200,000,000,000,000 (two hundred trillion) text messages are received in America every single day, which is more than an entire year’s worth of regular mail that’s received in America. 3339 is average number of texts sent by an American teen each month.
It may not look like much, but the blue spot near the centre of this image is Zeta Ophiuchi, a hot star 20 times larger than the sun. Ploughing its way through a large cloud of interstellar dust and gas, when seen in visible light it appears as a relatively dim red star surrounded by other dim stars and no dust.
If you’re going to spend $2.5 million on anything, you’re going to want to make absolutely sure you’re getting your money’s worth. And if that princely sum is going to be used to buy a 30 second commercial spot during a Super Bowl, you have even more incentive to make sure your message gets across to consumers and that the immediate exposure generated by the spot actually translates into increased rocognition and/or interest in our brand.
With two-thirds of Americans considered to be overweight or obese, the waistlines of Americans aren’t the only thing growing rapidly. The ripple-effect (no pun intended) of our super-sized country is reaching our wallets, regardless of how much you may weigh.
Pandas play in snow at Wolong Giant Panda Protection and Research Center in Southwest China’s Sichuan province. Heavy snowfall hit the area on Tuesday, disrupting the water and power supply at the research center. Photos tanken Jan 17, 2011 by Li Wei, a staff member at Wolong Panda Club, in Sichuan.
Everybody must have heard about the show “Pimp My Ride” with the funny host Xzibit. Here you can see a selection of ten rides that have crazy and amazing interiors. You can find anything from Hello Kitty and Xbox interior to Retro and Rainbow interior. It must have cost loads of money to create something like that. Imagine owning one. I know I wouldn’t feel so comfortable riding in one of these because they attract way to much attention.
Compared to other developed countries, in the United States teachers generally spend more time teaching but apparently without an equivalent advantage in pay. American teachers spend on average 1,080 hours teaching each year.
Chinese artist Dai Geng is asking 80,000 for this BMW even though it handles like a brick. And that’s because it is one – or rather hundreds to be precise. He spent more than a year cementing the brick blocks together which he then carved into a sporty 155mph BMW 6 series, and even managed to make brick hinges so the doors open and close.
The United States has lost 7.5 million jobs since the recession started. The current unemployment rate is around 9.5% and has been for over a year. 4 years ago the unemployment rate was only 4.5%.
You can’t get it more bling than this. Artist Fred Brathwaite, also known as Fab 5 Freddy, is making crystal clads from Swarovski crystals. He puts the crystals on images of boxers, and the clad are not inexpensive obviously. One of the boxers are the British Champion David Haye, but Fab Freddy doesn’t care about the persons, he just want to make them shine. The crystals say something about the boxers glowing and fly lifestyle.
