5 Shocking Claims Of Reincarnation

Swarnlata Mishra

Among the case studies of reincarnation, one of the most famous is that of Swarnlata Mishra. She was born to an scholarly and prosperous family in Pradesh in India 1948. Her reincarnation came in to scene when she was only three years old, while travelling with her father past the town of Katni, more than 100 miles from her home. The girl indicated and asked the driver to take a turn down the road to “HER HOUSE”. She further suggested that they could get a better cup of tea there than they could on road. Her father went to that very house indicated by the young girl and found all the facts stated by her to be true. She recognized all the family members from her previous life.

Little Known Facts About Bananas

This is interesting. After Reading this, you'll never look at a banana in the same way again. Containing three natural sugars - sucrose, fructose and  glucose combined with fiber, a banana gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy. Research has proven that just two bananas provide enough energy for a strenuous 90-minute workout. No wonder the banana is the number one fruit with the world's leading athletes. But energy isn't the only way a banana can help us keep fit. It can also help overcome or prevent a substantial number of illnesses and conditions, making it a must to add to our daily diet.

Tomatoes Shown To Lower Stroke Risk

In a groundbreaking new study that’s sure to send health-conscious guys running to the produce market, tomatoes now are linked to lower stroke risk in men. Researchers examining the blood levels of more than 1,000 Finnish men ages 46 to 65, found that those whose blood contained the highest levels of lycopene had 55 percent less chance of suffering a stroke. Those results, published in the October 8 issue of the journal Neurology, held true even after adjusting for the men’s age, health and other risk factors such as smoking and obesity. Because stroke is the third leading cause of death in this country, the fact that simply adding more tomatoes to your diet can add years to their life is big news for men in their middle years. Effects of lycopene on women’s stroke risk was not studied.

5 Banned Torture Methods

Torture has been defined in several ways and depending on the context in which this term is being used its definition ought to change. In any setting or form torture is considered to be an outright violation of human rights and is prohibited worldwide. Torture is used in domestic settings, law enforcing scenarios, and in international scenarios that include war or investigation. We will be discussing 5 banned torture methods but will keep in view that torture in all its forms is prohibited by virtue of human rights or by law in some countries.

The Ark – World's New Most Unique Hotel

The Ark project was designed by Russian firm Remistudio with the assistance of the International Union of Architects’ program Architecture for Disasters Relief. The dome-shaped hotel is constructed with wooden arches, steel cables and a “self-cleaning” plastic layer instead of glass. The slinky-like Ark hotel can be adapted to suit both land and water. It is built to stay afloat in the event of floods or rising seas. The 14,000 square metre shell-like construction of arches and cables distributes the weight evenly, meaning it can withstand earthquakes. Daylight is filtered through to internal rooms due to the hotel’s see-through structure, reducing the need for lighting.

New Hover Bike ‘Like Something From Star Wars’

A new hover vehicle resurrected from abandoned 1960′s design plans has sparked a rash of comparisons to the hover bikes famously seen zipping through the forest in Star Wars film Return of the Jedi (see below for picture). The original design was abandoned nearly half a century ago due to stability issues and problems with rollover which could not be fixed at the time. But California based tech firm Aerofex have now fixed these problems with an innovative new control system.

Fictional Characters That Changed Over The Years

Many people have their favorite fictional characters. Some people even say that their fictional characters changed their life. Some sociologists are making researches of how the experiences of fictional characters can lead to changes in our own behavior. That are some interesting research into what happens when we really empathize with a character in a fictional story. These researches are attracting a lot of attention due to its potential for social change. Through the decades some of the most cherished fictional character costumes have seen major facelifts. Take a look at these interesting collection of photos with fictional characters that changed over the years. Enjoy.

Mud Volcano

A mud volcano may be the result of a piercement structure created by a pressurized mud diapir which breaches the Earth's surface or ocean bottom. Their temperatures may be as low as the freezing point of the ejected materials, particularly when venting is associated with the creation of hydrocarbon clathrate hydrate deposits. Mud volcanoes are often associated with petroleum deposits and tectonic subduction zones and orogenic belts; hydrocarbon gases are often erupted. They are also often associated with lava volcanoes; in the case of such close proximity, mud volcanoes emit incombustible gases including helium, whereas lone mud volcanoes are more likely to emit methane.

Approximately 1,100 mud volcanoes have been identified on land and in shallow water. It has been estimated that well over 10,000 may exist on continental slopes and abyssal plains.

5 Unhealthy Foods You Lived Off In College

When it comes to fast, easy, and unhealthy food, you will generally find that college students have a wealth of knowledge/experience in said area. Most of the time they’re…

* Too strapped for time to make something healthy

* Too broke to buy real food

* Too lazy for anything involving more than a microwave

What you’re left with is a specific selection of foods that we’ve all probably had to live off of at least once.

American Airlines Passengers Told to Brace for Crash-Landing After Another Maintenance Scare

By JIM AVILA | Good Morning America

Another day, another safety issue has American Airlines under the microscope because of a mid-flight maintenance scare when a plane's landing-gear jammed after take-off. Flight 1862 from Dallas to St. Louis had to return for an emergency landing 10 minutes into the flight Tuesday. The passengers were told to brace for a crash landing at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. Jim Faulkner, an American Airlines spokesman, confirmed that the flight turned back to the airport without incident around 8:40 a.m. local time. Passengers were put on another plane to St. Louis.

5 Most Corrupt Politicians Of The World

Ferdinand Marcos

Ferdinand Marcos was a lawyer by profession and served as President of Phillipines from 1965 to 1986, according to an estimate he looted about $ 5 to 10 billion from the public wealth of Phillipines Government. In 1986 very popular public movement called “people power” forced powerful Ferdinand Marcos and his family to go into exile in Hawaii,where he died three years later;

12 ATVs That’ll Take You Off-Road In The Future

Roads or no roads, ATVs can go anywhere. But, can cars be left far behind? While ATVs always had a tough off road cred unmatched by cars, car technology has caught up over the years to make cars just as tough and hardy as the ATVs. Fasten your seat belts as we take you through the 10 hottest ATV concepts that may burn up the roads of the future.

7 Amazing Transparent Animals

Nature is fascinating and often weird, it surprises us when we least expect. Some creatures use the camouflage techniques as a hunting and defense mechanism, others show everything they have -  like transparent animals. Despite of what we are inclined to think, transparent and translucent animals live also on the ground, not only in the abyss of the ocean and we have visual proof of it. Nothing is photoshopped!

Unique Nokia Phones Ever Launched

What is the first thing that strikes your mind when you think about a Nokia phone? The all-famous Candybar design, few megapixels for the camera, amazing battery life and – that’s your average Nokia phone.

Meet Gregory – The Egg Man

A walking work of art, Gregory Da Silva is more than an odd spectacle – he is a symbol of Africa’s many diverse cultures…In the first heady years of the African Union, the world’s eyes are increasingly turned to the continent from which humankind first appeared. Beneath the seemingly impenetrable mask of violence portrayed in popular media, lies a living and thriving cultural climate which Des Warde finds well depicted by West African street artist Gregory Da Silva.

AP IMPACT: Air Force Insiders Foresaw F-22 Woes

By ERIC TALMADGE | Associated Press – Thu, Sep 27, 2012

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan (AP) - Years before F-22 pilots began getting dizzy in the cockpit, before one struggled to breathe as he tried to pull out of a fatal crash, before two more went on television to say the plane was so unsafe they refused to fly it, a small circle of U.S. Air Force experts knew something was wrong with the prized stealth fighter jet. Coughing among pilots and fears that contaminants were leaking into their breathing apparatus led the experts to suspect flaws in the oxygen-supply system of the F-22 Raptor, especially in the extreme high-altitude conditions in which the $190 million aircraft is without equal. They formed a working group a decade ago to examine the problem, creating an informal but unique brain trust. Internal documents and emails obtained by The Associated Press show they proposed a range of solutions by 2005, including adjustments to the flow of oxygen into pilot's masks. But that key recommendation was rejected by military officials reluctant to add costs to a program that was already well over budget.

Connecticut Teacher Didn't Know He Shot Masked Son Until Police Identified Body

By KEVIN DOLAK | ABC News – Fri, Sep 28, 2012 12:42 PM EDT

A teacher attempting to assist his sister in their quiet Connecticut suburb when she believed she was being robbed shot a masked stranger during a late-night confrontation. But Jeffrey Giuliano, 44, didn't realize that he had gunned down and killed his teenage son until the boy was identified by authorities.

Top 10 Horrifying Prisons Of The World

Prison is a place where government keeps the criminals by separating them from the rest of the society. Criminals are those who defy the laws and goes against the political regime. From the ancient times these prisons holds the special place in the history. Kings used to keep the criminals in those prisons for the time being until they are either executed or given a penalty. Now, the governments around the world are using prisons to keep the criminals either serving their time or those who are still waiting charges and sentence. Many famous figures have served into these prisons like Nelson Mandela and John McCain. These prison’s not only housed notorious cirminals but also served as House Of Slaves. Few prisons came to limelight due to daring escapes, barbaric treatments or even cruelty towards the inmates. Few of those prisons are now a tourist spots. Following is a list of top 10 such infamous prisons around the world.

Things You Didn't Know About The Cold War

The term “cold war” goes back to a 14th-century medieval writer named Don Juan Manuel, who referred to the uneasy peace between Muslims and Christians in Spain. But it was George Orwell, in a piece titled “You and the Atomic Bomb,” who applied the term as we know it best to the protracted economic, geopolitical and ideological battle between the United States, the Soviet Union and their shifting allies. The precise dates of the Cold War are the subject of debate, though most agree that it began at some point in the summer of 1945 and continued until the collapse of the Soviet Union at the end of 1991. Whatever the case, it dominated global politics and culture for the entire second half of the 20th century, and its effects are ongoing. Things you didn’t know about the only war that categorically could have ended all wars through total and complete annihilation, the Cold War. 

10 Trickiest Spy Gadgets Ever

By Alyssa Danigelis

"The world of espionage is not divorced from the rest of the world," Thomas Boghardt, the International Spy Museum's historian says. That became even evident when The FBI announced the arrest of 10 alleged Russian spies living and working in the United States and a couple of years ago, when the CIA released World War II era personnel files, including one for chef Julia Child, who did admin work for the intelligence service back when she was Julia McWilliams. And because spies live and work among us, they need every day objects to conceal their secret files and transmissions.

In the previous century, technology we may find quaint today was invaluable for covert operations. The broadest collection of these gadgets can be found at The International Spy Museum, one of a few spy museums in the world. The Central Intelligence Agency also has a museum in Langley, but it can only be visited with an invitation. There is, however, a virtual tour. While you wait on that special invitation, Boghardt shines a light on 10 famous - and infamous - spy gadgets housed at the International Spy Museum, which is open to the public: