1 - The liquid inside young coconut can be used as a substitute of blood plasma.
2- Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
2- You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
3- The first product to have a bar code was wringley's gum.
4- The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache on a standard playing card!
5- Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
6- Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.
7- Walt disney was afraid of mice.
8- Pearl melt in vinegar.
9- It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs.
10- A duck's quack does not echo, and no one knows why ?
11- Turtles can breathe through their butts.
12- Crocodile is only animal and reptile which shed tear while eating.
13- Word without vowel is RHYTHM.
14- Dolphins sleep with 1 eye open.
15- A butterfly has 12000 eyes.
16- ostrich eats pebles to help digestion by grinding up the indigested food.
17- The elephant is the only animal that can't jump
18- There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos!
19- The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!
20- A violin contains about 70 separate pieces of wood!
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Monday, June 9, 2008
Strange Facts
- Eskimos use refrigerators to keep food FROM freezing.
- The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”, uses every letter in the alphabet.
- Average life span of a major league baseball is 7 pitches.
- A 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.
- The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year by the weight of books.
- Nutmeg can extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.
- The density of neuron star is 1.5 to 3 times of sun’s mass.
- Almost 85% of the universe is a form of dark matter.
- The first toilet ever seen on television was on "Leave It to Beaver".
- Only one person in two billion will live up to 116 of age.
- 200 companies contributing 29% to the world economy employs only 0.9% of the world’s work force.
- 98 tons of ore historic buried plant material is used to make one U.S gallon of gasoline.
- An estimated 16,000 people worldwide are becoming infected with HIV every day.
- Strong negative emotions lead to damage of immune system.
- Due to pollution and overfishing, population of American, Asian and Europeans eels have declined up to 99%.
- The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle.
- Neutrons have a life of 14 minutes outside the nucleus of an atom.
- Only 22% of original forests on earth have remained.
- There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple and silver.
- Humans are the only primates having pigment in the palms of their hands.
- On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.
- Reno, Nevada is west of Los Angeles, California.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Did you know that ?
- Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
- A chameleon's tongue is twice the length of its body.
- A chimpanzee can learn to recognize itself in a mirror, but monkeys can't.
- A rat can last longer without water than a camel can.
- About 10% of the world's population is left-handed.
- A typical bed usually houses over 6 billion dust mites.
- A person afflicted with hexadectylism has six fingers or six toes on one or both hands and feet
- A woodpecker can peck twenty times a second.
- A zebra is white with black stripes.
- Porpoises and dolphins communicate with each other by squeaking, growling, moaning, and whistling. Porpoises and dolphins are mammals. There are about 40 species or kinds of porpoises and dolphins. Most porpoises and dolphins navigate by using "echolocation". The largest member of the dolphin family is called an orca or killer whale.
- The hippopotamus gives birth under water and nurses its young in the river as well, though the young hippos do come up periodically for air.
- A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime
- The world's largest mammal, the blue whale, weighs 50 tons at birth. Fully grown, it weighs as much as 150 tons.
- The world's largest rodent is the Capybara. An Amazon water hog that looks like a guinea pig, it can weigh more than 100 pounds.
- The world's smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat of Thailand, weighing less than a penny.
- the wind blows. As the sun warms the earth’s surface, the atmosphere warms too. Some parts of the earth receive direct rays from the sun all year and are always warm. Other places receive indirect rays, so the climate is colder. Warm air, which weighs less than cool air, rises. Then cool air moves in and replaces the rising warm air. This movement of air is what makes the wind blow.
- Dolphins sleep with one eye open!
- do we might feel warmer wearing a dark-colored jacket than a light-colored one? . Dark colors absorb light energy. Light colors and white reflect light energy. When light shines on your dark jacket, the jacket fabric absorbs light energy. The absorbed light energy causes electrons in the atoms of the jacket to vibrate. This activity releases heat energy, which makes the jacket—and you—warmer. That's why we like to wear more dark colors in winter and more light colors in summer.
- While sleeping, one man in eight snores, and one in ten grinds his teeth.
- At 188 decibels, the whistle of the blue whale is the loudest sound produced by any animal.
- flute made of bone is the oldest playable musical instrument in the world. It’s a flute carved from a bird’s wing bone more than 9,000 years ago. The flute was discovered with other flutes at an ancient burial site in China.
- The fastest dog, the greyhound, can reach speeds of upto 41.7 miles per hour. The breed was known to exist in ancient Egypt 6,000 years ago
- Glue dates back to prehistoric times. Artists once mixed colorings with raw eggs, dried blood, and plant juices to make sticky paints for cave murals. Later, ancient Egyptians and other people learned to make stronger glues by boiling animal bones and hides. Today companies make glues using synthetic substances.
- A cat sees about six times better than a human at night because of the tapetum lucidum , a layer of extra reflecting cells which absorb light.
- A cat uses whiskers to determine if a space is too small to squeeze through. The whiskers act as antennae, helping the animal to judge the precise width of any passage.
- A cat will clean itself with paw and tongue after a dangerous experience or when it has fought with another cat. This is an attempt by the animal to soothe its nerves by doing something natural and instinctive.
- The grizzly bear can run as fast as the average horse!!
- The female lion does more than 90% of the hunting while the male simply prefers to rest. !!
- A jellyfish is 95 percent water!
- At birth, a panda is smaller than a mouse and weighs about four ounces.
- Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!
- You blink over 10,000,000 times a year!
- Of all the words in the English language, the word ' set ' has the most definitions!
- The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth!-
- Dogs and cats, like humans, are either right or left handed... or is that paws?!
- A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!
- A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
- A cat's jaws cannot move sideways.
- More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air crashes.
- "Go." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language
- The vocabulary of the average person consists of 5,000 to 6,000 words.
- No word in the English language rhymes with "month".
- An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
- An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
- The average person laughs about 15 times a day.
- The average person walks the equivalent of twice around the world in a lifetime.
- All polar bears are left handed.
- Ants don't sleep.
- A chameleon's tongue is twice the length of its body.
- A chimpanzee can learn to recognize itself in a mirror, but monkeys can't.
- A rat can last longer without water than a camel can.
- About 10% of the world's population is left-handed.
- A typical bed usually houses over 6 billion dust mites.
- A person afflicted with hexadectylism has six fingers or six toes on one or both hands and feet
- A woodpecker can peck twenty times a second.
- A zebra is white with black stripes.
- Porpoises and dolphins communicate with each other by squeaking, growling, moaning, and whistling. Porpoises and dolphins are mammals. There are about 40 species or kinds of porpoises and dolphins. Most porpoises and dolphins navigate by using "echolocation". The largest member of the dolphin family is called an orca or killer whale.
- The hippopotamus gives birth under water and nurses its young in the river as well, though the young hippos do come up periodically for air.
- A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime
- The world's largest mammal, the blue whale, weighs 50 tons at birth. Fully grown, it weighs as much as 150 tons.
- The world's largest rodent is the Capybara. An Amazon water hog that looks like a guinea pig, it can weigh more than 100 pounds.
- The world's smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat of Thailand, weighing less than a penny.
- the wind blows. As the sun warms the earth’s surface, the atmosphere warms too. Some parts of the earth receive direct rays from the sun all year and are always warm. Other places receive indirect rays, so the climate is colder. Warm air, which weighs less than cool air, rises. Then cool air moves in and replaces the rising warm air. This movement of air is what makes the wind blow.
- Dolphins sleep with one eye open!
- do we might feel warmer wearing a dark-colored jacket than a light-colored one? . Dark colors absorb light energy. Light colors and white reflect light energy. When light shines on your dark jacket, the jacket fabric absorbs light energy. The absorbed light energy causes electrons in the atoms of the jacket to vibrate. This activity releases heat energy, which makes the jacket—and you—warmer. That's why we like to wear more dark colors in winter and more light colors in summer.
- While sleeping, one man in eight snores, and one in ten grinds his teeth.
- At 188 decibels, the whistle of the blue whale is the loudest sound produced by any animal.
- flute made of bone is the oldest playable musical instrument in the world. It’s a flute carved from a bird’s wing bone more than 9,000 years ago. The flute was discovered with other flutes at an ancient burial site in China.
- The fastest dog, the greyhound, can reach speeds of upto 41.7 miles per hour. The breed was known to exist in ancient Egypt 6,000 years ago
- Glue dates back to prehistoric times. Artists once mixed colorings with raw eggs, dried blood, and plant juices to make sticky paints for cave murals. Later, ancient Egyptians and other people learned to make stronger glues by boiling animal bones and hides. Today companies make glues using synthetic substances.
- A cat sees about six times better than a human at night because of the tapetum lucidum , a layer of extra reflecting cells which absorb light.
- A cat uses whiskers to determine if a space is too small to squeeze through. The whiskers act as antennae, helping the animal to judge the precise width of any passage.
- A cat will clean itself with paw and tongue after a dangerous experience or when it has fought with another cat. This is an attempt by the animal to soothe its nerves by doing something natural and instinctive.
- The grizzly bear can run as fast as the average horse!!
- The female lion does more than 90% of the hunting while the male simply prefers to rest. !!
- A jellyfish is 95 percent water!
- At birth, a panda is smaller than a mouse and weighs about four ounces.
- Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!
- You blink over 10,000,000 times a year!
- Of all the words in the English language, the word ' set ' has the most definitions!
- The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth!-
- Dogs and cats, like humans, are either right or left handed... or is that paws?!
- A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!
- A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
- A cat's jaws cannot move sideways.
- More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air crashes.
- "Go." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language
- The vocabulary of the average person consists of 5,000 to 6,000 words.
- No word in the English language rhymes with "month".
- An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
- An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
- The average person laughs about 15 times a day.
- The average person walks the equivalent of twice around the world in a lifetime.
- All polar bears are left handed.
- Ants don't sleep.
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Unknown facts about Allergies!
Source: ChilliBreeze
Does the word “allergy” conjure up images of red, blotchy skin, sneezing fits, and breathing spasms? While the term is a general one to indicate that the body’s immune system is over-reacting to substances called “allergens”, there still prevail several other misconceptions about allergies.
Food Allergies
One of the most common allergies, about 8% of adults and 2% of children suffer from food allergies. Food allergies can occur from any food – but mainly, soy, nuts, cow’s milk, fish, and peanuts. And we thought that most people with food allergy are allergic to strawberries and tomatoes! “Lactose Intolerance” is often confused with an allergy to milk. But the fact is that more children than adults have an allergy to milk, which is characterized by hives, vomiting, and breathing problems. Adults actually have a problem digesting the sugars present in milk, which isn’t really an allergy. While children usually outgrow allergy to milk, eggs, soya and wheat, allergy to nuts, peanuts, and fish are seldom overcome.
Insect Allergies
Are you about to go for a camping trip this summer? Then you must stay safe from insect bites that can trigger severe and serious allergic reactions. Remember to seek immediate medical help if you start having symptoms. If stung by a bee, do not try to pull out the “sting”, as this could send in more venom. Try instead, to scrape it out.
Latex allergies
The term “latex” is used to refer to products made from “natural rubber”. So the allergy could be from use of any product, like gloves, condoms, and balloons. If you know you’re allergic to latex, simply avoid it. Let others around you know this too. Latex allergy could also later develop into more serious conditions like “occupational asthma”.
Do you know of anyone who suffers from a rare allergy? How do you manage your allergies – are there any special precautions you take? Do you know of some ways to overcome them?
(Source: American Academy of Family Physicians)
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