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Wednesday, May 31, 2006

What is the Most Expensive Shoes in the World?

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The Cinderella Slippers: How much could a pair of shoes cost? Well, the world's most expensive pair of women's shoes costs a cool $2 million! The one-of-a-kind 4½-inch stiletto sandals are studded with 565 platinum-set Kwiat diamonds (which include 55 carats of clear diamonds and one big 5-carat stone). The 'Cinderella slippers,' as Stuart Weitzman, the designer of the fantasy sandals, calls them, were worn by singer Alison Krauss (nominated for best song for the film Cold Mountain) at the 2004 Oscars ceremony. The Stuart Weitzman-designed $2-million shoes on display in Beverly Hills, California.

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What is the Greediest Animal?

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The larva of the polyphemus moth (Antheraea polyphemus) of North America consumes an amount equal to 86,000 times its own birthweight in the first 56 days of its life. In human terms, this would be equivalent to a 3.17 kg (7 lb) baby eating 273 tons of food

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Monday, May 29, 2006

How much is our body worth?

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When we total the monetary value of the elements in our bodies and the value of the average person's skin, we arrive at a net worth of $4.50!. This value is, however, subject to change, due to stock market fluctuations. Since the studies leading to this conclusion were conducted by the U.S. and by Japan respectively, it might be wise to consult the New York Stock Exchange and the Nikkei Index before deciding when to sell!

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Where can you find the Oldest Stock Exchange?

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The Stock Exchange in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, was founded in 1602 for dealings in printed shares of the United East India Company of the Netherlands.

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Sunday, May 28, 2006

What is the Most Expensive Coffee in the World?

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Kopi Lowak, reputed to be the most expensive coffee in the world. While price can vary, Kopi Lowak (which translates as "Civet coffee") can sell for as much as $50 per quarter-pound. Palm civets are nocturnal, tree-dwelling animals, that have a love of coffee beans, which they eat whole, but only digest the outer fruit, leaving the bean intact...while the beans have not been destroyed, they have undergone a transformation while in the digestive tract...the beans retrieved from civet droppings have a unique flavor all their own. It's strictly limited availability would virtually guarantee a high price, even if the coffee were unremarkable. As it is, Kopi Lowak is reported to have a character unlike any other coffee, complex with caramel undertones and an earthy or gamey flavor.

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What is the Most Expensive Food in the World?

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The world’s most expensive food is saffron, which sells for as much as $2,000 per ounce! The price is due to the tedious process of harvesting it. Saffron comes from the inside of purple crocuses. To make a pound of saffron 70,000 to 250,000 crocus stigmas must be hand collected.

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Thursday, May 25, 2006

What is the largest known prime number?

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The largest known prime number is (2 to the power of 20,996,011) -1. It was discovered by Michael Shafer (USA), a chemical engineering student at Michigan State University (USA), on November 17, 2003. This prime number contains 6,320,430 digits.

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What is the Largest Advertising Agency?

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Omnicom Group, Inc., whose headquarters are on Madison Avenue, New York City, USA, had revenues of $5.13 billion for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1999.

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Wednesday, May 24, 2006

What is the Longest Cable-Suspension Bridge in the world?

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The Longest Cable-Suspension Bridge in the world is the Akashi-Kaikyo road bridge. The main span of the Akashi-Kaikyo road bridge, linking Honshu and Shikoku, Japan, is 1,990.8 m (6,532 ft, or 1.24 miles) long. The overall suspended length with side spans totals 3,911.1 m (12,831 ft 8 in, or 2.43 miles).

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What is the Largest Blood Bank?

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The American Red Cross is the world's largest provider of blood, plasma, and tissue products. It supplies almost half the nation's blood by working with more than 4.5 million donors and 3,000 hospitals in a national network of 38 blood regions. The charity established its first blood center in New York's Presbyterian Hospital in 1941.

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Tuesday, May 23, 2006

What is the Coldest Place In The Universe?

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The Boomerang Nebula is a cosmic refrigerator with a mind-numbing temperature of -272°C (-521.6°F). Pack your thermals - it's officially the coldest place in the universe! The freezing cold spot is made from a dust and gas cloud thrown off by a dying star, which astronomers call a "white dwarf". It's so cold because the center of the Nebula is forced to expand further and faster, as the dying planet sheds more and more cosmic junk.

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Who is the Heaviest Man in the World?

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Joe Brower Minnoch is the heaviest man in the world. Dr Robert Schwartz, a consultant Endocrinologist, estimated that when Joe Brower Minnoch was admitted to the University Hospital in Seattle in March 1978 he weighed more than 635kg (100 stone).

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What is the oldest snake in the world?

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The oldest snake is a male Boa Constrictor (Boa constrictor) called ‘Popeye’ which died in 1977 at the ripe old age of 40 years 3 months and 14 days at Philadelphia Zoo.

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What is the world's largest natural bridge?

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The Rainbow Bridge is the world's largest natural bridge. It is located at the base of Navajo Mountain, Utah and is as long as a football field.

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Thursday, May 18, 2006

What is the Most Expensive Shopping Location in the World?

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Midtown Manhattan Is the World's Most Expensive Shopping Location. Fifth Avenue and East 57th Street in New York City share first place as the world's most expensive retail location in this year's edition of Main Streets Across the World, an annual report by Cushman & Wakefield, the global real estate services firm. With rents per square foot at US$700, the New York retail destination that stretches from 52nd to 58th Streets on Fifth Avenue and then along East 57th Street to where it meets Madison Avenue is 20 percent more expensive than Paris' Avenue des Champs Elysées. Meanwhile, rents on Madison Avenue, at US$650 per square foot, were the fastest growing in the US, showing an increase of 25 percent.

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What is the Most Expensive Washroom in the World?

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For this record we travel to the 3D-GOLD Tourism Exhibition in Hong Kong where Lam Sai-wing designed and had built, in 2001. The washroom houses 2 toilets each of 24K gold weighing 280 Kg each. The sinks, toilet brushes, toilet paper holders, mirror frames, chandeliers, tiles and doors are also made of pure gold. The ceiling is littered with over 6,000 precious stones. A washroom costing $3.5 million USD

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Wednesday, May 17, 2006

What is the Largest Cinema in the World?

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The largest cinema in the world is the Radio City Music Hall, New York City, with 5,910 seats. Originally known as "The Showplace of the Nation," the cinema opened on December 27, 1932.

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Why do Golf Balls Have Dimples?

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Because the dimples maximize the distance golf balls travel. Dimpled balls travel up to four times farther than smooth-surfaced golf balls. In the early days of golf, smooth-surfaced balls were used until golfers discovered that old, bumpy balls traveled longer distances. The science of aerodynamics helps explain the dimpled phenomenon. The dimples reduce the drag on a golf ball by redirecting more air pressure behind the golf ball rather than in front of it.

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Monday, May 15, 2006

What is The Hottest Chilli in the World?

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According to the Telegraph, this chilli is so hot, you'd have to drink 250,000 gallons of water just to put out the fire. It's called the "16 Million Reserve" and is 8,000 times stronger than Tabasco sauce. In fact, it's not really a sauce, it's a food additive made of pure capsaicin. Its creator, Blair Lazar, from Extreme Food, describes his experience when he tried it: "It was like having your tongue hit with a hammer.

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What is the Most Valuable Toy Soldier in the World?

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The most valuable toy soldier in the world is the first handcrafted 1963 G.I. Joe prototype which was sold on 7 August 2003 by its creator Don Levine to Baltimore businessman Stephen A. Geppi for $200,000 (£124,309) during an auction conducted by Heritage Comics Auctions of Dallas, Texas, USA.

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Sunday, May 14, 2006

What is the world's smallest car?

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Using the parts inside a single molecule, scientists have constructed the world's smallest car. It has a chassis, axles and a pivoting suspension. The wheels are buckyballs, spheres of pure carbon containing 60 atoms a piece. It'd be a real squeeze to take it for a spin, however. The whole car is no more than 4 nanometers across. That's slightly wider than a strand of DNA. A human hair is about 80,000 nanometers thick.

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What is the Busiest Railway Company in the world?

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The railway carrying the largest number of passengers is the East Japan Railway Company. Since 1999 the railway has carried around 16.2 million passengers per day. There are an average of 2,220 daily train runs over a network of 7,538 km (4,684 miles). In April 1999, the company employed 78,330 people, and had 1,707 stations and 13,757 items of rolling stock.

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Thursday, May 11, 2006

What is the Largest Dog Show in the world?

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The world's largest annual dog show is Crufts, founded in 1891 by the British travelling salesman Charles Cruft. The centenary show, held at the National Exhibition Center, Birmingham, UK, on January 9–12, 1991, attracted a record 22,993 canine entries.

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What is the most recycled product in the world?

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Automobiles are the #1 recycled consumer product in the world. The steel and iron content make them a bonanza, which is why in 1997, 13 million of them were chewed up, spit out and turned into other products. And it’s quick work too!

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Tuesday, May 09, 2006

What is the world's largest advertiser in the Yellow pages?

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The single largest Yellow Pages advertiser in the world, is the U-haul moving company.

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What is the Smallest Digital Voice Recorder?

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The world's smallest digital voice recorder is the Edic Mini A2M, by Telesystems (Russia). It measures just 43 x 36 x 3 mm (1.69 x 1.42 x 0.12 in) and weighs 10 g (0.35 oz). It was introduced in May 2004.

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Monday, May 08, 2006

What invention caused many deaths while testing it?

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Parachute. Many people who tried to test the first parachutes died by jumping from high places. One attempt was a parachute hat, but the inventor broke his neck while testing it. The first successful parachute was tested from a hot air balloon in 1797, in France, by Jacques Garnerin.

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What is the Most Valuable Tooth?

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In 1816, a tooth belonging to renowned scientist Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) was sold in London for £730 (equivalent to $3,241 today). It was purchased by a nobleman who had it set in a ring.

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Sunday, May 07, 2006

What is Jiffy Actually?

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A jiffy is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. One of several different very short periods of time. Thus the saying, I will be there in a jiffy.

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What is the Cheapest Robot?

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Walkman, a 12.7-cm (5-in tall) robot, costing $1.75, was built from the remains of a Sony Walkman, at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, USA, in 1996.

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Friday, May 05, 2006

What is the largest ketchup bottle in the world?

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The largest ketchup bottle in the world is a 170 feet tall and is located in Collinsville, Illinois, USA. It was built in 1949 by the W.E. Caldwell Company as a water tower.

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What is the Largest Concrete Dam?

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Work on the Grand Coulee dam, on the Columbia River, Washington State, USA, began in 1933. The dam was finally completed in 1942, at a total cost of $56 million. It has a crest length of 1,272 m (4,173 ft) and is 168 m (551 ft) high.

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Wednesday, May 03, 2006

What is the Largest Bacterium?

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The bacterium Sulfur Pearl of Namibia (Thiomargarita namibiensis) is the largest prokaryotic organism known to science. Visible to the naked eye, it can reach a width of 0.75 mm (0.029 in).

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What is the Highest Box Office Animation Film?

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Shrek 2 (USA 2004) took an estimated US$104.3 million (£58.3 million) over it's opening weekend of May 22, 2004, beating the original Shrek (USA 2001), which took just US$42.3 million (£29.3 million) in its opening weekend of May 19, 2001

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Monday, May 01, 2006

Which is the longest website URL on the internet?

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The longest domain name is (http://llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.co.uk./). The name means 'St. Mary's Church in the hollow of the white hazel near a rapid whirlpool and the church of St. Tysilio near the red cave'.

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Where can you find the Largest Hotel Lobby?

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The lobby at the Hyatt Regency in San Francisco, California, USA is 107 m (350 ft) long, 49 m (160 ft) wide, and at 52 m (170 ft) is the height of a 17-storey building.

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