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  • Germany & copy/paste innovations

    // Gradly // blog, Funny, News, Parody, Tech. 2 Responses

    Whether you’re looking for social bookmarking, photo sharing, video posting or a college social network, Germany’s clever entrepreneurs have done the translation for you and some even fared quite well.

    You are familiar with some great services like Facebook, digg, blogger, flicker, YouTube, etc. Germany has cloned their versions of these by itself. See the table listed below.

    In the U.S. In Germany
    Web 2.0 Web Zwei Null
    YouTube Sevenload, MyVideo
    MySpace  UndDu
    Flickr  Sevenload, Photocase
    del.icio.us Mister Wong
    Yelp  Qype
    Facebook  StudiVZ
    Digg  WebNews, Yigg
    Blogger, LiveJournal  blog.de, twoday.net
    Meebo  Mabber
    Etsy  Dawanda
    Cafepress  Spreadshirt
    Slide  imageloop
    Flixster  MoviePilot
    Twitter  Frazr, Wamadu, Sloggen, …

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  • 47 Facts you better know

    // Gradly // blog, Misc. 5 Responses

    • The word “queue” is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed.
    • Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine nuts, and worms like fried bacon.
    • What is called a “French kiss” in the English speaking world is known as an “English kiss” in France.
    • “Almost” is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.
    • “Rhythm” is the longest English word without a vowel.
    • In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child
    • A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off!
    • Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.
    • You can’t kill yourself by holding your breath
    • There is a city called Rome on every continent.
    • It’s against the law to have a pet dog in Iceland!
    • Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day!
    • Horatio Nelson, one of England’s most illustrious admirals was throughout his life, never able to find a cure for his sea-sickness.
    • The skeleton of Jeremy Bentham is present at all important meetings of the University of London
    • Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people
    • Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, everytime you breathe!
    • The elephant is the only mammal that can’t jump!
    • One quarter of the bones in your body, are in your feet!
    • Like fingerprints, everyone’s tongue print is different!
    • The first known transfusion of blood was performed as early as 1667, when Jean-Baptiste, transfused two pints of blood from a sheep to a young man
    • Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails! Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
    • The present population of 5 billion plus people of the world is predicted to become 15 billion by 2080.
    • Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
    • Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian.
    • Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible.
    • Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a “Friday the 13th.”
    • On average a hedgehog’s heart beats 300 times a minute.
    • More people are killed each year from bees than from snakes.
    • The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 English words.
    • More people are allergic to cow’s milk than any other food.
    • Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.
    • The placement of a donkey’s eyes in its’ heads enables it to see all four feet at all times!
    • The six official languages of the United Nations are: English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish.
    • Earth is the only planet not named after a god.
    • It’s against the law to burp, or sneeze in a church in Nebraska, USA.
    • You’re born with 300 bones, but by the time you become an adult, you only have 206.
    • Some worms will eat themselves if they can’t find any food!
    • Dolphins sleep with one eye open!
    • It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open
    • The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years old!
    • The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds
    • Queen Elizabeth I regarded herself as a paragon of cleanliness. She declared that she bathed once every three months, whether she needed it or not
    • Owls are the only birds who can see the colour blue.
    • A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years!
    • A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!
    • The average person laughs 10 times a day!
    • An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain

  • Interesting & Funny

    // Gradly // blog, Funny, Jokes 3 Responses

    • You can become an engineer if you study in Engineering college.
      But you cannot become a president if u study in Presidency College.
    • You can expect a BUS from a BUS stop.
      But you cannot expect a FULL from a FULL stop.
    • A mechanical engineer can become a mechanic.
      But a software engineer cannot become a software.
    • You can find keys in Key board.
      But you cannot find mother in mother board.
    • You can study and get any certificates.
      But you cannot get your death certificate.

  • A very-awake photographer

    // Gradly // blog, Funny 3 Responses

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    This photo and many others are taken by a creative photographer trying to shoot everything seem weird or worthwhile. find them right on his web site.

    + Check it out here.