Wednesday 18 January 2017

Upcoming Residential Apatment Projects In Bangalore

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Tuesday 7 June 2016

10 Things You Might Not Know About Muhammad Ali

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On July 19, 1996, a shaking (from the Parkinson’s) Ali lit the torch at the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, in what was noted by Sports Illustrated as one of the most emotional moments in sports history.


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On February 4, 1999, Muhammad Ali became the first boxer to appear on a box of Wheaties.


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It might sound hard to believe but Ali practiced his speed by dodging rocks. He asked his best friend to throw rocks at him and according to his younger brother Rudy, Ali dodged every rock thrown at him.


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The U.S. Army measured Ali’s IQ at seventy-eight. In his autobiography Ali jokingly says, “I only said I was the greatest, not the smartest.”


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In 1999 Ali was named the top North American sportsman of the twentieth century by Sports Illustrated.


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Almost fifty years after the bout, the gloves Ali wore to defeat Liston and win the world title earned him more money than the victory itself. In 2013 an anonymous buyer purchased the gloves Ali wore to win his first world title for $836,000. For the record, Ali had earned only $630,000 for the victory.


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Benedikt Taschen Publishing’s GOAT: A Tribute to Muhammad Ali weighs seventy-five pounds and is covered in silk and Louis Vuitton leather. It has 780 pages, is twenty-by-twenty inches, has 600,000 words, and more than three thousand images. GOAT stands for “Greatest of All Time.”


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3

Since 2013, the Muhammad Ali Center in Ali’s hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, honors him with the “Three Days of Greatness.”


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In 1974 Elvis Presley and Muhammad Ali, arguably the two most famous entertainers in the world at the period, met for the first time in Las Vegas. The media and fans alike still refer to that meeting as “when the Greatest met the King.”


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On November 27, 1990, Muhammad Ali met with Saddam Hussein in Baghdad to negotiate for the release of Americans held hostage in Iraq and Kuwait. The next month Ali would accompany fifteen freed U.S. hostages out of Iraq, a sign of the global respect and admiration Ali enjoyed worldwide.


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Monday 2 May 2016

Top 10 Fastest Supercars In The World

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McLaren F1




IModel years: 1992, 1998
Top speed: 243 mph (391km/h)
Engine: 6.1 L S70/2 V12 (795 hp)
9

Koenigsegg CCX




Model years: 2006, 2010
Top speed: 245 mph (394.3km/h)
Engine: 4.7L & 4.8L V8 (twin s/c gasoline/ethanol), (795 hp)

8

Saleen S7 TT



Model years: 2005, 2009
Top speed: 248 mph (399.1km/h)
Engine: Ford 427, 7.0 L naturally aspirated V8 (750 hp)

7

Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4



Model year: 2011
Top speed: 254.04 mph (408.8km/h)
Engine: 8.0 L (488 cu in) W16 quad-turbocharged (1200 hp)
6

SSC Ultimate Aero



TModel years: 2006, 2009
Top speed: 256 mph (412 km/h)
Engine: 6.3 liter V8 RWD (1287 hp)

5

9ff GT9-R Porsche




Model year: 2009
Top speed: 257 mph (414 km/h)
Engine: 4 litre B6 RWD (1120 hp)
4

Koenigsegg Agera R



Model year: 2011
Top speed: 261 mph (420 km/h)
Engine: 5.0 L (305 cu in) V8 twin-turbocharged (1115 hp)
3

Koenigsegg One:1



Model year: 2014
Top speed: 267 mph (430 km/h)
Engine: 5.0 L (305 cu in) V8 twin-turbocharged (1360 hp)

2

Bugatti Veyron Super Sport




Model year: 2010
Top speed: 267.8 mph (430.9km/h)
Engine: 8.0 liter W16 (1200 hp)
1

Hennessey Venom GT



Model year: 2012
Top speed: 270.49 (435.3km/h)
Engine: 7.0l LSX Twin Turbocharged V8 (1244 hp)
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10 Truths About Smelling That Will Make You Appreciate Your Nose

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Putting dry tea bags in your shoes overnight will absorb some of their bad odor


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East Asians (Japan, Korea, China), have less sweat glands than other groups of people. This makes them less prone to body odor.


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8

Astronauts have described the smell of space as seared steak, hot metal, and welding fumes


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Maned wolf urine smells like marijuana. In fact, police were once called to the zoo in Rotterdam because somebody thought they smelled a pot smoker. It turns out the maned wolves had simply been relieving themselves.


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6

Bunchosia argentea is a tree that grows in South America. It smells like peanut butter.


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5

That distinct smell you catch a whiff of before a thunderstorm is actually ozone. This is because the thunderstorm's downdrafts pull it down out of the sky.


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4

Fenugreek is a supplement that increases milk production. And makes your baby smell like maple syrup.


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3

Paleontologists have found that the part of our brain controlling hearing and smell shrank around the time that humans domesticated dogs.


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2

Most people produce a nasty stench in their urine after eating asparagus, but only a small portion of the population has the autosomal genes required to actually smell it.


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1

And finally, farts smell worse in the shower because circulating air spreads them more effectively. Also, the humidity enhances your sense of smell.


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