The fountain of youth may be a myth and immortality may be for the gods, but these women have the longevity of life on their side. There are only five known people left who were born in the 19th century, making them all at least 115 years old. These three Americans, one Japanese, and one Italian woman are the last living people in the world who were born in the 1800s.
Would you want to live as long as they have?
How does a transistor work? Our lives depend on this device. When I mentioned to people that I was doing a video on transistors, they would say “as in a transistor radio?” Yes! That’s exactly what I mean, but it goes so much deeper than that. After the transistor was invented in 1947 one of the first available consumer technologies it was applied to was radios, so they could be made portable and higher quality. Hence the line in ‘Brown-eyed Girl’ – “going down to the old mine with a transistor radio.”
All you need to know about Cannabis.
The Wimbledon Championships or simply Wimbledon is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, and widely considered the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London, since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments (Majors), the others being the Australian Open, the French Open (Roland Garros) and the US Open. Since the Australian Open shifted to hard court in 1988, Wimbledon is the only Major still played on grass, the game’s original surface, which gave the game its original name of “lawn tennis”.
The State of Indiana nearly passed a law which would have made Pi equal 3.2 – strange but true.
Bizarre and unusual things always grab attention. We are seeing many new gadgets and unusual products being introduced. But looking for some of them I’d like to know WHY? Who would like to buy such stuff?