Trivia For The Day

Some interesting facts about the rap song "Lose Yourself" by Eminem...

• It was composed and sung by Eminem for his part-biographical movie 8 Mile
• The song was recorded in a portable recording studio by Eminem
• The song has completed 2 Million music downloads making it the highest downloaded rap song in history
• The song spent 12 Weeks on the top of the Billboard Charts making it the longest run for a rap song on the top of the charts
• The song won The Academy Award for the Best Song making it the first and only rap song to have won the Academy Award
• When the award was conferred, Eminem was sleeping in his house under the presumption that a rap song would never get the Academy Award.

Personals

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!!!!

Trivia For The Day

Titan - the largest moon of Saturn is the only known object in the universe other than Earth to contain liquids on its surface and in its atmosphere..... Lakes of liquid hydrocarbons have been discovered speculating the existence of some life form.....

Specials - Sports Apparel Manufacturers

Here is a list of some of the best known Sports apparel manufacturers in the World and the country of their origin.......

Nike - The USA

Adidas - Germany

Puma - Germany

Reebok - England(Now owned by Adidas)

Umbro - England

Slazenger - England

Le Coq Sportif- France

Fila - Italy

Lotto - Italy

Kappa - Italy

Diadora - Italy

Errea - Italy

(It is so sad that I am not able to add one Indian MN Sports Apparel manufacturer in this list)

Trivia For The Day

The island of Borneo, one of the islands in the archipelago of Indonesia and is also the third largest island in the World.....(Excluding Australia in the list)..... But the interesting fact about Borneo is that the island is shared by three countries..... It has Brunei, the small oil-rich country in its northern shore.... The remaining area is split between two countries - Indonesia and Malaysia.....

Sports Special - Football Clubs and their Stadiums.....

Here contains a list of some of the most important football clubs with their more famous football stadiums....As usual this is a self-composed list so pardon me if I have excluded some.....

Manchester United - Old Trafford

Manchester City - City of Manchester Stadium

Chelsea - Stamford Bridge

Arsenal - Emirates Stadium

Tottenham Hotspurs - White Hart Lane

Everton - Goodison Park

Liverpool F.C - Anfield Stadium

Aston Villa - Villa Park

Juventus - Stadio Olimpicio di Torino

A.C.Milan & Inter - San Siro ( Stadio Guiseppe Meazza)

A.S.Roma - Stadio Olimpico

Barcelona F.C - Camp Nou

Real Madrid - Santiago Bernabeu

Valencia F.C - Estadio Mestalla

Mohun Bagan F.C - Salt Lake Stadium( Shared with East Bengal F.C )

Trivia For The Day

The month of August - The Eighth month of the English calendar is named after the first Roman Emperor Augustus Caesar the great Nephew of Julius Caesar........

My Fav Post

Here I specify three of my most fav posts in WII.

My Fav Trivia for The Day:

The post abt Nazarathpet is my fav.... http://cenawii.blogspot.com/2010/11/trivia-for-day.html

My Fav Personality of The Day:

Must be my post on Qin Shi Huang... Amazing story never can imagine it is true..... http://cenawii.blogspot.com/2010/12/personality-of-day-qin-shi-huang.html

My Fav Place For The Day:

Must be my post on The Iguazu Falls... Some of my friends found the place to be too out-worldly to be existing......

http://cenawii.blogspot.com/2010/12/place-for-day-iguazu-falls.html

WII so far.....

The World Information Index was started by me as a rather desperate measure.... To offload all those useless pieces of info usefully....... So there started my inspiration in WII......

AIM:

My aim is to take WII into the international arena, to make it a really World Wide Info Index where people who want to learn something they dont know and yet can come and find amusing and amazing pieces of info that has made up this world......I want WII to act as an index of Wikipedia.... Without Jimmy Wales' masterpiece and selfless work I would not have been able to compose and conduct three successful quizzes for my college and cultivate my interest in learning things as a whole.....

DISCLAIMER:

WII is not a Wiki.... It is a blog which tends to be serving as an index..... Just an Index...So my blog will contain references to interesting trivia and other people and places but will NEVER cite any facts about them without verification...... All references to people are purely personal and can never be taken as an authority...... NONE of the information contained in this blog is FAKE..... No research is done on the contents of this blog and NO plagiarism is intended.... The most important reason for starting this blog as an index is to avoid any known or unknown plagiarism..... SO enjoy the trivia and absorb the info and for further information on the articles in this blog refer to more authoritative sources.....

HOW TO USE WII:

WII is not a user specified blog.... I decide the content to feature so I think to a certain extent it is inflexible... But it is only a matter of time before I put in lots of content to keep viewers base wide...... So I intend that viewers will use the trivia and index provided here to widen their knowledge base and use greater authority and detail to enrich their experience....

BUT!!!! THE RESPONSE:

Talking about the future of WII is a pleasant experience.... But what abt the present and the past.... Well, no one knows I am owning a blog like this....Not even my friends I requested many to visit it frequently and update me but I received a one word response... FLAK....

It has been totally motivating and demoralizing at the same time while pondering over the fact that out of the 500 visits to my blog 400 + has been from myself.... It motivated me to write in more content, both crisp and clear to popularize the blog and to Update the updates on my blog on twitter but still NOTHING..... I think I am addressing this post to myself and I dont expect many people to read this post before it goes to the archives.....I know that it is too early to ask for recognition but I found my blog uninteresting to most of my friends( dunno y!!!!) I will keep adding more and more interesting things that can captivate those fresh minds out there.... HOPING TO STRIKE GOLD SOMEDAY , JUST LIKE THE CONQUISTADORS .........

Place For The Day - Chicxulub Crater

The Chicxulub Crater is located in the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico..... The crater is almost 180 kilometers in diameter and is located at the center of the town of Chicxulub in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico..... Its diameter makes it one of the largest impact sites in the World...... The site is a place where a huge asteroid stuck earth some 65 million years ago..... Looking at the date one can speculate the end of the dinosaur era to be attributed to this specific impact site..... True, one of the strongest theories about the end of the Jurassic era is the the Chicxulub crater theory where a large asteroid hit Earth at Chicxulub and led to a wide spread holocaust during which the dinosaurs were wiped out.........

Trivia For The Day

The man with the highest number of Oscars still alive is not Al Pacino, not John Williams but is ALAN MENKEN, a famous composer who has scored some of the most famous Disney movies such as Pocahontas, Tangled(2010), The Beauty and the Beast and The Hunchback of Notre Dame....

Trivia For The Day

Reebok , the British Apparel manufacturer is now a subsidiary of Adidas......

Sports Special - Derbies

In Soccer(or football) Derby matches generate lot of fever off and on the field....A Derby is a match between two clubs from the same city or locality.......Many are fiercely fought.... Many with respect.... Many with violence!!!!!! Here is my self-composed list of some of the famous derbies around the world......( Mind it... It is self-composed so might be incomplete...)

Milan Derby(The Biggest of them all)- Inter Vs A.C Milan

Manchester Derby- Man. United Vs Man.City

Merseyside Derby- Liverpool F.C Vs Everton

North London Derby- Arsenal Vs Tottenham Hotspurs

Madrid Derby- Real Vs Athletico Madrid

Roman Derby- A.S.Roma Vs Lazio

Turin Derby- Juventus Vs Torino F.C

(As a special mention although essentially not a derby , a particular match generates more tantrums than many derbies..... Famously known as "El Classico" the match is played between Catalan Giants Barcelona F.C and Real Madrid F.C)....

Personality of The Day - William Hanna and Joseph Barbera

The more apt title of today's post must have been Personalities of The Day but these two names occur too frequently for me to address them seperately.... William Hanna and Joseph Barbera started the HB(Hanna Barbera) Company which became the forefront of modern animation.... They created innumerable cartoon shows and produced many more which started what is known as the cartoon revolution..... Their names are shown in the title card of every major cartoon show but almost everyone tend to miss them..... One of their most famous cartoon creations was TOM and JERRY.... A part of their never ending list of cartoon shows is as below...

Tom and Jerry

The Flintstones

Dexter's Laboratory

The Scooby- Doo Show

Yogi Bear

Johnny Bravo

The Swatkats

and so many more........

Structure For The Day - Hoover Dam

The Hoover Dam, was commissioned and built over the Colorado river..... It was built amazingly ahead of schedule and ahead of budget...... This dam is known as a face-changer of The US as the constructing of the dam between the states of Arizona and Nevada led to the Silicon Valley revolution, the development of the west coast and most importantly the development of such Super-Cities as Las Vegas, San Fransisco and Los Angeles......

Trivia For The Day

Accenture, the global outsourcing and consultant giant has its headquarters NOT IN THE USA but in Ireland.........

Specials- The Immortals

The movie 300 had described a special unit of the Persian Army as THE IMMORTALS.... Zack Snyder, the director had portrayed them as Ninja- like army of NON- HUMANS... In fact , in the real battle of Thermopylae also had a special army of Persians known as the Immortals.... The name Immortals is derived from an interesting property of the unit.... The Immortals of the Persian army of the Battle of Thermopylae had 10,000 members, mainly infantry..... Any one member killed or injured was immediately replaced by a new member from the general unit behind them during battle... This led to their number ALWAYS being maintained at 10,000..... Thus the name IMMORTALS.....

Trivia For The Day

The graphic novel turned movie 300 is a fictionalized retelling of the TRUE Battle Of Thermopylae.......

Personality of The Day- Qin Shi Huang

Qin Shi Huang( The name might sound odd) is the First Emperor of China... Born to a very normal family, he rose into greatness as the first and the most effective unifier of the whole of China... China then was split into three big regions... It was Qin Shi Huang who unified the whole of what is now known as Modern China.... A fierce ruler and a great reformer.... Huang was also known to be a ruler with iron fists.... He commissioned and built the life-sized terracotta army for his safety after his death.... Qin Shi Huang was known to be very much afraid of death and sought "The Elixir of Life" through various means such as magic, drugs etc., This made him vulnerable to various unwanted practices.. One such was his practice of taking a ball of clay and mercury for gaining immortality.... He died at the age of 49 due to Mercury poisoning!!!!! The same medication he sought for gaining immortality... It is rumored that after his death a tomb was built underground where he was laid to rest along with his Terracotta army and a RIVER of MERCURY was created to flow around his sarcophagus.......

Trivia For The Day

The RockFort in Tiruchirapalli is made up of rocks that are 3800 million years old!!!!!!!!! The probable age of Mother Earth is 5000 million years!!!!!!!

Sports Special- Le Coq Sportif

Le Coq Sportif is a French apparel manufacturer..... They are famously known for sponsoring Manchester City two seasons ago.... Also the are the current apparel sponsors of Everton F.C.....

Trivia For The Day

Some apparel sponsors of National Cricket Teams:

India- Nike

Sri Lanka- Reebok

England- Adidas

Australia- Adidas

New Zealand- Canterbury

Trivia For The Day

Tangled- The 2010 released animation movie about Rapunzel from Walt Disney Pictures is the costliest animation movie in the World... Estimated costs are at $260 Million..... (More than Avatar)...

Personality of The Day - Santi Freixa

Santi Freixa Escude.... is a prolific Hockey player for Spain.... Is a very prolific goal scorer and a very senior figure in international Hockey circles..... Has played for half a season in the PHL(Premier Hockey league) in India.... He also has a hockey training academy in India....

Trivia For The Day

The famous South African Cricketer AB de Villiers, is one of the best fielders in the World today... What does AB stand for????

Abraham Benjamin.......

Place For The Day - Iguazu Falls

The Iguazu falls lie in the border of Brazil and Argentina.... It is a series of falls on the Iguazu River.... The image is a panoramic view of the falls...In fact , in terms of volume of water flow it is one of the largest falls in the World....

Trivia For The Day

The bone under our elbow that causes a tingling sensation is actually a long bone that runs from the upper arm to the elbow.... The bone is called Humerus.... The name explains the "Tingling" or "funny" sensation that one experiences when touched or hit at the elbow.... It is due to the presence of nerves very near to the surface of the skin.....

Trivia For The Day

The tallest mountain on the Earth's crust is NOT Mt. Everest... It is the Hawaiian mountain of Mauna Kea... The mountain is 10,000 meters from the base to the tip..... But only 4000 meters of it is above water... Therefore, it is the tallest mountain on the Earth Crust.....

Personality of The Day- Richard Feynman

Richard Feynman- One of the most gifted and prolific Physicists of all time.... Feynman is a Nobel Laureate in Physics and has contributed immensely to the growth of Quantum Physics and other parts of Physics..... His very famous lectures, also called as "Feynman Lectures in Physics" is a bible for every aspiring Physicist in the World..... Known for his extremely uncommon views.... He was once quoted as either Half a fool or a total Genius......

Structure of The Day- The World Islands

Dubai World.... ( The World Islands)...

The World Islands is an Artificial Archipelago off the coast of Dubai.... Originally conceived by the Ruler of Dubai.... The World is a set of artificial islands constructed in the form of a World map.... The individual islands of the World Archipelago is auctioned to various people around the World.... (Quite Costly).... The World Islands is developed by the world famous construction company Nakheel Properties , who also developed the Palm Islands nearby....

Trivia For The Day

The Star called VY Canis Majoris.... A Hypergiant star .... Is the largest star known to Mankind..... The Star is almost 2000 times the size of the sun.....

Personality of The Day- John Williams

John Williams.... Considered to be one of the Greatest Composers of Movie Soundtracks of all time...... He is called a legend and a Genius by many..... His collaboration with Star Wars Director George Lucas and Jurassic Park Director Steven Spielberg have produced wonders...... Winner of FIVE Academy Awards for Music..... The list of his notable compositions would provide the reader of his Genius.......

1. Superman Theme

2. Star Wars Theme

3. Jurassic Park Theme

4. Schindler's List Theme

5. Jaws Theme

6. Indiana Jones Theme

Trivia For The Day

MTS - The mobile telecommunication and data service provider is a Russia-Based company. They have licenses for providing only CDMA services in India, although they are the 15th largest GSM service providers in the World......