Most Expensive Diamond - Top 10 Most Expensive Auction Items
Item: Wittelsbach diamond
Winning Bid: $23.4 million
Sold: 2008 If diamonds are a girl's best friend, the Wittelsbach would make one heck of a BFF. The 35.56-carat blue diamond dates back to the 17th century, when King Philip IV of Spain selected the jewel to be part of his daughter's dowry. The diamond passed among Austrian and Bavarian royalty for centuries, but after World War I Bavaria became a republic and the jewel was repossessed by the state.
Oscar Niemeyer (Architect) - On This Day
Full Name: Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho
Profession: Architect
Biography: Oscar Niemeyer was a Brazilian architect who is considered to be one of the leading exponents of modern architecture. He was responsible for the design of numerous iconic buildings, including the United Nations Headquarters in New York and the Cathedral of Brasília. Niemeyer studied at the Escola Nacional de Belas Artes, where he was influenced by the work of Le Corbusier.
Purim 2017: The Story Behind Hamantaschen Cookies
Many Jewish people have been getting ready for Purim — the Jewish holiday that begins on Saturday night — by baking hamantaschen cookies, triangular treats made of dough with poppy seeds or fruit jam in the middle.
Asked what the dessert signifies, many celebrants would quickly answer that they’re in the shape of the triangular hat supposedly worn by Haman, the villain of the Purim story in the Book of Esther.
RANKED: The 23 best footballers in the world right now
The Switzerland-based institute analysed performance data over the last three months from Europe's "big five" football leagues — England's Premier League, Spain's La Liga, Italy's Serie A, Germany's Bundesliga, and France's Ligue 1. Football Observatory's methodology considered the performance of players in six different areas of the game — rigour, recovery, distribution, take on, chance creation, and shooting — in order to produce an overall score. Team results were also studied so a player would benefit from victories but would be punished for losses, regardless of his own individual performance.
Research Finds That Cat Parasite Could Be Linked to Mental Illness
Cats may rule the Internet and make beloved pets, but a recent study has revealed that they may also be linked to mental illness.
As cute as they can be, cats can carry a parasite called Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii), which can be passed on to humans. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates more than 60 million people in the U.S. may have it, CBS reports. Though most people will never develop symptoms of a T.
Rihanna, Jessica Alba, Beyonce & Nicole Scherzinger Enter Butt Pose Contest
The UK's X-Factor judge was spotted aboard a yacht in St. Barts over the weekend throwing her behind into the sky while enjoying the sun rays with friends. It’s obvious the 35 year old singer still has several lives in her but she isn't the only female celebrity butt-posing for the prize. Other ladies including, Beyonce, Rihanna,Kim Kardashian and Jessica Alba have all been there are still fighting to win the best pose ever.
See photos from actress Angela Okorie's private beach wedding
The movie star released photos from the romantic wedding ceremony via her Instagram page on Thursday, July 30, 2020. Okorie was full of joy as she showered praises on her hubby, Desmond. ADVERTISEMENT
"I no go tell u that thing wey go blow. Your mind ❤️🙄 But I will always tell you the truth. Oya indicate if you want to see my baby chuchu face 🤣🤣🤣🤣," she captioned one of the photos.
Sex Advice for Teens From the 1960s by Ann Landers
Perhaps the greatest danger of pursuing a career as an advice columnist is that your words may one day sound outmoded and prudish. When the topic on which you’re dispensing advice is sex, that risk is magnified exponentially. Case in point: Though Ann Landers (real name Eppie Lederer) would have plenty of time to update her views throughout her half-century career, her 1961 book Since You Ask Me—excerpted in LIFE magazine for the benefit of curious teens and fretful parents—took such a firm stance on teenage lust that it could read as parody today.
Sport: The Prize Brute | TIME
The boxer, a good-natured brute of a dog, was bred in central Europe in the 15th Century to whip its weight in wild boars. In the U.S., until recently, boxers were as rare as giraffes. Even 16 years ago, says one breeder, “you could lead all the boxers in the country into Times Square, say ‘scat,’ and they’d have been out of sight in the flick of your finger.” Now, still good-natured but also smartly fashionable, some 75,000 boxers (costing up to $5,000 per pup) are on leash in the 48 states.
Sport: World Series, Oct. 10, 1932
First Game. Lou Gehrig, the New York Yankees’ first baseman since 1925. is a heavyset, stolid young man and one of the few professional baseballers who plays on a home town team. His Teutonic mother & father were caretakers at a Columbia fraternity house. Son Lou went to Columbia, played on the ball team, signed a contract with the Yankees. Babe Ruth coached him in batting: in a year or two Gehrig was, next to Ruth, the hardest hitter in the most potent batting machine baseball had ever know:n.