20 Amazing Facts about Christmas

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas here at Venere.com! Take a peek at our list of fun facts about how the most important holiday of the year is a celebrated around the world! Did you know that? XMAS In Greek, X means Christ; that is where the word “Xmas” comes from! Christmas World Records The world’s largest Christmas present was the Statue of Liberty. The French gave it to the US in 1886. [...]

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10 Unamiliar Countries

Spanyol, Brasil, Italia dan negara-negara lainnya dikenal di seluruh dunia karena keberadaan mereka, budaya dan sejarah. Tapi, mungkin anda tidak mengenal negara-negara di bawah ini. Seluruh negara tersebut sangat asing di telinga anda. Bahkan saya sendiri baru pertama kali mendengarnya. Inilah 10 daftar negara yang asing tersebut : 10. Vanuatu 90% rumah tangga di Vanuatu makan ikan dan 80% [...]

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I DO NOT LIKE SELFISH PERSON!

Many a times we come across people who are hard to forget. Well, not always because they are helpful or bequeath us with some wonderful experiences, but sometimes because they give us unforgettable awful experiences with their utterly bad behavior and selfish characteristics. Though, we hardly expect everybody to be good and helpful to us, we don’t even expect that people use us for their benefits [...]

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North Korea Keeps the World Guessing

WASHINGTON — With North Korea reeling from economic and succession crises, American and South Korean officials early this year secretly began gaming out what would happen if the North, led by one of the world’s most brutal family dynasties, collapsed. Over an official lunch in late February, a top South Korean diplomat confidently told the American ambassador, Kathleen Stephens, that the fall would come “two to three years” after the death of Kim Jong-il, the country’s ailing leader, Ms. Stephens [...]

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One More Game Device (but This One’s Tiny)

With Microsoft’s Xbox 360, Nintendo’s Wii and Sony’s PlayStation 3 duking it out for dominance of the video game console market, can there possibly be any room for yet another machine? Steve Perlman, a well-known Silicon Valley inventor and entrepreneur, thinks there is. His strategy is to make a game system without game discs. His OnLive game service works by keeping all of [...]

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Top 10 Must-Have Apps for the iPhone, and Some Runners-Up

I’m always surprised when I come across people who have yet to fill their iPhone with apps. The most often cited excuse? Not enough time to sift through 300,000 apps to find the good ones. Enlarge This Image The Hipstamatic iPhone app, showing the “Lucifer” viewfinder. Enlarge This Image [...]

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10 Favorite iPhone Apps

* Dragon Dictation (free). Speak to type. In general, excellent accuracy. After the transcription appears, one tap slaps the text into an outgoing e-mail message, text message, Twitter or Facebook update. Or just copies it to the clipboard. Not as good as dictating directly into any box where you can type, as on Android phones. But much faster than typing with your finger. My review is here. * Ocarina ($1). People complain about their kids becoming addicted to their gadgets. But on long rides, [...]

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A Facebook Founder Begins a Social Network Focused on Charities

Chris Hughes, one of the founders of Facebookchief digital organizer for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, knows a thing or two about building online communities. and the Now he is applying his expertise to a new venture called Jumo, which aims to connect people with nonprofits and charitable organizations. The site, which is being unveiled on Tuesday, aims to “do what Yelp [...]

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U.S. School Graduation Rate Is Rising

The nation’s high school graduation rate, which declined in the latter part of the 20th century, may have hit bottom and begun to rise, according to a report to be issued Tuesday by a nonprofit group founded by former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell. Enlarge This Image “The United States is turning a corner in meeting the high school dropout epidemic,” General Powell [...]

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Besar UFO Inggris Itu 20 Kali Lapangan Bola

Badan Arsip Inggris kembali membuka ribuan file tentang penampakan benda misterius di langit alias unidentified flying object (UFO), Kamis 5 Agustus 2010. Salah satunya adalah penampakan pesawat raksasa misterius yang besarnya '20 kali lapangan bola' di atas Bandara Manchester, Inggris, Januari 1995. [...]

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Pemilik iPad Lebih Pelit dari iPhone

iPad, tablet PC buatan Apple tak bisa dipungkiri merupakan perangkat yang hebat. Namun, apakah alat itu sebenarnya bermanfaat? Data yang dirilis lembaga riset Nielsen menunjukkan banyak pemilik tak bisa membayangkan apa yang bisa dikerjakan dengan alat itu. Dari survei terhadap pemilik iPad dan perangkat lain yang terhubung ke internet terungkap bahwa 32 persen pemilik iPad tidak pernah men-download [...]

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Mau iPad 2 jutaan?

Dua operator raksasa di Inggris, yakni Orange dan T-Mobile, mengumumkan tarif baru untuk produk bundel iPad sebagai upaya mereka untuk menarik pelanggan dengan memangkas biaya di muka. Baik Orange maupun T-Mobile menawarkan Apple iPad 3G Wi-Fi 16GB dengan banderol harga 199 poundsterling, atau setara Rp2,7 juta, per unit pada pelanggan lamanya. Harga ini memang terdengar cukup murah. Tapi, sebetulnya pelanggan juga akan dipungut 25 poundsterling, setara Rp350 ribu, per bulan selama dua [...]

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Terjerat Hukum Gara-gara Gaduh Saat Bercinta

- Rumah adalah wilayah pribadi sang penghuni. Tak ada yang bisa mencampuri aktivitas penghuni di dalamnya. Namun, menjadi lain jika aktivitas di dalam rumah itu mengganggu kehidupan orang lain di sekitarnya, termasuk aktivitas seksual. Seperi dikutip dari laman Telegraph, pasangan suami istri Stefanie Mueller, 24, dan Lucas Zetsch, 25, harus berurusan dengan pengadilan gara-gara dituduh berisik [...]

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5500 orang kusetubuhi!

Sarah Moore dan Geoff Daniels bukan pelacur. Mereka adalah pasangan kekasih saling mencintai yang kebetulan berprofesi sebagai pasangan pengganti bagi mereka yang memiliki masalah seksual. Seperti dikutip dari laman The Sun, sebagai pasangan pengganti, Sarah dan Geoff bertugas membantu pasangan orang lain mengatasi masalah seksual di tempat tidur, termasuk mengatasi gugup saat 'malam pertama'. [...]

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