Fruit is meant to be a good part of a balanced diet, so even if you do end up spending a few bucks more on your favorite fruit, at least it's for a worthy cause.
Xem thêmBut what if I told you there was a certain type of pineapple that is worth thousands of dollars?
Xem thêmIn the 1700's, pineapples used to be a status symbol of wealth.
Xem thêmOf course, pineapples are now easily acquired, even by us average folks, and the symbol is gone.
Xem thêmAt the Lost Gardens of Heligan in the United Kingdom, you will find pineapples grown in mud structures heated with rotting manure.
Xem thêmThe odd strategies used here are reflective of older techniques in order to grow this tropical fruit in a colder climate.
Xem thêmHowever with the manpower over the course of the 2 years it takes to grow a pineapple, the cost to make each pineapple is $1,300.
Xem thêmBut, one of the pineapples has been given away.
Xem thêmThe second pineapple ever grown in the Lost Gardens was gifted to Queen Elizabeth II in honor of her 50th wedding anniversary.
Xem thêmIf that's what it takes to get your hand on one of these Victorian-grown pineapples, I wouldn't hold your breath!
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 thêmOn the plus side, at least the legacy of these pineapples will make us appreciate the lowly cost of our standard Dole pineapples at the grocery store!
Xem thêmLondon is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, and is the largest urban area in Greater London.
Xem thêmThis area is still called the City of London.
Xem thêmLondon is one of the world's most important cities for business, finance and politics.
Xem thêmThe population of London is 8.63 million.
Xem thêmThey may see the famous "Sights of London".
Xem thêmAfter the decline of the Roman Empire, few people remained in London.
Xem thêmHowever, it did not become the capital city of England until the 12th century.
Xem thêmThe old City of London is only a square mile in size but has its own Lord Mayor.
Xem thêmAnother famous old part of Greater London is Westminster, which was always a different city from the City of London.
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 thêmBerlin is the capital city of Germany.
Xem thêmThe city is in the eastern part of Germany.
Xem thêmIt is about 70 km west of Poland.
Xem thêmBerlin has an area of 891 km2.
Xem thêmOn the boulevard are the Humboldt University and the State Opera of Berlin.
Xem thêmThe Governing Mayor of the city is Michael Müller (SPD).
Xem thêmBerlin is a world city of culture, politics, media and science.
Xem thêmThere are a lot of technology companies in the city.
Xem thêmBerlin is an important city for the history of Germany.
Xem thêmThe King of Prussia and the Emperor of Germany lived in Berlin.
Xem thêmThe government of Germany was in Berlin for many years.
Xem thêmA tornado is a tube of violently spinning air that touches the ground.
Xem thêmWind inside the tornado spins fast, but the actual 'circle' of wind around them is huge.
Xem thêmNearly three quarters of the world's tornadoes happen in the United States.
Xem thêmThey cause a lot of damage to anything in their path.
Xem thêmTornadoes can happen in nearly any part of the world.
Xem thêmThe middle part of the United States is nicknamed 'Tornado Alley' for the number of tornadoes there.
Xem thêmA tornado can have wind speeds of over 300 miles per hour (480 km/h).
Xem thêmTennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles).
Xem thêmThe object of the game is to maneuver the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return.
Xem thêmTennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society and at all ages.
Xem thêmThe modern game of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis.
Xem thêmDuring most of the 19th century, in fact, the term tennis referred to real tennis, not lawn tennis.
Xem thêmThe rules of modern tennis have changed little since the 1890s.
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 thêmA recent addition to professional tennis has been the adoption of electronic review technology coupled with a point-challenge system, which allows a player to contest the line call of a point, a system known as Hawk-Eye.
Xem thêmTennis is played by millions of recreational players and is also a popular worldwide spectator sport.
Xem thêmWalmart is an American chain of retail department, and grocery stores, known for being the largest company in the world by revenue.
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 1975 there were 125 stores with sales of $340 million.
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 thêmOf the 10 richest people in the United States, four of them are Waltons.
Xem thêmEach of these Walton family members are worth more than $30 billion EACH.
Xem thêmThe world's richest woman is Christy Walton, the widow of Sam Walton's son.
Xem thêmThe other three children of Sam Walton include Jim, Alice, and Rob Walton.
Xem thêmIt is estimated that approximately 18% of the food stamps used in the United States are spent at Walmart.
Xem thêmApproximately 44% of the population in the United States shop at Walmart each year.
Xem thêmApproximately 90% or more of the stores go by other names such as Todo Dia, Trust-Mart, Hypermart, or Bodega Aurrera.
Xem thêmGuests of Walmart have included Miley Cyrus, Aerosmith, Justin Timberlake, and Taylor Swift.
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 thêmA central processing unit (CPU) is an important part of every computer.
Xem thêmThe CPU sends signals to control the other parts of the computer, almost like how a brain controls a body.
Xem thêmThe CPU is an electronic machine that works on a list of computer things to do, called instructions.
Xem thêmIt reads the list of instructions and runs (executes) each one in order.
Xem thêmA list of instructions that a CPU can run is a computer program.
Xem thêmThe clock rate, or speed of a CPU's internal parts, is measured in hertz (Hz).
Xem thêmMost of their CPUs are used in embedded systems for more specialized things, like in mobile phones, cars, game consoles, or in the military.
Xem thêmThe size of data that a CPU handles best is often called the word size of the CPU.
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 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 thêmThey were a roaring success, shifting thousands of units, and securing that much-needed start-up capital.
Xem thêmIn only eleven years, they have conquered the four corners of the globe, reaching a staggering 192 countries worldwide.
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 thêmAnd if that sounds impressive, one of them managed to make fifteen and a half million in just twelve months.
Xem thêmMaking Airbnb one of the best businesses for homeowners to get into to not only make some extra cash but possibly change their lives forever.
Xem thêmHow many of these are millionaires, we just don't know!
Xem thêmThere are some fantastic unique places available to rent on Airbnb if you're in an adventurous kind of mood.
Xem thêmWhile logic may dictate that the majority of people are looking for big, spacious rentals, that isn't always the case.
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 thêmGiving fans the chance to experience a piece of history for themselves;
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 planetary system is located in an outer spiral arm of the Milky Way galaxy.
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 thêmOur solar system orbits the center of the Milky Way Galaxy at about 515,000 mph (828,000 kph).
Xem thêmWe're in one of the galaxy's four spiral arms.
Xem thêmBeyond the orbit of Neptune (the furthermost planet), it takes a long time to leave the Solar System.
Xem thêmOur solar system is a region of space.
Xem thêmBut it contains many worlds with many kinds of atmospheres.
Xem thêmThe planets of our solar system hold more than 150 moons in their orbits.
Xem thêmSo far, we only know of life on Earth, but we're looking for more everywhere we can.
Xem thêmThe Great Wall of China is one of the greatest sights in the world.
Xem thêmIt has a stunning array of scenery from the beaches of Qinhuangdao to a desert corridor between tall mountain ranges.
Xem thêmThe First Emperor of Qin was not the first to build the Great Wall.
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 thêmThe Thai version of spaghetti and meatballs is called "Pad See Eiw".
Xem thêmBeing one of the hottest places in the world, there are a lot of stalls that sell many ice cream desserts like "Itim Kati" or coconut ice cream.
Xem thêmThis dessert is made out of coconut milk with a soft texture, a blend between creamy and icy.
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 photo is a picture of a dog.
Xem thêmA study has discovered that 8% of all Instagram accounts are fake.
Xem thêmGoogle makes any homework, research or general collation of information a thousand times easier than a trip to the library.
Xem thêmIn the early days of Google, it could process 30-50 pages per second, today it processes millions of pages per second.
Xem thêmAs of 2009, at their Mountain View headquarters, Google rented 200 goats to mow their lawns as a low-carbon alternative from California Grazing.
Xem thêmThe first of many Google Doodles was an out-of-office message in 1998, the doodle was a man standing behind an O, the second in Goo.
Xem thêmGoogle's headquarters feature a range of random items and decorations, including Google colored phone boxes, a T-rex nicknamed Stan, and adult-sized ball pits.
Xem thêmWhenever I need a new gadget or appliance Samsung comes to mind, from phones to TVs this Korean electrical superpower are market leaders in every area of electronics particularly in the cell phone industry.
Xem thêmOver the last few decades they've been at the forefront of technological development and innovation with mind-blowing TVs and unprecedented smartphones.
Xem thêmSamsung are very focused on creating as much appliances as possible in house, around 90% of Samsung equipment is made in Samsung factories.
Xem thêmSamsung are always at the forefront of technology.
Xem thêmIn 2016 Samsung shipped 306 million units worldwide that's an increase of 283.1 million units compared to 2010.
Xem thêmSet high upon the crest of a mountain ridge above Peru's Sacred Valley lies the fabled 15th Century Inca citadel Machu Picchu.
Xem thêmA site that bestows wonder upon all who make the journey to its soaring heights, this marvel of Inca architecture is one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of the 20th Century.
Xem thêmDespite it being the most preserved archaeological site of the Inca Empire, there are no records of the purposes of Machu Picchu, due to the Inca language being only spoken, not written.
Xem thêmAs a result of this lack of knowledge there have been many wild theories when it comes to Machu Picchu, which is a large reason why it draws so much intrigue.
Xem thêmThe Machu Picchu archaeological site lies in a saddle between the peaks of Machu Picchu (the mountain) and Huayna Picchu.
Xem thêmLaptops combine all the input/output components and capabilities of a desktop computer.
Xem thêmThey were mostly sold to NASA and the Military of the United States.
Xem thêmGrid's computer was one fifth the weight of any other computer used at that time.
Xem thêmIn 1995, Microsoft made the first of their Windows operating systems and streamlined the design of future laptops.
Xem thêmThe Gavilan sc was the ancestor of the modern laptop.
Xem thêmSeoul is the biggest city of the Republic of Korea (South Korea), and its capital.
Xem thêmSeoul is in the middle of the Korean Peninsula.
Xem thêmThe city is bordered by eight mountains, as well as the more level lands of the Han River plain and western areas.
Xem thêmSeoul is situated in the northwest part of South Korea on the Han River.
Xem thêmSeoul is noted for its population density, which is almost twice that of New york and eight times greater than Rome.
Xem thêmAdidas sued Payless ShoeSource in 2008 for releasing a pair of sneakers featuring 4 stripes instead of 3.
Xem thêmThey eventually settled for the sum of $305 million.
Xem thêmAdidas is the parent company of Taylor Made, Rockport and Reebok.
Xem thêmJesse Owens wore a pair of Adidas when he won the gold in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Munich.
Xem thêmInterestingly enough, the games were to serve as a display of Aryan superiority for Hitler's fascistic regime.
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 thêmFinally, they can also be called a "kindle of kittens", although this usage is less common.
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 thêmIt's common knowledge that cats are fans of milk, but many of them are actually lactose intolerant.
Xem thêmTheir brains are smaller, weighing just 0.9% of their total weight while ours weigh 2%.
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 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 thêmHistorically otters have been used by humans to aid in the process of fishing all over the world.
Xem thêmSea otters also hold onto kelp that grows from the floor of the sea for the same purpose.
Xem thêmRiver otters are much more likely to take another animal's home instead of building their own.
Xem thêmWell, sort of!
Xem thêmTheir teeth take up tons of room.
Xem thêmIts brain only weighs around 22 ounces, making it just half the weight of a human brain.
Xem thêmThere's way more types of horses than you would have thought!
Xem thêmHorses have their own form of measurement.
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 thêmBut Katy Perry is the one who claims the crown as of 2019.
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 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 thêmAt the time of the Spanish invasion there were several thousand of these virgins, otherwise known as Chosen Ones, who were kept in temple like convents.
Xem thêmBingham made this suggestion as more than 75% of the first few dozen skeletons unearthed were primarily identified as female.
Xem thêmThis theory has long been debunked, with the majority of skeletons actually being male, rather than female.
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 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 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 thêmA Richter scale measures the strength of an earthquake.
Xem thêmEach one-point increase on the scale indicates ten times the amount of shaking and 33 times the amount of energy.
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 thêmEnjoy a spot of samba dancing with your partner, or if you're a seeker of thrills, go hang gliding at Pedra da Gávea.
Xem thêmFor an amazing piece of architecture, Sagrada Familia is a must-see and is situated right in the center of the city.
Xem thêmHave you heard of "The red rose city" or Petra, Jordan?
Xem thêmIt has this name because Petra was carved into the red-rose limestone of Wadi Musa .
Xem thêmA Swedish abbreviation, "Trevita", or "three whites", tops our list of the most expensive production cars.
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 thêmOnly 2 of these vehicles were ever made due to the time needed to produce them.
Xem thêmWhen it comes to cars, like all forms of transport, there are always people searching for the next level whether that's technological, raw speed or pure indulgence (like diamond-encrusted headlights?!).
Xem thêmThese vehicles here will of course be forever out of reach for the average Joe like me and you.
Xem thêmAmsterdam's heritage is that of a small fishing village located behind a dyke (or dam) on the River Amstel.
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 thêmThis maze of canals actually splits Amsterdam up into what is technically 90 small "islands"!
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 thêmThe video to reach the most views in the first day of being uploaded is the Star Wars: The Force Awakens Official Teaser #2.
Xem thêmJustin Bieber is one of the first YouTube success stories.
Xem thêmHe posted covers on YouTube which were discovered by Usher which paved the road to his astounding level of fame.
Xem thêmEvery day, over 150 years of YouTube are watched on Facebook.
Xem thêmIn Thailand, YouTube was blocked for 5 months in 2007 due to a 44 second video that showed pictures of the king being defaced.
Xem thêmIn 2002, NASA had some issues with the discontinuation of replacement parts they needed.
Xem thêmSo they turned to eBay in hope of finding some second hand parts for their machinery.
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 thêmDue to a high volume of complaints after they changed to white, eBay respected their customers choice, so they changed it back to the bright yellow.
Xem thêmRussian billionaire Roman Abramovich was the lucky winner of this bid.
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 International Cocoa Organization say the average Brit, Swiss, or German eat 24lbs (11kg) of chocolate a year.
Xem thêmIn 1930, Ruth Wakefield mixed Nestle chocolate pieces into her cookie dough after running out of baker's chocolate whilst making chocolate cookies.
Xem thêmInstead she created chocolate chip cookies, and later sold the idea to Nestle for a lifetime supply of chocolate.
Xem thêmDriverless cars really do belong in what I imagine as the world of the future, alongside robot butlers and a Windows Operating System that doesn't crash.
Xem thêmNow, this does excite me, who doesn't love the idea of jumping in your car and sitting back as it travels you across the country to wherever you're heading, but how far away are we actually from the dream?
Xem thêmBelow you will see a timeline of these achievements.
Xem thêmAs with all futuristic ideas, the time at which those in the past thought the technology would exist was way off, like Back To The Future's predictions of hoverboards in 2015, Norman Bel Geddes in the 1930s thought the 1960s would be the era for the automated car, this was sadly not the case.
Xem thêmThe 1950s saw some further testing and advancements in this field but the 1980s were the next significant era in reaching the dream of a driverless car.
Xem thêmWhen you say "Scotland," you might think of bagpipes, kilts, and tartans.
Xem thêmDue to the amount of rain it gets (about half of the year - sometimes more!), Scotland also boasts magnificent landscapes and countless lakes along with its rich history.
Xem thêmThe world's shortest commercial flight is in Scotland, which connects two of their islands.
Xem thêmThe flight can be finished in 47 seconds, and it spans a distance of just 1.7 miles.
Xem thêmScotland is the birthplace of golf - it has been played there since the 15th century and has evolved into what is now modern golf.
Xem thêmM&M's are colorful little sugar-coated chocolate pieces that have stolen the hearts of generations in over 100 countries.
Xem thêmThe story of M&M's began way back in 1941, right in the middle of the Second World War.
Xem thêmPatented by Forrest Mars (yes, he was the son of the founder of Mars chocolate) and later co-owned by Bruce Murrie, the name of the chocolate product was derived from these two men.
Xem thêmHowever, Mars and Murrie were far from being the best of friends.
Xem thêmRumor has it that Forrest Mars only really teamed up with Bruce Murrie because his father owned Hershey's, the company which provided the majority of chocolate rations during the war.
Xem thêmThere is a variety of merchants who accept bitcoins as payment for items, both online stores, and physical stores.
Xem thêmIn New York, Samsung has a building called 837, known as a digital playground it's dedicated to showing off Samsung kit, from a huge theater display made of ninety-six 55" screens to a VR Tunnel and family-focused Playroom using Galaxy View.
Xem thêmAs of 2013, Samsung had over 460% more employees than Apple with Samsung employing over 370,000 and Apple merely 80,000.
Xem thêmBetween 2009 and 2013, the company has $4.8 billion invested in reducing 85 million tonnes of greenhouse gases.
Xem thêmIn January 2017, Lee Jae-yong Samsung's Chief, was questioned as part of South Korea's largest political corruption scandal according to the BBC over accusations of questionable donations.
Xem thêmIn February 2017 Samsung managed to secure another world first after their QLED TV managed to be the first TV ever to be capable of reaching 100 percent color volume meaning a truer picture and more defined image.
Xem thêm432 people own half of the land in Scotland, however, there are outdoor access laws that allow privately owned land to be freely walked on and used as long as you leave no trace behind.
Xem thêmScotland wanted to build a replica of the Parthenon, bigger and cheaper to be their National Monument.
Xem thêmConstruction started in 1826, but due to the lack of funds, was left unfinished in 1829.
Xem thêmHaggis is typically made with the heart, liver, and lungs of sheep, and boiled with seasoning in the animal's stomach.
Xem thêmScottish people are more likely to have blue eyes than anyone else in the rest of the United Kingdom.
Xem thêmIt is believed by many that the white of the candy cane represents the purity of Jesus.
Xem thêmThe traditional flavor for candy canes is peppermint, however, it is also made in a variety of other flavors and colors.
Xem thêmTest your own knowledge of sugar here with these fun sugar facts.
Xem thêmSugar is found in the fibers of all plants, as a by-product of the process of photosynthesis.
Xem thêmCarbohydrates are necessary for human and animal survival as the building blocks of cells.
Xem thêmContrary to what many people believe, there are only 15 calories in a teaspoon of sugar, which can be burned off in 15 minutes simply by socializing with other people.
Xem thêmConsuming too many calories is what causes a person to gain weight, regardless of where the calories are found.
Xem thêmAustralia is a fascinating country - home to many amazing wildlife and views, with famous buildings and landmarks which plenty of travelers long to see.
Xem thêmWay back in the history of Australia, indigenous people were settled on the land for around 50,000 years before the British arrived.
Xem thêmThere are no Bills of Rights in this country, making it the only Western country to omit this from its governmental system.
Xem thêmThere are so many different types of species in Australia that only 25% of them have been discovered and are known to humans.
Xem thêmThis leaves 75% which are totally undiscovered as of yet.
Xem thêmHe linked the northern walls of the states he conquered.
Xem thêmFamilies were separated, and many workers died and were interred as part of the Great Wall itself.
Xem thêmIt means robot acts instead of a person, doing things it is designed for.
Xem thêmIn fiction, however, robots usually look like people, and seem to have a life of their own.
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 thêmSome robots find and get rid of bombs.
Xem thêmIt is produced by bacterial fermentation of milk.
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 thêmThese are the "good bacteria" responsible for all of yogurt's health benefits.
Xem thêmYogurt is highly nutritious and is an excellent source of protein, calcium and potassium.
Xem thêmThe most recent etymology of the word yogurt certainly comes from the Turkish language (meaning to knead or mix with a utensil).
Xem thêmThe financial world can be a confusing place full of strange terms, unusual forms of currency, and endless trading options.
Xem thêmUnfortunately for those who are not so tech-savvy, the integration of the internet into our daily lives has allowed the financial world to evolve.
Xem thêmThese cryptocurrencies, digital currencies with encryptions to maintain security and validity, feature a real value and can be exchanged for USD, GBP, or any other type of physical currency through online options.
Xem thêmThe most popular type of virtual currency is known as Bitcoin and has steadily begun to rise in popularity and strength over the years.
Xem thêmThe general concept of currency and money is that a bank controls it, that there are rises and falls in its value based on the global market, and that you can physically hold it.
Xem thêmA storm is any disturbed state of a body especially affecting its surface, and strongly implying a wind force.
Xem thêmStorms are created when a center of low pressure develops with the system of high pressure surrounding it.
Xem thêmThis combination of opposing forces can create winds and result in the formation of storm clouds such as cumulonimbus.
Xem thêmSmall localized areas of low pressure can form from hot air rising off hot ground, resulting in smaller disturbances such as dust devils and whirlwinds.
Xem thêmTokyo, officially Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan.
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 covers an area of 2,188 square kilometers (845 square miles).
Xem thêmThe city ranked sixth on the Global Financial Centres Index of 2019.
Xem thêmTokyo is one of the most densely populated cities in the world.
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 thêmThe relative simplicity of the panna cotta recipe makes it a terrific dessert choice for even novice cooks.
Xem thêmAdding sauces made of berries, summer fruits, or even tropical fruits can be delicious.
Xem thêmYou could even serve panna cotta with a dollop of jam if you want to keep things simple, thus creating a dessert somewhat similar to castle pudding.
Xem thêmThe Internet is the biggest worldwide communication network of computers.
Xem thêmThe Internet has millions of smaller domestic, academic, business, and government networks, which together carry many different kinds of information.
Xem thêmThe short form of internet is the 'net'.
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 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 manufactured as Coca-Cola's response to the popularity of 7 Up.
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 2000, graffiti artist Temper was hired by Sprite to create a limited edition design in celebration of the millennium that appeared on 100 million cans distributed across Europe.
Xem thêmThey are the largest living bird species, and have the biggest eggs of all living birds.
Xem thêmThey are ratites, a useful grouping of medium to large flightless birds.
Xem thêmOstriches have the biggest eyes of all land animals.
Xem thêmThey can run with a speed of about 65 kilometers per hour/40 miles per hour.
Xem thêmThey live in open grassland called savannas in the Sahel, and in parts of East Africa and south west Africa.
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 thêmModern computers can do billions of calculations in a second.
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 thêmIn 2004, the Android OS was developed with the backing of Google by Android Inc.
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 thêmMexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America.
Xem thêmWith an estimated population of over 129 million people, Mexico has 68 official languages.
Xem thêmThey worshiped a mysterious, unnamed god that was part of Jaguar and part human.
Xem thêmThey established many cities along the eastern coast of 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 thêmHe was the 16th President of the United States.
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 thêmLincoln was the first president of the United States to be assassinated.
Xem thêmThey had four children, but three of them died when they were very young.
Xem thêmAbraham Lincoln was sometimes called Abe Lincoln or "Honest Abe" after he ran miles to give a customer the right amount of change.
Xem thêmFootball is a word which could mean one of several sports.
Xem thêmThe best-known type of football is association football.
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 thêm80% of the world's footballs are manufactured in Pakistan.
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 thêmIts orbital period around the Sun of 87.97 days is the shortest of all the planets in the Solar System.
Xem thêmBecause Mercury was the fastest planet as it moved around the Sun, it is named after the Roman deity Mercury, the messenger of the gods.
Xem thêmBecause Mercury is normally lost in the glare of the Sun (except during a solar eclipse), Mercury can only be seen in the morning or evening twilight.
Xem thêmUnlike many other planets which "self-heal" through natural geological processes, the surface of Mercury is covered in craters.
Xem thêmHow has it become one of the biggest ways to sell items online?
Xem thêmHere are 10 exciting facts about eBay that will leave you wanting to discover some of the mysteries people list online.
Xem thêmAt the age of 28, he was working on designing code for an online auction website originally called Auction Web.
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 thêmThe UK also buys more items a month per capita than any other collective of countries in the world.
Xem thêmSpring rolls are popular Chinese snack items, which comprise of thin pastry wrap stuffed with vegetables, noodles and meat filling.
Xem thêmThey may be large or small, eaten as snack food or as part of a meal, their fillings differing from region to region.
Xem thêmSpring rolls originated in China and the history of these rolls can be dated back to Eastern Jin dynasty.
Xem thêmIn that period, thin cakes made of flour were very popular and were mostly accompanied with vegetables.
Xem thêmThese cakes were specially made to mark the beginning of spring and eventually started being called "spring dish".
Xem thêmArchimedes was a mathematician, inventor, and astronomer who was one of the most celebrated mathematicians of all time.
Xem thêmFamously, he is said to have realised a principle of mathematics when he saw the displaced water after getting in the bath.
Xem thêmSo excited at realising the importance of this he shouted "Eureka" and rushed out into the street unclothed.
Xem thêmWe cannot be certain this entertaining anecdote is 100% true, but he was a genuinely great mathematician, who in many ways was centuries ahead of his contemporaries.
Xem thêmArchimedes was close to the ruler of Syracuse, King Hiero II who employed Archimedes in the defence of the city against the Roman invasion.
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 thêmThe yellow to red coloring of cheese is done through the addition of annatto (tropical tree seeds).
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 thêmThere are many types of cheese: Brie, Cheddar, Cottage Cheese, Cream Cheese, Blue cheese, Edam, Emmenthal, Mozzarella, Parmesan, Ricotta.
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 thêmJust about every traveler has heard of the Indonesian island, but how many facts about Bali do you actually know?
Xem thêmTypically when you think of an island, you'd expect something walkable or just a bicycle ride away.
Xem thêmThe popular Indonesian island is actually massive and covers an area of 2,200 square miles.
Xem thêmChristian and Muslim religions do exist, but Hinduism covers around 84% of the population.
Xem thêmIn English, Mars carries a name of the Roman god of war.
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 is nearly 7,000 kilometers (km) wide, just over half the width of the Earth.
Xem thêmIts volume is about 15% of the Earth.
Xem thêmSince a lot of the Earth is covered by water, the total surface area of the Mars is nearly as large as all of the land on the Earth.
Xem thêmThe earliest references to pancakes are in the poems of the 5th century BC poets Cratinus and Magnes.
Xem thêmThe idea of eating pancakes on Shrove Tuesday is more than 1,000 years old.
Xem thêmIn the United States, southerners eat the most pancakes, accounting for 32.5% of the pancake consumption.
Xem thêmIn Sweden, you can order Blodplattar, which are pancakes made out of pork blood.
Xem thêmWhen most people hear the word computer, they think of a personal computer such as a desktop or laptop.
Xem thêmWhen you withdraw cash from an ATM, scan groceries at the store, or use a calculator, you're using a type of computer.
Xem thêmDesktop computers are designed to be placed on a desk, and they're typically made up of a few different parts, including the computer case, monitor, keyboard, and mouse.
Xem thêmThe second type of computer you may be familiar with is a laptop computer, commonly called a laptop.
Xem thêmInstead of a keyboard and mouse, tablets use a touch sensitive screen for typing and navigation.
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 thêmA 2019 survey of US households found there to be around 94.2 million pet cats, while there were only 89.7 million pet dogs.
Xem thêmThere are even reports of cats falling from as high as 32 stories high and coming away with just a chipped tooth and a punctured lung.
Xem thêmThere are many ways to refer to a group of cats.
Xem thêmAnother of the most basic terms in the study of economics is Interdependence.
Xem thêmAnd unless you live on a farm, you are dependent on others for all kinds of food.
Xem thêmFarmers today usually specialize in one or a few kinds of food that they grow to sell to other people.
Xem thêmA farmer might grow several different kinds of fruits or a few different kinds of vegetables.
Xem thêmSome food grows better in certain areas of the world.
Xem thêmOtters are the dogs of the water world, so it's no small wonder that we humans have such affection for them.
Xem thêmThey're actually part of the weasel family, but they're the only ones that swim!
Xem thêmOtters have the densest fur of the animal kingdom.
Xem thêmOtters spend a large amount of time in the water, yet they still have fur.
Xem thêmTo ensure that they stay dry they must spend a significant portion of the day grooming themselves, coating their fur in saliva.
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 thêmThey spend four to five hours grazing and can consume 68 kg of grass each night.
Xem thêmThe hippopotamus is one of the most aggressive creatures in the world and is often regarded as one of the most dangerous animals in Africa.
Xem thêmAnother way to think of them is that they are PDAs that can make voice calls like any other mobile phone.
Xem thêmOlder phones also used computer technology, but lacked many of the parts of a computer that were too big to fit into a phone.
Xem thêmThe majority of smartphones run on Apple ios or Google android but others use Windows Phone or Blackberry os .
Xem thêmMany smart phones introduced after 2010 use 4g technology including the later, even faster version of 4g known as Lte 5g is planned.
Xem thêmFrom a techy point of view, drones or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV's) are a wonderful idea.
Xem thêmA perfect example of technological advancement and the filtering down of military grade high-tech equipment to the masses.
Xem thêmHere we're going to look at 15 fun and interesting facts about the world of drones.
Xem thêmAmazon are seriously considering the use of drones in its daily delivery, the Prime Air service is said to be able to deliver packages within 30 minutes via UAV's.
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 thêmThe name "Hoi an" was adopted in 1595 by Nguyen hoang, who saw the commercial potential of the port city.
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 thêmIt is a city located in Vietnam's central Quang Nam Province, on the north bank near the mouth of the Thu bon River.
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 thêmA prime example of this is a bank.
Xem thêmThings that cost lots of money (like houses and cars) will generally not be bought entirely with cash.
Xem thêmA bank loan is one form of debt.
Xem thêmAnother form of debt is a credit card account.
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 thêmAngkor is the capital city of the Khmer Empire.
Xem thêmThe city has the magnificent Angkor Wat, one of Cambodia's most popular tourist attractions.
Xem thêmIt is one of the most important archaeological sites in South-East Asia.
Xem thêmIt extends over approximately 400 square kilometers 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 thêmHorses are beautiful creatures to look at, and thousands of fanatics enjoy riding them or showing them every year.
Xem thêmBaby horses can walk and run after just a few hours of being born.
Xem thêmIt's only one bone less, but in total, there are 205 bones in the skeleton of a horse.
Xem thêmHowever, the oldest domestic horse on record was Old Billy, who died at the age of 62.
Xem thêmA group of horses will not go to sleep at the same time - at least one of them will stay awake to watch out for the others.
Xem thêmThere are over 60 different species of eagle, most of them from Africa, Asia and Europe.
Xem thêmDespite the bald eagle being an emblem of the United States, just two species can be found on the continent.
Xem thêmThe eagle is known to be one of the strongest birds able to carry the heaviest loads, with one being recorded carrying 15 lbs (6.8 kg).
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 thêmThe bald eagle takes its name from the fact it has a white head while the rest of its body is brown.
Xem thêmJupiter is the largest and biggest planet in the Solar System with a diameter of 142,984 km.
Xem thêmThis is eleven times bigger than the diameter of Earth.
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 volume of Jupiter is 1,317 times the volume of Earth, in other words, 1,317 Earth sized objects could fit inside it.
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 thêmThis relationship will fix the price for a certain type of good.
Xem thêmThis greater number of providers makes the supply go up, which forces the price down toward the cost of production and distribution.
Xem thêmTherefore, a user feels like he or she is really part of this other 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 thêmPokémon Go is an example of augmented reality.
Xem thêmReleased in 1987, the Segascope was a basic pair of 3-d glasses produced for the Sega Master System.
Xem thêmAs the principal founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates is one of the most influential and richest people on the planet.
Xem thêmRecent estimates of his wealth put it at US$84.2 billion (Jan.2017);
Xem thêmThis is the equivalent of the combined Gdp of several African economies.
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 thêmHowever, Gates was more interested in pursuing his own coding, and when he saw an opportunity to found his own company, he dropped out of Harvard without finishing his course.
Xem thêmBorn in Germany in 1879, Albert Einstein is one of the most celebrated scientists of the Twentieth Century.
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 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 first mention of chips was in 1854 when a leading chef included "thin cut potatoes cooked in oil" in his recipe book, Shilling Cookery.
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 thêmAnd since fish and potatoes were two of only a few foods not rationed in WW II, the traditional dish maintained its status.
Xem thêmFish and chip shops are now also around the world, including a few shops in New York City, and are especially popular in coastal regions of Spain.
Xem thêmOften referred to as the Chinese ravioli, wontons are a variety of thin-skinned dumplings with meat, seafood or vegetable filling enclosed in tender wheat dough wrappers.
Xem thêmMany sources suggest that the origins of wontons date back to the Han dynasty era.
Xem thêmThey used to be prepared for the Chinese ancestor worship rituals as offerings to the spirits of the deceased.
Xem thêmFrom this practice emerged an entire world of new dishes known as bing.
Xem thêmFurther to the south, people make their wontons with egg wrappers and fill them with a combination of pork and shrimp, while in Cantonese cuisine, wontons are often served as an appetizer, deep fried and smothered in sweet and sour sauce.
Xem thêmThe upper crust may be a circular or a pastry lattice woven of crosswise strips.
Xem thêmMany older recipes call for honey in place of the expensive sugar.
Xem thêmEnglish apple pie recipes go back to the time of Chaucer.
Xem thêmAmerica's first cookbook includes two recipes for apple pie, neither claiming the roots of the recipe.
Xem thêmBy the turn of the 20th century, the pie had been established as a key part of American culture.
Xem thêmBangkok is the capital and most populous city of Thailand.
Xem thêmBangkok is one of the world's most popular cities, attracting more tourists each year than even Paris.
Xem thêmTo the outside world, the capital of Thailand has long been known as Bangkok, but this is not what the Thai people call it.
Xem thêmIn fact, it's roughly 8.2 million population is close to 13% of the entire population 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 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 thêmThere is also a very large system of rings around Saturn.
Xem thêmThese rings are made of ice with smaller amounts of rocks and dust.
Xem thêmSaturn's symbol is ♄ which is the symbol of Saturnus sickle.
Xem thêmThe females in the pride tend to do the majority of the hunting.
Xem thêmLionesses are caring mothers who will even take care of a neglected cub, allowing him/her to suckle and giving them a chance to survive.
Xem thêmA lion's roar is the loudest of any big cat and can be heard up to 8 km away.
Xem thêmLions communicate through a range of behaviours and their expressive movements are very highly developed.
Xem thêmThey also communicate through a variety of vocalisations including purrs, snarls, miaows and hissing.
Xem thêmMost of us use their website or app on a daily basis, whether it's for going from video to video until you end up watching conspiracy theories, or just to entertain ourselves with cute cat videos.
Xem thêmIt is a video of its co-founder at the San Diego Zoo.
Xem thêmThere are over one billion users on YouTube, which is nearly one-third of everyone on the Internet.
Xem thêmEvery minute, over 100 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube.
Xem thêmGoogle of course, is the biggest search engine in the world.
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 thêmThe Manila city proper encompasses only a small proportion of that area.
Xem thêmAmsterdam is the capital and largest city in the European country of the Netherlands.
Xem thêmThe city hosts two universities (the University of Amsterdam and the Free University Amsterdam) and an international airport "Schiphol Airport".
Xem thêmThe city of Amsterdam is the world's most multi cultural city.
Xem thêmThe old harbor of the city, Damrak, is now one of the busiest streets in the city.
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 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 thêmFemales form groups of 4-32 animals.
Xem thêmAfter a pregnancy of 14-15 months, the female gives birth to usually a single baby (which is called "calf").
Xem thêmDisposable income is one of the standard terms of economics and finance.
Xem thêmThe term disposable income comes from the idea that you have money left over to dispose of, or spend, as you wish.
Xem thêmIf you don't have any money set aside as savings, you will have a difficult time paying your other bills because you will have to borrow some of what you've earmarked for food to pay hospital beds.
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 thêmMales however, live in small family groups of 2-3 brothers, known as coalitions.
Xem thêmThe cheetah is the fastest land animal in the world, reaching speeds of up to 70 miles per hour.
Xem thêmHistorically, cheetahs have been hunted for their fur, but today some of the biggest threats to their survival are loss of habitat, and competition for resources.
Xem thêmThe origins of badminton can be traced back to the 1800s in India, where stationed members of the British military developed the sport.
Xem thêmBadminton is the fastest racquet sport in the world - shuttles can reach speeds of over 200 miles per hour!
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 thêmOf all of the badminton competitions that the International Badminton Federation oversees, about 70 percent have winners who are from either Indonesia or China.
Xem thêmShuttlecocks were traditionally made from feathers that are gathered from the left wing of a goose.
Xem thêmOpportunity cost is the value of the next best thing you give up whenever you make a decision.
Xem thêmIt is "the loss of potential gain from other alternatives when one alternative is chosen".
Xem thêmThe idea of an opportunity cost was first begun by John Stuart Mill.
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 thêmRome is the capital city of Italy.
Xem thêmIt is also the capital and largest city in the region of Lazio, and the geographical region of Latium.
Xem thêmAn estimate by the OECD put the number of people in the city area of Rome at 3.47 million.
Xem thêmRome is well known for being the home of the Catholic Church, including its leader, the Pope.
Xem thêmHe lives in the Vatican City, which is an enclave in the north west part of Rome.
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 thêmA combination of hardware and software forms a usable computing system.
Xem thêmThis describes a design architecture for an electronic digital computer with subdivisions of a processing unit.
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 thêmIf suburbs are counted, the population of the Paris area rises to 12 million people.
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 thêmThe city has a multi cultural style, because 20% of the people there are from outside France.
Xem thêmThe phrase "rule of thumb" derives from the fact that brewers would use their thumb to determine if the liquid was at ideal temperature to add yeast.
Xem thêmAlthough most religions condemn the excessive consumption of alcohol, the Mormon Church and Islam forbid all consumption.
Xem thêmDuring prohibition, wine growers sold grape juice warning buyers not to follow a detailed set of instructions to turn it into wine.
Xem thêmVodka was originally used for medicinal purposes, however like the pharmaceuticals of today, it was eventually used for fun.
Xem thêmOenophobia is the fear of wine.
Xem thêmFog is a visible aerosol consisting of tiny water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air at or near the Earth's surface.
Xem thêmFog can be considered a type of low-lying cloud, usually resembling stratus.
Xem thêmIt is heavily influenced by nearby bodies of water, topography, and wind conditions.
Xem thêmBy definition, fog reduces visibility to less than 1 kilometre (0.62 mi), whereas mist causes lesser impairment of visibility.
Xem thêmFog commonly produces precipitation in the form of drizzle or very light snow.
Xem thêmTwitter is one of the most popular social media platforms, with over 300 million active users logging in at least once a month.
Xem thêmEvery single minute, an average of 350,000 new tweets are posted on Twitter.
Xem thêmThis equates to more than 500 million tweets per day - that's a lot of words!
Xem thêmWhile it might seem like a large quantity, by comparison Facebook has an average of 3 million new posts per minute.
Xem thêmOne of the original ideas for a name was "FriendStalker.".
Xem thêmSeafood is any form of sea life regarded as food by humans, prominently including fish, shellfish and crustaceans.
Xem thêmIt may be humanity's most important food, furnishing about 15 percent of the world population's protein intake.
Xem thêmOver one billion people rely on seafood as their primary source of animal protein.
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 thêmThe UK Food Standards Agency recommends that at least two portions of seafood should be consumed each week, one of which should be oil-rich.
Xem thêmThe rate of spoilage will be decreased significantly when the foods are kept inside the fridge due to the low level of bacteria reproduction.
Xem thêmThe temperature of refrigerator is only a few degrees above the water freezing point.
Xem thêmFreezer is always a part of refrigerator, which maintains the temperature below the freezing point.
Xem thêmDue to the presence of a fridge, it is a common item to have.
Xem thêmBefore the invention of refrigerator, people had used icebox for more than a century.
Xem thêmSnow is a form of precipitation, other forms of precipitation are rain, hail and sleet.
Xem thêmSnowflakes form in a variety of different shapes.
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 thêmMajor snow-prone areas include the polar regions, the northernmost half of the Northern Hemisphere and mountainous regions worldwide with sufficient moisture and cold temperatures.
Xem thêmEbooks, like printed books, are largely made up of text, but can also include images.
Xem thêmThey are not necessarily copies of existing printed works.
Xem thêmFor the wide collections, easy accessibility and reading and learning proficiency of eBooks, people are getting more attached to eBooks.
Xem thêmThe aim for her was to reduce the loads of books that needed to carry by the students.
Xem thêmShe wanted to reduce student's hassle of carrying so many books.
Xem thêmIt's a meaty tale of Vietnamese's history, culture and philosophy.
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 thêmNevertheless, when World War I began a lot of French had to go back home for the war and the price of French food suddenly decreased.
Xem thêmThe baguette was one of them, and when Vietnamese tried the baguette they remade it by adding rice flour to the ingredients, which is always available in this agricultural country, made it shorter and baked it in a different way.
Xem thêmThe dish was and is a staple food of the working markets in Vietnam way before it became a fashionable, a cheap and hearty dish available to the masses.
Xem thêmThere are just three different types of species in the peafowl family.
Xem thêmTwo of these originate in Asia and the other is of African descent.
Xem thêmOne of the main differences between peacocks and peahens is their size.
Xem thêmAlthough they vary in size, males are often as much as twice the size of their female counterparts.
Xem thêmA common feature of all peafowl are the bare patches of skin which can be found around their eyes.
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 thêmAlthough the popularity of kimchi is still rising in the West, it is an ancient dish, dating about two thousand years back, when it was first mentioned in written documents.
Xem thêmSeasons also play a role in the flavors of kimchi - refreshing cucumber kimchi is popular in spring and summer, while winter kimchis may contain radish and mustard leaves.
Xem thêmA staple of any Korean meal, the dish is so beloved that the locals even shout "kimchi!" when their picture is taken, in the same manner that Americans shout "cheese!".
Xem thêmBarcelona is the capital city of Catalonia, which is a region of Spain.
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 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 thêmShe is widely regarded as one of most influential figures in American culture.
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 thêmHe was struck by the beauty and photogenic nature of Monroe, and he used her in many of his photographs.
Xem thêmIt now operates in the Southeast Asian countries of Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia and Japan.
Xem thêmThe company makes money by taking a cut of the booking fees.
Xem thêmThe idea of creating a taxi-booking mobile app for Southeast Asia similar to those being pioneered in the US first came from Anthony Tan.
Xem thêmHe is the youngest of the three brothers of the family that operates Tan Chong Motors, the authorised distributor for Nissan cars in Malaysia.
Xem thêmWhen a friend visited him in Malaysia, Anthony heard his friend complaining about the horrible experience of riding taxis in the country.
Xem thêmThe rabbits fall into the category of lagomorphs and not rodents.
Xem thêmThe teeth of a rabbit are very strong and they never stop growing.
Xem thêmThere are currently 45 known breeds of rabbits.
Xem thêmA rabbit can easily live up to 10 years, if properly taken care of.
Xem thêmThe rabbits can make sounds that are very similar to that of a cat.
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 thêmSo I couldn't turn down the chance to share some of the interesting things I know about my favorite city with you all, could I?
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 thêmShe was a leading French modernist designer, whose patterns of simplicity and style revolutionised women's clothing.
Xem thêmShe was the only designer to be listed in the Time 100 most influential people of the Twentieth Century.
Xem thêmShe made innovative use of jersey fabric - a manufactured cloth which proved useful during the shortages of the First World War.
Xem thêmShe quickly gained a rising reputation for being on the forefront of fashion, and her initial success encouraged her to start another shop in Biarritz which prospered as a venue for the wealthy during the First World War.
Xem thêmShe herself became a much revered style icon known for her simple yet sophisticated outfits paired with great accessories, such as several strands of pearls.
Xem thêmGreen tea is traditionally made from the leaves of the Camellia Sinensis plant.
Xem thêmNowadays, the leaves and other parts of the plant can be used in dietary supplements, various health products and even cosmetics.
Xem thêmChina produces 80.8% of the world's green tea, so it is no surprise that they export the most too (83%).
Xem thêmSome measure out two grams of tea and add it to their cup, which contains 100 ml of hot water.
Xem thêmA low-quality tea should be steeped (or brewed) for a maximum of three minutes, whereas a high-quality tea should be steeped for a minimum of thirty seconds.
Xem thêmFirst of all, let's look at what stock is.
Xem thêmIt's kind of like a loan, except that payback isn't guaranteed.
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 thêmThe company sells these shares of stock at a certain price;
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 tiger is the largest living member of the cat family, the Felidae.
Xem thêmNo two tigers have the same pattern of stripes.
Xem thêmThe Bengal tiger is the national animal of Bangladesh and India.
Xem thêmLocated in the Quang Ninh province of Vietnam is Halong Bay.
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 thêmResearch has shown that there were prehistoric humans in the area tens of thousands of years ago.
Xem thêmMany of the more than 1960 islands have secluded beaches, grottos and caves.
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 thêmChocolate truly is one of the wonders of the world, in the past it has been that valued it's actually been used as currency.
Xem thêmWinston Churchill at one point was in danger of a Nazi assassination by an exploding bar of chocolate.
Xem thêmAztecs used cacao seeds were a form of currency.
Xem thêmMontezuma II, an Aztec emperor, drank over 50 cups of chocolate per day.
Xem thêmAstronomers have known Venus for thousands of years.
Xem thêmVenus is sometimes called the sister planet of Earth as they are quite similar in size and gravity.
Xem thêmVenus' atmosphere (air) is mostly carbon dioxide with clouds of sulphuric acid.
Xem thêmVenus is a terrestrial planet so, like the Earth, its surface is made of rock.
Xem thêmThis makes the surface of Venus the hottest of any planet's surface in the Solar System with an estimated average temperature of 480 °C (896.0 °F).
Xem thêmThey are easily identified by the presence of a shell, from which their head and limbs protrude.
Xem thêmIts shell is lighter and more streamlined than that of a tortoise.
Xem thêmTheir life span is shorter than that of the tortoise with an average of 20 to 40 years and a maximum of 86 years.
Xem thêmTheir life span is longer than that of the turtle with an average of 80 to 150 years and a maximum of 188 years.
Xem thêmTurtles and tortoises are both kept as pets, but can be difficult to care for because of their long life span.
Xem thêmA doughnut is a type of deep fried dessert food made out of dough or batter.
Xem thêmDoughnuts are often eaten in the morning, along with a cup of hot coffee.
Xem thêmOne of these problems is that doughnuts contain a large amount of fat.
Xem thêmAlso, doughnuts contain a large amount of sugar and white flour, which are turned into fat when they come inside our body.
Xem thêmRing doughnuts are made by joining the ends of a long, thin piece of dough into a ring or by using a doughnut cutter.
Xem thêmToday it is a Special Administrative Region of China in the eastern Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea.
Xem thêmThe name of the city is a Cantonese phrase that translates to fragrance harbor.
Xem thêmThe people of mainland China moved to Hong Kong in 221 BC.
Xem thêmIn 1941, the fear of the communist party led a huge number of immigrants to flee China and settle in Hong Kong.
Xem thêmThree quarters of the city's landmass is rural.
Xem thêmHere we're going to look at some of the world's most expensive foods, obviously, this doesn't list every type of food by any means but I've chosen some of the world's favorites and those that are most common.
Xem thêmApparently, for the steak at least, it's due to the very small numbers of hanging aged Wagyu ribs and the very low-stress levels the cattle are put through both during slaughter, with a specially designed abattoir, and during rearing.
Xem thêmWagyu beef itself must come from a specific breed of Japanese cattle with incredibly high in fat marbling, allowing the meat to in essence melt in your mouth.
Xem thêmThere are, however budget versions offering Wagyu beef burgers at $4.40 for a pack of 2.
Xem thêmCivet coffee or Kopi Luwak is a type of coffee derived from coffee cherries that have already passed through the South Asian palm civet or Civet cat's digestion system and a quick search puts the price at about $75 per 9-ounce packs.
Xem thêmIt was named after the Roman God of the Sea.
Xem thêmNeptune's atmosphere is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium.
Xem thêmIt also contains small amounts of methane which makes the planet appear blue.
Xem thêmNeptune's blue color is much brighter compared to Uranus's, which has a similar amount of methane, so there might be another reason why Neptune is blue.
Xem thêmNeptune also has the strongest winds of any planet in the solar system, measured as high as 2,100 km/h or 1,300 mph.
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 thêmTheir body temperature changes to the temperature of its surroundings.
Xem thêmBecause of this, snakes that live in colder climates must hibernate through the winter.
Xem thêmThere are more than 2,900 species of snakes in the world.
Xem thêmSnakes cannot survive in places where the ground stays frozen year round so there are no snakes north of the Arctic Circle or in Antarctica.
Xem thêmSnakes shed their skin a number of times a year in a process that usually lasts a few days.
Xem thêmSwimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water.
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 thêmSwimming each stroke requires a set of specific techniques.
Xem thêmThere are also regulations on what types of swimsuits, caps, jewelry and injury tape that are allowed at competitions.
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 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 thêmOver the years, Bloomberg has acquired a variety of competitors across different industries, including media (New York radio station WNEW and BusinessWeek magazine), data companies (New Energy Finance), and even government and legal entities (Bureau of National Affairs).
Xem thêmAs a privately-held company, details of Bloomberg's financials can be difficult to come by.
Xem thêmBloomberg has parlayed its tremendous brand recognition into a widely-diverse array of product offerings.
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 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 thêmSoftware is a set of instructions that the computer follows.
Xem thêmBefore compact discs (CDs) or development of the Internet age, software was used on various computer data storage media tools like paper punch cards, magnetic discs or magnetic tapes.
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 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 thêmWouldn't it be great if some brainy scientists created some sort of warning system that earthquakes were coming?
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 thêmThere are things called plates that run along the surface of the Earth.
Xem thêmWhether you're a student looking to take a gap year or a family hoping to visit somewhere new this year, there is a wealth of choice available to you.
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 thêmFind a friendly youth hostel or stay in one of the five-star hotels.
Xem thêmFans of sports can visit the race track at Daytona Beach while getting some sea and sunshine at the same time.
Xem thêmCertainly not a country most people will visit during their lifetime, but for those in search of something different, it's a great choice.
Xem thêmCars aren't cheap as we are all aware, but none of the vehicles you've, more than likely, ever bought even scrape anywhere the boundary of the cars we are here to discuss today.
Xem thêmThe cars mentioned below are the stuff of legend, the dreams of every man, woman and child.
Xem thêmThey send grown men into fits of screams as they hear the roar of a powerful V12 juggernaut zoom past them, or see it aggressively stood on a drive.
Xem thêmThe Pagani Huayra BC gets its name from the Incan God of Wind, Huayra.
Xem thêmIt's a lighter and more aggressive version of this already unbelievable V12 beast.
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 first "cheese cake" was created on the Greek island of Samos.
Xem thêmThe Ancient Greeks used the simple ingredients of flour, wheat, honey and cheese formed into a cake and baked.
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 thêmHistory has the first recorded mention of cheesecake as being served to the athletes during the first Olympic Games held in 776 BC.
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 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 the brand is often associated with Hip Hop, it is also known for its innovations in the world of basketball as well.
Xem thêmAs a matter of fact, the Adidas Superstar was the first basketball shoe with a low top silhouette featuring an all leather upper portion.
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 steel rim of the basket has a diameter of 18 inches and is 10 feet high.
Xem thêmJeremy Lin held the record of the high points scored in their first 3 games.
Xem thêmA basketball team consists of five players.
Xem thêmMcKinsey is one of such businesses: it is one of the best-known global management consultancy groups in the world.
Xem thêmTheir claim to fame is helping their clients find and achieve most of their important goals while significantly improving on performance.
Xem thêmThey are at the center of a network of 150 of the world's leading technology companies.
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 thêmThey think in terms of solutions.
Xem thêm