This was because they weren't grown in Europe, so when world explorers brought back this rare and exotic new fruit, supply was low and demand was high.
Xem thêmOf course, pineapples are now easily acquired, even by us average folks, and the symbol is gone.
Xem thêmIn fact, the structure these rare pineapples are grown in was unearthed in 1991 and renovated just two years later to a working state.
Xem thêmIf one of these elusive pineapples were to go up for auction or sale, due to the rarity, ancient technique, time spent growing, and manual labor, these pineapples are worth $16,000!
Xem thêmAlthough you will probably never be able to taste one for yourself, staff describes the taste as "deliciously sweet, not stringy, and with an explosive flavor".
Xem thêmLondon is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, and is the largest urban area in Greater London.
Xem thêmLondon is the biggest city in western Europe, and the world's largest financial centre.
Xem thêmLondon is one of the world's most important cities for business, finance and politics.
Xem thêmIt is also important for culture, media, entertainment, fashion and art.
Xem thêmThey speak many different languages and have different religions and cultures.
Xem thêmThese sights include palaces, churches and museums.
Xem thêmIn the year AD 61, the city was attacked and destroyed.
Xem thêmThen the Romans rebuilt the city, and London became an important trading hub.
Xem thêmGreater London has 33 London Boroughs (neighbourhoods) and a mayor.
Xem thêmIn Westminster is Westminster Abbey (a cathedral), The Palace of Westminster (the Houses of Parliament, with Big Ben), and 10 Downing Street (where the Prime Minister lives).
Xem thêmThe rivers Havel, Dahme and Spree run through Berlin.
Xem thêmBerlin is home to many famous buildings and monuments, like the Siegessäule, the Brandenburger Tor, the Reichstag and the boulevard Unter den Linden.
Xem thêmOn the boulevard are the Humboldt University and the State Opera of Berlin.
Xem thêmBerlin is a world city of culture, politics, media and science.
Xem thêmMany planes and trains travel to and from Berlin because the city is an important place for tourism and business.
Xem thêmThe King of Prussia and the Emperor of Germany lived in Berlin.
Xem thêmThe city was split into West Berlin and East Berlin after World War Two.
Xem thêmThe wall divided the city until 1989 when the East German government decided to allow anyone to cross, and people decided to destroy the wall.
Xem thêmTornadoes are especially dangerous to people in cars or mobile homes and about 60 people are killed by tornadoes every year.
Xem thêmThey can tear houses to pieces and often leave people homeless.
Xem thêmEF0 for tornados that caused the least damage, and EF5 for the ones that caused the most.
Xem thêmMost tornadoes have wind speeds less than 110 miles per hour (180 km/h), are about 250 feet (80 m) across and travel a few miles before disappearing.
Xem thêmOther tornado-like phenomena that exist in nature include the gustnado, dust devil, fire whirls, and steam devil;
Xem thêmEach player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court.
Xem thêmTennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society and at all ages.
Xem thêmIt had close connections both to various field (lawn) games such as croquet and bowls as well as to the older racket sport today called real tennis.
Xem thêmTwo exceptions are that from 1908 to 1961 the server had to keep one foot on the ground at all times, and the adoption of the tiebreak in the 1970s.
Xem thêmTennis is played by millions of recreational players and is also a popular worldwide spectator sport.
Xem thêmThe four Grand Slam tournaments (also referred to as the Majors) are especially popular: the Australian Open played on hard courts, the French Open played on red clay courts, Wimbledon played on grass courts, and the US Open also played on hard courts.
Xem thêmWalmart is an American chain of retail department, and grocery stores, known for being the largest company in the world by revenue.
Xem thêmSam Walton was a businessman and former employee at JCPenny.
Xem thêmWithin five years of the first Walmart opening in Arkansas it expanded to 24 stores in the state and sales reaches $12.6 million.
Xem thêmBy 1987, Walmart's 25th anniversary, there were 1,198 stores and $15.9 billion in sales.
Xem thêmThis equalled more revenue than the combined revenues of Walt Disney Co, Macy's, Coca-Cola, Amazon, Target and Apple.
Xem thêmThe net profit of Walmart in 2014 was $16 billion, which was equal to the gross revenue of the Gap, Banana Republic, and Old Navy around the world.
Xem thêmThe other three children of Sam Walton include Jim, Alice, and Rob Walton.
Xem thêmIn the United States there are more than 4,230 stores and there are more than 6,100 stores located internationally.
Xem thêmGuests of Walmart have included Miley Cyrus, Aerosmith, Justin Timberlake, and Taylor Swift.
Xem thêmIn respect to charities and giving back, the Walton family is worth as much as Bill Gates and Warren Buffet combined.
Xem thêmThe Walton family gives about 2% of its wealth to charity and other causes while Warren Buffet gives 78% of his net worth and Bill Gates gives 48% of his net worth.
Xem thêmIt reads the list of instructions and runs (executes) each one in order.
Xem thêmSome other companies that make CPUs are ARM, IBM, and Sun Microsystems.
Xem thêmLikewise, a 64 bit CPU is good at handling data that is 64 bits in size (and often good at handling 32 bit data too).
Xem thêmMany old CPUs from the 70s, 80s and early 90s (and many modern embedded systems) have an 8 bit or 16 bit word size.
Xem thêmSome had different word sizes for instructions and data.
Xem thêmSome chips with microprocessors inside them also contain other components, and are complete single chip "computers".
Xem thêmThree college students, down on their luck and in rent arrears, plotted, schemed, and grafted away night-after-night in an effort to avoid having their rental lease terminated and keep themselves off the streets.
Xem thêmThe result of all of this hard work was Airbnb, a revolutionary online marketplace for renting rooms and apartments.
Xem thêmThis breakthrough in online lodging has become a massive success, bringing in hundreds of millions of dollars annually and operating in a staggering 192 countries worldwide.
Xem thêmIn celebration of this momentous achievement and their more than ten years in business, here are 20 Fun Facts about Airbnb, that you probably didn't know.
Xem thêmWith the debt piling up and the landlord on their tail, for rent arrears, Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia, and Nate Blecharczyk, found themselves between a rock and a hard place.
Xem thêmWith no immediate options available to them to cover their costs, the three of them got creative and decided to rent out an airbed in their apartment to budget-conscious tourists or those simply in need of a safe place to lay their heads.
Xem thêmThis enterprise soon took off, and over time it evolved into the Airbnb we have today, with a little cheeky nod to its birth all those years ago, still in its name.
Xem thêmAirbnb was formed in San Francisco in 2008, and it's in that very city where Airbnb plays host to it's most loyal customers and fans, with the Sanfranciscan's on average spending five and half days in each property and splashing out a whopping $1,045 for their stay.
Xem thêmBefore they became a massive global success and a license to print money, the company required some start-up cash.
Xem thêmBrian, Joe, and Nate solved this problem ingeniously by repackaging and rebranding breakfast cereals to coincide with the 2008 presidential elections.
Xem thêmThey were a roaring success, shifting thousands of units, and securing that much-needed start-up capital.
Xem thêmAlthough Airbnb is very popular with young professionals, the fastest-growing client base for the company comes not from hip and trendy, twenty-something, but from senior citizens.
Xem thêmOlder folk are flocking to the online marketplace, in record numbers, opting for a home-away-from-home experience, instead of the one size fits all, assembly line hotels, which often feel impersonal and lacking in charm.
Xem thêmAirbnb's first year was very successful for the three founders, it changed their lives that year and kept a roof over their heads, and they only had four hundred guests!
Xem thêmJump forward eleven years later, and an eye-watering four hundred guests now make a booking every two minutes.
Xem thêmAnd if that sounds impressive, one of them managed to make fifteen and a half million in just twelve months.
Xem thêmTwo million guests stay with Airbnb each night alone, making Airbnb, by far the biggest and most lucrative online rental marketplace in the world today.
Xem thêmThey have castles, beach huts, mobile homes, and more than two thousand tree houses currently listed on the site!
Xem thêmAirbnb currently lists more than fourteen thousand tiny homes, ranging from garden studio apartments to lakeside cabins, igloos, caves, and small boats.
Xem thêmNow, in 2019, Airbnb has offices in thirty-four cities worldwide, giving them a global reach and customer service that spans every continent.
Xem thêmThese properties don't come cheap and are often sold out year-round, so move fast if you have the option to land yourself one of these dream-come-true properties, even if it's just for the night.
Xem thêmAirbnb has one of the strongest customer ratings in the industry, with more than 96% of guests being happy with the site, service, and their stay.
Xem thêmThese are the kind of number's hotels, and B&B's can only dream of achieving and is a testament to their hard work, attention to detail, and most importantly, their customer service skills.
Xem thêmOur solar system is made up of a star, eight planets and countless smaller bodies such as dwarf planets, asteroids and comets.
Xem thêmThere are three general kinds of galaxies: elliptical, spiral and irregular.
Xem thêmThe four giant planets, and at least one asteroid, have rings.
Xem thêmIt is the world's longest wall and biggest ancient architecture.
Xem thêmIts winding path over rugged country and steep mountains takes in some great scenery.
Xem thêmIt helped fix the bricks in place and bound the bricks together so tightly that weeds cannot grow in many parts.
Xem thêmThe majestic Great Wall was built with wisdom, dedication, blood, sweat, and tears.
Xem thêmFamilies were separated, and many workers died and were interred as part of the Great Wall itself.
Xem thêmIt deserves its place among "the New Seven Wonders of the World" and the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Xem thêmIt was an integrated military defensive system with watchtowers for surveillance, fortresses for command posts and logistics, beacon towers for communications, etc.
Xem thêmIt shows us not only China's culture of national pride, grand projects, and determined resistance, but also China's extravagant architecture and creativity.
Xem thêmMost robots do a specific job, and they do not always look like humans.
Xem thêmIn fiction, however, robots usually look like people, and seem to have a life of their own.
Xem thêmThere are many books, movies, and video games with robots in them.
Xem thêmBut it takes time and money to build just one machine, so early ideas were not built.
Xem thêmIt would be controlled with ropes and wheels.
Xem thêmOther engineers and dreamers drew mechanical men.
Xem thêmIn 1920, Karel Čapek wrote a story about them, and he used a word from Czech that is connected with 'work': robot.
Xem thêmGeorge Devol made the first of these, the Unimate, in 1954, with one arm and one hand.
Xem thêmThe next year, it started work in a factory in New Jersey, lifting and stacking pieces of metal that were too hot for people to touch.
Xem thêmThe engineers could program it, and reprogram it if they had to.
Xem thêmMany factories use robots to do hard work quickly and without many mistakes.
Xem thêmSome robots find and get rid of bombs.
Xem thêmPeople still think of robots as having a shape like a person-two legs, two arms, and a head.
Xem thêmASIMO is one robot that is helping scientists learn how to design and program robots.
Xem thêmThe fermentation of lactose by these bacteria produces lactic acid, which acts on milk protein to give yogurt its texture and characteristic tart flavor.
Xem thêmAn "entanglement of kittens" is another name, as it's often hard to tell where one kitten ends and another begins when they're playing!
Xem thêmThere's also a clear link between cat ownership and a lowered risk of strokes or heart problems, as a cat's purr lowers blood pressure.
Xem thêmMost importantly though, cats keep you from being lonely - and it's now known that loneliness plays a big part in many diseases!
Xem thêmSome cats have a slightly different purr for when they're hungry, and mother cats also use their purr to communicate with their newly birthed kittens.
Xem thêmMost unexpectedly, cats sometimes purr when they're injured, and it's been suggested their purr actually helps their body to heal faster!
Xem thêmThese plates as they are called move in all sorts of directions and at different speeds too.
Xem thêmA seismograph is a machine that is used to measure the strength and the length of an earthquake.
Xem thêmYou might be wondering what in the world a tsunami has to do with an earthquake, well read on and find out more.
Xem thêmThey aren't tidal waves but are actually caused from the forces of the moon and the sun and other planets in our solar system which affects tides.
Xem thêmWith a tsunami, the water flows straight, and this is what causes these frightening things to happen.
Xem thêmYogurt is highly nutritious and is an excellent source of protein, calcium and potassium.
Xem thêmIt provides numerous vitamins and minerals and is relatively low in calories.
Xem thêmThe ancient Eastern tribes who were nomadic shepherds preserved their milk, from cows, sheep, goats, horses and camels, in containers made from these animals' skins or from their stomachs.
Xem thêmLegend tells that yogurt was discovered because a shepherd, forgetting some milk in one of these skins for a while, when he finally remembered it, found it transformed : into something denser and tastier.
Xem thêmA storm is any disturbed state of a body especially affecting its surface, and strongly implying a wind force.
Xem thêmIt may be marked by significant disruptions and lightning (a thunderstorm), heavy precipitation (snowstorm, rainstorm), heavy freezing rain (ice storm), strong winds (tropical cyclone, windstorm), or wind.
Xem thêmSouth-East Queensland (and the central New South Wales coast) experiences the most damaging individual storms anywhere in Australia.
Xem thêmStorms have the potential to harm lives and property via storm surge, heavy rain or snow causing flooding or road impassibility, lightning, wildfires, and vertical wind shear.
Xem thêmSystems with significant rainfall and duration help alleviate drought in places they move through.
Xem thêmTokyo forms part of the Kantō region on the southeastern side of Japan's main island, Honshu, and includes the Izu and Ogasawara Islands.
Xem thêmTokyo is a metropolitan prefecture comprising administrative entities of special wards and municipalities.
Xem thêmThe "central" area is divided into 23 special wards, and the Tama area is made of 26 cities, five towns, and eight villages.
Xem thêmTokyo is a major cultural hub and an international trendsetter in the arts, entertainment, gastronomy, and media.
Xem thêmThe city has hosted multiple international events, including the Summer Olympics (1964), the G7 Summit (1979, 1986, and 1993), and will host the 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
Xem thêmPanna cotta is an Italian dessert, most popular in Northern Italy, and probably originated in the Piedmont region of the country.
Xem thêmMilk and cream, plus sugar and flavorings are cooked together for a brief period of time, and then added to a thickening agent (most often gelatin).
Xem thêmThis simple pudding gets firmer as it cools and is usually served chilled.
Xem thêmWhile many European custards get their firmness from adding eggs, gelatin makes panna cotta difficult to mess up, and eliminates the possibility that you will end up scrambling your eggs in hot custard mix.
Xem thêmThe pudding can either remain in the ramekin, or be unmolded and plated.
Xem thêmThe Internet has millions of smaller domestic, academic, business, and government networks, which together carry many different kinds of information.
Xem thêmThe Internet was first connected in October, 1969 and was called ARPANET.
Xem thêmCensorship and freedom of speech on the Internet can be controversial.
Xem thêmThe Internet is used for many things, such as electronic mail, online chat, file transfer and other documents of the World Wide Web.
Xem thêmThe web contains websites, including blogs and wikis like Wikipedia.
Xem thêmSprite is the leading Lemon and Lime soft drink worldwide, a younger offshoot of the Coca-Cola branch, Sprite has existed for over 50 years to date.
Xem thêmSprite was developed in West Germany in 1959 as 'Fanta Klare Zitrone' (Clear Lemon Fanta) and introduced to the United States as Sprite in 1961.
Xem thêmSprite described the flavor of their drink as lymon, a mixture of both lemon and lime, and this has since become one of their key marketing terms.
Xem thêmIn the 1990's, Sprite launched the 'Jooky' ad campaign, which poked fun at other soft drinks and their lack of authenticity and bandwagon-driven style of advertising, foremost among the competitive soft drinks mocked was Pepsi.
Xem thêmIn 2004, Coca-Cola created Miles Thirst, a vinyl doll voiced by Reno Wilson (the voice of Frenzy, Mudflap and Brains from across the Transformers films) in order to exploit the hip-hop market to advertise their range of soft drinks.
Xem thêmThey are the largest living bird species, and have the biggest eggs of all living birds.
Xem thêmOstriches have long legs and a long neck, but they have a small head.
Xem thêmMale ostriches have black feathers and female ostriches have gray and brown feathers.
Xem thêmBoth males and females have white feathers on their wings and tails.
Xem thêmThey live in open grassland called savannas in the Sahel, and in parts of East Africa and south west Africa.
Xem thêmA computer is a machine that accepts data as input, processes that data using programs, and outputs the processed data as information.
Xem thêmMany computers can store and retrieve information using hard drives.
Xem thêmThe two principal characteristics of a computer are: It responds to a specific instruction set in a well defined manner and it can execute a prerecorded list of instructions call a program.
Xem thêmThere are four main processing steps in a computer: inputting, storage, outputting and processing.
Xem thêmSome examples are controlling traffic lights, vehicles, computers, security systems, washing machines and digital televisions.
Xem thêmAfter Bingham returned to Machu Picchu in 1912 and started excavating the site, he made the suggestion that it was used as a sanctuary for Virgins of the Sun, of the Inca religion.
Xem thêmThere are many myths and legends of Machu Picchu being used as a site for human sacrifice, yet very little scientific evidence backs this fact up.
Xem thêmSome have claimed it was a mountaintop fortress, the last bastion of the Inca warlords, while others believe it was a university and place of scholarship.
Xem thêmBased off all available evidence and the style in which Machu Picchu was constructed there is just one theory which is believed to be most likely.
Xem thêmRanging from temples, to plazas, to residential buildings and baths, what little there is left to set eyes upon is still a marvel to behold.
Xem thêmAdidas offered legendary BMX riders Ryan Nyquist and Dave Mirra their own signature sneakers to increase its popularity amongst BMX riders.
Xem thêmAdidas is the parent company of Taylor Made, Rockport and Reebok.
Xem thêmMichael Jordan, the world renowned basketball player and 6 times NBA champion, almost went with Adidas before he signed his deal with the Nike shoe brand.
Xem thêmThe collaboration between Matt Bonner, the San Antonio Spurs' redheaded power forward, and Adidas first started after Bonner complained publicly on Twitter about rival sneaker brand New Balance not sending him product anymore.
Xem thêmAdidas's Tubular line of sneaker was actually inspired by car tires and the "tubular snake" originally was created to emulate tires and their threading.
Xem thêmThe heavy-hitter and global superpower, Apple, versus the widely used, customizable and in some weird way lesser, Android.
Xem thêmIt has to be that good if the big boys of the smartphone world are even using it, including Google, HTC, LG and Samsung to name a few.
Xem thêmToday we're here to look at 25 amazing facts about this undeniably successful and impressive piece of software.
Xem thêmAll Android versions, with the exception of Android 1.0 & 1.1, are named after confectionary and desserts i.e.Jelly Bean, Ice Cream Sandwich and KitKat.
Xem thêmAndroid has over a billion activations on devices including tablets and of course smartphones.
Xem thêmThe border between Mexico and the United States is the second largest border in the world.
Xem thêmThey worshiped a mysterious, unnamed god that was part of Jaguar and part human.
Xem thêmThe Zapotec civilization (600 BC - AD 800) developed the first writing system in the Americans and established great cities along southern Mexico.
Xem thêmModern Mexicans are a unique blend of many ancient civilizations, including the Olmec, Zapotec, Toltec, Maya, Aztec, Inca, African, French, and Spanish.
Xem thêmMexico City has had many nicknames in the past including "City of the Palaces", "City of Hope" and "Capital in Movement".
Xem thêmJust five days after most of the Confederate forces had surrendered and the war was ending, John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln for being a tyrant.
Xem thêmHis parents were Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks.
Xem thêmAbraham had one brother and one sister.
Xem thêmIn his childhood he helped his father on the farm, but when he was 22 years old he left home and moved to New Salem, Illinois, where he worked in a general store.
Xem thêmLater, he said that he had gone to school for just one year, but that was enough to learn how to read, write, and do simple math.
Xem thêmThis is called "soccer" in North America, South Africa, and Australia to avoid confusion with other types of football that are commonly played there.
Xem thêmThe name football comes from the two words 'foot' and 'ball'.
Xem thêmIt is named football because the players of the game walk and often run (on their feet) while playing, as opposed to (for example) polo where the players ride horses.
Xem thêmThe ball is often kicked with the foot, but depending on the game, it can also be hit using other parts of the body (in association football) and handling the ball is a part of some other sports known as 'football'.
Xem thêmSome elements of football have been seen in many countries, dating back to the second and third century AD in China.
Xem thêmMercury is the smallest and innermost planet in the Solar System.
Xem thêmTwo spacecraft have visited Mercury: Mariner 10 flew by in 1974 and 1975;
Xem thêmAnd MESSENGER, launched in 2004, orbited Mercury over 4,000 times in four years before exhausting its fuel and crashing into the planet's surface on April 30, 2015.
Xem thêmThese are caused by numerous encounters with asteroids and comets.
Xem thêmMost Mercurian craters are named after famous writers and artists.
Xem thêmEBay has been around for years and has become an everyday tool to use to shop and auction your unwanted things online.
Xem thêmIt wasn't until the website was getting too much traffic that he decided to launch as a business and re-branding it as eBay.
Xem thêmIn the first week, he listed it as $1 and to no surprise, it didn't sell.
Xem thêmThis time a bidding war took off and it sold for $14.83.
Xem thêmHe contacted the seller to check that they realized what they had bid on, and it turned out they were a collector of broken laser pens!
Xem thêmSpring rolls are popular Chinese snack items, which comprise of thin pastry wrap stuffed with vegetables, noodles and meat filling.
Xem thêmThese rolls are deep fried and make an amazing starter for parties.
Xem thêmSpring roll recipes are famous throughout the world and have their own variations.
Xem thêmShanghai Spring Roll and Fuzhou Spring Roll are the two popular spring rolls.
Xem thêmSpring rolls originated in China and the history of these rolls can be dated back to Eastern Jin dynasty.
Xem thêmArchimedes was a mathematician, inventor, and astronomer who was one of the most celebrated mathematicians of all time.
Xem thêmSo excited at realising the importance of this he shouted "Eureka" and rushed out into the street unclothed.
Xem thêmHis works were later rediscovered by both Arabic and Renaissance scientists who first replicated his results and then built on them.
Xem thêmHe was educated at Alexandria, Egypt - famed for its knowledge and learning.
Xem thêmHe then returned to Syracuse where he became famed as both a mathematician, inventor, astronomer and philosopher.
Xem thêmCheese is made from the milk of cows, buffalo, goats, sheep, horses and camels.
Xem thêmMilk is boiled at a high temperature before the curds and liquid whey is separated, and rennet (an enzyme found in the stomach of mammals) is added.
Xem thêmThere are many types of cheese such as hard cheese, soft cheese, cream cheese, and processed cheese, all which can be used in cooking.
Xem thêmBlue cheese, which has distinctive smells and tastes, have blue veins running through, which is caused by piercing the cheese and its crust with stainless steel needles and copper wires, to allow air into the product.
Xem thêmThose who are lactose intolerant (unable to process a type of sugar found in milk and milk products) should avoid eating cheese.
Xem thêmThe incredible temples and religion of Bali, coupled with the partying, surfing, and deep Bali history, continues to draw in tourists year after year.
Xem thêmThe popular Indonesian island is actually massive and covers an area of 2,200 square miles.
Xem thêmMost tour companies offer day trips that will take 9-10 hours to complete just to the north and back.
Xem thêmBefore you travel to Bali Indonesia you should know it has two seasons, wet and dry.
Xem thêmHowever, between October and April you will likely experience daily showers, with sporadic thunderstorms mixed in.
Xem thêmA modern laptop is self-contained, with built-in rechargeable battery and peripheral equipment.
Xem thêmThe user can also plug it in, for longer battery life and additional peripherals.
Xem thêmLaptops combine all the input/output components and capabilities of a desktop computer.
Xem thêmMost modern laptops feature integrated webcams and built-in microphones, while many also have touchscreens.
Xem thêmThey were mostly sold to NASA and the Military of the United States.
Xem thêmMars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second smallest planet in the Solar System after Mercury.
Xem thêmMars is a terrestrial planet with a thin atmosphere, having surface features like those of the impact craters of the Moon, and valleys, deserts, and polar ice caps of Earth.
Xem thêmIt has two moons, Phobos and Deimos, which are small and irregularly shaped.
Xem thêmOlympus Mons, a shield volcano, is 21km high and 600km in diameter.
Xem thêmThey can last for months and cover the entire planet.
Xem thêmPancakes are flat cakes, often thin and round, prepared from a starch based batter that can also have eggs, milk, and butter.
Xem thêmThe earliest references to pancakes are in the poems of the 5th century BC poets Cratinus and Magnes.
Xem thêmTagenites were made with wheat flour, olive oil, honey and curdled milk.
Xem thêmRomans ate sweet and savoury dishes called Alita dolcia that were made from milk, flour, eggs and spices and were very similar to pancakes.
Xem thêmA Crêpe or crepe is thin, large pancakes that are flipped and cooked on both sides.
Xem thêmIt has the ability to store, retrieve, and process data.
Xem thêmYou may already know that you can use a computer to type documents, send email, play games, and browse the Web.
Xem thêmYou can also use it to edit or create spreadsheets, presentations, and even videos.
Xem thêmHowever, computers come in many shapes and sizes, and they perform many different functions in our daily lives.
Xem thêmMany people use desktop computers at work, home, and school.
Xem thêmNo matter the size of the group though, you will always find them playing around, wrestling, chasing their tails and having an otterly great time.
Xem thêmOtters are born with their eyes closed, and as soon as they open they have a lot to learn like swimming and hunting.
Xem thêmThe father is usually chased away soon after a litter is born though, and the mother takes care of them until they're about a year old.
Xem thêmOtters and humans sometimes work together.
Xem thêmIt's quite common for a mother and her pup to hold each other's hands so that they don't drift away from each other while they sleep.
Xem thêmThey're cute, they're furry and they're one of the most popular house pets in the Western world.
Xem thêmHave you ever wanted to overload yourself with an enormous amount of awesome facts about cats and kittens?
Xem thêmSo without further ado here are 100 cute facts about cats and kittens!
Xem thêmAnd no, we're not just talking about the names that we give our feline companions.
Xem thêmThis reflex allows cats to quickly assess which way is down and rotate their bodies while in mid-air.
Xem thêmIf you live on a farm, you might grow all your own fruits and vegetables.
Xem thêmYou might have cows and chickens to give you milk and eggs.
Xem thêmIf someone else didn't make the hoes and the rakes and the tractors that your family uses, you wouldn't be able to produce all that food.
Xem thêmAnd unless you live on a farm, you are dependent on others for all kinds of food.
Xem thêmRarely do you see one farm that sells fruits, vegetables, meat, and dairy products.
Xem thêmThey're cute, they're fuzzy, and easily photogenic!
Xem thêmOtters can be found in unpolluted waters all over the world in marshland, freshwater rivers, lakes, oceans and coastlines.
Xem thêmWhile river otters mostly live off fish, crayfish and crabs, sea otters have a more interesting method of sustaining themselves.
Xem thêmMost species of otters actually spend their time on the banks of rivers and other bodies of water when they're not hunting.
Xem thêmOtters are usually found in small family groups with the mother and her young offspring.
Xem thêmThe hippopotamus is generally considered the third largest land mammal (after the White rhinoceros and elephant).
Xem thêmHippos have big and heavy bodies, dark gray skin, and short legs.
Xem thêmThey can grow to be 15 feet long and weigh 3,000 pounds.
Xem thêmThis means that even though it usually lives on the land, it spends a great amount of time in rivers and lakes where males lead groups of 5 to 30 females and young.
Xem thêmThe process of surfacing and breathing is automatic, and even a hippo sleeping underwater will rise and breathe without waking.
Xem thêmIBM sold a smartphone with a touchscreen display input that could send emails and run third-party apps in 1994.
Xem thêmMost smartphones are also GPS receivers and digital cameras.
Xem thêmMost can do multitasking, running more than one program which helps the user do things quicker and easier.
Xem thêmUsers can get more programs, called mobile apps, from the manufacturer 's app store, such as the Apple App Store and Google Play which can help them complete special tasks.
Xem thêmSmart phones can send and receive data much faster than older phones.
Xem thêmA perfect example of technological advancement and the filtering down of military grade high-tech equipment to the masses.
Xem thêmNowadays a drone can be picked up for under $50 in most toy stores or superstores and are great fun.
Xem thêmHere we're going to look at 15 fun and interesting facts about the world of drones.
Xem thêmIn remote areas, such as Africa, drones are used for the shipment of live-saving medical equipment and medication where human transport would be too time consuming.
Xem thêmAlthough not lifesaving, the idea is similar to that of those used in remote areas, delivering the product as quickly and as hot as possible.
Xem thêmThe longest video on YouTube is 571 hours, 1 minute, and 41 seconds long.
Xem thêmThat's the same as 23 days and 19 hours!
Xem thêmJustin Bieber, Barack Obama and Taylor Swift all boast millions of followers and are up there with the top 5 most popular Twitter accounts.
Xem thêmKaty Perry joined Twitter in 2009, and as of 2019, has 107 million followers.
Xem thêmHowever, many people have noted that a large percentage of celebrity followers are often fake accounts, and Justin Bieber's following is only thought to be 50% real accounts.
Xem thêmIn addition to the issue of real and fake accounts, many users on Twitter who follow celebrities are not very active or have ceased to use Twitter completely.
Xem thêmBack in the day, the founders would refer to it as "twttr," following the trend of the early 2000's in removing the vowels and shortening the word.
Xem thêmIn English and other European languages, the town was known historically as Faifo.
Xem thêmThis word is derived from Vietnamese Hội an phố (the town of Hội an), which was shortened to "Hoi-pho", and then to "Faifo".
Xem thêmHoi an Ancient Town is recognized as a historic trading port with a mix of indigenous and foreign influences, dating back to the 15th century.
Xem thêmThe inscribed property comprises 30 Ha and it has a buffer zone of 280 Ha.
Xem thêmIts buildings and its street plan reflect the influences, both indigenous and foreign, that have combined to produce this unique heritage site.
Xem thêmThings that cost lots of money (like houses and cars) will generally not be bought entirely with cash.
Xem thêmYou get what you want, and you pay for it over time, including interest, just like a bank loan.
Xem thêmBanks like credit card accounts because people always end up paying more than the original price for an item and the banks get that extra money in the form of interest.
Xem thêmSeoul is the biggest city of the Republic of Korea (South Korea), and its capital.
Xem thêmThe city is bordered by eight mountains, as well as the more level lands of the Han River plain and western areas.
Xem thêmHan River is a major river in South Korea and the fourth longest river on the Korean peninsula.
Xem thêmSeoul hosted the 1986 Asian Games and the 1988 Olympic Games.
Xem thêmSeoul is noted for its population density, which is almost twice that of New york and eight times greater than Rome.
Xem thêmThe city and empire flourished from approximately the 9th to the 15th centuries.
Xem thêmIt extends over approximately 400 square kilometres and consists of scores of temples, hydraulic structures (basins, dykes, reservoirs, canals) as well as communication routes.
Xem thêmAngkor includes the famous Temple of Angkor Wat and, at Angkor Thom, the Bayon Temple with its countless sculptural decorations.
Xem thêmUNESCO has set up a wide-ranging programme to safeguard this symbolic site and its surroundings.
Xem thêmWith impressive monuments, several different ancient urban plans and large water reservoirs, the site is a unique concentration of features testifying to an exceptional civilization.
Xem thêmHorses are beautiful creatures to look at, and thousands of fanatics enjoy riding them or showing them every year.
Xem thêmHere are some important (and some very interesting!) facts you might like to know about horses.
Xem thêmA male horse is called a stallion and a female horse is a mare.
Xem thêmYoung horses have different names - a young male is called a colt and the young females are fillies.
Xem thêmBaby horses can walk and run after just a few hours of being born.
Xem thêmThere are over 60 different species of eagle, most of them from Africa, Asia and Europe.
Xem thêmEagles vary in length, weight and other dimensions due to their environments in many cases.
Xem thêmA typical adult male eagle weights just nine pounds (4.1 kg), despite its strength and large size.
Xem thêmWith a height of 3.5 feet (1.1 meters) and a wing span of 7.5 feet (2.3 meters), the average male bald eagle is one of the largest birds around.
Xem thêmAfter his death in 1836, Peter was stuffed and is still on display inside the very building upon which he once nested.
Xem thêmJupiter is the largest and biggest planet in the Solar System with a diameter of 142,984 km.
Xem thêmJupiter is classified as a gas giant, both because it is so large and due to the fact that it is made up mostly of gas.
Xem thêmThe other gas giants are Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
Xem thêmOnly the Earth's moon and Venus are brighter.
Xem thêmOf these, 55 are very small and less than five kilometres wide.
Xem thêmSupply and demand is a model of microeconomics.
Xem thêmThere are two determining factors on such a market, the number of things made available, called supply, and the number of things consumers want, called demand.
Xem thêmSupply and demand shows how producers and consumers interact with each other.
Xem thêmIn perfect competition, the quantity demanded and the quantity supplied will be equal.
Xem thêmFor normal goods, and a normal market, there are four basic laws that determine the change in the market, if either supply or demand changes.
Xem thêmIt uses software to produce images, sounds and other sensations to create a different place.
Xem thêmIt's actually a way of allowing a person to completely submerse themselves in a game, movie or scene and is pretty genius.
Xem thêmA user uses a headset which consists of a screen- to project the content, and speakers - to produce sounds.
Xem thêmThe technology to do this needs special display screens or projectors and other devices.
Xem thêmThey maybe see things in that space from different directions, and move things in that space.
Xem thêmAs the principal founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates is one of the most influential and richest people on the planet.
Xem thêmIn recent years he has retired from working full time at Microsoft, and has instead concentrated on working with his charitable foundation "The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.".
Xem thêmHis father William Gates Sr. was a senior lawyer, and his mother, Mary, served as an executive for a major bank.
Xem thêmThe family were wealthy but, remembering the challenges of the Great depression, they encouraged their children to work hard and take nothing for granted.
Xem thêmIn 1973, Gates enrolled at Harvard, where he studied mathematics and computer science.
Xem thêmHis theories on relativity laid the framework for a new branch of physics, and Einstein's E = mc2 on mass energy equivalence is one of the most famous formulas in the world.
Xem thêmIn 1921, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his contributions to theoretical physics and the evolution of Quantum Theory.
Xem thêmEinstein is also well known as an original free thinker, speaking on a range of humanitarian and global issues.
Xem thêmAfter contributing to the theoretical development of nuclear physics and encouraging FD Roosevelt to start the Manhattan Project, he later spoke out against the use of nuclear weapons.
Xem thêmEinstein was a truly global man and one of the undisputed genius' of the Twentieth Century.
Xem thêmFish that is deep-fried in a crispy batter served with fat golden chips (French fries) on the side is still one of Britain and Ireland's favorite meals.
Xem thêmThe love for fish and chips ranks alongside roast beef and Yorkshire puddings (as well as the recently nominated chicken tikka masala) as an English national dish.
Xem thêmNo one knows precisely where or when fish and chips came together.
Xem thêmChips had arrived in Britain from France in the eighteenth century and were known as pommes frites.
Xem thêmAround this time, fish warehouses sold fried fish and bread, with mention of this in Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist published in 1830.
Xem thêmAs the Han era concluded, the northern Chinese farmers who had long grown wheat discovered they could ground this grain into flour and knead it with water.
Xem thêmIt was a collective name for steamed breads, grilled flatbreads, noodles, and various dumplings.
Xem thêmThese dishes soon became so popular they were sold anywhere from river boat food vendors to the streets, enjoyed both by royalty and the common folk.
Xem thêmOver time, wontons have evolved and spread from Northern China throughout the country and beyond.
Xem thêmWontons were enjoyed as a heartwarming soup typically flavored with white pepper, sesame, and oyster oil.
Xem thêmThis amazing coating, called Koenigsegg Proprietary Diamond Weave, not only makes up most of the price it also sparkles when the sunlight hits and has been compared to millions of tiny diamonds.
Xem thêmThese vehicles here will of course be forever out of reach for the average Joe like me and you.
Xem thêmBut the technology these vehicles are producing and pioneering will eventually (hopefully) filter down to "normal" vehicles like the ones we all can afford, albeit slightly less fancy and probably a dumbed down version.
Xem thêmThey're sure to set the automotive world on fire and become the new poster boy in every teenage lad's room.
Xem thêmIt is generally double-crusted with pastry both above and below the filling.
Xem thêmThe filling generally also includes sugar, butter, and cinnamon, sometimes also lemon juice or nutmeg.
Xem thêmThe 1381 recipe is the earliest known apple pie recipe in the world, and lists the ingredients as good apples, good spices, figs, raisins and pears.
Xem thêmThey use cinnamon and lemon juice in the pie to make it taste better.
Xem thêmThe Pilgrim fathers and early settlers brought their pie recipes with them to America, adapting to the ingredients and techniques available to them in the New World.
Xem thêmBangkok is the capital and most populous city of Thailand.
Xem thêmEven if the city does seem horrendously busy and overcrowded, bear in mind that Bangkok is relatively small (population-wise) when compared to other major cities of the world.
Xem thêmIt currently ranks 24th largest, behind the likes of Moscow, New York City, Shanghai and Beijing.
Xem thêmToday the city is divided into fifty districts with 35 of them located on the east bank of the Chao Phraya River, and only 15 on the western bank.
Xem thêmThe Chao Phraya River runs right through the heart of Bangkok and serves as a great way for locals and tourists to get around the city.
Xem thêmLike Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune, it is a "gas giant".
Xem thêmInside Saturn is probably a core of iron, nickel, silicon and oxygen compounds.
Xem thêmIt is surrounded by a deep layer of metallic hydrogen, then a layer of liquid hydrogen and liquid helium and finally, an outer gaseous layer.
Xem thêmThese rings are made of ice with smaller amounts of rocks and dust.
Xem thêmSaturn is an oblate spheroid, meaning that it is flattened at the poles, and it swells out around its equator.
Xem thêmThey work together to defend territory and hunt.
Xem thêmThey work as a group and use intelligent hunting tactics to catch prey which they would not be able to catch alone as they are faster than them.
Xem thêmLions enjoy relaxing and lazing around.
Xem thêmThey spend between 16 and 20 hours each day resting and sleeping.
Xem thêmThey have few sweat glands so they wisely tend to conserve their energy by resting during the day and become more active at night when it is cooler.
Xem thêmBut right behind it, is Youtube, which is bigger than Bing, Yahoo!, and Ask combined.
Xem thêmWhen they played their first prank, they turned the website upside down and Rickrolled everyone.
Xem thêmEvery month, YouTubers watch 6 billion hours of videos per month, and 4 billion videos every day.
Xem thêmThis is because TV, Facebook, and Twitter are banned in Saudi Arabia, but YouTube is unrestricted.
Xem thêmManila, capital and chief city of the Philippines.
Xem thêmThe city is the centre of the country's economic, political, social, and cultural activity.
Xem thêmIt is located on the island of Luzon and spreads along the eastern shore of Manila Bay at the mouth of the Pasig River.
Xem thêmThe city's name, originally Maynilad, is derived from that of the nilad plant, the name was shortened first to Maynila and then to its present form.
Xem thêmIn 1975, by presidential decree, Manila and its contiguous cities and municipalities were integrated to function as a single administrative region, known as Metropolitan Manila.
Xem thêmAmsterdam is the capital and largest city in the European country of the Netherlands.
Xem thêmAmsterdam is famous for its canals and dikes.
Xem thêmThe city hosts two universities (the University of Amsterdam and the Free University Amsterdam) and an international airport "Schiphol Airport".
Xem thêmLike other big cities in the Netherlands and elsewhere in the world, Amsterdam is unfortunately subjected to many criminal activities.
Xem thêmThe city was for the first time mentioned in 1275 by count Floris V, count of Holland and Zeeland who gave the people of Amsterdam some more freedom.
Xem thêmAmsterdam has more canals than Venice and more bridges than Paris!
Xem thêmIn fact, Amsterdam has 165 canals and 1,281 bridges - with a whopping 80 bridges just around the canal ring alone!
Xem thêmAs the village grew into a town and then a city, the network of canals running through it was further formed and shaped to help transport and trade - both with the outside world and within the city.
Xem thêmThe city's extensive network of canals and bridges provides it with some of its breathtaking sites.
Xem thêmFor example, when you're standing on the corner of Reguliersgracht and Herengracht you can see 15 bridges at the same time!
Xem thêmThai street food is a market place in Thailand where vendors set up stalls to sell food and people buy to enjoy on the go or directly on nearby tables.
Xem thêmThis event is set up throughout the day with many different Thai cuisines and desserts.
Xem thêmSuch as popular dishes like "Som Tam," which is a salad made from shredded green papayas top with tomatoes, lime, peanuts, garlic, and chili peppers.
Xem thêmAnd "Pad Thai" which is known as the country's famous stir-fried noodles with any kind of meat such as pork, beef, chicken, or shrimp.
Xem thêmThey also have popular desserts such as "Khao Niao Mamuang" or mango sticky rice made with a bed of sticky rice at the bottom with a fresh mango cut into slices on top and finished off with a drizzle of sweet coconut milk;
Xem thêmGiraffes have an even number of toes and are the tallest land animals.
Xem thêmGiraffes eat leaves from tall trees and sometimes fruit, which they can reach because of their long legs and long necks.
Xem thêmThey also feed on shrubs and eat grass.
Xem thêmWhen the female is close to giving birth, it leaves the group for a time to give birth to its offspring, and comes back 2-3 weeks after her baby is born.
Xem thêmGiraffe calves are already 2 m tall and weigh 50-55 kg.
Xem thêmDisposable income is one of the standard terms of economics and finance.
Xem thêmA person or family can make a budget for the month based on disposable income and know exactly how much money they will have that month to spend on things like rent or mortgage, food, insurance, car payments, and entertainment.
Xem thêmAnd the longer you take to pay back the loan, the more money you will pay in the end.
Xem thêmBuilt for speed, cheetahs are slender, with long thin legs and a long tail.
Xem thêmThey have coarse, short fur that is yellowish tan in colour and covered in solid black spots.
Xem thêmCheetahs have between 2,000 and 3,000 spots, which help them to camouflage themselves.
Xem thêmPreviously, cheetahs were wide spread across African and Asian continents, but now they are confined mostly to dry open grasslands of Sub Saharan Africa, with the majority inhabiting natural reserves or parks.
Xem thêmTheir diet is made up primarily of smaller antelopes including springbok, steenbok, Thomson's gazelle, impalas, and duiker.
Xem thêmThe court is divided by a net and a shuttlecock is passed back and forth between teams or players with racquets.
Xem thêmWith such a long history and popularity among players worldwide, badminton has developed some particularly fascinating characteristics that might make for perfect dinner party conversation.
Xem thêmThere are badminton players around the world, and badminton has become the second-most popular sport in the world behind soccer.
Xem thêmMost badminton racquets weigh between 70 and 95 grams before strings or grips are added.
Xem thêmThe longest badminton match on record, between a Danish player named Peter Rasmussen and a Chinese player named Sun Jun, lasted for a total of 124 minutes.
Xem thêmBecause leisure and income are both valued, we have to decide whether to work, or do what we want.
Xem thêmBy choosing to go to university, your opportunity cost is losing your job and your pay check.
Xem thêmAnd in the other words " Opportunity Cost " can be termed as cost of forgone alternatives or cost of shifting from one opportunity to the other.
Xem thêmIt is also the capital and largest city in the region of Lazio, and the geographical region of Latium.
Xem thêmIt is on the Tiber River and has 2.8 million people.
Xem thêmThe city is crossed by two rivers: the Tiber, which runs from east to west, and l'Aniene, which runs from north east to north - within the city, it flows into the Tiber.
Xem thêmIt grew and is now built on seven principal hills.
Xem thêmThere is a fast train that goes between the airport and the city center, the Leonardo Express, and many commuter railway lines to the nearby suburbs, along with long distance trains to other cities in Italy.
Xem thêmComputer hardware is the physical parts or components of a computer, such as the monitor, keyboard, computer data storage, graphics card, sound card and motherboard.
Xem thêmBy contrast, software is instructions that can be stored and ran by hardware.
Xem thêmA combination of hardware and software forms a usable computing system.
Xem thêmThey consist of an arithmetic logic unit and processor registers, a control unit containing an instruction register and program counter, a memory to store both data and instructions, external mass storage, and input and output mechanisms.
Xem thêmThe meaning of the term has evolved to mean a stored-program computer in which an instruction fetch and a data operation cannot occur at the same time because they share a common bus.
Xem thêmParis (nicknamed the "City of light") is the capital city of France, and the largest city in France.
Xem thêmThe area is 105 square kilometres (41 square miles), and around 2.15 million people live there.
Xem thêmThe Seine river runs through the oldest part of Paris, and divides it into two parts, known as the Left Bank and the Right Bank.
Xem thêmParis is also the center of French economy, politics, traffic and culture.
Xem thêmParis has many art museums and historical buildings.
Xem thêmHome to the iconic Christ the Redeemer statue and the 2016 Olympic games, Rio is a city not to be missed.
Xem thêmCopacabana and Ipanema are two of the most famous beaches in the world, and are widely regarded as two of the best beaches in the world too.
Xem thêmFor an amazing piece of architecture, Sagrada Familia is a must-see and is situated right in the center of the city.
Xem thêmDon't forget to try churros, tapas and paella while you're there, and head over to the Magic Fountain for a romantic or relaxing evening to finish off the day.
Xem thêmWith ruins, tombs and structures dating as far back as 300 BC, the Petra World Heritage Site should be your first port of call.
Xem thêmOne thing that is great about eBay is that you can find everything and anything.
Xem thêmThe sometimes blinding and glaring yellow background was the original design for the interface of eBay and it was used up until the site changed to white.
Xem thêmThe yacht had its own cinema, gym, helipad and many more over the top features.
Xem thêmA British scientist and Zoologist named Simon Coppard came across the urchin and from the photo recognized that this was something new.
Xem thêmAt the time, Coppard was working with The Natural History Museum in London and was able to confirm from the photo uploaded that the species was unidentified, making it a new discovery of sea urchin that he named Coelopleurus exquisitus.
Xem thêmIt is heavily influenced by nearby bodies of water, topography, and wind conditions.
Xem thêmIn turn, fog has affected many human activities, such as shipping, travel, and warfare.
Xem thêmThe term "fog" is typically distinguished from the more generic term "cloud" in that fog is low-lying, and the moisture in the fog is often generated locally.
Xem thêmFog forms when the difference between air temperature and dew point is less than 2.5 °C (4.5 °F).
Xem thêmWater vapor normally begins to condense on condensation nuclei such as dust, ice, and salt in order to form clouds.
Xem thêmWhile Twitter definitely allows you to "stalk" friends and celebrities by scrolling through their posts and seeing what they've been talking about, it could have been a completely different brand had the name "FriendStalker" won in the end.
Xem thêmNoah Glass, another co-founder, later began searching a dictionary for words similar to "Twitch" and came across Twitter.
Xem thêmThe Vatican and the Catholic Church claims there are many things you can do to reduce your time spent in purgatory and become a better person.
Xem thêmThis includes helping others, giving to the poor and saying daily prayers.
Xem thêmHowever, in 2013, the Vatican announced that another way you can achieve this is by following the Pope and keeping up with live events such as the Catholic World Youth Day on Twitter.
Xem thêmSeafood is any form of sea life regarded as food by humans, prominently including fish, shellfish and crustaceans.
Xem thêmThe harvesting of wild seafood is usually known as fishing or hunting, while the cultivation and farming of seafood is known as aquaculture or fish farming (in the case of fish).
Xem thêmHistorically, marine mammals such as whales, dolphins and seals have been eaten as food, though that happens to a lesser extent in modern times.
Xem thêmThe harvesting, processing, and consuming of seafoods are ancient practices.
Xem thêmFresh and dried fish were a staple food for much of the population.
Xem thêmThe commerce, industry and households apply the usage of freezer units.
Xem thêmThe popular fridge used by the households has the fridge at the bottom part and freezer at the top part.
Xem thêmPortable refrigerators are so useful and popular these days.
Xem thêmSnow is a form of precipitation, other forms of precipitation are rain, hail and sleet.
Xem thêmLight and fluffy snow is often called 'powder'.
Xem thêmThe highest snowfall ever recorded in a one year period was 31.1 meters (1224 inches) in Mount Rainier, Washington State, United States, between February 19, 1971 and February 18, 1972.
Xem thêmSnowstorms organize and develop by feeding on sources of atmospheric moisture and cold air.
Xem thêmSnowflakes take on a variety of shapes, basic among these are platelets, needles, columns and rime.
Xem thêmAn ebook is a book-length digital publication that can be read on electronic devices, such as computers, eReaders, and tablets.
Xem thêmThey are produced and sold commercially.
Xem thêmYou can even create your own ebook indepedently using services like Lulu and Smashwords.
Xem thêmFor the wide collections, easy accessibility and reading and learning proficiency of eBooks, people are getting more attached to eBooks.
Xem thêmThis e-reader contains reels of amazing images and important texts threaded around the spindles.
Xem thêmRather than being measured in feet and inches, horses are measured in hands.
Xem thêmSampson was a Shire horse and the tallest on record.
Xem thêmHorses are big fans of water, and will drink a minimum of 25 gallons every single day.
Xem thêmWhile zebras and horses are often considered to be totally different animals, they can breed with each other to create "zebroids".
Xem thêmZebras will also mate with donkeys and produce "zonkeys".
Xem thêmIt's a meaty tale of Vietnamese's history, culture and philosophy.
Xem thêmGoogle is celebrating the savoury and satisfying Vietnamese street-food sandwich known as bánh mì, with a doodle showing all it's delicious preparation in motion.
Xem thêmIn the doodle, a traditional bánh mì is put together, consisting of a baguette-like bread packed with meat, vegetables and herbs alongside a spread of mayonnaise or margarine and savoury soy sauce, topped fiery with chilli sauce or peppers.
Xem thêmBut while it's universally agreed the sandwich is a tasty meal, where did it come from, and importantly why is it worth celebrating?
Xem thêmBanh mi first came to Vietnam through French soldiers during the French colonization with the name 'baguette', but Vietnamese Banh mi usually has a fluffier texture and crispier crust than the French baguette due to the baking tools and techniques used.
Xem thêmPeacocks are among the most fascinating and beautiful creatures on earth, but there are so many things that we fail to realize about these breathtaking birds.
Xem thêmThe word "peacock" does not actually apply to both the male and female birds.
Xem thêmTwo of these originate in Asia and the other is of African descent.
Xem thêmThe African species is called the Congo peafowl and originated in the Congo basin.
Xem thêmFrom Asia, the blue (Indian) peafowl and green peafowl.
Xem thêmAlthough many people get a chill through their spine at the very mention of the word pickles, Koreans have found a way to make fermented pickled vegetables interesting, tasty and titillating.
Xem thêmA classic starter or a side dish to any Korean meal, these spicy, salty, sweet and sour vegetables known as kimchi start their way sliced, tied in bundles.
Xem thêmIt is marinated in brine with hot chili peppers, salty fish paste, leeks, ginger, sugar, and garlic.
Xem thêmBut by the 12th century, other ingredients and seasonings began to be added to the pot.
Xem thêmNowadays, kimchi is made both in North and South Korea, the Southern version being more salty and spicy than the Northern one.
Xem thêmThe city is between the rivers of Llobregat and Besòs, and south of the Pyrenees mountains.
Xem thêmBarcelona is seen as one of the most beautiful cities in the world, full of life and features on many bucket lists.
Xem thêmThe landscape, culture and food all amalgamate into the unique atmosphere and feeling of Barcelona.
Xem thêmUNESCO declared April 23rd World book and Copyright Day, inspired by La Diada de San Jordi.
Xem thêmIt is one of Barcelona's most celebrated festival days in which loved ones are given roses and books.
Xem thêmShe is a model, actress, singer and arguably one of the most famous women of the twentieth century.
Xem thêmMonroe has become an iconic representative of fame and female beauty.
Xem thêmAs a child, Marilyn Monroe's mother, Gladys Pearl Baker, was institutionalised and then Norma Jeane, lived an orphanage and had eleven different sets of foster parents.The traumatic childhood made her shy and reserved.
Xem thêmMarilyn became a housewife, but the couple were not close, and Monroe reports being bored.
Xem thêmHe was struck by the beauty and photogenic nature of Monroe, and he used her in many of his photographs.
Xem thêmGrab Holdings Inc., formerly known as MyTeksi and GrabTaxi, is a Singapore based ridesharing company.
Xem thêmIn addition to transportation, the company offers food delivery and digital payments services via mobile app.
Xem thêmThe company was originally founded in Malaysia and later moved its headquarters to Singapore.
Xem thêmIt now operates in the Southeast Asian countries of Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia and Japan.
Xem thêmThe Grab app assigns taxis and private hire cars to nearby commuters through a location-sharing system.
Xem thêmI love the place and I just can't get enough of it - the past three years me and my wife have gone together every year.
Xem thêmThe city itself is full of timeless and beautiful architecture, stunning waterfronts, lush green parks, culture, museums, history, amazing food and a great night life.
Xem thêmWhenever anybody asks me to recommend a place for a good city break my go-to answer is always Amsterdam - there's something for everyone there and I've never known anybody be disappointed by a trip there!
Xem thêmLots and lots and lots of wooden poles.
Xem thêmDue to the thick layer of fen and clay present in the soil of the city, all the city's buildings were erected on wooden poles that are fixed into a sandy layer of the ground over 35 feet deep!
Xem thêmFashion designer Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel , or Coco Chanel, born in 1883, in France, is famous for her timeless designs, trademark suits and little black dresses.
Xem thêmShe was a leading French modernist designer, whose patterns of simplicity and style revolutionised women's clothing.
Xem thêmChanel was raised in an orphanage and taught to sew.
Xem thêmChanel performed in clubs in Vichy and Moulins where she was called "Coco." .
Xem thêmShe later added stores in Deauville and Biarritz and began making clothes.
Xem thêmA bunch of people give a company money, and in return those people (called investors) get a certain amount of shares of stock.
Xem thêmAnd the more money you pay, the more shares you can buy.
Xem thêmMany companies sell shares of stock, and they depend on the money they get for these shares of stock to pay their bills.
Xem thêmThe reverse is usually true as well: The lower the stock share price goes, the less shares the company will usually sell and the the less will be coming in.
Xem thêmAll of these companies are buying and selling share of stock all the time.
Xem thêmIt lives in Asia, mainly India, Bhutan, China, Korea, and Siberian Russia.
Xem thêmTigers have orange fur with black stripes and a white belly.
Xem thêmThe Bengal tiger is the national animal of Bangladesh and India.
Xem thêmMales can grow to at least 6 feet (1.8 metres) long (body length) and weigh about 500 lb (230 kg).
Xem thêmHalong Bay is approximately 579 square miles in size and is home to approximately 1600 fishermen who live in floating villages.
Xem thêmThe rich biodiversity of the bay, and its beauty and its history has captured the interest of many throughout the ages.
Xem thêmIt is classified as both a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, and as one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature.
Xem thêmLegend states that gods sent dragons, who dropped jewels and jade from their mouths into the bay, creating the islands.
Xem thêmThe bay extends 120km along the coastline and is 1,553 square kilometers in size.
Xem thêmAh chocolate, the first love of every man, woman and child, it's a solution (however temporary) to every problem from upset and anger to happiness and adoration.
Xem thêmIn 2014 US chocolate sales were $21.1 billion, that alone shows the significance and the demand for the product.
Xem thêmWhether it be white, milk, dark or other more rare varieties (all will be revealed later on), everyone loves to sit down and have a square or 10.
Xem thêmAs well as milk, dark, and white varieties, there is a rare fourth type known as blond chocolate.
Xem thêmThe film "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" was financed by Quaker Oats to promote its new Wonka Bar candy.
Xem thêmVenus is sometimes called the sister planet of Earth as they are quite similar in size and gravity.
Xem thêmVenus was the first planet to have its motions plotted across the sky, as early as the second millennium BC and spins very slowly on its axis, it spins in the opposite direction to the other planets.
Xem thêmThis effect is called the greenhouse effect and it is very strong on Venus.
Xem thêmTwo higher areas called continents make up the north and south of the planet.
Xem thêmTurtles and tortoises are closely related.
Xem thêmThe main difference between the two is that turtle is the name given to water dwellers and tortoise is the name given to land dwellers.
Xem thêmThey are easily identified by the presence of a shell, from which their head and limbs protrude.
Xem thêmTurtles are found in Africa and America.
Xem thêmIts shell is lighter and more streamlined than that of a tortoise.
Xem thêmAlso, doughnuts contain a large amount of sugar and white flour, which are turned into fat when they come inside our body.
Xem thêmIt leaves a doughnut-shaped piece of dough and a doughnut hole from dough removed from the center.
Xem thêmA disk-shaped doughnut can also be stretched and molded into a torus until the center breaks to form a hole.
Xem thêmAnd filled doughnuts, which are round and have jam, jelly, custard, whipped cream, or chocolate inside them.
Xem thêmIn 1941, the fear of the communist party led a huge number of immigrants to flee China and settle in Hong Kong.
Xem thêmMajor attractions in the rural areas include 24 parks, woodlands, reservoirs, hills and a beautiful coastline.
Xem thêmSome islands that make up the Hong Kong region are completely uninhabitable and unreachable.
Xem thêmThe city is known to have the largest fleet of ferries in the world transporting people and goods to Macau and various Chinese cities.
Xem thêmIt is the longest road and rail suspension bridge in the world.
Xem thêmNeptune ,is the eighth and last planet from the Sun in the Solar System.
Xem thêmIt is the fourth largest planet and third heaviest.
Xem thêmIt is 17 times heavier than Earth and is a little bit heavier than Uranus.
Xem thêmNeptune's atmosphere is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium.
Xem thêmNeptune was discovered by the astronomers, Urbain Le Verrier and John Couch Adams.
Xem thêmLeonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519) is one of the world's greatest thinkers, artists and philosophers.
Xem thêmSeeking after perfection, he created rare masterpieces of art such as 'The Mona Lisa' and The Last Supper'.
Xem thêmIn addition to art, Da Vinci studied all aspects of life from anatomy to mathematics and astronomy;
Xem thêmHis far reaching investigations and discoveries sought to show an underlying unity of the universe.
Xem thêmDa Vinci is considered to be a key person in the birth of the European Renaissance, which saw an emergence of new ideas, scientific discoveries and the creation of beautiful art.
Xem thêmThis group also includes crocodiles, lizards, and turtles.
Xem thêmThey will find burrows or caves and fall into a deep sleep until the weather becomes ware enough for them.
Xem thêmThey live almost everywhere, in deserts, forests, oceans, streams, and lakes.
Xem thêmSnakes live on the ground, in trees, and in water.
Xem thêmSome islands, including Ireland and New Zealand, do not have snakes at all.
Xem thêmIt's easy to get sucked into mindless scrolling when you're on Instagram, especially if you follow a lot of accounts that post photos and videos of adorable animals.
Xem thêmBut take a moment to stop swiping through those cute dog photos, and check out these insane 30 facts about Instagram - some of these stats may surprise you!
Xem thêmThe name Instagram comes from a mashing of "instant camera" and "telegram.".
Xem thêmThe most Instagrammed food is pizza, taking the lead in front of sushi and steak.
Xem thêmThe top five countries that use Instagram, in order of popularity, are the United States, Russia, Turkey, Brazil, and the United Kingdom.
Xem thêmCompetitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic sports, with varied distance events in butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle, and individual medley.
Xem thêmA medley relay consists of four swimmers who will each swim a different stroke, ordered as backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle.
Xem thêmThere are also regulations on what types of swimsuits, caps, jewelry and injury tape that are allowed at competitions.
Xem thêmWritten references date from 2000 BC, with some of the earliest references to swimming including the Iliad, the Odyssey, the Bible, Beowulf, the Quran and others.
Xem thêmIn 1538, Nikolaus Wynmann, a Swiss-German professor of languages, wrote the earliest known complete book about swimming, Colymbetes, such as " The Swimmer ", or " A Dialogue on the Art of Swimming " and " Joyful and Pleasant to Read ".
Xem thêmBloomberg LP is a global media and financial data and analytics conglomerate.
Xem thêmThe company generates revenue from subscriptions and fees associated with Bloomberg terminals as well as a variety of other services including Bloomberg News and Bloomberg Business, focused on venture capital, brokerage, and more.
Xem thêmBloomberg terminals are essentially unrivaled within the finance world and have contributed to the company's massive growth in its 39-year history.
Xem thêmBloomberg was founded in 1981 as Innovative Market Systems and has since grown into a major international operation employing more than 20,000 individuals.
Xem thêmThe central component of the company-the Bloomberg terminal, which provides real-time market data and analytics - was already in place at the founding.
Xem thêmThe Machu Picchu archaeological site lies in a saddle between the peaks of Machu Picchu (the mountain) and Huayna Picchu.
Xem thêmThis makes you wonder whether it was originally called this, or whether its name was lost over the ages and replaced with the nearest geological landmark.
Xem thêmIt has been long claimed by various scholars that the German adventurer and businessman Augusto Berns reached Machu Picchu and plundered it 44 years previously, in 1867.
Xem thêmAfter excavating the ruins of Machu Picchu Bingham made the conclusion that he had found the Lost City, and published his findings.
Xem thêmIronically, Bingham actually stumbled upon the ruins of the lost city on his way towards Machu Picchu, but dismissed it without much thought and continued on his journey.
Xem thêmComputer software, also called software, is a set of instructions and its documentations that tells a computer what to do or how to perform a task.
Xem thêmSoftware includes all different software programs on a computer, such as applications and the operating system.
Xem thêmThe operating system (like Mac OS, Microsoft Windows, Android and various Linux distributions) is a layer of software that is used as a platform for running the applications, and controls all user interface tools including display and the keyboard.
Xem thêmThe word firmware is sometimes used to describe a style of software that is made specifically for a particular type of computer or an electronic device and is usually stored on a Flash memory or ROM chip in the computer.
Xem thêmChangeability and conformity are two of the main properties of software design.
Xem thêmEarthquakes can sometimes be really scary things, but they are very interesting in how they form and why they do.
Xem thêmLet's take a look at all you need to know about earthquakes and fill your brain with knowledge!
Xem thêmEarthquakes are a sudden and quick shock of the Earth's surface.
Xem thêmEarthquakes are actually a type of way that the Earth gets rid of some tension, just like you and I do, except we don't rock the world.
Xem thêmIn many places such as California and Japan, where earthquakes are common, the government lets the people of the country know when an earthquake is about to strike by sending mobile phone alerts.
Xem thêmMore than two-thirds of the world's cocoa is grown in Africa, and Côte d'Ivoire alone produces 33% of the world's supply.
Xem thêmThe famous chocolate river from the original Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory film was made with 15,000 gallons of water mixed with chocolate and cream.
Xem thêmThe river spoiled fairly quickly due to the cream and the cast said it stank.
Xem thêmInstead she created chocolate chip cookies, and later sold the idea to Nestle for a lifetime supply of chocolate.
Xem thêmLays sold limited edition crisps covered in milk chocolate said to have a "salty-sweet combination, along with the texture contrast of warm melted chocolate and a crunchy chip".
Xem thêmAdventures are the best way to learn, and it's very difficult to argue against that statement when there are so many amazing places to see around the globe.
Xem thêmWatch the Changing of the Guard ceremony outside Buckingham Palace, take a cruise down the River Thames and view the city on foot or from the top of an iconic red bus.
Xem thêmSiem Reap is a great place if you're young and looking for adventure, but there are certainly no age limits when it comes to seeing the world.
Xem thêmEither way, you can explore great sights such as Angkor Wat and the Bayon Temple.
Xem thêmFor children and those young at heart, visit Orlando and roam through the Disneyworld parks.
Xem thêmThe cars mentioned below are the stuff of legend, the dreams of every man, woman and child.
Xem thêmIt's a lighter and more aggressive version of this already unbelievable V12 beast.
Xem thêmThe BC has a range of newer modifications than its older brother including new side skirts and a huge rear spoiler producing 1,102 lbs of downforce, at 155 mph.
Xem thêmWhen you start discussing eye-watering automotive prices most people have to think of the Bugatti Veyron and this list is no exception.
Xem thêmThe 3.7L twin-turbo monster definitely turns heads, with its scissor doors and diamond-encrusted headlights.
Xem thêmCheesecake is a kind of rich sweet tart made with cream and fresh cheese (typically cream cheese or ricotta) on a biscuit base.
Xem thêmThe Ancient Greeks used the simple ingredients of flour, wheat, honey and cheese formed into a cake and baked.
Xem thêmGreek brides and grooms were also known to use cheesecake as a wedding cake.
Xem thêmIt also became a custom for a Greek bride to bake and serve cheesecakes to her new husband's friends as a gesture of hospitality.
Xem thêmModern commercial American cream cheese was developed in 1872, when William Lawrence, from Chester, New York, while looking for a way to recreate the soft, French cheese Neufchâtel, accidentally came up with a way of making an "unripened cheese" that is heavier and creamier, other dairymen came up with similar creations independently.
Xem thêmAfter close to 70 years into the game, the brand is as relevant as ever with the addition of influential taste makers such as Kanye West and Pharrell Williams to their stable.
Xem thêmWhile it is still in direct competition its arch-rival Nike, Adidas has managed to garner much attention to the brand with new and improved designs from world renowned designer Jeremy Scott, and the introduction of new ground-breaking technology such as their Ultra Boost line of products.
Xem thêmThe 'Stan Smith', Adidas's most iconic sneaker, was originally intended to be named after Robert Haillet, the iconic French tennis star, and not Stanley Smith.
Xem thêmAs a matter of fact, anyone who dared go to the park wearing Nikes or Puma ran the risk of getting their shoes snatched and hung on the park's "tree of shame" where countless pairs of off brand sneakers could be found.
Xem thêmWhile Adidas's current collection features sneakers for nearly every sports, the first pair of Adidas were track spikes made especially for track and field.
Xem thêmThe history of basketball is very large one, filled with rich events, legends and changes among the years.
Xem thêmWe gathered a list of facts and figures about one of the most interesting sports in our list Basketball Facts.
Xem thêmThe NBA and the BAA were two different basketball associations in 1949.
Xem thêmManute Bol and Gheorghe Muresan were the tallest basketball players.
Xem thêmThe steel rim of the basket has a diameter of 18 inches and is 10 feet high.
Xem thêmTheir claim to fame is helping their clients find and achieve most of their important goals while significantly improving on performance.
Xem thêmIn order to bring new ideas, innovation and capabilities to the table for customers, McKinsey has increased its network of partners to include 150 of the world's leading tech-product companies.
Xem thêmA framework enables them to form the structure of a proposed solution and then they simply fill in the gaps by research.
Xem thêmThe framework may have to be discarded and a new framework may need to be found, but this technique saves most of the time and stress involved with a complicated project.
Xem thêmMcKinsey is appearing in the limelight by talking on technological topics like creativity and design as well as AI and Robots.
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