Fact File

Fact File of the amazing points. 1. An adult porcupine has approximately 30000 quills on its body which are replaced every year. 2. The longest words that are reverse images of each other are stressed and desserts. 3. Among all shapes with the same perimeter a circle has the largest area. 4. The earliest gold jewellery dates from the summer civilization in between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in southern Iraq around 3000 BC. 5. The world’s smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat of Thailand weighing less than a penny. 6. The general agreement seems to be that the origin of the word “bonfire” was from “bonfire”, a fire in which bones were burnt.

7. The vocabulary of the average person consists of 5000 to 6000 words. 8. Unprosperousness, 16 letter long, is the longest word in which each letter occurs at least twice. 9. A chimpanzee can learn to recognize itself in a mirror, but monkeys can’t. 10. The average person walks the equivalent of twice around the world in a lifetime. 11. A cow gives nearly 200000 glasses of milk in her lifetime. 12. One of the world’s rarest and most sought after collector coins, the 1993 double eagle, was sold at Sotheby’s auction house in New York on 30th July 2002 for the record sum of $7.59 million. 13. It is impossible to lick your elbow. 14. Sailor, dead leaf, paper kite, blue striped crow, Julia and great egg fly …… wondering what these are? Names of butterflies.

15. Aegilops, 8 letters long is the longest word with its letters arranged in alphabetical order. 16. Insects do not make noises with their voices. The noise of bees, mosqueting and other buzzing insects is caused by rapidly moving their wings. 17. In 1883, the explosion of the volcano Krakatoa put so much dirt in the earth’s atmosphere that sunsets appeared green and the moon blue around the world for almost two years. 18. How do reindeers survive in the extreme cold? By eating moss! The moss contains a special chemical that helps reindeers to keep their body fluids warm. When the reindeer make their yearly journey across the icy arctic region, the chemical keeps them from freezing. 19. A typical bed usually houses over 6 billion dust miles. 20. Spoonfed, 9 letters long, is the longest word with its letters arranged in reverse alphabetical order.

21. A person afflicted with hexadectylism has six fingers or six toes on one or both hands and feet’s. 22. 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. 23. A chameleon’s tongue is twice the length of its body. 24. The shortest complete sentence in the English language? Go. 25. Who invented the crossword puzzle? It was Arthur Wynne in 1913. A newspaper editor who was searching for something fun for his paper, New York World. The first crossword puzzle was published on 21st December and became an instant hit. 26. The song “Ring a Ring Roses “arose in London streets in 1655 during an epidemic of the plague. 27. If all the blood vessels in human body were laid end to end they would stretch 100000 miles.

28. Malaysia’s flag was adopted on September 16, 1963. It has 14 red and white stripes, there is a yellow crescent moon and yellow 14 – pointed star on a blue background. The proportions of the Malaysian flag are 1:2 (height to width). The crescent moon and stars are symbols of Islam, the national religion of Malaysia. The 14 stripes and the 14 points of the star represent the 14 states in Malaysia. The deep blue field of the canton symbolizes the unity of the country. 29. Queen Elizabeth – 1 of England was completely bald. She lost her hair after suffering smallpox at the age of 29. To disguise her loss she always wore a wig, thus creating a vogue for wings In Europe that lasted several hundred years. 30. The full form of WWE is World Wrestling Entertainment. 31. Chocolate is the number one food flavoring in the world, beating vanilla and banana by 3 – to – 1.

32. The PET bottle or the polyethylene terephthalate bottle was introduced in 1973. 33. Nuclear ships are basically steam ships and are driven by steam turbines. The nuclear reactor just develops the heat to boil the water. 34. Everyday an average human being spends about 1 hour on travel. 35. Mel Blanc, who played the voice of bugs bunny, was allergic to carrots. 36. The world’s best selling book is the Bible. It is also the most shop – lifted book in the world. 37. Groups of animals? A float of crocodiles, A swarm of flies, A pride of lions And a crash of Rhinos. 38. France, a country of about 60 million people has 60 million tourists every year. 39. The world’s oldest surviving boat is a simple IO – FOOT long dugout dated to

7400 BC. It was discovered in Pesse, Holland. 40. Water expands by about 9% as it freezes. Hot water freezes quicker than cold water. 41. Animal sounds Dolphins click, Peacocks scream, Tortoises grunt And Hyenas Laugh. 42. The Chinese use about 45 billion chopsticks per year. 25 million trees are chopped down to make the sticks. 43. Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete! 44. Over 10000 birds a year die from smashing into windows! 45. The state of Florida is bigger than England! 46. There are more than one million animal species on earth!

47. Your heart beats over 100000 times a day! 48. Walt Disney was afraid of mice! 49. Pearls melt in vinegar. 50. Thirty five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are married. 51. It is possible to lead a cow upstairs … ………. But not downstairs! 52. The selfish is the fastest swimming fish. It swims up to 68 mps (110 kps). 53. Why can’t we divide zero? Ans. Division by zero is an operation for which you cannot find an answer, so it is disallowed. You can understand why if you think about how division and multiplication are related. 12 divided by 6 is 2 because 6 times 2 is 12. 12 divided by zero is x would mean that 0 times x = 12. But no value would work for x because 0 times any number is 0. So division by zero doesn’t work. 54. Daily, the heart beats about 1, 03,619 times.

55. Daily, the blood flows about 16, 10, 00,000 miles. 56. Daily, the nail grows about 0.000046 inches. 57. Daily, the hair grows about 0.01930 inches. 58. Daily, the lungs breathe about 23,040 times. 59. Daily, the muscles move about 7.50 times. 60. Daily, the nerves in the brain tickle about 70, 00,000. 61. The heliosphere is the immense magnetic bubble containing our solar system, and the entire solar magnetic field. It extends well beyond the orbit of Pluto. While the density of particles in the heliosphere is very low, it’s a much better vacuum than is created in a laboratory, it is full of particles of interest to heliospheric scientists.

62. The ant can lift 50 times it’s own weight, can pull 30 times it’s own weight and always falls over on it’s right side when intoxicated. 63. Polar bears are left handed. 64. The catfish has over 27000 taste buds. 65. The flea can jump 350 times it’s body length. It’s like the human jumping the length of a football field. 66. A cockroach will live nine days without it’s head, before it starves to death. 67. Some lions mate over 50 times a day. 68. Butterflies taste with their feet. 69. An Ostrich’s eyes is bigger than it’s brain. 70. Starfish don’t have brain. 71. Mosquito repellents don’t repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the

mosquito’s sensors so they don’t know you’re there. 72. Dentists have recomded that a toothbrush be kept atleast 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. 73. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ears by 700 times. 74. The liquids between young coconuts can be used as substitude for blood plasma. 75. If you are in a dark roomwith a candle, a wood stove and a gas lamp. You only have one match, so what do you light first ? Ans. The match ! 76. Three people check in a hotel. They pay Rs.30 to the manager and go to their room. The manager suddenly remembers that the room rate is Rs.25 and gives Rs.5 to the bellboy to return the people. On the way to the rooms the bellboy reasons that Rs.5 would be difficult to share

among three people so he pockets Rs.2 and gives Rs1 to each person. Now each person paid Rs.10 and got back Rs.1. So they paid Rs.9 each, totaling Rs.27. the bellboy has Rs.2, totaling Rs.29. Where is the missing Rs.1 ? Ans. We have to be careful what we are adding together. Originally, they paid Rs.30, they each received back Rs.1, thus they now have only paid Rs.27. Of this Rs27, Rs.25 went to the manager for the room and Rs.2 went to the bellboy. 77. A collection of animals, including both birds and beasts has 43 heads and 120 feet. How many birds and how many beasts are there in the collection ? Ans. 26 birds and 17 beasts. 78. There is a number under 3000 that when divided by 2 leaves a remainder of 1. When divided by 3 leaves a remainder of 2. When divided by 4 leaves a remainder of 3. When

divided When divided When divided When divided When divided When divided

by 5 leaves a remainder of 4. by 6 leaves a remainder of 5. by 7 leaves a remainder of 6. by 8 leaves a remainder of 7. by 9 leaves a remainder of 8. by 10 leaves a remainder of 9.

What is the number ? Ans. 2519 79. A man’s property has a 99 year lease. Two thirds of the time past is equal to four fifths of the time to come. How much of the lease has already expired ? Ans. 54 years

80. Next week on her wedding anniversary, which is her birthday and her

husband John’s birthday too, Jane will have been married half her life. John will be married half his life in five years, on his silver wedding anniversary. How old is Jane ? Ans. Jane will have been married 25 years in 5 years time, so she will have been married 20 years on her anniversary next week. Since she will then have been married half her lifetime she will be 40 next week. Jane is now 39 years old. 81. Judy and Lisa were collage roommates, sharing one room in Ivy hall for 3 years. They lost touch after graduation, but met again many years later at a class reunion. Judy asked whether Lisa had any children. Remembering Judy’s fondness for puzzles, Lisa replied : ‘ I have three children. If you multiply their ages you will get 36. And if you add their ages you will get our old room number in Ivy hall ‘ Judy thought about that for a minute, and then said, ‘That’s not enough information. Tell me more.’ Lisa answered, ‘The oldest is a girl.’

‘Oh, now I know their ages !’ said Judy. Can you solve the puzzle of the children’s ages ? There is only one right answer, and the story gives you enough information to find it. Ans. The children’s ages were 2, 2, and 9, and the old room number was 13.

82. Batwinkle the wizard adds 27 identical cubes together to form a large cube. Then, without touching the sides of the large cube, he takes away the center cube to leave 26. How does he do it ? Ans. He multiplies the cube number 8 by 27, then removes 1 ( 1 cubed ) from the resultant number 216 to leave 26. 83. When first the marriage knot was tyid. Between my wife and me, My age was to that of my bride As three times three to three But now when ten and half ten years,

We man and wife have been, Her age to mine exactly bears, As eight is to sixteen; Now tell, I pray, from what live said, What were our ages when we wed ? Ans. Once you figure out what the poem is saying, this is a fairly straight forward algebra problem. At the time of the wedding, Wife was 15 years old, and Husband was 45 years old.

84. A charitable lady met a poor man whom she gave one cent more then half of what she had in her purse. The poor fellow, who was a member of the United Mendicants’ Association, managed, while tendering his thanks, to chalk the Organizations’ sign of “ A good thing ” to

her clothing. As a result, she met many objects of charity as she proceeded to her journey. To the second applicant she gave 2 cents more than half of what she had left. To the third beggar she gave 3 cents more than half of the remainder. She now had one penny left. How much money did she start on with ? Ans. She started her journey with 42 cents. 85. Most frequently spoken word on the planet = OK Still the world’s most popular word in languages around the world. “OK” originated in a joke in the 1830’s, spelled “oll korrekt” in Boston newspapers, the joke being, both words were incorrect. It became so popular, that it was soon abbreviated to simply “O.K.” Despite its popularity, the word would have fallen by the wayside had not Martin van Buren, called “Old Kinderhook” for being born In Kinderhook, N.Y. used it in his presidential reelection campaign of 1840. So don’t “misunderestimate” the impact of presidential usage on the

growth of our vocabulary. It is also spelled “okay’.

86. Here’s the scenario. Five pirates, call them A through E for simplicity, have each stolen 20 gold coins from a treasure chest and each hidden them on a place where only they can find them. The five have come together to divide the loot. They agree to do it as follows. Each in turn 9 from A to E ) will make a proposal as to how to divide up the gold. The proposal will be voted on by all the pirates. If a majority vote Yes, the gold will be divided in that manner. But if there’s not a majority saying yes, the pirate that proposed the scheme will be killed. His gold is presumed lost and he will not be allowed to vote in any later decisions. Your challenge is to determine how the gold will be divided up, assuming that all the pirates make the smartest

division possible and vote in the smartest way possible. Remember that nobody wants to die, and so the worst thing a pirate can do is propose the scheme that gets voted down. Assume that a pirate will vote for a scheme only if voting for the scheme gives him more gold then voting it down and then adopting the next one. (If the two are equal, assume the pirate votes NO, just because pirates are mean and enjoy killing each other) So, how much will each pirate get ? Ans. Pirate A makes the following offer : We get this by working backwards. Assume everyone but D and E are dead. D must offer at least D-19, E-21, or else E might as well vote no, kill D and just keep his 20 gold. Now say C is still alive. His best offer is C-40,D-20,E-0, because he will vote yes, as will D (because if he votes no, he will get only 19), and this is adopted. Bring B back to life. His best bet is to go : B-58, C-0, D-21, E-1. It is obvious that B and D will go for this. But E will, also, because getting 1 gold is better than the 0 gold he gets if he votes no and C’s 40 – 20 – 0 division passes. Lastly, to conclude the problem, bring A back to life. He offers : A-97, B-0, C-1, D-

0, E-2, and this passes, and A walks off a rich man. (Remember, C and E can not afford to vote no, because if they do, B’s plan or C’s plan will pass and they will do even worse. 87. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is “screeched.” 88. “Dreamt” is the only English word that ends in the letters “mt.” 89. The dot over the letter “i” is called a tittle. 90. The word “set” has more definitions than any other word in the English language. 91. “Underground” is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters “und”. 92. Update from Keith : Under-Fund also begins and ends in UND. 93. There are only four words in the English language which end in “-dous” : tremendous, horrendous, stupendous and hazardous.

94. The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoko niosis. 95. The only other word with the same amount of letters is its plural. 96. The longest place-name still in use in Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamate aturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwe-nuakit natahu, a New Zealand hill. 97. Los Angeles’ full name is “El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reinade los Angeles de Porciuncula” and can be abbreviated to 3.63 % of its size, L.A. 98. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur. 99. Donald Duck’s middle name is Fauntleroy. 100. The oldest royal polo square is the 16th century Maidan Shah in Isfahan, Iran.

101. The oldest polo club in the world still in existence is the Calcutta Polo Club ( 1962 ). 102. The highest polo ground in the world is on the Shandur Pass at 3,700 meters ( 12,000 ft.). 103. Top ten words of the year 2005 : 1. 3. 5. 7. 9.

Integrity Contempt Insipid Pandemic Levee

2. Refugee 4. Filibuster 6. Tsunami 8. Conclave 10. Inept

104. The official Sanskrit name for India is Bharat. 105. India has been called Bharat even in the Satya Yuga ( Golden Age). 106. The name India is derived from the river Indus, the valley around which were the home of early settlers. 107. The Aryan worshipers referred to the river Indus as the Sindhu.

108. The number system was invented by India. Aryabhatta was the scientist who invented the digit zero. Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus are studies which originated in India. The place value system and the decimal system were developed in 100 BC in India. 109. Sanskrit is considered as the mother of all higher languages. This is because it is the most precise, and therefore suitable language for computer software ( a report in Forbes magazine, July 1987 ). 110. The world’s first granite temple is the Brihadeswara temple at Tanjavur in Tamil Nadu. The Shikhara is made from a single 80 – tonne piece of granite. Also, this magnificent temple was made in just five years ( 1004 AD and 1009 AD ) during the reign of Rajaraja Chola. 111. India is the largest democracy in the world, the 6th largest country in the world and one of the most ancient and living civilizations ( at least 10000 years old ). 112. The game of snakes and ladders was created by 13th century poet saint

Gyandev. It was originally called “ Mokshapat”. 113. The largest employer in the world is the Indian Railway System, employing over a million people. 114. The world’s first university was established in Takshila in 700 BC. More than 10500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The university of Nalanda built in the 4th century was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education. 115. Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to mankind. The father of medicine, Charaka, consolidated ayurveda 2500 years ago. 116. Although modern images and descriptions of India often show poverty, India was one of the richest countries till the time of British in the early 17th century. Christopher Columbus was attracted by India’s wealth and was looking for route to India when he discovered America by mistake.

117. Until 1896, India was the only source for diamonds to the world ( Source : Gemological Institute of America ). 118. There was once a famous comedian who had just had a smashing success of a tour in Alaska. Every time he said something funny, the whole audience laughed and loved him. After his stop in Alaska, he went next to Honolulu, Hawaii, and gave the same set of jokes. Only now, everyone booed him and through eggs at him whenever he made a joke. But when he cut the pens and talked seriously, people graciously listened to him and were friendly to him. What advice could you offer to this confused comedian ? Ans. Let the Punnishness fit the clime. ( Let the punishment fit the crime ). 119. The first ice cream soda was sold in 1874 in the US. 120. There are more than 10000 varieties of tomatoes.

121. China uses 45 billion chopsticks per year. 25 million trees are chopped down to make the sticks. 122. Did you know that an onion, apple and potato all have the same taste ? The differences in flavour are caused by their smell. 123. The Chinese first discovered tea. Actually it was a Chinese Emperor who first tasted the brew in 2737 B.C. when some tea leaves accidentally blew into a pot of boiling water. 124. An atomic clock is accurate to within 1 second in 1.7 million years. 125. On every continent there is a city called Rome. 126. Queen Elizabeth of Britain sent her first e-mail in 1976. 127. There are more TV sets in the US than there are people in the UK. 128. Eskimos use refrigerators to keep food from freezing.

129. To make one kilo of boney, bees have to visit 4 million flowers, traveling a distance equal to 4 times around the earth. 130. Beavers have orange teeth. These teeth grow continually. The beaver has to grind them to keep sharp and wear them down by gnawing and cutting. 131. During times of drought certain types of African catfish leave their ponds at night to travel to bigger ponds. These fish are able to breathe air and may crawl for miles in search of a new watery home. 132. The Abyssinian ground hornbill is a turkey sized bird found in the dry Savannas of parts of Africa. It takes rest by leaning on its huge beak. 133. The female pie billed greke is a bird which builds her nest in the form of a raft that she attaches to a reed, so it won’t float away. 134. Oleanders are so poisonous that people have been killed by eating meet roasted on an oleander stick.

135. Although there are more than 7000 dialects spoken throughout the world about 12 disappear each year. 136. ‘Deutsches Worterbruch’ ( German Dictionary ) begun in 1854 by German Brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm was completed in 1971 and consists of 34519 pages in 33 volumes. 137. Francis Bacon was a British statesman and philosopher. He rejected Aristotle’s deductive logic for inductive method. He was the author of ‘Novum Organum’ and ‘Essyas’. 138. In 1849, Walter Hunt, was idly twisting a wire while trying to think of a way to earn enough money to pay of a $15 debt. The result was the safety pin. 139. In 1907, when a meteor struck the sailing ship ‘Eclipse’ in the mid Pacific the masts were carried away and the vessel was abandoned. All but three on board escaped in lifeboats and rowed 90 miles to Hawaii in 13 days. 140. A handheld e-book can display one “page” of text and pictures at a time on

its thin, flat screen. Reader can make the words bigger or smaller, write notes in the margin or part in bookmarks. E-Books can hold as much information as 40 ordinary books. A person can buy new etexts (words) and (pictures) by downloading them from the internet. 141. The world’s tallest tower (600 m high) is being built at Tokyo at a cost of $67 million. It will surpass Malaysia’s Petronas Towers, which is presently the highest tower. 142. Edward J. Smith was the captain of the ‘Titanic’ when it sank. 143. Ojos del Salado of Argentina is the highest volcanic mountain in the world. 144. Mahatma Jyotiba Phule was an Indian social reformer. He led protests against the ‘Devdasi’ system and organized vehement strikes by barbers to protest against the tonsure of widows. 145. The iron pillar at Mehrauli has no sign of rust even though it has stood here for many centuries

146. The Bhutanese side of the Manas National Park in Assam is the only area where the golden langur is found. 147. To mark the celebration of Pongal in Tamil Nadu a wild Bull, decorated with colors and flowers garlands, is released. People enthusiastically compete with each other to recapture it. 148. The red panda is one of the most beautiful animals with its bright chestnut and white coat. It is an arboreal animal of north eastern region. Pandas feed on tender bamboo shoots, leaves, fruits, eggs, insects and occasionally on small animals. 149. The clouded leopard is the smallest among big cats. It is more or less and arboreal animal, inhabiting thick canopy of tropical forests of north eastern India. 150. 16th November is celebrated as the National Press Day in India. 151. Kapil Dev is also popularly known as “Haryana Hurricane”.

152. Pyrite is a mineral nicknamed “fool’s gold” because its yellow color gives appearance of gold. 153. Trade between the 15 countries of the European union has often been made slower and more difficult by the constant changes in the rates of exchange between their various currencies. So the EU decided to introduce a single currency – the euro – that all the member countries would share. The euro was introduced alongside national currencies on 1 January, 1999 and replaced them completely in 2002 in most of the European countries. 154. An adult porcupine has approximately 30000 quills on its body which are replaced every year. 155. The longest words that are reverse images of each other are stressed and desserts. 156. Among all shapes with the same perimeter a circle has the largest area. 157. The earliest gold jewellery dates from the Sumer civilization in between

the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in southern Iraq around 3000 BC. 158. The world’s smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat of Thailand, weighing less than a penny. 159. The general agreement seems to be that the origin of the word “bonfire” was from “bonefire”, a fire in which bones were burnt. 160. The vocabulary of the average person consists of 5000 to 6000 words. 161. Unprosperousness, 16 letters long, is the longest word in which each letter occurs at least twice. 162. A chimpanzee can learn to recognize itself in the mirror, but monkeys can’t. 163. The average person walks the equivalent of twice around the world in a lifetime. 164. One of the world’s rarest and most sought after collector coins, the 1933 Double Eagle, was sold at Sotheby’s

auction house in New York on 30th July 2002 for the record sum of $7.59 million. 165. A cow gives nearly 200000 glasses of milk in her lifetime. 166. The passengers on the first untethered hot air balloon flight (in 1783) were a duck, a sheep and a rooster. 167. The Power Ski Jetboard, invented by former surfer Bob Montgomery, makes its own waves. Combining the ease of waterskiing with the freedom of surfing, the Jetboard has a small but powerful engine that weighs just under 40 pounds. 168. California based Paul Moller is perfecting his two passenger M400 Skycar, which will fly like an aeroplane but can take off vertically like a Helicopter. 169. Jean Yves Blondeau has invented a new way to skate. In addition to standard in line skates, he wears a bodysuit made of hard latex with wheels attached at the knees, back, elbows, hand, and chest = 27 in total. As he zips through the streets of Paris at speeds of up to 30 miles per

hour, he can move into 20 perfectly balanced position. 170. An eight men tricycle built in New England in 1896 weighed 2500 pounds, was 17 feet long, and had rear wheels that were 11 feet in diameter. 171. “The King of Hollywood ( Clark Gable )” is best known for his part as Rhett Butler in Gone With the Wind, which he played opposite Vivien Leigh. 172. The range of CD’s is between Rs. 3.5 to Rs. 3700 173. The most reliable CD is Gold CD. It costs is between Rs. 35 to Rs. 40. 174. Formatting creates tracks and sectors on the Floppy. 175. 3.5 inches Floppy is DSDD. 176. The full form of DSDD is Double Side Double Density. 177. The full form of DD ROM is Double Density Read Only Memory.

178. The CD with the largest capacity is the Blue DVD. It comes in two sizes – (a) Single Density – 27 GB (b) Double Density – 50 GB The cost of Single Density Blue DVD ( 27 GB ) is Rs.2300 and the cost of Double Density Blue DVD ( 50 GB ) is Rs.3700.

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Write a sum in which all the above written numbers come and no number is repeated. Ans. = 765 324 1089 180. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard. 181. “ GO, “ is the shortest complete sentence in the English Language. 182. A snail can sleep for three years. 183. Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older. 184. Women blink nearly twice as much as men. 185. Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing. 186. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

187. All polar bears are left handed. 188. An Ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain. 189. No word in the English Language rhymes with “MONTH”. 190. A Goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. 191. Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza everyday. 192. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. 193. Useful tips for mobile users : (a) 112 is the international emergency number. If you are out of your network coverage area, then dial 112. After dialing 112 your mobile will catch the nearest network and you can contact to the emergency number. One special feature of this number is that you can dial this number even when the keypad is locked.

(b) If you have locked your car’s key inside the car, then don’t be panicked. From your mobile, call at your home and then shift a little bit back so that the distance between you and your car should be about 1 feet, then ask anyone who is at your home to unlock the car using the duplicate key. The lock of your car is opened. (c) If your mobile’s battery is low and you do not have any charger at that moment and you want to make some important call, then if you have Nokia handset, then dial *3370#, then you mobile’s reserve battery will start working and your mobile will show you half battery. This is because every Nokia phone has a reserve battery inside it. 194. The catfish has over 27000 taste buds. 195. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. 196. Starfish have no brains.

197. The word “ checkmate ” in chess comes from the Persian phrase “ Shah Mat ”, which means ‘the king is dead’. 198. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. 199. Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten. 200. A hard working adult sweats up to 4 gallons per day. Most of the sweat evaporates before a person realizes it’s there, though ! 201. A crocodile always grows new teeth to replace the old teeth! 202.