It’s difficult enough to fit 16 candles on a birthday cake, but trying squeezing 116 on one. But Besse Cooper, the world’s oldest person according to the Guinness World Records, chose to use numbers instead of actual candles when she celebrated her 116 th birthday Sunday. Guinness claims Cooper is one of only eight people who have reached 116. In ... Read More »
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Neil Armstrong, First Man to Walk on Moon, Dies
Neil Armstrong the first man to walk on the Moon, who took the giant leap for mankind has died. He was 82. The legendary astronaut was reportedly recovering from heart surgery. Armstrong became the focus of the entire planet on July 20, 1969, when his Apollo 11 spacecraft reached the moon and he took the first steps on its surface, ... Read More »
Sony to cut 1,000 jobs on efforts to reduce costs
Sony Corp., Japan’s largest exporter of consumer electronics, is eliminating about 15 percent of its mobile-phone unit’s workforce to reduce costs at a business that trails Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. The reduction of about 1,000 jobs will mainly be in Sweden, Sony said today in a statement. About 650 positions will be cut from its mobile division’s headquarters ... Read More »
Donkeys Are Now WiFi Hot Spots in Israeli Park!
An innovative, yet crazy and completely out of the box idea. Kfar Kedem is a historic park in northern Israel that promises to take visitors back 1,000 to 2,000 years to biblical times. You can thresh grain there, don old fashioned robes, press oil from fresh olives, ride the rolling hills on donkeys, and as of recently, you’ll also get ... Read More »
Apple Creates Record for Company Value at $624 Billion!
Apple has created a record in Wall Street for the highest company value ever or in Wall Street terms MVP – Most Valuable Property. Apple’s worth hit $624 Billion as it’s stocks gained. All this, thanks to the upcoming launch of iPhone 5. On Monday, Apple’s surging stock propelled the company’s value to $624 billion, the world’s highest, ever. It ... Read More »
Valedictorian Uses ‘Hell’ in Graduation Speech Denied Diploma
Who would have thought that the use of the word “hell” could cause so much trouble? An Oklahoma high school valedictorian had did it and she has been denied her diploma. She had done this way back in May and is still waiting for her diploma. The school simply refused to hand over her diploma. The desperate family has turned ... Read More »
Russian Punk Band ‘Pussy Riot’ Gets Sentenced 2 Years in Jail!
Three members of the Russian Punk bank “Pussy Riot” has been sentenced to 2-years in jail as they have been found guilty of hooliganism. In short, they mocked the Russian president Valdamir Putin during a “punk prayer” in a Moscow cathedral. Judge Marina Syrova announced the verdict from a district court in central Moscow, about two miles from the Christ ... Read More »