Languages you never heard of before

You might be one those guys who know several languages, but I bet you probably don’t know this ones

Chamicuro

there are just 8 people alive and they are from the same family who can speak this language which belongs to enchant inhabitants of the pyro, and by the way there is a dictionary for this one.

Faroese

Faroe islands are located in Denmark, and the language they speak with is derived for the languages of northern Germany, there are 

about 45,000 people on this islands that can speak it.

Sarsi

This language is spoken by Indians n south Canada, there is only 50 person left who can speak it and most of them are alder making it facing extinction, what is wired  is that it’s a non-writable language.

Basque

A rare language , in past it was spoken by over 600,000 individual living in the spinach/ French borders, and it was written in Latin letters, this language has despaired.

Frisian

This one is so much close to English because they had the same source which is West Germany, that’s way we find matching letters from both languages, people from Germany who live in Holland still speak this language.

Miao languages

A language spoken by few people in china, and it’s totally different from Chinese, enchant Latin letters is used to write this language.

Tok Pisin

Despite its small size the inhabitants of New Guinea speak over 800 languages​​, including the "Tok Pisin" it is similar to the English with less letters, it is one of the main languages ​​in Guinea in addition to English.  

Gothic

One Of East Germany extinct languages, the characters used are similar the Greek and Latin.

Shona

This language is spoken by more than 11 million people in Niger and the Congo, a country whose citizens speak more than 1500 languages, each of these languages ​​have their own pronunciation just to prove  that this place is the source of the world's languages​​.   

British

Many does not know that the British of now is not the British that used to be, which was spoken by the citizens of Britain before entering the "Anglo-Saxon" They have to change features of the language and so the  " original British " changed into several languages ​​including English  and Welsh .

How to use Chopsticks

Asian Food is getting more and more popular every day, but the problem with some people today is that they cant use chopsticks, well here is demonstration video just in case you needed some help.

credits goes to geobeats

Five things you can buy for low prices

There are some stuff that can’t be bought after it’ve been used like clothes and shoes, however there are some people who prefers to do so for the sake of saving money or maybe because they does not want to spend money on thinks he is not sure if he is going to like.

Musical instruments

If you was an amateur musician you would probably face some bumps which every musician have faced, the high price of musical instruments and studio equipment like microphones, that why most of artist tend to buy from websites or stores dedicated for stuff like this, so instead of paying tons of cash for a new microphone for example, try to find a used one but should be fully functioning, at the end the talent is what makes and artist no matter what he uses.

University books

All students know that it is kind of stupid to  buy a  book that you barley going to use it for an entire  semester, so it would be a good deal if you can find used books, it is much more cheap than new ones and will do the job.

Computers and cell phones

Some people wish they could buy new a pc or a phone but he will be always shocked by the realty of prices, therefore it would not kill if you find used ones because some pcs are still pretty good the only problem is that the owner wants to sell them in order to get better ones the same for cellphone they are always running after the latest models, by the way there are some companies that renew used pcs and sell them again, of course for a lower price.

Video games consoles

Video games prices range for 500 to 700 USD like the ps3 and Xbox, but if the person was a little bit patient and waited for let’s say two years maximum, he would probably find them for a price lower by 200 USD, but unfortunately  gamers are always exited and can’t wait that long.

Cars

Who does not agree with this idea, you can get a used car more easily than buying a new one just look for a good deal that’s all.

Small creatures but deadly

Although the following creatures appear to have a very peaceful and tiny bodies, it does not prevent making it a deadly  meaning it can feed on larger creatures after seting up traps.

Starfish

You may not believe it, but there are predator starfishes, although they usually attack slow moving preys or none moving like snails, and Coral reefs, surprisingly it is able to catch faster and more intelligent creatures, such as shrimps and fishes, some starfish  hunt their food by extending its twisted arms like traps, other types has microscopic pliers that hold on the skin of other passing creatures, but the strangest of them all is those that stand  on its arms to mimic a tent, and when sea creatures go under  searching for shelter the starfish falls on it preventing it from running and then of course it swallows it up ..

sea squirts

the sea squirts are one of those creatures known for their stability in one place, they feed on plankton by filtering them from water by taking in water through its mouth and then out of an opening on top of its body, but in the deep sea there is was no plankton, which led to the evolution of these sea squirts to have a bigger mouths enough for bigger preys, they hunt them by closing their mouth when they pass by.

Sea Snail

The snails are considered the slowest creature on land , but marine species of it are pretty fast, they feed on some of the tentacles of jellyfishes which are highly toxic acquiring by that the toxic cells from it, as "cone snails" they can parlays fish and sometimes humans, there are also some predators snails on land, but rare, such as "rosy wolf snail" which feeds on other snails, and also there are the "ghost slug" which lives under the ground, it is blind and feeds on worms.

Coral reefs

Coral reefs always seemed to look like a sponge from the outside, but in reality they are colonies for many small sea creatures that usually feed on smaller creatures, coral reefs feed by grabbing jellyfishes from their huge tentacles that tries to feed on the colony inhabitants.

World’s weirdest snakes

You probably didn’t encounter a situation where you are face to face with a snake, only if you was a wild life expert, bear in mind that there are over 2700 kind of them, you might also think that all of them are poisonous, in matter fact they are not,  so in this topic we are about to see five wired kind of  them.

1-Pareas Iwasakii: 

this one lives in Japan, famous of its relatively huge head and wide jaws, his main food is snails.

2-Atractaspis: 

also known as “stiletto”, ”Mole Viper” and "Burrowing Asp”, found in Africa, it is highly venomous and lives in the soil, this one does not open his jaws to when willing to release its  poison, but it has a hidden fangs which come out  when he wants to inject his prey before digesting.

3-Scolecophidians:

also known as blind snakes, are non-venomous snake have a worm like shape with his mouth beneath his head, it ranges in size from 10-100 cm it feeds on soil insects.

4- Eunectes Murinus: 

one of the longest snakes in South America where it ranges for 16 to 30 ft. This reptile warps itself around the victim’s body and squeeze very hard not allowing it to breath causing death after that it swallows the prey living nothing behind.

5- Naja Ashei: 

one of the cobra's subfamily famous for its ability to spit poison, it usually targets the eyes in order to make the prey blind making it easy to catch, the naja ashei lives in Kenya with it body that reaches 9 ft. this one considered as one of the most dangerous snakes out there.  

Electronic Bongo Drum T-Shirt

for those who get board so fast waiting for the bus or someone , here is a solution. 

if you are a fan of the bongo drums, and always taping on your desk or your book, this shirt is provided with a cool drum bad on it, just tap on each drum and a different sound will come out, this t-shirt is powered by battery and made of pure cotton, this one is available for $59.95. the question is it waterproof ?

QWOP

Thank to this game Bennett Foddy’s Web Site (former Cut Copy bassist) got Over 30 million hits…  

In this game you will take the role of an athlete called QWOP, for instance you might find that name weird but it was named after the controlling Keys you use to make him move Q,W,O and P, Picture this QWOP have to participate in the 100-meters sprint event at the Olympics games,  The Q and W keys each control one of the runner's thighs, while the O and P keys are responsible for the runner's calves.

Wait…, if you thought for a moment that this game is going to be easy think again, this one is classified as one of the most weird and hardest games ever, what made it officially one of the memes around in the internet.

My personal record in this game for running normally and not  in creep ways is 43.7 meters as shows on the left.

For those interested in giving it try go here.

Olympic games mascots

Since the Olympics games in London 2012 arrived why not speak a little bit about mascots, a mascot is like a charm to some events, it can be a person, an animal or an object to bring luck, back to 1972 the events hosting countries competed In making the most weird attracting and unique mascots in order to make the event remarkable.

1-Schuss (1968 - Grenoble Winter Games)

Schuss, a cartoon-like character on skis, was the unofficial mascot of the 1968 Winter Games in Grenoble. Since then, every Olympic Games has had a mascot except for the 1972 Winter Games.

2-Waldi (1972 - Munich Summer Games)

Waldi, a long-haired dachshund, was the first official Olympics mascot. He appeared in several flavours - his vertical stripes could contain any three of the five Olympic colours. Though Waldi was available as a plush toy and a plastic toy, and appear on buttons, posters, and stickers, the pin bearing Waldi didn't come out until some years after the Olympics.

3-schneemann (1976 - Innsbruck Winter Games) 

                                              

its German for snowman, schneemann was the first official winter games mascot, he was available as a plush toy, pins and other souvenirs.

4- Amik (1976 - Montreal Summer Games)                                                   

Amik the beaver, was the mascot for the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. Amik means beaver in the Alqonquin language and the beaver is the national symbol of Canada.

5-Roni (1980 - Lake Placid Winter Games)                                                     

Rocky, a live raccoon, was supposed to be the mascot of the 1980 Winter Olympics, but he died before the Games began. He was replaced by Roni, the first mascot to be shown in several different sporting poses on various products.

6-Misha (1980 - Moscow Summer Games) 

                                                      

Victor Chizikov, an illustrator of children's books, designed Misha the bear, whose full name was Mikhail Potapych Toptygin. Chizikov spent six months drawing more than a hundred variations for use on many products. The sailing events had a separate mascot of their own, Vigri the seal.

7-Vucko (1984 - Sarajevo Winter Games)

Readers of Yugoslav newspapers were asked to choose the mascot for the 1984 Winter Olympics from a list of six finalists. The winner was Vucko, the little wolf, designed by Joze Trebec. The other finalists were a chipmunk, a lamb, a mountain goat, a porcupine, and a snowball.

8-Sam (1984 - Los Angeles Summer Games)

Sam the Eagle was designed by C. Robert Moore of Walt Disney Productions. The bird was chosen because the bald eagle is the national symbol of the United States.

9-Hidi and Howdy(1988 - Calgary Winter Games)

The first male and female pair of mascots were Hidi and Howdy, brother and sister polar bears designed by Sheila Scott of Great Scott Productions. The names were chosen from nearly 7,000 entries in a contest sponsored by the Calgary Zoo.

10-Hodori (1988 - Seoul Summer Games)

The Seoul Games had dual mascots, Hodori and Hosuni, but Hodori was by far the most popular. The tiger was selected because it appears in many Korean legends. Kim Hyun designed the mascots. The name was chosen from a list of 2,295 submitted by the public.

11-Magique (1992 - Albertville Winter Games)

A mountain goat named Chamois was originally going to be the mascot of the Albertville Games, but no one really liked it, so Philippe Mairesse was called in to design something else. He came up with magique the snow imp.

12-Cobi (1992 - Barcelona Summer Games)

Cobi, designed by cartoonist Javier Mariscal, was supposed to be a dog, but many people weren't sure and the mascot seemed to be a flop. But then he began to catch on and became very popular by the end of the Games and afterward.

13-Haakon & Kristin (1994 - Lillehammer Winter Games)

The first humanoid mascots were Haakon and Kristin, doll-children from Norwegian folklore. An interesting twist was that several pairs of real-life portrayed them to publicize the 1994 Winter Olympics before and during the Games.

14-Izzy (1996 - Atlanta Summer Games)

Izzy was probably the least successful mascot of all. No one knew exactly what he (or she or it) was supposed to be. Originally, he was called Whatizit or Whatizhee, and Izzy was simply a shortening of those names. Izzy was also someting of a shape shifter. As time went on, he grew a nose, gained weight and muscle, and developed stars in his eyes.

15-Snow Owls (1998 - Nagano Winter Games)

As with Albertville in 1992, the original mascot was fired. It was a weasel named Snowple, who was generally disliked and was therefore replaced by four snow owls, Sukki, Nokki, Lekki, and Tsukki. They weren't much more popular at first, but gained popularity as the Games went on.

16-Olly, Syd, and Millie (2000 - Sydney Summer Games)

For the Sydney Olympics, Matthew Hatton designed three Australian animals with multiple layers of meaning. Olly, a kookaburra, is named for the Olympics and represents universal generosity; Syd, a platypus, is named for Sydney and represents the energy of Australia and the Australians; Millie, an echidna, is named for the millennium and is an information whiz.

17-Hare, Coyote, Bear (2002 - Salt Lake City Winter Games)

The three animals symbolizing the 2002 Winter Olympics were chosen from Native American folklore to represent the three elements of the Olympic motto: The snowshoe hare is faster (Citius); the coyote is higher (Altius) because he once climbed a mountaintop and stole fire to warm the earth; the black bear is stronger (Fortius).

18-Athena & Phevos (2004 - Athens Summer Games)

Athena and Phevos are two doll-like children, brother and sister, whose design is based on an ancient Greek terra cotta doll dating to the 7th century BC. Athena is the Greek goddess of wisdom, the namesake and protectress of Athens, while Phevos is the god of light and music.

19-Neve & Gliz (2006 - Turin Winter Games)

Neve is a snowball, Gliz an ice cube. They were created by a Portuguese artist, Pedro Albuquerque, who won an international competition conducted by the Turin Organising Committee.

20-The Fuwa (2008- Beijing Summer Games)

Beibe the blue female  kind of a fish which symbolizes the  European Continent and aquatic sports  , Jingjing the black panda symbolizing Africa, weightlifting, judo  and others, Huanhuan inspired from the Olympics red flames and the chinise Mogao Grottoes symbolieig amirica and ball sports/racquet sports,Yingying the orange Tibetan Antelope symbolising asia and track and field  sports and Nini the green swift inspired mascot which symbolizes Oceania and gymnastics.

21-Miga, Quatchi, Sumi and Mukmuk (2010-vancouver winter games)

Miga - A mythical sea bear, part orca and part kermode bear living off the coast of Vancouver Island.     Quatchi - A sasquatch. He comes from the mysterious forests of Canada, wears blue earmuffs.

Sumi - An animal guardian spirit with the wings of the Thunderbird and legs of a black bear who wears an orca-like hat in an artistic style of Haida people. His name comes from the Salish word "sumesh," meaning "guardian spirit."

Mukmuk - A Vancouver Island marmot described as "small and friendly", Mukmuk is not an official mascot but acts as their "sidekick".

22-Wenlock and Mandeville(2012 Summer Olympics)      

Named after the village of Much Wenlock in Shropshire - which hosted a precursor to the modern Olympic Games in the 19th century. Mandeville is named after Stoke Mandeville, Buckinghamshire, UK, where the first Paralympic Games were held, in 1948. Both designed after a camera and a webcam represent the UK's start of the Industrial Revolution.