The 9 Best Organized Crime Movies

1. The Italian Job
2. Reservoir Dogs
3. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
4. The Godfather Trilogy
5. Get Shorty
6. Untouchables
7. LA Confidential
8. El Mariachi
9. Goodfellas

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Types of Toilets

The kind of toilet used in one region depends on the cultural norms and taboos associated with personal hygiene in that region. Most Western toilets use paper for cleaning, while Asian countries have squat toilets.

Pit toilets are very primitive and basic, used in campgrounds and poor countries without proper drainage system.

Composting toilets are a variant of the pit toilets and offer an eco-friendly mode of waste disposal.

Heads are toilets located on boats and yachts; heads use water pumped in from the sea to flush out waste.

Flush toilets are most common in Western households.

The tippler toilet is used in England and is cleaned by a flush of water from above that carries the waste into gutters.

Residential areas use gravity tank toilets, where a separate cistern holds water for flushing the toilet bowl. Commercial areas also use them. Gravity tank toilets are the least expensive and easier to use and maintain.

As opposed to gravity tank toilets, the tank and bowls of single piece toilets are within the same structure. These toilets are preferred for their aesthetic appeal, though they are not that easy to maintain or flush.

Pressure line toilets have more water pressure when flushed. The water is released under high pressure when flushed, cleaning out the toilets. These toilets are expensive and cost more than $250 per piece.

Flush Valve Operated Toilets do not have a separate tank to store water; instead, water is tapped directly from the water supply pipes. The flush valve regulates the flow of water, ensuring that too much water is not used during flushing. Apart from their high price, another factor working against these kinds of toilets is the need to work with differing water pressures in the supply line.

See http://www.plumbing-bathroom-kitchen.com/toilet.shtml

Bronx cheer

A sign of contempt, usually when you stick your tongue between your lips, and you blow though them, resulting in a loud, blubbering, and flatulent noise. Also called a raspberry

My coworker from my old job was such a loser. I said to my friend online that he deserves a loud, rousing good cheer...

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Things to do while bored in class

Warning: Do not do all of them in one class.

1. Try to develop psychic powers, then use 'em.
2. Inflate a beachball and throw it around the room.
3. Sing Show Tunes.
4. Make loud animal noises then deny doing it.
5. Think of new pick lines. See if they work.
6. Pretend you're flying a jet fighter in the Gulf War.
7. Churn some butter.
8. Conceive a brand new language.
9. Walls are made of brick. Count 'em.
10. Plot revenge against someone.
11. Think of nicknames for everyone you know.
12. See how long you can hold your breath.
13. Take your pants off and give them to the professor.
14. Chew on your arm until someone notices.
15. Change seats every three minutes.
16. Think of ways to cheat at Trivial Pursuit.
17. Shave.
18. Run across the room, tag someone and say "You're it.".
19. Announce to the class that you are God and that you're angry.
20. Think of five new ways to use your shoes.
21. Start a wave.
22. Walk around the room begging for spare change.
23. Roast marshmellows.
24. Practice phrasing your answers in the form of a question.
25. Crawl around the room humming the music from Mission Impossible.
26. Take apart your desk.
27. Pretend to communicate with your home planet.
28. Play rock-paper-scissors with yourself. Accuse your left hand of cheating.
29. Do a quick tapdance routine.
30. Try bird-watching.
31. Walk up the aisle yelling, "Popcorn! Hot popcorn here!".
32. Throw your backpack at someone.
33. Run to the window, then say, "Sorry, I thought I saw the Bat-signal".
34. Ask the person in front of you to marry you.
35. Start laughing really hard and say, "Oh, now I get it.".
36. Make a sundial.
37. Give yourself a new identity.
38. Write a screenplay about a diabetic Swedish girl who can't swim.
39. Dig an escape tunnel.
40. Announce your candidacy for President.

See http://www.cuyahogafallslibrary.org/teen/chbored.html

Prime Meridian

The Prime Meridian is the meridian (line of longitude) at which longitude is defined to be 0°.

The Prime Meridian and the opposite 180th meridian (at 180° longitude), which the International Date Line generally follows, form a great circle that divides the Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.

Unlike the parallels of latitude, which are defined by the rotational axis of the Earth (the poles being 90° and the Equator 0°), the Prime Meridian is arbitrary. By international convention, the modern Prime Meridian is one passing through Greenwich, London, United Kingdom, known as the International Meridian or Greenwich Meridian. Historically, various meridians have been used, including four different ones through Greenwich.

The Greenwich Meridian, based at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, was established by Sir George Airy in 1851. By 1884, over two-thirds of all ships and tonnage used it as the reference meridian on their maps. In October of that year, at the behest of U.S. President Chester A. Arthur, 41 delegates from 25 nations met in Washington, D.C., USA, for the International Meridian Conference. This conference selected the Greenwich Meridian as the official Prime Meridian due to its popularity. However, France abstained from the vote and French maps continued to use the Paris Meridian for several decades. The Greenwich Meridian is now marked at night by a laser beam emitted from the observatory.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_meridian

Derinkuyu, the mysterious underground city of Turkey

In 1963, an inhabitant of Derinkuyu (in the region of Cappadocia, central Anatolia, Turkey), knocking down a wall of his house cave, discovered amazed that behind it was a mysterious room that he had never seen, and this led him room to another and another and another to it ... By chance he had discovered the underground city of Derinkuyu, whose first level could be excavated by the Hittites around 1400 BC

Archaeologists began to explore this fascinating underground city abandoned. It managed to forty meters deep, but is believed to have a fund of up to 85 meters. At present 20 levels have been discovered underground. Only eight can be visited at the highest levels; others are partially blocked or restricted to archaeologists and anthropologists who study Derinkuyu.

See http://www.rincondelmisterio.com/derinkuyu-la-misteriosa-ciudad-subterranea-de-turquia/en

Walter Raleigh executed

Walter Raleigh (c.1552 - 1618)

James VI of Scotland disliked Raleigh and in 1603 he was accused of plotting against the king and sentenced to death. This was reduced to life imprisonment and Raleigh spent the next 12 years in the Tower of London, where he wrote the first volume of his 'History of the World' (1614).

In 1616, Raleigh was released to lead a second expedition to search for El-Dorado. The expedition was a failure, and Raleigh also defied the king's instructions by attacking the Spanish. On his return to England, the death sentence was reinstated and Raleigh's execution took place on 29 October 1618.

From http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/raleigh_walter.shtml