YOUR HEARTBEAT CHANGES WITH THE MUSIC YOU LISTEN TO !

Music can be so powerful it can affect your mood, brainwaves, and even your heartbeat! It turns out that when we listen to music our body reacts to the sounds we hear.

Music is so influential it can alter your heartbeat, pulse rate, blood pressure, decrease your muscle tension, and even affect your body movement and coordination !!!

If a person listens to rock or techno, their heartbeat will involuntarily speed up. The opposite is true if someone listens to more calming or instrumental music.

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT YOUTUBE

1. The very first video uploaded was called “Me at the Zoo”, on 23rd April 2005.

2. By June 2006, more than 65,000 videos were being uploaded every day.

3. YouTube receives more than 2 billion viewers per day.

4. Every minute, 24 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube.

5. The U.S. accounts for 70% of YouTube users.

6. Over half of YouTube’s users are under 20 years old.

7. You would need to live for around 1,000 years to watch all the videos currently on YouTube and its increasing day by day.

8. YouTube uses the same amount of bandwidth as the entire Internet used in 2000.

Nick Vujicic

The astonishing story of the man born without arms or legs... who plays golf, surfs, and swims :
Nick Vujicic was born with no arms or legs - but he doesn't let the details stop him.
The brave 26-year-old - who is mainly torso - plays football and golf, swims, and surfs, despite having no limbs.
Nick has a small foot on his left hip which helps him balance and enables him to kick. He uses his one foot to type, write with a pen and pick things up between his toes.
At age ten Nick, tried to drown himself in the bath but luckily the attempt was unsuccessful.
'I felt there was no purpose when you lack purpose and strength it is hard to hold on,' he said.
But with the help of his religion, friends and family, Nick managed to pull through to become an international symbol of triumph over adversity.

Eiffel Tower Electrocuted

Awesome Photography : 'Eiffel Tower Electrocuted'

Illuminated in vivid blue and dwarfing neighbouring buildings, the Eiffel Tower’s impact on the Paris skyline was already dramatic......
But Mother Nature clearly felt she could lend the scene a little added pizzazz. This remarkable shot of a forked lightning bolt streaking through the sky behind the 1,063ft iron tower was captured by amateur photographer Bertrand Kulik.

leap seconds?

You've heard of leap years but do you know that there are 'leap seconds'? Time keeping became incredibly accurate with the invention of the first reliable atomic clock in 1955. This proved to be a problem because the Earth's rotation varies and is slowing down due to tidal changes, earthquakes, and friction from galactic dust. On average, the rotation of the Earth slows 1.5 seconds every 100 years but the rate of the atomic clock never varies. To make up for this, scientists began adding 'leap seconds' to the atomic clock in 1972. There is a showdown between scientists in Geneva at the UN over whether or not to abolish leap seconds. Some say that leap seconds don't matter. Others argue that if we abolish the leap second, the world's clocks will be off by one whole hour... in 550 years.

The fastest man on No legs

Known as the "Blade Runner" and "the fastest man on no legs", Oscar Pistorius is a South African Paralympic athlete and the double amputee world record holder in the 100, 200 and 400 metres (sport class T44) events.
Oscar Pistorius was born with congenital absence of the fibula in both legs. When he was 11 months old, his legs were amputated halfway between his knees and ankles. He attended Constantia Kloof Primary and Pretoria Boys High School where, between the ages of 11 and 13, he played rugby union in the school's third XV team, water polo and tennis. He also played water polo and tennis at provincial level. In addition, Pistorius took part in club Olympic wrestling. After a serious rugby knee injury in June 2003, he was introduced to running in January 2004 while undergoing rehabilitation, and "never looked back".
On 9 December 2007, he was awarded the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Helen Rollason Award, which is conferred for outstanding courage and achievement in the face of adversity.

Unusual Rock Formations at Torcal de Antequera :
El Torcal de Antequera is a nature reserve in the Sierra del Torcal mountain range located south of the city of Antequera, in Spain. It is known for its unusual limestone formations and magnificent geology formed over millions of years. El Torcal de Antequera Nature Reserve has one of the most impressive landscapes in Europe.
Millions of years ago the entire area of El Torcal was submerged under the ocean being part of a marine corridor that stretched from the Gulf of Cádiz to Alicante. During the Tertiary era, violent movements of the earth’s crust lifted these seabeds out of the water to an elevation of over 1300 meters, resulting in a modest mountain range of flat-lying limestone, which is rare in Andalucia. For the next 100 million years, these rocks were subjected to severe erosion by wind and rain leaving some of the most peculiarly shaped rock formations in the world today.

 

Women of Kayan Lahwi tribe of Burma are the most renowned for their ornaments known as neck rings, brass coils that are placed around the neck. The women wearing these coils are known as giraffe women to tourists. These coils are first applied to young girls when they are around five years old.
Each coil is replaced with longer coil, as the weight of the brass pushes the collar bone down and compresses the rib cage. Contrary to popular belief, the neck is not actually lengthened; the illusion of a stretched neck is created by the deformation of the clavicle. Many ideas regarding why the coils are worn have been suggested, often formed by visiting anthropologists, who have hypothesized that the rings protected women from becoming slaves by making them less attractive to other tribes.

firefox logo spotted in deep space by the hubble telescope?

 
It is actually V838 Monocerotis, considered as the third largest star known to man. The exact measurement of this star is a bit difficult to know since it is located 20,000 light years away from sun. Nevertheless, you do not need to be curious since the astronomers agree that the solar radii are in 1570±400 range based on the estimation. solar radii what??? :p

Weird world

Live like the Flintstones! Monsanto – A Portuguese Town Built between Giant Boulders.

The charming town of Monsanto, an ancient settlement perched on the side of a mountain in the Portuguese countryside, boasts some of the most incredible sights on Earth. Featuring tiny streets carved from rock and granite houses squeezed between giant boulders, it looks like a real life Bedrock.Due to building restrictions in the area, Monsanto’s appearance hasn’t changed in centuries and has managed to retain its original charm.

STRANGE CLOUDS OVER KLYUCHEVSKAYA SOPKA VOLCANO LOCATED IN KAMCHATKA, RUSSIA :O