Pritolearn » Wikipedia Link Of The Day http://www.pritolearn.com Learn Something Interesting Everyday Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:05:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Wikipedia Link of the Day: El Dorado http://www.pritolearn.com/2010/01/wikipedia-link-of-the-day-el-dorado/ http://www.pritolearn.com/2010/01/wikipedia-link-of-the-day-el-dorado/#comments Fri, 01 Jan 2010 23:23:19 +0000 admin http://www.pritolearn.com/?p=39 Did you know that the story of “The Road to El Dorado” was actually based on a real location? Before you head out with you camping gear to search for the place made out of gold, I have to let you know also that “El Dorado” means golden man. There is a lake in Colombia named Lake Guatavita where an ancient tribe had a ritual in which the tribe chief would cover himself of gold dust, get to the center of the lake and throw gems, gold and other precious items into the lake as offering to their god.

Read about the attempts made to recover the treasure and if there were ever any treasures found.

[Wikipedia - Lake Guatavita]

]]> http://www.pritolearn.com/2010/01/wikipedia-link-of-the-day-el-dorado/feed/ 0 Wikipedia Link of the Day – The QWERTY Layout http://www.pritolearn.com/2009/12/wikipedia-link-of-the-day-the-qwerty-layout/ http://www.pritolearn.com/2009/12/wikipedia-link-of-the-day-the-qwerty-layout/#comments Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:27:15 +0000 admin http://www.pritolearn.com/?p=32 The QWERTY keyboard layout is the most commonly used layout on English language electronic keyboards and typewriters. You’re probably using one right now. Did you know that the QWERTY layout was actually designed to minimize typebar collisions  on typewriters. Read about how they came up with the QWERTY layout and why it is the standard today.

[Wikipedia - QWERTY Layout]

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]]> http://www.pritolearn.com/2009/12/wikipedia-link-of-the-day-the-qwerty-layout/feed/ 0 Wikipedia Link of the Day: USB Flash Drives http://www.pritolearn.com/2009/12/wikipedia-link-of-the-day-usb-flash-drives/ http://www.pritolearn.com/2009/12/wikipedia-link-of-the-day-usb-flash-drives/#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:32:41 +0000 admin http://www.pritolearn.com/?p=24 Over the years, flash drives have become smaller, cheaper, have larger capacity and available in various shapes and sizes. Did you know that flash drives became commercially available back in December 2000? The first commercially available flash drive only had 8 Megabytes of storage space which is tiny now but for something that you can carry in your pocket 8Mb was a lot back then.

[USB Flash Drives - Wikipedia]
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]]> http://www.pritolearn.com/2009/12/wikipedia-link-of-the-day-usb-flash-drives/feed/ 0 Wikipedia Link of the Day: Battle of Thermopylae http://www.pritolearn.com/2009/12/wikipedia-link-of-the-day-battle-of-thermopylae/ http://www.pritolearn.com/2009/12/wikipedia-link-of-the-day-battle-of-thermopylae/#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 03:12:44 +0000 admin http://pritolearn.ronniemoralesdesign.com/?p=13 Seen the movie 300? Kick ass right? Why not read about the real story on which the movie and the graphic novel was based from.

[Battle of Thermopylae - Wikipedia]

]]> http://www.pritolearn.com/2009/12/wikipedia-link-of-the-day-battle-of-thermopylae/feed/ 0 Wikipedia Link of the Day: The Can Opener http://www.pritolearn.com/2009/12/wikipedia-link-of-the-day-the-can-opener/ http://www.pritolearn.com/2009/12/wikipedia-link-of-the-day-the-can-opener/#comments Sun, 27 Dec 2009 04:12:40 +0000 admin http://pritolearn.ronniemoralesdesign.com/?p=9 Read about the invention and the different types of can opener, a household item that we use everyday. Did you know that the can opener was patented in 1855 while the tin can was already being used for food preservation since 1772.

[Wikipedia: The Can Opener]

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