Sep
30
He patented 1097 inventions during his lifetime and this is one of them. Thomas Edison invented the first phonograph (a clockwork device that recorded sound onto a wax cylinder) in 1876. Along other notable inventions there were the lightbulb and the kinetoscope (the ancestor of the video camera).
Sep
26
How to make people like you?
Category: Educative, How, Interesting Stuff |
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The following book shows you how to make people like you. It teaches you all about first impressions: the meeting, establishing rapport, communicating. It talks about the different rapports: by chance, by design or natural. It gives you tips on what an useful attitude would be and how to exercise it. It gives you the [...]
Sep
21
More that 2/3 of the Earth’s surface is covered by water. This water consists of oceans, seas, polar ice, rivers and lakes.
Sep
21
Some people were enquiring on what singer performs in the new iPod Nano commercial. She is a Canadian singer/songwriter by the name of Leslie Feist (though she goes by the nam of Feist). She released her first album in 1999, a year after she took up guitar. The song is performed in the commercial is [...]
Sep
17
When the tree grows, each year, it deposits a new layer of cells on the outside of its trunk, underneath the bark. This layer is called an annual ring. When the tree is cut, you can see the annual rings and simply count them to find out the age of the tree. The age of [...]
Sep
14
What is the world’s tallest building?
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If you thought that the world’s tallest building is the CN Tower from Toronto, Canada, then you are right (for now). Its world record for the tallest building will be replaced by Burj Dubai Tower which will be 2 meters more than the CN Tower. Therefore the record will be set by the 555 meters [...]
Sep
12
What is alchemy?
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The alchemy is best defined as an occult art. There were three main goals that its practitioners wanted to achieve: 1. to turn base metals such as lead or copper into precious metals such as gold or silver 2. to create an elixir, potion, or metal that could cure all ills 3. to discover an [...]
Sep
7
What is dandruff?
Category: Health, Interesting Stuff, What |
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Dandruff is a flake composed of dead cells from your scalp. Maybe we should rewind a bit before getting to what dandruff is. First you need to know that your scalp’s skin is constanly renewing itself. Dead cells fall off while new ones form underneath. When this process is accelerated, more dead cells start to [...]
Sep
5
What is Swiss Cheese?
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I think that most of us knows that when we say swiss cheese we refer to the type of cheese with holes in it. What is swiss cheese really? It is obviously a type of cheese that is characterized by having holes in it. It also has a sharp tase, a gummy texture and a [...]
Sep
4
What is RSS?
Category: Internet, What |
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RSS is short for Rich Site Summary. It is a format for delivering regularly changing web content. Many news-related sites, blogs and other online publishers provide their content as an RSS Feed to whoever wants it. Basically RSS allows you to easily retrieve information from the websites you are interested in.
Sep
2
How to clean your computer keyboard?
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There are quite a few ways if you want to clean your computer keyboard. The simplest way would be to use your vacuum with its special attachment for narrow spaces and start vacuuming the dirt from between your keys. If you don’t have an attachment, just turn the keyboard upside down and start shaking it [...]
Sep
1
How to Increase Your Wi-Fi Signal?
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Here’s a great video that shows you how to increase your Wi-Fi signal. I’ve tried it myself it works quite well. Give it a try, you might be surprised of the outcome.









