10 Interesting Facts about Bill Gates

1. Bill Gates’ full name is William Henry Gates III.

2. Sold his first program and the age of 17 for $4,200. He wrote a program to sort his school’s class       schedules. He amended the code insuring that he was in a class full of girls.

3. His Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) was 1590 and the highest score then was 1600. His SAT score        corresponded roughly to an IQ of 170.

4. He was a college Dropout. He was enrolled at Harvard University but after two years he decided      to opt of college to start Microsoft.

5. Hi was arrested in New Mexico in 1977. He was allegedly jumping a red light and also driving            without driver’s license.

6. Hi is a Knight; In March 2005 Gates received an honorary knighthood from the queen of England.    Gates was bestowed with the Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire    for his services in reducing poverty and improving health in the developing countries of the world.

7. Bill Gates aimed to become a millionaire at the age of 30. However, he became a billionaire at the    age of 31.

8. If Bill Gates was a country; he would be the 37th riches country in the world.

9. Bill Gates children will only inherit $10 Million US dollars each, out of is $72 Billion US dollars          Net Worth.

10. On June 27, 2008 Bill Gates step down as the Chairman on Microsoft to devote his full time                philanthropic role in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Electric powered super bike won Pikes Peak; Is gas powered super bike going to be extinct?

Lightning Electric Super Bike Concept drawing in yellow

 Lightning’s electric super bike is the 1^st Electric powered vehicle to win the famous Pikes Peak. Beating nut just fellow electric powered but also gas powered super bikes. With a time of just 10 minutes and 0.964 seconds and the nearest competitor driving a gas powered Ducati Multistrada, finished 20 seconds slower.

Lightning Electric Super Bike Concept drawing in blue

Innovation through competition. The corporate motto of Lightning Motorcycle Corp. Its looks like the company is true to its words because their motorcycle is collecting world records like crazy. The Lightning’s electric superbike holds the current world records for fastest production motorcycle (304.304 km/h), and the fastest electric motorcycle.

 

Lightning Electric Super Bike Conquering Pikes Peak

What is really amazing is that the Lightning’s Electric Superbike emerges victorious in the seas of gas powered monsters, and to think that the technology is still young and there is still tons of untouched potential in the electric powered motors. There is definitely a bright future for this electric monsters. 

Lightning Electric Super Bike On Display

Lightning Electric Super Bike charging station

Strange Places: The eye of the Africa also known as The Earth’s bulls eye

The eye of Africa from NASA Satellite

The eye of the Africa is a prominent circular feature in the Sahara desert near Quadane. It has a 40 kilometer diameter. Others suspect it to be a meteor impact and other conspiracy theorist suspects that it was cause by an underground nuclear blast.  

Whatever the cause it is really a magnificent site, the Eye of the Africa is visible from space and from the photos taken by NASA it really looked like an eye.

The eye of Africa taken at google maps

STRANGE PLACES: Sailing stones of Death Valley

The Sailing Stone of Death Valley

Death Valley is a desert valley located in Eastern California; it is the lowest and driest area in North America, and currently the hottest in the world.

Death Valley is one of the flattest places on the face of this planet. Here you can see a geological phenomenon called Sailing stones, it is when rock move and scribble long tracks along smooth valley floor without the aid of human or animals.

Many scientists are baffled about this sailing stones, they observed and studied these phenomena and until this that there is no clear conclusion what causes the stone to move. Some suggest that high winds are responsible, some of the rocks move at almost perfect 90 degrees angle.

Sailing Stone of Death Valley Almost Perfect 90 Degrees Turn

Others said it was an alien doing or a result of some sort of magnetic field but no matter the cause of the sailing stone it still remain a mystery and it adds a mystique to the place. That is why Death valley is still one of the strange places in the world.  

Sailing stones of Death Valley, some of them traveled great distance

The sailing stones of Death Valley, even NASA can't explain

Dog Poop Freeze Wand now a reality

Patent number 6883462 also known as the doggie Poop Freeze wand was posted on 12/07/2005. Well everyone who owns a dog knows how tedious and smelly cleaning up your dog poop specially when you’re walking in the park, well fear not the dog poop freeze wand is here. Just point the wand to the dog poop push the button and the wand will spray a liquid enzyme that will automatically freeze the dog poop.

 

Here is the diagram of the Dog poop Freeze wand

Although the patent was issued on 4/26/2005 there is still no actual production of the said wand.I have searched an alternative product that you can order today behold the POOPFREEZE Aerosol Freeze Spray for only $13.50 dollars you can get one at Amazon.com

STRANGE ANCIENT PAINTINGS: The Madonna with Saint Giovannino (and a strange flying disk)

The Madonna with Saint Giovannino

Artist:  Domenico Ghirlandaio, 15th Century

The painting depicts Mary mother of Jesus looking down and above Mary’s left shoulder there is a shining disk like object. At the background of the painting is a man and a dog looking at the glowing disk like object. UFO? You decide.

It was  painted by Domenico Ghirlandaio in around 15th century and it is currently hang in Firenze, Palazzo Vecchio Museum, Sala d’ Ercole.

The Madonna with Saint Giovannino

Closeup look of the strange bright disk like object 

STRANGE ANCIENT PAINTINGS: The Annunciation with Saint Emidius: Beam from a disk like object

The Annunciation with Saint Emidius

Artist Carlo Crivelli 1486

The Annunciation is celebrates the announcement of Gabriel to Mary that she would conceive the son of God. The painting settles the mystery of Mary’s pregnancy without conception: Notice another pencil beam of light coming from disk shape object, UFO? you decide.

It was painted by Artist Carlo Crivelli in 1486 and is currently hang in the National Gallery, London.

The Annunciation with Saint Emidius Artist Carlo Crivelli 1486

Closeup view of the strange disk like object

 Source: wikimedia.org

STRANGE ANCIENT PAINTINGS: “The baptism of Christ” 1710

“The baptism of Christ”

Artist: Aert De Gelder 1710

 

The painting shows John the Baptist and Jesus Christ, and there is that beam of light coming from a disk shape object. UFO in the early 17th century? Well you decide.

It was painted by Aert De Gelder in 1710 and it is currently hang in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

Photo credit: wikimedia.org

14 Year old boy’s simple idea that could save US government $400 million dollar

Suvir Mirchandani, a 14 year-old student claims that he have found a way of saving the US government some $400 million dollars simply by changing the font they use for official documents from Time New Roman to Garamond font, he said that it would use 24 percent less ink because compared to Time New Roman, Garamond font’s character is lighter and thinner.

He started his study as a science fair project at his school - Dorseyville Middle School. He was looking for a way to integrate computer science to promote environmental sustainability. His idea began when he worked out how much his school could save in ink after watching multiple leaflets be handed out. 

"Ink is two times more expensive than French perfume by volume,"

He then printed four different types of fonts on cardstock paper and graphed the ink usage. He discovered that Garamond, with its thinner strokes, his school district could reduce ink consumption by 24%, saving up to $21,000 annually.

He then extended the study to all of government levels and concluded that just using Garamond the US government can save $400 million us dollars annually.

STRANGE PLACES: THE DOOR TO HELL

The Darvasa gas crater also know as “The Door to Hell” is a natural gas field located in Ahal province Turkmenistan. Some 35 years ago soviet geologist taped into a cavern filled with natural gas. The ground beneath the drilling rig collapsed leaving a hole 70 meters in diameter. To avoid poisonous gas, they decided to set the gas on fire hoping to consume the  gas in a couple of days. The gas is still burning till this day.

Photo credit: google search

UFO AND OTHERS

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OLDEST GYMNAST

Johanna Quass hold the world record of the oldest gymnast born in Germany on the 20^th of November 1925. At the age of 86 she is a regular competitor in the amateur competition Landes-Seniorenspiele, staged in Saxony, Germany.

Photo credit:  Guinness World Records/PA

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A ROAD LEGAL BATMOBILE TUMBLER

The real Batman car from Dark Knight 

Want to own a batmobile but it is not for sale in your local dealership? Well if you really really like to own one, why not build one. Like the guys from teamgalag.com, they build a exact replica of the batmobile, without the firepower of course, but it is 100% road legal. Check it out.

Teamgalag.com's Tumbler on progress

They made five replicas and sold it for $1 million US dollar. ‘It has a custom cut windows, seating for two, five driver assist cameras, Double den stereo with blue tooth, CD/DVD, iPod, GPS Navigation as well as a custom interior. 

teamgalag.com's Tumbler finished product

DID YOU KNOW: THAT MALE KOALA HAVE TWO PENISES

Did you know that male koalas have two penises and female koalas have two vaginas? And they can eat eucalyptus leaves only and nothing else. Because of this eucalypt diet has limited nutritional and caloric content, koalas don't have active lifestyle and sleep for up to 20 hours a day. 

Photo credit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koala

DREW BARRYMORE PLAYBOY AND STEVEN SPIELBERG

After Drew Barrymore posted nude on Playboy magazine in 1995, the director of E.T. her godfather Steven Spielberg mailed her a note saying “Cover yourself up,” with a quilt and a copy of the magazine with all her pictures edited so that she appeared fully clothed.

Photo credit: http://www.thedrewseum.com/

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