El Niño is Spanish for "little boy" and refers to the Christ child, because periodic warming in the Pacific near South America is usually noticed around Christmas time. El Niño-Southern Oscillation or ENSO is a quasi-periodic climate pattern that occurs across the tropical Pacific Ocean on average every 5 years, but over a period which varies from 3 to 7 years.ENSO is credited with suppressing hurricanes and made the 2009 hurricane season the least active in 12 years.La Niña is the name for the cold phase of ENSO.During a time of La Niña,...
Friday, 31 December 2010
General facts about Ellis Island
The federal immigration station in Ellis Island opened on January 1, 1892. Fifteen year old Annie Moore, from Ireland, was the first person admitted to the immigration station on Ellis IslandThe last person to pass through Ellis Island was Arne Peterssen of Norway in 1954.Ellis Island's doctors became proficient enough to conduct the health exam in 6 seconds. Between 1900-1914 some 5,000 to 10,000 people passed through the station daily.The all-time...
Some facts about Jennifer Beals
Jennifer Beals was born on December 19, 1963 in Chicago, Illinois.Parents: Jeanne and Alfred Beals.In 1996 Jennifer Beals hosted a tribute to Pablo Neruda, on the occasion of the movie "Il Postino".Beals came to fame with her starring part in Flashdance.Jennifer Beals would love to have an onscreen lesbian romp with Sarah Michell Gellar in The L Word.Her film debut was in the 1980 movie, My Bodyguard.Beals has 2 brothers, Bobby and Gregory.Beals is a close friend of Quentin Tarantino.Jennifer made a brief cameo in the final episode of Frasier.Jennifer...
Thursday, 30 December 2010
Some Facts about El Salvador
El Salvador is located in Central America, between Guatemala and Honduras and borders the Pacific Ocean.República de El Salvador ( "Republic of The Saviour") is the smallest, and also the most densely populated country in Central America.El Salvador has a total area of 21,040 km² (8,123 square miles)Population: 5,744,113 people, as of 2009.The capital city of San Salvador is the country's largest city. El Salvador is the only Central American country that does not have a Caribbean coastline. El Salvador first introduced its flag in 1909. The first...
Electric car facts
Electric cars enjoyed popularity between the mid-19th century and early 20th century.Electric cars currently enjoy relative popularity in countries around the world Today the electric car certainly does have its limitations - they are generally more expensive than gasoline cars, the 'efficiency' offered by the existing batteries are fairly low (approximately 125-150 kms before they have to be charged again), and re-charging facilities are not readily available. The Tesla Roadster gets 394 kilometers (245 miles) per charge.In 2010 the US government...
Wednesday, 29 December 2010
Egypt - interesting facts and trivia
Official Name: Arab Republic of EgyptClimate: Desert; hot, dry summers and moderate winters.Capital--Cairo (metro pop. estimated at 19,439,541). Other cities--Alexandria (4.1 million), Asyut, Aswan, Suez, Port Said, Ismailia.Population (Sep 2010 est.): 79,089,650. Alexandria was founded around a small pharaonic town c. 331 BC by Alexander the Great. Agriculture Produce: wheat, cotton, beans, rice, corn, fruits, vegetables; water buffalo, cattle, sheep and goats.Major religions: Muslim 90 percent, Coptic Christian 9 percent, other Christian 1 percent....
Facts about Anne Baxter
The actress Anne Baxter was born on May 7, 1923.Anne was the granddaughter of famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright.Baxter was known for her performances in films such as The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), The Razor's Edge (1946), All About Eve (1950) and The Ten Commandments (1956).Parents: Kenneth Stuart Baxter and Catherine Wright.Baxter was 5' 4" (1.62 m) tall. Her first movie role was in 20 Mule Team in 1940.Anne Baxter is remembered for her role as the Egyptian princess Nefertiri in the movie The Ten Commandments (1956). Anne has a star on the...
Tuesday, 28 December 2010
Mia Wasikowska facts and trivia
Alice in WonderlandThe Australian actress Mia Wasikowska was born on October 14, 1989. Wasikowska is 1.68 m (5' 6") tall.Mia was born and raised in Canberra, Australia.Parents: Marzena Wasikowska and John Reid.Mia appeared in the Australian soap opera "All-Saints".The actress has an older sister, Jess, and a younger brother, Kai.Her last name is pronounced "vash-i-kov-ska".Mia Wasikowska is of Polish descent.Mia got a role in the HBO television...
Edwin Hubble facts and trivia
Edwin Hubble was born on November 20, 1889 in Marshfield, Missouri, United States.Parents: John Powell Hubble and Virginia Lee James.Edwin Hubble taught Spanish, physics and mathematics at the New Albany high school in Indiana before taking up a staff position in California.Edwin Hubble served in the U.S. Army in World War I,His major contributions are the Discovery of galaxies beyond the Milky Way; Hubble's Law and expansion of the Universe; Discovery of asteroid 1373 Cincinnati; Hubble's galaxy classification and the tuning fork diagram.Edwin...
Edgar Allan Poe facts and trivia
Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19, 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts.Poe had a brother, William, and a sister, Rosalie. Edgar Allan Poe married Virginia Clemm, his 13-year-old cousin, who died at an early age.His publishing career began humbly, with an anonymous collection of poems, Tamerlane and Other Poems (1827), credited only to "a Bostonian".Edgar Allan Poe attended the University of Virginia.In January 1845 Allan Poe published his poem "The Raven" to instant success.The Baltimore Ravens football team is named after Poe's poem The Raven,...
Fast facts about epilepsy
Epilepsy is a common chronic neurological disorder characterized by recurrent unprovoked seizures. Approximately 1 in 100 teenagers has it.About 50,000,000 people worldwide have epilepsy, with almost ninety percent of these people being in developing countries.Epilepsy is not contagious.Over thirty percent of people with epilepsy do not have seizure control even with the best available medications.Seizures happen when there's a brief glitch in the brain's electrical activity.Famous people with epilepsy: Julius Caesar, Fyodor Dostoyevsky,...
Kathy Bates facts and trivia
Real name: Kathleen Doyle Bates Kathy Bates was nominated for Broadway's 1983 Tony Award as Best Actress (Play) for "'night, Mother."Kathy was born on June 28, 1948 in Memphis, Tennessee.Kathy Bates donated $1 million to Hurricane Katrina victims.Nickname: 'BoBo'. Kathy rose to prominence with her performance in Misery (1990), for which she won both the Oscar for Best Actress and a Golden Globe.Her role in Misery (1990) was originally offered to the actress Anjelica Huston. Kathy is a close friend of Jack Nicholson, Adam Sandler, Elizabeth Perkins,...
Monday, 27 December 2010
Facts about Kim Basinger
Real Name: Kimila Ann Basinger.Kim Basinger was born on December 8, 1953 in Athens, Georgia, United States. Kim studied ballet from age of three to mid-teens.Kim Basinger was considered to play Jody in Pulp Fiction.Parents: Don and Ann Basinger.The actress suffers from agoraphobia (fear of open spaces).Kim Basinger was born on the same day as the late Sam Kinison.Kim Basinger is of Swedish, German and Cherokee Indian ancestry.The actress won an Academy...
Elizabeth Banks quick facts
actress Elizabeth BanksReal name: Elizabeth Maresal Mitchell.Elizabeth Banks was born on February 10, 1974 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Elizabeth Banks created a professional board game called "Unveiled".Elizabeth Banks is a Democrat. Her favorites horror movies: Alien ans Poltergeist.Elizabeth height is 1.65 m (5' 5").Banks has blue eyes.Banks made her debut in the drama, Surrender Dorothy, in 1998.Parents: Mark and Ann Mitchell.On July 5, 2003,...
Sunday, 26 December 2010
Some facts about euthanasia
Euthanasia (from the Greek word εὐθανασία meaning "good death") refers to the practice of ending a life in a manner which relieves pain and suffering.In 1984, the Dutch Supreme Court declared euthanasia to be legal.The word "euthanasia" was first used in a medical context by Francis Bacon in the seventeenth century.In 1990, nine percent of all deaths in the Netherlands were a result of physician-assisted suicide or euthanasia.Voluntary euthanasia is legal in the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland. In the United States medical-assisted...
Europe quick Facts
Europe is the 2nd smallest continent with roughly 10,180,000 km2 (4 million sq mi).The largest country in Europe is Russia.Paris is the largest city in Europe with a metro population of about 11,836,970. Europe is home to more than 731,000,000 people, but birth rates are stagnant.Europe received its name from a princess in Greek mythology - Europa.Europe, in particular Ancient Greece, is the birthplace of Western culture. The biggest island in Europe is Great Britain.No deserts inhabit the continent of Europe.Both World Wars were largely focused...
Saturday, 25 December 2010
Facts about Anne Bancroft
Anne Bancroft was born on September 17, 1931 – June 6, 2005)Real name: Anna Maria Louisa Italiano. Bancroft was an American actress associated with the Method acting school.Anne Bancroft made her film debut in Don't Bother to Knock (1952) with Marilyn Monroe.Bancroft won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in movie The Miracle Worker (1962).Shared a birthday with Roddy McDowall, John Ritter, and Cliff Montgomery.Anne Bancroft converted...
Friday, 24 December 2010
Windows Live Hotmail - the Facts
Hotmail was officially launched on July 4, 1996.Hotmail founders: Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith.Microsoft bought Hotmail from Jack Smith and Sabeer Bhatia in December of 1997 for $400 million.The Hotmail domain name was chosen because it includes the letters HTML which is the language in which all web pages are written.Windows Live Hotmail is the world's largest web-based email service with nearly 364 million users. 2nd and 3rd are Yahoo! Mail (280 million) and Google's Gmail (191 million). The Hotmail development and operations groups are based...
Facts about Yahoo! Inc.
Yahoo is an acronym which means for “Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle.”Sometimes, the logo is abbreviated with Y!The owners of Yahoo considered buying Google before this company went public.Yahoo! Inc. was founded by David Filo and Jerry Yang in January 1994 and was incorporated on March 1, 1995.In April 1994, "David and Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web" was renamed "Yahoo!". Yahoo’s email service, is still considered to be the most popular email program in the United States.As of January, 2010, Yahoo held the world's largest market...
Facts about Ethanol fuel
Ethanol is a clean-burning, renewable fuel.In 2009 worldwide ethanol fuel production reached 73.9 billion liters (19.5 billion gallons).Ethanol results in fewer greenhouse gas emissions than gasoline and is fully biodegradable, unlike some fuel additives.Ethanol fuel, unlike petroleum, is a form of renewable energy that can be produced from agricultural feedstocks.Ethanol fuel produced from corn results in about a 20 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions relative to gasoline. One bushel of corn yields about 2.8 gallons (10.5 liters) of...
Thursday, 23 December 2010
Some facts about Ethiopia
Ethiopia never lose its independence.Ethiopia is as large as Spain and France combined.Ethiopia is the 2nd-most populous nation in Africa, with over 85.2 million people,Ethiopia adopted Christianity in the fourth century.Ethiopia has a population of over 85.2 million and covers an area of almost 1,100,000 km2.It is bordered by Eritrea to the north, Sudan to the west, Djibouti and Somalia to the east, and Kenya to the south.Official language: Amharic Ethiopia has been landlocked since Eritrea, bordering the Red Sea, gained its independence in 1993.The...
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