Top 10 Events The Forgotten History of the World

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10 Cahokia
America's Forgotten in Rome



Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site is the area where the original ancient city (century AD 600-1400) near Collinsville, Illinois.

It is the largest archaeological sites associated with the Mississippian culture, developed advanced societies in central and eastern North America, started more than five centuries before the arrival of Europeans.


This is a National Historic Landmark and the site devoted IN state protections. Moreover, this is one of only twenty World Heritage Sites in the United States. This is the construction of the largest prehistoric land in America north of Mexico. It is also home to a wooden structure that appears identical to the function of Stonehenge.

At the high point of its development, Cahokia was the largest city in the north central great Mesoamerican cities in Mexico.

Although it is home only 1,000 people before the year 1050, its population grew explosively after that date. Archaeologists estimate the city's population between 8000 and 40,000 at its peak, with more people living in remote farming villages that provide downtown utama.Pada 1250, a larger population than London, England.

If the highest population estimate is correct, Cahokia is greater than the following cities in the United States, until about 1800, when Philadelphia's population grows beyond 40,000.

9 Ship Sultana
The forgotten disaster



steamboat Sultana was paddlewheeler Mississippi River, was destroyed in an explosion on April 27, 1865. This resulted in the greatest maritime disaster in American history Serikat.Diperkirakan 1800 from 2,400 passengers died when one of the four ships boiler exploded, and the Sultana sank not far from Memphis, Tennessee.

The reason these disasters largely forgotten by history is due to occur shortly after the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War and during the week.

Most of the new passengers were Union soldiers, especially from Ohio who had just released from Confederate prison camps like Andersonville Cahawba and.

The U.S. government has contracted Sultana to transport former prisoners of war returned to their homes. The cause of the explosion is the boiler is leaking and bad and have not been repaired.

Boiler (or "boiler") exploded when the ship cruised 7 to 9 miles north of Memphis at 2:00 am in a huge explosion that sent a few passengers on deck into the water and destroy most ships.

Coal heat spread by the explosion immediately change the superstructure remaining into hell, the spotlight can be seen in Memphis.

8. Ziryab
Slaves who changed Communities



Ziryab (789-857 AD) was a Persian polymath: a poet, musician, singer, beauticians, fashion designers, celebrities, trendsetters, strategies, astronomers, botanists, geographers and former slaves.

Most people have never heard of Ziryab, but it at least two innovations still used today: he introduced the idea of three dishes (soup, main course, pudding) and he introduced the use of crystal for drinking glasses (before the metal is the main ingredient).

He introduced the asparagus and other vegetables into society, and make significant changes and additions to the world of music. He had many children, who all became musicians, and his legacy spread throughout Europe. He may be regarded as ancient Bach.

List of social change Ziryab made very large - he helped popularize short hair and shaving for men, and wear different clothes by season.

He creates a sense of fun toothpaste that helps personal hygiene (and longevity) in the region, and also found an underarm deodorant. He also promotes a bath twice a day.

7.Peshtigo
Fire in the Forest



Most people reading this will be familiar with the Great Chicago Fire that killed hundreds and destroyed four square miles of Chicago, Illinois.

However, most people do not know that on the same day the fire that much worse, in Peshtigo, Wisconsin.8 October 1871, Fire in Peshtigo, Wisconsin, is a fire that caused the most deaths by fire in U.S. history.

On the same day as the Peshtigo and Chicago fires, the city of Holland and Manistee, Michigan, on Lake Michigan, also burned, and the same fate befall Port Huron at the southern end of Lake Huron.

At the time it ended, the 1875 square miles of forest have been consumed and destroyed twelve communities. Between 1,200 and 2,500 people are estimated to have lost their lives.

The fire was so intense it jumped several miles over the waters of Green Bay, and the burning of the door of the Peninsula, and jumped into the Peshtigo River itself to burn on both sides of the city.

Witnesses reported that the storm produced a tornado that threw the rail cars and homes into the air.

Many survivors of the storm who had fled from the fire to immerse themselves in the Peshtigo River, wells, or other pools. but Some drowned, while others give up because of hypothermia in a cold river.

6.Gil Eanes
Passing Point of No Return



Name Gil Eannes almost remind the household appliance; also is that of the places associated with the Portuguese explorer, Cape Bojador. Eannes also did not really find this cape: where it has been known for many years.

For a time Eannes's, Bojador represents an unbreachable barrier, a point of no return, and it is the achievement of these heroes are reluctant to pass that invisible boundary, in 1434.

Thus, he opened a new area, not only on land but in the mind, and thus made possible the golden age of Portuguese exploration, with all its glory and horror.

At that time the conventional wisdom states that the sun was hottest at the equator. So, even if a ship could pass Cape Bojador, equatorial sun will eventually burn it into a powder.

Furthermore, the ship had somehow managed to pass all the other danger, because the crew will most unspeakable monsters met in sub-equatorial region known as the Antipodes.

By having the courage to risk his life (as a result opens a new world,) Eanes is a pioneer in the exploration of the nations of Europe for the future - the future. He will also be blamed for future development will be a pioneer - a period of slavery in europe

5.Joseph Warren
Father of the Revolution



Joseph Warren (1741-1775 AD) is considered by many people in his time as the actual architects of the American Revolution.

He was a key figure in one of the most famous in the history of tea parties.

he wrote a set of provisions that serve as a blueprint for America's first autonomous government. He delivered a speech which sparked the first battle of the Revolutionary War. He sent Paul Revere out in one of history's most famous rides.

He was a Patriot leader, before the Declaration of Independence, for risking his life against England at the Battlefield (Sandler 55). And, indeed, he has lost a lot of history. He is surrounded by the names that are well known from the history of American Independence, but his name itself almost never heard today.

Interestingly, his brother juag find Harvard Medical School, and fourteen Nagara in the U.S. has the name of Warren County.

4.George de La Tour
Master of The Forgotten



Georges de La Tour (March 13, 1593, Vic-sur-Seille, Moselle - January 30, 1652, Luneville) was a painter, who spent most of his life working in the Duchy of Lorraine, (which is absorbed into France between 1641 and 1648,) during his life .

He painted mostly religious scenes lit by candlelight. after centuries of posthumous obscurity, during the 20th century, he became one of the most highly respected by the French Baroque artist of the 17th century.

In his life he was known as a painter to the King (France), and is considered one of the greatest artists. Very few of his works survive and ketidakjelasannya reasons unknown, but thanks to the efforts of Hermann Voss, a German scholar, in 1915 his work was rediscovered.

3. Tigers Training
Testing D-day



Exercise Tiger, or Operation Tiger, is the code name for a full-scale exercise in 1944 to D-day invasion of Normandy.

During exercise, the Allied convoy was attacked, resulting in the death of 749 American soldiers. The lack of extensive knowledge of this exercise is intentional (unlike most others on this list).

To hide the shame of failure to exercise this war formally, all involved are sworn not to divulge this secret before the actual invasion.

Ten missing officers in the exercise Had INVOLVED Bigot-level clearance for D-Day, meaning That Knew They Could the invasion plans and have compromised the invasion Should They have been captured alive.

Ten officers m, engetahui invasion was lost, and the real invasion plans nearly canceled until the body into ten training officer found

With little support or not, from the American or British armed forces, for any attempt to recover the remains dedicate memorial to that event, the civilian population and small area of Devon ken do the show to commemorate the event, after finding evidence after being stranded on the beach beachcombing on early 1970.

2. Subway First Americans
Secrets of the New York Subway



In 1904, a modern subway system of New York was formally opened and changed the city forever. But what most people do not know is that it's not the first subway.

Because of the terrible congestion on Broadway, Alfred Ely Beach (the young owner of a young American Scientist magazine) is called which has the idea - to build an underground railway, which uses a giant fan to push and suck railcar backward and forward through the tunnel.

Because corruption commissioner of public works, William Tweed, Beach must obtain approval to build the tunnel by pretending it into a mail delivery system. Tweed (income comes largely from urban transportation) did not veto the request.

Beach and a small group of people began to dig a tunnel under Broadway in the dark night. The whole enterprise a secret, as the dirt hidden in the basement of a building purchased for the purpose itu.Pekerjaan Beach runs fine, but just before they could complete the first row and they got wind of public support.

Beach team worked extra hard to finish the subway, and a luxurious style that they opened to the public subway system on March 1, 1870. He picked twenty-five cents per passenger for trips from Warren Street to Murray Street. This is a huge success - bringing more than 400,000 passengers in the first year of operation.

Unfortunately, Tweed was very angry and vetoed the extension of future subway. Tweed eventually jailed for corruption, and permission granted for Beach to continue the work of extending the subway, but unfortunately a private investor quickly disappear, since the beginning of the economic crisis.

The subway was not completed and remained hidden under the city completely sealed up (complete with the luxury car and machinery) until it was subsumed into the present City Hall Station.

subway was not resolved and remains hidden beneath the city is completely covered (complete with luxury cars and machinery) until he was put to City Hall Station is now. Here are the subway routes on Google Maps.

1.House of Wisdom
Lost in time



House of Wisdom is a library and translation institute in Abbassid-era Baghdad, Iraq. That is a key institution in the translation movement, and is considered to have become a major intellectual center of the Golden Age of Islam.

The house is an unparalleled center for studiKemanusiann and the Islamic sciences including mathematics Islam, Islamic astronomy, Islamic medicine, Islamic alchemy and chemistry, zoology and geography of Islam.

Manuscript describing Persia, India and Greece, including Pythagoras, Plato, Aristotle, Hippocrates, Euclid, Plotinus, Galen, Sushruta, Charaka, Aryabhata, Brahmagupta and scholars accumulated the largest collection of knowledge in the world, and built through their discoveries.

Along with all other libraries in Baghdad, the House of Wisdom was destroyed during the Mongol invasion of Baghdad, in 1258. It is said that the waters of the Tigris River into black ink for six months because of the large number of books being thrown into a river.

The number of lost years of knowledge can not be described. It is even more surprising because most people know better with the destruction of the library of Alexandria, but few know about the loss of Sciences Biggest House in Baghdad for that era.

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Origin of Lipstick



In the days of ancient Tiongko, especially in the Tang Dynasty, there are seven steps in making cosmetics for beautiful women: foundation, apply color to the face, eye brow coloring, applying the "gold color on the forehead", painting the mortar, adorn the cheeks and applying lipstick, which became the forerunner of today's modern lipstick.

If the eyes are the windows to the soul, the lips are the mirror of one's character and temperament. Makeup lips had a long history and have different patterns at different periods.

It is believed that the makeup lip was originally done in religious rituals. As time passed, people realized that it bisamenghidupkan spirit of a person and sometimes can even express one's social status. As a result, the different ingredients for beauty products lip continuously developed and used to create and bright red lips, makeup art form.

Beauty products lip in ancient China which is usually called a lip balm, as recorded by the Chinese dictionary entitled Shiming written by Liu Xi in the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD25-AD220).

Lipstick did not at first like a lipstick that we see today, but form a paste that is placed in a specific container. After the Sui Dynasty (589 AD - 618 AD) and Tang, some lip polish processed into solids, printed in some form. Because it is easy to carry anywhere, this new kind of quickly gaining popularity. Production of polished lips did not experience major innovations of modern times just now starting to be held innovation.

Lipstick in ancient China also contains a fantastic scent. In the Northern dynasties (AD 386-AD 581) raw materials of lip polish, among others, Ageratum and cloves. In the Tang Dynasty, artificial flavors are added to the polished lip.

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Countries With Most Sadis pickpockets in the World











Pickpocket is a criminal act which is done by taking the goods of others in a pocket or purse without your knowledge or permission of the victim, it turns out not only in Indonesia that have a tradition of pickpockets, these countries pickpocket the most dangerous in the world, check this out .. .


1. Spain, Barcelona

Barcelona is the first tourist in Spain! Besides a number of views also have a lot of pickpockets to every attraction. If pencopetan competed Olympics, Barcelona will get a gold medal!

If you ignore pencopetan, Barcelona is a relatively safe place. Spanish people do not much like liquor, they prefer to smoke marijuana - and it makes people sleepy and friendly.
If you walk down the street of the famous La Rambla, you should wear a backpack on the front. Pickpockets work in teams - one person distracts you and another opened bag or dug through your pocket. They did not hesitate to use scissors or razor blade to retrieve your goods.

Technique used:
A friendly locals realize that your clothes dirty and offered to give you a towel so you can clean yourself. What actually happened was a friend of the person who is offering the towel that spill something on you to get your attention. After receiving a towel and began to clean yourself, your mind busy and make it easier to check your bag or pocket.



2. Italy, Rome

Pickpockets are a growing problem in Italy. Besides Florence (ranked 6), Rome is the country's most crowded by tourists. But that was not only that - Rome is also a haven for pickpockets. Pencopetnya not locals - they are poor immigrants who are looking for a way to survive.
Pencopetan problem especially in public transport. Bus number 64 in the city known as "the wallet Express" - the best way to get rid of your money.

Technique used:
A young gypsy girl or a woman approaches you and then pretended to stumble and accidentally dropped the baby - almost seen him throw the baby into your hands. You'll catch it to prevent it from falling and then hold the goods you will fall from your hands. His friend quickly take anything that falls from your hands, and runs out. After that you realize that your baby is a doll please.



3. Czechs Republic, Prague

Czech Republic - the home of cheap beer and party all night! The capital of Prague is known by its popularity among British men who want to enjoy the weekend but also not the place of destination if you are drunk and separate from your teman2.

Technique used:
The young woman staring at you on the road, when you look back, you've stolen by a friend wantit




4. Spain, Madrid

Spain is another European tourist destination that is always filled with tourists. Apart from Barcelona who occupy the highest position in our list, the capital city of Madrid was flooded with pickpockets. If you're walking into bullfighting you better be careful - what seems like most people can be a crowd full of people hungry for your wallet!

Technique used:
Someone with a camera close to you and ask for help photographing them. You'll put your bags for a moment to take a picture - at the same time someone from behind snatched the bag and fled.



5. France, Paris

France and Paris with the Eiffel Tower is one of graceful best tourist places in the world. People from all over the world come and try the famous French cuisine and meet friendly locals. When turned out - kadang2 too friendly!

Technique used:
Handsome young man walking around trying to find female tourists to give them red roses as a gift. This will make her happy and did not suspect and he would become an easy target for pickpockets who allied with the handsome young man who handed flowers. If the thief does not find it valuable they might ask for money as payment for the flowers.



6. Italy, Florence

The country is facing major trouble with pickpockets. When orang2 lost their jobs during the economic crisis the more people who make pecopetan as their livelihoods.

Technique used:
When you're browsing in a local store, you'll focus all your attention toward items in the store. A pickpocket sees it and gently open your purse or wallet to check the contents.



7. Argentina, Buones Aires
Buenos Aires is one of the popular tourist destination in Latin America, but also heaven for pickpockets. Hati2 with anak2 hordes who followed the tourists and also with the classical style, Hit and Run!

Technique used:
A bunch of kids approach you with a paper or card that is writing. Its leader will make you read under the chin and focus while reading, another anak2 pilfer your barang2.



8. The Netherlands, Amsterdam

Night life in Amsterdam, legal marijuana and prostitution area with countless women who are all great but only when you still have your money to pay for all that! Pickpockets take advantage of Amsterdam's red-light district "No Camera policy". Nobody can take pictures in this area - this means no surveillance cameras that can help you fight crime.

Technique used:
Someone pushing you from behind or from the side and tgerlihat like he just wanted to pass you on the crowded street. Actually there are others in the opposite direction and barang2 who stole your wallet.



9. Greece, Athens

Greece and the capital city of Athens is one of the most popular tourist destination in the world. Besides a growing tourist sector, penopetnya also increasing. If you're visiting the Parthenon or the Acropolis - make sure you never neglect your bag when you're admiring the ancient monuments. Someone who looks like a tourist can be pickpockets who target your bag.

Technique used:
A number of Gypsy children gathered around you and without hesitation began to rob your barang2. This courage will make you surprised, at the same time will anak2 barang2 you pass each other and ran in different directions. Wallet, cell phone and your camera is likely to split up into different departments. Sometimes anak2 will give your property to the old woman and hide under their skirts. The police will not look down her skirt!



10. Vietnam, Hanoi

For most Vietnamese people are known to the Vietnam War that happened 40 years ago but has now also become a popular tourist attraction. As one of the poorest countries in the world of Vietnam with the capital Hanoi, is home pickpocket who has been increasing. Most tourist attractions in Hanoi is located in the open and crowded therefore very easily become targets for pickpockets.

Technique used:
How enforced. A bike thief could use to steal your handbag. Make sure that your handbag is not too easy for the deprived. We recommend carrying your bag on the side of fewer people and vehicles.

Unique 20 story that happened in the First Age

Stories of strange coincidence that the famous and unique this is not fiction. It's real. Whatever, there interpret what all this. This 20 story:

  1. In 1979, Germany magazine - Das Besteran - held a writing contest.
    The authors must send the story is not unusual, but should be based on a true story. The winner, Walter Kellner of Munich, eventually won the race and the story published. He wrote about when he flew a Cessna 421 between Sardinia and Sicily. The plane experienced a problem at sea, landing on the water, he finally floated with emergency floats for a long time before finally rescued. This story was accidentally read by an Austrian citizen, whose name was also Walter Kellner, who accused the German Kellner had plagiarized the story. Kellner from Austria said that he flew a Cessna 421 over the same sea, experienced engine trouble, and finally had landed in Sardinia. So basically, it's the same story, but with a different ending. The magazine checked both the truth of their stories, and dua2nya was right, almost exactly the same.
  2. On July 28, 1900, Italian King Umberto I have dinner at a restaurant in the city of Monza. Apparently the owner of the restaurant face exactly the same as the king. The name of the owner of the restaurant was also Umberto, and his wife's name is also similar to the name of the queen, even the restaurant was opened on the same date with the inauguration of the king. The restaurant owner Umberto was shot dead the next day. So did King Umberto.
  3. Volbonne kill Baron Claude de Tarazone Rodemire from France in 1872. 21 years earlier, the Baron's father had been killed as well by someone else who was also named Claude Volbonne
  4. On 13 February 1746, a Frenchman, Jean Marie Dubarry, was executed for having killed his father.
    Exactly 100 years later, on 13 February 13, a French as well, also named Jean Marie Dubarry, was executed - also for the murder of his father.
  5. On November 26, 1911, three men were hanged at Greenberry Hill in London after being found guilty of the murder of Sir Edmund Berry. Name three of them, among others, Green, Berry and Hill.
  6. British actor Anthony Hopkins delighted when he got the lead role in a film based on a book called The Girl From Petrovka written by George Feifer. A few days after signing the contract, Hopkins went to London to buy the book. He tried several bookshops, but nothing is selling. While waiting for the train home in Leicester Square, she saw there was a book that lay abandoned on a chair waiting. Miraculously, it turns out that the book The Girl From Petrovka. It turned out that coincidences do not stop there only.

    Two years later, while filming in Vienna, Hopkins was visited by George Feifer, author of the book. Feifer mentioned that he lost his own book. He lent his books - with some notes in his own handwriting - to his friend, who then lost the book somewhere in London. With astonishment, Hopkins gives Feifer the book he found. 'It's his book? " he asked, 'with notes on the outskirts of the page? " It's the same book.
  7. A British officer, Major Summerford, while fighting in the Flanders region in February 1918 because it fell from his horse struck by lightning and he became paralyzed from the waist down. Summerford retired and moved to Vancouver.

    One day in 1924, when he was fishing on the riverbank, a lightning struck the tree where he was sitting and paralyze the body part right. Two years later Summerford was sufficiently recovered and was able to walk in the park. And he was berjalan2 in the garden in the summer in 1930 when a lightning snatched back, and eventually incapacitate permanently. He died two years later. But the lightning seems to have not satisfied and still catch up. Four years later, during a storm, lightning struck the cemetery and destroyed a tombstone. Who is buried under a gravestone? Major Summerford
  8. In 1899 a lightning killed a man when he stood in his backyard in Taranto, Italy. 30 years later, his son died in the same way in the same place. On 8 October 1949, Rolla Primarda, grandson of the first victims and children from the second victim, a victim of the third.
  9. Ziegland Henry thought he had managed to escape from his destiny. In 1883, he broke with his girlfriend. Due to stress girl and then killed himself. Laki2 girl's brother is very angry that he was pursuing Ziegland and shot him. The man once thought he had killed Ziegland, using a pistol to kill himself. But Ziegland not dead. Bullet, it appeared that only scratching his face and lodged in a tree. Ziegland so convinced that he is a lucky man. But a few years later, Ziegland decided to cut down the tree, which still have bullets in it. The task seems difficult, so he decided to blow it up with some dynamite. The blast threw a bullet to the head and killed him Ziegland
  10. The story of identical twins who live together are almost as stunning, but perhaps nothing can equal the story of two identical twins who were born in Ohio. The twin brothers separated at birth, adopted by different families. Although not know each other, these two different families together they named James. And kebetulannya not stop there only. Both James grew up not knowing each other, but both are looking for training law-enforcement training, both had the same ability in mechanical drawing and carpentry, and they are both married women named Linda.

    They both had a son, the one named James Alan and the other one named his son James Allan. The two twin brothers also divorced their wives and married other women - who are both named Betty. And they both had dogs named Toy. Forty years after they separated, both twins were reunited, and then share their life stories that were similar to each other (Source: Reader's Digest, January 1980)
  11. In the 19th century, the famous horror writer, Egdar Allan Poe, wrote a book called 'The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym'.

    The book tells of four people who survived the accident at sea, they were on the ship on the open sea for days before they finally decided to kill and eat the cabin officer named Richard Parker.

    Several years later, in 1884, a ship, Mignonette, sank. Who survived only 4 people, who are in a small boat for days. Then known, the more senior crew members, kill and eat the cabin staff. Officer's name was Richard Parker cabin
  12. In 2002, two men's 70-year-old twin brothers died within the same hour on the same path but different accidents in Finland.

    Her twin sister died when she was hit by a lorry as he rode the train bike in Raahe, 600 kilometers from Helsinki. He died just 1.5 km from the place where his brother was killed. "This really happened worth remembering. Although the course was fairly heavy, but accidents do not happen every day, "police officer Marja-Leena Huhtala told Reuters in an interview" I was so cringe when I know they were brothers and identical twins. I got to thinking maybe that's up there has a plan for this. "(Source: BBC News)
  13. Joseph Aigner was a portrait painter in the 19th century in Austria who seems a man who is not happy. He attempted suicide several times. The first time, at the age of 18 he tried to hang himself, but prevented by the presence of a mysterious Capuchin monk. When he was 22 years old trying to hang himself again, but he was rescued by a monk lagi2 the same. Eight years later, he submitted to the gallows for his political activities. Once again, his life was saved by the intervention of the same monk. At age 68, Aiger finally managed to commit suicide, this time using a pistol. Funeral ceremony led by the same Capuchin monk - a man who even Aiger just never knew his name. (Source: Ripley's Giant Book of Believe It or Not!)
  14. In 1858, Robert Fallon was shot dead by friends play pokernya. Fallon, according to them, have won $ 600 by way of cheating. After Fallon's position is empty and no one player was willing to take the money $ 600 was full of bad luck, they then found a new player to replace Fallon and gave the money of the dead $ 600 is for the stake. When police arrived to investigate a murder, a new player that has doubled the money $ 600 so $ 2.200. Police ask for $ 600 given to the descendants of the original Fallon - and apparently the new player is the son of Fallon, who has never met his father for 7 years! (Source: Ripley's Giant Book of Believe It or Not)
  15. When Norman Mailer started his novel Barbary Shore, he does not plan to use a Russian spy as a character in his novel. But while he writes, he began to introduce a Russian spy as a minor character. The more he writes, the spy became the dominant character. After the novel is finished, the U.S. Immigration Service arrested a man who lived one floor above Mailer in the same apartment.
    He was Colonel Rudolf Abel, a suspected Russian spy working class in the U.S. at that time. (Source: Science Digest)
  16. In 1920, three Englishman were traveling by train through Peru. By the time they met, only those in the room. Their introduction they never imagined. Men's first name finally Bingham, and both men eventually name Powell. The third man was named Bingham Powell. The three of them are not related at all.
  17. In 1975, while riding a motorcycle in Bermuda, a man was accidentally hit by a death of a taxi. One year later, the older brother of this man's death laki2 the same way. In fact, he rode the same motorcycle. Not only that, he was also struck by the same taxi driver, even the taxi that was carrying the same passenger!
  18. In 1950 Nebraska 15 people in the town choir members should gather at the church at 7:20, they rarely sekalit in his life too late, even almost never, tp they all came late in the day for various reasons, tiba2 only at 7:25, church were destroyed was hit by a plane. 15 people had survived by chance
  19. In 1976 a baby fell from the 14th floor and landed right in the arms of a British man named Joseph Figlock, a year later, a baby fell from the same floor, and re-saved by Joseph Figlock
  20. A Dutch woman finding her own ring that has long disappeared, the potato which he wanted to eat, the possibility of the ring fell into the fields of potatoes and finally be in potatoes

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Top 10 Fascinating Facts About Sex

[Warning: some images on this list are not work safe] Sex is one of life’s pleasures and it is practiced by most people at least once in their lifetime. This list takes a look at some more unusual facts about sex and sex related topics. Feel free to add your own interesting facts to the comments.


10. Weightloss
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Fascinating Fact: Sexual acts lead to weight loss
The average human loses 26 calories when kissing for a minute. Furthermore, vigorous sex for half an hour burns 150 calories (you can lose three pounds in a year – if you have sex 7 to 8 times a month). Kissing is also very good for your teeth: the extra saliva released during the act helps to keep the mouth clean – reducing the risk of decay.


9.Pubic Wigs
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Fascinating Fact: In Victorian times, whores wore pubic wigs
The pubic wig (merkin) has been around since the 1400s when it was originally worn by women who had shaved their pubic hair off to prevent lice. In the Victorian times it was frequently worn by prostitutes who wanted to conceal the fact that they had diseases like syphilis (Honest – we aren’t merkin’ this up). They are also used in the film industry to conceal actors genitals in nude scenes.


8. Condoms
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Fascinating Fact: Condoms were originally made of animal intestines or linen
In Asia before the fifteenth century, some use of glans condoms (devices covering only the head of the penis) is recorded. In China, glans condoms may have been made of oiled silk paper, or of lamb intestines. In Japan, they were made of tortoise shell or animal horn (ouch). In the 16th century, condoms were often made with linen sheaths soaked in a chemical solution and allowed to dry before use. The cloths were sized to cover the glans of the penis, and were held on with a ribbon. Pictured above is an animal intestine condom from the early 1900s.


7. Not Tonight Josephine
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Fascinating Fact: Sex cures headaches
Next time your significant other refuses your advances by claiming to have a headache, remember this fact: the sex act can help to cure a headache. Sex causes the body to release endorphins which naturally reduce the pain of a headache.


6. Skin Care
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Fascinating Fact: Sperm is good for the skin
The proteins in sperm have a tightening effect on the skin. When sperm is left to dry, the evaporation of the water in it leaves behind protein which can help to reduce wrinkles. While this may be an excellent anti-aging treatment, the obvious downside is that you have to walk around with sperm on your face.

5.Pubic Hair
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Fascinating Fact: Pubic hair is programmed to grow a certain amount
All hair on the body is controlled by a “growth program” which determines the growth duration (and consequently the length) of hair. Pubic hair has a shorter growth duration (on average just a few months) compared to hair on the head. This is what stops pubic hair growing to unmanageable lengths.


4. Blowsy Gal
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Fascinating Fact: The term “blow job” comes from the Victorian times
In Victorian times, a slang term for a prostitute was “blowsy”. At the same time, “blow” was slang for ejaculation. Consequently, by the 1930s, the act of fellatio came to be known as a blow job. It was also used to describe jet planes in World War Two. In Ancient Greece, the common slang for a blow job was “playing the flute”.


3. Male Porn
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Fascinating Fact: Men looking at male porn produce more sperm
Studies have shown that men who looked at porn of two men and one woman produced more sperm than those who looked at just women. Scientists speculate that seeing competition makes men step up their baby-making capacities.


2. Sex For Fun
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Fascinating Fact: Humans aren’t the only creatures to have sex for fun.
Humans aren’t the only members of the animal kingdom that have sex just for fun. Dolphins and Bonobo chimps have also been observed engaging in sexual activity, when they are not in their natural reproductive cycles. With the exception of a pair of Cohan gorillas observed doing so, bonobos are the only non-human animal to have been observed engaging in all of the following sexual activities: face-to-face genital sex, tongue kissing, and oral sex. When Bonobos come upon a new food source or feeding ground, the increased excitement will usually lead to communal sexual activity, presumably decreasing tension and allowing for peaceful feeding. Interestingly, Bonobo chimps also play and experience joy like humans.


1. Animal Prostitution
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Fascinating Fact: Some female penguins engage in prostitution
Believe it or not, in the wild, certain female penguins (even when in a committed relationship) will exchange sexual favors with strange males for the pebbles they need to build their nests. According to Dr Fiona Hunter (a zoologist): “It tends to be females targeting single males, otherwise the partner female would beat the intruder up.” On some occasions the prostitute penguins trick the males. They carry out the elaborate courtship ritual, which usually leads to mating. Having bagged their stone, they would then run off.

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Top 8 Most Profitable Hollywood Actors

Forbes magazine has published a Top 8 list of the most profitable Hollywood actors.


1. Leonardo DiCaprio ($1.1 billion)

2. Mia Wasikowska ($1.08 billion)

3. Johnny Depp ($1.03 billion)

4. Robert Downey Jr. ($807 million)

5. Daniel Radcliffe ($780 million)

6. Robert Pattinson ($749 million)7. Kristen Stewart ($698 million)

8. Sam Worthington ($494 million)


Top 10 Positively Portrayed Female Game Characters

Let’s face it: female video game characters are not often praised for their mettle. Indeed, you’re far more likely to find lists about the top ten most sexy female video game characters, than those who can kick ass. Countless odes to boob physics aside, I thought I’d attempt to ascertain some of the more positively portrayed female characters in video gaming today, those with substance, who might hold the title of role model, as opposed to the far more frequent walking pair of breasts (naming no names, of course). Without further ado, then, here come the girls.



10. Zelda/Sheik (The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time)
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Zelda has come a long way since her first appearance in the series (and, of course, it’s hard to forget the fact that all the games are named after her and not their protagonist, Link). Ocarina of Time saw quite a change of tack for Zelda, who had previously appeared to be somewhat of a typical damsel in distress type. Assuming the apparently male disguise of Sheik (a surviving member of the Sheikah clan) she was completely unrecognizable, helping an otherwise completely oblivious Link. Another disguise of Zelda’s, Tetra, also went against the pretty, pretty princess stereotype, she being a feisty young pirate who, once again, proves invaluable in aiding Link in his adventures.


9. April Ryan (The Longest Journey)
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Despite first being seen in a dream in her underwear (as low quality as the graphics might have been back then), April is a largely positive and realistically portrayed character, overall. A normal art student suddenly dragged into the fantasy world of Arcadia, her sarcastic observations help pick up the pace of the sometimes slow point and click adventure (although this is a common symptom of most examples of the genre). However, in the The Longest Journey’s sequel Dreamfall, April suddenly becomes almost excessively sullen and moody (I mean, she renames herself Raven, for Mary Sue’s sake), the character losing a good portion of her original likability as a result.


8. Hildegard von Krone (Soul Calibur IV)
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Hilde is one of the incredibly rare (largely) non-sexualized female characters in the Soul series. Brave, strong and honorable, she goes to great lengths to uphold her family name. The armor she wears is actually practical, and even her alternate outfit – a somewhat less practical dress – is both decent and elegant. Interestingly, director Katsutoshi Sasaki described Hilde as the “most alluring” female character in the game, which I suppose just goes to show that having all the goods on display isn’t the only way to create sex appeal (that, or he got bored with all the breasts).


7. Lara Croft (Tomb Raider)

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I have mixed feelings about Miss Croft. On the one hand, she was, arguably, one of the very first big female heroines. On the other, she soon became highly sexualized, appearing in various states of undress in many contemporary video game magazines, and beyond. That said, Lara was allegedly originally inspired by such characters as Tank Girl, creator Toby Gard having tried to counter the stereotypical image of female characters of the day. Widely seen as the trigger for an increase in female video game protagonists, Lara definitely deserves a place on this list. Strong, intelligent and a force to be reckoned with, you can’t argue with her methods. Additionally, the upcoming Tomb Raider reboot promises the most realistic portrayal of Lara yet; Duke Nukem Forever, eat your heart out.


6. Samus Aran (The Metroid series)
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The protagonist of the Metroid series was made into a woman as somewhat of an afterthought, developers taking inspiration from Ridley Scott’s 1979 film, Alien. An ex-soldier and bounty hunter, she is almost always seen in a bulky suit of power armor (definitely not a stereotypically sexy outfit), and can easily deal with whatever is thrown at her during the course of the game (power ups permitting). However, starting with the first game, there is a tradition of rewarding players who complete the game with images of a scantily clad Samus, sans suit, which arguably undoes the dignity of her portrayal just a little bit.


5.Commander Shepard (Mass Effect)
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Because saving the galaxy is a tough job. While the male incarnation of Shepard is generally used for most Mass Effect promotional materials, many believe that femShep (as she is affectionately known) is far superior. Voiced by veteran voice actress Jennifer Hale, Jane Shepard is just as capable as her male counterpart (let’s face it, even death can’t stop her). While BioWare should probably be praised for striving for some semblance of equality, the fact that the male version of Shepard is almost always favored (and generally considered canon) is perhaps a little disappointing.


4. Jade (Beyond Good & Evil)

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Beyond Good & Evil was, sadly, rather neglected following its initial release, and as a result protagonist, Jade, was definitely under appreciated. Taking up a job as a photo journalist in order to help support her guardian, Pey’j’s orphanage, she soon finds herself drawn into a resistance movement, working against a corrupt and deadly military dictatorship. An accomplished martial artist and athlete, there are few things that can stop Jade in her quest for justice (and those that try would probably get a staff to the face).


3. Jennifer Tate (Primal)
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Voiced by Hudson Leick (Callisto from Xena: Warrior Princess), Jennifer “Jen” Tate is a fighter. Having grown up in a string of foster homes, when the game begins she’s working as a waitress in order to save up money to go to university. However, tragedy strikes when her boyfriend Lewis is kidnapped by a servant of Abaddon, the embodiment of Chaos, and it falls to Jen to save both him and her world as she knows it. Despite being cynical and a little short tempered, Jen ultimately means well. The game’s writing strikes a good balance between stereotypical tough girl and genuine emotion, making Jen not only realistic but also pretty likable (additionally, it makes a change for a girl having to go and save her boyfriend, instead of vice versa).


2. The Boss (Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater)
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The Boss (notable for her unisex name) is a legendary American soldier who is credited with founding (and leading) the Cobra unit, as well as being widely known as “the mother” of the US special forces. Despite allegedly being the game’s antagonist, The Boss had a strength and depth of character not seen in many others, as well as an indomitable sense of honor. Her gender never held her back (even when she was pregnant, she was out on the battlefield), The Boss’s reputation easily preceding her. Indeed, she was a huge influence on a lot of the game’s characters, even after her death, Big Boss stating that killing her – his mentor – made him feel like he had killed a part of himself.

1. Alyx Vance (Half-Life 2)
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Strong and independent without shoving it in your face, Alyx is a realistically portrayed and highly capable woman. Skilled at hacking and engineering and easily able to hold her own in a fight, the sequences in Half-Life 2 where you’re accompanied by her are rarely as annoying as those with other co-op companions can be (I won’t name names, or I may not be able to stop). Cheerful, witty and even practically attired, few people wouldn’t want Alyx having their back in Ravenholm (or anywhere else, for that matter). Additionally, Dog (who Alyx herself modded from his original three foot incarnation to the massive behemoth he is today) is one of the more awesome robot characters to appear in recent video games. Playing fetch with a roller mine? Fyeah.

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