The Most Expensive Dress Ever!

The dress mentioned was own by the Queen of France in 1610, when she was the queen consort for King Henry IV of France. Her name is Marie de' Medici, she's not French, but she was the member of famous Italian family, Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and she the sixth daughter of the family. As wife of Henry IV, queen of France. Like most French royals, she had expensive tastes in clothes. So much, in fact, that she almost bankrupted France with her extravagance.

The dress that she wore above contain 3,000 diamonds in that very one dress. Of course, at that time diamonds were valued less than pearls. But she had 39,000 tiny pearls in that dress. It cost the equivalent of $20 million dollars in 1606. She wore it once. Marie’s son, Louis XIII, ruled France from 1612 to 1617 but they were exiled 1631. Marie died in poverty.

World's Quietest Room

Steven Orfield, president of Orfield Laboratories, stands in the anechoic chamber in Minneapolis that's been dubbed by Guinness as being the world's quietest room. 

The room, which holds the Guinness World Record designation, is located in the Orfield Laboratories. The recording studios where "Funkytown" and Bob Dylan's "Blood on the Tracks" were recorded are also in this building.

The world's quietest room is called an anechoic chamber, which means there is no echo as it absorbs sound. Sound doesn't bounce off the walls the way it does in a regular room.

A typical quiet room you sleep in at night measures about 30 decibels. A normal conversation is about 60 decibels. This room has been measured at -9 decibels.

Orfield Labs uses the room to test products, including switches that go on car dashboards and the sound an LED display makes on a cell phone to make sure they're not too loud.

To get into the anechoic chamber, you go through two bank vault-like doors. The floor in the room is mesh like a trampoline so there's nothing on the floor for the sound to bounce off of. The walls are lined with sound-proofing wedges that are a meter long so they absorb the sound.

"When you sit in any rooms a person normally sits in, you hear the sound and all its reflections," said Steven Orfield, president of Orfield Labs. "When you go into an anechoic chamber, there are zero reflections. So if you listen to me talk and hear my voice, you're hearing my voice exactly. And if I turn around and talk, the only thing you'll hear is the sound bending around my head."

The World Largest Cruise Ship

~The World's Largest Cruise Ship~

Royal Caribbean “Freedom of the Seas”

M/S Freedom of the Seas is a Royal Caribbean International cruise ship. The world’s largest passenger vessel, she can accommodate over 4,300 passengers on her fifteen passenger decks, served by over 1300 crew.

She is about 229 ft. longer, about 108,000 gross tons larger, and can accommodate 2,147 more passengers than RMS Titanic. Her operating costs are $1 million per day. Rooms for the maiden voyage were priced from $1,900 to $22,000 for the week. As routine service continues, starting room rates are expected to descend as low as $700 for cruises scheduled in the autumn of 2007. The ship consumes approximately 28,000 gallons of fuel per hour.

Facilities - The ship features three swimming areas; an interactive water park, a dedicated adult pool and the main pool. There are 2 whirlpools cantilevered out from the ship’s sides. The Royal Promenade sports a coffee shop, Sorrento’s Pizzeria, a Ben and Jerry’s ice-cream shop, Vintage’s winery, the Bull and Bear Irish pub, and many Duty-free shops. The 13th deck features a sports area with amenities such as a rock climbing wall, the FlowRider (an onboard wave generator for surfing) , a miniature golf course and a full size basketball court. Other items include an ice skating rink, a casino, a Johnny Rockets, Wi-Fi capabilities throughout the ship, flat panel televisions in all staterooms, and cell phone connectivity.

Gold is Valuble

# 10 REASONS WHY GOLD IS SO VALUABLE: #

1. Gold is not only the most malleable , but the most ductile metal that we have discovered. .

2. Chemically, gold also happens to be the least reactive , aside from noble gases. .

3. Gold has been seen as extremely valuable since ancient, unrecorded times . We have proof of this in the jewelry, coinageand additional arts and decoratives that have been found in archaeological digs.

4. Gold tends to withstand, likely because it is resistant to individuals acid attacks .

5. Gold is used in many industries . It is commonly used in electronics, jewelry, dentistry, the production of colored glass and even to detail fine china.

6. Due to it being a naturally occurring metal, it is considered to be fairly rare . In fact, it is most frequently found during abundant mining of other metals like copper.

7. Gold is able to easily create alloys with countless other metals.

8. Aside from gold being a wonderful conductor of electricity and heat, it will also strongly reflect infrared radiation .

9. Unlike many other metals, gold will not be affected by moisture, air or the majority of corrosive agents. This is why it is commonly used in jewelry, as a coating for metals that are more reactive and for coinage.

10 . Gold has been used worldwide monetarily – and still is – whether by coinage,standar ds or convertible shares. 

Ark Hotel in China

Toothpaste

The active ingredient in most toothpastes is called sodium fluoride. Sodium fluoride can be lethal, young children using regular toothpaste with this ingredient should be monitored. Even swallowing small amounts can cause stomach problems or worst.

Man of the Year, 1938

Believe or not, Adolf Hitler was chose by Time Magazine as the Man of the Year, 1938