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The Belief In Reincarnation

noreply@blogger.com (ColdRicePudding) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:06:00 +0000

The belief in reincarnation dates back to around the 6th century BC, and first appears in primitive Indian religions. Reincarnation is the belief that the mans soul is reborn time and time again after the body has died.

Most Western religious denominations believe that they person who dies retains their individuality after death, whereas the Eastern religions often believe in the possibility of returning as an animal or a plant.

According to Buddhism and Hinduism, the man or woman is reborn in accordance with how they lived their previous life. This is commonly referred to as Karma. There are some sects of Hinduism that hold the belief that reincarnation does not necessarily mean that they will be reborn as another human. If the person has lived a bad life of crime, then it is possible that they could be reborn as a lizard, worm, or even a cactus!

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Origins Of The Yeti

noreply@blogger.com (ColdRicePudding) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:06:00 +0000

Belief in the existance of the Yeti dates back thousands of years... but did they ever really exist? One of the most popular explanations of the origins of the Yeti is that it is a descendant from the giant ape, Gigantopithecus.

Fossil remains of the Gigantopithecus have been found in India and China, and they date back from 3,000 years to 12 million years ago. During this period, the Himalayas were rising by as much as 2500/3000 meters. Because of this increase in height, many species of animals, including the Yeti's ancestor may have become isolated.

Based on the fossile remains, scientists are able to give a good estimate on how the giant ape would have looked. They believe that the ape would have stood about 3 meters (About 9.8 ft) tall, and with an arm span of over 3.6 meters (12 ft)!

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70 Lady Gaga Facts

noreply@blogger.com (ColdRicePudding) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:30:00 +0000

1. Lady Gaga's real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta.

2. Her stage name comes from Queen's song "Radio Ga Ga”.

3. Her main nicknames are Gagaloo, Loopy, Mother Monster, Rabbit Teeth and Little Mermaid.

4. She was born on 28th March 1986.

5. Lady Gaga's eye colour is green.

6. Her natural hair colour is brown.

7. Lady Gaga's height is 5ft1.

8. She has 10 tattoos.

9. Her bra size is 34B.

10. Lady Gaga looks for creativity in men and women.

11. Her favourite colours are black and lavender.

12. Lady Gaga's favourite cartoon character is Bugs Bunny.

13. Lady Gaga does not like kittens, she prefers dogs.

14. She is left handed.

15. Lady Gaga is bisexual.
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Chance of a Coin Landing on Heads?

noreply@blogger.com (ColdRicePudding) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:46:00 +0000

It is not a 50 percent chance a coin will land on heads. If the coin is heads up at the start, it is more likely to land on heads. Students at Stanford University recorded thousands of coin tosses with high speed cameras and discovered the chances are a 51% chance it will land on heads.

There are many conditions which affect the outcome of a coin flip, these conditions are the force, the speed and angle of spin, height of the coin from the ground and which side of the coin id facing up to start with. These changes are significant enough to prevent a fifty-fifty probability.

The researchers showed that coin tossing isn't random; it's a measurable event that obeys the laws of physics just like everything else. If each coin has exactly the same initial conditions and exactly the same force then its spin will produce an even outcome of landing on heads or tails.

I wonder what the chance of a coin landing on it's side is? It can't be impossible, can it?

The Rise Of Minecraft: Infographic

noreply@blogger.com (Jam) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:20:00 +0000

If you have never played Minecraft before, I'm almost certain that you know someone who does. In the past year or so the sales of Minecraft have sky rocketed, and has become one of the most played games ever. But how did it all start?

The below Infographic from Image From visual.ly shows how Minecraft started out as a one man project, and quickly ended up being one of the most played games ever. Minecraft now makes a staggering $1 Million every week! That's not bad for only two years work now is it?
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The Truth Behind Magpies

noreply@blogger.com (Jam) — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:19:00 +0000

There's always been a number of tales and myths surrounding Magpies... but what started them all of? Have magpies always been seen as an omen of bad luck? And where did the famous Magpie Rhyme come from?

The Magpie used to be seen as a very important and an interesting mythological bird in history, before the Christians came on the scene. It was said that at the Magpie represent the Devil, as when Jesus was crucified on the cross, both a Dove and a Magpie came to sit on the cross. The Dove caught the tears of Christ, where as the Magpie didn't. The Church also started the famous roumor that the tongue of a Magpie contained a drop of blood from the devil. From this romour came the idea of cutting the tongue of a Magpie off, to release the drop of the devils blood. It was then said that the Magpie would then be capable of Human speech.

One of the most famous things about Magpies is the rhyme that records the myth that seeing magpies predicts the future. It is not clear whether this myth was actually believed or not. There are many different variations of the rhyme, but the most common version, and the version that I grew up with, is below:

One for Sorrow,
Two for joy,
Three for a girl,
Four for a boy,
Five for silver,
Six for gold,
Seven for a secret never to be told.
Eight for a wish,
Nine for a kiss,
Ten a surprise you should be careful not to miss.
Eleven for health,
Twelve for wealth,
Thirteen beware it's the devil himself.

If you know a different version from the one above, please say so in the comments below, and we'll add it to the post.

Fun Facts About Eminem (Infographic)

noreply@blogger.com (ColdRicePudding) — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:36:00 +0000

Who would have thought Eminem is a fan of The Matrix and Spiderman - and has a world record! Check out this awesome infographic about Eminem.

7 Billion: How Did We Get So Big So Fast?

noreply@blogger.com (ColdRicePudding) — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 02:04:00 +0000

In 1804, the global population reached one billion. In 2011 the global population reached 7 billion. Because of better medicine and living conditions, means there is a higher life expectancy for children, which is dramatically increasing the world population.

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Facts About The Planet Jupiter

noreply@blogger.com (Jam) — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:22:00 +0000

Jupiter is the 5th planet from the Sun.

Jupiter is the biggest planet in our solar system, with a diameter of 142,984 KM.

It is classed as a gas giant, as is Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

The Romans named the planet after the Roman God, Jupiter.

From Earth, Jupiter is the third brightest object in the night sky, after the moon, and Venus.

Jupiter is mainly composed from hydrogen and helium. It also has a rocky core of heavier elements.

A staggering 64 moons orbit Jupiter!

50 Facts About One Direction

noreply@blogger.com (ColdRicePudding) — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 03:16:00 +0000

I've heard a lot of news about One Direction over the last year, so I thought it would be a good idea to share some fun facts about the band and members. Please leave comments if you have anymore cool facts!

1. The five members of One Direction are Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne and Zayn Malik.

2. To hire One Direction out for one night, it would cost over £21,000!

3. Each member of One Direction applied as solo contestants on X-Factor, but failed to qualify for the Boys category. They were then put together as a group.

4. One Direction starred in a series of TV ads and events for Pokémon Black and White.

5. Liam Payne Appeared on The X-Factor in 2008. He made it through to the judges houses.

6. Harry's full name is Harry Edward Styles. His Twitter is @Harry_Styles.

7. One Direction finished third on the seventh series of The X-Factor.

8. Liam's middle name is James.

9. Liam's star sign is Virgo.

10. Louis' middle name is William.

11. Louis was born on Christmas Eve in 1991.

12. Zayn was born on 12th January, 1993.

13. Amazon revealed that One Direction's 2012 calendar is the top selling calendar of all time.

14. One Direction have had three books released.

15. Their first book called 'One Direction: Forever Young (Our Official X Factor Story) reached the number one spot on the Sunday Times Bestseller list.

16. One Direction announced their debut UK tour, which sold out within 12 minutes of release!
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30 Facts About Mormonism

noreply@blogger.com (Jam) — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:30:00 +0000

A "Mormon" is the name given to a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Often just abbreviated to just the LDS Church).

There are a number of different splinter groups of the LDS church, such as the Community of Christ, which are often mistakenly called Mormons too.

The LDS church was founded on the 6th April, 1830 by Joseph Smith, who after praying to God to see which was the correct church to join, was told none were, and that he were to start his own church, and become a prophet of God.

After numerous visits from an angel called Moroni, Joseph Smith started translating the Book of Mormon from ancient golden plates, which were revealed to him to be hidden on the top of Hill Cumorah.

Despite what many people believe, Mormons do not practice in polygamy. There are however a handful of splinter groups that still believe in, and practice it.

Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum (One of the 8 witnesses) were murdered by a mob whilst they were held in jail at Carthage, near Nauvoo, on the 27th June, 1844.

Just before the death of Joseph Smith, he passed on the authority to become the prophet of the church to a man called Brigham Young. There are a number of towns and universities named after him; the most popular being the Brigham Young University in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Happy New Year - Six Free Wallpapers!

noreply@blogger.com (ColdRicePudding) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:30:00 +0000

Happy new year everyone! I have searched the Internet for the best free new year wallpapers which you can download. Hope you like them!

(To download, left click the image, then right click and choose 'Save Image/Picture').

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10 Facts About Nails and Nail Polish

noreply@blogger.com (ColdRicePudding) — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:30:00 +0000

Here's two videos giving a few interesting facts about nails and nail polish.

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26 Fun Facts About France

noreply@blogger.com (ColdRicePudding) — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 21:37:00 +0000

1. A person who can speak French fluently is known as a Francophone.

2. The entire country of France is divided into twenty two different regions.

3. Denim clothing was originally developed in France in the city of Nimes.

4. It is estimated that 94% of French children know English as their second language.

5. The tradition of wearing a white dress for wedding days originated in France back in 1499.

6. April Fool's Day was also originated in France after the nation started following the Gregorian Calendar but failed to communicate the change properly.

7. The Capital city of France is Paris.

8. 'Paris' was originally named Lutetia.
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11 Boxing Day Facts

noreply@blogger.com (ColdRicePudding) — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 00:30:00 +0000

1. Boxing day traditionally lands on 26th December.

2. Boxing Day is celebrated all over the world, just to name a few countries that celebrate this day are: Australia, Austria, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Kenya, New Zealand, Norway, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

3. In South Africa, Boxing Day is known as 'Day of Goodwill'.

4. In Ireland they call Boxing Day 'St. Stevens Day'.

5. In other continental European countries, it is known as 'Christmas II' or 'Second Christmas Day'.
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Christmas Tree Facts and Statistics (InfoGraphic)

noreply@blogger.com (ColdRicePudding) — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 03:09:00 +0000

Since it's Christmas, here's a really cool infographic which gives many interesting facts and statistics about xmas trees.

30 Facts About Demi Lovato

noreply@blogger.com (Jam) — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 22:08:00 +0000

Demi's full name is Demetria Devonne Lavato.

She was born on 20th August 1992.

she grew up in Dallas, Texas.

Demi is of Hispanic, Italian and Irish heritage.

She has an older sister called Dallas, and a younger step-sister called Madison.

Demi has a puppy named Bella.

Demi is very talented. Not only can she play the drums, guitar and the piano, but she is also a great vocalist, and a song writer.

According to her Diseny bio, she has written over 100 songs.

Facts About Jingle Bells

noreply@blogger.com (Jam) — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:53:00 +0000

Jingle Bells is one of the most well known Christmas carols in the world. Originally wrote in the autumn of 1857 by James Lord Pierpont, and was published under the title "One Horse Open Sleigh". James composed this song in 1850 at Medford, in Massachusetts.

The lyrics today have changed ever so slightly from the original version, and there's also a few versus that you never seem to hear any more! So below is the full version of Jingle Bells.

Dashing through the snow
In a one-horse open sleigh
O'er the fields we go
Laughing all the way
Bells on bobtail ring
Making spirits bright
What fun it is to laugh and sing
A sleighing song tonight!

(chorus)
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way.
Oh! what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way;
Oh! what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.

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Worlds Biggest Slipper

noreply@blogger.com (Jam) — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 23:23:00 +0000

Tom Boddingham has recently become the owener of the worlds biggest slipper. After going online to order a pair of gorilla style slippers he was in a bit of shock when his slippers arrived!

Tom had thought he had requested a size 13 for his right foot, and a size 14.5 for his left. However, it turns out that he accidentally forgot to add the decimal point. And due to a miss translation error, a zero was added to the end.

The factory that produces these slippers thought it was a little weird making a size 1450 slipper, but assumed that it must be for a window display.

When asked what he would do with the worlds biggest slipper, he replied saying he'd probably sell it on eBay.

(Picture to the right, Tom sitting inside his slipper, the size of a small car)

Computer Security Day: 30th November

noreply@blogger.com (Jam) — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:52:00 +0000

The 30th of November each year is known as "Computer Security Day". It was started in 1988 to help raise the awareness of computer related security issues. Although keeping your computer safe with an anti-virus and a firewall seems simple enough, you'd be surprised at just how many people get infected with viruses each year!

Since the very first computer virus, "Creeper", was wrote in the 1970's (Which simply displayed the message: "I'm the creeper, catch me if you can!"), they have grew in size, are more complex, and not all of them are as harmless.
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50 Facts About JLS

noreply@blogger.com (ColdRicePudding) — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:09:00 +0000

1) The four members of the band JLS are: Aston Merrygold, Marvin Humes, Jonathan "JB" Gill and Oritsé Williams.

2) They are an English boy band from London.

3) The became famous by coming in second place on The X-Factor in 2008.

4) They lost to Alexandra Burke.

5) Their first two singles 'Beat Again' and 'Everybody in Love' both went to number one on the UK Singles Chart.

6) JLS won the awards for British Breakthrough and British Single (Beat Again) at the 2010 BRIT Awards.

7) In 2010, JLS signed an American record deal with Jive Records, and released 'Everybody in Love' as their debut US single.

8) 'The Club is Alive' was released in the UK in July 2010.

9) Aston was born on 13th February 1988. He has the same birthday as Robbie Williams.
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Top 6 Unusual Facts About Ladybugs

noreply@blogger.com (ColdRicePudding) — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 23:05:00 +0000

The video has five ladybug facts, and the one fact I would like to share about these insects is: In England they are called Ladybirds.

If you know any ladybug/bird facts, please leave them in a comment!

13 Facts About Dementors (Harry Potter)

noreply@blogger.com (Jam) — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:45:00 +0000

To the many Harry Potter fans out there, you will know that Dementors are considered to be among the foulest creates upon Earth. However, here's a few facts about them that you may not know.

1. Rather then being born, Dementors grow like fungi in the darkest of places, creating a dense and chilly fog.

2. Dementors feed of from human emotions, although they do have difficulty sensing an animals emotions as their feelings are more primitaive then a humans.

3. Even thoguh they have the same effect on muggles as they do on Wizzards, they are invisible to muggles.

4. Squibs ("Non magic folk" who are born from magic parents) also cannot see them, however, they are aware of their existence.

5. J.K.Rowling created Dementors after a time in her life which she was clinicly depressed.

6. They feed of from happiness, therefore causing depression to anyone close by.
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Landing the Perfect Golf Swing

noreply@blogger.com (ColdRicePudding) — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 02:28:00 +0000

Golf might not be as intense as football or basketball but it is not as easy as you think. You need to learn the fundamentals of playing the sport before you randomly swing your golf club and injure an innocent squirrel or that person driving the golf cart. There are several pointers you should take into consideration before you can play like a pro.

Pro tip #1: Golf begins with a good grip. Your hands are the only part of your body that touch the golf club. Well now you ask “how do I achieve a good grip?” Take note that a good grip for me and good grip for you may not be the same, so don't think that you have to put your hands on the club the same exact way as everyone else. In fact, forming a good grip is like art. You shape and mold your hands until you find the most pleasing grip.

Here is an easy way to find your grip:

1. Stand straight with arms relaxed and hanging at your side. Notice how the thumb of your left hand hangs down (your right hand thumb if you are a left-handed golfer). If your thumb hangs to the right, then your thumb should be placed on the right side of the shaft. If it hangs to the middle, then it should be placed in the middle of the shaft.
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45 Interesting Facts on Poker Bluffs and Lying

noreply@blogger.com (ColdRicePudding) — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 00:13:00 +0000

Poker is definitely one of the most competitive games out there, may it be live or online, as the game heavily requires life, or should I say lying, skills in order to win the game – most of the time. Below are some of the interesting facts about how people may use those skills when competing in the game (and some bonus facts about lying in general).

Classic Poker Tells

1. Leaning forward or backward – generally indicates a strong hand.

2. Suddenly bolt upright – when a player sits slouchy or relaxed and then suddenly sits bolt upright, this could only mean that he has a strong hand like a pair of aces, queens or kings.

3. Being cocky – a player starts talking to you in a hand telling you to fold means he has the nuts.

4. Beware the distracted – when a player seems to be not paying too much attention to the game, like chatting to another player or half-watching the TV, chances are he’s not bluffing.

5. Voice pitch is a reliable tell – a higher than usual voice when speaking implies a strong hand (probably he’s too excited), as does an unnaturally low voice as the player tries to compensate for this and over does it. This aspect of bluffing is pretty hard to control.

6. The eyes can tell – pupil dilation is impossible to control, especially to non-brown colored eyes. This is a strong indication of a strong hand.

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