Wednesday, 14 September 2016
33 interesting facts about the Lamborghini
Yeah, this is a combined
fact about the Lamborghini, this was first posted on livefacts360.blogspot.com
The Italian, manufacturing
magnate, founded Automobili Ferruccio Lamborghini S.P.A. in 1963 to compete
with established marques, including Ferrari. The company gained wide acclaim in
1966 for the Miura sports coupé, which established rear mid-engine, rear wheel
drive as the standard layout for high-performance cars of the era. Lamborghini
grew rapidly during its first decade, but sales plunged in the wake of the 1973
worldwide financial downturn and the oil crisis. The firm's ownership changed
three times after 1973, including a bankruptcy in 1978. American Chrysler
Corporation took control of Lamborghini in 1987 and sold it to Malaysian
investment group Mycom Setdco and Indonesian group V'Power Corporation in 1994.
In 1998, Mycom Setdco and V'Power sold Lamborghini to the Volkswagen Group
where it was placed under the control of the group's Audi division.
1.
The fastest Lamborghini car in the world
(Murcielago R-GT) which has a top speed of 370 km/h.
2.
The first manufacture of Lamborghini was
tractors, which was founded in 1963 by Ferruccio.
3.
Lamborghini produces sports cars and V12
engines for offshore powerboat racing. Lamborghini currently produces the
V12-powered Aventador and the V10-powered Huracán.Lamborghini is named after
the founder of the company Ferruccio Lamborghini.
4.
The most expensive Lamborghini ever sold was
the Lamborghini Reventon, for $1,600,000.
5.
Many of the cars are named after Spanish
legends.
6.
The first Lamborghini was the 350GTV from
1963.
7.
Lamborghini was once an independent company,
but is now owned by Volkswagen AG together with Audi.
8.
Most Lamborghini cars had a v12 engine except
for the Gallardo, which has a v10.
9.
The owner of Lamborghini first drove a
Ferrari when he started the company, but the car had a constant nagging clutch
problem which frustrated him to the extent of making him manufacture cars
instead of tractors.
10. In
2007, Lamborghini sold over 2 580 cars which is the highest amount of cars they
have ever sold in a year.
11. The
founder of Lamborghini, Ferruccio Lamborghini, died on 20th February, 1993.
12. Super
Trofeo series by Lamborghini has been designed for those who can cough up
$30,000 per race to allow them to drive a Lamborghini.
13. As
per a chief designer from the design team of Aventador, the inspiration was
taken from an F22, F35, B2 and ‘those shiny green jagged-leg beetles that smell
bad when you step on them’.
14. Miles
Davis actually turned his Miura into bits in a famous accident.
15. Italian
police use Gallardos to transfer donated organs.
16. Lamborghini
has won a ton of offshore powerboat championships
17. Engines
by Motori Marini Lamborghini are known as some of the best internal combustion
engines.
18. It
was also known as Rambo Lambo because Sly drove it. They came with a powerboat
Motor B Motori Marini Lamborghini that pumped more than 700hp.
19. Bertone
design house head said ‘Countach’ in his Piedmontese dialect when he first saw
the concept that would later on become the flagship of Lambo. It means, as per
different opinions, “Bloody Hell”, “Holy Shit” and “woman of ‘extravagant’
looks”.
20. Chrysler
bought Lamborghini back in 1987 and played around with design, finally
designing a 4-door Lambo named Portofino. It never made it to the production phase;
however, Chrysler used those design ‘moves’ to create Intrepid.
21. Why
Lamborghini was named after bulls Ferruccio was born on 28th April and thus was
a Taurus which is why the Lamborghinis are named after bulls.
22. In
the late 1960s, if you didn’t own a Miura, you were nobody. As Frank Sinatra
famously said, “You buy a Ferrari when you want to be somebody. You buy a
Lamborghini when you are somebody.”
23. The
first Lamborghini launched by a guy who builds indy cars was Gian Paolo Dallara
later on launched his own firm that builds all of the IndyCars’ chassis now.
24. 350GTV
was the first Lamborghini that was engine less, When 350GTV was launched, it
wasn’t finished and during its unveiling at the Turin Auto Show, it didn’t have
an engine so the team simply placed some bricks instead of engine and kept the
hood shut during the entire time.
25. Lamborghini
was founded because Ferrari was being mean, Ferruccio owned a Ferrari 250GT and
he took for service to the Maranello headquarters once he realized that the
clutch was identical to the one being used by his production line. He asked
Enzo Ferrari for replacement to which he replied, “You’re just a silly tractor
manufacturer, how could you possibly know anything about sports cars?” Mr.
Ferruccio spat on the floor – red blooded Italian – and walked out of there. He
ended up designing his own sports car and 4 months later released Lamborghini
350GTV.
26. The
first Lamborghinis which were tractors are still made today, He made use of
WWII experience when he came back and started putting together tractors by
using spare parts. The tractors soon became famous and the business grew
exponentially. The tractors are still being made and range between $30,000 and
$300,000.
27. Ferruccio
Lamborghini was the original Tony Stark
During
WWII, he was isolated on the island of Rhodes with the Navy. During that time
he quickly earned the reputation of being a master mechanic and prolific
tinkerer. He could make weaponry and machines work from any old spare
parts. Similar to the time Tony Stark
built a nuclear reactor in a cave.
28. Dubai
Police use their Aventador not to fight crime but as PR and marketing machine
for the state of Dubai.
29. The
Aventador design was inspired by an insect.
Chief
Lamborghini Designer Perini revealed that his inspiration for the Aventador
came “those shiny green jagged-leg beetles that smell bad when you step on
them.”
30. Lamborghini
have the world's coolest driving school
At
the Lamborghini Winter Academy you can master driving 700-hp all-wheel drive
beasts on the snow and ice in one of the most beautiful settings in the world,
the Alps.
31. The
Bull logo was born because the Lamborghini owner was an astrology nut.
He
was passionate about astrology and with his star sign being Taurus (the Bull)
and the logo was born.
32. The
Lamborghini Veneno Roadster is the most expensive car in the world.
Not
only will it cost you $4.5 million dollars but only 9 cars were ever built.
33. There
is a floating version of the Lamborghini Aventador.
How
cool would be if you could have one Lamborghini for the road, and another for
the water. Well, if you can afford $500,000 for an Aventador, why not get a
boat to match? This 'Aventaboat' will cost you a cool $1.3 million dollars.
Tuesday, 13 September 2016
secrets of earth
The Earth is struck by
lightning 100 times per second – that’s 8.6 million times per day! The Earth is the only
place in our solar system where a Solar Eclipse can happen. The Queen of the U.K.
is the legal owner of one sixth of the Earth’s land surface!
facts about the milky way
Monday, 12 September 2016
secrets behind marvel games
When it comes to gamers there is definitely a strong correlation between the love of playing anything and the love of comics, particularly Superheroes and anti-heroes. Here we’re going to look at some interesting and downright weird facts about those heroes from the Marvel world who appear in their own game series’.
Of course this isn’t a comprehensive list by any means but these are my personal favourite characters and/or teams. There are also many games for adults and children alike which aren’t electronic or pricey from board and card games to free online games like online slots and simple browser-based flash games. So without further ado let’s begin!
Fantastic Four
Like many of the Marvel characters, one of Fantastic Four’s earliest, if not first video game appearance, is inQuestProbe #3 The Fantastic Four. This game was created by Atari and is an 8-bit game. One of the more enjoyable and basic games, is Zen Studios’ Pinball FX 2; a virtual pinball game starring our favourite four. The human-torch, arguably the most memorable of the 4, appears in a mini-game in all versions of Ultimate Spider-Man apart from the Game Boy Advance, in this mini-game the player races the Torch.
The Hulk
The Hulk is one of the lesser represented characters in the Marvel universe when it comes to video games. Adventure International’s 1984 Questprobe was the first Hulk video game; it was released on the PC, ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64. The game Hulk was a bit of a variant to the other Hulk games, this edition was based on the 2003 film rather than the comics. John Cena voices the teenage version of Hulk in Marvel Avengers Academy. In the 2008 The Incredible Hulk game, players could play as the Hulks lesser-known alternative; Red Hulk but only if they purchased the game from GameStop.
Spider-man
Now when we talk about the video game appearances for Marvel characters we have to discuss the spider-like gentleman we all know and love. The first spider-man video game was also seemingly the first marvel superhero-based game, Spider-man 2600 was as the name suggested designed and built for the Atari 2600platform. The character wandered up a seemingly repetitive and simple wall each level, tackling villains and problems as they went along, warning imagination required. The greatest Spider-Man game is often regarded as the 2000 release ‘Spider-Man’ and the “What if…?” mode was nothing to sniff at; it changed the levels adding bizarre situations and deviations from the storyline. It allowed the player to go on a Spider-Man adventure through New York City, with Stan Lee providing an awesome voice over, fighting Scorpion, Rhino and Venom amongst many others. In this game, the creators Neversoft also worked on Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 and injected a lot of Easter Eggs in both games. In Spider-Man, THPS2 is advertised on a billboard and on a television in J. Jonah Jameson’s office. When you reached 100% completion with a created character in Tony Hawk, Spider-Man was unlocked as an option.
X-men
Now when it comes to the X-men games, there are some really good and some bad ones. X-Men Arcadereleased in 1992 is known as one of the best. The wonderful lot over at Konami succeeded once again with this up-to-6 player X-Men simple fighting concept. The 1996 X-Men vs. Street Fighter is really known as one of the best X-men based games ever created, but there was a catch. The PS1 version was diabolical compared to the Saturn and arcade version, due to the games poor memory capabilities the tag-team (and often known as the most-fun) part of the game had to be omitted. I consider myself quite the Marvel fan and even I never heard of Tusk, the main boss in X-men 2: Clone Wars. Tusk is a character who creates little miniature versions of himself to do his dirty work.
The Punisher
The first punisher game seems to have been the 1990 NES edition, a third-person game where the character fights his way through the city before confronting Kingpin. In 1991 this unknown gem was ported to Game Boy and strangely during this move the boss changed to Jigsaw. Although technically not The Punisher games per say, a Robin Atkin Downes-voiced Punisher is an unlockable character in the Lego Marvel Super Heroesgame. In 1990 MicroProse released a DOS edition of Punisher, it has 3 different modes; one in which the player drives the ‘Battle Van’, Scuba Diving and a plainer New York City-based walk around.
As I said this isn’t by any means a comprehensive list of those wonderful games and hero combinations but these are my favourites. But I’m sure soon enough there will be another superhero movie saga hitting the big screen and a new marvellous game will be released albeit gambit or captain America and his avengers.
facts about SIRI
Siri, another technological advancement that has made our lives drastically easier…or at least, it’s designed to. As per all apparent leaps in technology we use them for the menial and the most nonsensical things we can think of, who hasn’t asked Siri to tell them a joke or that you love them? Apple started a new dawn of the virtual-assistant when they combined the iPhone with a built-in voice assistant. Although most do indeed use it as more of a tool to cheer them up, Siri is a godsend to those who use it correctly, allowing you to book appointments and make reservations, finding up to the minute information on flights, films and traffic as well as being able to email Margret that photo of a cat you know she’d love. Siri is as much an entrenched symbol of Apple as that piece of half eaten fruit itself. Here we’re going to look at 5 facts you probably didn’t know about Siri.
A hacker’s best friend!
Siri has unknowingly been used to bypass iOS security by granting access to the phone app. From there you can use the phone to dial numbers, listen to saved voicemails, view and change contact information, access photos, use Twitter and login to email. In 2013, Dany Lisiansky posted an instructional video on YouTube showing how to do this. As a result, Apple released iOS 7.0.2, patching this problem. On 4th April 2016, YouTuber ‘videosdebarraquito’ uploaded a video showing a new security issue. It shows that people can ask Siri on a locked iPhone to search for tweets and then use 3D Touch on an email address in the results to access contacts and photo gallery without ever needing to unlock the device. AppleInsider say this particular issue only applies to iOS 9.3.1 on iPhone 6s and 6s Plus and of course Siri can be disabled on the lock screen under Settings.
Siri the TV star.
Siri has had many TV appearances since its birth and has been voiced by many different actors, including The Big Bang Theory, Criminal Minds, Boondocks and The Simpsons. In The Big Bang Theory, Dr. Rajesh Koothrappali falls in love with his Siri, played by Becky O’Donohue. The love affair dies when Raj, with his selective mutism, has a dream that he goes to meet Siri in the form of a real woman and can’t speak to her. In The Simpsons episode ‘What Animated Women Want’, Homer asks Siri for other options for a better voice-activated phone assistant, Siri responds by zapping him. More recently in 2015, Siri has also appeared in Ant-Man during the scene where Ant-Man and Yellowjacket are fighting.
The original American Siri revealed!
Since 4th October 2011 Susan Benett, from Atlanta, Georgia, has been in the pockets of millions of people across America. Providing reminders, weather forecasts, restaurant recommendations and has been cursed, mocked and asked our weirdest questions. Ms. Benett is the original American voice of Siri. Apple however has yet to officially confirm this but Ms. Bennett says she is. An audio-forensics expert Ed Primeau, with over 30 year’s experience, studied both voices and said he’s 100% certain the two are the same and even had a colleague verify this. Ms. Bennett’s website also confirms she is indeed the official voice of Siri.
Siri’s appearance on Android was so close!
Siri was initially released as an iOS app available in the App Store produced by Siri Inc’s Adam Cheyer, Dag Kittlaus and Tom Gruber. The company was acquired by Apple in 2010. Siri, Inc. had said that the software would be available for BlackBerry and Android devices but all efforts for non-Apple platforms were cancelled after Apple’s purchase. Following this announcement, so many knock-off, I mean completely independent variations, were released across the android platform such as Window’s Cortana and LG’s Genie.
Multi-lingual Siri doesn’t understand accents.
Siri is used across the Apple range including the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Apple Watch and Apple TV. It’s available in around 20 languages across the platforms these include Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Hebrew, Norwegian, Russian and Spanish. The Apple TV however, is only available in 8 countries; Australia, Canada, Germany, France, Japan, Spain, UK and the US. With all these languages supported, you’d assume voice recognition and accents would be a walk in the park for Siri, far from it. In 2011, hordes of angry and bemused Scottish iPhone users were lost in translation all due to their accent, with my favourite being “can you dance with me?” becoming “Can you Dutch women”! Even though Apple apparently tested it with a number of accents including Scottish, Welsh and Irish!
So there we have it, 5 odd facts you probably didn’t know about Siri. Now when you dig out your old iPhone 4S, you can speak to Susan Bennett, and try out your best Scottish accent for some wonderful results. Whether you’re a diehard Apple fanboy or just interested in the technology, you have to admire Apple’s innovation. They always seem to be at the forefront of most developments from the iPad and the Apple Watch to Siri itself. Whatever you think of Siri you have to agree the potential benefits when used correctly are astounding. Oh and remember, keep an eye out for her next cameo appearance in a cinema near you. What’s that Siri? A reminder of my meeting at 2? Wonderful, thanks!
Chris Brown’s Little Girl Royalty Present During Alleged Gun Incident
Chris Brown’s problems keep piling up — and he may be in trouble with more than just the police.
livefacts360 has learned the bad boy rapper, 27, had his 2-year-old daughter Royalty in his care early Tuesday morning when he allegedly pulled a gun and threatened Baylee Curran at his Tarzana, Calif., home.
The little girl’s mom, Nia Guzman, still “doesn’t know details of what happened with their daughter during the early morning ordeal,” an insider told Radar. “But Royalty is back with her now.” According to the insider, Guzman argued that she was afraid such an incident could happen “when she went to court six months ago—all she wanted was a nanny to prevent things like this.”
“You have to wait until something bad happens like this for change to happen?” scoffed the insider of the battle between the exes .
“Nia doesn’t care about anything Chris has going on, if he kills himself, someone else. It has nothing to do with her. She only cares about the welfare of their daughter.”
Brown denied the incident in a rambling Instagram video.
“I ain’t did s**t. I ain’t going to do s**t. And it’s always going to be be f**k the police black lives matter n***er,” he said. “I don’t care y’all going to stay playing with me like I’m the villain out here, like I’m going crazy. You guys got me f**ked up though because good luck when you get the warrant or whatever you need to do. You’re going to walk right up in here and you’re going to see nothing you idiots. I’m tired of f**king dealing with you all, y’all the worst gang in the world, the police, and I said it.”
10 Surprising Facts About Snapchat
Everybody seems to have Snapchat right now, but apart from cool filters and instant messenger features, what else is interesting about this app? Check out the top ten facts below!
- Drinks are a popular feature.According to recent statistics, a staggering 93% of Snapchat users have sent a picture to somebody else of their drink! Over 60% sent pictures of people they don’t even know.
- It’s been beaten only by Facebook.Snapchat has become so popular now that Facebook is the only rival which can beat it. Snapchat regularly ranks at number 2, just behind our favourite social networking app.
- Best friends or no best friends?Snapchat users went slightly crazy in 2015 when the ‘best friends’ feature was taken away. Prior to this update, users could see the best friends of other users. 64% of people still want the ‘best friends’ list to come back.
- If at first you don’t succeed, try again!The founders, Evan Spiegel, Reggie Brown Poster and Bobby Murphy, had tried 34 projects before coming up with the idea of Snapchat. Their idea was criticised, but it’s a good job they didn’t listen!
- It’s original name was Picaboo.When it first started in 2011, it was named Picaboo, but in 2012, it was renamed to Snapchat.
- There are more than 7 billion pictures and videos per day.As of 2016, there are over 7 billion pictures and videos which are viewed every single day by Snapchat users. This amount increased from 2 billion in May 2015.
- Filters are one of the most popular features.In 2015, Snapchat introduced a variety of filters which users could add to their pictures and videos. This is thought to have contributed to the increase in popularity for the app.
- Women like it more than men do.70% of the people using Snapchat are female, leaving just 30% from the male population. As of 2014, over half of the users are between the ages of 13 and 17.
- Evan Spiegel and Taylor Swift?Between 2014 and 2015, co-founder Evan Spiegel and pop singer Taylor Swift reportedly had a romance. Has she written a song about him yet though?!
- Facebook really wants Snapchat…Mark Zuckerberg first offered a billion dollars for Snapchat, but when he was declined, he came back with a $3 billion offer. Rejected once again, he returned the next day, promising a cheque for $4 billion. His offer wasn’t accepted.
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