- People who ride on roller coasters have a higher chance of having a blood clot in the brain.
- Black bears are not always black they can be brown, cinnamon, yellow and sometimes white.
- People with blue eyes see better in dark.
- Each year 30,000 people are seriously injured by exercise equipment.
- The placement of a donkey’s eyes in its head enables it to see all four feet.
- The sun is 330330 times larger than the earth.
- The cow gives nearly 200000 glass of milk in her lifetime.
- There are more female than male millionaires in the U.S.A.
- A male baboon can kill a leopard.
- When a person dies, hearing is usually the first sense to go.
- Bill gates house was designed using Macintosh computer.
- Nearly 22,000 cheque’s will be deducted from the wrong account over the next hour.
- Almost all varieties of breakfast cereals are made from grass.
- Some lions mates over 50 times a day.
- American did not commonly use forks until after the civil war
You are not an Electrician in China …
… or a plumber in Hungary …
… or a delivery service employee in Asia …
… or a deodorant tester in Germany …
… or a Zoo keeper in America …
… or a Ditch Digger in Poland …
… or what is really a shitty job … … a mobile toilet !
Just be thankful for your job !
And now hurry back to our job !
]]>Previous studies have shown that our body emits visible light, 1,000 times less intense than the levels to which our naked eyes are sensitive. Such a phenomenon is not just restricted to humans, virtually all living creatures emit very weak light, which is thought to be a byproduct of biochemical reactions involving free radicals. In order to know more about this faint visible light, researchers in Japan used extra ordinarily sensitive cameras which were capable of detecting single photons, reports Fox News.
To reach the conclusion, five healthy, young male volunteers were placed bare-chested in front of cameras in complete darkness Experts found that the body glow rose and fell over the day, with its lowest point at 10am and its peak at 4pm, dropping gradually after that. The findings suggest there is light emission linked to our body clocks, most likely due to how our metabolic rhythms fluctuate over the course of the day. Also, researchers found, that faces glowed more than the rest of the body. The explanation for this maybe that faces are more tanned than the rest of the body, since they get more exposure to sunlight.
Researcher Hitoshi Okamura, a circadian biologist at Kyoto University in Japan said that the finding suggests cameras that can spot the weak emissions could help spot medical conditions.
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1. China: Tops the list with a population of 1,338,650,000 which amounts to around 19.53% of the total world population. The figures are according to the statistics provided by the Chinese Official Population Clock & excludes Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.
2. India: Comes next with a population of 1,183,416,000 which amounts to approximately 17.26% of the world population. The figures have been provided by the Indian Official Population Clock.
3. United States: A distant third with a population of 309,738,000 – roughly 4.52% of the total world population. The figures have been provided by the United States Official Population Clock.
4. Indonesia: Population of 234,181,400 which is around 3.42% of the total world population. The number is according to Statistics Indonesia provided in July 2010.
5. Brazil: Population 193,223,000 – 2.82% approx. of world population. The figure has been provided by the Brazilian Official Population Clock.
6. Pakistan: Population 170,013,500 2.48% approx. of world population, according to the Official Pakistani Population Clock.
7. Bangladesh: Population 162,221,000. The figure is an UN estimate and comes to 2.37% of the world population.
8. Nigeria: Population 154,729,000 (based on UN Estimate). 2.26% of the world population.
9. Russia: Population 141,927,297 (as on 1 January 2010, number provided by Federal State Statistics Service of Russia).
10. Japan: Population of 127,380,000 (as on 1 June 2010), Japan is 10th in the list. The figures have been provided by Official Japan Statistics Bureau.
11. Mexico: Population 108,396,211 (as per 1 July 2010 figure provided by INEGI and National Population Statistics of Mexico). This is roughly 1.58% of the world population.
12. Philippines: Population 94,013,200 (an estimated 1.37% of the world population) according to National Statistics Office medium projection.
13. Vietnam: Population 85,789,573 (1.25% of world population).
14. Germany: Population 81,757,600 (based on 1 January 2010 Euro stat estimate). This is only 1.19% of the world population.
15. Ethiopia: Population 79,221,000 (as per July 2008 statistics from Ethiopia Central Statistics Agency). The figure is equivalent to 1.16% of the total world population.
16. Egypt: Population 78,720,000 which is around 1.15% of the world population. The figures are from the Official Egyptian Population clock.
17. Iran: Population 74,196,000 (1.08% of world population).
18. Turkey: Population 72,561,312 (as on 31 December 2009). This comes to around 1.06% of the world population. This data is as per Turkish Statistical Institute.
19. Democratic Republic of Congo: Population 66,020,000 (0.96% of world population).
20. France: Population of 65,447,374 (this is an Official INSEE estimate provided on 1 January 2010 and comes to 0.95% of the world population).
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Before the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, the French, anticipating victory over the English, proposed to cut off the middle finger of captured English soldiers. Without middle finger it would not be possible to draw the renowned English longbow and therefore they would be incapable of fighting in the future. This famous English longbow was made of the native English Yew tree and the act of drawing the longbow was known as plucking the yew. Much to the bewilderment of the French, the English won a major upset and began mocking the French by waving their middle fingers at the defeated French, saying, See, we can still pluck yew! Since ‘pluck yew’ is rather difficult to say, the difficult consonant cluster at the beginning has gradually changed to a accidentals fricative F, and thus the words often used in conjunction with the one finger salute! It is also because of the pheasant feathers on the arrows used with the longbow that the symbolic gesture is known as giving the bird.
]]>One day during a speaking tour, Albert Einstein’s driver, who often sat at the back of the hall during his lectures, remarked that he could probably give the lecture himself, having heard it so many times. Sure enough, at the next stop on the tour, Einstein and the driver switched places, with Einstein sitting at the back in his driver’s uniform. Having delivered a flawless lecture, the driver was asked a difficult question by a member of the audience. “Well, the answer to that question is quite simple,” he casually replied. “I bet my driver, sitting up at the back there, could answer it!”
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Albert Einstein’s wife often suggested that he dress more professionally when he headed off to work. “Why should I?” he would invariably argue. “Everyone knows me there.” When the time came for Einstein to attend his first major conference, she begged him to dress up a bit. “Why should I?” said Einstein. “No one knows me there!”
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Albert Einstein was often asked to explain the general theory of relativity. “Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour,” he once declared. “Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. That’s relativity!”
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When Albert Einstein was working in Princeton university, one day he was going back home he forgot his home address. The driver of the cab did not recognize him. Einstein asked the driver if he knows Einstein’s home. The driver said “Who does not know Einstein’s address? Everyone in Princeton knows. Do you want
to meet him?. Einstein replied “I am Einstein. I forgot my home address, can you take me there? “The driver reached him to his home and did not even collect his fare from him.
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Einstein was once traveling from Princeton on a train when the conductor came down the aisle, punching the tickets of every passenger. When he came to Einstein, Einstein reached in his vest pocket. He couldn’t find his ticket, so he reached in his trouser pockets. It wasn’t there, so he looked in his briefcase but couldn’t find it. Then he looked in the seat beside him. He still couldn’t find it.
The conductor said, ‘Dr. Einstein, I know who you are. We all know who you are. I’m sure you bought a ticket. Don’t worry about it.’
Einstein nodded appreciatively. The conductor continued down the aisle punching tickets. As he was ready to move to the next car, he turned around and saw the great physicist down on his hands and knees looking under his seat for his ticket.
The conductor rushed back and said, ‘Dr. Einstein, Dr. Einstein, don’t worry, I know who you are. No problem. You don’t need a ticket. I’m sure you bought one.’ Einstein looked at him and said, ‘Young man, I too, know who I am. What I don’t know is where I’m going.’
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]]>An editorial in the publication said: There is nothing more fascinating to most of us than ourselves.
So it is hardly surprising that we have expended large amounts of effort trying to get to the bottom of what it means to be human. What is surprising is that there are so many traits that remain enigmatic. These range from the sublime,such as art, dreaming and altruism, to the ridiculous, think pubic hair,blushing and nose-picking. They may seem quirky but the best explanations for them often have profound implications. Here are some theories on why we do those things we do and some of the problems:
1. Blushing: Charles Darwin struggled to explain why evolution made us turn red when we lie, which alerts others. However, some think it may help diffuse confrontation or foster intimacy by revealing weakness.
2. Laughter: mood-improving endorphins are released when we laugh, which seems an obvious reason to do it but a 10 year study muddied the waters when it found more laughter is produced by banal comments than jokes.
3. Kissing: The explanation for kissing is unlikely to be genetic as not all human societies do it. There are theories that it is associated with memories of breast feeding and that ancient humans weaned their children by feeding them from their mouths, which reinforced the link between sharing saliva and pleasure.
4. Dreaming: Sigmund Freud’s theory of dreams expressing our subconscious desires have been generally discredited and it is recognized that they help us process emotions, but the reason why we see such strange visions has not been properly explained.
5. Superstition: unusual but reassuring habits make no evolutionary sense; however, ancient humans would have benefited from not dismissing a lions rustle in the grass as a gust of wind. Religion seems to tap into this impulse.
6. Picking your nose: the unappealing but common habit of ingesting nasal detritus offers almost no nutritional benefit, so why do a quarter of teenagers do it, on an average four times a day? Some think it boosts the immune system.
7. Adolescence: No other animal undergoes the stroppy, unpredictable teenage years. Some suggest it help sour large brain re organize itself before adulthood or that it allows experimentation in behavior before the responsibility of later years.
8. Altruism: Giving things away with no certain return is odd behavior in evolutionary terms. It may help with group bonding or simply give pleasure.
9. Art: Painting, dance,sculpture and music could all be the human equivalent of a peacock’s tail in showing what a good potential mate someone is. However, it could also be a tool for spreading knowledge or sharing experience.
10. Body Hair: Fine hair on the body and thick hair on the genitals is the opposite of what occurs in primates, our close animal relatives. Suggested reasons for pubic hair include a role in radiating scent, providing warmth or even protecting from chafing.
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