Thursday, July 29, 2010
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Deadly Diamonds and Cursed Crowns
Deadlly Diamonds
and
Cursed Crowns
The legends myths (and the curses!) associated with the most famous jewels in history
Hope Diamond
and
Cursed Crowns
The legends myths (and the curses!) associated with the most famous jewels in history
Hope Diamond
The Hope Diamond, named for its 19th century owners, is arguably the best-known diamond in the world.It's widely believed what became the Hope Diamond was cut from a 115-carat blue diamond sold to King ouis XIV from a mine in India.
Legends has it that death and misfortune plague the diamond's owner, claiming notiable figures such as Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette along with many jewelers and socialites.
Most of the stories resides in the Smithsonian National Museum of Nature History. Cource: Reutes
Koh-I-Noor-Diamond
The Koh-I-Noor diamond was once the most well-known throughout the world.
Legend has it the "Mountain of Light" was stolen from the Hindu god Krishna.
Often, the spoils of war, the 186-carat diamond steadily passed among Hindu, Mughal, Persian, Afghan and Sikh rules before being recut to 109 carats and added to the British Crown Jewels in 1877.
The misfortune repotedly falls upon any male owner of the diamond Source
Black Orlov Diamond
Legend has it the "Mountain of Light" was stolen from the Hindu god Krishna.
Often, the spoils of war, the 186-carat diamond steadily passed among Hindu, Mughal, Persian, Afghan and Sikh rules before being recut to 109 carats and added to the British Crown Jewels in 1877.
The misfortune repotedly falls upon any male owner of the diamond Source
Black Orlov Diamond
The Black Orlov diamond, or the "Eye of Brahma" was supposedlt stolen from an Indian idol in its 195-carat form.The diamond is said to hold a deadly curse, causing three of its owners to jump to their death.
The diamond has since cut into three pieces in attempts to bresk the curse, No tragedies have befallen the owners of the cut 67.5 carat diamond.
Delhi Purple Sapphire
The cursed Delhi purple Sapphire was brought to UK from Kanpur by a solider.Both the solider and his son lost their wealth and health after owing the stone and family friend reportedly killing himself after possession of.
Edward Heron-Allen, a scientist and friend of Oscar Wild willed the stone to the Nature Hustory museum in london after steady bad luck, he believed, caused by the Delhi Purple Sapphire.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Monday, July 26, 2010
Interesting Facts
Interesting Facts
If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
(Hardly seems worth it.)
If you farted consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.
(Now that's more like it!)
The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out of the body to squirt blood 30 feet.
(O.M.G.!)
A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes.
(Lucky pig.)
A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to death! (Creepy)
(I'm still not over the pig.)
Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories a hour.
(Don't try this at home, maybe at work)
The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body . The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off.
("Honey, I'm home. What the....?!")
The flea can jump 350 times its body length. It's like a human jumping the length of a football field.
(30 minutes..lucky pig! Can you imagine?)
The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds.
(What could be so tasty on the bottom of a pond?)
Some lions mate over 50 times a day.
(I still want to be a pig in my next life...quality over quantity)
Butterflies taste with their feet.
(Something I always wanted to know.)
The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
(Hmmmmmm......)
Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people.
(If you're ambidextrous, do you split the difference?)
Elephants are the only animals that cannot jump.
(Okay, so that would be a good thing)
A cat's urine glows under a black light.
(I wonder who was paid to figure that out?)
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
(I know some people like that.)
Starfish have no brains.
(I know some people like that too )
Polar bears are left-handed.
(If they switch, they'll live a lot longer)
Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.
(What about that pig??)
Now that you've smiled at least once, it's your turn to spread these crazy facts and send this to someone you want to bring a smile to (maybe even a chuckle)
