Interestingly Amazing Facts

Interestingly Amazing Facts and never heard before!

1. The first product that Sony came out with was the rice cooker.
2. The first domain name ever registered was Symbolics.com.
3. The most dangerous job in the United States is that of an Alaskan Crab Fisherman.
4. Business.com is currently the most expensive domain name sold for $7.5 million.
5. An apple, potato, and onion all taste the same if you eat them with your nose plugged.
6. All babies are color blind when they are born.
7. There is a giant mushroom in Oregon that is over 2,400 years old, covers 3.4 square miles of land, and is still growing!
8. A volcano has enough power to shoot ash as high as 50 km into the atmosphere.
9. Bill Gates' house was designed using a Macintosh computer.
10. SONY was originally called 'Totsuken'.

Amazing: Things you don't see every day!

Things you don't see every day! It is really Amazing.

School drop-out Gates to get Harvard degree

Microsoft founder Bill Gates, 51, is to return to Boston for a prestigious Harvard degree.

Three decades after dropping out from the elite Harvard University, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, 51, is to return to Boston for a prestigious Harvard degree.

The honourary doctorate is to be presented at school graduation ceremonies in June.

Gates was only 19 when he threw in the towel on his studies at Harvard. He returned to the West Coast, where he and several friends founded the software company Microsoft. The university said on Friday that Gates, who has set up a research foundation against diseases, was a huge friend of humanity who had long since earned the degree.

Forget the cup, get this ball!

Indian Bollywood film actress Mahima Choudhary displays one of two diamond studded cricket balls at a function in Mumbai.

Bollywood actress Mahima Chaudhary at the unveiling of the diamond-studded cricket balls which are to be presented to the best Indian and international players at the ongoing World Cup. The balls, valued at about Rs 30 lakh each, was launched by the jewellery firm Gitanjali Gems Limited along with a new sports range ‘Sporteratti’ in city on Tuesday. Indian women cricket team captain Mithali Raj was also present on the occasion.

'Wiki' is now a word

If you think "wiki" doesn't sound like English, you are right. But it's English now.

This word born on the Pacific Island of Hawaii finally got an entry into the latest edition of the online Oxford English Dictionary along with 287 other new words. It has earned it.

"Words are included in the dictionary on the basis of the documentary evidence that we have collected about them. A while ago this evidence suggested that wiki was starting to make a name for itself," OED chief editor John Simpson said in a statement.

"We tracked it for several years, researched its origins and finally decided it was time to include it in the dictionary," But "Wiki Wiki", meaning "quick" in Hawaiian, has a very different meaning in its new host language: a type of Web page designed so that its contents can be edited by anyone who accesses it.

That the word acquired a new meaning is attributed to the fact that commenting and editing on Internet websites became faster, the OED's principle editor of new words, Graeme Diamond said.

"There was no delay in submitting a comment," Diamond said. The most famous example is the popular Internet encyclopaedia Wikipedia. Diamond said new Internet-age concept of "wiki" fits well with the 120-year-old dictionary's own methods.

World Cup 2007 Opening Ceremony!!

Cricket Fever ~ World Cup 2007 Opening Ceremony !!

Performers dance as fireworks illuminate the night sky in presence of the all 16 countries cricketers during the opening ceremony of the ICC World Cup Cricket 2007 in Trelawny, 11 March 2007

Fireworks burst over Trelawny Stadium during the opening ceremony for the Cricket World Cup.

India's cricket team enter the stadium during the opening ceremony of the Cricket World Cup in Trelawny, Jamaica

England's cricket captain Michael Vaughan, left, and teammate Andrew Flintoff watch the opening ceremony of the ICC Cricket World Cup

All 16 countries cricketers watch as illuminations light the night sky during the opening ceremony of the ICC World Cup Cricket 2007 in Trelawny, 11 March 2007.

West Indies cricket legend Sir Garfield Sobers speaks during the opening ceremony of the ICC Cricket World Cup at Trelawny Stadium, Jamaica

Members of the New Zealand cricket team arrive in stadium to participate in the opening ceremony of the Cricket World Cup in Trelawny, Jamaica

Australia's cricket captain Ricky Ponting, left, and teammates Adam Gilchrist, center, and Glenn McGrath watch the opening ceremony of the ICC Cricket World Cup.

Dancers perform during the Opening Ceremony of the Cricket World Cup in Trelawny, Jamaica

West Indian Energy - World Cup Action Begins...

Sobers ready to declare World Cup open

West Indies legendary all-rounder Sir Garfield Sobers will officially open the World Cup later on Sunday at the culmination of a two-hour, 45-minute ceremony. "It's a great honour to declare the Cricket World Cup open. I'm taking it in my stride and I'm looking forward to the occasion," said 70-year-old Sobers from his home in Barbados.

The former West Indies skipper said he was excited that cricket's showpiece event was coming to the region for the first time. "It will be phenomenal for the Caribbean, especially for those people who haven't had the opportunity to see a Cricket World Cup. It will be a fantastic experience."

The ceremony, which is being held at the Trelawny Multi-Purpose Stadium, comes two days before the first match of the seven-week event takes place. That will see hosts West Indies facing Pakistan at Sabina Park on Tuesday. The ceremony, which has been called 'West Indian Energy', will feature reggae star Jimmy Cliff as well as a cast and crew of around 2,000 singers, dancers and performers.

Amazing Air Crafts - Not Everyday Seen!

Amazing Air Crafts - Not Everyday Seen!