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[talwan]

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• [FONT=Calibri,sans-serif]On average, a woman’s heart beats faster than a man’s heart[/FONT]
• [FONT=Calibri,sans-serif]The United States hold the record for the highest divorce rate in the world[/FONT]
• [FONT=Calibri,sans-serif]Other than humans, black lemurs are the only primates that may have blue eyes[/FONT]
• [FONT=Calibri,sans-serif]Names in Iceland's phone books are listed alphabetically by first name not by last name[/FONT]
• [FONT=Calibri,sans-serif]Cats can hear ultrasound[/FONT]
• The skin of the average woman weighs 3 kilograms, while that of the average man weighs 5 kilograms

 

[Haridasa Siva]

• On average, a woman’s heart beats faster than a man’s heart

I thought a man's heart would beat faster when a woman is around! :horn:

• The skin of the average woman weighs 3 kilograms, while that of the average man weighs 5 kilograms

So, men are thick-skinned?? :noidea:

 

[talwan]

-The youngest pope was 11 years old.
-Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other nation.
-First novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.
-A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.

 

[talwan]

Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades -King David, Clubs -Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, and Diamonds -Julius Caesar. -The King of Hearts is the only king without a mustache.
-If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
-Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them would burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."

 

[talwan]

The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies. -In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.
-The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the "General Purpose" vehicle, G.P.
-The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary. When it was built in the 1940s, the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites.

 

[nannilam_balasubramanian]

India is the largest Democracy in the world
India is about 1/3 the size of United States
India is the 7th largest country in the world at 1.27 million square miles
Indian currency cannot be taken out of India, as it will be illegal to carry
Indian's cities are famous for cows moving on the Streets
Indian wives, generally do not tell their husband's name aloud
India is the birth place of Chaturang i.e. Chess
India has many religions viz. Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism & Sikhism and
every major world religion is represented in India
India made significant contribution towards Calculus, Trigonometry and Algebra
India is proud to have invented the decimal system during 100 BC
India is proud to have evolved the concept of zero as a number

and many more are in the kitty of India.

Balasubramanian
Ambattur

 

[talwan]

President Taft weighed 352 pounds.
Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and James Monroe all died on July 4th, Jefferson and Adams died at practically the same minute of the same day.
Martin Van Buren, eighth president of the United States, was the first to be born a citizen of the United States. He was born in 1782, six years after the signing of the Constitution.
In 1824, Andrew Jackson received more popular votes than John Adams, yet lost the election. The vote was so close that neither candidate received a majority of the electoral votes. The decision then went to the House of Representatives, which elected Adams.
President Grover Cleveland was a draft dodger. He hired someone to enter the service in his place, for which he was ridiculed by his political opponent, James G. Blaine. It was soon discovered, however, that Blaine had done the same thing himself.
For his entire forty-seven years in government, Herbert Hoover turned over each of his Federal salary checks to charity. He had become independently wealthy before entering politics.
George Washington's face was badly scarred from small-pox.

 

[Haridasa Siva]

Post 357: Quite interesting. Thanks for the info. Is it possible to give more info on U.S. Presidents? - If necessary, in a separate thread? I am sure it would make an interesting read.

 

[talwan]

The muzzle of a lion is like a fingerprint - no two lions have the same pattern of whiskers. -Steely Dan got their name from a sexual device depicted in the book 'The Naked Lunch.'
-The Ramses brand condom is named after the great phaoroh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children (too little too late, huh?).
-There is a seven letter word in the English language that contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters, "therein": the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein, herein.
-Duelling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.

 

[talwan]

-John Larroquette of "Night Court" and "The John Larroquette Show" was the narrator of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre."
-A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.(wonder how they figured this out?)
-It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
-Cranberries are sorted for ripeness by bouncing them; a fully-ripened cranberry can be dribbled like a basketball.
-"Stewardesses" is the longest word that can be typed with only the left hand.
-To "testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles.

 

[talwan]

1. The Nobel Peace Prize medal depicts 3 naked men with their hands on each others shoulders. Verified
2. Fortune cookies were actually invented in America, not China! Verified
3. Of the 17k+ words Shakespeare used, over 1700 are recorded there for the first time. Verified
4. During your lifetime, the average human will grow 591 miles of hair. Unverified But hair does grows about 6 inches per year and the average head has 100,000 hairs. Take an average lifespan of 80 years. 6 x 100,000 x 80 = 48,000,000. Unfortunately hair growth is not uniform through out your lifespan, I have yet to find a formula for this.
5. The United States has more bagpipe bands than Scotland does. To be verified But would appear to be true since Scotland has a population of only 5,000,000, compared to the U.S. at 304,059,724

 

[talwan]

1. 10 percent of electricity in the US comes from "dismantled nuclear bombs, including Russian ones.
2. In the 1940s, the FCC assigned television's Channel 1 to mobile Services (two-way radios in taxicabs, for instance) but did not Pre-number the other channel assignments. That is why your TV set has channels 2 and up, but no channel 1. Verified
3. The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments, in the United States.
4. The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days when the fire engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and soon figured out how to walk up straight staircases. Verified
5. On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.

 

[nannilam_balasubramanian]

The very famous game Chess was invented in India.
The value of 'pi' used in Maths was first calculated by the Indian Mathematician
Budhayana during 6th Century.
Yoga originated in India around 5000 years ago.
Statistics say that India has most number of Mosques as against the Muslim world.

Balasubramanian
Ambattur

 

[talwan]

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!

 

[talwan]

The average person laughs 10 times a day!
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain

 

[talwan]

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

 

[talwan]

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!

 

[nannilam_balasubramanian]

Rock cut temples are very famous in India. Similarly, famous Caves Temples are
also available in India. In that line, Amarnath caves are one of the most very famous
Temples dedicated to Lord Shiva, symbol of Hinduism, located in J&K. It appears
from our history that this Temple is around 5000 years old or so. Many foreigners
too visit this area besides a number of other devotees. It can be seen in this temple,
Ice stalagmite similar to Lord Shiva Linga, between May and August and it gradually
waning thereafter. It is mentioned by the Pujaris that this Siva Lingam grows and
shinks with the phases of Moon. Further, in accordance with the Hindu Mythology,
it is also learnt that Lord Shankara told the secrets of Life and eternity to HIS
Divine partner Goddess Parvathi. Even for Lord Ganesh, there is a cave temple there.

Balasubramanian
Ambattur

 

[talwan]

1. The brain doesn’t feel pain: Even though the brain processes pain signals, the brain itself does not actually feel pain.
2. Your brain has huge oxygen needs: Your brain requires 20 percent of the oxygen and calories your body needs — even though your brain only makes up two percent of your total body weight.
3. 80% of the brain is water: Instead of being relatively solid, your brain 80% water. This means that it is important that you remain properly hydrated for the sake of your mind.

 

[talwan]

1. Your brain comes out to play at night: You’d think that your brain is more active during the day, when the rest of your body is. But it’s not. Your brain is more active when you sleep.
2. Your brain operates on 10 watts of power: It’s true: The amazing computational power of your brain only requires about 10 watts of power to operate.
3. A higher I.Q. equals more dreams: The smarter you are, the more you dream. A high I.Q. can also fight mental illness. Some people even believe they are smarter in their dreams than when they are awake.

 

[talwan]

1. The brain changes shapes during puberty: Your teenage years do more than just change how you feel; the very structure of your brain changes during the teen years, and it even affects impulsive, risky behavior.
2. Your brain can store everything: Technically, your brain has the capacity to store everything you experience, see, read or hear. However, the real issue is recall — whether you can access that information.
3. Information in your brain travels at different speeds: The neurons in your brain are built differently, and information travels along them at different speeds. This is why sometimes you can recall information instantly, and sometimes it takes a little longer.

 

[nannilam_balasubramanian]

India stands as an example to other countries, which embraces various cultures
and a number of religion based people living together as one Nation.

Bailey Bridge located in Ladakh connecting DRAS and SURU rivers in the
Himalayas is at the highest point in India.

Taxila University is the first University established in India during 700 B.C.

India has the most number of Post Offices.

Balasubramanian
Ambattur

 

[talwan]

1. It is impossible to lick your elbow (busted)
2. A crocodile can't stick it's tongue out.
3. A shrimp's heart is in it's head.
4. People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze,your heart stops for a mili-second.
5. In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, no one reported a single case where an ostrich buried its head in the sand.
6. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
7. A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.

 

[talwan]

1. More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.
2. Rats and horses can't vomit.
3. If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib.
4. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.
5. If you keep your eyes open by force when you sneeze, you might pop an eyeball out.
6. Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants.
7. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
8. In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.

 

[talwan]

1. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
2. Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
3. A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
4. 23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their butts.
5. In the course of an average lifetime you will, while sleeping, eat 70 assorted insects and 10 spiders.
6. Most lipstick contains fish scales.
7. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.