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The Nobel Prize is one of the most coveted international awards in modern history. Of the different types of awards, the Peace Prize is one of the most significant, and controversial. Remember a few years ago when Obama won the award, and everyone hated him? Well, that wasn’t the first time the committee has been [...]
Posted by Mohammed Shariff on Saturday, April 6, 2013 at 12:01 am
Filed under People · Tagged Corazon Aquino, Dorothy Day, Eleanor Roosevelt, Fazle Hasan Abed, Irena Sandler, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Mahatma Gandhi, Mohammed Shariff, nobel peace prize, optenz, Pope John Paul II, Sari Nussiebeh, vaclav havel
2012 was a whirlwind year. We reelected Obama, Apple finally made the iPod Touch XL, and aliens didn’t kill us all (note to editor: this was written before December. If aliens invade, fix accordingly). But also we were shown a number of awesome new technologies and scientific breakthroughs. Among them were: 10. Gloves that Translate [...]
Posted by Mohammed Shariff on Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at 12:01 am
Filed under Science · Tagged 2012 Scientific Achievements, Curiosity (Mars rover), Glybera, God Particle, Google Glass, Higgs-Boson, Mac Air, Mohammed Shariff, OLED TV, Quantum Computing, Quantum Teleportation, sign language gloves, Tesla Model S, TopTenz, Ultrabooks
Being a doctor is stressful. In other jobs, you can make a mistake every now and then and be mostly OK. But, if you screw up when dealing with a patient’s health, even one measly time, your licence and wallet are in extreme danger. Especially if you muck up in a royally epic fashion that [...]
Posted by Mohammed Shariff on Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at 12:01 am
Filed under Bizarre · Tagged Arturo Iturralde, Benjamin Houghton, Donald Church retractor, Letitia Libman, malpractice lawsuits, Margaret Bean-Bayog, Mohammed Shariff, Paul Lozano, Reinaldo Silvestre, Rhode Island Hospital brain surgery mistakes, TopTenz, Willie King wrong leg
Everyone’s heard of how giants like Steve Jobs or Bill Gates have dropped out of college, and in a way, it makes sense. As much as we want to believe this gives us an excuse to also drop out, those guys were literally too smart for college. But it gets even weirder when you realize [...]
Posted by Mohammed Shariff on Wednesday, August 29, 2012 at 12:01 am
Filed under People · Tagged Anne Hathaway, celebrities, clint eastwood, famous dropouts, Harrison Ford, Jessica Biel, Johnny Depp, Kate Beckinsale, Kelsey Grammar, Leonardo Dicaprio, Michael Fassbender, Mohammed Shariff, movie stars, tom hanks
To pick where a military base goes has to be an easy job. Putting a military base in a place where there’s fighting is a no-brainer. But sometimes you find these bases on tiny islands that can’t be seen, even when you zoom in entirely on Google Maps and have no civilization for miles around. [...]
Posted by Mohammed Shariff on Monday, August 13, 2012 at 12:01 am
Filed under History, Military, Misc · Tagged andersen air force base, Area 51, diego garcia, Korengal Valley, Mohammed Shariff, Pine Gap, remote american outposts, remote military bases, Shamsi Air Base, shemya island, Thule Air Base, Wake Island
10. Clearwater Lakes The Clearwater lakes are twin lakes that formed at the same exact time in Northern Canada. The asteroids that made them were huge, at 16 miles and 22 miles respectively. The lakes are named after their clear water; that, and the fact that there are 25 lakes in the area also called [...]
Posted by Mohammed Shariff on Friday, June 8, 2012 at 12:01 am
Filed under Humor, Nature, Science · Tagged Asteroid, asteroid craters, Asteroid mitigation strategies, asteroids in history, Barringer Crater, Chiling-Yang, Clearwater lake, Clearwater Lakes, Hiroshima, Impact event, Jan Marszel, killer asteroids, Krasnoyarsk, Lake Bosumtwi Crater, Lonar, Lonar Crater Lake, Meteor crater, Meteorite, Mohammed Shariff, moon, Planetary science, Tunguska event
Ever get Déjà Vu when you’re listening to the radio? Kind of like you’ve heard the music somewhere before, but you can’t put your finger on it? Usually, that’s because you have heard the music before and the song you’re listening to is sampling it. “Sampling” is when you take a piece of one song [...]
Posted by Mohammed Shariff on Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 12:01 am
Filed under Humor, Music · Tagged Akon, Amores Como el Nuestro, Are You Gonna Be My Girl, Avril Lavigne, beach boys, bob marley, Chuck Berry, Come Together, Deep in Vogue, Don’t Matter, Don’t Stop The Music, Fernando Villalona, ghostbusters, Girlfriend, Gustav Holst, Hans Zimmer, hips don't lie, Huey Lewis, I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend, Iggy Pop, ignition, Jerry Riviera, JET, John Lennon, Lust for Life, madonna, Malcolm McLaren, Manu Dibangu, Michael Jackson, Mohammed Shariff, Music, plagiarism, r. kelly, Ray Parker, Ray Parker Jr., Rihanna, Rubinoos, Shakira, singers, Surfin’ USA, Sweet Little Sixteen, vogue, Wanna be Startin' Somethin', You Can’t Catch Me, You Can’t Hurry Love
Although YouTube may tell us otherwise; Bollywood isn’t composed entirely of movies where the protagonist can flip a semi with the touch of his hand and then kill five guys with one bullet, all while making out with a chick. It’s actually a reputable industry with normal, sane movies. However, for every five Bollywood movies, [...]
Posted by Mohammed Shariff on Wednesday, March 28, 2012 at 12:01 am
Filed under Entertainment, Humor, Movies · Tagged Aisha Bollywood, Amitabh Bachan, Billy Crystal, Bollywood, Bonnie and Clyde, Bruce Almighty, Bunty Aur Babli, Clueless, Daraar, Dewangee, Do Kaliyan, Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu, God Tussi Great Ho, Harry Met Sally, Hitch, Hollywood, Hum Tum, Indian films, julia roberts, Lindsay Lohan, Meri Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai, Mohammed Shariff, morgan freeman, My Best Friend's Wedding, partner bollywood, plagiarism, Primal Fear, Sleeping With The Enemy, The Parent Trap, what happens in vegas, When Harry Met Sally, Will Smith