-term, will probably not worsen relations between the two countries. “I think it will probably be overblown. Obviously, China is going to protest. I don’t think it will have a long-term effect, but [...]

Try natural scents to de-stress yourself

Feeling stressed or fretful? Try savouring the scent of lemon, mango, lavender or other fragrant plants to calm yourself. Scientists in Japan are presenting the first scientific evidence that inhaling certain fragrances alter gene activity and blood chemistry in ways that can reduce stress levels. Akio Nakamura, of Saitama University, Japan and colleagues note that [...]

The Top Horniest Countries

There are some surprises on the list. The list is based on a survey by condom maker Durex, so the accuracy is debatable, but it’s fun to peruse it nonetheless. ************************************************** No.10 – Mexico Want to take a sexy siesta? Meet people of the sun and fun in our No. 10 horniest country. Mexicans kick [...]

The Childrens of Swat Valley (Pakistan)

Nearly 25 lakh people have fled the Swat Valley after the Pakistan army stepped up its offensive against Taliban militants in the country’s troubled north-western parts. Many feel that a humanitarian crisis is imminent as Pakistan is facing its worst refugee crisis since the partition of the subcontinent in 1947. The army claims that over [...]

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