How To Start Your Day

Conquering drowsiness before it overwhelms your mind can be quite a challenge without the help of caffeine, taurine and drugs.

With the prevalence of energy drinks and coffee shops conveniently located all around us, finding an unnatural, unhealthy energy boost is easy. You’ll certainly be wide awake and wired, but your health will pay the price too.

So the question is: What are some healthy, natural ways to boost your energy and stay awake and alert when you must. Let’s take a look at 50 possibilities:

10 Amazing Science Books That Reveal The Wonders Of The Universe

If you're looking for a perfect holiday gift for science lovers, consider these ten amazing books. They prove science is awesomer than fiction, and are packed with beautiful pictures too.

1. On the Origin of Species: The Illustrated Edition
by Charles Darwin with David Quammen

Darwin's original book didn't just kick off the fiercest scientific debate of the last 200 years... it's also a well-written book that is actually surprisingly fun to read. But this new edition released to celebrate the book's 150th anniversary takes it into a whole new dimension, incorporating over 350 beautiful photographs and illustrations that provide visual context for Darwin's ideas. Even better, this edition incorporates selections from Darwin's earlier travel journal The Voyage of the Beagle as well as various letters and diary entries, exploring the more personal side of his journey to one of history's greatest scientific discoveries.

Cool Modern and Futuristic Furniture

Interior decorating should be creating a vitality and stability atmosphere so that every workers feels spiritful and be pleasant to do their job perfectly. Feels free to check this design picture that I collect for you, hope you like it.

It’s nice to see that designers keep coming with new and beautiful furniture that has a not only a practical use, but is also looking really good and improves your interior design.

Any kind of Furniture is very important in daily life, different companies want to design stylish and hottest furniture but few companies want to design cool furnitures, fashionable furniture, and also include few LEDs in furnitures

Especially modern couples today wish for a home that is restful, yet trendy and reflecting of their contemporary tastes and lifestyle. Rooms in modern homes are furnished with

Coolest Inventions Now days

The pics below are some pretty cool inventions. Some cooler than others.

An invention is a novel composition, device, or process. An invention may be derived from a pre-existing model or idea, or it could be independently conceived, in which case it may be a radical breakthrough. In addition, there is cultural invention, which is an innovative set of useful social behaviors adopted by people and passed on to others.

Inventions often extend the boundaries of human knowledge or experience. An invention that is novel and not obvious to others skilled in the same field may be able to obtain the legal protection of a patent.

Invention is a creative process. An open and curious mind allows an inventor to see beyond what is known. Seeing a new possibility, connection, or relationship can spark an invention. Inventive thinking frequently involves combining concepts or elements from different realms that would not normally be put together. Sometimes inventors disregard the boundaries between distinctly separate territories or fields.

Things Successful People Do Differently

Why have you been so successful in reaching some of your goals, but not others?

If you aren't sure, you are far from alone in your confusion. It turns out that even brilliant, highly accomplished people are pretty lousy when it comes to understanding why they succeed or fail.

The intuitive answer — that you are born predisposed to certain talents and lacking in others — is really just one small piece of the puzzle.

In fact, decades of research on achievement suggests that successful people reach their goals not simply because of who they are, but more often because of what they do.

Civilizations That Mysteriously Disappeared - Top 10

Throughout our history, most civilizations have either met a slow demise or were wiped out by natural disasters or invasion. But there are a few societies whose disappearance has scholars truly stumped:

10. The Olmec

One of the first Mesoamerican societies, the Olmec inhabited the tropical lowlands of south-central Mexico. The first signs of the Olmec are around 1400 BC in the city of San Lorenzo, the main Olmec settlement which was supported by two other centers, Tenochtitlan and Potrero Nuevo.


The Olmec were master builders with each of the major sites containing ceremonial courts, house mounds, large conical pyramids and stone monuments including the colossal head that they are most known for.

The Olmec civilization relied heavily on trade, both between different Olmec regions and with other Mesoamerican societies. Because they were one of the earliest and most advanced Mesoamerican cultures at the time, they are often considered the mother culture of many other Mesoamerican cultures.

Things don't always go as planned

Things don't always go as planned. Check out the pics below to see a few examples of what happens when our expectations get punched in the face by reality.

Expectations: Reality

Coolest Animal Photos You Didn't See Yet

Cool Hand Painting Art

Guido Daniele's amazing Hand Painting Art. Guido Daniele was born in Soverato (CZ - Italy) and now lives and works in Milan. Since 1964 until 1968 he attended Brera artistic High School and he graduated from Brera School of Arts (major in sculpturing) in 1972.

In 1972 he started working as hyper-realistic illustrator, in co-operation with major editing and advertising companies, using and testing different painting techniques.

In 1990 he added a new artistic experience to his previous ones: using the "body painting" technique he creates and paints models bodies for different situations such as advertising pictures and commercials, fashion events and exhibitions.

World's Best Booze And Where To Drink It

Drinking the local beverage is a sure way to warm the hearts of the locals. Here is a selection of alcoholic drinks that make the effort of travel all the more rewarding.

1. Sake, Japan

Called nihonshu in Japan, sake is a rice wine with an alcohol content of 15% to 17%. Prior to the first sake brewery being established at Kyoto’s Imperial Palace in the 7th century, sake was consumed in a form that resembled porridge, with the rice primed for production by the chew-in-the-mouth method. There are more than 1,600 brewers of this almost transparent alcohol, with varieties ranging from sweet to crisp and fragrantly fruity. Serving sake slightly chilled generally brings out its best qualities.

Incredible 3D Street Art

3D graffiti, whether it’s in chalk or paint, on walls or the street, represents a new way of combining the mastery of Renaissance art techniques with the gritty, ephemeral qualities of amazing street art.

These 3D street artists gives graffiti a whole new meaning – one that departs from the conventional interpretation of graffiti as vandalism in the form of images and letters scrawled on public property.

Artists like Kurt Wenner, Eduardo Relero and Tracy Lee Stum create street art that is so incredible it is almost impossible to pass by without being sucked in to the worlds they create on asphalt and concrete surfaces. At the bottom you have the making of one of them.

Cool Food Art

Sometimes playing with your food can be a good thing. Take these awesome examples of food art for instance - they're silly, fun, and some just downright impressive!

The time and dedication it must take for some of these is incredible (not to mention the willpower it takes to not eat the yummy stuff!) and for that I give kudos to the "artists" of the following pictures.

The 28 Healthiest Foods on the Planet

The following is a "healthy food hot list" consisting of the 29 food that will give you the biggest nutritional bang for you caloric buck, as well as decrease your risk for deadly illnesses like cancer, diabetes and heart disease.

Along with each description is a suggestion as to how to incorporate these power-foods into your diet. If you're searching for more tips on healthier living, take a direct approach to your health and wellness by customizing your individual health insurance needs.


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World’s Best Secret Islands

Our world has a lot of beautiful islands and some of them are really magnificent and full of natural resources and minerals, but some islands are still unexplored and are secret as many people don’t know about them. The culture and life style on these islands are very unique. Here are world’s best secret islands you may ever want to visit.

1.Torres Strait Islands, Australia

The Torres Strait Islands are situated off the Cape York Peninsula in Australia. 2 islands form the Torres Strait stretching from the peninsula north to the Papua New Guinea border.

Only 3 of the Torres Strait Islands are open for the public where as other islands are only for the Islanders, who originally came from Polynesia and Melanesia. The population of the Torres Strait Islands is now more than 6000. Each of the Torres Strait Islands has unique cultures and languages.

Cool Package Designs - Part I

Packaging is a very important marketing strategy to glamorize a product in order to attract the consumer's attention. Often however, packaging can be neglected by business.

Here is a compiled selection of beautiful packaging designs, some conceptual and some that made it to the shelves but all great examples of the designer going the extra mile to ensure that all important first impression is a positive one.

Cool Designs In Small Spaces

Good designs for living in small apartments and how to make the most out of it

As people migrate to smaller spaces, good design helps a lot.

This is something they figured out in Europe long ago, that if you don't have a lot of horizontal room you can go vertical.

Tumidei in Italy makes some of the nicest stuff, like the next unit with lots of storage under the bed.

Incredible 3D Pencil Art

Incredible 3D images that pop off the page... with pencil and paper

He's a modern day master making incredible 3D images that pop off the page - armed only with a pencil and a piece of paper. At just 20-years-old, Chilean artist Fredo is quickly captivating the online art world with his series of graphite sketches.

He is now planning to take his art to the streets in a bid to spread his fanbase from the virtual world to the real one.

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30 Interesting Facts You Didn't Know About Cigarettes

The world’s view on smoking cigarettes has changed dramatically over the last century. The habit was once considered to be cool, sexy, good for your health, and widely enjoyed by many people.

It was promoted by sportsmen, and advertised all over television. No one could be seen acting in a movie without a lit cigarette in their hand!

Today, smoking is considered to be a nasty addictive habit that can kill you and those around you.

You wont find them advertised anywhere – nor will you see anyone smoking inside a public building. It seems that these days smokers are considered to be anti-social and are often frowned at if seen smoking outside in crowded places. Below is a list of interesting facts about cigarettes.

Top 20 iPhone Apps of 2011 For Productive Cool People

Mobile apps have become an embarrassment of riches for iPhone and Android. In a world with over 500,000 iPhone apps and over 250,000 Android apps, the toughest part is finding the most useful stuff.

Here you have 20 great iPhone apps that you will definitely like:

1. Dropbox App

Dropbox is a great cloud service that automatically syncs a folder of files between multiple computers (Windows, Mac, or Linux). This app extends Dropbox to the iPhone and includes a built-in reader within the app for PDFs, image files, and Microsoft Office files.

10 Interesting Things About Beer

1. The Earliest Beer Recipe

Beer brewing dates to almost 6000 BC. However, it was the Sumerians around 2000 BC who really loved the stuff. Their plaques and carvings often center on people or gods drinking from large jars of beer.

A hymn to one of their most important goddesses, Ninkasi, is actually a very detailed explanation of how to make beer; this was helpful in a society that was almost entirely illiterate.

Want to make some beer but can’t read the recipe? Just start reciting the hymn and you’re set. Beer was so important that the average Sumerian couldn’t be bothered to stop drinking it for anything apparently, as there is a carving of a woman drinking out of a beer jug in the middle of sexual intercourse. That’s some dedication to your booze.

How To Live Your Life To The Fullest

1. Have a firm handshake.
2. Look people in the eye.
3. Sing in the shower.
4. Own a great stereo system.
5. If in a fight, hit first and hit hard.
6. Keep secrets.
7. Never give up on anybody. Miracles happen everyday.
8. Always accept an outstretched hand.
9. Be brave. Even if you're not, pretend to be. No one can tell the difference.
10. Whistle.
11. Avoid sarcastic remarks.
12. Choose your life's mate carefully. From this one decision will come 90 per cent of all your happiness or misery.
13. Make it a habit to do nice things for people who will never find out.

14. Lend only those books you never care to see again.
15. Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all that they have.
16. When playing games with children, let them win.
17. Give people a second chance, but not a third.