Monday, January 6, 2014
Amazing & Stupid Advertisement from Past
Even though you might deny it, it won’t change the fact that you live in a world created by marketers. Advertising is a powerful force that has shaped our attitudes and behavior since the beginning of the 20th century when it got into radio, and the late 1940s when it got into television
Doesn’t Your Mama Wash You With Fairy Soap
Use “Chlorinol” And Be Like De White Nigger
Keep Her Where She Belongs
Youngest Customers In The Business
More Doctors Smoke Camels
Begin Early.Shave Yourself
Because Innocence Is Sexier Than You Think
Merry Christmas For Every Smoker!
Maps You Never Study in School
Most Popular Sports in the World
Breast Sizes Relating to Countries
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Most Used Web Browser World Map (2012)
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World Map of National IQ Scores
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Worldwide Driving Orientation
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Total Fertility Rate Map
Countries with McDonald’s
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Amazing Memories from Past
Unpacking the head of the Statue of Liberty, 1885
Testing of new bulletproof vests, 1923
Charlie Chaplin at age 27, 1916
Circus hippo pulling a cart, 1924
Annette Kellerman promotes women’s right to wear a fitted one-piece bathing suit, 1907. She was arrested for indecency
Baby cages used to ensure that children get enough sunlight and fresh air when living in an apartment building, ca. 1937
The original Ronald McDonald, 1963
Advertisement for Atabrine, anti-malaria drug, in Papua, New Guinea during WWII
Little girl with her doll sitting in the ruins of her bombed home, London, 1940
Unknown soldier in Vietnam, 1965
Measuring bathing suits – if they were too short, women would be fined, 1920′s
Hotel owner pouring acid in the pool while black people swim in it, ca. 1964
Mother hides her face in shame after putting her children up for sale, Chicago, 1948
Austrian boy receives new shoes during WWII
First morning after Sweden changed from driving on the left side to driving on the right, 1967
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Amazing Ideas That Will Make Your House Cool
No matter what it is that makes your dream home unique, here are a few examples of homes where people have been able to realize some of their greatest home design fantasies.
Aquarium Bed
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Aquarium Bed
Image credits: acrylicaquariums.comChandelier That Turns Your Room into a Forest
Image credits: Hilden and DiazBeach Sand Under Your Work Desk
Image credits: Justin KempSpiral Staircase Slide
Fusion Dining And Pool Table
Hammock Bed
Vertical Herb Garden in Your Kitchen
Back Yard Beach-Themed Fire Pit
Treehouse Room For Kids
Door of Swatches
Kitchen Table Tennis
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Amazing & Interesting Facts about Arabic Language
Arabs are unified by a language common to all, Arabic, a Semitic language related to Hebrew and Aramaic. The Semitic language family belongs to the Afro-Asiatic family of languages. This family included the languages of ancient Babylon, Palestine Assyria and Egypt.
By the 11th century, Arabic became the common medium of expression from China to France. The Muslim Arab civilization flourished in the Arabian Peninsula and also became the language of art, science, and technology. There are some unknown & very interesting facts about Arabic Language. Countries it is spoken in includes – Afghanistan, Egypt, Eritrea, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Algeria, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Oman, Palestinian West Bank & Gaza, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Bahrain, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkey, UAE, Uzbekistan and Yemen.
Interesting Facts about Arabic Language
The sacred language of Muslims
Arabic is the sacred language of Muslims. Before the dissension of the Quran, Arabic was chiefly an oral language. Arabic is considered a holy language as it is the language of the Quran. Hence it is the chief prayer language for Muslims.
Worldwide use of the Arabic language
Arabic is the written and spoken language of more than 150 million inhabitants of the Arab world. Arabic is spoken in a lot of the countries of North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. According to the CIA’s The World Fact book, Arabic is spoken in around twenty-nine countries in this part of the world. In addition, around 3.12% of the world’s population has Arabic as their first language.
Arabic script widely used
Arabic script is also used by 1/7th of the world’s population. Millions of people in Africa and Asia write their languages in the Arabic alphabet.
Semitic language
Arabic belongs to the Semitic family of languages of which Hebrew is also a member. Arabic is a Semitic language.
Written in script, not printed
Arabic is written in script, not printed. Arabic inscriptions became widely available after the birth of Islam. It is the second most widespread script in the world.
About Arabic script
Arabic script reads from right to left and its alphabet contains 28 characters. Words are written horizontally from right to left. Numerals on the other hand are written from left to right. The number 4, 5, 6, 7 have various forms in the languages of Iran, Pakistan, and India. It has complex text language, because it has script which is bidirectional. It is written right to left, apart from numbers and Latin words are written left to right. Many letters depending on whether they appear alone, at the start, middle or end of the word, change their form.
Letters that change form are always joined in both hand-written and printed Arabic. Hence, as in the English hand writing, it is cursive. Unlike many other alphabetic scripts, it denotes a high phonetic correctness, when diacritics are added.
Universally Written
It is written across the world, read and understood in its traditional form. Arabic has undergone regional and dialectical disparities.
Words Begin with a Consonant
Arabic includes many guttural sounds (unlike English). All words begin with a consonant followed by a vowel. The English language consists of many words with Arabic origin, such as: checkmate, cotton, magazine, algebra, mummy, and sherbet.
Additional Features
Another interesting fact about Arabic language is that some additional letters are used in Arabic to write place names or foreign words containing sounds which do not appear in Standard Arabic, such as /p/ or /g/.
Poetry
The earliest form of Arabic literature is Poetry.
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