15 Most Expensive Vintage Cars Sold At Auction

Old stuffs are nothing but Gold." Similarly, for the avid and die-hard auto enthusiasts, classic cars have always sparked much more interest than 21st century luxury cars. The most expensive vintage car with its sheer brilliance in design and ever evolving technologies have managed to find a special place in the hearts of the rich and affluent. Carrying glorious legacies as well as rich histories, these cars epitomize a time when the auto world was experiencing a revolutionary change of pace in terms of progress. Now these fabulous vintage cars are making their way to exclusive private collections and have become an integral part of various high profile expensive cars auction across the globe.

In order to Pay a tribute to these gorgeous vintage beauties on wheels, we decided to bring a high profile list of the 15 most expensive vintage cars sold at auction of all times.

8 Really Bizarre Things You Didn't Know You Could Buy or Sell

A prison cell upgrade: $90 a night

In Santa Ana, California, and some other cities, nonviolent offenders can pay for a clean, quiet, jail cell, without any non-paying prisoners to disturb them. 

An Indian Negotiating with God!!!

A Indian Negotiating with God

 

God came and asked me for a wish, I told GOD “Let all my friends be healthy and happy forever!"

 

GOD said: But for 4 days only!

 

I said: Yes, let them be a Spring Day, Summer Day, Autumn Day, and Winter Day.

 

GOD said: 3 days...

 

I said: Yes, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.

 

GOD said: No, 2 days!

 

I said: Yes, a Bright Day (Daytime) and Dark Day (Night-time).

 

GOD said: No, just 1 day!

 

I said: Yes!

 

GOD asked: Which day?

 

I said: Every Day in the living years of all my friends!

 

GOD laughed, and said: You INDIANS know how to negotiate. But since you are praying and asking happiness for your friends, I can't refuse. I love everyone who thinks of others first, so don't you worry.

Ranakpur temple...!!!!!

Ranakpur Temples are acclaimed world-wide for their intricate and superb architectural style. These temples form one of the five major pilgrimages of the Jains. Located in village of Ranakpur near Sadri town in the Pali district of Rajasthan, Ranakpur temple lies at a distance of 95 kms in the north of Udaipur city. The temple is easily accessible from the city of Udaipur as regular buses are easily available. Built in the 15th century, Ranakpur temples are known for being the largest and most important temples of the Jain cult. 

Palitana Tample...!!!!!`

Palitana is the greatest and biggest pilgrimage center and sacred place of Jains. The Shwetambar Jain community believes that the hill of Palitana (Siddhachal) is eternal. Rshabhadev (Adinath), the first Jain Tirthankara, came here several times and preached. Billions of monks and nuns have attained Nirvana (Salvation) from this hill from times immemorial.

The Top 10 Great Inventions From Ireland

If I were to tell you one place spawned the creation of color photography, chocolate milk, and soda, I don’t know how likely you would be to guess Ireland. But that’s the place.

Irish inventors have a nice list of things they’ve contributed to mankind. On top of the previously mentioned items, we can add the submarine, modern chemistry, Guiness, the armored tank, aircraft ejection seat, rubber soles, and the atomic bomb. Quite a contribution, but not unexpected from a country nicknamed “the land of saints and scholars”.

Take some time to read over the infographic and make sure to make good use of all the great things given to us by the emerald isle! [Via]

20 Types of Illiteracy

Ensuring a high level of reading literacy has become a priority of many governments around the world. However, what is often forgotten is that there is more than one type of illiteracy, and not all are addressed during formal education. Many of these can be just as debilitating as an inability to read, but go unnoticed because the wider community is unaware of their existence. A few, such as scientific and functional illiteracy, have even resulted in death for some unfortunate people. These are a global problem because adults generally express some degree of at least one. Work out how many you might have.

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Agricultural Illiteracy

This is the ability to understand information regarding agriculture. For those who work as farmers, this is rarely a problem, but to a city-dweller, reading that “90% of farmland was lost due to drought” might not seem a serious problem due to an utter lack of understanding of how farming works. People who are agriculturally illiterate fail to understand how important agriculture is, how dependent we all are on it, and make statements like “lack of farmland never causes famines, it’s just farmers being unreasonable and complaining” or “if they can grow this food overseas, then we can grow it here just as easily.”