Tuesday, March 31, 2015

TOP 10 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT LIONEL MESSI


TOP 10 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT LIONEL MESSI

Lionel Messi

1.Messi is the first person in history who has won four FIFA/Ballons d'Or.Another interesting fact is that he won these four awards consecutively. He is also the first player who won three European Golden Boot awards.

2.Messi is a very shy person which makes others difficult to talk him over the phone.Most of the important messages are informed him as SMS and he uses this SMS for communication as well.

3.Diego Maradona has declared Messi as his successor because of the similarity of their playing style.

4.Messi had tattooed his son's name "Thiago" and handprints on his left calf.

5.Messi was born in a middle-class family, his father Jorge Horácio Messi was a factory steel worker and his mother Celia María Cuccittini was a part-time cleaner.

6.Messi was diagnosed a growth hormone deficiency at the age of 11 and his parents couldn't afford his treatment as it was $900 a month

7.Messi started playing football at the age of 5. Barcelona was very impressed by his skills when he was 13, which made them offer to pay his medical bills and move his family to spain.

8.The National Team of Spain has offered him to play and he has declined it.

9.Messi is the founder of Leo Messi Foundation, which is an organisation that gives children treatment and education facilities. This foundation helps to pay for medical treatment, transportation and recuperation of children having major medical irregularities.
He is also the goodwill ambassador of UNICEF.

10.Messi shares his birthplace with Argentinian revolutionary Che Guevara.




Friday, March 27, 2015

TOP 10 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT HUMAN EYE


TOP 10 FACTS INTERESTING ABOUT HUMAN EYE


1.Images formed on the retina of the human eye is upside down, split in half and distorted.Yeah, it's true our brain inverts the image right-side up.

2.An average person blinks 15-20 times per minute. By blinking, we are lubricating our eyes and it allows us to focus better afterwards.

3.Eye is the fastest muscle in a human body. It contract in less than 1/100th of a second.

4.Our retina cannot detect red colour. Although we have red, green and blue receptors, the red receptor only detects yellow-green and the green receptor detects blue-green. Our brain combines these signals into the red.

5.There is a phobia called Ommatophobia which is the fear of eyes.

6.Albert Einstein's eyes are preserved in a box in New York City. That's weird I wouldn't let anyone do that to me.

7.Human eyes develop two weeks after conception.

8.Only one-sixth of the human eye is visible outside.

9.80% of our memories are built depending on what we see.

10.Cornea doesn't need blood supply. Oxygen and nutrients instead diffuse directly from the tear fluid on the outside and the aqueous humour on the inside, as well as along the nerve fibres that are connected to the cornea. 

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

The Superman curse

         I always wanted to write something creepy and mysterious stuffs by which I am always fascinated about. So, let me write about Superman curse. I used to watch these animated series of this movie in my childhood. Lately, I came to know about this Superman curse which I found very interesting.

The Superman curse


   The Superman curse refers to a series of misfortunes that happened to the people who have worked in this franchise. I really liked those animated series and seriously I don't believe in this stuff. I like Superman. let's start with people who are said to be victims of this curse. 
Christopher reeve in Superman costume

Actors who are said to be victims of this curse


1.Kirk Alyn

            
Kirk Alyn


           Kirk Alyn played as Superman in 1940s low budget Superman serials. But he couldn't gain success in his career. He became restricted to voice-overs, commercials, and uncredited screen roles. He suffered Alzheimer's's disease and died in 1999 at the age of 88.

2.Bud Collyer



Bud Collyer
               Bud Collyer was a voice actor who gave voice to the first Superman cartoon in 1941. In 1966, he gave voice to The New Adventures of Superman. Three years later, he died of circulatory ailment at his 61.

3.Lee Quigley

 Lee Quigley played as a Superman as a baby in a film. He died of solvent abuse at the age of 14.

4.Christopher Reeve

Christopher Reeve

Christopher Reeve was the most successful person in this list. He was very famous for his roles as Superman in the four Superman film series. In 1995, he was paralysed from the neck to down from a horse ride. Later, he died of heart failure in 2004.

5.George Reeves

George Reeves

George Reeves acted as Superman in the movie Superman and the Mole Men in 1951 and in the television series Adventures of Superman. In 1959, he was shot dead at his home. It was concluded as a suicide. It is said that his fingerprints were not found on the gun.

6.Marlon Brando

Marlon Brando in The Godfather

Marlon Brando acted as Joe-El in the film Superman: The Movie (1978), famous for his role in The Godfather. Misfortunes followed him also. In 1990, His son shot his half-sister's boyfriend. In 1995, his daughter committed suicide. He died in 2004.

7.Margot Kidder

Margot Kidder

Margot Kidder played as Lois lane. She suffered from bipolar disorder. In 1996, she disappeared for several days and found in a paranoid state. Kidder refused the idea of this Superman curse.

8.Richard Pryor


Richer Pryor acted as a villain Gus Gorman in Superman 3. In 1986, he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. In 2005, he died of cardiac arrest at the age of 65.

9.Joe Shuster


Joe Shuster was an artist who sold the rights to DC comics. In 1950, Shuster was losing his eyesight which made him quit his job and worked as a deliveryman.In 1976, he went almost blind and lived in a nursing home.

10.Fleischer brothers


Max Fleischer and Dave Fleischer was the producers of Superman cartoons, they started quarreling each other followed by a financial crisis which made them sell the studio. The new owners of the Studio dismissed from the Studio and one of the brothers died of poverty.


   I have written whatever I found relevant about this curse. There are people who are said to be not affected by the curse. Henry Cavill, Brandon Routh, Bob Holiday and Dean Cain are some of them. I don't think Brandon Routh was successful after acting as Superman in Superman Returns. Let's see what happens to Henry Cavill who is the latest Superman "The Man Of Steel".


Monday, March 23, 2015

TOP 10 INTERESTING VIDEO GAME FACTS




TOP 10 INTERESTING VIDEO GAME FACTS

1.PSone was initially planned as a Nintendo console, with Sony set to design its components. But when Nintendo ditched the project Sony made it as its own product. 

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2.The real name of the game "Megaman" was "Rockman". It was released as Megaman because the word Rock was used to refer cocaine. It would have been nice if it is cocaine man instead.

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3.The best-selling console of all is Playstation 2.
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4.Super Mario World for SNES took over 29,000 hours to program and sold 17 million copies. Well, that's something.

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5.42% of the total gamers are female, 68% of the total gamers are above 18, Average age of a gamer is 30, 62% of the gamers are adult and 43% of tablet owners spend more time with their tablets than their TVs or PCs. Kids stuff.

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6.Matt Damon refused to appear in the video game "Bourne Conspiracy" because of high violent contents in it. But killing people in movies is alright. whatever?
Matt Damon
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7.The Xbox was initially planned to name as DirectXbox. But later it was changed to Xbox. I appreciate that because it's kind of weird to say that I have a DirectXbox. I would have preferred Playstation.

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8. Final Fantasy got its name as Final Fantasy because it was supposed to be Square's last game. At that time, they were about to bankrupt.

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9.Satoshi Tajiri got the idea of Pokemon after collecting caterpillars and observing them changes into butterflies in his childhood. How did that come?
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10.In Max Payne, Max's face was digitised from the series writer Sam Lake. But in Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne they used "Timothy Gibbs".
   


Thursday, March 12, 2015

5 INSANE PEOPLE WHO HAVE FAKED THEIR OWN DEATH


5 INSANE PEOPLE WHO HAVE FAKED THEIR OWN DEATH 

1.Timothy Dexter

Timothy Dexter

    Timothy Dexter(January 22, 1748 – October 26, 1806) was an american businessman, well known for his eccentric behavior. Once he has faked his own death to see people's reaction about it. About 3000 people attended his funeral. After revealing this mock play he caned his wife for not crying for his death. His family life wasn't rather successful,  he used to tell his visitors that  his wife is dead and the woman who appears in the house is a ghost. Another interesting thing about this guy is that he have even wrote book about himself without any formal education. At first, his book was handed over for free and when it became popular it was reprinted and sold eight times.
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5 INSANE PEOPLE WHO HAVE FAKED THEIR OWN DEATH


2.Chandra Mohan Sharma

Chandra Mohan Sharma


            Sharma is the terrific person of this list. I really didn't like to include him in this list but felt like I should. He was a  Social activist in India.In April 2014, He faked his death by killing a man with the help of his brother-in-law and burning him in his car. After the creation of this death hoax he fled to Bangalore,India and managed to get a job. On August 2014, He was arrested from Bangalore with his girlfriend.
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5 INSANE PEOPLE WHO HAVE FAKED THEIR OWN DEATH

3.Alison Matera

                     Alison Matera is the sweetest among this list. She told in the church that she was dying of cancer and soon her treatment would be starting. She gave them regular updates. later, she informed the pastor that she is dead by pretending as her nurse. The hoax was revealed when she was showed up on her own funeral by claiming as her sister. The reason for this fake death was that she wanted to separate from the church.
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5 INSANE PEOPLE WHO HAVE FAKED THEIR OWN DEATH

4.John Stonehouse


 John Thomson Stonehouse was a British Labour and Co-operative Party politician and junior minister under Harold Wilson. He faked his own death on 20 November 1974. he left a pile of his clothes on Miami beach, it appeared like he was drowned or attacked by a shark. he settled his life in Australia with his mistress. He was arrested from Australia on the Christmas eve of 1974.
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5 INSANE PEOPLE WHO HAVE FAKED THEIR OWN DEATH

5.John Darwin

John Darwin

  John Darwin was a teacher,businessman and prison officer. He faked his own death to get his life insurance to pay off his debt. His wife received his life insurance money and they planned to settle in Panama. Five years later, he walked into police station by claiming that he has lost his five year's memory. for more details John Darwin disappearance case

Monday, March 9, 2015

10 Interesting Facts about India


                     

10 Interesting Facts about India


  1. Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus are originated in India.
  2. Chess was invented in India.
  3. India has the 2nd largest population in the world.
  4. It is illegal to take Indian currency outside India.
  5. Breathing of air of Mumbai is equivalent to smoking 100 cigarettes.
  6. Sadly, every hour an Indian woman dies because of dowry.
  7. In West Bengal, Indian cows have photo ID card.
  8. India has the most expensive home, constructed at the cost of about $1 billion. This is equivalent to the GDP of Somalia.
  9. India's road network is long enough to loop around the earth over 117 times.
  10. India hosts the world's biggest family. A man with 39 wives and 94 children.