$1,000 investment a decade ago would today be worth....

1. Apple (AAPL) -- $32,280 Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL; previously Apple Computer, Inc.) is an American multinational corporation that designs and markets consumer electronics, computer software, and personal computers. The company's best-known hardware products include the Macintosh line of computers, the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad. Apple software includes the Mac OS X operating system; theiTunes media browser; the iLife suite of multimedia and...

Top 10 New Year's Eve Destinations in 2010

source 10 - Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas Sin City gets just a little bit more debauched (if that were possible) as the strip is pedestrianized for a massive party, complete with fireworks, sound and light shows, and more clubs than you could visit in a dozen trips. Hundreds of thousands of revelers turn up in the evening, and you can be sure the party is going to get a little crazy -- it isn’t called Sin City for nothing. At midnight, a massive...

Top 10 tips for round-the-world travellers

None of these points are earth-shattering but, collectively, they will help you get the most out of a round-the-world ticket. Many of the points apply equally to any long-range itinerary with several stops en route. 1. When planning your itinerary, be careful not to arrange too many stops. It is tempting to think of round-the-world tickets as some sort of all-you-can-eat buffet. But without a little care, you can get indigestion and travelling can become hard work. Just because a ticket allows you to stop at X number of cities "without extra...

Crew Earth Observations 'Top Ten' Photos

(23 May 2006) --- Eruption of Cleveland Volcano, Aleutian Islands, Alaska is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 13 crewmember on the International Space Station. This image, acquired shortly after the beginning of the eruption, captures the ash plume moving west-southwest from the summit vent. The eruption was short-lived; the plume had completely detached from the volcano summit two hours later.  Photo credit: NASA  ...

Top 20 Amazing Sandcastles

Sand art is the practice of modelling sand into an artistic form, such as a sand sculpture, sandpainting, or sand bottles. A sand castle is a type of sand sculpture resembling a miniature building, often a castle. The two basic building ingredients, sand and water, are available in abundance on a sandy beach, so most sand play takes place there, or in a sandpit. Tidal beaches generally have sand that limits height and structure because of the shape...

Top 10 Predators of World

10. TarantulaTarantula spiders are among the most feared animals on the planet, and with good reason. Not only are they giants, as spiders go, but they are such stealthy and sk*lled hunters that no small animal that wanders within their grasp stands a chance at survival. The typical hunting modus operandi for tarantulas is to be patient. They lie in wait for a hapless passerby and then pounce without warning. Because of their size, they can reach...

Crazie CARS

Some owners like to get creative with decorating their cars....

20 Incredible LEGO Artworks

Some artists use paint, others bronze, but Nathan Sawaya chooses to build his awe-inspiring art out of toy building blocks. LEGO® bricks to be exact. The former corporate lawyer quit his job in 2001 to focus on becoming the world’s foremost LEGO artist. With more than 1.5 million colored bricks in his New York studio, Saway’s sculptures take many forms. Sawaya’s art is currently touring North American museums in a show titled, The Art of the Brick....

Pencil Magic

The humble graphite pencil might seem like the simplest of drawing tool, but in the hand of true talent it is a magic wand. ...

TOP 10 iphone tips

1: CalculatorWhen you launch the app, simply turn your phone sideways to reveal a scientific calculator. Scientific calculator iPh...

10 Most Amazing Extinct Animals

1 Tyrannosaurus Rex (extinct 65 million years ago)[Wiki]Tyrannosaurus rex was one of the largest land carnivores of all time,measuring up to 43.3 feet long, and 16.6 ft tall, with an estimated mass that goes up to 7 tons. Like other tyrannosaurids, Tyrannosaurus was a bipedal carnivore with a massive skull balanced by a long, heavy tail. Relative to the large and powerful hindlimbs, Tyrannosaurus forelimbs were small and they retained only two digits. Fossils...

Amazing 3D chalk drawings

It is impossible to tell what is real from what’s an illusion Most of drawings are made by Julian Beever ,he is an English artist who’s famous for his art on the pavement of England, France, Germany, USA, Australia and Belgium.   ENJOY !!! ...

Pencil over Camera

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Is this REAL ???

Body-painted in such a way to look as an acrylic masterpiece,to make illusion . ...

Realistic paintings

These aren’t real people ? ...

10 Most Expensive Music Videos

Scream: Michael Jackson’s Scream is rated as the top most expensive music videos. The cost spent by Michael Jackson for making this video is $7,000,000 +. Scream was first aired in June 1995. ...

Fruit Sculptures

Sculptured PapayaCarved half-ripen papaya inlayed on uniformly-sized small pieces of ice is just perfect and the main ingredients complement each other. In the same manner the half-reddish and half-pinkish oranges and papaya become prominent like fresh morning flowers while the green leaves makes the sculpture complete and so cool you’re like in gentle walk on a filed of snow. This fruit sculpture befits any social ...

Inventive furniture

Furniture Made of Popsicle SticksThe 56-year-old Los Angeles-based artist spends his days making one-of-a-kind chairs, tables, lamps and mirrors out of Popsicle sticks. Creating multiple layers to reinforce the sticks' weak points, Hrobowski's creations are fully functional, expertly crafted and aesthetically pleasing. Add captio...

Ugliest Dogs

10. ChihuahuasLet’s start by picking on the little guy.  Bulging eyes, a breed standard height that shouldn’t exceed 10 inches, and notoriety through Ren and Stimpy, put this little chap’s paws firmly in the list of ugliest do...

Most expensive photographs

Andreas Gursky, 99 Cent II Diptychon (2001), $3,346,456, February, 2007, Sotheby’s London auction. ...