What I Found Today » artist http://whatifoundtoday.com A daily collection of discoveries guaranteed to be more interesting than you Sat, 15 May 2010 03:22:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Things That Happen In a Minutehttp://whatifoundtoday.com/227/things-that-happen-in-a-minute http://whatifoundtoday.com/227/things-that-happen-in-a-minute#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:41:56 +0000 Jon Henshaw http://whatifoundtoday.com/?p=227

Every year, there are millions and millions of random facts and statistics gathered by researchers, scientists and analysts. These numbers are often times too large to interpret and the shear magnitude of the numbers can be overwhelming. Here are 20 figures scaled down to 60 seconds in order to grasp how wild some of these numbers are.

  1. the average American household makes $0.096
  2. 250 babies are born
  3. 113 are born into poverty
  4. 15 have birth defects
  5. Oprah Winfrey makes $523
  6. the average person in the world makes $0.013
  7. the average person in the United States with an IT career makes $0.13
  8. the average persion in India with an IT career makes $0.025
  9. someone working in a Nike factory in Vietnam makes $0.0014
  10. Nike makes $36,505
  11. 3 violent crimes are committed in the United States
  12. there are 2 auto thefts committed in the United States
  13. 55,757 barrels of oil are used
  14. lightening strikes the Earth 360 times
  15. there are 5 earthquakes
  16. 120,673 pounds of edible food is thrown away in the United States
  17. 950,186 pounds of trash is thrown away in the United States
  18. there are 9 new AIDS/HIV infections
  19. there are 107 deaths
  20. 18 die from starvation

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]]> http://whatifoundtoday.com/227/things-that-happen-in-a-minute/feed 2 The Real Names of Musicianshttp://whatifoundtoday.com/92/the-real-names-of-musicians http://whatifoundtoday.com/92/the-real-names-of-musicians#comments Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:31:26 +0000 Jon Henshaw http://whatifoundtoday.com/?p=91 I know it’s hard to believe, but artists like Jon Bon Jovi and Sting weren’t actually born with super cool names. Instead, they were born with crappy names like you and me, and changed them when they entered the entertainment spectacle. Here’s just a taste of real names of musicians.

  • Adam Ant – Stuart Leslie Goddard
  • Alice Cooper – Vincent Furnier
  • Bob Dylan – Robert Zimmerman
  • Bono – Paul David Hewson
  • Elvis Costello – Declan MacManus
  • Faith Hill – Audrey Faith Perry
  • John Denver – John Deutschendorf
  • Jon Bon Jovi – John Francis BonGiovi
  • Macy Gray – Natalie McIntyre
  • Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana – Destiny Hope Cyrus
  • Pat Benatar – Patricia Andrejewski
  • Snoop Dogg – Calvin Broadus
  • Sting – Gordon Sumner
]]> http://whatifoundtoday.com/92/the-real-names-of-musicians/feed 0 A Really, Really, Really Big Telescopehttp://whatifoundtoday.com/41/a-really-really-really-big-telescope http://whatifoundtoday.com/41/a-really-really-really-big-telescope#comments Sat, 31 May 2008 07:00:00 +0000 Jon Henshaw http://whatifoundtoday.com/?p=41 There are big telescopes and then there are really big telescopes. However, this is really, really, really big telescope, able to see inside your soul from London to New York.

The Victorian-looking contraption is the invention of Paul St George, a 53-year-old artist based in London.

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]]> http://whatifoundtoday.com/41/a-really-really-really-big-telescope/feed 0 Jeremy Cowart, An Amazing Photographerhttp://whatifoundtoday.com/13/jeremy-cowart-an-amazing-photographer http://whatifoundtoday.com/13/jeremy-cowart-an-amazing-photographer#comments Sun, 18 May 2008 10:00:59 +0000 Jon Henshaw http://whatifoundtoday.com/?p=13 Jeremy Cowart is a local Nashville, TN boy gone big. He photographs some of the most famous celebrities and musicians, and does a damn good job!

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