Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Bill gates Interesting Facts

16 Interesting Facts About Bill Gates

BIshal Shrestha

Visionary, entrepreneur, philanthropist, are some of the words that come to mind when we think of Bill Gates. Gates is undoubtedly one of the most influential technological titans of the 20th and 21st century. Although initially known as the forward-thinking genius behind Microsoft’s rise to dominance and prominence. Gates has since proven himself to be just as savvy in his humanitarian endeavors as he is in business matters. Let us know some intriguing facts about this business tycoon, Bill Gates.

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1. Richest Man On the Planet

Bill Gates remained the richest man on the planet until 2007 when he was surpassed by the Mukesh Ambani and Warren Buffet momentarily, but soon after he regained the position again till date.
source: www.inc.com

2. How Playful He Was?

During his school days, he was very naughty and playful. He hacked computers of schools to get himself placed in the class of most of the girls.
source: www.boomsbeat.com

3. Tic-Tac-Toe!

Bill Gates first computer program ever was a tic-tac-toe game.
source: www.boomsbeat.com, image: images.boomsbeat.com

4. Computer Freak!

Gates was the genius in Computer; he scored 1590 out of 1600 in his SAT exam.
source: www.inc.com

5. Aimed to be a Millionaire by 30

While he was studying in Harward Unversity, he told a professor that he aimed to be a millionaire by the age of 30, but by 31, he became the billionaire.
source: www.factslides.com

6. What! Was He College Drop-Out?

Gates dropped out of Harvard in 1975 and joined his childhood friend Paul Allen to form a company which they named “Micro-Soft.” The hyphen fell off within a year.
source: www.boomsbeat.com

7. What! Was He Arrested?

Gates was arrested in 1977 for jumping a red light and driving without a license in New Mexico.
source: www.inc.com

8. Fell For Leonardo Da Vinci’s Codex Leicester

In an auction of 1994, he fell for Leonardo Da Vinci’s Codex Leicester for $30 million. A few pages were used as a screen saver on Windows 95.
source: www.inc.com, image: minnesotaconnected.com

9. Got the Nick Name “Centibillionair”

Media attempted to create a new title for Gates–“Centibillionaire”–during the dot-com boom when his net worth briefly surpassed $100 billion.
source: www.boomsbeat.com

10. What A Great Philanthropist!

Bill Gates has pledged to donate all his money to the charity after his death leaving $10 million each for all his three children. By now he has donated $28 billion.
source:www.inc.com

11. Pays Huge Tax

Gates pays almost $1 million in property taxes for his home, a magnificent house overlooking Lake Washington that is estimated to be worth $125 million.
source: www.boomsbeat.com, image: cdn1.vox-cdn.com

12. Richer Than Many Countries

Bill Gates is richer than most of the countries of the world. If he was a country, he would be 67th richest on earth.
source: www.factslides.com

13. Big Fan of Porche

Gates is an avid Porsche collector. His collection includes a Porsche 911 convertible and a ‘88 Porsche 959 Coupe, which due to its unknown crash rating required President Clinton to sign a federal law for Gates to drive it in the U.S.
source: www.boomsbeat.com, image: s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com

14. “Gates-Buffet Giving Pledge”

On December 9, 2010, Gates, American business magnate Warren Buffett, and Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook’s CEO) signed the “Gates-Buffet Giving Pledge”, in which they promised to donate to charity at least half of their wealth.
source: www.boomsbeat.com

15. Prediction of Bill Gates

As per Bill Gates, there will be almost no poor countries left in the world by 2035.
source: www.factslides.com

16. More Helpful Foundation Than Any Other in the World

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation spends more on global health each year than the World Health Organization of the United Nations.
source: www.factslides.com

INTERESTING FACTS OF MADRID

INTERESTING FACTS OF MADRID

Madrid, Spain’s capital city’s pull is unquestionable. Popular and much in the limelight because of its Real Madrid football club, Madrid is a golden metropolis. The city is passionate and knows how to live. Madrid holds plenty of surprises, from grand architecture and appealing plazas to high-flying fountains and iconic marble statues. Skillfully decorated with world class art galleries, Madrid would make you want to come here again and again. If you plan to take a trip to Madrid, you must witness the heart of Madrid, the Plaza Mayor, and the El Prado museum. Here are some amazing and Interesting facts about the city that never sleeps, the Kingdom of Spain, El Foro, Madrid:

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1. Madrilènes Don’t Like To Stay Home At Night!

Madrid is known for its legendary nightlife. Often compared with New York, Madrid is one of the liveliest cities of the World. The city has a long list of night party venues but La Latina is probably the most charming place to chill out and enjoy a drink in Madrid. The city loves to celebrate whether it’s a night party or a football game.
source: travelaway.me, image: tandemmadrid.com

2. “The Giant Real Madrid”

The famous Madrid Football Club, ‘The Real Madrid’ was founded in the year 1902 and is the world’s most successful football club of the 20th century. Real Madrid has a record for the most victories in a row, i.e., five for having won the competition Champions League from 1956 to 1960. It is widely respected for such talented team players. It is the richest football club in the world. Santiago Bernabéu Stadium is the home stadium of Real Madrid.
source: Wikipedia, image: chandrapzm.files.wordpress.com, image: worldfortravel.com

3. How Old It Is?

The name ‘Madrid’ is found to be some 2200 years old. According to Arabic records, ‘Mayrit’ or ‘Magerit’ are the old names of Madrid meaning ‘place of abundant water.’
source: madridinfo.net

4. Third largest European city

Madrid comes in third in terms of the population of the European Union. In 2015, around 3.1 million people were noted living in the capital city of Spain. Apart from that, Madrid is the largest city in Spain. It is the third largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and Paris.
source: theculturetrip.com, image: i.dailymail.co.uk

5. What A Flag Symbol!

Madrid’s flag symbol is a bear on its hind legs eating berries. This symbol is significantly a metaphor of Madrid’s growth and progress, also represents possession of the wood used to construct buildings.
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6. Never Miss The “Golden Triangle”

Art Gallery of Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid

Main Facade of Museo National Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid

The Golden Triangle is basically the three major art galleries of Madrid which are located pretty close to each other. They are the Prado, the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza and the Museo National Centro de Arte Reina Sofia completing the triangle.
source: madridinfo.net, image: afrodita-production.s3.amazonaws.com, image: static.thousandwonders.net, image: miguelsal.it

7. Food Alert: Madrid Tapas

Tapas are small Spanish savoury dishes, typically served with drinks at a bar. Madrid’s tapas are a must try thing to do in Madrid. Earlier, this snack would usually be a piece of bread and ham placed on top of a glass of wine. Tapas have now become a delicious tradition that can be enjoyed in Madrid.
source: hotels.com, image: booktaximadrid.com

8. “Bullfighting Museum”

Museo Taurino, Bullfighting Museum, Madrid

Another great place to see in Madrid is the Bullfighting Museum (Museo Torino). The place is best to explore the roots of the sport, its history and changing trends in dressing style.
source: hotels.com, image: cadizturismo.com

9. Are They Cats?

Madrilènes are many often called “Gatos” meaning cats because of a historical legend; an adroit soldier climbed the outer walls with the agility of a cat after which, his family was given the name of Gatos.
source: eyeonspain.com

Some interesting facts about Facebook

1.Facemash

Before Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg developed Facemash. What Facemash did, compiled two pictures online, placing them next to each other at a time and asking users to choose the ‘hotter’ person. At that time, Harvard had no student directory at all with pictures and basic information, so Facemash happened to have around 22,000 photo views by 500 visitors in just first four hours of going live. That’s how Zuckerberg went on to improvise Facemash into Facebook and the rest is history!
source: technetnepal.net, image: zdnet4.cbsistatic.com

2. Why Facebook color isBlue?

Why blue and not some other color? The color scheme choice is not random and there is a valid reason behind it. Mark Zuckerberg is color-blind to red and green and therefore, blue is the richest color for him. In an interview, he stated, “blue is the richest color for me — I can see all of blue.”
source: cbsnews.com

3. Causing A Gridlock

Facebook has more than 350 million active users. Over 35 million users update their status each day, with more than 55 million status updates each day. Over 2.5 billion pictures are uploaded to Facebook each month.
source: facts.randomhistory.com

4. Worth Billions

Mark Zuckerber being billionaire — Mark Zuckerberg being billionaire

Facebook was launched on February 4, 2004, originally name theFacebook. It got so popular that Zuckerberg became a billionaire by the age of 23! Who knew a college project would be worth billions some day. In fact, Facebook has designated Feb 4 to be Friends day as the social networking website has successfully connected millions of people which would not have been otherwise possible.
source: mid-day.com, image: londonlovesbusiness.com

5. First Face Of The Facebook

Al Pacino, American actor was the first face of the facebook. The Site displayed a header image featuring a man’s face obscured behind the binary code. The identity of the man could not be seen clearly, but it later came to light that the face was that of acclaimed actor Al Pacino.
source: wordstream.com, image: factrange.com

6. Happy Friends Day

4th February is celebrated as friends day so facebook was launched in the celebration of friends day on 4th February 2004.
source: cbsnews.com

7. Don’t Need You, Brian

Brian Acton, the co-founder of Whatsapp was turned down by companies like Facebook and Twitter. Here’s what he tweeted

“Facebook turned me down. It was a great opportunity to connect with some fantastic people. Looking forward to life’s next adventure”

Little did he know his next adventure would be worth $19 billion!
source: thehustle.co, image: 3.bp.blogspot.com

8. Awesome To Like

Andrew Bosworth facebook engineer said that he and other engineers were enthusiastic about the “Awesome” button, but that the idea was ultimately vetoed by Zuckerberg in 2007. The site eventually settled on the “Like” button, a decision that Bosworth said was met with a decidedly lukewarm reception.
source: wordstream.com, image: tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com

9. What If Facebook Was A Country?

If Facebook were a country, it would be the fifth-largest country in the world, after China, India, the U.S., and Indonesia, just because of its users.
source: facts.randomhistory.com

10. Where Facebook Is Taboo!

Ban on Facebook — Prohibition on Facebook

Syria, China, Vietnam, North Korea and Iran have banned Facebook.
source: Wikipedia, image: pre07.deviantart.net

11. Don’t Try To Buy It

Companies like Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo have always shown a keen interest in owning Facebook. They have made several offers over the course of years but couldn’t get a deal with Facebook.

In the summer of 2004, Google made several attempts to buy or at least get a deal with Facebook. Google never actually got a deal but its offer to invest in Facebook at a $15 billion valuation turned out to be good for Facebook’s reputation at that time.

In 2007, Steve Ballmer, the CEO of Microsoft offered $15 billion to buy Facebook. When Mark Zuckerberg declined this offer, Microsoft put another offer forward where Microsoft would acquire a small stake in Facebook at a $15 billion valuation. Then, Microsoft would have the option, every six months, to buy another 5 percent of Facebook. However, this offer too was declined by Facebook but Microsoft was able to buy 1.6% of Facebook for 250 million dollars.

Yahoo too made its attempts to buy Facebook in the year 2006. The first time they offered $1 billion but Zuckerberg refused because he knew what Facebook was actually worth. It was around the time when Facebook was about to launch its News Feed. Later Yahoo again offered to pay $1 billion or more but by then Facebook had already opened to people beyond Universities and became a huge hit.
source: businessinsider.in

12. Warning To Facebook

The head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales warned that Facebook and MySpace can lead children to commit suicide because such sites encourage teens to build temporary relationships and dehumanize community life.
source: facts.randomhistory.com

13. Avoid Depression, Avoid Facebook

All news surrounding Facebook are not good. A survey was conducted in 2013 and found that spending a lot of time on the social media site might be making users more depressed.
source: cbsnews.com, image: images.agoramedia.com

14. Who Is Peter Thiel?

Peter Thiel is an American businessman, philanthropist. In 2004 Thiel was the first person to invest money in facebook. He invested $500,000 in Facebook for a 10.2% stake in the company and joined Facebook’s board.
source: Wikipedia, image: i0.wp.com

15. Over Two Million Active Advertizers

The popularity, impact, and cost-effectiveness of Facebook advertisements have made the site one of the most popular online advertising platforms in the world, and its upward trajectory seems likely to carry on. There are now over 2 million active advertisers on Facebook.
source: wordstream.com

16. Be Sensible Through Facebook

Facebook is not just about time killing, it can be put to good use if you want to. Iceland proved it right by rewriting its constitution through Facebook as its citizens could engage in the process and put their views forward. And that’s how it should be right? Regular people must have a say in their country’s constitution.
source: indiatvnews.com

17. Have You Watched ‘The Social Network’?

The Social Network, as we know it is all about how Facebook was created. Although a lot of people found the movie interesting, Mark Zuckerberg is not a fan of it. According to him, most details in the movie are flawed and hurtful and this is not what his story is.

In an interview, he said, “They went out of their way in the movie to try to get some interesting details correct like the design of the office, but on the overarching plot, they just kind of made up a bunch of stuff that I found kind of hurtful.”

He has made a lot of sassy remarks on the movie including that the only thing they hot right was Mark’s wardrobe, his famous gray T-shirt that he is seen wearing quite often.

10 Interesting Facts about Nepal

Bishal Shrestha

Nepal, a serene land, is encircled by two gigantic countries, India and China. In spite of being such a tiny nation, Nepal is still glorious for its own reasons. Outlanders know just a little about its untouched terrains and historical tales. But today we are going to unveil some out-of-ordinary and really interesting facts about Nepal, which makes this nation, so so special:
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1. A flag that’s unlike other flags!

Nepal’s national flag is nothing close to a quadrilateral. It, in fact, looks like two right angled triangles set one above the other, making this flag look like the Himalayan mountain range. These coinciding triangles also represent Hinduism and Buddhism, the two predominant religions which Nepalis follow. The flag is filled with red color that is the national color of the country and outlined by blue which represents peace. Faces of Sun and Moon completes the flag referring to the firm belief of Nepalis in Hindu Gods.
Source: Wikipedia, image: youtube.com

2. Land of Lakes!

If you like water bodies, then you are up for a visual treat. Believe it or not, Nepal has about 200 lakes out of which some are located in the mountains. Yes, you read it right, mountain lakes and mid-hill lakes are found in bulk in this mystical land. Rara is the biggest and longest lake in Nepal which is situated amidst the gigantic Himalayas.
Source: Wikipedia, image: wikimedia.org

3. The memorable visit!

Kathmandu is an eye popping, jaw dropping experience, a riot of sights, sounds and smells that can make your senses explode. Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, is bestowed with “City of Glory” fame. It serves as the home of more than half of the population of Nepal. Tourist’s footfall is quite high in this city.
Source: Wikipedia, image: tourismdepartment.gov.np

4. The Freeland!

Nepal doesn’t celebrate Independence Day because it doesn’t have one. It has never been a slave to any other country and has been following its Kingdom Dynasty. But after the Royal massacre, the Political face of Nepal kept changing, and it’s currently a secular nation.
Source: nairaland.com, image: wikimedia.org

5. Linguistic Hub!

You are about to get stunned… Nepali is not the only language spoken in this ethnic hub, in fact, 123 languages are spoken in this geographically small country. Its closeness to Tibet, India, and China for centuries gave birth to many colloquial languages.
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6. World’s Deepest Gorge is here!

Nepal is the proud custodian of world’s deepest gorge- the famous Kali Gandaki Gorge. This gorge has a tremendous influence on business and is being used for centuries as a trade route between Tibet and Nepal.
Source: Wikipedia, image: Flickr

7. “Sagarmatha” the highest mountain in the world!

Flabbergasted? Don’t be, because Sagarmatha is just another name for Mount Everest in Nepal. And yes it continues to be the highest mountain in the world. Many mountaineers come to Nepal with an urge to climb to the top. But do you know how high it actually stands??? It’s 8,848 meters (29,029 ft) above sea level to be precise.
Source: Wikipedia, image: wikimedia.org

8. Want to have peace? Come here!

Lumbini is where Siddhartha Gautama, the Lord Buddha was born in 623 B.C. Today it’s a pilgrim center where Buddhist from all over the world come in search of peace and self-actualization.
Source: travelweek.ca, image: wikimedia.org

9. Abode of Living Goddesses!

No matter how bizarre it sounds, the fact remains that Nepalis worship young pre-pubescent girls for manifesting divine female energy, incarnations of Goddess Taleju, known as Durga in India. There are several Kumaris throughout Nepal, but the best known is the Royal Kumari of Kathmandu.
Source: Wikipedia, image: wikimedia.org

10. A nucleus of Extreme Landscapes!

Not many know that several extreme places are located here in Nepal. Apart from Mount Everest, there are many other locations for which Nepal is world famous. Tilicho is the lake that’s situated at the highest altitude in the world, while Shey Phoksundo Lake is the deepest of all and Arun Valley is the highest valley on earth. Won’t it be super fun to take a selfie at these extreme destinations?

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