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Showing posts with label Australia. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
11 Facts About NCAA March Madness
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Facts About March Madness
- The annual NCAA college basketball tournament is one of the most frenzied and fun sporting events of the year. So we thought we’d lace up the sneakers, hit the hard-court and score some winning tourney tidbits for our readers.
- The term “March Madness” was born in Illinois in 1908. According to basketball.org, it was coined by H.V. Porter to describe the Illinois state high school boys basketball tournament.
- The NCAA started using “March Madness” to describe its basketball tournaments in 1939. And most basketball historians believe Brent Musburger was the sportscaster who helped catapult the term into popularity.
- In 1999, CBS paid $6 billion (yes, that’s with a “b”) to the NCAA for the television rights to the men’s tourney. It was an 11-year deal. 2011 was the first year CBS shared the TV rights with TNT, TBS and TruTV.
- The “Big Dance” is another name for the tourney.
- UCLA has won the most NCAA basketball titles with 11. (Kentucky is second with 7.)
- On the women’s court, Tennessee has won 8 national titles.
- The Lady Vols have been to the Big Dance every year since the women’s tourney began in the 1981-82 season.
- 68 Division 1 teams play in the tourney
- Do you like to fill out your office bracket every year? I don’t want to burst your bubble, but the odds of completing a perfect bracket are 9,223,372,036,854,775,808 to 1.
- Glen Rice. In 1989 Glen Rice scored 184 points in 6 games. including 27 three pointers He ironically only made 7 free throws in the tournament the fewest tournament points leader since the tournament
- was expanded to 64 teams
- 1987 features the dramatic Keith Smart shot that gave Indiana the win over Syracuse in the final seconds. Indianas Steve Alford had 138 points in the tournament. NCAAFiiaI
Facts about Fainting Goats
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Myotonic Goats, which are also known as Fainting Goats, Stiff-leg Goats, Wooden-leg Goats, Nervous Goats and Tennessee Meat Goats are basically goats that faint when they are startled or excited. Fainting Goats are a bit smaller than normal goats, they are called fainting goats because of a genetic condition called myotonia congenita, which causes the muscles in their legs to cease up for about ten seconds which results in the goat collapsing. They can get excited easily… just something like bringing them food could make them fall over! Don’t worry PETA; this doesn’t hurt the goats at all.
Even though a name for them is a fainting goat doesn’t mean they actually faint, they don’t loose consciousness when they fall. The older myoyonic goats learn to keep upright once startled, therefore not looking quite as silly as the baby goats.
Myotonic Goats, which are also known as Fainting Goats, Stiff-leg Goats, Wooden-leg Goats, Nervous Goats and Tennessee Meat Goats are basically goats that faint when they are startled or excited. Fainting Goats are a bit smaller than normal goats, they are called fainting goats because of a genetic condition called myotonia congenita, which causes the muscles in their legs to cease up for about ten seconds which results in the goat collapsing. They can get excited easily… just something like bringing them food could make them fall over! Don’t worry PETA; this doesn’t hurt the goats at all.
Even though a name for them is a fainting goat doesn’t mean they actually faint, they don’t loose consciousness when they fall. The older myoyonic goats learn to keep upright once startled, therefore not looking quite as silly as the baby goats.
26 Facts about eminem
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Eminem’s rise to fame is like a roller coaster in reverse. His life seemed to be going downhill, slowly but surely, and then in 1999 just skyrocketed to fame almost instantly after the release of the Slim Shady LP. To celebrate his journey, here are some fun and bizarre facts about one of the greatest emcees ever.
Eminem’s rise to fame is like a roller coaster in reverse. His life seemed to be going downhill, slowly but surely, and then in 1999 just skyrocketed to fame almost instantly after the release of the Slim Shady LP. To celebrate his journey, here are some fun and bizarre facts about one of the greatest emcees ever.
Here are some facts about him…
- Marshall Bruce Mathers III, better known by his stage name Eminem, is an American rapper,
- record producer, songwriter and actor.
- Eminem supported Barack Obama in the 2008 Presidential Election.
- Eminem failed 9th grade a total of three times, because he didn’t care much about school. All he wanted to do was rap.
- Eminem has made racially derogatory references to African Americans; especially African American women.
- Eminem says that he can’t stand it when people spell his daughter’s name wrong.
- He loves South Park, and even calls himself a “twenty-six-year-old skinny Cartman” in the song Marshall Mathers.
- Eminem says his nickname, Slim Shady, came to him while he was taking a waste.
- Eminem failed ninth grade three times and then dropped out of high school.
- Eminem has his own radio station, Shade 45.
- In December 2007, he was taken to a Detroit-area hospital for a serious heart condition and severe pneumonia.
- Eminem adopted Kim’s sister’s daughter, Laine.
- In 2006, Eminem filed for divorce from his wife Kimberly again.
- Eminem was named the 9th greatest hip-hop MC of all time by MTV.
- Eminem’s songs are part of more than 20 films.
- Eminem’s favorite movie is Scarface.
- Eminem has a tattoo on his right lower shoulder of Hallie.
- Eminem used to date Mariah Carey.
- When Eminem was in fourth grade, he was bullied by an older child. The beating caused a near-fatal brain hemorrhage.
- In one of his songs, Eminem named the bully and the man sued Eminem for $1 million.
- The Eminem Show has sold more than eighteen million albums worldwide.
- Eminem had a huge fan who ended up killing his pregnant girlfriend and then himself. This is similar to Eminem’s song “Stan”.
- Eminem loves to drink Mountain Dew.
- Eminem’s album Encore sold over 10 million worldwide.
- Eminem reads Harry Potter to his daughter.
- Eminem is 5’8″ in height.
- Eminem began performing as early as thirteen.
- Eminem is a fan of fast food chain Taco Bell, Wendy’s and frequently eats there while on tour and at home with his daughter and niece.
Monday, September 22, 2014
Countries with the Most Billionaires
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Countries with the Most Billionaires
Country Number of Billionaires
1.United States 422
2.China 66
3.Russia 65
4.Germany 57
5.India 52
6.United Kingdom 30
7.Turkey 28
8.Canada 24
9.Japan 22
10.Brazil 18
Countries with the Fastest Growing Economies
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Countries with the Fastest Growing Economies
Country GDP real growth rate (%)
1.Iraq 52.3
2.Chad 38.0
3.Liberia 21.8
4.Equatorial Guinea 20.0
5.Venezuela 16.8
6.Ukraine 12.0
7.Angola 11.7
8.Ethiopia 11.6
9.Liechtenstein 11.0
10.Mongolia 10.6
Poorest Countries in the World
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Poorest Countries in the World
Country GDP per capita
1.Congo, Democratic Republic of the $400
2.Burundi $600
3.Somalia $600
4.Zimbabwe $600
5.Liberia $700
6.Central African Republic $800
7.Eritrea $800
8.Niger $800
9.Malawi $900
10.Madagascar $1,000
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