Interesting World Facts

If you are looking where is the oldest in the world, the answer is not in United States, England, French, Italy, Greece, China, or Italy. The world`s oldest hotel in the world is located in Japan. The real location is at The Awazu Onsen area of Komatsu, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan.

The name of the Hotel is Hoshi and it is a popular Ryokan (Japanese Traditional Hostel) before the time of Shogun in1800s. Beside recorded as the oldest hotel in the world, it is also recorded as the oldest operating hotel/company in the world by Guinness world`s of Records after it was liquidated by Kongo Gumi in 2006.

The Oldest Hotel

The hotel was founded in year 718. The hotel is older than any hotel in the face of the planet and some of the hotel`s complex remain unchanged since its first time construction. At this time, the hotel is modernized and equipped by modern accommodations. I am sure you will love to spend at least one night in this place.

Next are the pictures of different corners of the hotel. Enjoy

The room

The food

Indoor Spa

The Bridge

After seeing those pictures above, do you interest to visit the oldest hotel in the world one day?

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Here`s the list of 4 priceless art work that was found accidentally.  These art works are worth millions of dollar and it had been trapped in unfortunate conditions for tens of hundreds of years before it was finally discovered by a lucky people

1.Venus De Milo.

One day in 1820, a Greek finding rare Statue of Aprodite ,goodes of love, under his field.because of the rarity and the good condition the statue was purchased by king Louis XVIII, named the statue Venus de Milo and presented it to the Louvre Museum where it is known as one of the most famous work of art in history.

Venus De Milo

2.500 movies from 1903-1929

In 1978,500 classic movies were found buried under the ground of Dawson city Yukon accidentally. The Thin permafrost which covered the movies saved them from the erosion

3.Finding Original Van Gogh painting

One day, an original work of van Gogh 1886 was found in the house of middle age couple in the suburb of Milwaukee. The old couple thought that the painting was a reproduction art. On March 10, 1991, the painting title “still life with flowers” was sold in auction for $1.4 m

Van Gogh "still life with flowers"

4.Original Copy of declaration of independence

a Philadelphia financial analysis suddenly become a new millionaire after he found the original copy of Declaration folded behind and old frame and wood backing he just purchased from the flea market of in Adamstown, Pennsylvania  for mere $4. This copy of declaration is only 24 copies, on June 13, 1991. His small discovery was auctioned and purchased for $2.4 million

Declaration of Independence

Actually, there are many Priceless artworks that were found accidentally.Some of them are rare paintings, old statues, manuscript, rings and many other more. I believe some precious objects you already saw on the museum were found without any research before.

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If you plan to a new country this year, I suggest you to pick one country in this list. This is the list of top 10 best cities to live in 2011. The countries are indexed base on mercer score, live expectancy, purchasing power and GDP. Let’s check them out one by one

1. Sydney, Australia

Sydney-Australia

Sydney sits on the first chart of Top 10 Best Cities to live in 2011. The total population of the city is around 4,504,469, life expectancy is 80.73 years and it has Mercer Score 106.3. The city is recorded to be the 2^nd richest city in the world base on Purchasing power per capita and the GDP of Australia is $494.6 billion last year. Sydney has nice climate and it has loads tourist objects.

2. Bern, Switzerland

Bern

Bern Houses 123,466 people plus modern infrastructure, transportation system, and facilities. The life expectancy in the city is 80.3 years and the GDP of the Switzerland was $491.4 billion last year. The economy is stable and that can make your live will be extended here

3. Frankfurt, Germany

FrankFurt

Frankfurt is a house for 672,000 people, sky scraper buildings, wealthy bankers, international universities and students. Mercer score of Frankfurt is 107.0 and live expectancy staying in the city is 79.26 years. Last year, GDP of German reached $3.673 trillion. With all those prosperities, it seems you would not have any reason to die young in one of the most prosperous city in the workd.

4. Munich, Germany

Munich

Munich has mercer Score 107.0 and it is covered by continental climate from the Alps. Munich is known as one of the favorite destination of expatriate and migration since 1990s. The average life expectancy of the city is 79.1 years. In the city, you will find modern structure, top class education facilities, international level health services and many more.

5. Dusseldorf, Germany

Dusseldorf

Dusseldorf has Mercer score 107.2 and it is famous for the financial services, fashion industries and trade fairs. The population of the city is 586,217 and they are served by modern health care programs and stable political condition. If you move to this city, I think you can live for 70 years and more

5 other cities that are listed in best cities to live in 2011 are Vancouver, Canada, Auckland, New Zealand, Geneva, Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland and Vienna, Austria. Vancouver has Mercer Score 107.4 and live expectancy 81.16 years, Auckland has Mercer score of 107.4 and live expectancy 80.24 years, Geneva has Mercer score 107.9, Zurich has Mercer score of 108.0 and life expectancy 80.74 years, and last Vienna has the highest Mercer score at 108.6 and live expectancy 79.5 years.

If you have a chance to move to one of top 10 best cities to live in 2011 above, which city will you are going to choose ?

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Here’s the list of 10 most anticipated video games in 2011. If you are gamers, I guess one or some of the game below are what you are going to purchase this year. If you don’t want to miss this list, I suggest you to bookmark this post

10. The Secret World

The Secret World

Platform: Xbox 360, Windows OS, and PS3

Developer: Funcom (Ragnar Tornquist)

Genre: Action

Info: The game was pre-produced in 2002 but because if financial issue the development faced extensive delay for nearly 10 years. To game is not designed in different levels and to make score all depends on the players skills.

9. Tomb Raider (2011 video game)

Tomb Raider 2011

Platform: Xbox 360, Windows OS, and PS3

Genre; Action-Adventure

Developer: Crystal Dynamics

Tomb Raider 2011 is the 9^th series of Tomb Raider video game and this time, Lara Croft is stranded on the unknown island after she was smothered by unpredicted storm. This game will be labeled mature 17+ rating and it will has loads of violence and bloods

8. Hitman 5

Hitman 5

Platform: Xbox 360, Windows OS, and PS3

Schedule of release : December 2011

Genre: Action

Developer: IO community

Hitman Version 5 will be released around Christmas 2011 and it will put Agent 47 on the good side. He will hold protagonist character in this version. The developer said, the story line of the game will not same as on the movie

7. Max Payne 3

Max Payne 3

Platform: Xbox 360, Windows OS, and PS3

Genre: Action-Shooting

Developer: Rockstar, Vancouver

Max Payne 3 will be more violence, the main character will be 5 years older, and is more cynical. It is still featured with bullet time mode where players can set the speed of the bullet that come out from their weapon. Pretty much like Matrix

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6. Mortal Kombat 9

Mortal Kombat 9

Platform: Xbox 360, and PS3

Genre; Action-Fighting

Developer: NetherRealm Studios

Mortal Kombat Version 9 will be available in 3 different editions, The Standard, The Kollector, and The Tournament Edition. The Kollector edition will be featured with Sub Zero, Scorpion figurine, an art book, dubbed Mortal Kombat Classic Costume, and new content skins. For the tournament edition, It wont be featured with figurines or the art book but, it will be featured with one fighting stick controller. The Mortal Kombat version 9 will be released around April 19th, 2011

5. Test Drive Unlimited 2

Test Drive Unlimited-2

Platform: Xbox 360, Win, PS3

Genre: Racing

Developer; Eden Games

Launching: 8 February 2011 (North America) and 11 February (Europe).

Test Drive Unlimited 2 takes settings in Ibiza Islands and Oahu. It will have 60 levels and player must reach certain point to jump to other level. Collecting Point can be done in 4 ways, Competition, Social (Make friends and race against other player), Discovery (take photographs and find the roads or car wrecks) and Collection (Buy/sale car, houses clothing, furniture, etc)

4. Batman: Arkham City

Batman-Arkham City

Platform: PS3, Windows, Xbox 360

Released: Quartile 3 2011

Developer: Rocksteady Studios

Genre: action- adventure

Arkham city continues the adventure of Batman:Arkham Asylum. The game will has multiplayer feature and it will be darker that the previous Title. There will be loads good and bad guys character include the notorious Joker and Cat Woman

3. Duke Nukem Forever

Platform: Xbox 360, Windows, PS3

Released: May 3, 2011(North America) and May 6 (worldwide)

Genre: Action-Shooting

Developer: 3D Realms

This time, the main character is trying to take the land that already occupied by Aliens. The game is running over Gearbox software and it will has loads surprises, New weapons, and better story line

2. Metal Gear Solid: Rising

Metal Gear Solid-Rising

Platform: PS3, Window, Xbox 360

Genre: Action- Tactical Espionage

Developer: Kojima Production

Metal Ger Solid: Rising will be faster and has more sword fighting. Zan-Datsu (the main character) will be faced more enemies and he must cut many body parts and collected it to win the game. The release date was delay because of censorship.

1. Brink

Brink

Platform: Xbox 360, Windows, PS3

Release: May 17, 2011 (US) and May 20 (Europe)

Developer: Splash Damage

Genre: Action-Shooting

Brink will available in 1^st person shooter format and cooperative 8 by 8 multi players online. Player can pick shooting with bots or against other team. Each target has a point and players should earn more point to upgrade their weapon. The war is set on flooded area on planet earth and the location will be featured with 5000 residents, refugees, and loads of buildings.

Tell me, what is your 2011 most anticipated video game? If your video game title is not available here, I really love to hear it.

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If you want to be a new billionaire, you can start it by stop looking for a college which you believe could help you to get that position. Let’s take example from the top 10 most successful billionaire below.

They don`t have any degree but they have enough money to make thousand students earn degrees and used their talents as a fuel to make them richer.

10. Michele Ferrero

Michele Ferrero

Michele Ferrero is a man worth $17 billion dollar and he has managed an international chocolate business “Ferrero Rochers”. He found huge passion in the Chocolate manufacturing when he was young and he did not need to go to college to get the skill that he need to be a billionaire

9. Lee Shau Kee

Lee Shau Kee

Lee Shau kee fortune is worth $18.5 billion. He is a famous property Tycoon from Guangdong China and recently his fortune is reported increasing to $19 billion. He has many honorary degrees from many universities and he is known as the 2^nd richest person in HK and China mainland after Li Ka Shing.

8. Liliane Bettencourt

Liliane Bettencourt

Liliane Bettencourt is the founder of L’Oreal cosmetic. She was born in 21 October 192. With estimated fortune US$20 billion, she is richer than any people in French

7. Li Ka-shing

Li Ka Shing

Li Ka Shing`s net worth is around US$21 billion. His richness is coming from business property in Hong Kong, health and beauty retailer, and operator of container terminals. According to Forbes he is the richest person of East Asian and the 14^th richest person in the world. In Hong Kong He is event called Superman

6. Ingvar Kamprad

Ingvar Kamprad

Ingvar Kamprad (Ingvar Feodor Kamprad) is a Swedish businessman and the founder of IKEA. According to Forbes, Kamprad is 11^th richest person in the world and his fortune is estimated US$23 billion. Kamprad started everything since he was 17^th years old after his father gave him cash reward for his school.

5. Karl Albrecht

Karl Albrecht

Karl Albrecht is a German entrepreneur and the founder of supermarket chains, ALDI,together with his brother Theo. According to Forbes rich list 2010, his fortune is estimated $23.5 billion. He is 10^th richest person on earth and his started his business after World War II.

4. Christy Walton

Christy walton

Christy Ruth Walton is the widow of John T. Walton, who was a child of Sam Walton, the former director and founder of Wal-Mart. After she inherited $15.7 billion from her husband in June 2005, she expended Wal-Mart and she made huge fortune from the company. In 2010, her net worth is estimated $ 24 billion. According to Forbes, she is the richest woman in the world

3. Amancio Ortega

amancio ortega

Amancio Ortega Gaona is a Spanish fashion business man and he made huge success with his business without any college education. His net worth is estimated $25 billion. According to Forbes rich list 2010, He is the richest person in Spain, 2^nd richest person in Europe and 9^th richest man in the world

2. Larry Ellison

Larry Elllison

Lawrence Joseph “Larry” Ellison was a student of University of Chicago and University of Illinois at Urbana before he finally decided to skip those college before he earned a degree. He is the co-founder and chief executive of Oracle Company. His net worth is estimated US$ 27 billion in 2010 according to Forbes Rich list.

1. Bill Gates

Bill Gates

Bill Gates was a drop out student of Harvard University. After he discontinued his education at Harvard, he cooperated with Paul Allen to start his own computer software company. One year after he dropped-out from Harvard in 1975, in 1976, Microsoft was born and growing bigger and bigger since then. In the last decade, Bill Gates always in the rank of top 3 richest people in the world. In 2010, his net worth reached $54 billion. His fortune makes he earns many titles and one of them is the richest most successful billionaire who skipped the college.

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Here is the list of top 5 most popular toxic food that are still eaten and consumed almost every day by million of people in this plant. The food list starts from Cassava to apple. You might not know yet that Apple is toxic right.

1. Cassava

Cassava contains Cyanide. Without proper cooking, Cassava can be a deadly menu. This woody shrub fruit can be found in Caribbean, South East Asia, some part of Africa, and South America. To reduce the cyanide compound people use to pound it, paste it, and then left in the shade it off for 5 hours

2. Pufferfish

Pufferfish

Pufferfish is the 2^nd most toxicant vertebrate in the world but, it is also often used as a main menu in Korea and Japan. The ovaries and the liver are extremely deadly. It can trigger numbness, muscle paralyzed, increased blood pressure, invaliding breathing.

Since view years ago, the emperor of Japan illegalizes pufferfish to be eaten

3. Mushrooms

Mushroom

In the world, there are 38,000 types of Mushrooms and 5 percent of them are poisonous. It is difficult to different which Mushrooms that is saved to be consumed and not. Generally, all mushrooms that are living in the wild are toxicant and should be avoided. If you pick wrong mushrooms, it will damage your liver less than 24 hours.

4. Cashews

Cashew

Most raw Cashews that are sold in store are already steamed. The store owner knows that raw Cashews (literally) can be poisoning the consumer. A cashew contains urushiol, a toxicant that lies inside poison ivy and Eating Cashews in large amount of quantity can cause death.

5. Chilies

chillies

Every Chili in the world is destined to carry capsaicin inside their skin. Capsaicin is a substance that causes spicy and burning sensation. View types of chilies have very strong capsaicin so that it is mixed into a paint stripper product and police pepper spray. The good side of chili, it contains high vitamin C compound (especially green chili).

Other toxic plants or fruits that contain toxicants are Potatoes, Almonds, Cherries, Apples and Tomatoes. Potato contains glycoalkaloid poison which can cause comma, the seeds of Almonds are full of cyanide, and a Cherry pip will produce hydrogen cyanide after it is chewed. The seeds of Apple contain Cyanide, and every fruit of tomato contains glycoalkaloid compound. Special for Tomato plant, the toxicant that can be found inside the leaves and stem of Tomato are strong enough to control pests.

Are you fan of one of the most popular toxic food above?

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If you want to know who are the wealthiest football players in the last 12 months, the answer is here. They have made loads of money not only from the football field. David Beckham for instance, Out of football field, he has appeared on TV commercials and many fashion shows. Lets go the detail, Here are top 5 richest football players in the world 2010-2011

Number 1 : David Beckham

Club:LA Galaxy & Milan – €30 m

David Beckham

David Beckham started to get International popularity when he was playing for Manchester United. He made great contribution on the club and he made loads of money from it. In 1996, Because of his clash with Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson, he resigned from MU and moved to Real Madrid in 2003. In Real Madrid, He signed $40 million worth of contract. 3 years later, David went to US and playing for LA Galaxy. In this club, David earned $250 million to stay and play for the club for 5 years. He has long history and he has done loads of hard work before this year, he is titled as the richest football players in the world. Actually the first position of richest football in the world is debatable. Some people believe Lionel Messi is richer than Beckham.

Number 2: Cristiano Ronaldo

Club:Real Madrid – €22 m

Cristiano Ronaldo

In the next couple days, Christiano Ronaldo is 26 years old. His professional career was started in 2003 when he was playing Manchester United. In the club he earned his first FIFA player of the year tribute in 2008. Today, he plays for Real Madrid. His first attendance to the club was welcomed by 75,000 fans and in the club alone, he is paid £11 million annually

Number 3 : Kaka

Club:Real Madrid

Earnings €17 annually

Kaka

Kaka, The Brazilian Football player, started his international career in A.C Milan in 2003 where he earned 8.5 million from the club. Kaka is FIFA player of the year in 2007. Since 2009, Kaka has played for Real Madrid till this date. According to the news, Real Madrid should pay $85 million to take Kaka out from his previous club

Number 4 : Ronaldinho – Flamengo

Yearly Earnings €17.5 m

Ronaldinho

Ronaldinho is another Brazilian football player who had made a huge fortune from the Football field. His Name is titled as FIFA player of the year, 2 years in a row, in 2004/2005. Since 2011, he plays for Flamengo football club. In the last 12 years, He had played with 2 top Italian Football Clubs (Barcelona and Milan) and his hard work on those clubs is enough to make him one of the richest football players in our planet.

Number 5: Thierry Henry

Club ;Barcelona

Yearly Earnings €16 m

Thiery Henry

Thierry Henry was born in Les Ulis, Essonne, Paris, in August 17th, 1997. Since 2010, he plays for New York Red bulls after he was transferred from Barcelona in 2007. Henry was nominated as FIFA player of the year twice, but apparently the voters only wanted him on the 2nd rank of the award. His transfer from Arsenal to Barcelona in 2007 is what made his fortune jumped to the chart of 5 most richest football players in 2010.

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We have already known that Bugatti Veyron is the most expensive car in the world and SSC ultimate Aero is the fastest car in the world (according to Guinness World records). These 2 cars are legally driven on the road and almost everyone in the planet wants it. Still talk about car, do you know what is the smallest car in the world?

If you don’t know the answer, the smallest car in the world, according to Guinness Worlds of records, is a car that was constructed by a British Constructor Perry Watkins. It is the smallest car in the world that can be legally driven in any street in the world as long the driver has a driving license. The size is 41 inches high by 51 inches long and 26 inches wide. It is so small so that it always gets a parking space wherever it goes.

World`s Smallest Car

The engine can make the car running up to 60 km per hour and to be safety, Perry did not forget to add security belts on the front seat although it is guarantee that it won’t be convenient to drive the car for a long ride. It is fast enough to enter any tool road as long the minimum speed is not more than 60km/h

world smalles car

On Monday, November 8, 2010, Watkins drove the car on a street in Essen, Germany. The car was attracting many attentions and some people considered it was a toy car that just came out from an amusement park. The mini car is one and only and not released for public. The car is too small for adult and it is too fast for children. That Is the reason why the world`s smallest car will not available on any street in the world unless on the street near the resident of Perry Watkins.

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The answer of the largest and heaviest aircraft in the world lays here. This is Antonov An-225 Mriya, one the biggest flying object that man have ever build. The AN-225 has 32 wheels and the wings span 291 feet wide (88.4 meters to be precisely). The Payload is 250,000 kg and it can carry up to 640,000 kg weight while the aircraft flying. It has max speed 850 km/hour and it can airlift Buran space shuttle/ Energia rocket’s boosters easily on the back.

Antonov An-225 Mriya

The giant aircraft is part of Soviet space program and it was first flown in 21 December 1988. As size comparison, The Antonov An-225 is larger than any American aircraft/Boeing product such as Airbus A380, Boeing 747 Large Cargo Freighter, and Lockheed C-5 Galaxy.
The maximum gross weight of the plane is 640 tonnes and so far only 1 active AN-225 available in the planet. Because of the unique ability to airlift huge size materials and supplies, the aircraft was often employed by other country such as Canadian and US government to transport large military supplies to their armies in Middle East. In 2004, Antonov AN-225 earned Guinness Book of Record award because of its 240 active roles in International issues. This award was referred by FAI/ Federation Aeronautique Internationale.

Antonov An-225 Mriya

Renting Antonov 225 is very expensive. In 2008, the aircraft transported chimney duct cargoes from Denmark to Kazakhstan and it charged €266,000. Tell me, have you ever seen this biggest aircraft in the world with your own eye ?

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This is one of the biggest and deepest diamond mine ever found in the face of the world. The Diamond mine is 525 meters /1,722 feet deep and 1,200 meters /3,900 feet wide. The size is so huge so that any Helicopter is not allowed to fly over the hole because In the past the hole caused several accidents where some helicopter were sucked into the hole by the downward air stream

Mirna Diamond Mind

The mine is located at Mirna, Eastern Siberia, Russia. The mine was found by former Soviet Geologists, Yuri Khabardin, Viktor Avdeenko, and Ekaterina Elagina on June 13, 1955 during major Amakinsky Expedition. During the Expedition, the Geologists found volcanic rock Kimberlite formation in Mirna . It is believed that Kimberlite is a trace of Diamonds and the geologists got their jackpots once the excavation in Mirna started.

Mirna Diamond Mine

Mirna Diamond Mining

The building of the mining was not easy job. It was started in 1957 and the excavators should face rough climate changes. Winter was running for 7 months and that was turning the ground became permafrost, freezing the oil, shattering the tires and the steel. During the winter, at night, all machinery should be covered or it would be frozen and jammed. During the day, to melt the permafrost layers, workers should use Jet engines and dynamite to defreeze permafrost layers or to remove the soil off the Kimberlite layer.

Mirna Diamond mining at night

It took loads of hard work to make the huge hole and because the condition around the mine is not stable, the processing plants were built 20 km out of the mining. When summer came, another challenge rose, the soil turned into sludge and would sink any building that already built on top of it. To handle the situation, All building around the mine were built over piles of foundations and solid constructions

For the finding of the mining, the geologist earned Lenin Prize from the highest authority of Soviet Union that time. Mirna Diamond mining is known as the biggest diamond mine in the world since 1990s. after World war and cold war over, other holes like this can be find in other countries.

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