US Political Contributions From Individuals 2008

Displays graphs of political contributions from individuals in the United States, for each state.

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Worlds Biggest: Biggest in the world | World's Biggest Hole - A Diamond mine :Siberia(Russia)

I used to surf about Missed lake of russia, but accidentally saw this monster holes in which i never ever heard about this worlds biggest before in my life, this worlds biggest diamond mine even sucks a helicopter which passes through, because of its gravitation. Mind blowing :-?

Interesting Facts about Familiar things

Truth

1. Money isn't made out of paper, it's made out of cotton.

2. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper.

3. The dot over the letter i is called a "tittle".

4. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.

5. Susan Lucci is the daughter of Phyllis Diller.

6. 40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.

7. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.

8. The 'spot' on 7UP comes from its inventor, who had red eyes. He was albino.

9. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents, daily.

10. Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister.

11. Chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system; a few ounces will kill a small sized dog, depending on the type of chocolate (really! petcaretips.net/chocolate-pois...soning-dog.html).

12. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark'sstomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.13. Most lipstick contains fish scales (eeww).

14. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.

15. Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.

16. Upper and lower case letters are named 'upper' and 'lower' because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the 'upper case' letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the smaller, 'lower case' letters.

17. Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other atthe same time ... hence, multi-tasking was invented.

18. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War! IIwere made of wood.

19. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos .. and in most establishments designed to fleece you.

20. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan; there was never arecorded Wendy before!

21. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple,and silver!

22. Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years to paint Mona Lisa's lips.

23. A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it instantly go mad andsting itself to death.

24. The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween" was a CaptainKirk mask painted white.

25. If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have$1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being ableto make change for a dollar (good to know.)

26. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink inquicksand

27. The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law, which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb (sign of a true civilized society ... not.)

28. The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player forautomobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was theVictrola, so they called themselves Motorola.

29. Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to eat a piece ofcelery than the celery has in it to begin with, but it has nutrients that make it healthy to eat. (Guess what I'm buying on my next trip to the grocery store?)

30. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying!

31. The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.

32. Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most oftenstolen from Public Libraries.

33. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into spacebecause passing wind in a space suit damages it (families taking long cartrips should adopt this same policy.)

Top 50 Interesting Facts

50 Interesting Facts

1. The word "queue" is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed.

2. Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine nuts, and worms like fried bacon.

3. Of all the words in the English language, the word 'set' has the most definitions!

4. What is called a "French kiss" in the English speaking world is known as an "English kiss" in France.

5. "Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.

6. "Rhythm" is the longest English word without a vowel.

7. In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a childA cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off!

8. Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.

9. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath

10. There is a city called Rome on every continent.

11. Horatio Nelson, one of England's most illustrious admirals was throughout his life, never able to find a cure for his sea-sickness.

12. The skeleton of Jeremy Bentham is present at all important meetings of the University of London

13. Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people

14. Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, everytime you breathe!

15.The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump!

16.One quarter of the bones in your body, are in your feet!

17. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different!

18.The first known transfusion of blood was performed as early as 1667, when Jean-Baptiste, transfused two pints of blood from a sheep to a young manFingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!

19.Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!

20.The present population of 5 billion plus people of the world is predicted to become 15 billion by 2080.

21. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

22. Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian, and had only ONE testicle.

23. Honey is the only food that does not spoil.

24.Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible.

25.Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."

26. Coca-Cola would be green if colouring weren’t added to it

27. On average a hedgehog's heart beats 300 times a minute.More people are killed each year from bees than from snakes.

28. The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 English words.

29. More people are allergic to cow's milk than any other food.

30. Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.

31. The placement of a donkey's eyes in its' heads enables it to see all four feet at all times!

32. The six official languages of the United Nations are: English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish.

33. Earth is the only planet not named after a god.

34. It's against the law to burp, or sneeze in a church in Nebraska, USA.

35. You're born with 300 bones, but by the time you become an adult, you only have 206.

36. Some worms will eat themselves if they can't find any food!

37. Dolphins sleep with one eye open!

38. It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open

39. The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years old!

40. The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds

41.Queen Elizabeth I regarded herself as a paragon of cleanliness. She declared that she bathed once every three months, whether she needed it or not

42. Slugs have 4 noses.

43. Owls are the only birds who can see the colour blue.

44. A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years!

45. A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!

46. The average person laughs 10 times a day!

47. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain

48.By holding your breath for a long time you can't die

49.Doing reverse crunch exercise will reduce your butt

50.Venice is a sinking city

Here comes the Drain hole...

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Countries that Bags most Miss World Titles

Venezuela has most beautiful women i thought, because it leads always in the list of most miss world titles.

Here is the list of the countries who leads the race.

Rank	Country	Miss World Title Count
1	Venezuela	5
	India	5
3	United Kingdom	4
4	Sweden	3
	Jamaica	3
	Netherlands	3
7	United States	2
	South Africa	2
	Iceland	2
	Finland	2
	Argentina	2