My bedtime story for tonight

You still have your last resort: the lure of children’s bedtime stories. Most children can’t resist the excitement of curling under their blankets to listen to the adventures of their favorite storybook characters.

Below is a list of the top ten most famous children’s stories you can use to put your kids to bed.

Top 10: The Boy Who Cried Wolf

illustrated by Milo Winter

Also known as “The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf,” this fable revolves around a bored shepherd boy who amuses himself by calling out “wolf,” prompting nearby villagers to come to his rescue. When they found out that it was just a false alarm every time, they stopped believing what the boy said. One day, a wolf really came and the boy cried again for help. This time, nobody came. He and his flock were eaten by the vicious creature.

Lesson for the little ones: Always tell the truth.

Top 9: The Ugly Duckling

Disney 1931 version

The story stresses the importance of appreciating inner beauty and talents, rather than mere physical appearance.

Lesson for the little ones: Love and appreciate your true self. (Learn how to build self-esteem)

Top 8: The Ant and the Grasshopper

You’ve heard it so many times now: “Mom, can I have an allowance increase?” Before you stare at your child in disbelief, why not try teaching him a thing or two about saving money.

“The Ant and the Grasshopper” tale is a perfect literary piece to share with your little ones, if you wish to teach them lessons about wise spending.

The Ant and the Grasshopper Illustration

Lesson for the little ones: Save now and prepare for the future.

Top 7: The Hare and the Tortoise

Children usually dream of becoming somebody famous and powerful. They often want to be like their favorite superhero, cartoon character, or celebrity. It seems almost inevitable that they compare themselves to others.

The Tortoise won

The story is about a tortoise and a hare that have an argument about who is faster. They decide to settle the issue by setting a race. As expected, the hare gets off to a thunderous start. After seeing that it is way ahead of the tortoise, the hare sits under a tree and takes a nap. While the hare sleeps, the tortoise slowly but surely gains ground. The tortoise finishes the race first, much to the surprise of the hare.

Lesson for the little ones: Be humble.

Top 6: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Walt Disneys

Snow White takes a bite and instantly falls unconscious. When her little friends return, they chase the evil Queen to the mountains. A bolt of lightning strikes the place where she stands and causes her to fall off the mountain.

Meanwhile, the dwarfs place the seemingly dead Snow White into a glass coffin with gold trimming. Luckily, a prince comes to her rescue and “love’s first kiss” awakens Snow White. Just as in most fairy tale endings, they live happily ever after.

Lesson for the little ones: Good fortune comes to those who are kind-hearted.

Top 5: Cinderella

Another classic fairy tale is “Cinderella.”

Cinderella lives with her evil stepsisters and stepmother. All they ask her to do is to clean the house and serve them. One day, the prince comes and organizes a ball. Cinderella, who has nothing to wear at first,

Cinderella and her fairy Godmother

Once the clock hits 12 midnight, she becomes her old poor ratty self. That night she is able to meet the prince, who has fallen in love with her. As she is in a hurry to beat her curfew, she leaves one of her glass slippers.

The prince then visits everyone young woman in town to find the owner of the shoes. The two find each other again, making it another successful love story.

Lesson for the little ones: Treat your family members well.

The transformation of Cinderella from a dull and drab maidservant into an spectacular princess with her ice-blue beaded ball gown with matching white gloves, ice-blue headband and earrings is one of the best reasons why she is also one of the Top 10 Most Famous Characters in Coloring Pages.

Top 4: Jack and the Beanstalk

Children will definitely love this story as it challenges their imagination. Never have they seen a beanstalk that can grow high enough to reach the skies.

The Giant Ogre

This story is about Jack who exchanges his cow for five seeds that grow to become a tall stalk. To his amazement, this actually leads to a kingdom where an ogre lives. In this ogre’s house is a golden harp and a chicken who can lay golden eggs. Jack discreetly enters his house and steals these riches. Luckily, he is able to escape and cut the beanstalk to prevent the ogre from following him.

Lesson for the little ones: Great deals may have a catch.

Top 3: Pinocchio

Popularized by Walt Disney, the story is about Geppetto, a kind old man who creats a puppet from wood. He names his masterpiece, “Pinocchio” and treats him like a son.

Pinocchio Jiminy Cricket and Figaro

So the next time you suspect your child is lying, remind him of Pinocchio and see if he touches his nose.

Lesson for the little ones: Don’t lie!

Top 2: Three Little Pigs

The story of “The Three Little Pigs” is a story of ingenuity and cooperation in the face of danger. Many children love stories centered on conquests and winning over one’s enemies. Thus, they will surely love to hear how the white, brown and black pigs win over the big bad wolf.

The Three Litte Pigs Singing

The pigs light the fireplace. When the wolf falls, he falls directly into the flames. Thanks to the quick minds and alertness of the pigs, they are able to escape from the clutches of the wolf.

Lesson for the little ones: If at first you don’t succeed, try and try again.

Top 1: Little Red Riding Hood

On the woods

Little Red Riding Hood is asked by her mother to deliver food to her sick grandmother who lives in the Woods. Along the way, she meets a wolf who asks a lot of information about her and where she’s going. Unaware of the dangers, she tells the wolf about her grandmother. As she stops by the road to pick some flowers, the wolf goes to the old lady’s house and eats her.

Little Red Riding Hood is then surprised to see her grandmother with big eyes, big hands, and big mouth. The wolf tricks the girl and eats her up. Fortunately, a hunter passes by and hears the commotion. He shoots the wolf and saves both the girl and the old lady from the wolf.

Lesson for the little ones: Don’t trust strangers.

These stories can stimulate your child’s creative minds, teach them lessons they will need in life, as well as make them happy and contented before they sleep. Happy reading!

* If you’ve ran out of stories, why don’t you make your own children story. You can do this by learning how to write children’s books.

Many first-time drinkers make the mistake of drinking as much as they can without knowing how drunk they really are. You don’t need to bring a breath analyzer every time you go out drinking; instead, you can test how drunk you are through your taste buds. If you have too much alcohol in your system, you wouldn’t taste the many different flavors in the drink. As soon as you feel that you do not taste the full flavor of the alcoholic beverage, chances are you’re already drunk.
2. Puke If You Have To

There’s no shame in going to the bathroom every so often to vomit. Vomiting is your body’s natural reaction to body toxins like poisoned food, harmful parasites, and alcohol. An expert drinker would make a trip to the bathroom, stick a finger into his or her mouth, and vomit as much of the drink out. Vomiting makes them ready for the next round of drinks. Make sure you vomit straight into the toilet, and not into the bathroom sink or on the floor. (See how to induce vomiting)
3. Do Not Try Mixed Drinks

Mixed drinks are a no-no for a novice drinker. A rum cola or a piñacolada may sound delicious, but they are mixed for those who are able to handle their drinks. Mixed drinks tend to screw up with your digestive system. The flavors of mixed drinks also mask the high alcohol content found in the liquor present in the drink. If you’re a first-time drinker, you’re better off drinking alcohol straight than to down mixed drinks and cocktails. As soon as you have learned to handle straight drinks, then you can tickle your taste buds with an alcoholic cocktail.
4. Never Drink On An Empty Stomach

There’s a good reason why bars, taverns, clubs and watering holes give away free peanuts. The human body is naturally averse to high levels of alcohol. To reduce the toxic effects of alcoholic drinks, you need something that would absorb the excess alcohol. Food particles in your stomach can help reduce the amount of pure alcohol absorbed by your stomach lining, your kidneys, and other parts of the digestive and urinary system. While you may seem more “brave” or “hardcore” by not munching on snacks while you drink, you introduce more pure alcohol into your body.
5. Stick With One Drink

You may have heard of wild and wacky bar tricks like beer shooters, gin-and-brandy mixes set on fire, or drinking a cocktail made from four different types of whiskey. While these drinks sound interesting, they can land you in the emergency room if you have a rather low alcohol tolerance. The best way to “train” yourself for consuming alcohol is to pick a favorite drink, and stick with it until you think you’re ready to move on to stronger alcoholic drinks.
6. Pace Yourself

It’s an old drinker’s tale that the faster you drink, the less drunk you will become at the end of the day. There’s really no difference whether you take all night to drink six bottles, or if you take six minutes to finish six bottles. You still consume the same amount of alcohol. You still need to watch out for how fast you introduce alcohol into your system, because your metabolic systems may not be able to keep up.
7. Start With Clear Drinks

“Old man liquor” like brandy, whiskey, and cognac contain substances called tannins. Tannins make it difficult for some people to drink a wine or a liquor, especially red wines and colored drinks. Tannins are also responsible for those hangovers where you get a throbbing headache the morning after a drinking session. If it’s your first time to drink strong alcoholic beverages, drink clear spirits like gin or vodka. Clear spirits do not contain tannins, and are easier to drink than colored spirits. If you do choose to move up to colored drinks, try your palate on a glass of pale red wine.
8. Know When To Stop

After your first few rounds of alcohol, you may feel so enthusiastic about drinking that you end up drinking highballs at the very first night. Like any skill, it takes time to learn how to handle high concentrations of alcohol in your body. Alcohol poisoning is a very real danger, especially for novice drinkers. There are many cases of first-time drinkers who start swilling alcohol like crazy on their very first drink, and then end up at the emergency room. Whenever you drink alcohol and you have yet to know your tolerance, know your limits. As soon as you feel that you’re no longer thinking straight, put down the bottle and call it a night.
9. Stay Alert

Metabolism is an important part of drinking. Your body needs to break down as much of the alcohol as it can to prevent the toxic effects of a bad hangover. Your body metabolizes faster when you’re alert than if you’re asleep. Hangovers get really bad if your metabolism levels slow down, and much of the the alcohol remains floating around your system (Learn how to get rid of hangovers). For your body to properly metabolize alcohol, keep yourself awake. You should also keep a keen eye for anyone who may rob or take advantage of you if you’re drunk.
10. Drink In Moderation

The problem with alcohol is that once you get the hang of holding down a drink, you may probably end up addicted to it. Remember that every alcoholic started out a first-time drinker. The best way for you to improve your tolerance for alcohol is to drink, but you have to drink in moderation. Set a limit or a goal, and then slowly and gradually work your way to that goal. As soon as you reach that limit (eight bottles of beer, for example), you should attempt to go beyond it or cap it off with another drink.

Drinking is a pleasurable social activity, but it should only be enjoyed with prudence and discretion. Now that you know how to increase your alcohol tolerance level, you’re sure to enjoy those all-night drinking parties without having a bad experience on your very first time.

“Six-Sigma” refers to a business management strategy innovated by Motorola, and is often used by many companies to identify and remove errors in a business process. Six-Sigma is a very sophisticated management system that has a lot to do with mathematics and statistics. Some executives say that they have had “extensive training” in Six-Sigma, although they end up hiring too many consultants, or “Black Belts,” who devise complicated solutions to simple problems (like rules on wallpaper and the use of the company dartboard). The Six-Sigma approach is also partly responsible for the acronyms and slogans your company probably uses in its advertisements.
9. Reengineer

“Reengineering” is also called “business process redesign.” While it’s a very catchy term applied by many companies, it’s a convenient excuse used by some to add more tasks to your workload. Michael Hammer and James Champy, the authors of “Reengineering the Corporation,” claim that most companies waste too much time delegating tasks between departments and employees. In a reengineered company, entire parts of the business process are delegated to a team of overworked employees.
8. Paradigm

Let’s face it, your boss has no idea what you actually do for the company. Some bosses, with the intent to prove themselves worth their hefty salaries and penthouse offices, pretend to know every part of the business process, down to the most menial job in the office. A “paradigm” is a buzzword that the boss uses to take cool-sounding part of your job and tries to convince you he knows what you do, but ends up blabbering nonsense. Take this as an example: “We can adopt a paradigm where systems downtime can be eradicated through optimized viral benchmarks. That fulfills our results-oriented thrust, which must apply to programming and overall operational excellence.”
7. Synergy

“Synergy” can mean a lot of things in a corporation, to the point that everything in the company becomes “synergistic.” Synergy means a dynamic relationship that results in a greater and more far-reaching effect for the company, although it can also refer to morning exercise, birthday celebrations, corporate meetings, and the lunch line at the office pantry. Sometimes the word “synergy” does not have to mean anything at all, and can be used to enhance one’s sentences. Even the top brass at some companies use “synergy” to describe an employee who punches out after three straight hours of overtime; “What a synergistic employee!”
6. Thought Leadership

A “thought leader” gets praises from the boss for stating the obvious during a meeting or a conference. There was once a time that a thought leader proposes visionary, forward-thinking, and insightful thoughts. Great ideas are hard to come by, especially if the boss schedules a meeting just an hour after your lunch break. Most thought leaders are the bosses themselves, who demonstrate thought leadership by lifting ideas from business management books.
5. Systems

Many companies have an unhealthy obsession with “systems,” that they devise systems for systems that already exist in the first place. Chances are your company is full of systems that cover everything from server administration to human resources to toilet paper replacement. Companies “systematize” everything to the point that workers become bored and confused with the “system” they belong in. A good example of a system is the management information system (MIS), which is the file cabinet that holds employee records.
4. Float

Companies have long since done away with the word “fired” for more appealing terms, like “downsizing” and “rightsizing.” Employees who receive the pink slip see right through these catchphrases, so corporations devised a new strategy to go along with a new term, “float.” Instead of letting an employee go, a company lets him or her stay for a while in the company until a new position opens in the company. While most companies think that a “float” decreases recruitment costs, productivity figures are lowered. Employee morale also dips because people think that the company is a sinking ship. (Read Seven ways to deal with getting fired)
3. Competitive Advantage

“Competitive advantage” refers to the profits and reputation a company enjoys compared with other companies in the same field. Competitive advantage sounds good, until executives start to use it to describe even the most mundane of things. As long as there’s something to compete about, from stock numbers to the perfect crease in a pair of suit pants, business executives will do everything to get a competitive advantage. The phrase is also a favorite ad lib for executives during regular meetings.
2. Best Practices

Something as simple as an employee manual can be rephrased into a more corporate-sounding one. A favorite corporate buzzword for any document that outlines proper office behavior is “best practices.” “Best practices” is one of the most overused corporate buzzwords. Like any buzzword, it can refer to almost anything from business techniques to politically-correct speech to dress code. Even bad ideas like a set frequency for bathroom breaks are often termed as “best practice.”
1. Revolutionary

“Revolutionary” is the most overused buzzword in the corporate world today. There was a time that the word “revolution” would light a fire in the bellies of the passionate but oppressed masses. The mere mention of “revolution” would have them up in arms against their oppressors. Today, “revolutionary” describes every single thing a company does, even if there’s nothing unique or dramatic about them. There are “revolutionary” business processes copied from business books, ideas imitated from other companies, and even the “revolutionary” arrangement of cubicles. The word is often used by executives to “inspire” a group of bored employees during annual company speeches, who end up playing Buzzword Bingo.

Not all executives and bosses use buzzwords in the same way, and some may even know what exactly the word means and what it’s used for. As long as there are people who will keep on using buzzwords and annoying catchphrases at the office, corporate lingo is here to stay and annoy us all.

If this piece of article stimulates your interest in corporate world, might as well read how to climb the corporate ladder.

• 12-gauge fully automatic gas-operated shotgun
• Patented in 1987, but only two working prototypes exist

The PANCOR Jackhammer was made popular by the “Terminator” movies and the computer game “Max Payne.” With a futuristic design coupled with a high rate of fire, the Jackhammer is an extremely lethal and dangerous weapon for ambush dispersal and close quarter combat. The shotgun can fire 240 rounds a minute, and is built from high-strength, impact- and heat-resistant plastic to reduce weight. The weapon never went into mass production, although it’s still one of the coolest and most dangerous guns ever built.
9. Stryker

• All-wheel-drive armored combat vehicles
• Multi-purpose vehicle that can carry anything from personnel to gun mounts to missiles

With a name like “Stryker,” this family of combat vehicles strikes fear into the hearts and souls of enemies and insurgents. The Stryker is the first new armored vehicle developed and produced by the US Army since the 1980s, when the legendary Bradley Fighting Vehicle was introduced. Instead of tracks, the Stryker uses eight wheels, which means that it is much more mobile and quiet than its predecessor. The Stryker is a reliable all-purpose vehicle that continues to be deployed in Iraq and in other war-fronts in the Middle East.
8. Merkava Battle Tank

• Battle tank
• Equipped with a 120mm cannon, four machine guns, and 12 smoke grenades

In Hebrew, the word “merkava” means “chariot.” The Merkava Battle Tank is the main battle tank used by the Israel Defense Forces. The Merkava is one of the most powerful and strongest tanks in the world, capable of tearing apart the enemy in seconds. The latest-generation Merkava Mark IV is equipped with a sophisticated digital battlefield management system, which makes a fleet of Merkava tanks the critical advantage in any situation.
7. Metal Storm

• Advanced superposed load weapon
• Ammunitions delivery system with no moving parts

There’s nothing wrong with the mechanical design of the gun, at least for now. Metal Storm combines the old technology used in Roman Candles with the advanced innovations in electronic firing and weapons design. Metal Storm combines a high rate of fire with a cumulative effect of power. Most traditional guns fire one shot at a time, which means that the effect of power is sequential. Metal Storm can fire multiple shots with one pull of the electronic trigger, which means that it can literally rain down death from above.
6. TALON

• Military robot
• Designed to aid infantry in high-risk military applications

The TALON robots are not replacements for infantry, but can greatly give a commander the distinct advantage on the battlefield. Foster-Miller designed the TALON robots for the US Army, and can carry everything from sniper rifles to machine guns to reconnaissance equipment. The TALON can also safely deactivate land mines, and perform other special operations that human beings cannot do.
5. CornerShot

• Add-on to conventional weapons
• Gives any handgun, submachine gun, or rifle the ability to fire around corners

For counter-terrorists and other special forces personnel, the ability to see and fire around corners is a critical skill. CornerShot is a device mounted in the muzzle of a pistol or a gun, and uses a swing-hinge system to fire bullets around corners. CornerShot comes with a high-quality camera and LCD monitor which functions as a scope and also as a surveillance device. Other options for CornerShot include a grenade launcher and an anti-tank rocket launcher.
4. Starstreak Missile

• Laser-guided portable surface-to-air missile
• Three accurate armor-piercing missiles for the price of one missile

Startstreak is regarded as one of the most advanced weapons in the world. Traditional guided missiles can be “blinded” by flares or radar waves. Starstreak is a fast missile that breaks apart into three different “darts” that penetrate the target before exploding. The tungsten cover of the darts also fragment inside the target, causing extreme damage. The neat thing about Starstreak is that the target will always be hit by at least one of the darts, which makes it a real threat to enemies.
3. Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb (MOAB)

• Conventional bomb
• The “Mother of All Bombs”

The MOAB is a 30-foot, nine-and-a-half ton conventional bomb that can decimate a 450-foot radius with a powerful air burst shock wave. The bomb contains over eight tons of high explosives that can destroy nine city blocks, and is delivered to the target through a C-130 transport aircraft. While the MOAB is significantly weaker than the atomic bomb, massive destruction can be achieved when dozens of these weapons bombard a target. If the air burst is powerful enough, it can instantly vaporize anything within its effective range.
2. F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter

• Multi-role stealth fighter jet
• Scheduled for 2011 as the most advanced fighter ever built

Developedby Lockheed Martin, the JSF can perform just about anything expected of a military flying machine. The JSF can perform tactical bombing operations, air support missions, and air superiority missions. The JSF is capable of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) like the famous British Harrier jet. It is also equipped with the most sophisticated on-board flight command system ever designed for an aircraft. In the next few years, the JSF will reign over the skies as the master and commander of the battlefield.
1. Electromagnetic Rail Gun

• Tested by the US Navy in February 2008
• Can fire a shell at 5,600 mph with 10 megajoules of energy

The rail gun was once thought to be a completely theoretical weapon found only in science fiction, until the US Navy successfully developed and tested a weapon that can fire a shot at 13,000 miles per hour. The rail gun uses magnetic waves to deliver a munition to its target with pinpoint accuracy. The US Navy’s rail gun will be ready sometime between 2020 and 2025. By the time this baby is ready, the phrase “death delivery” will never be the same again.

There you have it, ten of the coolest weapons for the future of warfare. While a future without war is great for everyone, we could all be rest assured that these cool weapons will prevent war from taking place.

* Why not make a weapon you can call your own but will not cause distraction but can be called a delicious weapon, learn how to make a marshmallow gun.

At almost $3,000 per pound, the white truffle takes the title of the world’s most expensive mushroom. Truffles are long revered by top-caliber chefs as the “diamond of the kitchen,” because of its earthy, well-rounded flavor. Truffles are used sparingly in many sophisticated dishes, and are a mark of wealth and opulence. White truffles can only be found in the wild at the Piedmont region of northern Italy, and is only harvested and sold in the fall season. For a mushroom harvested by specially trained dogs and pigs, that’s a lot of money. (Maybe you could try to propagate this variety, learn how to grow mushrooms)
2. $11,000 Spice

Saffron is not for those who think that they can spice up their dishes with a pinch of pepper. Saffron is the world’s most expensive spice, at $11,000 per kilogram. Harvesting and preparing saffron is very labor-intensive; the spice is derived from the dried and prepared stigmas of the saffron crocus. It takes over 200,000 flowers to make just one kilogram of saffron, which is the equivalent of planting flowers over three football fields. The spice is prized for its honey-like, metallic aroma, although its flavor has been described as similar to hay. Paella, one of Spain’s most famous dishes, is flavored by saffron.
3. $5,000 Fish Eggs

Almost everyone knows that caviar is expensive, but the most expensive caviar in the world is the Beluga caviar, which is branded in Iran as Almas caviar. The finest caviar in the world is made from the roe of the Beluga sturgeon, an endangered species found in the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea. To get at the egg mass, the female sturgeon is killed, and the roe is packed immediately into tins without any processing and additives or preservatives added. Beluga caviar is best enjoyed when eaten with a spoon made from mother-of-pearl, and is served with egg whites or toast points.
4. $25,000 Chocolate Sundae

If you love dessert, a $25,000 chocolate sundae is more than enough to satisfy your sugar cravings and empty your life savings. The Serendipity 3 restaurant in New York City set a Guinness World Record for the “Frrrozen Haute Chocolate,” which is the world’s most expensive dessert. For the price of a semester in Harvard University, you can indulge in a frozen sundae made from cocoas from 14 different countries, infused with five grams of 23-carat gold, topped with gold-topped whipped cream, and served with a side of La Madeleine au Truffle. If that doesn’t justify the price tag, the sundae is served in a gold-lined crystal goblet, and an 18-carat gold bracelet studded with 1-carat diamonds.
5. $2,000,000 Liquor

They say that fine wine tastes better with age. It tastes even better when it’s 100-year-old cognac grande champagne, bottled in four kilograms of pure platinum, 24-karat yellow gold, and studded with 6,500 diamonds. The Henri IV Dudognon Heritage is called “The DNA of Cognac,” and holds the Guinness World Record for the world’s most expensive liquor bottle. The Henri IV Dudognon Heritage has been aged in French oak barrels for 100 years. No one has yet to buy the bottle, much less have poured a drink from it.
6. $5,000 Hamburger

The $5,000 FleurBurger, served at the Fleur de Lys at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, is not for those who like eating at McDonald’s. The patty is made from 100% Kobe beef, and is served with foie gras and truffle sauce on a brioche truffle bun. The FleurBurger comes with a bottle of Chateau Petrus 1990. To complete this sophisticated and expensive version of a Happy Meal, you get to keep the Ichendorf Brunello imported Italian carafes used to serve your wine. The Mandalay Bay will also deliver a certificate of authenticity to your home that proves you didn’t lose $5000 on the tables at Las Vegas, but on a single burger.
7. $1,000 Coffee

Forget the Grande Mocha Frappucinos you drink at Starbucks; at $1000 a kilogram, the most expensive coffee in the world is the Kopi Luwak from Indonesia. Kopi Luwak, also known as Civet Coffee, is made from coffee berries eaten by civets. The coffee berries pass through the digestive system of the animal. After the coffee beans are literally pooped out by the animal, the beans are lightly washed, lightly roasted, packaged, and sold. While coffee beans made from cat poop may sound disgusting, it very rare and is coveted by true coffee lovers.
8. $71,000 Cocktail

Party-goers who like a bit more punch for getting drunk may want to try the $71,000 “Flawless” Christmas cocktails from the Movida nightclub in London. The drink is made from a measure of Louis XII cognac, Cristal Rose champagne, brown sugar, angostura bitters, and flakes of edible 24-carat gold leaf. The real treat to the “Flawless” is the 11-carat white diamond ring at the bottom of the glass. A security detail is on hand to watch over the preparation and consumption of the drink down to the last sip. (If you can’t afford this one, you could still choose from these 8 luscious cocktails for your Christmas party)
9. $3,700 Pizza

The Pizza Royale 007 is not your average pizza from Pizza Hut or Domino’s. For $3,700, you get an expert-made Italian pizza topped with caviar marinated in champagne, Mediterranean lobster, and sprinkled with gold leaf. The pizza is then doused with $2000 worth of Louis XII Rémy Martin cognac before it’s baked to perfection in a genuine pizza oven. For that kind of pizza, they must pay for it if it doesn’t get delivered on time.
10. $1,000 Potato

Who says potatoes are cheap? For $1,000 a kilogram, the “La Bonnotte” potato is an extinct variety found only on the French island of Noirmoutier. The potatoes need special care, and should only be fertilized with local seaweeds. Only 100 tons of this potato are harvested each year, and are only sold to top French restaurants. These potatoes are just too good for French fries.

Now that you know 10 of the most expensive foods in the world, you may want to consider saving up a lot of money for a taste of the best. You may not be able to afford one of these in a lifetime, but it makes you enjoy the simple pleasures of everyday delights.

Let’s face it, television is not exactly kid-friendly. Violence, foul language, and mindless entertainment are broadcast on TV even in the morning, when children are present. The good news is that there are a lot of educational TV shows that children can enjoy. Most of these educational TV shows come from the early days of public television. Here are ten educational shows you may have grown up with:

10. Beakman’s World (1992-1998)

Science is a very popular topic in educational TV shows, mostly because children find themselves bored with such topics like chemistry and physics. “Beakman’s World” was a kid-friendly science show that starred Dr. Beakman (Paul Zaloom), a guy in a rat suit named Lester D. Rat (Mark Ritts), and various bubbly assistants like Josie (Alanna Ubach), Liza (Eliza Schneider), and Phoebe (Senta Moses). Beakman made science fun through interesting trivia in a segment called “Beakmania,” and through hilarious but scientific experiments and video clips.

9. Ghostwriter (1992-1995)

Children may find it boring to read books and write stories, but “Ghostwriter” made it fun. Reading and writing skills in this show were taught through detective stories and the everyday experiences of teenagers. Ghostwriter is a small, bouncing dot, who can only be seen by the “Ghostwriter Team.” The team is composed of Jamal Jenkins (Sheldon Turnipseed), Lenni Frazer (Blaze Berdahl), Alex Fernandez (David Lopez), Gaby Fernandez (Mayeteena Gonzales), and Tina Nguyen (Tram-Anh Tran).

8. Arthur (1996-present)

“Arthur” is a TV series where an eight-year-old aardvark named Arthur Timothy Read learned and taught valuable life lessons to kids. Arthur lives in the fictional town of Elwood City, where he is friends with Buster Baxter (a fun-loving rabbit), Francine Frensky (a bossy monkey), Muffy Crosswire (a fashion-loving monkey), Alan “Brain” Powers (a very intelligent bear), and many other neighborhood kids. Arthur is constantly pestered by his sister, D.W. The show is widely considered to be one of the most wholesome educational shows for children.

7. Lamb Chop’s Play-Along (1992-1997)

They say that you can’t learn anything from sock puppets, but Lamb Chop was the exception. Created in 1957 by the late puppeteer and comedian Shari Lewis, Lamb Chop was a sock puppet loved by children the world over. Lamb Chop, a six-year-old female sheep, is very curious, inquisitive, and loves to have fun with her friends Shari, Hush Puppy, and Charlie Horse. When Shari Lewis died in 1998, her daughter Mally Lewis took over the show. To this day, the antics of Lamb Chop, as well as “The Song That Never Ends,” is still enjoyed by children the world over.

6. The Magic School Bus (1994-1997)

Every kid likes field trips, but “The Magic School Bus” had the most awesome class outings. Miss Frizzle, an eccentric and wacky science teacher, took her third-grade class to field trips aboard the Magic School Bus. While Miss Frizzle’s class didn’t go camping at lakes and park grounds, they went to field trips to outer space, the inside of the human body, and even the center of the Earth. Accompanied by her pet lizard Liz, Miss Frizzle and the Magic School Bus made learning fun and enjoyable.

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