Apr 14
MoggyEducation, Facts, Famous People
Some random number facts:
- 1961 was the last year to read the same upside down as the right way up.
- The next year to read the same upside down as the right way up will be 6009.
- There are 31,557,600 seconds in a year.
- There are 168 hours in a week.
- A jiffy is equates to 1/100th of a second.
- The Leaning Tower of Piza contains 294 steps
- There are 6500 windows on the Empire State Building
Maths:
- 111, 222, 333, 444, 555, 666, 777, 888 and 999 are all multiples of 37.
- 111111111 multiplied by 111111111 equals 12345678987654321.
- The numbers on a roulette wheel add up to 666.
- Two opposite sides of a dice always add up to 7.
- Google is actually a number; where the digits are a 1, followed by one hundred 0’s. A Googleplex is a number with 1, followed by a thousand zero digits.
Some odds:
- 285-1 : The odds of giving birth to identical twins
- 8100-1 : The odds of giving birth to triplets
- 729,000-1 : The odds of giving birth to quadruplets
- 800,000-1 : The approximate odds of being struck by lightening
- 649,739-1 : Odds of being dealt a royal flush in a game of poker
Odds of winning in the UK National Lottery:
- 13,983,816-1 : All six numbers
- 2,330,636-1 : Five numbers and a bonus ball
- 55,492-1 : Five numbers
- 1,033-1 : Four numbers
- 57-1 : Three numbers
- Therefore meaning you have more of a chance being struck by lightening than winning the national lottery jackpot!
Famous people with high IQ’s:
- Madonna… 140.
- Al Gore… 140.
- Hugh Hefner… 152.
- Carol Vorderman… 154.
- Clive Sinclair… 159.
- Quentin Taratino… 160.
- Bill Gates… 160.
Estimated IQ’s of people in the past:
- George Washington… 118.
- Captain James Cook… 160.
- Albert Einstein… 160.
- Charles Darwin… 165.
- Dr David Livingston… 170.
- Charles Dickins… 180.
- Michelangelo… 180.
- Sir Issac Newton… 190.
- Leonardo Da Vinci… 220.
Temperature Conversions:
- Fahrenheit to Celsius = subtract 32, multiply by 5, divide by 9.
- Celsius to Fahrenheit = multiply by 9, divide by 5, add 32.
Human Body Facts:
- It takes 17 muscles to smile, and 43 to frown.
- 85% of the human body comprises of water.
- A sneeze can exceed speeds of 160km per hour.
- A baby in the womb acquires it’s fingerprints at the age of 3 months.
- Humans have 206 bones, but 300 when a baby.
- Humans have 33 vertebrae.
- There are over 3000 taste buds on the tongue.
- On the average scalp are 100,000 hairs
Apr 13
MoggyLife, Random, Website
Hey guys, this post is a shout out to a facebook group worth a mention:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=89070805341
The group is called ‘RED FRIDAY‘ and suggests the idea that the British public should wear a red item on them every friday in support of the british troops out there serving for us so we can go to school, go about our jobs and live in a safe country.
Spread the word.
Apr 11
MoggyAdvertising, Media
here are just 9 of my favourite adverts in which the creative director deserves an award. enjoy!
Guinness (Singapore, 2003 – What’s on Your Mind?)
Ikea (USA, 2003)
Flash Car Wash (UK, 2005 – Dirty Weekend)
Grande Reportagem Magazine (Portugal, 2005) (click for a larger preview)
there’s also some other flags in the same style: EU, angola, columbia, somalia, and others.
The Akatu Institute for Conscious Consumption (Brazil, 2004)
the text reads in english: are you so indifferent that you didn’t even notice that this photo is upside down?
Nike (Canada, 2005 – you’re faster than you think.)
Land Rover (Mexico, 2003)
sorry i couldn’t get anything higher quality – but the top image has the subtitle “freeway” and the bottom image “pothole”.
Mini Cooper (Switzerland, 2004)
if you’re confused, this board was placed at the top of a staircase from one of the exit’s of a subway train station in zurich.
there you go, hope you enjoyed them! please comment and link to other cool adverts.
Apr 09
MoggyLife, Media, Movies
Here is a list of 6 of my favourite movies (in no particular order) in which the narrative follows the life of a certain character. All are well worth a watch – and made me feel so much better about my role in life.
Slumdog Millionaire
Ok, so if the number of awards and Oscar’s this one got doesn’t prove to you how much the hype is worth about this movie – well, just believe me when I say it really is. It’s a very powerful story following Jamal, a ’slumdog’ from Mumbai and his life as a child. The movie begins where he is being tortured into admitting whether he cheated in a game of the indian version of ‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire’. As the episode of the programme is played back to us, each question asked has a story relative to Jamal’s life.
The Departed
This movie has probably the most confusing storyline I have ever come across in my lifetime of watching movies. Full of corruption, love, crime, family – the whole thing portrays the life of a police officer as he goes from college into adulthood, and, eventually, death (whoops, just given away a spoiler there – but it’s very predicable anyway!). All the actors have brilliant roles and the whole thing just works well.
Brokeback Mountain
Probably the most controversial movie in recent times, Brokeback Mountain was a fantastic movie. The movie follows the lives of two friends in a gay relationship over a 20 year relationship. Granted, it’s not everyones cup of tea – but the movie comes to an incredibly moving and sad close – definitely worth a watch, whoever you are.
The Shawshank Redemption
Currently the #1 highest rated movie on IMDb, it’s easy to see why. The movie is the life of Andy Dufresne, an innocent man sent to Shawshank prison, for a crime we are led to believe he never committed. He serves 20 years, and on the day he arrives, his soon-to-be best friend, Red (played by Morgan Freeman) completes his first 20 years of prison life. I can’t give to much more away, but the movie uncovers the corruption and life of Shawshank right up until the day he leaves. An amazing film.
Amélie (Le Fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain)
A french film now, which you’ll have to watch with subtitles, is all about the ‘fabulous life of Amélie Poulain’ as translated from the french title. Starting at the opening credits with her birth, her alone childhood, moving onto her early life, and then onto the young woman she is now. The film is almost in a sense a diary or documentary (for example, the convention of using a narration) of her life in a matter of days where she uncovers the lives of others that relate around her. While sad and moving in places, it’s funny and feel-good in others.
To Kill A Mockingbird
I would strongly recommend you read the book first, then the movie. What people say about how the story of Scout and Jem being the children of Atticus, the only white lawyer ever to try defending a black man in a fair trail in 40’s deep-south America – is a fantastic setting for the film. The old black and white movie may not be up to specs on effects or quality – the life from the viewpoint of Scout is certainly very interesting.
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