Entertainment : 5 things you didn't know about Ne-Yo

1. His real name is Shaffer Chimere Smith.
2. He was in an R&B boy band called Envy back in high school in Las Vegas.
3. Ne-Yo was arrested for reckless driving in 2008.
4. His big break came when he co-penned forgotten R&B upstart Mario's 2004 hit, "Let Me Love You" (off Turning Point) with producer Scott Storch.
5. He performed at a fund raiser for Obama in 2007.

Entertainment : 5 things you didn't know about Usher

1. Usher first recorded a song professionally when he was only 14 years old.
2. He once called Bob Dylan 'Bill' in front of over 1 billion people.
3. His Album My Way Is a Tribute to Frank Sinatra.
4. Usher created his own record label, US Records, in 1998.
5. He founded New Look, a charity that encourages young people to get real world work experience.

Random : 5 things you didn't know about Tahitian pearl

1. It is an exotic black pearl from the Pinctada margaritifera or Black-lip pearl oyster.
2. These pearls are often referred to as black, but have a remarkable color range that covers the spectrum - from light, creamy white and grey, to regal greens, iridescent peacock and deep black.
3. They are farmed in French Polynesia, the Cook Islands, the Micronesian Islands, Japan, Thailand, and the Philippines.
4. They are considered to be the second most valuable commercially farmed pearls in the world.
5. They are among the largest pearls in the world. Their size ranging from 8mm to 18mm.  

Random : 5 things you didn't know about Stay with me by Sam Smith

 

1. The choir in the background of “Stay With Me” is really just his voice layered 20 times. 
2. It reached the Top 10 in over 12 countries.
3. It has been covered by most of the top artists including Kelly Clarkson and Ed Sheeran.
4. The song runs just 2:52, which informed the approach for the entire album, whose 10 tracks total just 32:47.
5. In the Lonely Hour (the album) sold 166,000 copies in its initial week in the US. 

History : 5 things you didn't know about Enigma

 

1. The Enigma cipher machine was invented by a German engineer, Arthur Scherbius on February 23, 1918. 
2. Enigma allowed an operator to type in a message, then scramble it by using three to five notched wheels, or rotors, which displayed different letters of the alphabet.
3. The Germans were convinced that Enigma output could not be broken, so they used the machine for all sorts of communications on the battlefield, at sea, in the sky and, significantly, within its secret services.
4. The British described any intelligence gained from Enigma as 'Ultra', and considered it top secret.
5. Alan Turing and Gordon Welchman built a machine called The Bombe which could break the enigma code.

History : 5 things you didn't know about Alan Turing

 

1. Turing built a machine called The Bombe along with fellow mathematician Gordon Welchman which could break the enigma code.
2. He was a British pioneering computer scientist, mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher, mathematical biologist, and marathon and ultra distance runner.
3. He had a mug chained to the radiator in Hut 8 during his time at Bletchley Park to stop others from using it. 
4. Steve Jobs wished the Apple logo was a homage to Turing.
5. Turing almost qualified for the 1948 Olympic marathon. 

 

Random : 5 things you didn't know about Peru

1. Peru grows more than 55 varieties of corn, and you can just about find it in any color  including yellow, purple, white and black.
2. Peru is the 6th largest producer of gold.
3. Two-thirds of Peru is covered in prime Amazon Rain Forest.
4. Peru’s is the 8^th largest producer of coffee in the world.
5. There are some 90 different micro-climates in Peru, making it one of the most bio-diverse countries on the planet.

Random : 5 things you didn't know about Chile

1. Chile is one of only two countries in all of South America that does not border Brazil.
2. The Andes, the longest continental mountain range in the world occupies 80 percent of Chile.
3. It has a population of 16,136,000.
4. Chile has one of the longest recorded dry spells in the Atacama Desert it did not rain for 40 years.
5. Chile received its independence from Spanish colonial rule in 1913.

Random : 5 things you didn't know about Venezuela

1. Venezuela occupies most of the northern coast of South America on the Caribbean Sea.
2. Slavery was abolished in Venezuela in 1854.
3. Venezuela was the largest oil exporter in the world in the early twentieth century.
4. Population of Venezuela is 28,946,101.
5. Angel Falls in Venezuela is the tallest waterfall in the world.

Random : 5 things you didn't know about Greece

1. No one in Greece can choose to not vote. Voting is required by law for every citizen who is 18 or older.
2. About 7% of all the marble produced in the world comes from Greece.
3. Greece is the leading producer of sea sponges.
4. Greek has been spoken for more than 3,000 years, making it one of the oldest languages in Europe.
5. The first Olympic Games took place in 776 B.C. The first Olympic champion was a Greek cook named Coroebus who won the sprint race.

Entertainment : 5 things you didn't know about Godfather

1. In the film’s opening scene, Vito is famously seen holding a cat. Amazingly this was a stray - there was no cat in the original script. 
2. Marlon Brando wanted to make Don Corleone look "like a bulldog," so he stuffed his cheeks with cotton wool for the audition.
3. The shooting of Moe Greene square through the eyeball was inspired by the real life death of gangster Bugsy Siegel.
4. The most complicated scene for special effects was the death of Sonny Corleone at the Jones Beach Causeway toll plaza.
5.  Robert De Niro had auditioned for the role of Sonny.

Random : 5 things you didn't know about Slurpee

1. 7-Eleven has sold over 6.5 billion slurpees till date.
2. Most slurpees are sold in Cannda.
3. Slurpee light - the low calorie version of the drink accounts for 20 percent of the total sales of the Slurpee.
4. One lucky individual in this world owns the slurpee machine, the rest are in 7-eleven stores.
5. In 2004, 7-eleven gave edible straws along with slurpees.

Entertainment : 5 things you didn't know about Top Gun

1. Ray Ban glasses had a massive spike in sales in 1986 after the release of the movie.
2. The US Navy capitalized on the movie’s success by setting up recruitment boots outside movie theatres so that males heading home after watching it could sign up for a career in the service.
3. Tom Cruise was paid $1 million for his role.
4. Anthony Edwards (Goose) was the only actor who didn't vomit in the flight scenes.
5. Kerry McGillis(Charlie) is taller than Tom Cruise.

Entertainment : Top 10 movie quotes of all time

1. I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse. - The Godfather
2. Here's looking at you, kid. - Casablanca
3. You talking to me? - Taxi Driver
4. I'm the king of the world! - Titanic
5. I feel the need - the need for speed! - Top Gun

 

Entertainment : 5 things you didn't know about Fight Club

1. Brad Pitt says he didn’t want his parents to see the movie, but he couldn’t convince them not to watch. They changed their minds after watching the chemical burn scene.
2. When Tyler and the Narrator are fighting and gather a crowd, no one intervenes, but instead look rather bemused.
3. The movie’s line “The first rule of Fight Club is you do not talk about Fight Club” was 27 of “The 100 Greatest Movie Lines” by Premiere in 2007.
4. Atleast one Starbucks cup is visible in every scene.
5. Russell Crowe was the initial choice for the role of Tyler Durden.

Entertainment : 5 things you didn't know about Shawshank Redemption

1. When Andy is making his escape, he crawls through a sewer tunnel filled with grotesque effluvia. The sludge was actually a mixture of chocolate syrup, sawdust and water, and even decades later the pipes still smell like cocoa.
2. The scene where Andy first approaches Red about the rock hammer as Red plays catch in the main yard took nine hours to shoot.
3. Morgan Freeman’s son, Alfonso Freeman, has two notable cameos in the film.
4. The interior shots of Shawshank State Prison were taken on a set built from scratch.
5. In the original novella, Red is described as a middle-aged Irishman.

Random : 5 things you didn't know about Oil Pastels

1. Oil pastels consist of pigment mixed with a non-drying oil and wax binder.
2. They do not dry by oxidation, they harden over time.
3. Almost any surface will work for an oil pastel substrate- canvas, wood panel, paper etc.
4. They become soft at a temperature of 80 and above.
5. Paper towels or a hand towel are used for wiping off messy sticks. 

Random : 5 things you didn't know about Snickers

1. 15 million Snickers bars are manufactured every day.
2. Snickers traditionally have around 16 peanuts in each bar .
3. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, Snickers was sold under the brand name Marathon until 1990.
4. The name Snickers came from a favorite horse of the Mars family.
5. In 1984 Snickers was the Official Snack Food sponsor of the Olympics in Los Angeles.

 

Random : 5 things you didn't know about Ferrero Rocher

1. Official opening of Ferrero company, in Alba, Italy with 50 employees.
2.  4.6 billion Ferrero Rocher are produced each year and sold in more than 130 countries across 5 continents.
3. The hazelnut found at the heart of every Ferrero Rocher, is specially chosen for its size to ensure the best possible flavour.
4. Michele Ferrero assumed leadership of Ferrero, following the death of his father Pietro and his uncle Giovanni in 1950.
5. It was launched in UK in 1982.

Random : 5 things you didn't know about Oreo

1. Oreo is present in over 100 countries.
2. The cookie to cream ratio is 71 percent to 29 percent.
3. It takes 59 minutes to make an Oreo.
4. The debut version had lemon meringue flavor too.
5. March 6 is World Oreo Day.