lunes, 7 de marzo de 2011

Movie Facts!

Originally, the term “movies” did not mean films, but the people who made them. It was generally used with disdain by early Hollywood locals who disliked the “invading” Easterners.

For The Twilight Saga: New Moon, each actor portraying one of the wolf pack was required to have documentation proving Native American descent.

The character most frequently portrayed in horror films is Count Dracula.

In The Godfather (1972), John Marley’s (Jack Wolz) scream of horror in the horse head scene was real, as he was not told that a real horse head was going to be used.

Fans wondering what Jacob says to Bella before they kiss in the kitchen in the movie New Moon? "Kwop kilawtley" means "Stay with me forever" in Quiletute.

Sherlock Holmes never said "Elementary, my dear Watson." What?!?

The lion costume in the film Wizard of Oz was made from real lions. Aw, that’s sad!

Movies mistakes!

domingo, 6 de marzo de 2011

Moon Facts!


Check these facts about the moon!

Did you know we had moon trees? Well, let me tell you that Moon trees are trees grown from seeds that were taken to the moon and back on Apollo 14 in January 31, 1971. Most of these trees were then sent out between 1975 and 1976 to Forestry Services and other places in the USA as part of our nation's Bicentennial Celebration.

The moon, the Earth's only natural satellite, is about 238,900 miles away from Earth. It is the brightest light in the night sky, yet it does not give off its own light, but reflects the sunlight.

There is no wind or weather on the moon. The footprints left there by the Apollo astronauts will remain there for many years because of this. That´s cool!

The same side of the moon faces the Earth the whole time. We never see a different side!

Scientists believe the moon craters were formed around 3.5 to 4.5 billion years ago by meteors hitting the moon's surface.

Moon trees! --> Learn more about them here!

Facts about Dreams!

Check this video!

Body Facts!

We don’t realize how amazing our body can be! Check this out!

People who ride on roller coasters have a higher chance of having a blood clot in the brain. Will I ever ride a roller coaster again?!

Once a human reaches the age of 35, he/she will start losing approximately 7,000 brain cells a day. The cells will never be replaced. Well, that’s sad!

By donating just one pint of blood, four lives can be saved! Donate please! In this four lives can be the future Einstein (Yes, maybe I’m over reacting!)

Your blood takes a very long trip through your body. If you could stretch out all of a human's blood vessels, they would be about 60,000 miles long. That's enough to go around the world twice. WOW!

People generally read 25% slower from a computer screen compared to paper. We shouldn’t read books online! Our eyes can’t do it!

Your eyes blink over 10,000,000 times a year! That’s a lot!

An adult has 206 bones but a child has 350, Cool!

Beards are the fastest growing hairs on the human body. If the average man never trimmed his beard, it would grow to nearly 30 feet long in his lifetime. That’s amazing!

Every person has a unique tongue print. We should do this instead of the finger prints! WOW!

Every square inch of the human body has an average of 32 million bacteria on it. We are full of them!

It takes 17 muscles to smile and 43 to frown. WOW!

viernes, 4 de marzo de 2011

Facts about food!

Yes! There's a lot of things you don't know about food!

Originally carrots were found in a variety of colors including purple, white, black, yellow and red. Orange carrots did not appear until the Dutch Royal House of Orange was in power and the Dutch decided therefore to breed an orange carrot by using a mutant yellow carrot seed from North Africa. WOW! Carrots have Vitamin A which is known to prevent "night blindness”! Eating carrots will help you to see in the dark! AWESOME!
 
The ancient Egyptians worshipped the onion, believing that its spherical shape and concentric rings symbolized eternity. Of all the vegetables that had their images created from precious metals by Egyptian artists, only the onion was made out of gold. Did they bury themselves with onions? That will be gross!
 
Did you think that fast-food is new? Well, let me tell you that you’re wrong! The remains of fast-food shops have been found in ancient ruins! Even ancient Greeks enjoyed take-out. The only thing that is new is the mass production, standard menus and recipes of fast-food "chains." Wow!
 
The most expensive coffee in the world comes from civet poop, I'll never drink it, will you?
 
The earliest archeological evidence for the consumption of soup dates back to 6000 BC and it was hippopotamus soup! Well this one I would try it... I didn't know soup was so old!
 
The Popsicle was invented by an 11 year who kept it secret for 18 years. The inventor was Frank Epperson who, in 1905, left a mixture of powdered soda and water out on the porch, which contained a stir stick. That night, temperatures in San Francisco reached record low temperature. When he woke the next morning, he discovered that it had frozen to the stir stick, creating a fruit flavored ice treat that he named the epsicle. 18 years later he patented it and called it the Popsicle. How difficult can it be to patent a frozen drink with a stick? WOW!

miércoles, 2 de marzo de 2011

Animal Facts!


 Animals are so interesting! Check this out!

All your life you´ve been told that bulls like red, well, this is wrong, because bulls are colorblind. It´s black and white life for them! They are attracted by the movement not the colors!
 

A mosquito is very, very small… Have you ever thought how its mouth looks like? Well, you must imagine it with 47 teeth. Can you believe that? A mosquito has 47 teeth (15 teeth more than you)

Each species of grasshopper has its own song. This is important, as the varied species cannot breed with each other. The female needs to be aware that she is listening to a male from her own specie. Can you imagine that? “Oh! Sing to me dear grasshopper, forever yours: Female grasshopper"

Are you American or English? No, not you! I’m asking to the cow, because did you know that the accent of a cow’s mooing depends on the region it belongs to? Well, I Didn`t!

Quite unlike us, whales "sleep" by resting one half of their brain at a time. While one half of the brain stays awake to make sure the whale breathes and alerts the whale to any danger in its environment, the other half of the brain sleeps. We don’t do this because we have a breathing reflex that allows us to rest both halves of our brain.

An elephant can smell water from a distance of three miles, wait what? Smell water… I thought that wasn´t even possible! Lucky you elephants!

A cockroach can survive without its head for nine days. At the end of nine day, it dies because of hunger not because it doesn´t have its head! Can you believe that?

More facts here!

lunes, 28 de febrero de 2011