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| Unique Visitors: 153 |
| Total Unique Visitors: 3940631 |
| Visitors Out: 3929 |
| Total Visitors Out: 18846 |
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| TT - Interesting Facts About Paris |
| 2008-08-13 17:30:00 |
Paris is the capital city of France, the largest country of Western Europe with 550 000 km² and with about 60 millions inhabitants in the Whole of France. The City of Paris has about 2,160,000 people living there and it covers about 41 square miles. The altitude of Paris averages between 90ft and 120ft above sea level. Some of the attractions of Paris include The Eiffel Tower, Notre-Dame Cathedral, The Arc de Triomphe, The Louvre Museum, The Champs-Elysées, and Musé d'Orsay. The Eiffel Tower is probably one of the most famous symbols of France and was built for the International Exhibition of Paris of 1889, took 2 years to complete and it was the world's tallest building up until 1930. The Eiffel Tower has over 2.5 million rivets, 15,000 iron pieces, over 40 tonnes of paint and there ar...
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| Thursday Thirteen - More Piano Facts |
| 2008-08-10 17:56:00 |
Spinet pianos were made by Samuel Blythe as early as 1789 at Salem, Mass. The term Grand was first used in 1777.Abraham Lincoln used Chickering Grand #5070 while at the White House. During 1869 the US produced 25,000 pianos valued at $7,000,000, during 1910 production was 350,000 pianos valued at $100,000,000 ! The term "Tickle the Ivorys" refers to playing the ivory keys of the piano, however, ivory has not been used to make piano keys since about the 1950's (they are plastic, sometimes referred to as "Ivorine"). That there are currently over 50 Brand Names of pianos? During the past 100 years there have been approximately 5000 Brands of pianos placed on the market. Most are still on display in homes or elsewhere. Pianos are made of thousands of pieces of wood glued together to form vario...
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| TT - Interesting Facts About France |
| 2008-08-05 17:27:00 |
Nearly 20% of the territory of France lies outside Europe and known as "DOM-TOM" (overseas departments and territories), where over 2.5 million French citizens live.More tourists visit France each year than any other country in the world, with 67 million annual tourist arrivals (more than the country's population).André Gide, French writer and Nobel Prize of Literature, said "French people are Italian people in bad mood".The tides in the region of Brittany and Normandy are the strongest in Europe, with a difference in level of up to 15 meters between high and low tide.French used to be the language of the nobility and diplomacy all across Europe and in the Ottoman Empire, then the world's first real international language until English replaced it in the mid-20th century.The name "France"...
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| TT - Yet More Alcohol Trivia |
| 2008-07-09 16:02:00 |
Martha Washington enjoyed daily toddys. In the 1790s, "happy hour" began at 3:00 p.m. and cocktails continued until dinner.Tom Arnold, Sandra Bullock, Chevy Chase, Bill Cosby, Kris Kristofferson, and Bruce Willis are all former bartenders.Frederick the Great of Prussia tried to ban the consumption of coffee and demanded that the populace drink alcohol instead.President Lincoln, when informed that General Grant drank whiskey while leading his troops, reportedly replied "Find out the name of the brand so I can give it to my other generals."Being intoxicated had desirable spiritual significance to the ancient Egyptians. They often gave their children names like "How Drunk is Cheops" or "How Intoxicated is Hathor."The Pilgrims landed at what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts, rather than continue...
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| Thursday Thirteen - Interesting Facts about New Year Celebrations around the World |
| 2008-07-02 15:59:00 |
As part of Scottish folklore, if the first person to enter your house during the New Year is a man with dark hair bearing a gift, you will be blessed with good luck.The ancient Egyptians celebrated the New Year at the time the Nile River flooded - near the end of September - which enabled the people to grow crops.The Celts called their New Year festival Samhain, meaning summer's end.To keep out evil spirits, some Japanese hang a rope of straw across the front of their house on New Year's Day.The people in northern India wear flowers on New Year's Day; a yellow flower, to them, is the color of spring.In ancient Egypt, New Year was celebrated with singing, dancing, and feasting for an entire month.A traditional polar bear swim event is held New Year's Eve in British Columbia, Canada; people ...
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| TT - 13 Facts about French Food |
| 2008-06-25 17:34:00 |
The famous Petit Suisse ("little swiss cheese") of Gervais are not from Switzerland, but from Normandy, in France.Crêpes, one of the most popular food in Europe, originate from Brittany, in the west of France.Wine has been made in France since Roman times.There are 450 different wine appellations in France. There are tens of thousands of small wine-producing domain, but only 15% of all French wines enjoy the marketing benefits of AOC designations.Bordeaux alone has over 9,000 different châteaux.72% of the adult French population finds it difficult to understand French wine labels.In 2004, France produced 56.6 millions hectoliters of wine.Wines from the North of France (e.g. Alsace) are usually made from a single variety of grape (e.g. Pinot Noir), whereas wines further south are typicall...
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| The Gartner Symposium |
| 2008-05-20 19:11:00 |
The Gartner Symposium / ITXPO - where technology meets businessIt is the industry's largest and most strategic conference for senior IT and business professionals together with ITxpo - the interactive exhibit floor loaded with the latest technology solutions. There is no other event in the world like it.The aim is to meaningfully interact with the leading solution providers in a no-hype environment.In the past, the Gartner Symposiums have received immence positive feedback from the attendees - and have been lauded for the proffesionalism and elegance of the conferences. Let us hope that the remaining four this year are no exception.There were 7 conferences scheduled for 2007:San Fransisco, California : 22-26 April (already happened)Barcelona, Spain : 20-23 May (already happened)Orlando, Fl...
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| The World’s Biggest Chocolate Fountain - 3 |
| 2008-03-18 02:44:00 |
The record holding chocolate fountain is located in Las Vegas, inside Bellagio. With the hight of 27 feet, it’s the biggest chocolate fountain in the world. The fountain is filled with 2100 pounds of dark, milk and white chocolate....
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| WW - The Hanging Coffins of Sagada - 1 |
| 2008-02-27 02:21:00 |
Sagada couldn’t get more mystifying without the elements of the mummies. When you go to Sagada caves in Philippines there are hanging coffins to be found on the cliffs made of limestone.About six hours by bus (twice this amount of time in the wet season) from the Luzon island town of Banaue, north of Manila, the people of Sagada have devised a unique burial ritual involving the placement of dead relatives into caves after carefully preparing a hollowed out log. These coffins are carved by the elderly before they die; if they are too ill or weak their son or other close relative will do it for them. This ritual involves pushing the bodies into the tight spaces of the coffins, and often bones are cracked and broken as the process is completed. After the deceased are put inside these c...
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| The World’s Biggest Chocolate Fountain - 2 |
| 2008-02-20 01:43:00 |
The record holding chocolate fountain is located in Las Vegas, inside Bellagio. With the hight of 27 feet, it’s the biggest chocolate fountain in the world. The fountain is filled with 2100 pounds of dark, milk and white chocolate....
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