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An argument we got into on Facebook

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Autocorrect Is So Judgemental

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Mr Bean, A True Car Oxymoron

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Mickey Mouse Has Had Enough

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Nature paving the way!

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Proof That Aladdin And Titanic Are Basically The Same Movie

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THIS BOYFRIEND DESERVE A PUNCH!

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Top 10 Largest Sharks In The World

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There are more than 360 species divide over 8 orders of sharks. Some sharks are killers and some are perfectly protected. Some sharks are large and some sharks are small, but humans in general are enthralled with dimensions and because of this I have compiled a register of the 10 biggest sharks in the world.
10. Bigeye Thresher Shark

The Bigeye Thresher shark, Alopias superciliosus, is the 10th biggest shark in the world. The Bigeye Thresher can be found in tropical seas around the world and can be found at depths up to 1650 feet deep. Bigeye Thresher sharks are of a purplish grey hue and can come to lengths up to 15.1 feet long and can weigh up to 795 lbs.

9. Bluntnose Sixgill Shark

The Bluntnose sixgill shark, Hexanchus griseus, is the ninth biggest shark in the world and is often mentioned to as a cow shark. The Bluntnose sixgill shark is a member of the Hexanchidae family; most of their relations are extinct. These sharks skin color's can range from tan/brown to nearly very dark in hue. These sharks are renowned to augment as large-scale as 15.8 feet and some large-scaleger versions have even been spotted.

8. Thresher Shark

The Thresher shark, similar to its smaller male sibling the 'Bigeye Thresher Shark', is another large type of shark that can grow as long as 18 feet. The Thresher shark is the 8th biggest shark renowned to man and is found in tropical oceans round the world. Thresher sharks are a slim shark but don't let that fool you, these bad boys can weigh over 1100 lbs!

7. Great Hammerhead Shark

The Great Hammerhead, Sphyma mokarran is the biggest of all hammerhead sharks growing up to lengths of 20 feet. Great Hammerheads can be found around the world like most sharks in warm tropical waters. While Great hammerheads are a dange r to humans, they tend to be a shyer shark, generally avoiding humans. The heaviest Great Hammerhead caught to date was a 1280 lb female caught in Boca Grande in Florida, US.

6. Greenland Shark

The Greenland Shark, technically known as Somniosus microcephalus is a very large shark that can be found in the North Atlantic Ocean, predominantly near Greenland and Iceland. These sharks are known to grow up to 21 feet long and live as long as 200 years. They are known to be the longest living vertebrate (longest living creature with a spine). While Greenland sharks tend to be a deep water shark living at depths up to 6600 feet, they have been caught on film in shallow water in depths as low as 24 feet.

5. Pacific Sleeper Shark

The Pacific sleeper shark, Somniosus pacificus, is yet another massive shark known to grow up to 23 feet in length and weigh as much as 800 lbs. The one interesting thing about the Pacific Sleeper is that they are one of the few sharks found in polar waters year round. What also makes them interesting is they mostly live in deep waters and can be found as deep at 6500 feet below the oceans surface.

4. Tiger Shark

The Tiger Shark, Galeocerdo cuvier is the fourth largest shark in the world with a maximum length up to 24.3 feet! These humungous sharks have been known to weigh up to 2000 lbs and are known for being vicious. Not only do they eat many forms of sea life, they are also well known for attacking human swimmers. The Tiger sharks are mostly known to live tropical waters of the world but are especially common surrounding islands in the central Pacific ocean.

3. Great White Shark

The great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias, has got to be one of the worlds most well known vicious sharks. These sharks have been known to grow as long as 26.2 feet and weigh as much as 5000 lbs! The Great White shark is the last surviving member of its species genus, Carcharodon. Unfortunately for us as humans Great White sharks are located in coastal waters across all major oceans, so if you are on vacation, make sure you find out if they habitat the beaches where you plan on swimming!

2. Basking Shark

The basking shark, Cetorhinus maximus is an absolute beast of a shark being the second largest fish on the planet. The Basking Shark can grow as long as 40 feet and has been reported at weighing as much as 19 tons! Luckily these mammoth sharks are non predators as they are filter feeders.

1. Whale Shark

The Whale Shark, Rhincodon typus is the most humungous shark in the entire world. Luckily, they are not predators and are just another slow moving filter feeder similar to the Basking Shark. The Whale Shark can grow as long as 41 feet and weigh as much as 15 tons! The whale shark can be found in tropical and warm water oceans; they have been known to live as long as 70 years. This species is said to have originated as long as 60 million years ago!

Top 10 Amizing Odd Uses for Airplanes

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Planes are perhaps the hardest things to get relieve off. That is why, with a little creativity and a small allowance, one can cleverly reuse them. Some already ahead and conceived some of the coolest, oddest or funniest hangout.
This is a house constructed by Bruce Campbell out of the Boeing 727 - he got a trendy, one-of-a-kind villa in the woods.

“Cosmic Muffin” is the most unusual boat, made out of a rare and historic aircraft - the Boeing 307 Stratoliner “( dating back from 1937).

The Boeing 307 Stratoliner was fitted with a luxury interior, including a bedroom, and named The Flying Penthouse after being used in World War II. It was originally owned by Howard Hughes which he bought in 1939.

This Boeing 307, the Clipper Flying Cloud belongs to the Pan American Airways and has been restored for the National Air and Space Museum (the Smithsonian). The fully functional plane is the world’s only remaining Stratoliner.

This villa in South Africa really is not quite the real plane, though it gets credit for trying.

This is an airplane conversion serving as a museum and a house in the Russian city of Perm.

When you see an abandoned airplane, you naturally try to make the best of it. This is what some clever Romanians did somewhere near a national road - a functional restaurant in a deserted aircraft.

An aircraft turned into an yacht. Until the rescue team arrives, one can enjoy the sun and water on the wing of the plane.

The following Fairchild C-123 was a part of one of the biggest scandals in the mid 1980’s, involved in Reagan’s plan to free US hostages held in Lebanon. Long story short, the plane was shot down in southern Nicaragua and was eventually abandoned at the International Airport in San Jose. The current owners bought it for $3,000 and turned it into “El avion” - a restaurant, bar, coffee store, and a relic of the Cold War.

The Car Fountain

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This odd fountain set up in Rome, Italy is the work of Spanish creative person Juan Galdeano who liked to make a declaration that would confidently draw vigilance to the issue of international heating. The fountain was constructed to gaze like it’s sustaining a hatchback Seat Ibiza, when in reality the car is being supported by an elaborate installation.

A young female with two head.. odd but Amazing

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Abigail Loraine Hensel and Brittany Lee Hensel were born on 7 stride 1990, Carver shire, Minnesota, United States and they are dicephalic conjoined twins. Brittany is the left twin, and Abigail is the right twin. They have two spines which connect at the pelvis. They have two belly, three lungs, and two arms. (A third, underdeveloped and useless arm between their heads was taken in infancy.)
Most of Abigail and Brittany's shared body parts lie underneath the waist line. The deatil is offered underneath:
2 heads
2 arms -- initially 3, but the short malformed centered arm was removed
2 spinal cords and backbones which amalgamate at the pelvis - surgery amended scoliosis 3½ lungs -- surgery expanded their chest cavity
2 breasts
2 hearts in a shared circulatory scheme -- surgery taken by either sways both
1 liver
2 stomachs
3 kidneys
2 gallbladders
1 bladder 1 ribcage
1 large intestine
1 female reproductive system.

The Enigmatic Statues and Script of Rapa Nui, Easter Islands, Pacific

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Tongariki

Posed amid the bare and forlorn Easter Islands of the southeastern Pacific is the smallPolynesian isle of Rapa Nui, enfolding depths of yet unfathomed mystery. The hundreds of gaunt stone statues scattered over this island are overwhelming instances of the technological height touched by the Rapa Nui people. Ever since their discovery in a momentous Easter Sunday in 1722 by Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen, speculations have been rife about the ancient Neolithic civilization that could have prevailed in Rapa Nui for millenniums.

The stone artifacts left behind by this mysterious civilization surpass any Polynesian culture in their skill and perfection. Combined with this, are the various scraps of Rapa Nui writings in the Rongorongo script that has remained beyond all efforts of decipherment. These written patches are expected to contain accounts of the origin, language, art, culture and religious beliefs of the Rapa Nui people. It is widely guessed that these prehistoric people derived their means of sustenance from the natural and marine resources of Rapa Nui.

Just Another (Easter) Day

The possible causes for the decline and extinction of the well-flourished Rapa Nui civilization have encouraged several theories and suggestions by experts. While Jared Diamond attributed the obliteration of the Rapa Nui civilization to the rampant destruction of the forest by the inhabitants and the complete wiping out of life and livestock, the Rapa Nui folklores suggest violent civil wars and population crash. The environmental factor responsible for the crumbling of the civilization has been used ever since as an example of what may happen to planet Earth if timely precaution is not taken.

KAP on Tongariki – Easter island

On the foreground is a petroglyph of the Bird Man, Maké Maké. On the background is Motu, as tiny island from witch candidates were supposed to bring back (by swimming) an egg to become the Bird Man of the year.

However, no speculations about the contemporary relevance of the fate of Rapa Nui solve the mystery of its gigantic anthropomorphic statues. Modern archeologists connect their existence to the socio-cultural habits of the people. They opine that the Rapa Nui people were the singular inhabitants of the remote Easter Island. Roggeveen wrote down in his notes that the Rapa Nui people were a mixture of dark and fair-skinned tribes with distinct dressing habits. The heavily tattooed people wearing shiny discs in their earlobes probably worshipped these stone statues or performed religious ceremonies before them.

Moais de Rapa Nui

A view of the nine leftmost moai at Ahu Tongariki on Easter Island

Famous explorer Thor Heyerdahl found an interesting resemblance between these statues and those found in Bolivian stone monuments. What he found intimidating about these statues (of 200 cubic feet volume each) was the way these could have been positioned throughout Rapa Nui from the quarry. He also found some enormous stone‘hats’ equal to the weight of two elephants and wondered by what technology could these be lifted to the heads of the statues. The mystery intensified because he found no high point (leave alone metallic cranes!) in the vicinity.

Chile – Easter Island, Rano Raraku

Inspired by the points raised by Heyerdahl, several experiments were conducted to prove that the statues could be shifted by rocking and rolling their bases. However, this seemed a faulty suggestion since such violent movements would have damaged the base of the statues severely. Years after their discovery, in 1728 some Dutch sketches were made showing natives in the act of erecting a statue. If you view the sketches closely, you can see some of the people manipulating the base while others are engaged in dragging it.

Jumping for Joy

Another set of experiments were done by American Geologist Charles Love who placed a pair of logs under the base of a replica of the Rapa Nui statue and moved it successfully. The effect created by the moving statue remarkably matched the fabled accounts of the Rapa Nui villagers of the statues moving to their positions. Charles Love’s experiments were cultivated subsequently by archaeologist Jo Anne Van Tilburg of UCLA to show through computer projections that the statues needed to be placed horizontally on a wooden track for moving them out.

Moai on Rano Raraku—the quarry where most of the statues on Easter Island were carved

However, the specific purpose of so many huge statues throughout Rapa Nui has continued to puzzle adventurers and visitors of the Easter Islands. Some trace signs of mystery in the directions the statues face and have coined the enigmatic name the‘Eyeless Watcher’ for these. Unless experts learn to interpret the pictorial glyphs of the Rongorongo script, maybe Rapa Nui will remain veiled in mystery forever.

Ahu Tongariki from the Rano Rarku quarry

Shahrukh Khan's Home - "MANNAT"

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Diamond Mine,the World's Largest Hole

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This diamond mine,the world's largest hole, located near the town Mirna in Eastern Siberia, has a diameter of 1.25 km and it's almost 525 meters deep

Biggest plane in the world

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A380 photos from Farnborough Air Show, England, July 18, 2006. Look at the cars parked under its wing.

The cockpit of the A380, first ever uploads of a cockpit picture and the first pic of the A380 cockpit. No idea what everything means, but it is certainly impressive! You can see the location of the aircraft by looking at the GPS on the ECIAS and also a view of the aircraft from the tail camera view.

The A380 breaks out of the cloud leaving an amazing trail of vapour behind.

Beautiful Night Shot.

If you had any doubts about size

Welcome to Singapore... wh ich will be the first airport to fly the A380 and on this occasion was the first to host the aircraft on its inaugural intercontinental flight and first sortie outside of Europe. Looking majestic wearing Singapore Airlines' titles as she crosses the South Cross taxiway.

Cockpit wide angle shot

Making its first ever visit on runway 23 at the Airbus factory at Hawarden

Check out the droop of this wing!! There is obviously a lot of flex, but not the way the A330/A340 flexes upwards...

The A380 and B777-300ER

Overview of Display I at ILA2006. I think there is something for everyone: The Airbus family with 318, 340-600 and 380 in front, the Russian area behind with Tu204-300, Il-76TD, Il-76TD-90VD and the mighty MiG-29OVT and in the back the US-section with B1B, C-130, KC-135R, F-16 and 2x F-15! All highlights in one picture...

The World’s Biggest and Most Expensive Hotel Beirut Lebanon

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The Mystery of Qin Shi Huangdi’s Mausoleum

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The Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huangdi

The tomb of Qin Shi Huangdi, the first emperor of China is loaded with historical significances. This mausoleum, which is seen as the epitome of Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi’s boundless power and prestige is located 30 km to the outside of X’ian in the Shensi province of China. Qin Shi Huangdi was the only ruler who single-handedly unified the seven warring clans of the China of 221 BCE and commanded massive construction of several public infrastructures as well as the legendary Great Wall of China.

Generales de Qin Shi Huang

The emperor left a written record of his military and diplomatic feats in a series of tablets. He successfully abolished feudalism, promoted religion and divided China into 36 states for an efficient administration. Among the other significant achievements of Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi was the standardization of various systems of writing, weights and measures, currencies and the simplification of the record-keeping methods. Despite these progressive works, Qin Shi Huangdi was despotic and tyrannical in his rule.

Some of the 7000 Warriors, discovered in 1974. They are guarding the tomb of Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi near Xi’an, Central China.
Known as the “Terra-cotta Army”, the Warriors are now considered the 8th Wonder of the World

Interestingly, this great builder ordered the erection of his burial chamber right after his ascension to the throne in 246 BCE when he was just a boy of thirteen! Going by the records about his personal traits, it was rather a contradictory step for Qin Shi Huangdi to take because of his search for an immortality formula to help him eternalize his ‘divine rule’. However, the work completed 36 years after it was started and Qin Shi Huangdi died soon after in 210 BCE to be buried in it.

Tomb Warriors exhibit in Epcot’s China Pavillion

The discovery of this archeological treasure happened in 1974, when a team of Chinese peasants abruptly came across the tomb while trying to drill a well. What was most striking about this mausoleum was its huge size and the remarkable artworks stored in it. This includes the 8000 life-size army consisting of terracotta statues of men and horses. Because each statue was individually built with 3-inch thick terra-cotta clay, you can distinguish each soldier and horse from another in their unique looks, weaponry and dressing.

Terracotta Warriors

The warriors are positioned according to the ranks they held in the contemporary time. The different sections of the 8000 troops are distributed in three separate chambers. The first and the largest chamber contains the troop of active duty officers, the second chamber is where the reserves are placed while the third small chamber houses 68 elite commanders and officers. All the soldiers face east to protect the afterlife of Qin Shi Huangdi from possible enemy attacks coming from that direction.

Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses – Xian, China

The mystery of this tomb lies in the fact that the three-chamber terracotta soldier complex forms only 1% of the total mausoleum area. The central section of the 90-feet tall mausoleum building beneath an earthen pyramid is still unexcavated. According to the accounts of Chinese historians and popular legends, this part is mapped as a city, with walls, palaces and cemetery and meant for the use of Qin Shi Huangdi in his luxurious afterlife. The rivers and water bodies are sketched with flowing mercury while the sky is represented by constellations of pearls.

Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huangdi

The underground palace is arguably the most elaborate structure in its grandeur and amenities. It could be an abode of long-buried treasures like precious gems, metals and other wealth. This intricate bronze-lined, waterproof construction extending over four square miles took the labor of 700,000 prisoners of war and slaves for its completion after which they were killed to stop them from divulging the tomb’s secret. To make Qin Shi Huangdi’s second life as pompous as his life on earth, his mistresses were buried alive in this tomb as well.

Life after death

Even today the excitement over the mysterious secrets of this sophisticated necropolis has not stopped drawing groups of tourists and intellectuals from the world over. As a tourist, you can freely take a tour to the spot although all the details of its excavations are strictly under Chinese authorities. They are still to dig out treasures and valuables from the womb of Qin Shi Huangdi’s mausoleum. Only when the tomb is opened up completely, the myriad marvelous accounts it has commanded will meet the light of truth.

Xi’an – Terracota Warriors

Living Fattest Man in the World, Manuel Uribe

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The Living fattest man in the world is Manuel Uribe. He is a Mexican and weighted 1200lbs (Nearly weight of five babies of elephants. He is bedridden nearly 7-8 years.

WORLDS TALLEST MAN SAVES DOLPHINS – BAO XISHUN

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a very strange heading, a very beautiful story, which caught my eye on bbc news website..
here is what the article said…

The world’s tallest man has saved two dolphins by using his long arms to reach into their stomachs and pull out dangerous plastic shards. Veterinarians turned to Mr Bao after attempts to extract the plastic shards at the aquarium in Fushun, Liaoning Province, had failed.

Mr Bao was called in after surgical instruments failed

Amazing Most Tallest Hoover-Dam-Boulder-Colorado-River-USA in the World!

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Hoover Dam: Hoover Dam (221.46 m), once known as Boulder Dam, is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the US states of Arizona and Nevada.

World’s Richest Governments

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Interesting attachment for those who are financially inclined to get a better perspective on the world’s economies

We know the world’s richest man is Carlos Slim Helu of Mexico,

followed by Bill Gates and Warren Buffet of USA .

How about governments?

Which countries’ government is the richest (having most money that is, in US $)

If you are expecting North American and European nations, you might be disappointed.

While the countries look rich, wealthy European nations can’t withstand a prolonged major financial crisis, just like Greece .

The USA might have the biggest economy, but the American government is not at all rich; in fact, it can’t even take out $150bn if asked to without resorting to borrowing.

To date the US government has borrowed $14 trillion!

The UK , likewise, while the country/people are rich, the government isn’t.

The UK government’s debt stands at $9 trillion now.

World’s Richest Government

Richest governments after 2008-2009 financial crisis:

1. China
National reserves: $2,454,300 Million.

2. Japan
National reserves: $1,019,000 Million.

3. Russia
National reserves: $458,020 Million.4. Saudi Arabia
National reserves: $395,467 Million.5. Taiwan
National reserves: $362,380 Million.6. India
National reserves: $279,422 Million.

7. South Korea
National reserves: $274,220 Million.

8. Switzerland
National reserves: $262,000 Million.

9. Hong Kong , China
National reserves: $256,000 Million.

10. Brazil
National reserves: $255,000 Million.Here are the rest, in Million US $:

011 Singapore / 203,436

012 Germany / 189,100

013 Thailand / 150,000

014 Algeria / 149,000

015 France / 140,848

016 Italy / 133,104

017 United States / 124,176

018 Mexico / 100,096

019 Iran / 96,560

020 Malaysia / 96,100

021 Poland / 85,232

022 Libya / 79,000

023 Denmark / 76,315

024 Turkey / 71,859

025 Indonesia / 69,730

026 United Kingdom / 69,091

027 Israel / 62,490

028 Canada / 57,392

029 Norway / 49,223

030 Iraq / 48,779

031 Argentina / 48,778

032 Philippines / 47,650

033 Sweden / 46,631

034 United Arab Emirates / 45,000

035 Hungary / 44,591

036 Romania / 44,056

037 Nigeria / 40,480

038 Czech Republic / 40,151

039 Australia / 39,454

040 Lebanon / 38,600

041 Netherlands / 38,372

042 South Africa / 38,283

043 Peru / 37,108

044 Egypt / 35,223

045 Venezuela / 31,925

046 Ukraine / 28,837

047 Spain / 28,195

048 Colombia / 25,141

049 Chile / 24,921

050 Belgium / 24,130

051 Brunei / 22,000

052 Morocco / 21,873

053 Vietnam / 17,500

054 Macau / 18,730

055 Kazakhstan / 27,549

056 Kuwait / 19,420

057 Angola / 19,400

058 Austria / 18,079

059 Serbia / 17,357

060 Pakistan / 16,770

061 New Zealand / 16,570

062 Bulgaria / 16,497

063 Ireland / 16,229

063 Portugal / 16,254

064 Croatia / 13,720

065 Jordan / 12,180

066 Finland / 11,085

067 Bangladesh / 10,550

068 Botswana / 10,000

069 Tunisia / 9,709

070 Azerbaijan / 9,316

071 Bolivia / 8,585

072 Trinidad and Tobago / 8,100

073 Yemen / 7,400

074 Uruguay / 8,104

075 Oman / 7,004

076 Latvia / 6,820

077 Lithuania / 6,438

078 Qatar / 6,368

079 Cyprus / 6,176

080 Belarus / 6,074

081 Syria / 6,039

082 Uzbekistan / 5,600

083 Luxembourg / 5,337

084 Guatemala / 5,496

085 Greece / 5,207

086 Bosnia and Herzegovina / 5,151

087 Cuba / 4,247

088 Costa Rica / 4,113

089 Equatorial Guinea / 3,928

090 Ecuador / 3,913

091 Iceland / 3,823

092 Paraguay / 3,731

093 Turkmenistan / 3,644

094 Estonia / 3,583

095 Malta / 3,522

096 Myanmar / 3,500

097 Bahrain / 3,474

098 Kenya / 3,260

099 Ghana / 2,837

100 El Salvador / 2,845

101 Sri Lanka / 2,600

102 Cambodia / 2,522

103 Côte d’Ivoire / 2,500

104 Tanzania / 2,441

105 Cameroon / 2,341

106 Macedonia / 2,243

107 Dominican Republic / 2,223

108 Papua New Guinea / 2,193

109 Honduras / 2,083

110 Armenia / 1,848

111 Slovakia / 1,809

112 Mauritius / 1,772

113 Albania / 1,615

114 Kyrgyzstan / 1,559

115 Jamaica / 1,490

116 Mozambique / 1,470

117 Gabon / 1,459

118 Senegal / 1,350

119 Georgia / 1,300

120 Panama / 1,260

121 Sudan / 1,245

122 Zimbabwe / 1,222

123 Slovenia / 1,105

124 Moldova / 1,102

125 Zambia / 1,100

126 Nicaragua / 1,496

127 Mongolia / 1,000

128 Chad / 997

129 Burkina Faso / 897

130 Lesotho / 889

131 Ethiopia / 840

132 Benin / 825

133 Namibia / 750

134 Madagascar / 745

135 Barbados / 620

136 Laos / 514

137 Rwanda / 511

138 Swaziland / 395

139 Togo / 363

140 Cape Verde / 344

141 Tajikistan / 301

142 Guyana / 292

143 Haiti / 221

144 Belize / 150

145 Vanuatu / 149

146 Malawi / 140

147 Gambia / 120

148 Guinea / 119

149 Burundi / 118

150 Seychelles / 118

151 Samoa / 70

152 Tonga / 55

153 Liberia / 49

154 Congo / 36

155 São Tomé and Príncipe / 36

156 Eritrea / 22

Big national reserves doesn’t guarantee prosperity however, for instance, the yearly expenses for China ‘s government is $1.11 trillion, their government must always think of economic growth and making more money.

China’s gov’t overspent $110bn last year, much on it towards modernizing their military, if it goes on like this their reserves can only last for 22 yrs.

The Malaysian gov’t overspent $13bn last year, if it goes on like this their reserves can only last for 7 yrs.

The Singaporean government overspent $3bn last year, much of it rescuing their banks from financial crisis, if it goes on like this their reserves can last 68 yrs.

The Swiss gov’t overspent $1bn last year, if it goes on like this their reserves can last 262 yrs.

A country normally can borrow up to 100% its GDP, a very strong industrial country or very financial stable nation can borrow up to perhaps 200% its GDP, debts over 250% GDP the country is bankrupted.

Greece ‘s Debts Is 113.40% GDP, In Danger As It Is Not Considered A Strong Industrial Or Financial Country.

Iceland Is 107.60%, Also In Crisis As It Is Not So Strong Industrial Or Financially.

Singapore Debts Is 113.10%, Not In Hot Water Due To Its Global Financial Hub Status, And Also Its Financial Strength. It’s Only Dangerous For Singapore When It Reaches 200%

Japan Debts Is 189.30%, Still Under Radar As A Powerful Industrial Nation. It Needs To Panic Only At Around 200%

US Has The World Largest Debts, But It Is Only 62% Its GDP, It Is Not In Any Immediate Danger Of Bankruptcy.

Zimbabwe Debts Is 282.60% GDP, It Is A Bankrupted Nation.

Malaysia Debts Is Currently At 53.70% GDP.

Hong Kong And Taiwan Is Doing Pretty Good With Debts At 32-37% GDP

South Korea Is Even Better With Debts At 23.5% GDP

China Is Very Stable With Debts At 16.90% GDP

Russia Is Like A Big Mountain With Debts Only At 6.30% GDP

There Are Only 5 Countries With No Debt (I.E. 0%) –

Brunei, Liechtenstein , Palau , Nieu, And Macau Of China

One Queen and 12 U.S. Presidents

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1. Queen Elizabeth and (former) President Herbert Hoover

2. Princess Elizabeth and President Harry S. Truman

3. Queen Elizabeth and President Dwight D. Eisenhower

4. Queen Elizabeth and President John F. Kennedy

5. Queen Elizabeth and President Richard Nixon

6. Queen Elizabeth and President Gerald Ford

7. Queen Elizabeth and President Jimmy Carter

8. Queen Elizabeth and President Ronald Reagan

9. Queen Elizabeth and President George H.W. Bush

10. Queen Elizabeth and President Bill Clinton

11. Queen Elizabeth and President George W. Bush

12. Queen Elizabeth and President Barack Obama

Al-Bahar Tower - Abu Dhabi

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Electricity from Foods

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Orange Battery

Back to Light is a creatively scientific series by photographer Caleb Charland that explores the naturally electrifying power of ordinary objects like fruits and loose change. The images in the series features a number of materials, including consumables readily found in one's pantry, generating enough power to light lamps and LED lights.

The ongoing photo project, which began in 2010, was initially inspired by the powerful simplicity of the potato battery. The science enthusiast explains, "By inserting a galvanized nail into one side of a potato and a copper wire in the other side a small electrical current is generated. The zinc coating on the nail gives off electrons due to the electrolyte environment within the potato. These electrons then travel along the copper wire providing the electrical voltage to illuminate a small light emitting diode. The utter simplicity of this electrical phenomenon is endlessly fascinating for me."

Additionally, Charland reflects on his own project by saying: "This work speaks to a common curiosity we all have for how the world works as well as a global concern for the future of earth’s energy sources. My hope is that these photographs function as micro utopias by suggesting and illustrating the endless possibilities of alternative and sustainable energy production."

Charland tells us that he hopes to expand his project this summer by making "little hydro electric generators and installing them in the landscape." Until then, the photographer is showing a selection of his works at Schneider Gallery in Chicago and has a solo show coming up at Gallery Kayafas in Boston from May 17th through June 7th.

Battery From a Single Potato

Grapefruit and Pomelo Battery

Vinegar Battery

Fruit Battery Still Life (Citrus)

Garage of Organic Batteries

Potato Power, Van Buren, Maine

Coin Battery

Electricity From a Ring of Apples

Fruit Battery with Hanging Apples

Limes and Lemons

Vinegar Batteries with Glassware and Shelf

Sun Cruise Ship at Jeongdongjin Beach

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