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what happens in just ONE minute on the internet

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� � Revealed, what happens in just ONE minute on the internet: 216,000 photos posted, 278,000 Tweets and 1.8m Facebook likes  Infographic gives snapshot of what happens across the web in 60 seconds   This includes 72 hours of video uploaded to YouTube and 278,000 tweets � In just a single minute on the web 216,000 photos are shared on Instagram, a total of £54,000 ($83,000) sales take place on Amazon, there are 1.8 million likes on Facebook and three days worth of video is uploaded to YouTube. Cashback site Qmee has created an infographic that shows this information as well as how many tweets are sent, photos are viewed, Skype calls are made, domains are registered and more in 60 seconds. The graphic pulls information and figures from PC Mag, Business Insider and other sites to create a the snapshot.� � Google performs 2 million searches each minute and 72 hours worth of video is uploaded to YouTube within the space of 60 seconds. The infograp...

Do You Understand Your Car Dashboard?‏

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� Warning ahead! 98 per cent of drivers cannot understand their dashboard lights (but do YOU know what these symbols mean?) Nine in 10 failed to recognise the sign for a faulty catalytic converter Just 12 of the symbols were common across all car models� A Mercedes-Benz E Class has the most symbols with 41 compared to a Nissan Micra which has 21� Britain’s motorists are becoming a nation of ‘dashboard dunces’ baffled by the increasing array of� warning lights in their cars, new research has revealed.� More than nine in ten people failed to recognise one particular warning. The study identified 99 separate dashboard light warnings in 15 of the UK’s most popular cars� ranging from the humble Nissan hatchback to Mercedes-Benz executive saloons. Yet just 12 of the symbol designs were common across all models. Breakdown firm Britannia Rescue, which commissioned the report, also conducted a survey of 2,018� drivers that revealed more than half of drivers (52 per cent...

Underwater Photography Competition Medal Winners 2011/12‏

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This picture gallery features some of the winners of one of the world's biggest underwater photography competitions. More than 11,000 photos, from 130 countries, were submitted to this year's contest.  Over/Under, runner-up: Stuart Ganz, United States Wide Angle - Marine Life, runner-up: Manta Madness, by Tobias Friedrich, Germany Sharks: runner-up: Bruce, the smiling 5m male great white, by Sam Cahir, Australia Macro, bronze medal: A Moray Family, Seychelles, by Sue Ferreira, South Africa Freshwater, bronze medal: Great lightning in the Verzasca River in Switzerland, by Tobias Friedrich, Germany Wide Angle - Divers, gold medal: A swarm around a diver, by Christian Schlamann, Germany Freshwater, gold medal: Wraysbury Lake's London Taxi Cab and Diver by Nick Blake, United Kingdom Macro - swimming, silver medal: Dirty Dancing by Marcello Di Francesco, Italy Wide Angle - Natural Light. bronze medal: Trumpetfish...

The Olympic City At Dawn‏

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The Olympic city... at dawn: Golden images of the Houses of Parliament and London's other great landmarks bathed in morning sun They are sights that are familiar to many, but these pictures taken from a helicopter hovering over London this morning offer a rare bird's eye perspective of the city. Taken at dawn today, whilst London was still at its most calm and barely recognizable from the usual hustle and bustle that sees the city spring to life, the streets and River Thames barely display any sign of movement. And the startling photographs also show off the huge scale of the city - offering a unique panorama of London from suburb to centre. The incredible photos of London taken from a helicopter show that the newest addition to the skyline, The Shard at London Bridge, dominates the foreground The early morning sunshine reflects beautifully off the Houses of Parliament The pond-like surface of the River Thames shows barely a ripple of life in t...

NASA NEW DISCOVERIES

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New Planet Discovered 07.29.05 Tenth Planet Discovered Image above: These time-lapse images of a newfound planet in our solar system, called 2003UB313, were taken on Oct. 21, 2003, using the Samuel Oschin Telescope at the Palomar Observatory near San Diego, Calif. The planet, circled in white, is seen moving across a field of stars. The three images were taken about 90 minutes apart. Scientists did not discover that the object in these pictures was a planet until Jan. 8, 2005. Image credit: Samuel Oschin Telescope, Palomar Observatory + Highest resolution image available Newest Member of Our Solar System Image above: This artist's concept shows the planet catalogued as 2003UB313 at the lonely outer fringes of our solar system. Our Sun can be seen in the distance. The new planet, which is yet to be formally named, is at least as big as Pluto and about three times farther away from the Sun than Pluto. It is very cold and dark. The planet was discovered by the ...