Saturday, December 20, 2008
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Saturday, December 13, 2008
My favourite 1970s children's TV
Multi Coloured Swap shop
Grape ape
Bat fink
Clangers
Captain Pugwash
Dastardly and Mutley
Emu's Broadcasting Company
Hong Kong Phooey
Inch High Private Eye
The Wombles
Scooby Doo
Roobarb and Custard
Flintstones
Wacky Racers
Catch the Pigeon
Stig of the dump
Screen Test
Rent a ghost
The magic roundabout
Ask Aspel
Animal magic
Banana Splits
Mr Benn
Grape ape
Bat fink
Clangers
Captain Pugwash
Dastardly and Mutley
Emu's Broadcasting Company
Hong Kong Phooey
Inch High Private Eye
The Wombles
Scooby Doo
Roobarb and Custard
Flintstones
Wacky Racers
Catch the Pigeon
Stig of the dump
Screen Test
Rent a ghost
The magic roundabout
Ask Aspel
Animal magic
Banana Splits
Mr Benn
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Pure gold
A gramme of gold can be beaten into a sheet of one square meter.
Gold leaf can be beaten thin enough to become translucent.
Gold is a good conductor of heat and electricity.
Gold is not affected by air.
Gold, caesium and copper are the only elemental metals with a natural color other than gray or white.
Heat, moisture, oxygen, and most corrosive agents have very little chemical effect on gold.
Pure gold is non-toxic when ingested.
Gold is approved as a food additive in the EU.
Gold leaf can be beaten thin enough to become translucent.
Gold is a good conductor of heat and electricity.
Gold is not affected by air.
Gold, caesium and copper are the only elemental metals with a natural color other than gray or white.
Heat, moisture, oxygen, and most corrosive agents have very little chemical effect on gold.
Pure gold is non-toxic when ingested.
Gold is approved as a food additive in the EU.
Pig facts
Both boars and sows have two rows of nipples.
Pigs were domesticated around 7,000 BC.
They were the first animals to ever be used domestically.
A domesticated pig has approximately 15,000 taste buds.
Pigs do not sweat.
The largest pig that has ever been recorded weighed 2,552 pounds was 5 feet high and 9 feet long.
Pigs were domesticated around 7,000 BC.
They were the first animals to ever be used domestically.
A domesticated pig has approximately 15,000 taste buds.
Pigs do not sweat.
The largest pig that has ever been recorded weighed 2,552 pounds was 5 feet high and 9 feet long.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Top 12 most expensive paintings
$149.7
No. 5, 1948
Jackson Pollock
$147.0
Woman III
Willem de Kooning
$144.4
Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I
Gustav Klimt
$136.1
Portrait of Dr. Gachet
Vincent van Gogh
$128.8
Bal au moulin de la Galette, Montmartre
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
$118.9
Garçon à la pipe
Pablo Picasso
$102.3
Irises
Vincent van Gogh
$101.8
Dora Maar au Chat
Pablo Picasso
$94.6
Portrait de l'artiste sans barbe
Vincent van Gogh
$94.0
Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II
Gustav Klimt
$91.9
Massacre of the Innocents
Peter Paul Rubens
$86.3
Triptych
Francis Bacon
No. 5, 1948
Jackson Pollock
$147.0
Woman III
Willem de Kooning
$144.4
Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I
Gustav Klimt
$136.1
Portrait of Dr. Gachet
Vincent van Gogh
$128.8
Bal au moulin de la Galette, Montmartre
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
$118.9
Garçon à la pipe
Pablo Picasso
$102.3
Irises
Vincent van Gogh
$101.8
Dora Maar au Chat
Pablo Picasso
$94.6
Portrait de l'artiste sans barbe
Vincent van Gogh
$94.0
Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II
Gustav Klimt
$91.9
Massacre of the Innocents
Peter Paul Rubens
$86.3
Triptych
Francis Bacon
Monday, December 8, 2008
Friday, December 5, 2008
Objects first popularised by animals
cat ladder
doggy bag
snake belt
bulldozer
wolf whistle
monkey bars
pig bag
monkey boots
caterpillar tracks
dog sled
rat run
pelican crossing
hamster wheel
zebra crossing
donkey jacket
fraggle rock
doggy bag
snake belt
bulldozer
wolf whistle
monkey bars
pig bag
monkey boots
caterpillar tracks
dog sled
rat run
pelican crossing
hamster wheel
zebra crossing
donkey jacket
fraggle rock
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