10. Bill Gates makes $250 per second. He could buy movie tickets and popcorn for everyone on Earth and still have a few million bucks.
9. Gates is actively searching for a cure for Malaria. He says this is because everyone else is already looking for a cure for cancer.
8. He loves cherry coke and eating spray cheese out of a can. Yummy.
Whether it be a family member or friend, most of us, unfortunately, have had to deal with cancer at some point in our lives. Scientists at Stanford have uncovered an antibody that, when administered to human tumors, broke down the cancerous tumors associated with brain, breast, prostate, liver, ovarian, bowel, and bladder cancer.
With the proposal of the ‘Buffett Rule’ by President Obama to decrease the income inequality between the richest 1% of Americans and the other 99%, here is a list of 10 intriguing facts you probably didn’t know about one of the world’s richest men.
10. Buffett got rejected from Harvard Business School.
9. He has donated over $31 billion to charity!
8. Buffett loves indulging in junk food, including cheetos, licorice, and cherry coke.
What do you do when you can’t afford a yacht, but enjoy hot tubs and floating around in a large body of water? Well up until this year, there wasn’t much. But now, you can buy a hot tub boat.
How is it powered? A small electric motor.
How do you steer? Remote steering for control from inside the tub or on the mini-deck.
If you haven’t yet heard of Joseph Kony, you are not alone. Here is a brief overview of one of the most revered men in the world.
Jospeh Kony is a 47 year old Ugandan war criminal. He is the leader of the guerilla group the LRA or the Lord’s Resistance Army. Kony is the world’s number one most wanted fugitive according to Forbes, ahead of Ayman al-Zawahiri, the new leader of Al-Queda.
Here’s 10 prime pieces of trivia for your reading pleasure. Can’t make this stuff up.
10. An Ostrich’s eye is bigger than it’s brain.
9. Most lipsticks contain fish scales to create their shimmery effect.
8. 85% of the plant life on Earth is found in the ocean.
7. Human skin is an organ: it can breathe and absorb.
6. The name of every continent ends and begins with the same letter.
5. Tennessee is bordered by 8 states.
4. An apple is more effective at waking you up than coffee.
3. The oldest word in the English language is town.
2. The fortune cookie was invented in San Francisco.
1. There’s only one mammal in the world that can’t jump: the elephant.
With the news of the FBI releasing a dossier on the late Apple founder, here’s a list of little known Steve Jobs facts.
The 191 page document can be found here.
10. Jobs studied calligraphy in college, this was a major influence on many aspects of the Apple interface.
9. He was Disney’s largest shareholder at 7%. This happened when Disney acquired Pixar (a spin-off company Jobs started) in 2006.
8. He held the patent to the glass staircase, which can be seen at Apple stores nationwide.
Aside from vegans, vegetarians, sloths and couch potatoes, most people can agree that energy and meat are two of their favorite things. Who doesn’t want the boost to hit a couple extra runs on the mountain, or an additional mile on the pavement? Who doesn’t enjoy a juicy, tender filet seasoned to perfection? Well when some of the world’s brightest minds get together, great things are possible. In this case: Performance Enhancing Meat Snacks.
What else could you possibly want in a pre-workout snack, or before setting sail on an arduous task? High in protein? Check. Lack of preservatives? Check. Low in fat to maintain your slender physique? Check. Low carb and low calories for your diet de jour? Check. Great, addicting taste? Check.
A lot of people hate to cook. What often starts off as perfectly good chicken embryo quickly finds itself burnt to a crisp and unable to be consumed. Thank goodness for technology. Forget having to borrow a cup of sugar from your neighbor, just make sure you stock up enough edible ink! Simply go to the iGrub recipe store, pick out whatever your palatte desires, click print, and enjoy. Just like grandma used to make!
3D Printers have been being perfected for over a decade, and are finally being produced on such a scale that they are becoming affordable. If you still aren’t sure how 3D printing works, then you can find out more here. The applications are nothing short of amazing; soon we’ll be able to print everyday objects with color and depth that we can use immediately. So why not change the “ink” of a 3D printer to something edible? Now that’s an Easy Bake Oven.
Since the dawn of time, there have been cases of men and women being dissatisfied with their God-given height. The desire probably stems from our constant idolization of athletes, since the time of the gladiators. They can seemingly perform superhuman feats, and thus we strive to be able to as well. Being taller makes some people feel more important, powerful, and capable. Rapper Skee-Lo’s 1996 anthem exemplified the wish to grow for many.