Top 10 Google Earth Finds By Time.com

1. Atlantis Found?



2. Firefox Crop Circles?



3. UFO Landing Pads?



4. Oprah Maze?



5. Secret Swastika?



6. Shipwrecks?



7. A Face in the Clay?



8. Iraq's Bloody Lake?



9. Airplane Graveyard?



10. Missile test?

Top 10 Gadgets 2011 by Time

1. Apple iPad 2



2. Galaxy Nexus by Samsung



3. Amazon Kindle Fire



4. Apple iPhone 4S



5. Nintendo 3DS



6. Sony S Series 13-in. Laptop



7. Roku LT/Roku 2



8. Apple 13-in. MacBook Air



9. Sony PlayStation 3D Display



10. Motorola Atrix 4G with Lapdock



Source: Time

Top 10 Fiction Books 2011 By Time

1. A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin



2. The Pale King by David Foster Wallace



3. State of Wonder by Ann Patchett



4. Open City by Teju Cole



5. Started Early, Took My Dog by Kate Atkinson



6. The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson



7. Hark! A Vagrant by Kate Beaton



8. The Hypnotist by Lars Kepler



9. Maine by J. Courtney Sullivan



10. The Death Ray by Daniel Clowes



Source: TIme

The Story of the birth of a sandwich

When John Montagu, Earl IV who was in the city of Sandwich, English-requested pieces of meat stuffed in bread 250 years ago, he probably did not expect it to be a global food menu.

Earl IV

That's the story of the birth of a sandwich, fast food in the form of bread that is now filled with meat, cheese, shrimp, and vegetables and is found in almost all major cities of the world, particularly in Europe and America.

There is no record of John Montagu sandwich before asking.

BSA estimates that the UK sandwich industry employs 300,000 people with a trade value reached £ 6 billion.

Bluefin Sells for Record $740,000

Tokyo’s famed Tsukiji market rang in the first auction of 2012 with a record sale when a local sushi company bought a 593-pound bluefin tuna for over $740,000. Weighing in at roughly $1,247 a pound, that’s the most expensive tuna ever sold at Japan’s largest wholesale fish market, or anywhere else for that matter, beating last year’s high price by over $260,ooo.

source: Time

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1. GIBSON

2. FENDER

3. IBANEZ

4. EPIPHONE

5. BC RICH GUITAR

Who Makes The Photo Wallpaper Windows XP

Windows XP wallpaper

The user's computer with Microsoft Windows XP operating system, must have wondered who created the photo wallpapers windows xp?

It turns out that there walpapper photos in windows xp when taken by Chuck O'Rear is on the way from Napa, California, to San Francisco to visit his girlfriend. the photo is the green expanse of vineyards in California.

Chuck O'Rear admitted impressed with the beauty of the vineyard that he passed along the way. The combination of the green and blue California sky with white clouds parade.

Pictures he took touted to be the second photo with the most expensive purchased licenses of Microsoft, although he refused to say he earned a nominal amount. O'Rear admitted had no idea his photo will be known throughout the world. Especially with so wallpaper one of the world's most successful operating system is.

Source: Viva

The Most Expensive Photograph in the World fetched $4.3 million

This landscape shot of the Rhine River just fetched $4.3 million at auction. Is this photo of the Rhine River on a cloudy day worth more than $4.3 million? One well-to-do collector seems to think so.

the image, which captures the silvery river, planked on either side by lush green grass under an overcast sky, became the world’s priciest picture on Tuesday when it was auctioned at Christie’s for a price of $4,338,500.

It's called "Rhein II" and was photographed by Andreas Gursky, and it sold on Tuesday night for $4.3 million at Christie's. That easily broke the previous record set by Cindy Sherman's "Untitled #96" which sold at a $3.89 million price point in May. 

Source: Time

The Biggest Diamond In The World

The Golden Jubilee - Weight: 545.67 carats

The Cullinan I - Weight: 530.20 carats

The Incomparable - Weight: 407.48 carats

The Cullinan II - Weight: 317.40 carats

The Spirit of de Grisogono - Weight: 312.24

Willdlife holidays in Europe

Wild boar, Germany

Over the past couple of years, Germany's wild boar population surged so dramatically that the tusked beasts became something of a menace - invading buildings, destroying crops and occasionally even attacking people. Still, if you've not seen one, there's never been a better time, though they can be elusive. Hikers on a self-led walking trip through the romantic landscapes of Central Franconia, between the Main and Danube rivers have spotted them in the forests there, along with deer, buzzards and polecats.

Killer whales, Spain

Every summer, the fishermen of Tarifa in Andalucia have to compete with visiting killer whales for their catch. On the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society's new trip, you follow orcas as they hunt bluefin tuna in the Strait of Gibraltar. There's a very good chance of seeing them, as well as pilot whales and dolphins. When you're not assisting the cetacean experts, you can visit Roman sites or chill on the beach with the windsurf dudes.

Elk and beaver safari, Sweden

Sweden has the world's highest density of elk, and on this weekend adventure in the Bergslagen woods, your expert hosts guarantee sightings of the "kings of the forest" as you track them on foot, mimicking their call. Then, at dusk, you quietly canoe Lake Skarsjön, seeking beavers. It's back to basics: stay in a lakeside hut, bathe in the stream, chop campfire wood and forage for lingonberries for your wilderness dinner.

Amphibians and reptiles, Portugal

The mudflats and sandbanks of the Sado estuary, just south of Lisbon, swarm with all manner of slimy and cold-blooded inhabitants. From the plodding Spanish terrapin, to spiny-footed lizards, marbled newts, west Iberian painted frogs and the Montpellier snake there's plenty to keep an eye out for; voles, otters, bats, polecats and dolphins thrive here too, and it's one of the best bird-watching spots in Portugal.

Chasing butterflies, Croatia

Croatia is the naturalists' latest darling, and this new group tour, run with the charity Butterfly Conservation, reveals why. Staying in comfortable hotels, see exquisite creatures around the turquoise lakes and waterfalls of Plitvice, the limestone gorges of Paklenica, and the seldom-visited Velebit Mountains, with dramatic coastal scenery en route. The names flutter off the tongue: cleopatra, little tiger blue, southern festoon and the great sooty satyr.

Bike with bison, Poland

Track Europe's last few remaining bison in northeastern Poland on a seven-night cycling tour. Three nights are spent in Bialowieza Forest - a remnant of the vast, primeval tree masses that once cloaked the continent - where bison roam freely. There is a bison reserve and the animal trail includes a punt in the remote Narew Marshlands, known as the Polish Amazon, home to beaver, otter, elk and martens.

Gawp at puffins, Iceland

Iceland is seabird central. Drive the Snaefellsnes Peninsula as part of a self-guided tour: it has huge colonies of birds nesting on the cliffs either side of the peninsula, with puffins a highlight. You'll also take in Lake Myvatn, where there are whooper swans, geese and breeding ducks, and you can whale-spot en route, as well as visit Namaskaro's steam vents, the Arctic char-laden Laxa River and Dimmu Borgir with its weird and wonderful lava formations.

Company of wolves, Spain

Most of Spain's 3,000 wolves prowl the obscure Sierra de Culebra, and wildlife guru Julian Sykes' tours have all yielded sightings. You stay in a rustic hotel run by a wolf enthusiast who gets updates on their location from rangers. At dawn and dusk you seek our lupine friends; in between you'll spot great bustards, plus wild boar, fox and deer (all the wolves' prey).

Net turtles, The Azores

Five of the world's seven sea turtle species have been found in the Azores. On this inspiring small-group expedition, you'll board a research boat in the Atlantic, net loggerheads and others, then measure, tag and release them like a proper scientist (with whom you stay, in their comfy Horta townhouse). You'll track the animals' migration patterns and contribute to their conservation. Whale and dolphin observation is a big part of the trip, too.

Spot marmots, Switzerland

Marmots spend summer nibbling grass in open meadows. One keeps watch, whistling loudly when eagles pass, sending the group scampering for their dens. It's fun to watch in the mountainous Swiss National Park, home too to chamois, elk and vipers.

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