Entertainment : 5 things you didn't know about SpongeBob Squarepants

1. SpongeBob's name was originally supposed to be SpongeBoy, but bizarrely, the name was already copyrighted for a mop.
2. Patrick has a sister named Sam. She mostly makes grunting noises.
3. Alec Baldwin , Alton Brown, Amy Poehler, Christopher Guest, David Bowie, David Hasselhoff, Davy Jones , Gene Simmons, Johnny Depp, Mark Hamill, Pat Morita, Scarlett Johansson, and Ray Liotta have all lent their voices for the cartoon.
4. US President Barack Obama is a fan of the cartoon.
5. Squidward lacks the proper number of tentacles to be a squid or an octopus.

Random : 5 things you didn't know about Pepsi

1. Pepsi was created in 1898 in New Bern, North Carolina by pharmacist Caleb Bradman.
2. It is the largest food and beverages business in U.S, Russia, Middle East and India.
3. The original Mountain Dew formula was invented in 1940 in Tennessee.
4. Lay's is the number one food snack in the world.
5. During it's first 65 years, Pepsi Co sold only one product - Pepsi Cola.

Entertainment : Channing Tatum

Channing Tatum
DOB : April 26, 1980 (aged 33)
Popular Movies :

• Step Up
• White House Down
• 21 Jump Street
• The Vow
• Magic Mike

Intriguing Facts :

• Tatum struggled with dyslexia as a kid.
• He had an imaginary friend when he was a kid.
• His first break was in a Ricky Martin's music video.He was pain $400 for a 7 day shoot.
• Tatum was the brand ambassador for Mountain Dew in 2002.
• He appeared in Steven Spielberg's War of Worlds as a church boy.This scene was later deleted.
• Tatum imitates Matthew McConaughey very well.

Entertainment : Mark Wahlberg

Mark Wahlberg
DOB : June 5, 1971 (aged 42 years)
Popular Movies :

• The Fighter
• Lone Survivor
• Prisoner
• The Other Guys
• Pain & Gain

Intriguing Facts :

• Wahlberg made his acting debut in the 1993 TV movie "The Substitute."
• He admits to being a drug dealer as a young teenager.
• He is a distant relative of Madonna, he is also a relative of Celine Dion.
• Wahlberg was the driving force behind "The Fighter" (2010), and trained for four years in order to build his physique and make the boxing scenes appear more realistic.
• Wahlberg was sentenced to two years in state prison for assaulting two men in 1988. He served 45 days for the crimes.
• He's ranked No. 1 on VH1's "Hottest Hotties of the 90's."

Random : 5 facts about time

1. The theory of relativity suggests that before the Big Bang 13.7 billion years ago, space and time did not exist and matter was packed together in a tiny ball.
2. Due to tidal friction from the sun and moon, the solar day is lengthening by 1.7 milliseconds each century as the Earth’s rotation slows down.
3. In 140 million years, a day on Earth is expected to last 25 hours.
4. people are willing to wait twice as long in fast food restaurants that stick to a “first-come-first-serve” single-line model than in shorter multi-line scenarios.
5. When choosing between a long but fast-moving line and a shorter, slower-moving line, people more often choose the shorter line, even when the wait times are identical.

Random : 5 things you didn't know about submarines

1. The word ‘submarine’ was first used in the 17th century as an adjective meaning ‘underwater’.
2. The first submarine boat was invented by German doctor Magnus Pegel in 1605.
3. He was one of the first to write about blood transfusions. His submarine sank in mud.
4. Then first working submarine was built in 1620 by Cornelius Drebbel. It was propelled by oars.
5.  USS Nautilus, the first nuclear submarine, was launched in 1954.

Corporate : 5 things you didn't know about Warner Bros. Pictures

1.  At the end of the 19th century, the Warner family came to America from Krasnosielc.
2. Sister Rose Warner played the organ at her brothers' first theater, the Cascade in New Castle, Pennsylvania. 
3. One year after Adolf Hitler became Germany's chancellor in 1933, Warner Bros., alone among the major studios, refused to sell to the German market.
4. The Ku Klux Klan sued Warner Bros. for defamation over BLACK LEGION (1937) – and lost. 
5. Clint Eastwood became the oldest recipient of a Best Director Oscar^® for WB's MILLION DOLLAR BABY (2004)

Random : Air Umbrella

1. Air Umbrella was invented by Je Sung Park & Woo Jung Kwon.
2. The power of the air pushed through the system can be varied based on conditions or the desire to extend your protective canopy to a walking companion.
3. It forces an artificial wind up through its handle that shoots out the top and deflects incoming raindrops before they can hit your head.
4. The height can be adjusted.
5. Compact, easy to carry around and doesn't get wet.

 

Random : 10 Keyboard shortcuts you didn't know

1. ALT+TAB: Switch between open programs
2.  F10: Activates menu bar options
3. CTRL+F4: Closes the current Multiple Document Interface (MDI) window
4. ALT+ENTER: Open the properties for the selected object
5. F2: Rename object
6. F3: Find all files
7. Press SHIFT five times: Toggles StickyKeys on and off
8. Windows Logo+L: Log off Windows
9. Windows Logo+SPACEBAR: Displays the list of Microsoft IntelliType shortcut keys
10. Windows Logo+V: Starts Clipboard

Random : 5 things you didn't know about Person Of Interest

1. The director and executive producer Jonathan Nolan is Christopher Nolan's (Dark Knight Trilogy fame) brother.
2. CBS says the show is its “highest-testing drama pilot in 15 years.”  
3. The lead actors have worked on popular movies too such as The Escape Plan, Lost, The Passion Of Christ.
4. Every critic points out that Person of Interest taps a cultural nerve about an increasing lack of privacy and paranoia about governments knowing more than they need to know.
5. Popular dialogue used in the pilot - "When you find that one person who connects you to the world, you become someone different, someone better. When that person is taken from you, what do you become then?"

Entertainment : Megan Fox

Megan Fox

Official Name : Megan Denise Fox

Birthday : May 16, 1986 (aged 27 years) 

Popular Movies :

• Transformers
• Jennifer's Body
• The Dictator
• This is 40

Intriguing Facts : 

• Megan Fox has 9 tattoos.
• Her favorite autobot is Bumblebee.
• August 4th is known as Megan Fox Day.
• She has OCD and fear of flying.
• She apparently shop lifted makeup from Walmart at the age of 15.

Sports : 5 things you didn't know about IPL

1. 3084 Number of sixes hit in IPL and 8551 number of fours hit in IPL.
2. 3778 Number of wickets have fallen in IPL.
3. 50.11 Chris Gayle's average – most by any batsman in IPL.
4. 58 by RR against RCB in 2009 is the lowest total in IPL. 
5. Chris Gayle has hit the most (129) sixes in Ipl, whereas Sachin Tendulkar has hit the most (258) fours. 

  

Entertainment : 5 things you didn't know about Breaking Bad

1. Jessie was supposed to die in the first season.
2. The meth in the show is blue rock candy.
3. Bogdan, the owner of the carwash has a PhD in chemistry in real life.
4. Warren Buffet is a fan of the show.
5. The White family home is an actual family home. 

Random : 5 things you didn't know about Flappy Bird

1. Flappy Bird was made in just two days.
2. It was made way back in May 2013.
3. It made a revenue of $50,000 in a day due to pop-up advertisements.
4. Clumsy Bird, Flappy Fish, Flappy Angry Bird are all clones of Flappy Bird.
5. Don Nguyen received death threats after he pulled down the game.

Random : 5 things you didn't know about Google+

1. Mark Zuckerberg (founder of Facebook) joined Google+ just after its launch and he has more followers than Larry Page (co-founder of Google).
2. Unlike Facebook, Google+ allows for the display of animated gifs.
3. Google+ is the second largest social network in the world trailing on Facebook.
4. It has 318.4 million users worldwide.
5. Google+ cost $585 million and took 500 employees to build.

Random : 5 things you didn't know about Adidas

1. The company was established due to the split between Adolf with his older brother Rudolf and Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik. Rudolf then created Puma. 
2. The name came from from Adi Dassler on 18 August 1949. The acronym All Day I Dream About Sport, although sometimes considered the origin of the Adidas name, was applied retroactively, which makes it a backronym.
3. The Adidas “three striped” logo was designed by Adidas founder Adi Dassler and was first used on Adidas footwear in 1947.
4. Adidas is the parent company to many other brands including Reebok and Rockport.
5.  The Adidas empire is worth an estimated $15 billion.

Random : 5 things you didn't know about Nike

1. The name Nike means the Greek goddess of victory and came from one of the company’s first employees.
2. A Portland State graphic arts student designed the Nike swoosh for $35.
3. Nike is the world's leading supplier of athletic shoes and apparel.
4. Nike has a net worth of £83 billion.
5. Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined. 

Random : 5 Things you didn't know about WhatsApp

1. WhatsApp was founded by Brian Acton and Jan Koum.
2. WhatsApp processes 27 billion messages daily.
3. They have about 200 million active users. 
4. Hiding the last time online can be done from Chat Settings, going into Advanced Settings, on iOS.
5. All the data we share, gets stored in the WhatsApp servers. This data is extracted by the marketers and experts to know the likes, dislikes, preferences, opinions of the end users.

Corporate : 5 things you didn't know about PIXAR

1. There is a fully functioning admissions site for Monsters University.
2. The animators were unhappy with the first version of Toy Story.
3. A full size replica of the house in Up was built in Utah, USA.
4. Pixar started a division of LucasFilms before being bought by Steve Jobs for $5million.
5. Pixar has released 14 films and has a revenue of $7 billion.
   
   
   
   
   
    
   
   
   
   

Entertainment : 5 things you didn't know about The Simpsons

1. The pilot episode was a flop.
2. Only God has 5 fingers in the show.
3. It is currently in it's 23rd season and has won the award for the longest running animated series.
4. FOX network does not have control over the episodes.
5. Sam Simon, one of the executive producers who hasn't worked on the show since 1993 despite being credited in every episode.

Entertainment : Eminem

Eminem
Official Name : Marshall Mathers
DOB : October 17, 1972 (aged 41 years)
Popular Albums :

• MMLP
• MMLP2
• Recovery
• Relapse
• Encore

Intriguing Facts :

• Eminem aspired to become a comic book artist.
• To be signed to Shady Records,one of the requirement is you to have battle Eminem. 
• He cuts his own hair.
• The Marshall Mathers LP sold over 1.76 million in its first week.
• Eminem is left-handed.
• For his 8 Mile role, he dropped from 168 lbs (76.21kg) to 145 lbs ( 65.8kg).
• When Dre first met Eminem, Eminem was wearing a bright yellow tracksuit which he got from a sponsor because he didn't have the money to buy decent clothes. Dre thought he looked like a banana.
• Eminem is in the Guinness Book of world Records for being fastest selling hip-hop artist.
  
  

Entertainment : Ranbir Kapoor

Ranbir Kapoor
Official Name : Ranbir Raj Kapoor
DOB : September 28, 1982 (aged 31 years)
Popular Movies :

• Barfi
• Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
•  Bachna Ae Haseeno
• Wake Up Sid

Intriguing Facts :

• Ranbir learned acting from Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York. 
• He loves to read biographies and autobiographies.
• He still gets a pocket money of Rs.1500 every week.
• Ranbir's character in Barfi was inspired from Charlie Chaplin and Mr Bean.
• He likes visiting different places interacting with people around and experiencing their food and lifestyle.
• The actor is lovingly referred to as ‘Raymond’ by his mother as she thinks he is the perfect man.
  
  

Sports : Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar
Official Name : Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
DOB : April 24, 1973 (aged 40 years)
Achievements :

• Bharat Ratna (2013)
• Arjuna Award (1994)
• Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (1997/98)
• First Cricketer to score hundred centuries in International Cricket

Intriguing Facts :

• During his school days, Sachin grew his hair and tied a band around it to copy tennis legend John McEnroe.
• Sachin Tendulkar uses a very heavy bat at the crease, weighing 3.2lbs. 
• Sachin Tendulkar is the only Indian to find a place in Wisden’s all-time World XI.
• He fielded for Pakistan as a substitute during a one-day practice match against India at Mumbai’s Brabourne Stadium in 1988.
• Sachin Tendulkar was the first batsman to be given out by the Third-umpire.
• The first brand which Sachin Tendulkar endorsed was the health drink ‘Boost.’
• Sachin is the only batsman to have scored at least two centuries against all other Test playing countries.

 

Random : 5 things you didn't know about Titanic

1. The Atlantic Daily Bulletin was printed every day on board the Titanic. 
2. Two dogs were among the Titanic survivors.
3. Captain Smith was planning to retire after Titanic's maiden voyage. 
4. Titanic's whistles could be heard from a distance of 11 miles.
5.  Coal consumption per day: 825 tons. 

Random : 5 things you didn't know about "The Beast"

US President Barack Obama's Limousine is nicknamed as "The Beast".

1. The Beast has it's own airplane and the President uses it in whichever place he travels.
2. The limo is heavily armored, with 8-inch thick doors.
3. The drivers of the beast are highly trained in a military base to execute evasion techniques in case of an emergency.
4. The limo also contains a supply of the President's blood for emergencies.
5. It also has the ability to lock down the cabin like a nearly-impenetrable panic room. 

Corporate : 5 things you didn't know about Nokia

1. The name 'Nokia' is derived from the river Nokianvirta, on the banks of which the company was established.
2. Nokia originally started off as a paper production company in 1865 in Finland.
3. Nokia Company expanded to working with rubber, electricity, and cables before entering mobile phone market.
4. The world's first commercial GSM call was made in 1991 in Helsinki over a Nokia-supplied network, by Prime Minister of Finland Harri Holkeri, using a Nokia phone.  
5. The world's first satellite call was made in 1994, using a Nokia GSM handset.

Corporate : 5 things you didn't know about HP

1. The company was founded by Stanford graduates, William Hewlett and David Packard with a capital of $538 (which was inclusive of equipment). 
2. A toss of a coin decided their moniker order on the logo.
3. The first product manufactured by HP was a resistance-capacitance audio oscillator that was used for testing.
4. 50 years ago, Hewlett Packard was the only company to offer on-site recreational facilities. 
5. In 1968, the company launched the first LED (light emitting diode) into the market.

Corporate : 5 things you didn't know about Mercedes-Benz

1. Businessman, Emil Jellinek, originally used the name Mercedes as a pet name for his daughter Adrienne.
2. The Mercedes-Benz 260D was first produced in 1936 and marked the first diesel-engined production passenger car.
3. Bertha Benz invented brake lining by using shoe leather from a shoesmith to compensate for the vehicles worn brakes.
4. Porsche hand-built every single 500E Mercedes and it took 18 days to assemble a single car.
5.  Karl Benz developed the Benz-Patent Motorwagon in 1988. It is by far known as the first petrol powered car in the world.

Corporate : 10 things you didn't know about BMW

1. BMW was founded in 1916.
2. BMW stands for Bayerische Motoren Werke. English - Bavarian Motor Works.
3. BMW started as an airplane engine manufacturer.
4. The first BMW motorcycle was launched in 1923.
5. The logo is inspired from the propeller of an airplane and the Bavarian flag(blue and white).
6. BMW owns Mini and Rolls-Royce.
7. The kidney grille was first used on a mid-sized saloon in 1933.
8. The UK wing of BMW publishes humorous adverts only on April Fools Day.
9. During World War 2, 30,000 of BMW employees were slave labor.
10. It is the only Motorcycle Manufacturer which refuses to use telescopic forks.

 

Corporate : 10 things you didn't know about Samsung

1. The actual meaning of Samsung is "three stars" in Korean. It stands for big, numerous and powerful.
2. Samsung started in 1938 and there are 80 business under the Samsung Group.
3. The construction section of Samsung built Burj Khalifa - tallest building in the world.
4. In 1995, the chairman was not happy with the quality of his products. To make his employees understand the importance of quality, he ordered the destruction of 150,000 Samsung phones as 2,000 of his employees watched.
5. Samsung accounts for 17% of Korea's GDP.
6. It is ranked as the 9th most global brand.
7. 100 Samsung TVs are sold every second.
8. Samsung has 5,081 patents registered in it's name at the US Patent Office.
9. Samsung's chairman addressed his employees for 3 continuous days in German conference room. The speech was turned into a book and is used as the guidelines on which the company is defined.
10. Samsung has 33 R&D centers around the world.

Sports : Rafael Nadal

Rafael Nadal
Official Name :  Rafael Nadal Parera
DOB : June 3, 1986 (aged 27 years)
Achievements :

•  [French Open, Wimbledon, US Open] : 2010 - Only male player ever to hold 3 majors on 3 different surfaces in the same calendar year.
•  French Open, Wimbledon, Australian Open, US Open : 2005-2010 - Youngest to achieve a Grand Slam.
• French Open - 2005-2013 - 8 titles overall.

 Intriguing Facts:

• He is the second left-hander to win all four Grand Slams after Rod Laver.
• Nadal loves watching soccer games
• He bought an Aston Martin after his Wimbledon 2008 win.
• His plan was playing against Federer is to hit every ball to his backhand.
• Nadal's uncle Toni is also his coach.
• His family turned down an offer from an elite Barcelona sports academy to train him when he was a kid because they wanted him to concentrate on his studies.
• He was sent to a sports boarding school near his house instead.