World’s Longest::
World’s largest novel was published in France from 1913 to 1927. By this time 7 volumes were published in Remembrance of Things Past written by Marcel Praust. This is the longest written novel in this world up to now. Its total words are 15 million.
World’s Smallest::
In 1930 Leonidas, in Brazil, tried to make a revolution in the arena of newspaper. To create a gangbang he tried to publish an unbelievable small paper named Vosa Senoria. 1.75 x 3.94 inches newspaper made huge response in South America. In 1985 his daughter took charge of this paper. She then reduced the size of his father’s newspaper to 0.98 x 1.38 inches. Generally this newspaper contains 16 pages. Its publicity is 5000.
World’s Smallest Stamp::
World’s smallest stamp was introduced in the Boliva province, Columbia. 8mm x 9.55mm
(0.315 x 0.376 inch) sizes this stamp’s name Boliver Green. Its price was 10 cents and it was first introduced in 1863.
Most Valuable Book::
In 1188 Gospels of Henry the Lion was written. Gospels of Henry the Lion was written according to the direction of the Emperor of Brongewik, Henry and his wife Methildy. It was mainly Henry’s political ambitious. This book was sold by 12 million US Dollar in an auction in 1983.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Foot prints in the sand
One night a man had a dream. He dreamed He was walking along the beach with the Lord.
Across the sky flashed scenes from his life. For each scene he noticed two sets of Footprints in the sand: one belonging To him, and the other to the Lord.
When the last scene of his life flashed before him, He looked back at the footprints in the sand.
He noticed that many times along the path of His life there was only one set of footprints.
He also noticed that it happened at the very Lowest and saddest times in his life.
This really bothered him and he Questioned the Lord about it:
"Lord, you said that once I decided to follow You, you'd walk with me all the way. But I have noticed that during the most Troublesome times in my life, There is only one set of footprints.
I don't understand why when I needed you most you would leave me."
The Lord replied:
"My son, my precious child, I love you and I would never leave you. During your times of trial and suffering, When you see only one set of footprints, It was then that I carried you."
Across the sky flashed scenes from his life. For each scene he noticed two sets of Footprints in the sand: one belonging To him, and the other to the Lord.
When the last scene of his life flashed before him, He looked back at the footprints in the sand.
He noticed that many times along the path of His life there was only one set of footprints.
He also noticed that it happened at the very Lowest and saddest times in his life.
This really bothered him and he Questioned the Lord about it:
"Lord, you said that once I decided to follow You, you'd walk with me all the way. But I have noticed that during the most Troublesome times in my life, There is only one set of footprints.
I don't understand why when I needed you most you would leave me."
The Lord replied:
"My son, my precious child, I love you and I would never leave you. During your times of trial and suffering, When you see only one set of footprints, It was then that I carried you."
Some Interesting Facts
* In Kentucky, 50 percent of the people who get married for the first time are teenagers.
* Kotex was first manufacturer of bandages, during W.W.I.
* Einstein couldn't speak fluently when he was nine. His parents thought he might be retarded.
* In Los Angeles, there are fewer people than there are automobiles.
* About a third of all Americans flush the toilet while they're still sitting on it.
* You're more likely to get stung by a bee on a windy day than in any other weather.
* An average person laughs about 15 times a day.
* Research indicates that mosquitoes are attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas.
* Penguins can jump as high as 6 feet in the air.
* The average person is about a quarter of an inch taller at night.
* A sneeze zooms out of your mouth at over 600 m.p.h.
* The condom - made originally of linen - was invented in the early 1500's.
* The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
* The Neanderthal's brain was bigger than yours is.
* Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
* The average bank teller loses about $250 every year.
* In 1980, there was only one country in the world with no telephones - Bhutan.
* Every person has a unique tongue print.
* Your right lung takes in more air than your left one does.
* Women's hearts beat faster than men's.
* Pollsters say that 40 percent of dog and cat owners carry pictures of the pets in their wallets.
* Bubble gum contains rubber.
* You can only smell 1/20th as well as a dog.
* Only 55 percent of all Americans know that the sun is a star.
* The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in Jello.
* Even if you cut off a cockroach's head, it can live for several weeks.
* The world population of chickens is about equal to the number of people.
* Every time Beethoven sat down to write music, he poured ice water over his head.
* In 75% of American households, women manage the money and pay the bills.
* A monkey was once tried and convicted for smoking a cigarette in South Bend, Indiana.
* It's against the law to catch fish with your bare hands in Kansas.
* Some toothpastes contain antifreeze.
* Sigmund Freud had a morbid fear of ferns.
* Bird droppings are the chief export of Nauru, an island nation in the Western Pacific.
* There are more plastic flamingos in America than real ones.
* Most lipstick contains fish scales.
* Lee Harvey Oswald's cadaver tag sold at an auction for $6,600 in 1992.
* Hypnotism is banned by public schools in San Diego.
* The three best-known western names in China: Jesus Christ, Richard Nixon, and Elvis Presley.
* When snakes are born with two heads, they fight each other for food.
* Most cows give more milk when they listen to music.
* 43. 27 percent of U.S. male college students believe life is "a meaningless existential hell."
* In 1980, a Las Vegas hospital suspended workers for betting on when patients would die.
* Kotex was first manufacturer of bandages, during W.W.I.
* Einstein couldn't speak fluently when he was nine. His parents thought he might be retarded.
* In Los Angeles, there are fewer people than there are automobiles.
* About a third of all Americans flush the toilet while they're still sitting on it.
* You're more likely to get stung by a bee on a windy day than in any other weather.
* An average person laughs about 15 times a day.
* Research indicates that mosquitoes are attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas.
* Penguins can jump as high as 6 feet in the air.
* The average person is about a quarter of an inch taller at night.
* A sneeze zooms out of your mouth at over 600 m.p.h.
* The condom - made originally of linen - was invented in the early 1500's.
* The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
* The Neanderthal's brain was bigger than yours is.
* Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
* The average bank teller loses about $250 every year.
* In 1980, there was only one country in the world with no telephones - Bhutan.
* Every person has a unique tongue print.
* Your right lung takes in more air than your left one does.
* Women's hearts beat faster than men's.
* Pollsters say that 40 percent of dog and cat owners carry pictures of the pets in their wallets.
* Bubble gum contains rubber.
* You can only smell 1/20th as well as a dog.
* Only 55 percent of all Americans know that the sun is a star.
* The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in Jello.
* Even if you cut off a cockroach's head, it can live for several weeks.
* The world population of chickens is about equal to the number of people.
* Every time Beethoven sat down to write music, he poured ice water over his head.
* In 75% of American households, women manage the money and pay the bills.
* A monkey was once tried and convicted for smoking a cigarette in South Bend, Indiana.
* It's against the law to catch fish with your bare hands in Kansas.
* Some toothpastes contain antifreeze.
* Sigmund Freud had a morbid fear of ferns.
* Bird droppings are the chief export of Nauru, an island nation in the Western Pacific.
* There are more plastic flamingos in America than real ones.
* Most lipstick contains fish scales.
* Lee Harvey Oswald's cadaver tag sold at an auction for $6,600 in 1992.
* Hypnotism is banned by public schools in San Diego.
* The three best-known western names in China: Jesus Christ, Richard Nixon, and Elvis Presley.
* When snakes are born with two heads, they fight each other for food.
* Most cows give more milk when they listen to music.
* 43. 27 percent of U.S. male college students believe life is "a meaningless existential hell."
* In 1980, a Las Vegas hospital suspended workers for betting on when patients would die.
10 RULES for A GOOD DAY
1. TODAY I WILL NOT STRIKE BACK:
If someone is rude, if someone is impatient, if someone is unkind...
I will not respond in a like manner.
2. TODAY I WILL ASK GOD TO BLESS MY "ENEMY":
If I come across someone who treats me harshly or unfairly, I will
quietly ask God to bless that individual. I understand the "enemy"
could be a family member, neighbor, co-worker, or a stranger.
3. TODAY I WILL BE CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT I SAY:
I will carefully choose and guard my words being certain that I do
not spread gossip.
4. TODAY I WILL GO THE EXTRA MILE:
I will find ways to help share the burden of another person.
5. TODAY I WILL FORGIVE:
I will forgive any hurts or injuries that come my way.
6. TODAY I WILL DO SOMETHING NICE FOR SOMEONE,
BUT I WILL NOT DO IT SECRETLY:
I will reach out anonymously and bless the life of another.
7. TODAY I WILL TREAT OTHERS THE WAY I WISH TO BE
TREATED:
I will practice the golden rule - "Do unto others as I would have
them do unto me" - with everyone I encounter.
8. TODAY I WILL RAISE THE SPIRITS OF SOMEONE I
DISCOURAGED:
My smile, my words, my expression of support, can make the
difference to someone who is wrestling life.
9. TODAY I WILL NATURE MY BODY:
I will eat less; I will eat only healthy foods. I will thank God for my
body.
10. TODAY I WILL GROW SPIRITUALLY:
I will spend a little more time in prayer today: I will begin reading
something spiritual or inspirational today; I will find a quiet place
(at some point during the day)!
If someone is rude, if someone is impatient, if someone is unkind...
I will not respond in a like manner.
2. TODAY I WILL ASK GOD TO BLESS MY "ENEMY":
If I come across someone who treats me harshly or unfairly, I will
quietly ask God to bless that individual. I understand the "enemy"
could be a family member, neighbor, co-worker, or a stranger.
3. TODAY I WILL BE CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT I SAY:
I will carefully choose and guard my words being certain that I do
not spread gossip.
4. TODAY I WILL GO THE EXTRA MILE:
I will find ways to help share the burden of another person.
5. TODAY I WILL FORGIVE:
I will forgive any hurts or injuries that come my way.
6. TODAY I WILL DO SOMETHING NICE FOR SOMEONE,
BUT I WILL NOT DO IT SECRETLY:
I will reach out anonymously and bless the life of another.
7. TODAY I WILL TREAT OTHERS THE WAY I WISH TO BE
TREATED:
I will practice the golden rule - "Do unto others as I would have
them do unto me" - with everyone I encounter.
8. TODAY I WILL RAISE THE SPIRITS OF SOMEONE I
DISCOURAGED:
My smile, my words, my expression of support, can make the
difference to someone who is wrestling life.
9. TODAY I WILL NATURE MY BODY:
I will eat less; I will eat only healthy foods. I will thank God for my
body.
10. TODAY I WILL GROW SPIRITUALLY:
I will spend a little more time in prayer today: I will begin reading
something spiritual or inspirational today; I will find a quiet place
(at some point during the day)!
Some More Interesting FACTS
Did you know......... Some interesting facts
> A zebra is white with black stripes.
> All the planets in our solar system rotate anticlockwise, except Venus. It is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
> Hummingbirds are the only animal that can also fly backwards.
> Insects do not make noises with their voices. The noise of bees, mosquitoes and other buzzing insects is caused by rapidly moving their wings.
> The cockroach is the fastest animal on 6 legs covering a meter a second.
> The word "listen " contains the same letters as the word "silent".
> The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning it's head are the rabbit and the parrot.
> A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
> India invented the Number System . Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
> The whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound.
> A hippopotamus can run faster than a man.
> India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of history.
> 'Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia' is the fear of long words.
> Didaskaleinophobia is the fear of going to school.
> Phobatrivaphobia is a fear of trivia about phobias !!
> It is impossible to lick your elbow. ( We know you gonna try this !!! )
> A snail can sleep for 3 years. ( wow, lucky chap he ? )
> The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start
> In 1883 the explosion of the volcano Krakatoa put so much dust into the earth's atmosphere that sunsets appeared green and the moon appeared blue around the world for almost two years.
> "Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.
> Twenty-Four-Karat Gold is not pure gold since there is a small amount of copper in it. Absolutely pure gold is so soft that it can be molded with the hands.
> Electricity doesn't move through a wire but through a field around the wire.
> Do you know the names of the three wise monkeys? They are: Mizaru (See no evil), Mikazaru (Hear no evil), and Mazaru (Say no evil ).
> 55 per cent of people yawn within 5 minutes of seeing someone else yawn. Reading about yawning makes most people yawn. Hello, zzzzz zzzz ?
> A zebra is white with black stripes.
> All the planets in our solar system rotate anticlockwise, except Venus. It is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
> Hummingbirds are the only animal that can also fly backwards.
> Insects do not make noises with their voices. The noise of bees, mosquitoes and other buzzing insects is caused by rapidly moving their wings.
> The cockroach is the fastest animal on 6 legs covering a meter a second.
> The word "listen " contains the same letters as the word "silent".
> The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning it's head are the rabbit and the parrot.
> A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
> India invented the Number System . Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
> The whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound.
> A hippopotamus can run faster than a man.
> India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of history.
> 'Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia' is the fear of long words.
> Didaskaleinophobia is the fear of going to school.
> Phobatrivaphobia is a fear of trivia about phobias !!
> It is impossible to lick your elbow. ( We know you gonna try this !!! )
> A snail can sleep for 3 years. ( wow, lucky chap he ? )
> The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start
> In 1883 the explosion of the volcano Krakatoa put so much dust into the earth's atmosphere that sunsets appeared green and the moon appeared blue around the world for almost two years.
> "Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.
> Twenty-Four-Karat Gold is not pure gold since there is a small amount of copper in it. Absolutely pure gold is so soft that it can be molded with the hands.
> Electricity doesn't move through a wire but through a field around the wire.
> Do you know the names of the three wise monkeys? They are: Mizaru (See no evil), Mikazaru (Hear no evil), and Mazaru (Say no evil ).
> 55 per cent of people yawn within 5 minutes of seeing someone else yawn. Reading about yawning makes most people yawn. Hello, zzzzz zzzz ?
Secrets of Success
Roof said : Aim high !
Fan said : Be cool !
Clock said : Every minute precious !
Mirror said : Reflect before you act !
Window said : See the world !
Calender said : Be upto date !
Door said : Push hard (the oportunity door) to achieve your goal.
Fan said : Be cool !
Clock said : Every minute precious !
Mirror said : Reflect before you act !
Window said : See the world !
Calender said : Be upto date !
Door said : Push hard (the oportunity door) to achieve your goal.
52 Ways Plan For Perfect Health
1. Drink eight glasses of water a day.
2. Include two vegetables and one fruit in every meal.
3. Begin each meal with a raw vegetable salad.
4. Make a light snack of assorted sprouts.
5. Start the day with a glass of warm water and a dash of lime.
6. Use only fresh vegetables.
7. Once a week have only fresh fruits until noon, make lunch the first meal of the day.
8. Eat only freshly cooked meals not refrigerated leftovers.
9. Include one green vegetable and one yellow vegetables n every meal.
10. Go on a ‘juice fast’ for a day. Start with vegetable juice, and sip fruit for lunch and dinner.
11. Kick the old coffee habit. Have a glass of fresh fruit juice instead.
12. Cut out all deep-fried foods from your diet.
13. Cut down on high sugar products like soft drinks, ice-cream, candy and cookies in your diet.
14. Never skip a meal, even if you ‘re on a diet. Eat a fresh fruit or have vegetable juice instead.
15. Avoid beverages like soda, coffee, colas and so on.
16. Include high fibre foods – plenty of fruits, vegetables and grains – in planning your diet.
17. Use salt in moderation.
18. Wash vegetables thoroughly in clean water before chopping.
19. Stream or boil vegetables (rather than fry or sauté).
20. Retain peels of potato, cucumber, carrot and tomato while cooking.
21. Do take a moment off to mentally list out the nutritional value of the food you ‘re about to eat.
22. Don’t rush through your meals. Set aside enough time to appreciate, enjoy and digest your food.
23. Make every meal an enjoyable experience. Set dishes out attractively and chew slowly to appreciate the full flavour of the foods you eat.
24. Choose to be radiantly healthy. Keep yourself inf ormed about the nutritive value of every food you buy.
25. Shop for groceries yourself. Notice the look, feel and smell of fresh fruit and vegetables and enjoy their intrinsic goodness.
26. Watch out for eating habits paired with emotional states, like reaching for a chocolate when you’re depressed. Resist the urge and eat fruit instead.
27. Eat popcorn (rather than chips) while watching a movie.
28. Sit at the table at meal times. Don’t read the paper or review bills while eating.
29. Make it a point to have dinner with the entire family at the table, and not in front of the TV.
30. Eat just to the point of the fullness. Don’t stuff yourself !
31. Stop smoking.
32. Restrict alcohol consumption.
33. Get a good night’s sleep, every night.
34. Enrol today in an exercise programme.
35. Take a brisk, 20 minute invigorating walk each morning.
36. Spend 10 minutes every morning and evening doing basic stretches.
37. Do not use elevators when you can climb the stairs.
38. Enrol in a TM programme today.
39. Focus on your breathing. Take a deep breath, then exhale slowly. Repeat a couple of times a day.
40. Learn to relax. Spend 20 minutes consciously relaxing each muscle of your body.
41. Spend 20 minutes a day in silent meditation, prayer or contemplation.
42. Learn the healing power of laughter. Watch a crazy movie, recall a joke or read a funny book and laugh out loud.
43. Tap the powers of your sub-conscious. Relax your body for 20 minutes and project the ’Perfect You’ on your mind screen.
44. Balance your lifestyle. Devote equal time each week to work and fun.
45. Join kids in a sports activity and rediscover the joys of childhood.
46. Do keep in touch with friends. Call up or visit them and be at peace with the world.
47. Enroll in an activity (like dancing, swimming or roller skating…) you never indulged in because you were afraid of “what people might say”.
48. Forgive someone who you think has done you wrong and cleanse your spirit of rancor.
49. Do a nice turn to someone you don’t know too well, but who could do with a friend.
50. Spend a quiet half-hour chatting with your family.
51. Listen to soothing music for 15 minutes at least each day.
52. Read a great book once a week.
2. Include two vegetables and one fruit in every meal.
3. Begin each meal with a raw vegetable salad.
4. Make a light snack of assorted sprouts.
5. Start the day with a glass of warm water and a dash of lime.
6. Use only fresh vegetables.
7. Once a week have only fresh fruits until noon, make lunch the first meal of the day.
8. Eat only freshly cooked meals not refrigerated leftovers.
9. Include one green vegetable and one yellow vegetables n every meal.
10. Go on a ‘juice fast’ for a day. Start with vegetable juice, and sip fruit for lunch and dinner.
11. Kick the old coffee habit. Have a glass of fresh fruit juice instead.
12. Cut out all deep-fried foods from your diet.
13. Cut down on high sugar products like soft drinks, ice-cream, candy and cookies in your diet.
14. Never skip a meal, even if you ‘re on a diet. Eat a fresh fruit or have vegetable juice instead.
15. Avoid beverages like soda, coffee, colas and so on.
16. Include high fibre foods – plenty of fruits, vegetables and grains – in planning your diet.
17. Use salt in moderation.
18. Wash vegetables thoroughly in clean water before chopping.
19. Stream or boil vegetables (rather than fry or sauté).
20. Retain peels of potato, cucumber, carrot and tomato while cooking.
21. Do take a moment off to mentally list out the nutritional value of the food you ‘re about to eat.
22. Don’t rush through your meals. Set aside enough time to appreciate, enjoy and digest your food.
23. Make every meal an enjoyable experience. Set dishes out attractively and chew slowly to appreciate the full flavour of the foods you eat.
24. Choose to be radiantly healthy. Keep yourself inf ormed about the nutritive value of every food you buy.
25. Shop for groceries yourself. Notice the look, feel and smell of fresh fruit and vegetables and enjoy their intrinsic goodness.
26. Watch out for eating habits paired with emotional states, like reaching for a chocolate when you’re depressed. Resist the urge and eat fruit instead.
27. Eat popcorn (rather than chips) while watching a movie.
28. Sit at the table at meal times. Don’t read the paper or review bills while eating.
29. Make it a point to have dinner with the entire family at the table, and not in front of the TV.
30. Eat just to the point of the fullness. Don’t stuff yourself !
31. Stop smoking.
32. Restrict alcohol consumption.
33. Get a good night’s sleep, every night.
34. Enrol today in an exercise programme.
35. Take a brisk, 20 minute invigorating walk each morning.
36. Spend 10 minutes every morning and evening doing basic stretches.
37. Do not use elevators when you can climb the stairs.
38. Enrol in a TM programme today.
39. Focus on your breathing. Take a deep breath, then exhale slowly. Repeat a couple of times a day.
40. Learn to relax. Spend 20 minutes consciously relaxing each muscle of your body.
41. Spend 20 minutes a day in silent meditation, prayer or contemplation.
42. Learn the healing power of laughter. Watch a crazy movie, recall a joke or read a funny book and laugh out loud.
43. Tap the powers of your sub-conscious. Relax your body for 20 minutes and project the ’Perfect You’ on your mind screen.
44. Balance your lifestyle. Devote equal time each week to work and fun.
45. Join kids in a sports activity and rediscover the joys of childhood.
46. Do keep in touch with friends. Call up or visit them and be at peace with the world.
47. Enroll in an activity (like dancing, swimming or roller skating…) you never indulged in because you were afraid of “what people might say”.
48. Forgive someone who you think has done you wrong and cleanse your spirit of rancor.
49. Do a nice turn to someone you don’t know too well, but who could do with a friend.
50. Spend a quiet half-hour chatting with your family.
51. Listen to soothing music for 15 minutes at least each day.
52. Read a great book once a week.
Fun Facts
1. It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.
2. It's been proven that people can lessen reactions to allergies by laughing.
3. Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system.
4. Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day.Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day.
5. In the middle ages, people would pin the name of their sweetheart to their sleeve on Valentine's Day and keep it there for a week, hence 'wearing their heart on their sleeve'.
6. It was during the Victorian era that the formerly nude Cupid was redesigned as wearing a skirt.
7. The human heart creates enough pressure while pumping to squirt blood 30 feet!!
8. February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
9. Tomato Ketchup was once used as medicine in the United States. Was sold as "Dr.Miles Compound Extract of Tomato"
10. When you blush, the lining of your stomach also turns red.
2. It's been proven that people can lessen reactions to allergies by laughing.
3. Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system.
4. Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day.Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day.
5. In the middle ages, people would pin the name of their sweetheart to their sleeve on Valentine's Day and keep it there for a week, hence 'wearing their heart on their sleeve'.
6. It was during the Victorian era that the formerly nude Cupid was redesigned as wearing a skirt.
7. The human heart creates enough pressure while pumping to squirt blood 30 feet!!
8. February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
9. Tomato Ketchup was once used as medicine in the United States. Was sold as "Dr.Miles Compound Extract of Tomato"
10. When you blush, the lining of your stomach also turns red.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Time for Some Facts
The human body contains enough phosphorus to make the heads of 200 matches, enough fat for seven bars of soap, and enough iron to make one nail.
The human body has enough fat to produce 7 bars of soap.
The human body has over 45 miles of nerves.
The human body has over 600 muscles, 40% of the body's weight.
The human brain is about 85% water.
The human eyes can distinguish about 17,000 different colors.
The human head weighs 7 pounds.
The human heart creates enough pressure in the bloodstream to squirt blood 30 feet.
The human heart creates enough pressure to squirt blood 30ft.
The human heart pumps 1.5 million gallons of blood a year.
The hummingbird is the only bird that can hover and fly straight up, down, or backward!
The hummingbird, the loon, the swift, the kingfisher, and the grebe are all birds that cannot walk.
The Hundred Year War actually lasted 116 years (1337 to 1453).
The ice cream soda was invented in 1874 by Robert Green. He was serving a mixture of syrup, sweet cream and carbonated water at a celebration in Philadelphia . He ran out of cream and substituted ice cream.
The idiom "pillar of salt" means to have a stroke, or to become paralyzed and dead.
The Iditarod Dogsled Race got its name from Iditarod, a small mining village along the race's route. The race commemorates an emergency operation in 1925 to get medical supplies to Nome , Alaska following a diphtheria epidemic.
The Imperial torte, a square chocolate cake with five thin layers of almond paste, was created by a master pastry chef at the court of Emperor Franz Joseph (1830 1916).
The infamous "Red Baron" was German World War I pilot Manfred von Richthofen.
The infinite sign is called a lemniscate.
The International Space Station weighs about 500 tons and is the same size as a football field.
The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.
The internet is NOT FREE, a group of companies actually own the internet.
The Jazz Singer, 1927, was the first movie with audible dialogue.
The Jordanian city Amman was once called Philadelphia .
The Kama Sutra was written by Mallanga Vatsyayana, who was rumored to be celibate.
The kangaroo and the emu are shown supporting the shield on Australia 's coat of arms.
The kangaroo rat can cover ground at a rate of 17 feet per second. It can leap as much as 18 inches straight up and can switch directions at the peak of its jump.
The katydid bug hears through holes in its hind legs.
The kilt was invented by a English gentleman who came to Scotland to open a factory because he got tired of his Scottish workers showing up in a long tunic with a belt (they couldn't afford pants). Rather than raise wages so they could afford pants he invented the kilt which is just a lot of fabric and they could afford that. The kilt did not become a symbol of clan pride until the English banned the kilt in Scotland . Then it became part of national pride to wear the newly invented clan plaids.
The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache.
The kiss that is given by the bride to the groom at the end of the wedding ceremony originates from the earliest times when the couple would actually make love for the first time under the eyes of half the village!
The kissing under the missletoe tradition originated from the Druids.
The kiwi has nostrils near the tip of its bill that allows it to sniff the ground for food.
The Kiwi, national bird of New Zealand , can't fly. It lives in a hole in the ground, is almost blind, and lays only one egg each year. Despite this, it has survived for more than 70 million years.
The Kwoma of New Guinea consider it proper for the girl to make sexual advances rather than the boy in order to help the men avoid upsetting the girl's parents.
The largest amount of money you can have without having change for a dollar is $1.19 (3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 pennies cannot be divided into a dollar).
The largest animal ever seen alive was a 113.5 foot, 170-ton female blue whale.
The largest antique ever sold is the London Bridge . It was sold and moved Lake Havasu City , AZ in 1971.
The largest baseball card collection, 200,000 cards, is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The largest bell in the world is the Tsar Kolokol in the Kremlin in Moscow . It's 20' 2" high and 21' 8" in diameter. Cast in 1735, it weighs 222.56 tons and has never been wrung...it cracked before it was installed.
The largest bird egg in the world today is that of the ostrich. Ostrich eggs are from 6 to 8 inches long. Because of their size and the thickness of their shells, they take 40 minutes to hard-boil.
The largest body of fresh water in the world is Lake Superior .
The largest cell in the human body is the female ovum, or egg cell. It is about 1/180 inch in diameter. The smallest cell in the human body is the male sperm. It takes about 175,000 sperm cells to weigh as much as a single egg cell.
The largest cell in the human body is the female reproductive cell, the ovum.
The smallest is the male sperm.
The largest cockroach on record is one measured at 3.81 inches in length.
The largest coffee importer center in the U.S. is located in the city of New Orleans, LA.
The largest desert in the world, the Sahara , is 3,500,000 square miles.
The largest gold nugget ever found weighed 172 lbs., 13 oz.
The largest Great White Shark ever caught measured 37 feet and weighed 24,000 pounds. It was found in a herring weir in New Brunswick in 1930.
The largest hailstone ever recorded was 17.5 inches in diameter bigger than a basketball.
The largest human organ is the liver, which weighs about 55 ounces in a person weighing 150 pounds. By some definitions, the skin is an organ, in which case skin would be the largest organ at 384 ounces.
The largest human organ is the skin, with a surface area of about 25 squar.
The human body has enough fat to produce 7 bars of soap.
The human body has over 45 miles of nerves.
The human body has over 600 muscles, 40% of the body's weight.
The human brain is about 85% water.
The human eyes can distinguish about 17,000 different colors.
The human head weighs 7 pounds.
The human heart creates enough pressure in the bloodstream to squirt blood 30 feet.
The human heart creates enough pressure to squirt blood 30ft.
The human heart pumps 1.5 million gallons of blood a year.
The hummingbird is the only bird that can hover and fly straight up, down, or backward!
The hummingbird, the loon, the swift, the kingfisher, and the grebe are all birds that cannot walk.
The Hundred Year War actually lasted 116 years (1337 to 1453).
The ice cream soda was invented in 1874 by Robert Green. He was serving a mixture of syrup, sweet cream and carbonated water at a celebration in Philadelphia . He ran out of cream and substituted ice cream.
The idiom "pillar of salt" means to have a stroke, or to become paralyzed and dead.
The Iditarod Dogsled Race got its name from Iditarod, a small mining village along the race's route. The race commemorates an emergency operation in 1925 to get medical supplies to Nome , Alaska following a diphtheria epidemic.
The Imperial torte, a square chocolate cake with five thin layers of almond paste, was created by a master pastry chef at the court of Emperor Franz Joseph (1830 1916).
The infamous "Red Baron" was German World War I pilot Manfred von Richthofen.
The infinite sign is called a lemniscate.
The International Space Station weighs about 500 tons and is the same size as a football field.
The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.
The internet is NOT FREE, a group of companies actually own the internet.
The Jazz Singer, 1927, was the first movie with audible dialogue.
The Jordanian city Amman was once called Philadelphia .
The Kama Sutra was written by Mallanga Vatsyayana, who was rumored to be celibate.
The kangaroo and the emu are shown supporting the shield on Australia 's coat of arms.
The kangaroo rat can cover ground at a rate of 17 feet per second. It can leap as much as 18 inches straight up and can switch directions at the peak of its jump.
The katydid bug hears through holes in its hind legs.
The kilt was invented by a English gentleman who came to Scotland to open a factory because he got tired of his Scottish workers showing up in a long tunic with a belt (they couldn't afford pants). Rather than raise wages so they could afford pants he invented the kilt which is just a lot of fabric and they could afford that. The kilt did not become a symbol of clan pride until the English banned the kilt in Scotland . Then it became part of national pride to wear the newly invented clan plaids.
The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache.
The kiss that is given by the bride to the groom at the end of the wedding ceremony originates from the earliest times when the couple would actually make love for the first time under the eyes of half the village!
The kissing under the missletoe tradition originated from the Druids.
The kiwi has nostrils near the tip of its bill that allows it to sniff the ground for food.
The Kiwi, national bird of New Zealand , can't fly. It lives in a hole in the ground, is almost blind, and lays only one egg each year. Despite this, it has survived for more than 70 million years.
The Kwoma of New Guinea consider it proper for the girl to make sexual advances rather than the boy in order to help the men avoid upsetting the girl's parents.
The largest amount of money you can have without having change for a dollar is $1.19 (3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 pennies cannot be divided into a dollar).
The largest animal ever seen alive was a 113.5 foot, 170-ton female blue whale.
The largest antique ever sold is the London Bridge . It was sold and moved Lake Havasu City , AZ in 1971.
The largest baseball card collection, 200,000 cards, is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The largest bell in the world is the Tsar Kolokol in the Kremlin in Moscow . It's 20' 2" high and 21' 8" in diameter. Cast in 1735, it weighs 222.56 tons and has never been wrung...it cracked before it was installed.
The largest bird egg in the world today is that of the ostrich. Ostrich eggs are from 6 to 8 inches long. Because of their size and the thickness of their shells, they take 40 minutes to hard-boil.
The largest body of fresh water in the world is Lake Superior .
The largest cell in the human body is the female ovum, or egg cell. It is about 1/180 inch in diameter. The smallest cell in the human body is the male sperm. It takes about 175,000 sperm cells to weigh as much as a single egg cell.
The largest cell in the human body is the female reproductive cell, the ovum.
The smallest is the male sperm.
The largest cockroach on record is one measured at 3.81 inches in length.
The largest coffee importer center in the U.S. is located in the city of New Orleans, LA.
The largest desert in the world, the Sahara , is 3,500,000 square miles.
The largest gold nugget ever found weighed 172 lbs., 13 oz.
The largest Great White Shark ever caught measured 37 feet and weighed 24,000 pounds. It was found in a herring weir in New Brunswick in 1930.
The largest hailstone ever recorded was 17.5 inches in diameter bigger than a basketball.
The largest human organ is the liver, which weighs about 55 ounces in a person weighing 150 pounds. By some definitions, the skin is an organ, in which case skin would be the largest organ at 384 ounces.
The largest human organ is the skin, with a surface area of about 25 squar.
Fantasy Paintings
The Painting are one of the difficult things to do, but who are really interested in painting they make Paintings very easy.
WORLD'S EASIEST QUIZ
1) How long did the Hundred Years' War last?
2) Which country makes Panama hats?
3) From which animal do we get cat gut?
4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution?
5) What is a camel's hair brush made of?
6) The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal?
7) What was King George VI's first name?
8) What color is a purple finch?
9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from?
10) What is the color of the black box in a commercial airplane?
Check your answers below.
ANSWERS TO THE QUIZ
1) How long did the Hundred Years War last?116 years
2) Which country makes Panama hats? Ecuador
3) From which animal do we get cat gut? Sheep and Horses
4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution? November
5) What is a camel's hair brush made of? Squirrel fur
6) The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal? Dogs
7) What was King George VI's first name? Albert
8) What color is a purple finch? Crimson
9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from? New Zealand
10) What is the color of the black box in a commercial airplane? Orange (of course)
2) Which country makes Panama hats?
3) From which animal do we get cat gut?
4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution?
5) What is a camel's hair brush made of?
6) The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal?
7) What was King George VI's first name?
8) What color is a purple finch?
9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from?
10) What is the color of the black box in a commercial airplane?
Check your answers below.
ANSWERS TO THE QUIZ
1) How long did the Hundred Years War last?116 years
2) Which country makes Panama hats? Ecuador
3) From which animal do we get cat gut? Sheep and Horses
4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution? November
5) What is a camel's hair brush made of? Squirrel fur
6) The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal? Dogs
7) What was King George VI's first name? Albert
8) What color is a purple finch? Crimson
9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from? New Zealand
10) What is the color of the black box in a commercial airplane? Orange (of course)
September 1752 - The Time that nothing happened.....
Did you know that nothing happened between 3 and 13 September 1752?
In September 1752 the Julian calendar was replaced with the Gregorian calendar in Great Britain and its American colonies. The Julian calendar was 11 days behind the Gregorian calendar, so 14 September got to follow 2 September on the day of the change. The result was that between 3 and 13 September, absolutely nothing happened!
The calendar switch also influenced the way George Washington's birthday is celebrated. He was born on 11 February 1731, but the anniversary of his birth is on 22 February because of the 11 days eliminated from the calendar switch. At the same time, New Year's Day was changed from 25 March to 1 January, thus according to the new calendar, Washington was born in 1732.
The first Roman Calendar (introduced in 535BC) had 10 months, with 304 days in a year that began in March. January and February were added only later. In 46BC, Julius Caesar created "The Year of Confusion" by adding 80 days to the year making it 445 days long to bring the calendar back in step with the seasons. The solar year - with the value of 365 days and 6 hours - was made the basis of the calendar. To take care of the 6 hours, every 4th year was made a 366-day year. It was then that Caesar decreed that the year begins with the 1st of January.
In 325AD Constantine the Great, the first Christian Roman emperor, introduced Sunday as a holy day in a new 7-day week. He also introduced movable (Easter) and immovable feasts (Christmas).
In 1545 the Council of Trent authorised Pope Paul III to reform the calendar once more. Advised by astronomer Father Christopher Clavius and physician Aloysius Lilius, Pope Gregory XIII ordered that Thursday, 4 October 1582 was to be the last day of the Julian calendar. The next day was Friday, 15 October. For long-term accuracy, every 4th year was made a leap year unless it is a century year like 1700 or 1800. Century years can be leap years only when they are divisible by 400 (e.g. 1600). This rule eliminates three leap years in four centuries, making the calendar sufficiently correct for all ordinary purposes.
Protestant rulers ignored the new calendar that the Pope ordered. It was not until 1698 that Germany and the Netherlands changed to the Gregorian calendar. As mentioned, Britain made the change only in 1752. Russia adopted the new calendar in 1918, China in 1949.
In spite of the leap year, the Gregorian year is about 26 seconds longer than the earth's orbital period. Thus the beginning of the third millennium should have been celebrated at 9:01pm on 31 December 1999. But considering that the Gregorian calendar starts with Year 1, and not Year 0, adding 2000 years means that the third millennium started at 21h00:34s on 31 December 2000. However, because Dionysis Exeguus - the 6th Century monk whose task it was to pivot the calendar around the birth of Jesus Christ - miscalculated the founding of Rome by about 4 years (and left out the year 0), the TRUE THIRD MILLENNIUM actually started on 31 December 1995.
If you are working in UNIX, try this out. At $ prompt, type: cal 9 1752 Surprised??? ?
Isn't the output queer? A month with whole of eleven days missing. This was the time England shifted from Roman Julian Calendar to the Gregorian calendar, and the king of England ordered those 11 days to be wiped off the face of the month of September of 1752. (What couldn't a King do in those days?!) And yes, the workers worked for 11 days less, but got paid for the entire 30 days. And that's how "Paid Leave" was born.
In September 1752 the Julian calendar was replaced with the Gregorian calendar in Great Britain and its American colonies. The Julian calendar was 11 days behind the Gregorian calendar, so 14 September got to follow 2 September on the day of the change. The result was that between 3 and 13 September, absolutely nothing happened!
The calendar switch also influenced the way George Washington's birthday is celebrated. He was born on 11 February 1731, but the anniversary of his birth is on 22 February because of the 11 days eliminated from the calendar switch. At the same time, New Year's Day was changed from 25 March to 1 January, thus according to the new calendar, Washington was born in 1732.
The first Roman Calendar (introduced in 535BC) had 10 months, with 304 days in a year that began in March. January and February were added only later. In 46BC, Julius Caesar created "The Year of Confusion" by adding 80 days to the year making it 445 days long to bring the calendar back in step with the seasons. The solar year - with the value of 365 days and 6 hours - was made the basis of the calendar. To take care of the 6 hours, every 4th year was made a 366-day year. It was then that Caesar decreed that the year begins with the 1st of January.
In 325AD Constantine the Great, the first Christian Roman emperor, introduced Sunday as a holy day in a new 7-day week. He also introduced movable (Easter) and immovable feasts (Christmas).
In 1545 the Council of Trent authorised Pope Paul III to reform the calendar once more. Advised by astronomer Father Christopher Clavius and physician Aloysius Lilius, Pope Gregory XIII ordered that Thursday, 4 October 1582 was to be the last day of the Julian calendar. The next day was Friday, 15 October. For long-term accuracy, every 4th year was made a leap year unless it is a century year like 1700 or 1800. Century years can be leap years only when they are divisible by 400 (e.g. 1600). This rule eliminates three leap years in four centuries, making the calendar sufficiently correct for all ordinary purposes.
Protestant rulers ignored the new calendar that the Pope ordered. It was not until 1698 that Germany and the Netherlands changed to the Gregorian calendar. As mentioned, Britain made the change only in 1752. Russia adopted the new calendar in 1918, China in 1949.
In spite of the leap year, the Gregorian year is about 26 seconds longer than the earth's orbital period. Thus the beginning of the third millennium should have been celebrated at 9:01pm on 31 December 1999. But considering that the Gregorian calendar starts with Year 1, and not Year 0, adding 2000 years means that the third millennium started at 21h00:34s on 31 December 2000. However, because Dionysis Exeguus - the 6th Century monk whose task it was to pivot the calendar around the birth of Jesus Christ - miscalculated the founding of Rome by about 4 years (and left out the year 0), the TRUE THIRD MILLENNIUM actually started on 31 December 1995.
If you are working in UNIX, try this out. At $ prompt, type: cal 9 1752 Surprised??? ?
Isn't the output queer? A month with whole of eleven days missing. This was the time England shifted from Roman Julian Calendar to the Gregorian calendar, and the king of England ordered those 11 days to be wiped off the face of the month of September of 1752. (What couldn't a King do in those days?!) And yes, the workers worked for 11 days less, but got paid for the entire 30 days. And that's how "Paid Leave" was born.
Tyrannosaurus Rex 'Footprint' Found
A Britain-based palaeontologist believes he has found the world's first known Tyrannosaurus rex footprint.Phil Manning said he has high hopes the one square metre (about 11 square feet) print, from the famed Hell Creek area of the northwest US state of Montana, is from the flesh-eating giant, although 100 percent certainty is impossible.
Manning, whose work still needs to be peer-reviewed, suggested the 67-million-year-old print "could only" be one of the two species previously found in Hell Creek, Nanotyrannus or its bigger relative Tyrannosaurus rex.
"The size of the footprint at 76 centimetres (30 inches) in length suggests it is more likely to be the latter," said the academic, from the University of Manchester, northwest England.
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