First Look: Special coin for 2000th Test, at Lord's - Rediff Sports

First Look: Special coin for 2000th Test, at Lord's - Rediff Sports: "It is coincidence. Maybe it is destiny.

At the same time, it is also fact.

On 21st July 1884, Lord's hosted the first Test match ever played. That featured England and Australia, the former winning by an innings and five runs."

News of the World sold 1.1 million extra copies

The last edition of News of the World sold 1.1 million extra copies on top of the usual 2.66 million. But in which decade did sales of the newspaper reach 8.5 million?
t's the 1950s. It reportedly made it the world's biggest selling newspaper.


Scientists in Japan have grown the teeth from stem cells planted in the mouths of mice.

A Tanzanian scientist has created a powerful new weapon against disease-spreading mosquitoes - a trap that uses the pungent odour of what?

It's smelly socks. The pongy garments attract four times as many of the deadly mosquitoes as the scent of a human body. By spraying a similar smell into special traps outside homes, they stopped the bugs going inside and biting people.
source : bbc

A Simple Strategy for Simplifying | zen habits

A Simple Strategy for Simplifying | zen habits: "‘It is preoccupation with possession, more than anything else, that prevents men from living freely and nobly.’ ~Bertrand Russell"