Did you know these facts

Black HOles

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No one is sure that Black Holes really exist, but most scientists think they do. They are very hard to see, because they are black and so is space. They are black because their gravity is so strong that not even light can escape them.

Black Holes can form from a supernova explosion. The collapse of a star's surface inward causes the explosion. And it also makes a black hole. But only if the star was big enough. It takes a pretty big star to make a Black Hole.

Some astronomers believe that they have seen Black Holes indirectly. They think that they can see Black Holes gobbling up stars that got too close to them. They also think that most galaxies may have a giant Black Holes in their centers.

What would it be like to enter a black hole? Not fun. First, as you approach the black hole the difference in gravity's pull on your head compared to your feet would rip you apart. But suppose you survived that. Once you entered the Black Hole you cannot return, remember not even light gets away from a Black Hole. In the end the Black Hole would crush you out of existence. So I wouldn't try it if I were you.

Planets around other Stars

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Did you know that about 200 planets have been found around distant stars? The first planet around a star like our Sun was found in 1995. Since then, a new planet has been found almost every month!

The star and its planet move around each other. The planet moves in a wide orbit. The star just wobbles slightly. This causes a Doppler shift of the light. Most of the distant planets were discovered this way.

Some of the planets pass in front of their star. This blocks out some of the light. It makes the star look dimmer. It's like a solar eclipse. The planet only covers a small part of the star. Only a few of the planets pass in front of their stars.

All of the new planets are too far away to see directly. We can only see their effect on the star that they orbit.

Silly Points

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1. A leopared pickes up a speed of 120 KM per hour within 3 seconds
2. It is allowed (legal) to marry dead persons in France.
3. When we cough, the air coming out of our mouth has speed of 60 miles per hour
4. The people in west china use salt in tea instead of using Sugar
5. The escape velocity on earth is 11.2 Kilometers per second
6. The height of Eiffel tower is 984 feet
7. The female elephants in Asia do not have teeth, but the females in africa have
teeth
8. There are 23 Doctors in USA with the name "Doctor". Their name board has
"Dr.Doctor"
9. Girafees cannot cough
10. The shortest President of USA is James Madison (5' 4") and the tallest president
of USA is Abraham Lincoln (6'4")
11. The customers for Internet Broadband are highest in Iceland when compared to
other countries
12. There are no names for the streets in Japan
13. The costliest item sold in "E-bay" is Jet aeroplane. The cost of it is 5
million dollars

WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW YOUR MOBILE IS ORIGINAL OR NOT!!!!

2007-10-25T16:43:00.000-07:00

Q. How to create a folder without a name?

Ans. Click on the folder (right click) and select rename option. Next keep 'Alt' key pressed and then type 0160 with numeric keypad.

---------------------------------------------------------------------

WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW YOUR MOBILE IS ORIGINAL OR NOT!!!!

TYPE *#06#

After you enter the code, you will see a new code contain 15 digits

534987601665443

If the digit number Seven & Eight is 02 or 20 that means it was Assembly on Emirates which is of very bad quality.

If the digit number Seven & Eight is 08 or 80 that means it was manufactured in Germany which is not bad.

If the digit number Seven & Eight is 01 or 10 that means it was manufactured in Finland which is Good.

If the digit number Seven & Eight is 00 that means it was manufactured in France which is the best Mobile quality.

--------------- TRY IT ------------------------

SO CHECK USING THIS CODE B4 BUYING A NEW MOBILE.

20 golden rules for any Office

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1. Rule 1. - The Boss is always right.
2. Rule 2. - If the Boss is wrong, see rule 1.
3. Those who work get more work. Others get pay, perks, and promotions.
4. Ph.D. stands for "Pull Him Down". The more intelligent a person, the more hardworking a person, the more committed a person; the more number of persons are engaged in pulling that person down.
5. If you are good, you will get all the work. If you are really good, you will get out of it.
6. When the Bosses talk about improving productivity, they are never talking about themselves.
7. It doesn't matter what you do, it only matters what you say you've done and what you are going to do.
8. A pat on the back is only a few centimeters from a kick in the butt.
9. Don't be irreplaceable. If you can't be replaced, you can't be promoted.
10. The more crap you put up with, the more crap you are going to get.
11. If at first you don't succeed, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it.
12. When you don't know what to do, walk fast and look worried.
13. Following the rules will not get the job done.
14. If it weren't for the last minute, nothing would get done.
15. Everything can be filed under "Miscellaneous".
16. No matter how much you do, you never do enough.
17. You can do any amount of work provided it isn't the work you are supposed to be doing.
18. In order to get a promotion, you need not necessarily know your job.
19. In order to get a promotion, you only need to pretend that you know your job.
20. The last person that quit or was fired will be held responsible for everything that goes wrong.

Little known facts

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Did you know you share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world.

The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night.

More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes.

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

Shakespeare invented the word "assassination" and "bump."

According to tests made at the Institute for the Study of Animal Problems in Washington, D.C., dogs and cats, like people, are either right-handed or left-handed --- that is, they favor either their right or left paws.

A giraffe can go without water longer than a camel can.

Blue whales weigh as much as 30 elephants and are as long as 3 Greyhound buses.

Crocodiles and alligators are surprisingly fast on land. Although they are rapid, they are not agile; so if you ever find yourself chased by one, run in a zigzag line. You'll lose him or her every time.

Birds do not sleep in their nests. They may occasionally nap in them, but they actually sleep in other places.

Most elephants weigh less than the tongue of the blue whale.

Butterflies taste with their hind feet.

Only female mosquitoes bite.

Mosquitoes are attracted to the color blue twice as much as to any other color.

If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.

Every night, wasps bite into the stem of a plant, lock their mandibles (jaws) into position, stretch out at right angles to the stem, and, with legs dangling, fall asleep.

Ants stretch when they wake up. They also appear to yawn in a very human manner before taking up the tasks of the day.

Bees have 5 eyes. There are 3 small eyes on the top of a bee's head and 2 larger ones in front.

The outdoor temperature can be estimated to within several degrees by timing the chirps of a cricket. It is done this way: count the number of chirps in a 15-second period, and add 37 to the total. The result will be very close to the actual Fahrenheit temperature. This formula, however, only works in warm weather. (Try it!) The original game of "Monopoly" was circular.

It costs more to buy a new car today in the United States than it cost Christopher Columbus to equip and undertake three voyages to and from the New World.

One-fourth of the world's population lives on less than $200 a year.

Ninety million people survive on less than $75 a year.

The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English language.

The word racecar and kayak are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left.

TYPEWRITER, is the longest word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard.

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words.

A snail can sleep for 3 years.

Good Facts

2007-09-08T10:08:00.001-07:00

1. Chewing on gum while cutting onions can help a person from stop producing tears. Try it next time you chop onions!!!!!!!!!!

2. Until babies are six months old, they can breathe and swallow at the same time. Indeed convenient!

3. Offered a new pen to write with, 97% of all people will write their own name.

4. Male mosquitoes are vegetarians. Only females bite.

5. The average person's field of vision encompasses a 200-degree wide angle.

6. To find out if a watermelon is ripe, knock it, and if it sounds hollow then it is ripe.

7. Canadians can send letters with personalized postage stamps showing their own photos on each stamp.

8. Babies' eyes do not produce tears until the baby is approximately six to eight weeks old.

9. It snowed in the Sahara Desert in February of 1979.

10. Plants watered with warm water grow larger and more quickly than plants watered with cold water.

11. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.

12. Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave.

13. Those stars and colours you see when you rub your eyes are called phosphenes.

14. Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

15. Everyone's tongue print is different, like fingerprints.

16. Contrary to popular belief, a swallowed chewing gum doesn't stay in the gut. It will pass through the system and be excreted.

17. At 40 Centigrade a person loses about 14.4 calories per hour by breathing.

18. There is a hotel in Sweden built entirely out of ice; it is rebuilt every year.

19. Cats, camels and giraffes are the only animals in the world that walk rightfoot, right foot, left foot, left foot, rather than right foot,leftfoot
20. Onions help reduce cholesterol if eaten after a atty meal.

21. The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting.\

Facts about our Planet Earth

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Few very strange ,little known facts about your planet Earth

In 1783 an Icelandic eruption threw up enough dust to temporarily block out the sun over Europe.

About 20 to 30 volcanoes erupt each year, mostly under the sea.

A huge underground river runs underneath the Nile, with six times more water than the river above.

Lake Bosumtwi in Ghana formed in a hollow made by a meteorite.

Beaver Lake, in Yellowstone Park , USA, was artificially created by beaver damming.

Off the coast of Florida there is an underwater hotel. Guests have to dive to the entrance.

Venice in Italy is built on 118 sea islets joined by 400 bridges. It is gradually sinking into the water.

The Ancient Egyptians worshipped a sky goddess called Nut.

The world's windiest place is Commonwealth Bay, Antartica.

In 1934, a gust of wind reached 371 km/h on Mount Washington in New Hampshire, USA.

American Roy Sullivan has been struck by lighting a record seven times.

The desert baobab tree can store up to 1000 litres of water in its trunk.

The oldest living tree is a California bristlecone pine name 'Methuselah' . It is about 4600 years old. The largest tree in the world is a giant sequoia growing in California. It is 84 meters tall and measures 29 meters round the trunk. The fastest growing tree is the eucalyptus. It can grow 10 meters a year.

The Antartic notothenia fish has a protein in its blood that acts like antifreeze and stops the fish freezing in icy sea.

The USA uses 29% of the world's petrol and 33% of the world's electricity.

The industrial complex of Cubatao in Brazil is known as the Valley of Death because its pollution has destroyed the trees and rivers nearby.

Tibet is the highest country in the world. Its average height above sea level is 4500 meters.

Some of the oldest mountains in the world are the Highlands in Scotland. They are estimated to be about 400 million years old.

Fresh water from the River Amazon can be found up to 180 km out to sea.

The White Sea, in Russia, has the lowest temperature, only -2 degrees centigrade. The Persian Gulf is the warmest sea. In the summer its temperature reaches 35.6 degrees centigrade.

There is no land at all at the North Pole, only ice on top of sea. The Arctic Ocean has about 12 million sq km of floating ice and has the coldest winter temperature of -34 degrees centigrade.

The Antarctic ice sheet is 3-4 km thick, covers 13 million sq km and has temperatures as low as -70 degrees centigrade.

Over 4 million cars in Brazil are now running on gasohol instead of petrol. Gasohol is a fuel made from sugar cane.

In 24 hours an Average Human does the following things.

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In 24 Hours Average Human:

1) HEART beats 1,03,689 times.
2) LUNGS respire 23,045 times.
3) BLOOD flows 16,80,000 miles.
4) NAILS grow 0.00007 inches
5) HAIR grows 0.01715 inches
6) Take 2.9 pounds WATER (including all liquids)
7) Take of 3.25 pounds FOOD.
8) Breathe 438 cubic feet AIR.
9) Lose 85.60, BODY TEMPERATURE.
10) Produce 1.43 pints SWEAT.
11) Speak 4,800 WORDS.
12) During SLEEP move 25.4 times

Fascinating Animals, Birds, Trees:

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1) SNAILS have 14175 teeth laid along 135 rows on their tongue.
2) A BUTTERFLY has 12,000 eyes.
3) DOLPHINS sleep with 1 eye open.
4) A BLUE WHALE can eat as much as 3 tones of food everyday, but at the same time can live without food for 6 months.
5) The EARTH has over 12,00,000 species of animals, 3,00,000 species of plants & 1,00,000 other species.
6) The fierce DINOSAUR was TYRANNOSAURS which has sixty long & sharp
teeth, used to attack & eat other dinosaurs.
7) DEMETRIO was a mammal like REPTILE with a snail on its back. This acted as a radiator to cool the body of the animal.
8) CASSOWARY is one of the dangerous BIRD, that can kill a man or animal by tearing off with its dagger like claw.
9) The SWAN has over 25,000 feathers in its body.
10) OSTRICH eats pebbles to help digestion by grinding up the ingested food.
11) POLAR BEAR can look clumsy & slow but during chase on ice, can reach 25 miles / hr of speed.
12) KIWIS are the only birds, which hunt by sense of smell.
13) ELEPHANT teeth can weigh as much as 9 pounds.
14) OWL is the only bird, which can rotate its head to 270 degrees.

Some more Facts - June 2007

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1. Do u know when britain Prime Minister smoked his last cigarette?

Ans. He took his last cigarette 15 minutes before his marriage, because his wife (Cherry) did not like it. So he stopped smoking after that.

2. The name "Anakonda" came from Tamil word "Ani Kondan" which means something that kills Elephants.

3. The Electric Eel (a fish) gives shock when touched. When it fights with someone, it gives a shock of 800 Volts.

4. Do u know that the date of manufacture written on wine bottles is not really the date of manufacture but it is the date of collecting the grapes for preparing that wine.

5. An elephant sleeps 4 hours only per day.

6. Dolphins cannot take breath just like that. They always open an eye and breath while swimming continuously.

7. The "Statue of liberty" was given as gift to americans from France on JUne 17, 1885. It has come to USA as 350 parts from France.

8. The population of goats in new zealand is more that population of people in New zealand.

9. Do u know that there is only one percent difference in the DNA of chimpanzee and human being. So we can transplant blood, and kidneys of a chimpanzee.

10. The name of a cool drink in France is "SHIT"

Neem vs Air-Conditioner

2007-05-03T17:05:00.000-07:00

The Neem has been an exclusive Indian plant. Every part of it, especially the leaves, is of immense benefit to human beings. During the life time of one tree -- it can live upto 300 years -- the benefits it gives are valued at around 30,000 dollars or Rs.13 lakhs. This was revealed at an international seminar held in Delhi in February, 2007. Apart from their medicinal properties, the leaves of one tree is stated to act like ten air-conditioners, because they reduce the heat of the environs by ten degrees. The parts of the tree, besides being used in medicines, are also used in cosmetics and making household items. The leaves are good disinfectants, too. The seminar sounded a warning to India. Countries like Australia and Vietnam have started planting neem, and if we do not protect the living trees and at the same time plant more, the world would come to depend more on other countries to become beneficiaries of neem.

Children in the news

2007-05-03T17:04:00.001-07:00

1. A Book in seven days

Eight year old Raja Mansingh, studying in class 2 at Madras christian college H.S. School, took only seven days to write a whole book. His Kid's Recipe for Pizza, Paisa, Peace was formally released at a gala function early in april, 2007. Probably, Raja is India's youngest author-in-English, to be precise-but his thoughts are those of an aged philosopher! Here is an example: 'There is no such being called God. It was created to make us afraid, so that if we are indisciplined, it can be said that our actions are always being watched." He is very much interested in arts and crafts. In his leisure time, he makes aluminum foil flowers and does glass painting. He sells them and has, saved more than Rs.20000. HIs parents hope that Raja would pursue his literary efforts.

2. Gita by heart

Rishiprada is only five years old, but she can recite all 700 verses of the Bhagawad Gita by heart. Her grandfather, Dr.Awadhesh Prasad Caoudhary of RAima, a village in Madhubani, Bihar, noticed that she was fond of learning and reciting Sanskrit verses, and taught her the entire Gita, and amazingly she learnt it by heart. She can recite all the verses with full clarity of the language. Father Shatrumardan and mother Savitha Devi recall that Rishiprada had shown her talents from a very early age. Many sanskrit pundits and scholars were astonished when they listened to her recitation of Gita.

3. Youngest Black belt

What is common between Jiu-Jitsu, Karate, Kung-Fu and Taekwando? They are all martial arts of Chinese or Japanese origin. Jaikiran Kanwar(8), a student of Sanskriti school in New Delhi, took part in the world Taekwando contest in Seoul, Korea, where he earned the Black Belt - the highest recognition. One of the judges remarked: "This young man shows the drive and focus that I have seen only in big winners". Jaikiran was declared the youngest Black belt in Asia. He has just been promoted to Class 3. He is brilliant in mathematics and has been trying out the Japanese way of doing sums.

Did you these facts - May, 2007

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1. Annually, the amount of garbage that is dumped in the world's oceans is three times the weight of fish that is caught from the oceans.,

2. There are 365 steps to the porch of the Capitol in Washington - one for each day of the year.

3. 90 percent of women who walk into a department store immediately turn to the right.

4. We human beings are about 1 cm taller in the morning than in the evening. Layers of cartilage in the joints get compressed during the day.

Indian Child's talent

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Three year old Madhava Krishnan of Sunnyvale, CAlifornia, is able to rattle off the names of the capitals of all 50 US states and those of many of the countries of Asia, Africa and Europe.

Did you Know Facts -- April, 2007

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1. A cat sees about 6 times better than a human at night because of the tapeturn lucidum, a layer of extra reflecting cells which absorb light.

2. What looks like a little octopus and can live for 1000 years?
it is the odd Welwitschia plant, which grows in the desert areas of Namibia and Angola, two countries in AFrica. The Welwitschia has only two leaves that shred into many long, leathery pieces as they grow. Welwitschias provide shelter for small desert animals and are an important part of the web of life in the desert.

3. In terms of weight, the sperm whale is the "brainiest" mammal in the world. Its brain weighs upto 9 Kg - six times heavier than a human brain! To accommodate this brain, it has an enormous head, which comes upto about a third of its body length.

4. Do u know which is the smallest horse in the world?
The Falabella, a horse breed from Argentina, holds the record for being the smallest horse in the world. An adult is less than 76 cm. tall. Unlike other breeds, the Falabella ha 17 vertebrate instead of 18, and one less pair of ribs.

5. If there were prizes for speedy mountain climbing, it would go to the chamios, a mountain goat living in the Pyrenees and the Alps in Europe. It takes the chamios just 15 minutes to climb to a height of 3,280 feet (984 metrs). Climbing at this rate, it could scale Mount Everest, the highest peak on earth, in just over 2 hours.

6. Which tree grows very fast?
The giant-sized bamboos of south-east Asian countries, like Taailand and indonesia, grow at an amazing speed - something like 1 meter in 24 hours! The bamboos in north-east India acquire a new "ring" (the distance between two rings is less than a meter) in about 6 to 8 weeks.

7. A 24 Karat gold is not oure gold, as there is a small amount of copper added to it. Pure is gold is so soft that it can be moulded with bare hands.