2/2/10
50 Things Everyone Should Know
* The word "queue" is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed.
* Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine nuts, and worms like fried bacon.
* Of all the words in the English language, the word 'set' has the most definitions!
* What is called a "French kiss" in the English speaking world is known as an "English kiss" in France.
* "Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.
* "Rhythm" is the longest English word without a vowel.
* In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child.
* A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off!
* Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.
* You can't kill yourself by holding your breath
* There is a city called Rome on every continent.
* It's against the law to have a pet dog in Iceland!
* Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day!
* Horatio Nelson, one of England's most illustrious admirals was throughout his life, never able to find a cure for his sea-sickness.
* The skeleton of Jeremy Bentham is present at all important meetings of the University of London
* Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people
* Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, everytime you breathe!
* The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump!
* One quarter of the bones in your body, are in your feet!
* Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different!
* The first known transfusion of blood was performed as early as 1667, when Jean- Baptiste, transfused two pints of blood from a sheep to a young man
* Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!
* Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
* The present population of 5 billion plus people of the world is predicted to become 15 billion by 2080.
* Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
* Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian, and had only ONE testicle.
* Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible.
* Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."
* Coca-Cola would be green if colouring weren’t added to it.
* On average a hedgehog's heart beats 300 times a minute.
* More people are killed each year from bees than from snakes.
* The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 English words.
* More people are allergic to cow's milk than any other food.
* Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.
* The placement of a donkey's eyes in its' heads enables it to see all four feet at all times!
* The six official languages of the United Nations are: English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish.
* Earth is the only planet not named after a god..
* It's against the law to burp, or sneeze in a church in Nebraska, USA.
* You're born with 300 bones, but by the time you become an adult, you only have 206.
* Some worms will eat themselves if they can't find any food!
* Dolphins sleep with one eye open!
* It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open
* The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years old!
* The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds
* Queen Elizabeth I regarded herself as a paragon of cleanliness. She declared that she bathed once every three months, whether she needed it or not
* Slugs have 4 noses.
* Owls are the only birds who can see the colour blue.
* A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years!
* A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!
* The average person laughs 10 times a day!
* An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain
* Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine nuts, and worms like fried bacon.
* Of all the words in the English language, the word 'set' has the most definitions!
* What is called a "French kiss" in the English speaking world is known as an "English kiss" in France.
* "Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.
* "Rhythm" is the longest English word without a vowel.
* In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child.
* A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off!
* Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.
* You can't kill yourself by holding your breath
* There is a city called Rome on every continent.
* It's against the law to have a pet dog in Iceland!
* Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day!
* Horatio Nelson, one of England's most illustrious admirals was throughout his life, never able to find a cure for his sea-sickness.
* The skeleton of Jeremy Bentham is present at all important meetings of the University of London
* Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people
* Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, everytime you breathe!
* The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump!
* One quarter of the bones in your body, are in your feet!
* Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different!
* The first known transfusion of blood was performed as early as 1667, when Jean- Baptiste, transfused two pints of blood from a sheep to a young man
* Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!
* Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
* The present population of 5 billion plus people of the world is predicted to become 15 billion by 2080.
* Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
* Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian, and had only ONE testicle.
* Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible.
* Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."
* Coca-Cola would be green if colouring weren’t added to it.
* On average a hedgehog's heart beats 300 times a minute.
* More people are killed each year from bees than from snakes.
* The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 English words.
* More people are allergic to cow's milk than any other food.
* Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.
* The placement of a donkey's eyes in its' heads enables it to see all four feet at all times!
* The six official languages of the United Nations are: English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish.
* Earth is the only planet not named after a god..
* It's against the law to burp, or sneeze in a church in Nebraska, USA.
* You're born with 300 bones, but by the time you become an adult, you only have 206.
* Some worms will eat themselves if they can't find any food!
* Dolphins sleep with one eye open!
* It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open
* The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years old!
* The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds
* Queen Elizabeth I regarded herself as a paragon of cleanliness. She declared that she bathed once every three months, whether she needed it or not
* Slugs have 4 noses.
* Owls are the only birds who can see the colour blue.
* A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years!
* A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!
* The average person laughs 10 times a day!
* An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain
1/28/10
Chanakya Quotes
"A person should not be too honest.
Straight trees are cut first
And Honest people are screwed first."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC 75 BC)
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"Even if a snake is not poisonous,
It should pretend to be venomous."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275 BC)
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"The biggest guru-mantra is: Never share your secrets with anybody. If you cannot keep secret with you , do not expect that other will keep it. ! It will destroy you."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275 BC)
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"There is some self-interest behind every friendship.
There is no Friendship without self-interests.
This is a bitter truth."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275 BC)
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"Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions -
Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply
And find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275 BC)
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"As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275 BC)
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"Once you start a working on something,
Don't be afraid of failure and
Don't abandon it.
People who work sincerely are the happiest."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275BC)
**********
"The fragrance of flowers spreads
Only in the direction of the wind.
But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275BC)
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"A man is great by deeds, not by birth."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275BC)
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"Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years.
For the next five years, scold them.
By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend.
Your grown up children are your best friends."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275BC)
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"Education is the best friend.
An educated person is respected everywhere.
Education beats the beauty and the youth."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275BC)
Straight trees are cut first
And Honest people are screwed first."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC 75 BC)
**********
"Even if a snake is not poisonous,
It should pretend to be venomous."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275 BC)
**********
"The biggest guru-mantra is: Never share your secrets with anybody. If you cannot keep secret with you , do not expect that other will keep it. ! It will destroy you."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275 BC)
**********
"There is some self-interest behind every friendship.
There is no Friendship without self-interests.
This is a bitter truth."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275 BC)
**********
"Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions -
Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply
And find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275 BC)
**********
"As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275 BC)
**********
"Once you start a working on something,
Don't be afraid of failure and
Don't abandon it.
People who work sincerely are the happiest."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275BC)
**********
"The fragrance of flowers spreads
Only in the direction of the wind.
But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275BC)
**********
"A man is great by deeds, not by birth."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275BC)
**********
"Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years.
For the next five years, scold them.
By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend.
Your grown up children are your best friends."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275BC)
**********
"Education is the best friend.
An educated person is respected everywhere.
Education beats the beauty and the youth."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275BC)
1/25/10
32 STRANGE THINGS
1. A rat can last longer without water than a camel.
2. Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will digest itself.
3. The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle.
4. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.
5. A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.
6. A duck's quack doesn't echo. No one knows why.
7. A 2 X 4 is really 1-1/2" by 3-1/2".
8. During the chariot scene in "Ben Hur," a small red car can be seen in the distance (and Heston's wearing a watch).
9. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily! (That explains a few mysteries... .)
10. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
11. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
12. The number of possible ways of playing the first four moves per side in a game of chess is 318,979,564, 000.
13. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple and silver.
14. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan. There was never a recorded Wendy before.
15. The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin in World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
16. If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death. (Who was the sadist who discovered this??)
17. Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to s-l-o-w film down so you could see his moves. That's the opposite of the norm.
18. The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen' s "Born in the USA."
19. The original name for butterfly was flutterby.
20. The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
21. The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for autom
2. Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will digest itself.
3. The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle.
4. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.
5. A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.
6. A duck's quack doesn't echo. No one knows why.
7. A 2 X 4 is really 1-1/2" by 3-1/2".
8. During the chariot scene in "Ben Hur," a small red car can be seen in the distance (and Heston's wearing a watch).
9. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily! (That explains a few mysteries... .)
10. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
11. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
12. The number of possible ways of playing the first four moves per side in a game of chess is 318,979,564, 000.
13. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple and silver.
14. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan. There was never a recorded Wendy before.
15. The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin in World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
16. If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death. (Who was the sadist who discovered this??)
17. Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to s-l-o-w film down so you could see his moves. That's the opposite of the norm.
18. The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen' s "Born in the USA."
19. The original name for butterfly was flutterby.
20. The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
21. The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for autom
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