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THE TOP TEN . . .GROUP MEMBERS:ETHAN LEE
YASMIN MOHAMED
JESSICA SINGH
ANASTACIA KENNEDY
JONATHON STEPHNEY
THE TOPICS
• Biggest Things Ever Stolen
• Construction Mistakes
• Inventions That Changed The World
TOP TEN BIGGEST THINGS EVER STOLEN
10BIGGEST THINGS EVER STOLEN
2 Men confess to stealing 300 manhole covers
Each weighing136 kg Sold for US$6 dollars
($1,200 Guyana Dollars) each
300 manhole covers
9BIGGEST THINGS EVER STOLEN
Property of the National Guard.
Damaged cars, utility poles, hydrants
Went on for 23 minutes until getting stuck on a road divider.
A 63 ton M-60 army tank
8BIGGEST THINGS EVER STOLEN
Brick by Brick Stolen by residents of
the nearby village of Komarovo, Russia
Went unnoticed until church officials decided to reopen
200 year old church
7BIGGEST THINGS EVER STOLEN
Taken by Somali pirates
Three tankers taken in 18 months
One recovered but painted in a different colour
Fully loaded oil tanker
6BIGGEST THINGS EVER STOLEN
Stolen by an Israeli Air Force Major
Enroute to museum Sold in Sweden for
$331,000 (66.2 million Guyana dollars)
WW II Mustang fighter plane
5BIGGEST THINGS EVER STOLEN
Stolen from Buddhist temple
Cast originally in Vietnam
Attempted to sell for $500 ($100,000 Guyana dollars)
A 3000 Pound bell
4BIGGEST THINGS EVER STOLEN
Stolen in Khabarovsk, Russia in 2007
Vanished overnight Replacement cost
$37,000 ($7.4 million Guyana dollars)
A 200 ton Bridge
3BIGGEST THINGS EVER STOLEN
Stolen from Coral Spring beach in Trelawny, Jamaica
Approximately 500 truckloads of sand
Remains unsolved
A Beach
2BIGGEST THINGS EVER STOLEN
Forged Documents NELOTS Properties
LLC Flaws in system for
recording property transactions
The Empire State building
BIGGEST THINGS EVER STOLEN
The mountain Humta Pahad stolen by villagers
They chip at the rock eleven hours a day
Estimated damage to mountain unknown
The Peak of a Mountain1
TOP TEN CONSTRUCTION MISTAKES
Well concealed
Undetectable by thieves
Completely useless
CONSTRUCTION MISTAKES
Hidden Camera 10
Amazing view
Built by master craftsmen
For the exclusive use of Spiderman
CONSTRUCTION MISTAKES
Private Balcony 9
CONSTRUCTION MISTAKES
Railway Platform?
Railway or Platform?
Which came first?
Serves no purpose
8
CONSTRUCTION MISTAKES
Dueling Urinals
Strategically located
Reduces aiming mistakes
Conjoined Twin friendly
7
CONSTRUCTION MISTAKES
Bridge
Reduces speeding
Reduces overtaking
Great spot for a toll booth
6
CONSTRUCTION MISTAKES
Bathroom forHandicapped?
New wall design
Save money - no need to buy a lock
Better to sit instead of going to the bathroom
5
CONSTRUCTION MISTAKESRoof Door
Mind the first step
Easy way down, just be careful of the sudden stop
Designed for the skydiving club
4
CONSTRUCTION MISTAKESFloor Toilet
A modern take on the traditional outhouse
3
CONSTRUCTION MISTAKESScares
Directions:
Swing by the first floor and come on up
2
CONSTRUCTION MISTAKESEscalator for Kids
Someone at the top of the escalator gets paid to yell “DUCK” at the right time.
1
TOP TEN INVENTIONS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
INVENTIONS
Television 10 First patent by John Logie
Baird 1923
BBC (UK) launched first regular broadcasts in 1932
Education benefit or cultural curse?
INVENTIONS
The Printing Press
9 Invented in 1439
First of many communications medium
A device printing ink onto a Paper or cloth
INVENTIONS
The Laser 8 First demonstrated in May of
1960 by Theodore Maiman in California
Used in DVD and Blu-ray players
Used to perform eye surgery
INVENTIONS
The Automobile 7 1807 – First car with
internal combustion engine
1886 – First gasoline powered car made by Karl Benz
Transports people and goods
INVENTIONS
The Internet 6 Created by DARPA 1969
World Wide Web created in 1989
Nearly 10 Billion devices connected today
INVENTIONSThe Aeroplane
5 First flight 1903 by the
Wright brothers
First Jet flight by Heinkel in 1939
INVENTIONS
DNA 4 Deoxyribose Nucleic
Acid
Discovered in 1953 in the nucleus of living cells
INVENTIONS
The Steam Engine 3 Steam power first used in
1698 to pump water
Improved by Thomas Newcomen
First true engine built by James Watt in 1763
INVENTIONS
The Magnetic Compass2 Invented by the Chinese in
206 BC
Used as a navigation device over sea, land or air
Oldest instrument of navigation
INVENTIONS
The Computer 1 First built to read Nazi
secret messages
Reducing in size while increasing capabilities
Small enough today to fit in a pocket