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miercuri, 1 mai 2013

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Ranveer Singh's New Gangnam Style
Amazing DIY Iron Man Suit
Chinese iPhone
Funny Demotivational Posters - Part 55
The Ultimate Apple Addict Pilgrimage [Infographic]
Best News Bloopers of April 2013 [Video]
Bunny Shaming
Interesting Facts About Coca-Cola's History

Posted: 01 May 2013 04:43 PM PDT

During Samsung's Galaxy S4 launch party held at the Shangrila Hotel in Mumbai, India, Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh performed a "Samsung version" of Gangnam Style that kills Gangnam Style forever. S4 Samsung Style!

Amazing DIY Iron Man Suit

Posted: 01 May 2013 02:07 PM PDT

Homemade Iron Man suit.

Via mafferick.imgur

Chinese iPhone

Posted: 01 May 2013 12:20 PM PDT

Let's take a look inside a fake iPhone.

Funny Demotivational Posters - Part 55

Posted: 01 May 2013 11:21 AM PDT

Check out these new demotivational posters below and tell me what you think about them in the comments.

If you love my demotivational poster collection, please link back to it. There are hundreds of such pictures in our archive of demotivational posters.

The Ultimate Apple Addict Pilgrimage [Infographic]

Posted: 01 May 2013 10:29 AM PDT

This journey will take the devoted on a whistle-stop tour of California, where apple Mastermind Steve Jobs lived and worked for much of his life. The more intrepid adventurer will not hesitate to board a plane and retrace the american steps of a bona fide tech giant. Take a look at this great infographic brought to you by cheapflights.com.

Click on Image to Enlarge.

Via Cheapflights

Best News Bloopers of April 2013 [Video]

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 08:39 PM PDT

A collection of the best news bloopers to hit the internet in April 2013.

Bunny Shaming

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 08:32 PM PDT

It's like dogshaming.... but with bunnies.

Interesting Facts About Coca-Cola's History

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 08:02 PM PDT

Over 100 years ago, people were drinking Coke to feel sexy.

The creator of Coke was a colonel in the Confederate Army

After earning a medical degree, John Stith Pemberton served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War and it was his life-threatening wound that sparked his quest in creating Coke. Pemberton had become addicted to morphine, and sought a way to combat this addiction.

The original Coca-Cola prototype was both alcoholic and coked-up

In 1885, Pemberton began marketing a beverage called "Pemberton's French Wine Coca," a mix of coca, kola nut, and damiana (a flowering shrub that has anti-anxiety and aphrodisiac qualities).

Coke is 127 years old?!

It officially launched wayyyyyy back in 1886.

Coke was originally marketed as a cure to many ailments including low sexual libido

Pemberton was forced to take the alcohol out of his original coke wine formula due to prohibition laws, but he first touted that version as "a most wonderful invigorator of sexual organs." Once he launched Coca-Cola, he called the drink a "Brain Tonic" and "temperance drink" (anti-alcohol), saying it cured headaches, anxiety, depression, indigestion, and addiction.

Cocaine was removed from the drink in 1903

But guess what — cocaine was still legal at that time. It wasn't outlawed until 1914.

It originally cost five cents a glass

Roughly the equivalent of $1.26 today.

Coca-Cola has always been creative with advertising, so much so that some think they shaped the public's vision of Santa Claus

Some notable advertising and marketing facts:
- From the beginning, Coca-Cola employed successful strategies such as creating non-Coke products like calendars and clocks and using pretty female spokesmodels.
- Norman Rockwell created art for Coke ads.
- In the 1930s, Coke created Christmas ads, depicting a jolly, red-suited Santa and although other depictions of Santa were part of pop culture history, Coke had a huge role in shaping our image of St. Nick.
- In the 1980s, the company attempted a "Coke in the Morning" campaign to try to win over coffee drinkers.

Coke has had a role in race relations

In 1899, Coca-Cola became available in bottles as well as soda fountains, which means that there was a shift in consumer demographics. Explains The Atlantic, "minorities who couldn't get into the segregated soda fountains suddenly had access to it." It's suggested in a New York Times article that the removal of cocaine from the formula was sparked by racial tensions: "Southern newspapers reported that "negro cocaine fiends" were raping white women, the police powerless to stop them. By 1903, [then-manager of Coca-Cola Asa Griggs] Candler had bowed to white fears (and a wave of anti-narcotics legislation), removing the cocaine and adding more sugar and caffeine."
Coke was also present during the Civil Rights movement. In the '50s, soda fountains were at the height of their popularity, with Coke being a main component of this. However, establishments like fountains were still often segregated. Activists including Martin Luther King would often stage sit-ins at Cokelling soda fountains.