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  • 1. The technology contained in a single game boy unit in 2000 exceeds all the computing power that was used to put the first man on moon in 1969.
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  • 2. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.


  • 3. Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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    4. Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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Mount Pelee is a volcano located on the French island of Martinique in the Caribbean. it is well known for his destructive past. It was the early morning, may 8th in 1902, when eruption started destroying everything in its path. Killing in one day more than 30000 people. Completely destroying the city of Saint-Pierre, leaving only two survivors. One them was 25 year old Louis Auguste Cyparis a convicted felon who injured his friend with a glass during the bar fight. Interestingly, Louis escaped the jail night before the eruption.
 
Facts About Forks
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Kitchen forks have been endlessly evolving for the past millennium or so. But a historical background check will put its origins somewhere in Greek. Initially used for the carving of meat, the fork comes to the dining table pretty late. It was around the 7th century that royal courts in the Middle Eastern Muslim world started to use the fork on the dining table.
 
1. In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch or clock is usually 10:10.
2. Dell Computers was started by a 19 year old with only $1,000.
3. The founder of McDonald's has a Bachelor degree in Hamburgerology.
4. Colgate's first toothpaste came in a jar.
 
1.Yahoo! was originally called 'Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web'.

2. All 3 founders of Apple worked at Atari before forming Apple.

3. Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft was a college drop out.

4.Dell's first advertisement was made on the back of a pizza box.

5.Dell Computers was started by a 19 year old with only $1,000.
 
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[FONT=comic sans ms,sans-serif] .... Are you as smart as a 6 year old ?? [/FONT]


There are 4 questions. Don't miss one.




1. How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator?




The correct answer is: Open the refrigerator, put in the giraffe, and close the door. This question tests whether you tend to do simple things in an overly complicated way.






2. How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator?



















Did you say, open the refrigerator, put in the elephant, and close the refrigerator?

Wrong Answer.

Correct Answer: Open the refrigerator, take out the giraffe, put in the elephant and close the door. This tests your ability to think through the repercussions of your previous actions..





3. The Lion King is hosting an animal conference. All the animals
attend .... except one. Which animal does not attend?






















Correct Answer: The Elephant. The elephant is in the refrigerator. You just put him in there. This tests your memory ... Okay, even if you did not answer the first three questions correctly, you still have one more chance to show your true abilities.







4. There is a river you must cross but it is used by crocodiles, and
you do not have a boat. How do you manage it?















Correct Answer: You jump into the river and swim across. Have you not been listening? All the crocodiles are attending the Animal Meeting. This tests whether you learn quickly from your mistakes.



According to Anderson Consulting Worldwide, around 90% of the​
Professionals they tested got all questions wrong, but many preschoolers got several correct answers. Anderson Consulting says this conclusively proves the theory that most professionals do not have the brains of a four-year-old.

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Send this out to frustrate all of your smart friends.

PS: Just the fact that I sent it to you should make you feel good.

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Robert Peary, a 19th and 20th century U.S. explorer, led what is believed to be the first expedition to the North Pole. He first spent many years exploring Greenland’s ice cap and made many scientific findings about tides, polar seas, winds, temperatures, plant and animal life, and the native Inuit. Peary’s North American travels proved that the land of Greenland was a huge island, not a continent as many had thought. He prepared and attempted several times to reach the North Pole, losing eight of his toes to frostbite. Finally, in 1909, his team reached the Pole after a sledge journey across the Arctic ice cap. Peary received many honors upon his return home and was promoted to rear admiral of the United States Navy. When another explorer, Roald Amundsen, heard that Peary had reached the North Pole, he headed south instead to find the other Pole. Robert Peary found the largest meteorite in the world, weighing 34 tons, that had fallen on Greenland in ancient times. It is in New York City’s Hayden Planetarium.
 
In celebration of the holiday season, here are some interesting facts about Christmas:

  1. The word "Christmas" comes from the Old English name "Christes Maesse," which means "Christ's Mass."
  2. The common abbreviation of Christmas to "Xmas" is derived from the Greek alphabet. "Chi," the first letter of Christ's name in the Greek alphabet, is written as "X."
  3. Before Western Christians decided on December 25 to celebrate the birth of Jesus, several dates were proposed: January 2, March 21, March 25, April 18, April 19, May 20, May 28, and November 20.
  4. In Germany, Christmas Eve is said to be a magical time of the year when the pure in heart can hear animals talking.
  5. Santa Claus is based on a real person, St. Nikolas of Myra, the world's most popular non-biblical saint.
 
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In celebration of the holiday season, here are some interesting facts about Christmas:

  1. The word "Christmas" comes from the Old English name "Christes Maesse," which means "Christ's Mass."
  2. The common abbreviation of Christmas to "Xmas" is derived from the Greek alphabet. "Chi," the first letter of Christ's name in the Greek alphabet, is written as "X."
  3. Before Western Christians decided on December 25 to celebrate the birth of Jesus, several dates were proposed: January 2, March 21, March 25, April 18, April 19, May 20, May 28, and November 20.
  4. In Germany, Christmas Eve is said to be a magical time of the year when the pure in heart can hear animals talking.
  5. Santa Claus is based on a real person, St. Nikolas of Myra, the world's most popular non-biblical saint.
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Thank you very much for the information in detail.
It is a day that has an effect on the entire World. In fact Christmas is a Holiday shared and
celebrated by many religions. They light a tree beautifully with all coloured lamps. In the light of that
Tree, family members make merry and enjoy and give the gifts one to another.

Balasubramanian
Ambattur
 
  1. Santa Claus has different names in different countries: Sheng Dan Lao Ren in China, Father Christmas in England, Papa Noel in Brazil and Peru, and Pere Noel in France.
  2. Santa Claus's sleigh is led by nine reindeer: Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen and Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer. Norwegian scientists have hypothesized that Rudolph's red nose may be the result of a parasitic infection of his respiratory system.
  3. Germans made the first artificial Christmas trees, which are made of dyed goose feathers.
  4. The earliest known Christmas tree decorations were apples.
  5. A 2010 study on Facebook posts showed that two weeks before Christmas is the most popular time for couples to break up. Christmas Day, on the other hand, is the least favorite day for breakups.
 
A statistics reveal that number of Christmas Cards posted in US alone is something
more than 3 billion are so. In some western countries, they grow a Christmas Tree
for nearly 15 years or so, before they actually plan to sell. Above all, there is a
significance of traditional colours of Christmas. The 3 colours which they use are
Green, Red and Gold. Green has along been a sign of Life and Rebirth, red symbolises
the blood of Christ and the Gold reflects the light as well as wealth and royalty.

Balasubramanian
Ambattur
 
A “rubber” could be a hard brush (1664), a rough towel to stimulate the skin (1577), a horse towel (1598), a whetstone (1553), tooth powder (1558), a polished brick (1744), a person who takes brass rubbings (1840) and a masseur at a Turkish bath.


Erasing rubber

When samples of the dried sap of a South American tree began arriving in England in the late 18th century, they were soon being stocked in half-inch cubes in Edward Nairne’s scientific instrument shop at 20 Cornhill in London. Nairne claimed that while drawing he had picked up a piece of the substance instead of the breadcrumb that was traditionally used to erase pencil marks. The cube of sap proved more effective.
The discoverer of oxygen and inventor of soda water, Joseph Priestley (1733-1804), was an early customer, paying a hefty three shillings (£17 in today’s money) for a single cube.
India rubber
This substance became known as “India rubber”, although it came from South America rather than India (“Indian” just meant something exotic from abroad; Indian ink was actually from China). The rubber had found its way from Brazil to Europe via the French.
In 1735, poet, mathematician and friend of Voltaire, Charles Marie de la Condamine, sent a sample back to the Académie Royale enclosing the local Indian word for the material, caoutchouc, and for the tree it came from, heve. La Condamine also coined the term latex for the white sap, from the French word for “milk”.
The word “rubber” had a lively existence long before it became attached to the elastic substance we associate it with today.
 
One power plant can produce enough electricity for 180,000 homes.
The first power plant – owned by Thomas Edison – opened in New York City in 1882.
Thomas Edison didn’t invent the first light bulb – but he did invent one that stayed lit for more than a few seconds.
Thomas Edison invented more than 2,000 new products, including almost everything needed for us to use electricity in our homes: switches, fuses, sockets and meters.
Benjamin Franklin didn’t discover electricity – but he did prove that lightning is a form of electrical energy.
 
  1. Every major world religion is represented in India. Additionally, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism all originated in India.[SUP]f[/SUP]
  2. About 80% of Indians are Hindu. Muslims are the largest minority in India and form approximately 13% of the country’s population. In fact, India has the third largest population of Muslims in the world, after Indonesia and Pakistan.[SUP]i[/SUP]
  3. India has the world’s largest movie industry, based in the city of Mumbai (known as the “City of Dreams”). The B in “Bollywood” comes from Bombay, the former name for Mumbai. Almost all Bollywood movies are musicals.[SUP]l[/SUP]
 
  1. Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869-1948) is known around the world as Mahatma, which is an honorific title meaning “Great Soul” in the ancient Indian language of Sanskrit. He devoted his life to free India from British rule peacefully and based his campaign on civil disobedience. His birthday, October 2, is a national holiday. He was assassinated in 1948.[SUP]m[/SUP][TABLE="align: right"]
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  2. The lotus is sacred to both Hindus and Buddhists. The Bahá'í house of worship in Delhi, known as the “Lotus Temple,” is shaped like a lotus flower with 27 gigantic “petals” that are covered in marble.[SUP]i[/SUP]
  3. The banyan, or Indian fig tree, is considered a symbol of immortality and is mentioned in many Indian myths and legends. This self-renewing plant is India’s national tree.[SUP]m[/SUP]
  4. Marigold flowers are used as decoration for Hindu marriages and are a symbol of good fortune and happiness.[SUP]i[/SUP]
  5. The official name of India is the Republic of India. The name “India” derives from the River Indus, which most likely is derived from the Sanskrit sindhu, meaning “river.” The official Sanskrit name of India is Bharat, after the legendary king in the epic Mahabharata.[SUP]m[/SUP]
 
  1. Introduced by the British, cricket is India’s most popular sport. Hockey is considered the national sport, and the Indian field hockey team proudly won Olympic gold in 1928.[SUP]i[/SUP]
  2. Indians made significant contributions to calculus, trigonometry, and algebra. The decimal system was invented in India in 100 B.C. The concept of zero as a number is also attributed to India.[SUP]m[/SUP]
  3. The national fruit of India is the mango. The national bird is the peacock, which was initially bred for food.[SUP]m[/SUP]
  4. Most historians agree that the first recorded account of plastic surgery is found in ancient Indian Sanskrit texts.[SUP]b[/SUP]
 
A cat can run about 20 kilometers per hour (12 miles per hour) when it grows up.
A giraffe's heart weighs an incredible 24 pounds.
A kangaroo can jump 45 feet!
An elephant in the wild can eat anywhere from 100 - 1000 pounds of vegetation in a 16 hour period.
At 188 decibels, the whistle of the blue whale is the loudest sound produced by any animal.
Dinosaurs probably lived to be between 75 to 300 years of age. Scientists figured this out from looking at the structure of their bones.
 
Elephants have a slower pulse of 27 and for a canary it is 1000!
In a day, an elephant can drink 80 gallons of water.
In the United States, every year about 15 people die from dog bites.
On average, a typical dairy cow lies down and stands up about 14 times a day.
Pixie, a Siberian Husky, gave birth to 7 puppies, one of which was bright green.
Spider Monkeys have hook-like fingers, but no thumb, and the tip of their tail can support the weight of their entire body.
Starfish have eight eyes - one at the end of each leg.
 
If your stomach didn't produce a new layer of mucous every two weeks, it would digest itself.
 
1)Is kissing good for your health? Apparently so, the extra saliva that is exchanged reduces decay of teeth by keeping your mouths clean.

2). Can you lose calories by merely kissing? Apparently so, you lose 26 calories if you kiss for a minute and 260 if you did it for 10 minutes.

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3. If your girl-friend or wife has a headache it maybe cured yes by having an intercourse but remember to give them orgasm! Research indicates that powerful endorphins or pain killers are released by females during orgasm.


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  1. Guys hate other flirts.
  2. A guy can like you for a minute, and then forget you afterwards.
  3. When a guy says he doesn’t understand you, it simply means you’re not thinking the way he is.
 
When New York’s Governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected President in 1932, America was hurting. The country hurt from the 1929 stock market crash, the failure of over 1,300 banks, and between 25 to 40 percent unemployment. This is the challenge that faced President Roosevelt, and as shown by history, he met it as America’s 32nd President. Roosevelt came from a wealthy family, which included his uncle Theodore, the 26th president, and he was extremely charming and popular. He married a distant cousin, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, who was a powerful and charismatic First Lady. Crippled from boyhood polio, President Roosevelt ruled America from a wheelchair. Perhaps the courage he had to muster to fight this disease came to his side when fighting America’s ills. Key to this fight was the line from his inaugural address: “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” That line was probably taken from the writings of Henry Thoreau.
 
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