Showing posts with label 1963. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1963. Show all posts

Thursday, February 6, 2014

18 Amazing Historical Photos That Will Make You Laugh, Cry, And Say OMG!





A 19-year old Bill Clinton shaking hands with Kennedy in Washington, 1963

 A teary-eyed Neil Armstong right after the first walk on the moon, 1969

Bob Marley enjoys a beer after playing soccer

Dangerous Job: Testing bulletproof vests, 1923

In 1985, Ebony Magazine predicted what Michael Jackson would look like in 2000

Jimi Hendrix and Mick Jagger in New York, 1969

Jimi’s last concert, September 1970

 John Lennon at Abbey Road Studios in London, 1963

Morgan Freeman in a US Air Force uniform, 1955

Mount St. Helens, before and after the eruption of 1980

New York City snow, winter 1903

 On the way to Woodstock, 1969

The Ghost Army:  The US Army used inflatable rubber tanks to deceive the Nazis in WWII
  
The placement of the final segment of the St. Louis Gateway Arch, 1965

The reaction of the German soldiers who were forced to watch footage of what happened in the concentration camps

Vietnamese orphans being evacuated and transported by airplane to the US, 1975

Vintage computer advertisement

Cough syrup with some interesting ingredients, manufactured Baltimore, 1888

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Kim Ung-Yong (IQ of 210): The Super-Genius

Kim Ung-Yong (IQ of 210): The Super-Genius


Kim Ung-yong (born March 7, 1963) is a Korean civil engineer and former child prodigy. Kim was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records under "Highest IQ"; the book gave the boy's score as about 210. 

Kim was born in Hongje-dong, Seoul, South Korea. His father was Kim Soo-Sun, a professor. He started speaking at the age of 6 months and was able to read Japanese, Korean, German, English and many other languages by his third birthday. When he was four years old, his father said he had memorized about 2000 words in both English and German. He was writing poetry in Korean and Chinese and wrote two very short books of essays and poems (less than 20 pages). An article was published about him in Look magazine. After reading the article, a teacher and students at Grant High School in Los Angeles began writing to him and in February 1967 his father applied for Kim to be enrolled at Grant High School. By four years old, he had scored more than 200 on an IQ test normally given to seven-year-olds. On November 5, 1977, Kim solved complicated differential and integral calculus problems on Japanese television. As of 2007 he also serves as adjunct faculty at Chungbuk National University.