On February the 28th 2005, at 12.08 local time, the Koenigsegg CCR broke the production road car speed record, achieving a new official top speed of 388 (387.87) km/h at Italy’s Nardo Prototipo proving ground.

A team of five Koenigsegg engineers and mechanics together with founder Christian von Koenigsegg ran, a technically standard Koenigsegg CCR in order to take the top speed record for productions road cars. The famous supercar test driver, Loris Bicocchi who is a veteran recorder breaker, drove the CCR. Continue Reading →

Here are some of the best photos, thus far captured by various media/source.

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Here’s an IQ test for you. It’s simple, there’s only 4 questions.

The following short quiz consists of 4 questions and will tell you whether you are qualified to be a professional. The questions are NOT that difficult, but don’t scroll down UNTIL you have answered the question!

1. How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator?

Answer: Click here

2. How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator?

Answer: Click here

3. The Lion King is hosting an animal conference. All the animals attend…except one. Which animal does not attend?

Answer: Click here

OK, even if you did not answer the first three questions correctly, you still have one more chance to show your true abilities. 

4. There is a river you must cross but it is used by crocodiles, and you do not have a boat. How do you manage it?

Answer: Click here

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Electronic Arts announced that Command & Conquer, the franchise that put the Real-time Strategy (RTS) genre on the map, is returning in full force with Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars. This next chapter takes the popular series back to its roots in the Tiberium universe and features the fast, fluid gameplay that Command & Conquer is known for and a gripping story.

It is 2047 and the stakes could not be higher. Tiberium—a self-replicating alien substance that has infected the Earth—is spreading like a radioactive ice age. The GDI, a high-tech alliance of the world’s most advanced nations, is fighting to contain Tiberium, but Kane, the megalomaniacal leader of The Brotherhood of NOD has other plans for Earth. Kane’s secret society turned superpower is bent on using Tiberium to take control and transform humanity into his twisted vision of the future. All-out war rages over Tiberium and the fate of the planet rests in the balance.

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In the 1400’s a law was set forth that a man was not allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we have “the rule of thumb”.

Many years ago in Scotland, a new game was invented. It was ruled “Gentlemen Only…Ladies Forbidden”…and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.

The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV was Fred and Wilma Flintstone

Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.

Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.

Coca-Cola was originally green.

It is impossible to lick your elbow.

The average number of people airborne over theUS any given hour : 61,000

Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.

Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king in
history:
Spades - King David
Hearts - Charlemagne
Clubs - Alexander, the Great
Diamonds - Julius Caesar

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Please take note. This is a Windows Live invitation spam email. Stay away if you receive such or similar email.

My 2 Cents

Spam, spam, spam! Spammers out there are taking advantage of the email-based invitation of Windows Live. They try to sneak in using this way. So, stay alert!