Did You Know ??

 
·    Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'.

 
·    Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.


·    The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.


·    The electric chair was invented by a dentist.


·    The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to Squirt blood 30 feet.


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


·    Ants don't sleep .


·    Owls have eyeballs that are tubular in shape, because of this, they cannot move their eyes.


·    A bird requires more food in proportion to its size than a baby or a cat.


·    The mouse is the most common mammal in the US.


·    A newborn kangaroo is about 1 inch in length.


·    A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.


·    The Canary Islands were not named for a bird called a canary. They were named after a breed of large dogs. The Latin   name was Canariae insulae - "Island of Dogs."


·    There are 701 types of pure breed dogs.


·     A polecat is not a cat. It is a nocturnal European weasel.


·    The animal responsible for the most human deaths world-wide is the mosquito.


·    The biggest pig in recorded history was Big Boy of Black Mountain, North Carolina, who was weighed at 1,904 pounds in 1939.


·    Cats respond most readily to names that end in an "ee" sound.


·     A cat cannot see directly under its nose. This is why the cat cannot seem to find tidbits on the floor.

·     Pigs, walruses and light-colored horses can be sunburned.


·    Snakes are immune to their own poison.


·    An iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes.


·    Cats have more than one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten.


·    The biggest member of the cat family is the male lion, which weighs 528 pounds (240 kilograms).


·    Most lipstick contains fish scales.


·    Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants.


·    Each day in the US, animal shelters are forced to destroy 30,000 dogs and cats.


·    A shrimp's heart is in their head.


·    A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.


·    A cockroach will live nine days without its head, before it starves to death.  


·    The cat lover is an ailurophile, while a cat hater is an ailurophobe.


·    A woodpecker can peck twenty times a second.


·    It may take longer than two days for a chick to break out of its shell.


·    Dragonflies are one of the fastest insects, flying 50 to 60 mph.


·    Despite man's fear and hatred of the wolf, it has not ever been proved that a non-rabid wolf ever attacked a human.


·    There are more than 100 million dogs and cats in the United States.


·    Americans spend more than 5.4 billion dollars on their pets each year.


·    Cat's urine glows under a black light .


·    The largest cockroach on record is one measured at 3.81 inches in length.


·    It is estimated that a single toad may catch and eat as many as 10,000 insects in the course of a summer.


·   Amphibians eyes come in a variety shapes and sizes. Some even have square or heart-shaped pupils.


·    It would require an average of 18 hummingbirds to weigh in at 1 ounce.


·    Dogs that do not tolerate small children well are the St. Bernard, the Old English sheep dog, the Alaskan malamute, the bull terrier, and the toy poodle.


·    Moles are able to tunnel through 300 feet of earth in a day.


·    Howler monkeys are the noisiest land animals. Their calls can be heard over 2 miles away.


·    A quarter of the horses in the US died of a vast virus epidemic in 1872.


·    The fastest bird is the Spine-tailed swift, clocked at speeds of up to 220 miles per hour.


.    There is no single cat called the panther. The name is commonly applied to the leopard, but it is also used to refer to the puma and the jaguar. A black panther is really a black leopard. A capon is a castrated rooster.


·    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 poison-arrow frog has enough poison to kill about 2,200 people.


·    The hummingbird, the loon, the swift, the kingfisher, and the grebe are all birds that cannot walk.


·    The poisonous copperhead snake smells like fresh cut cucumbers.


·    A chameleon's tongue is twice the length of its body.


·    Worker ants may live seven years and the queen may live as long as 15 years.


·    The blood of mammals is red, the blood of insects is yellow, and the blood of lobsters is blue.


·    Cheetahs make a chirping sound that is much like a bird's chirp or a dog's yelp. The sound is so an intense, it can be heard a mile away.


·    The underside of a horse's hoof is called a frog. The frog peels off several times a year with new growth.


·    The bloodhound is the only animal whose evidence is admissible in an American court. 98% of brown bears in the United States are in Alaska.


·    Before air conditioning was invented, white cotton slipcovers were put on furniture to keep the air cool.


·     The Barbie doll has more than 80 careers.


·    To make one pound of whole milk cheese, 10 pounds of whole milk is needed.


·    99% of pumpkins that are sold for decoration.


·    Every 30 seconds a house fire doubles in size.


·    The month of December is the most popular month for weddings in the Philippines.


·    A one ounce milk chocolate bar has 6 mg of caffeine.


·    Carbon monoxide can kill a person in less than 15 minutes.


·    The largest ever hailstone weighed over 1kg and fell in Bangladesh in 1986.


·    Ants can live up to 16 years.


·    In Belgium, there is a museum that is just for strawberries.


·    The sense of smell of an ant is just as good as a dog's. 


·    Popped popcorn should be stored in the freezer or refrigerator as this way it can stay crunchy for up to three weeks.


·    Coca-Cola was originally green.


·    The most common name in the world is Mohammed.


·    The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with.


·    The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.


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


·    Women blink nearly twice as much as men!!


·    You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.


·    It is impossible to lick your elbow.


·    People say "Bless you " when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond.


·     It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.


·    The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest


·    tongue twister in the English language.


·    If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.

 

·    Each king in a deck of playing cards represents great king from history.


Spades - King David

Clubs - Alexander the Great,

Hearts - Charlemagne

Diamonds - Julius Caesar.



·    111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321



·    If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.


·    What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common?  Ans. - All invented by women.


.    Question - This is the only food that doesn't spoil. What is this?  Ans. - HoneY.


.    A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

.    A snail can sleep for three years. 


.    All polar bears are left handed.

·    American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.


·    Butterflies taste with their feet.


·    Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.


·    In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.


·    On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.


·    The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.


·    Most lipstick contains fish scales.


·    Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.


·    Tapeworms range in size from about 0.04 inch to more than 50 feet in length.


·    A baby bat is called a pup.


·    German Shepherds bite humans more than any other breed of dog.


·    A female mackerel lays about 500,000 eggs at one time.


·    It takes 35 to 65 minks to produce the average mink coat. The numbers for other types of fur coats are: beaver - 15; fox - 15 to 25; ermine - 150; chinchilla - 60 to 100 .

The man in the other bed

A great note for all to read.

>>
It will take just 37 seconds to read this and change your thinking.
Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room.
>>One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs.
>>His bed was next to the room's only window.
>>The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back.
The men talked for hours on end.
>>They spoke of their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the military service, where they had been on vacation.
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>>Every afternoon, when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window.
The man in the other bed began to live for those one hour periods where his world would be broadened and enlivened by all the activity and color of the world outside.

>>
The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake.
>>Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm amidst flowers of every color and a fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance.
As the man by the window described all this in exquisite details, the man on the other side of the room would close his eyes and imagine this picturesque scene.
One warm afternoon, the man by the window described a parade passing by
Although the other man could not hear the band - he could see it in his mind ' s eye as the gentleman by the window portrayed it with descriptive words.
Days, weeks and months passed.
One morning, the day nurse arrived to bring water for their baths only to find the lifeless body of the man by the window, who had died peacefully in his sleep.
>>She was saddened and called the hospital attendants to take the body away.
>>As soon as it seemed appropriate, the other man asked if he could be moved next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the switch, and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him alone.
Slowly, painfully, he propped himself up on one elbow to take his first look at the real world outside.
>>He strained to slowly turn to look out the window besides the bed.
It faced a blank wall.
>>The man asked the nurse what could have compelled his deceased roommate who had described such wonderful things outside this window.
The nurse responded that the man was blind and could not even see the wall.
She said, "Perhaps he just wanted to encourage you."

 

 

 

 

 

 

Epilogue:
There is tremendous happiness in making others happy, despite our own situations.
Shared grief is half the sorrow, but happiness when shared, is doubled.
If you want to feel rich, just count all the things you have that money can ' t buy.
"Today is a gift, that is why it is called The Present."

After returning to India from the "US"

21. Tries to use credit cards in a road side hotel.

 

20 . Drinks and carries mineral water and always speaks of being health conscious.

 

19 . Sprays deo so that he doesn't need to take bath.

 

18. Sneezes and says 'Excuse me'.

 

17. Says "Hey" instead of "Hi".

 

Says "Yogurt" instead of "Curds".

 

Says "Cab" instead of "Taxi".

 

Says "Candy" instead of "Chocolate".

 

Says "Cookie" instead of "Biscuit".

 

Says " Free Way " instead of "Highway".

 

Says "got to go" instead of "Have to go".

 

Says "Oh" instead of "Zero", (for 704, he will say Seven Oh Four Instead of Seven Zero Four)

 

16. Doesn't forget to crib about the air pollution.

 

Keeps cribbing every time he steps out.

 

15. Says all the distances in Miles (Not in Kilo Meters), and counts in Millions. (Not in Lakhs)

 

14. Tries to figure all the prices in Dollars as far as possible (but deep inside multiplies by 43).

 

13. Tries to see the % of fat on the cover of a milk pocket.

 

12. When he needs to say Z (zed), he never says Z (Zed), instead repeats "Zee" several times,

 

and if the other person is unable to get it, then says X, Y Zee(but never says Zed)

 

11 . Writes the date in MM/DD/YYYY. On watching traditional DD/MM/YYYY, says "Oh! British Style!!!!"

 

10. Makes fun of Indian Standard Time and the Indian Road Conditions.

 

9. Even after 2 months, complaints about "Jet Lag".

 

8 . Avoids eating spicy food.

 

7. Tries to drink "Diet Coke", instead of Normal Coke.

 

Eats Pizza instead of Dosa.

 

6. Tries to complain about any thing in India as if he is experiencing it for the first time.

 

Asks questions etc. about India as though its his first visit to India .

 

5. Pronounces "schedule" as "skejule", and "module" as "mojule".

 

4. Looks suspiciously towards any Hotel/Dhaba food.

 

 

 

Few more important ones:

 

3. From the luggage bag, does not remove the stickers of the Airways by which he traveled back to India , even after 4 months of arrival.

 

2. Takes the cabin luggage bag to short visits in India and tries to roll the bag on Indian Roads.

 

 

 

The Ultimate one

 

1. Tries to begin any conversation with "In US ...."

 

or "When I was in US..."

 

  

Lateral Thinking

Check out Lateral thinking . . .
Scroll down slowly and be honest to yourself.
Think like a wizard . . .








      Man
1. ------------
     Board







Answer = Man Overboard








Okay, let's see if you've got the hang of it.








    stand
2. ------------
      i








Answer = I Understand








OK . . .Got the drift?








Let's try a few now and see how you fare?








3. /r/e/a/d/i/n/g/








Answer = Reading Between the Lines








4.   r  
      road  
     a   
        d







Answer = Cross Road








Not having a good day now, are you?


Redeem yourself.








5.     Cycle
        Cycle
        Cycle








Answer = Tricycle








Easy to figure that one out ha!








       0
6. ------------
     M.D.
     Ph.D.








Answer = Two Degrees below Zero








C'mon give it a little thought!








      knee
7. ------------
      light








Answer = Neon Light (knee-on-light)








You can prove you're smart by getting this one.








          ground
8       ---------------
feet feet feet feet feet feet








Answer = Six Feet Underground








Oh no, not again!








9. He's X himself








Answer = He's by Himself








Now you're messing up big time.








10. ecnalg








Answer = Backward Glance








Not even close!








11. Death ..... Life








Answer = Life after Death








Okay last chance . . .  








12. THINK








Answer = Think Big !








And the last one is real fun - - -








13. ababaaabbbbaaaabbbbababaabbaaabbbb . . .








Answer = Long Time No 'C'

 

Attitude Matters

An old man lived alone in Minnesota. He wanted to spade his potato

garden, but it was very hard work. His only son, who would have helped him,
was in prison. The old man wrote a letter to his son and mentioned his
situation:




Dear Son,

I am feeling pretty bad because it looks like I won't be able to plant my
potato garden this year. I hate to miss doing the garden because your
mother always loved planting time. I'm just getting too old to be digging
up a garden plot. If you were here, all my troubles would be over.
I know you would dig the plot for me, if you weren't in prison.

Love,
Dad




Shortly, the old man received this telegram: "For Heaven's sake, Dad, don't
dig up the garden!! That's where I buried the GUNS!!"

At 4 a.m. the next morning, a dozen FBI agents and local police officers
showed up and dug up the entire garden without finding any guns.

Confused, the old man wrote another note to his son telling him what
happened, and asked him what to do next.

His son's reply was: " Go ahead and
plant your potatoes, Dad. It's the best I could do for you from here."

The Best "Out-Of-Office" E-Mail Auto-Replies

1: I am currently out at a job interview and will reply to you if I fail to get the position.

2: I'm not really out of the office. I'm just ignoring you.

3: You are receiving this automatic notification because I am out of the office. If I was in, chances are you wouldn't have received anything at all.

4: Sorry to have missed you but I am at the doctors having my brain removed so that I may be promoted to management

5: I will be unable to delete all the unread, worthless emails you send me until I return from vacation on 4/18. Please be patient and your mail will be deleted in the order it was received.

6: Thank you for your email. Your credit card has been charged $5.99 for the first ten words and $1.99 for each additional word in your message.

7: The e-mail server is unable to verify your server connection and is unable to deliver this message. Please restart your computer and try sending again.'

(The beauty of this is that when you return, you can see how many in-Duh-visuals did this over and over).

8: Thank you for your message, which has been added to a queuing system. You are currently in 352nd place, and can expect to receive a reply in approximately 19 weeks.

9: Hi. I'm thinking about what you've just sent me. Please wait by your PC for my response.

10: Hi! I'm busy negotiating the salary for my new job. Don't bother to leave me any messages.

11: I've run away to join a different circus.

Multiple Yahoo Address for the Same account

Yahoo mail beta and the original Yahoo mail is now available with professional looking 'dot' addresses. Each existing Yahoo address can have another address as an alternate e-mail ID, which shall share the same Inbox as the primary ID. This is best, since we can now have a professional 'firstname.lastname@yahoo.com' address without having to worry about maintaining another mail account all-together. Mails sent to or from either mail ID shall come to the same inbox and you can use either ID as the sender ID.
Get your new alternate email ID at :
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You can create an account with dot with same password. This ID will have mails going into the inbox of existing account. You can login or send or receive mails on either ID. You can also create another dot ID by creating totally new account from signing from mail.yahoo.com.
Log in anywhere on the Yahoo! network (Mail, Photos, Messenger with BT Communicator — the list goes on and on…)

Cool One Liners

If you're too lazy to start anything, you may get a reputation for  patience.  
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I'm on a seafood diet. Every time I see food, I eat it.
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I talk to myself because I like dealing with a  better class of people.
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Never try to drown your troubles... Especially if he can swim.
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Smile, it makes people wonder what you're thinking.
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Don't be so open-minded your brains fall out.
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A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk I have a work station.
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By the time a man realizes that his father was usually right, he has a son who  thinks he's usually wrong.
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Teachers are those who help us in resolving problems which, without them,  we wouldn't have.
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There are two theories to arguing with women. Neither one works.
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Marriages are made in heaven. But so again, are thunder and lightning.
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There are three sides to every argument: your side,my side and the right side.
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An expert is someone who takes a subject you understand and makes it sound confusing.
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When you're right, no one remembers. When you're wrong, no one forgets.
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Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.
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