According to one source, there has been peace on our earth for only 300 years out of thousands. Conflicts on some scale have been going on, for almost, forever, whether it is on religious basis, ethnic issues or resources. Simply put, were there is man, there is bound to be war. Although wars have been avoided pretty effectively in the modern world, a country still cannot do without a military force. Today we take a look at the 7 most potent military powers in the world.
We all love YouTube. It is the best video website of the world. Here we can upload, view and share video clips. Its bandwidth costs are estimated at approximately $1 million a day. It has millions of videos. Have you ever thought which are the most viewed videos on YouTube ? Have you seen those videos ? No. Then don’t worry today I am sharing the list of top 10 most viewed videos on YouTube.
Divers have found 30 bottles of champagne thought to pre-date the French Revolution on the Baltic seabed.
When they opened one, they found the wine - believed to have been made by Clicquot (now Veuve Clicquot) between 1782 and 1788 - was still in good condition.
Not many people take on the Worlds Largest Skateboard by them self, you usually see at least 10 – 12 people riding this monster. This is because it takes a lot of weight to control it and make it turn; otherwise the board will choose the path. But on a sunny day out at Woodward, Joe Ciaglia, the owner of this beauty, decided to ride the Worlds Largest Skateboard all by himself. Joe picked the biggest hill and bo mbed it! Joe should get the bail of the year for his amazing leap off the board just in time to not be launched off a 15 foot BMX jump and just far enough to not get completely ran over by the board. The video is amazing, and in our eyes Joe conquered the board and the hill on this run. Way to go Joe!
The top 10 auto insurance companies are located in cities all across America. The staggering amounts of revenue they reported for 2009 serves as a basis to rank them.
At this point Facebook gathers more than 400 million active users and that number is increasing day after day. Number of fan pages on Facebook is also increasing rapidly. Now already exists 8 Fan pages which altogether counts more than 10 million fans and shortly enough that number will also increas.
Competitive eater Joey ‘Jaws’ Chestnut ate 54 hot dogs in 10 minutes on Sunday to win the annual Nathan’s International Hot Dog Eating Contest – his fourth year in a row of winning the Mustard Belt. He was disappointed with his showing, and cited dehydration as a factor in his poor showing. Last year the 26-year-old gobbled 68 dogs and was shooting to break his record by downing 70 this year.
Identifying the biggest dinosaurs that ever lived isn't as easy a task as you might think: sure, these giant beasts left giant fossils, but it's very rare to unearth a complete skeleton (tiny, bite-sized dinosaurs tend to fossilize all at once, but lumbering giants like Argentinosaurus can often only be identified by a single, massive neckbone). Here are the 7 winners, according to the current state of paleontological research.
The world's funniest joke is a term used by Richard Wiseman of the University of Hertfordshire in 2002 to summarize one of the results of his research. For his experiment, named LaughLab, he created a website where people could rate and submit jokes. Purposes of the research included discovering the joke that had the widest appeal and understanding among different cultures, demographics and countries.
A list of the biggest wins in World Cup matches after Portugal beat North Korea 7-0.