Facts For Knowledge By Rcdohare

Fac ts for Kno wledge . By R.C.Dohare. B.E.(mech), PGDCSc,M.E.(Env.Sc.&Env.) Saturday mail delivery in Canada was eliminated by Canada Post on February 1, 1969! In Tokyo, a bicycle is faster than a car for most trips of less than 50 minutes! There are 18 different animal shapes in the Animal Crackers cookie zoo! Should there be a crash, Prince Charles and Prince William never travel on the same airplane as a precaution! Your body is creating and killing 15 million red blood cells per second! The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache on a standard playing card! There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos! There is one slot machine in Las Vegas for every eight inhabitants! The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. It was the fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave them off! Every day 20 banks are robbed. The average take is $2,500! The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad! Tablecloths were originally meant to be served as towels with which dinner guests could wipe their hands and faces after eating! Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is considered an insult! One car out of every 230 made was stolen last year! The names of Popeye's four nephews are Pipeye, Peepeye, Pupeye, and Poopeye! To photograph the event, a camera must shoot at a millionth of a second! A Boeing 747 airliner holds 57,285 gallons of fuel!

A car uses 1.6 ounces of gas idling for one minute. Half an ounce is used to start the average automobile! The Philadelphia mint produces 26 million pennies per day! A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface! A violin contains about 70 separate pieces of wood! It is estimated that 4 million "junk" telephone calls, phone solicitations by persons or programmed machine are made every day in the United States! It takes glass one million years to decompose, which means it never wears out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times! Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill! Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada! The two-foot long bird called a Kea that lives in New Zealand likes to eat the strips of rubber around car windows! Most lipstick contains fish scales! Skepticisms is the longest word that alternates hands when typing! One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen! It's illegal to drink beer out of a bucket while you're sitting on a curb in St. Louis! The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley’s gum! No piece of square dry paper can be folded more than 7 times in half! A group of geese on the ground is a gaggle, a group of geese in the air is a skein! Over 2500 left handed people a year are killed from using products made for right handed people! There are more than 10 million bricks in the Empire State Building! If you counted 24 hours a day, it would take 31,688 years to reach one trillion! Taphephobia is the fear of being buried alive!

A crocodile always grows new teeth to replace the old teeth! The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth! Clinophobia is the fear of beds! A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second! Porcupines float in water! Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"! The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet! The average life span of a major league baseball is 5-7 pitches! The Mint once considered producing doughnut-shaped coins! The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"! The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds! Using your lifetime, you'll eat about 60,000 pounds of food, that's the weight of about 6 elephants! Some ribbon worms will eat themselves if they can’t find any food! Dolphins sleep with one eye open! The world’s oldest piece of chewing gum is over 9000 years old! In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces! There are more plastic flamingos in the U.S, than real ones! About 3000 years ago, most Egyptians died by the time they were 30! More people use blue toothbrushes, than red ones! A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 100 m.p.h.! Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, every time you breathe! In the White House, there are 13,092 knives, forks and spoons!

Slugs have 4 noses! Recycling one glass jar, saves enough energy to watch T.V for 3 hours! Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet! Owls are one of the only birds who can see the color blue! The average American/Canadian drinks about 600 sodas a year! It was once against the law to slam your car door in a city in Switzerland! There wasn't a single pony in the Pony Express, just horses! Honeybees have a type of hair on their eyes! The starfish is one of the few animals who can turn it's stomach inside-out! Eskimo ice cream is neither icy, nor creamy! A jellyfish is 95 percent water! In Bangladesh, kids as young as 15 can be jailed for cheating on their finals! The katydid bug hears through holes in its hind legs! A company in Taiwan makes dinnerware out of wheat, so you can eat your plate! More Monopoly money is printed in a year, than real money printed throughout the world! The elephant is one of the few mammals that can't jump! The penguin is the only bird who can swim, but not fly! Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States! One quarter of the bones in your body is in your feet! America once issued a 5-cent bill! You'll eat about 35,000 cookies in a lifetime! Wow! Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different! There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and month! Interesting tries from our readers: orange: door hinge, melange (French for mix) purple: hurtle, durple? Turtle month: once, bunth? Hunch Babe Ruth wore a cabbage leaf under his cap to keep him cool! He changed it every 2 innings! Fortune cookies were actually invented in America, in 1918, by Charles Jung! A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years! Wow! A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!

Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying! Here are some interesting numbers to look at! (*1997) 166,875,000,000 pieces of mail are delivered each year in the U.S! 1,525,000,000 miles of telephone wire a strung across the U.S! 123,000,000 cars are being driven down the U.S's highways! 85,000,000 tons of papers are used each year in the U.S! 56,000,000 people go to Major League baseball each year! Bats always turn left when exiting a cave! The praying mantis is the only insect that can turn its head! In Tokyo, they sell toupees for dogs! There are over 58 million dogs in the U.S! Dogs and cats consume over $11 billion worth of pet food a year! Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails! Humans blink over 10,000,000 times a year! In the year 2000, Pope John Paul II was named an "Honorary Harlem Globetrotter."! Every second, Americans collectively eat one hundred pounds of chocolate A fetus develops fingerprints at eighteen weeks! The fear of vegetables is called Lachanophobia!.. More fears... There are approximately fifty Bibles sold each minute across the world! Every year, kids in North America spend close to half a billion dollars on chewing gum! An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards! A person uses approximately fifty-seven sheets of toilet paper each day! Honolulu is the only place in the United States that has a royal palace! One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water! More money is spent on gardening than on any other hobby! In 32 years. there are about 1 billion seconds! Rice paper does not have any rice in it! Baby robins eat 14 feet of earthworms every day! In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!

Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin! The blesbok, a South African antelope, is almost the same color as grape juice! The average person laughs 13 times a day! Dogs can hear sounds that you can’t! Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than women! It is estimated that millions of trees in the world are accidentally planted by squirrels who bury nuts and then forget where they hid them! Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -none of them with the letter E! Of all the words in the English language, the word set has the most definitions! A toothpick is the object most often choked on by Americans! Every 45 seconds, a house catches on fire in the United States! The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth! The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used! There are more than 50,000 earthquakes throughout the world every year! The original name for the butterfly was 'flutterby'! Dogs and cats, like humans, are either right or left handed... or is that paws?! The opposite sides of a dice cube always add up to seven!

Nose prints are used to identify dogs, just like humans use fingerprints! Bulls are colorblind; therefore will usually charge at a matador's waving cape no matter what color it is -- be it red or neon yellow! Apples are more efficient than caffeine in keeping people awake in the mornings! Smelling bananas and/or green apples (smelling, not eating) can help you lose weight! A hard working adult sweats up to 4 gallons per day. Most of the sweat evaporates before a person realizes it's there, though! The average ice berg weighs 20,000,000 tons!

The poison-arrow frog has enough poison to kill about 2,200 people! A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court! After eating, a housefly regurgitates its food and then eats it again! Here's our fabulous collection of Strange Laws that can date back very far. Most of these laws remain in the books today, even if rarely enforced. *Laws shown here have been collected from sources believed to be Reliable, however, there are no guarantees. We recommend that You conduct further research if you plan on using any of these in a publication! In Texas, it's against the law for anyone to have a pair of pliers in his or her possession. In Philadelphia, you can't put pretzels in bags based on an Act of 1760. Alaska law says that you can't look at a moose from an airplane. In Corpus Christie, Texas, it is illegal to raise alligators in your home. In Miami, it is forbidden to imitate an animal. It is against the law to mispronounce the name of the State of Arkansas in that State. In Illinois, the law is that a car must be driven with the steering wheel. California law prohibits a woman from driving a car while dressed in a housecoat. In Memphis, Tennessee, a woman is not to drive a car unless a man warns approaching motorists or pedestrians by walking in front of the car that is being driven. In Tennessee, it is against the law to drive a car while sleeping. In New York, it is against the law for a blind person to drive an automobile. In West Virginia, only babies can ride in a baby carriage. In Georgia, it is against the law to slap a man on the back or front. A barber is not to advertise prices in the State of Georgia. In Louisiana, a bill was introduced years ago in the State House of Representatives that fixed a ceiling on haircuts for bald men of 25 cents. In Oklahoma, no baseball team can hit the ball over the fence or out of a ballpark. In Rochester, Michigan, the law is that anyone bathing in public must have the bathing suit inspected by a police officer!

In Kentucky, it's the law that a person must take a bath once a year. In Utah, birds have the right of way on any public highway. In Ohio, one must have a license to keep a bear. In Tennessee, a law exists which prohibits the sale of bologna (sandwich meat) on Sunday. In Virginia, the Code of 1930 has a statute which prohibits corrupt practices or bribery by any person other than political candidates. In Providence, Rhode Island, it is against the law to jump off a bridge. In the State of Kansas, you're not allowed to drive a buffalo through a street. In Florida, it is against the law to put livestock on a school bus. In New Jersey, cabbage can't be sold on Sunday. In Galveston, Texas, it is illegal to have a camel run loose in the street! In North Carolina, it is against the law for dogs and cats to fight. In Singapore, it is illegal to chew gum. In Cleveland, Ohio, it is unlawful to leave chewing gum in public places. In Virginia, chickens cannot lay eggs before 8:00 a.m., and must be done before 4:00 p.m. In New York, it is against the law for children to pick up or collect cigarette and cigar butts. In Massachusetts, it is against the law to put tomatoes in clam chowder. In Washington State, you can't carry a concealed weapon that is over 6 feet in length. In San Francisco, there is an ordinance, which bans the picking up and throwing of used confetti. In Kentucky, it is illegal for a merchant to force a person into his place of business for the purpose of making a sale. It is against the law in Connecticut for a man to write love letters to a girl whose mother or father has forbidden the relationship. In Michigan, married couples must live together or be imprisoned. In the state of Colorado, a pet cat, if loose, must have a tail-light! In Phoenix, Arizona, you can't walk through a hotel lobby with spurs on.

In California, a law created in 1925 makes it illegal to wiggle while dancing. In Utah, daylight must be visible between dancing couples. In Michigan, it is against the law for a lady to lift her skirt more than 6 inches while walking through a mud puddle. In North Carolina, it is against the law for a rabbit to race down the street. In Georgia, it's against the law to spread a false rumor. In West Virginia, one can't cook sauerkraut or cabbage due to the odors and the offence is subject to imprisonment. In Missouri, a man must have a permit to shave. The law states that more than 3000 sheep cannot be herded down Hollywood Blvd. at any one time. In Texas, it is still a "hanging offense" to steal cattle. India is the world's largest, oldest, continuous civilization. India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of history. India is the world's largest democracy. Varanasi, also known as Benares, was called "the ancient city" when Lord Buddha visited it in 500 B.C.E, and is the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world today. India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta. The World's first university was established in Takshashila in 700BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century BC was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education. Sanskrit is the mother of all the European languages. Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software - a report in Forbes magazine, July 1987. Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans. Charaka, the father of medicine consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago. Today Ayurveda is fast regaining its rightful place in our civilization. Although modern images of India often show poverty and lack of development, India was the richest country on earth until the time of British invasion in the early 17th Century. Christopher Columbus was attracted by India's wealth. The art of Navigation was born in the river Sindhu 6000 years ago. The very word Navigation is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH. The word navy is also derived from Sanskrit 'Nou'.

Bhaskaracharya calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the sun hundreds of years before the astronomer Smart. Time taken by earth to orbit the sun: (5th century) 365.258756484 days. The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is known as the Pythagorean Theorem. He discovered this in the 6th century long before the European mathematicians. Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India. Quadratic equations were by Sridharacharya in the 11th century. The largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Hindus used numbers as big as 10**53(10 to the power of 53) with specific names as early as 5000 BCE during the Vedic period. Even today, the largest used number is Tera 10**12(10 to the power of 12). IEEE has proved what has been a century old suspicion in the world scientific community that the pioneer of wireless communication was Prof. Jagdish Bose and not Marconi. The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra. According to Saka King Rudradaman I of 150 CE a beautiful lake called Sudarshana was constructed on the hills of Raivataka during Chandragupta Maurya's time. Chess (Shataranja or AshtaPada) was invented in India. Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health scientists of his time conducted complicated surgeries like cesareans, cataract, artificial limbs, fractures, urinary stones and even plastic surgery and brain surgery. Usage of anesthesia was well known in ancient India. Over 125 surgical equipment were used. Deep knowledge of anatomy, physiology, etiology, embryology, digestion, metabolism, genetics and immunity is also found in many texts. When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilization). The four religions born in India, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism, are followed by 25% of the world's population. The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India in 100 BC. India is one of the few countries in the World, which gained independence without violence. India has the second largest pool of Scientists and Engineers in the World. India is the largest English speaking nation in the world. India is the only country other than US and Japan, to have built a super computer indigenously. Famous Quotes on India (by non-Indians)

Albert Einstein said: We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made. Mark Twain said: India is, the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grand mother of tradition. Our most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only. French scholar Romain Rolland said: If there is one place on the face of earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India. Hu Shih, former Ambassador of China to USA said: India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border. Facts to make every Indian proud Q. Who is the co-founder of Sun Microsystems? A. Vinod Khosla Q. Who is the creator of Pentium chip (needs no introduction as 90% of the Today’s computers run on it)? A. Vinod Dahm Q. Who is the third richest man on the world? A. According to the latest report on Fortune Magazine, it is Aziz Premji, Who is the CEO of Wipro Industries. The Sultan of Brunei is at 6th position now. Q. Who is the founder and creator of Hotmail (Hotmail is world's No.1 web based email program)? A. Sabeer Bhatia Q. Who is the president of AT & T-Bell Labs (AT & T-Bell Labs is the creator of program languages such as C, C++, Unix to name a few)? A. Arun Netravalli Q. Who is the GM of Hewlett Packard? A. Rajiv Gupta Q. Who is the new MTD (Microsoft Testing Director) of Windows 2000? responsible to iron out all initial problems? A. Sanjay Tejwrika Q. Who are the Chief Executives of Citibank, Mckensey & Stanchart? A. Victor Menezes, Rajat Gupta, and Rana Talwar. We Indians are the wealthiest among all ethnic groups in America, even faring better than the whites and the natives. There are 3.22 millions of Indians in USA (1.5% of population). ,

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