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A reporter once asked a farmer to divulge the secret behind his corn, which won the state fair contest year after year. The farmer confessed it was all because he shared his seed with his neighbors.

Why do you share your best seed corn with your neighbors when you’re entering the same contest each year as well asked the reporter.

Di dunia terdapat cuaca aneh yang sangat tak wajar. Seperti langhit berdarah, hujan ikan, bom es hingga bulan biru. Fenomena alam yang menarik. Seperti apa?

Hujan Ikan dan Katak

Dari California , Inggris hingga India , secara periodik terjadi presipitasi (hujan) aneh. Hewan kecil seperti ikan, katak dan ular jatuh dari langit beberapa kilometer dari air. Puting beliung yang berputar di danau atau samudra dapat menghisap air dan apapun yang ada di dalamnya ke awan di atasnya.

At least 13 people were hurt -- three seriously -- when gunmen opened fire near 75th Street and Vincennes Avenue in Englewood this morning and apparently caused a CTA bus to crash, officials said.

It did not appear that anyone was wounded by gunfire, but instead were injured in the accident or by flying glass, the officials and witnesses said.

When 30 Taliban soldiers attacked a check point manned by acting Sergeant Dipprasad Pun, they had no idea of what a Gurkha soldier was capable of. 400 rounds of machine fire, 17 grenades, a mine and a whole lot of bodies later they figured it.

Left alone at his post and under attack, the Gurkha warrior fired his machine gun till it jammed and then beat an attacker with the tripod, finally setting off a mine and dispatching the final two attackers.

He is believed to have killed three and wounded several others with the gun - weighing well over 30lb and hammering out 750 rounds a minute.

After numerous rumors in recent months were posted to Twitter that Jackie Chan had died, a new one circulated today that the legendary actor was dead from a heart attack in an L.A. hospital.

According to the press release, which hasn’t been confirmed by any independent source, the actor had been working on Kung Fu Panda 2, but his heavy workload had put too much stress on his heart.

In an unlikely development, it was reported that Will Smith and President Obama had left their condolences.

You have heard of the cup that overflowed. This is a story of a bucket that is like the cup, only larger, it is an invisible bucket. Everyone has one. It determines how we feel about ourselves, about others, and how we get along with people. Have you ever experienced a series of very favorable things which made you want to be good to people for a week? At that time, your bucket was full.

In a recent interview with People Magazine, Lady Gaga reveals some of her beauty secrets including the fact that her hair is slowly falling out due to dying it too much. Pop icon, Lady Gaga, whose real name is Stefani Germanotta, is a natural brunette. Ever since fame has come upon her, Gaga has been dying her hair platinum blonde, destroying it. The singer says she has to get ‘chemical haircuts’ because it's damaged and beginning to fall out.

Question: There are 3 frogs on a leaf. If one of them decided to jump off the leaf into the water, how many frogs are there left on the leaf?

Answer: Three!

Why? The frog only DECIDED to jump! It didn’t!

A recent study conducted by a group of mathematicians using census data suggests that organized religion is heading for extinction in nine western democracies.

The study is the result of census data dating as far back as a century from countries whose census asks respondents about their religious affiliation, namely, Australia, Austria, Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Switzerland.

Menilik jejak kehidupan mendiang Elizabeth Taylor memang luar biasa. Tahun lalu, dalam sebuah wawancara dengan Us Weekly, aktris yang wafat pada Rabu (23/3/2011) dini hari waktu Los Angeles di usia 79 tahun itu sempat mengungkapkan 25 hal yang tidak diketahui oleh para penggemarnya. Apa saja itu?

1. Sebelum saya membuat sejumlah film, saya punya kedai limun di Southern California.

2. Ketika penata rambut José Eber pindah ke luar kota, saya suka memotong rambut saya sendiri dan orang lain.

3. Aku gemar sekali menyaksikan Law & Order dan selalu menonton setiap episodenya. Anak-anak saya dan Mariska Hargitay, aktris bertalenta, bermain bersama sebagai anak-anak.

 A young man was getting ready to graduate college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer’s showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted.

As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited signs that his father had purchased the car. Finally, on the morning  of his graduation his father called him into his private study. His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and  told him how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful wrapped gift box.

Former Apple employee Bill Nguyen is launching a new mobile-based social network, Color [iTunes link].

Color is an application based upon photo and video-sharing to those around you. Instead of compiling a database of friends, the multimedia shared on Color is visible to people in close proximity to the user.

Color is a completely transparent application, meaning there is no hiding behind usernames and passwords. There are no friend requests and no privacy settings. Your use of the application is your consent to share information. The application gives the user a live feed of all users' activity within 150 feet.

Nguyen said, "I want you to say hello to your neighbors. A lot of the things that have been recreated online have been virtual reality."

The transparency of the application forces users to be accountable for their actions, possibly hindering the internet bullying trend seen recently.

Nguyen has a great track record for creating successful applications and companies. Nguyen founded Onebox, Seven and Lala, all of which he created and developed then sold. Nguyen sold Lala, an online music application, to Apple for US$80 million.

Nguyen is a trailblazer for technology applications, and is clearly blazing a new path with Colors
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Jenazah aktris legendaris Elizabeth Taylor  akhirnya dikebumikan di tempat pemakaman Forest Lawn Memorial Park, California, AS, Kamis (24/3/2011) siang waktu setempat.

Sejumlah kerabat dan keluarga tampak haru melepas kepergian ibu, nenek dan juga sahabat mereka ke tempat peristirahatannya yang terakhir. Prosesi pemakaman dilakukan dengan upacara Yahudi, yang dipimpin oleh pendeta Yahudi Jerry Cutler.

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim
Because it was grassy and wanted wear,
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I marked the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

Robert Frost
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A story tells that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face.

The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand:

TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE.

They kept on walking until they found an oasis, where they decided to take a bath. The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but the friend saved him.

 Once upon a time two brothers, who lived on adjoining farms, fell into conflict. It was the first serious rift in 40 years of farming side by side, sharing machinery, and trading labor and goods as needed without a conflict. Then the long collaboration fell apart. It began with a small misunderstanding and it grew into a major difference, and finally it exploded into an exchange of bitter words followed by weeks of silence.

One morning there was a knock on John’s door. He opened it to find a man with a carpenter’s tool box. “I’m looking for a few days’ work” he said. “Perhaps you would have a few small jobs here and there I could help with? Could I help you?” “Yes,” said the older brother. “I do have a job for you.”

The most expensive painting ever sold at auction, "Nude, green leaves and bust" by Pablo Picasso, goes for the first time on public display starting today at Tate Modern in London.

Picasso's work of 1932, which sold for $ 106.5 million at Christie's in New York last year, has been provided on loan to the Tate gallery by its owner, an anonymous private collector, and will be displayed in a new room dedicated to Picasso in the Poetry and Dream section. The painting is oil on canvas and measures 162 cm × 130 cm.

"Nude, green leaves and bust" is part of a series of paintings that Picasso made of his mistress Marie-Thérèse Walter. The paintings were done by the artist at Boisgeloup, Normandy, in the beginning of 1932. According to Nicholas Serta, director the Tate Modern "these paintings are considered his greatest achievements of the interwar period," reports The Guardian.

Elizabeth Taylor, the iconic Hollywood star whose tumultuous romances and precarious health challenges often played out as larger-than-life Elizabethan dramas, died of congestive heart failure at Los Angeles's Cedars-Sinai Hospital. She may have been 79, but with more than 65 years of screen time preserved for all time, she will remain a glorious, glamorous and full-blooded image.

Revered for her generous charity work but sometimes controversial for her turbulent personal life, the three-time Oscar honoree, fragrance and jewelry mogul and tenacious AIDS activist possessed many talents, including a remarkable gift for self-appraisal.

 Aktris legendaris Elizabeth Taylor meninggal dunia akibat gagal jantung pada usia 79 tahun di Rumah Sakit Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, pada Rabu (23/3/2011) waktu setempat.

Jaringan televisi berita CNN membenarkan kabar tersebut. Taylor telah menjalani perawatan selama enam minggu. Saat mengembuskan napas terakhir, ia dikelilingi oleh keluarga dan anak-anaknya.

Liz Taylor, begitu ia dikenal, mengaku memiliki masalah dengan kesehatan jantungnya sejak November 2004.

Di dunia film, namanya cukup mencorong. Ia telah dua kali meraih Oscar, masing-masing untuk film Butterfield 8 pada tahun 1960 dan film Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf pada tahun 1966.
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Dia buat SETTINGS hidupku indah,

Dia pilih MINIMIZE kelemahan dan MAXIMIZE kelebihanku..

Semua yang baik Dia INSERT ke dalam hidupku,

DELETE semua kesalahanku dan SAVE masa depanku...

Dia akan selalu membawaku NEXT tanpa BACK dalam masa lalu... Bahkan SKIP saat kecelakaan akan menimpaku...

 Technology married with liberal arts, humanities, yields the result that makes our hearts sing.  (Steve Jobs)

It was a magical performance from a consummate performer, on that we can all agree.

Speaking for a little more than an hour, in a voice that has lost little of its calm intensity, Steve Jobs mesmerized the audience Wednesday at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, and by extension the world.

 Penindasan ternyata tidak hanya dialami oleh praktisi Falun Gong, kaum rohaniawan gerejapun mengalami nasib serupa di China. Puluhan pastur ditangkap, dan gereja-gereja dirusak dengan alasan ilegal.

Satu lagi wajah asli pemerintah China terkuak. Sekitar 12 pastur dan seminaris yang sedang menjalani retret di Shijiazhung, Provinsi Hebei wilayah China bagian utara, ditangkap. Alasannya sangat klasik, pertemuan rohaniawan itu dinyatakan ilegal.

Kejadian diawali oleh adanya kegiatan retret pada hari Senin ( 20/10/ 2003) yang digelar di Desa Gaocheng, Shijiazhung. Retret atau khaluat dikenal dalam agama Katholik sebagai salah satu kegiatan yang lebih dimaksudkan untuk membersihkan diri. Kegiatan retret umumnya dilakukan dengan cara mengundurkan diri dari keramaian dunia sehingga mendapatkan ketenangan batin. Dengan cara seperti ini diharapkan bisa membuat umat Katholik lebih bisa mendekatkan diri kepada Tuhan.

 Captain America: The First Avenger is an upcoming American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Captain America. The film stars Chris Evans as Captain America with Joe Johnston directing a script by David Self, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, and Joss Whedon. The film will be part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and is scheduled for release on July 22, 2011. The film is scheduled to be released in 3D.

 I was working actor for 17 years before playing "Jaws" in my first James Bond film. I suddenly became an overnight success.  Even though I had been in popular and successful films like the "LONGEST YARD" and had appeared in nearly a hundred television shows like "THE WILD WILD WEST," "I SPY," "GILLIGAN'S ISLAND," "I DREAM OF JEANNIE," and others, it wasn't until the two Bond films, "THE SPY WHO LOVED ME" and "MOONRAKER," that I found myself transformed from a recognizable face to an internationally known movie star.

With my face and name on the cover of PEOPLE magazine, I found that at long last, people actually knew my name.  I was suddenly in demand worldwide and even making Chinese films in places like Taiwan and Hong Kong.

A-lthough things are not perfect
B-ecause of trial or pain
C-ontinue in thanksgiving
D-o not begin to blame

E-ven when the times are hard
F-ierce winds are bound to blow
G-od is forever able
H-old on to what you know

I-magine life without His love
J-oy would cease to be
K-eep thanking Him for all the things
L-ove imparts to thee

M-ove out of "Camp Complaining"
N-o weapon that is known
O-n earth can yield the power
P-raise can do alone

Q-uit looking at the future
R-edeem the time at hand
S-tart every day with worship
T-o "thank" is a command

U-ntil we see Him coming
V-ictorious in the sky
W-e'll run the race with gratitude
X-alting God most high

Y-es, there'll be good times and yes some will be bad, but...
Z-ion waits in glory...where none are ever sad!

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BOTHNIA, KOMPAS.com - Teluk Bothnia di Oulu, Finlandia yang beku saat ini (musim dingin) dimanfaatkan para produsen mobil dan ban untuk memecahkan rekor kecepatan dan sekaligus membuktikan kehebatan produk mereka. Bulan lalu, Bentley Continental GT Supersport berhasil melaju dengan kecepatan tertinggi 330,695 km per jam di atas trek sepanjang 14 km.

Bentley yang dibesut pengemudi asal Inggris itu berkapasitas 6,0 liter 12 silinder. Keberhasilan itu sekaligus mematahkan rekor sebelumnya dengan kecepatan 321,6 km per jam yang diukir oleh mantan juara dunia reli empat kali Juha Kankkunen, asal Finlandia pada 2007. Saat itu, Kankkunen juga membesut Bentley Continental.

TOKYO (AP) -- A film distributor says it has decided to stop showing Clint Eastwood's tsunami movie "Hereafter" in Japan following a catastrophic quake.

Warner Entertainment Japan Inc. official Satoru Otani says theaters will no longer show the film. He said Monday the terrifying tsunami scenes in the movie were "not appropriate" at this time.

"Hereafter" opened in Japan in late February at around 180 theaters. Warner Entertainment initially planned to show the movie until late March.
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Rio De Janeiro - The annual carnival that precedes the beginning of the Catholic holy season of Lent has once again brought revelers together for a week of celebrations and dancing.

The Samba schools that range from strictly organized to local groups’ stage competitions and present their routines in dazzling costumes to match their dance steps. Said to be bigger than the Mardi gras celebrations in New Orleans Louisiana the carnival in Rio brings celebrities as well as the local inhabitants.

"Ice melts when heated"
"Eyes melt when hated"

Alexander, after conquering many kingdoms, was returning home. On the way, he fell ill and it took him to his death bed. With death staring him in his face, Alexander realized how his conquests, his great army, his sharp sword and all his wealth were of no consequence. He now longed to reach home to see his mother's face and bid her his last adieu. But, he had to accept the fact that his sinking health would not permit him to reach his distant homeland. So, the mighty conqueror lay prostrate and pale, helplessly waiting to breathe his last.

Ternyata Bhs Indonesia lebih simple dibanding Bhs Inggris...

English: "Would you please care to elaborate on that statement?"
Indonesian: "MAKSUD LOH?!"

English: "The meeting will start at 9:15 AM. Please be there 15 minutes beforehand."
Indonesian: "RAPATNYA JAM 9!"

TOKYO, KOMPAS.com — Gempa besar yang melanda Jepang pada Jumat 11 Maret 2011 terjadi akibat pergerakan beberapa lempeng sekaligus. Akibatnya, terjadi gempa dengan intensitas tinggi yang hanya bisa terjadi setiap 1.000 tahun.

"Saya tak bisa mengungkapkan lewat kata-kata betapa kagetnya melihat skala gempa. Ini mungkin sama dengan gempa di Jogan. Gempa seperti ini hanya bisa terjadi setiap 1.000 tahun," kata Katsuyuki Abe, ketua komisi penelitian gempa Jepang, Minggu (13/3/2011).

Tokyo - An hour before the 8.9 magnitude earthquake hit Japan, I was at home, in my Tokyo apartment, on the second floor of a five-floor ferro-concrete apartment built in the late 1980s and which met all the quake construction codes at the time.

Many buildings in Japan are of similar construction.

You've heard that Japan has the highest amount of earthquake activity in the world. Technically, quakes are happening all the time, but their magnitude is so low we can't feel them. Usually, quakes that we can sense end after :05-:10 seconds.

There's not even time to react. The magnitude 4 and 5 quakes can be distressing. Sometimes they build slowly and end in a jolt. Sometimes it's just one big jolt. We rarely feel aftershocks. Japanese are "used to" quakes, but *not* used quakes of this magnitude.

Tokyo - In the wake of Japan's earthquake and tsunami disaster, there have been many reports of major casualties, injury and death. However, it has also seen a wave of misinformation come through the blogosphere - particularly on Twitter.

The past six hours has seen the topic of Satoshi Tajiri, the creator of the Pokemon franchise, become a trending topic on Twitter.

Pencipta Pokemon, Satoshi Tajiri tewas dalam malapetaka tsunami.

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AP Photo/Kyodo News Tsunami swirls near a port in Oarai, Ibaraki Prefecture (state) after Japan was struck by a strong earthquake off its northeastern coast Friday, March 11, 2011. Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/03/11/japans-tsunami-triggered-enormous-whirlpool/#ixzz1GLQN1Tjw

Kensenmuma, Miyagi, Japan, Friday, March 11, 2011

(03-11) 08:34 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- The horrific tsunami that washed away buildings in Japan is starting to hit Northern California, with 2- to 5-foot waves predicted to hit local beaches, according to the National Weather Service.

Emergency officials are warning people to stay away from low-lying areas, as the highest waves may yet come. So far, it seems that the swells are only a few feet higher this morning, thanks in part to low tide.
"Stay off the beach," National Weather Service forecaster Diana Henderson said this morning. "It's not just one wave, it's a series that could last up to 12 hours after the initial arrival. So even after 8:30 a.m., please still don't go to the beach. It will be a series of inundations."

Manila - Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHILVOCS) director Renato Solidum announced on Friday that the first tsunami waves caused by the 8.9 earthquake that hit the northern part of Japan has entered the Philippine area of responsibility.

According to the Philippine Star, the first tsunami wave arrived along the coastline of the city of San Vicente in the northern province of Cagayan at 6:00 pm local time. The wave was measured to have a height of 60 cm (approximately 1.97 feet). Waves measuring about 40 centimeters (approx. 1.31 feet) were also reportedly seen along the coasts of Baler in the province of Aurora around 6:30 pm.

Seperti diberitakan, gempa bumi berkekuatan 8,9 terjadi di lepas pantai timur Jepang, Jumat (11/3/2011), pukul 2.45 waktu Jepang. Gempa tersebut menguncang bangunan-bangunan di ibu kota Tokyo, 32 tewas, serta memicu peringatan tsunami hingga ketinggian 10 meter.

Demikian kesaksian warga negara Indonesia, Helza Melany (29), kepada Kompas.com, Jumat (11/3/2011), pukul 21.10 waktu Tokyo. Helza mengaku masih khawatir karena sampai saat ini gempa masih menggetarkan Tokyo dan sekitarnya

Di usia 25 tahun, ia dipecat dari ketentaraan, selain itu ia telah dipermalukan, patah semangat, tanpa harapan, tanpa uang. Di ujung semua itu, berniat bunuh diri dengan meloncat dari sebuah jembatan. Namun sebelum niat tersebut terjadi, seorang teman datang dan membujuknya untuk membatalkan niat tersebut. Sang pemuda pun membatalkan bunuh diri, dan memulai hidup baru.

Hanya dalam waktu setahun setelah rencana bunuh diri itu, ia berhasil meniti kembali karir militernya yang telah hancur, dan berhasil menjadi jenderal termuda dalam Dinas Ketentaraan Perancis. Kemenangan besar dapat dicapainya justru saat ia memimpin prajurit-prajurit lelah yang kelaparan (dimasa inilah ia berkata "prajurit berjalan di atas perutnya"). Di kemudian hari ia menaklukkan seluruh Eropa daratan.

Ia adalah Napoleon Bonaparte.
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A tetradrachm of Cleopatra VII, Syria mint

Menyebut Cleopatra - akan mengingatkan kita tentang ratu cantik jelita dari Mesir. Tapi sebentar, Cleopatra yang mana...? Karena ternyata dalam sejarah Mesir Kuno - terdapat TUJUH ratu yang bernama Cleopatra.


Lalu dari ketujuh Cleopatra tersebut, mana yang paling terkenal dan juga tercantik..? Ia adalah Cleopatra VII. Sedemikian jelitanya ratu yang satu ini, sampai bisa memikat hati dua penguasa Romawi yaitu Julius Caesar dan Mark Anthony, di dua jaman berbeda.

Revisions to the New American Bible scheduled to be released March 9 (Ash Wednesday) is causing some controversy as it replaces words such as "booty" and "virgin" to reflect a more modern meaning.

The New American Bible (NAB), one of the most popular translations of the Holy Scriptures is a Catholic Bible translation first published in 1970. It had its beginnings in the Confraternity Bible, which began to be translated from the original languages in 1948.

Lady Gaga has instructed her legal team to begin legal proceedings against the small Covent Garden restaurant, Icecreamists, after they sold a product of breast milk ice cream launched as Baby Gaga.


Lady Gaga claims Baby Gaga is, "nausea-inducing" and "intended to take advantage of [her] reputation and goodwill". The legal documents accuse the small ice cream parlour of "riding on the coattails" of Lady Gaga. The central London based food outlet used a waitress dressed as the superstar to serve the bizarre dish, reported in Digital Journal two weeks ago.

Menurut para ilmuwan, hewan yang memiliki suara paling keras adalah Ikan Paus Biru (Balaenoptera musculus), yang juga menyandang gelar sebagai hewan terbesar di bumi. Suara Ikan Paus Biru lebih keras daripada suara motor Harley Davidson. Lebih keras daripada suara konser rock yang paling keras. Lebih keras dari ledakan bom.

That British authorities were mobilized in 1967 because they feared a possible alien invasion may seem rather quaint today but my initial mockery upon reading that news turned into nostalgia when it dawned on me that we are no longer in awe of anything.

UFO buffs have been poring over the secret UFO files ever since they were released by British authorities and posted on the National Archives site last year. They are a treasure trove of information concerning sightings which were investigated by British intelligence, military and police forces over many years and 35 more have just been released says The Telegraph today.

The Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA is a former Roman Catholic church that is now used as a museum and wedding chapel.[1] It is known for its unusual helix shaped spiral staircase (the "Miraculous Stair"), an exceptional work created by French carpenter Francois-Jean "Frenchy" Rochas. The stairs are now considered too unsafe for regular use.

Although it has been the subject of legend and rumor, and the circumstances surrounding its construction and its builder are considered miraculous by the Sisters of Loretto and many visitors,[2] explanations for many of the claimed "mysteries" have been found.

Kalau bicara soal selera makan, rasanya sulit ada mahluk yang bisa menandingi Komodo. Mengapa demikian.? Karena komodo memiliki selera makan yang luar biasa. Biasanya seekor komodo mampu menyantap 2,5 Kg makanan dalam semenit, dan baru berhenti kalau sudah kenyang.


Kapan kenyangnya.?  Sulit diukur - karena sering terjadi Komodo makan hingga seberat 90% berat badannya - hanya dalam sekali makan. Ini sama dengan seorang dewasa yang makan 400 biji Hamburger dalam sekali duduk.

Pizza adalah bahasa Itali untuk "pie" (kue). Pada bagian bawah pizza dibuat dari adonan ragi yang dipanggang menjadi lingkaran seperti roti. Di Itali, orang sudah membuat pizza sejak tahun 1400-an, tapi belum diberi tomat dan keju sampai tahun 1889.


Pada tahun 1889, seorang pembuat roti bernama Raffaele Esposito membuat pizza untuk Ratu Itali. Ia memutuskan untuk menggunakan bahan-bahan dengan warna seperti bendera negaranya, Itali. Jadi Raffaele menambahkan tomat merah, keju putih, dan paprika hijau. Itulah ceritanya kenapa hingga sekarang pizza menyerupai bendera negara Itali.
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Ada 3 kaleng Coca Cola, ketiga kaleng tersebut diproduksi di pabrik yang sama.

Ketika tiba harinya, sebuah truk datang ke pabrik, mengangkut kaleng-kaleng Coca Cola dan menuju ke tempat yang berbeda untuk pendistribusian.

Pemberhentian pertama adalah supermarket lokal. Kaleng Coca Cola pertama diturunkan di sini. Kaleng itu dipajang di rak bersama dengan kaleng Coca Cola lainnya yang diberi harga Rp. 4.000,-

Pemberhentian kedua adalah pusat perbelanjaan besar. Di sana, kaleng kedua diturunkan. Kaleng tersebut ditempatkan di dalam kulkas supaya dingin dan dijual dengan harga Rp. 7.500,-

Apple CEO Steve Jobs took the stage at Yerba Buena theater in San Francisco to announce details of the upcoming iPad 2. The tablet PC features a quicker processor, front and rear-facing cameras and the same price tag as the first iPad.


Apple's iPad 2 will come in 16GB, 32GB, 64GB models with or without 3G. The price will start at the same $499 the earlier iPad model costs. It's due to launch March 11 in US and March 25 in 26 other countries, including Canada and Australia.


The new iPad 2 will boast a faster chip called A5. A dual-core processor will double the CPU speed and boost the graphics power, Jobs noted. "I think this is going to be the first dual core tablet to ship in volume."

Asal dari obat yang dikenal dengan "Aspirin" - ternyata dari jaman Yunani kuno, dan diperkenalkan oleh Bapak Para Dokter se-dunia - yaitu Hippocrates. Tentu saja Hippocrates tidak menyebut Aspirin, melainkan menyebut tumbuhan bernama Willow yang bila batangnya dikeringkan dan dijadikan bubuk, dapat menghilangkan rasa sakit.


Ribuan tahun berlalu, hingga di tahun 1829, para ilmuwan berhasil mengisolasi bahan dalam tumbuhan Willow yang berfungsi meredakan rasa sakit. Bahan tersebut bernama Salicin. Repotnya, bahan ini memang bikin kepala plong tapi bikin perut memberontak - manfaat dan mudaratnya sama besar. Tentu saja harus ada jalan keluar. Di tahun 1853, seorang ahli kimia Perancis bernama Charles Frederic Gerhardt berhasil menetralkan Salicin alami menjadi Asam salisilat (Salicylic Acid) lewat buffering dengan Natrium dan Asam Asetat. Asam salisilat ini lebih"ramah" terhadap perut.

Di tahun 1899, seorang ahli kimia Jerman, bernama Felix Hoffmann, yang bekerja bagi Bayer, menemukan kembali formula Gerhardt. Hoffmann membujuk Bayer untuk memasarkan obat itu, yang selanjutnya muncul di pasar dengan nama pasaran "Aspirin".
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Cerita ini berdasarkan kisah nyata yang terjadi di negri Tiongkok.

Pada sebuah senja dua puluh tahun yang lalu, terdapat seorang pemuda yang kelihatannya seperti seorang mahasiswa berjalan mondar mandir didepan sebuah rumah makan cepat saji di kota metropolitan, menunggu sampai tamu direstoran sudah agak sepi, dengan sifat yang segan dan malu-malu dia masuk kedalam restoran tersebut.

Setelah duduk di dalam, kemudian pemuda itu berkata dengan kepala menunduk kepada pemilik rumah makan: "Tolong sajikan saya semangkuk nasi putih."

Ini adalah kisah tentang seekor babi yang sangat istimewa. Babi ini berkaki dua yang dipanggil "Zhu Jianqiang" (朱 坚强), yang artinya "Babi yang kuat dan berkemauan keras" dalam bahasa Mandarin Cina! Babi ini menjadi pusat perhatian atau selebriti di Provinsi Henan - Cina saat Ia dilahirkan hanya dengan dua kaki depan!

Babi ini sekarang berumur 13 bulan, dan ketika dia dilahirkan istri pemilik (Wang Xihai) memintanya untuk membuang babi ini. Karena kebaikan hatinya, Bapak Wang Xihai menolak dan mengatakan bahwa dia harus memberinya kesempatan untuk hidup. Dia juga mengatakan bahwa hal itu sangat tidak terduga bahwa babi ini selamat dan sehat!

Boerhaave, seorang dokter Belanda dan penulis buku "Elementa Chemiae", meninggal tahun 1738. Sebelum wafat ia meninggalkan sebuah buku tebal bersegel dengan judul "The Onliest and The Deepest Secrets of The Medical Art" (Rahasia paling mendalam dan satu-satunya dalam Seni Medis).

Buku tersebut dilelang, dan sang pemenang lelang yang telah mengeluarkan uang senilai $ 20.000 dalam emas membawa pulang buku itu. Saat segel dibuka, ia menemukan bahwa 99 dari 100 halaman buku itu adalah kosong. Selain sampul depan, cuma terdapat tulisan pendek: "Jaga diri untuk tetap tenang, jaga kaki agar tetap hangat, dan kamu akan membuat dokter terbaik sekalipun menjadi miskin."
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William McKinley

Di Amerika Serikat, seseorang yang tidak dikenal identitasnya disebut dengan nama John Doe (ingat peristiwa pemboman Gedung FBI di Oklahoma, Amerika pada tahun 1995). Dan bila seseorang yang tidak dikenal identitasnya itu adalah seorang wanita maka akan disebut sebagai Jane Doe.

Tradisi menyebut John dan Jane Doe ini ternyata berasal dari peristiwa pembunuhan Presiden Amerika, McKinley, di hari Jumat 6 September 1901. Sang pembunuh, Leon F. Czolgosz, di hari sebelum pembunuhan menginap di Riggs House Hotel. Di hotel tersebut, Leon menggunakan nama samaran John Doe, nama samaran yang digunakan polisi saat mengusut dirinya.

Akhirnya hingga sekarang, setiap seseorang yang belum diketahui identitasnya, masyarakat Amerika menyebutnya sebagai John atau Jane Doe.
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