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10 December 2008

Sharing is Caring~lalala...

1. Look at your zipper. See the initials YKK? It stands for Yoshida Kogyo Kabushibibaisha, the world's largest zipper manufacturer. 2. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down ontinuously from the bottom of the glass to the top. 3. A duck's quack doesn't echo. No one knows why. 4. 40 percent of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals. 5. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled. 6. On the average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily. 7. Chocolate kills dogs! True, chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system. A few ounces is enough to kill a small sized dog. 8. Most lipstick contains fish scales. (yucks) 9. Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as a medicine. 10. Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time. 11. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood. 12. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos. 13. Leonardo da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years to paint Mona Lisa's lips. 14. Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to slow a film down so you could see his moves. That's the opposite of the norm. 15. The original name for the butterfly was "flutterby"! 16. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand. 17. Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there. 18. Dentists recommend that a toothbrush be kept at least six feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. 19. The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum. 20. The first owner of the Marlboro company died of lung cancer. 21. Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined. 22. Marilyn Monroe had six toes on one foot. 23. Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor. 24. The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, andBudweiser, in that order. 25. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that can be typed with only the left hand. 26. To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, prick your fingers into its eyeballs. It will let you go instantly. 27. A mathematical wonder: 111,111,111 multiplied by 111,111,111 gives the result 12, 345, 678, 987, 654, 321. 28. The most common name in the world is Mohammed. 29. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes. 30. The "pound" (#) key on your keyboard is called an octothorp. 31. The only domestic animal not mentioned in the Bible is the cat. 32. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated. 33. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing. 34. "Dreamt" is the only word in the English language that ends in "mt". 35. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. 36. In Chinese, the KFC slogan "finger lickin' good" comes out as "eat your fingers off". 37. A cockroach can live for 10 days without a head. 38. European women didn't wear underwear until the 1900's. 39. We shed 40 pounds of skin a lifetime. 40. Yo-Yos were once used as weapons in the Philippines. 41. Coca-Cola can be used as car oil. (ni daia xsure..uolss try dulu la..hikhik) 42. Mexico City sinks abut 10 inches a year. 43. Brains are more active sleeping than watching TV. 44. Blue is the favorite color of 80 percent of Americans. 45. When a person shakes their head from side to side, he is saying"yes" in Sri Lanka. 46. There are more chickens than people in the world. 47. It's against the law in Iceland to have a dog. 48. The thumbnail grows the slowest, and the middle nail grows the fastest. 49. The only word in the English Language with all vowels in reverse order is "subcontinental". 50. There are more telephones than people in Washington, D.C. 51. Beethoven poured ice water over his head before he composed. 52. In Pakistan, it's rude to show your feet. 53. 90% of those read till this line are very free... . are you?
p/s: ade yg uols da tau kan.. saje nak share knowledge nih memandangkan da lame gilos x hapdet blog...

31 October 2008

Cikgu Daia bercerita.....

Buhsan2 ni mehler layan facts yg i baca..boleh ler share ngan uols...these facts ade yg dapat dari website n ade yg mmg tau n ade yg cikgu bgtau! so...increase ur knowledge k...
  • If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on your right side.
  • If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on your left side
  • If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. For when a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.
  • Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
  • Your tongue is germ free only if it is pink. If it is white there is a thin film of bacteria on it.
  • The Mercedes-Benz motto is 'Das Beste oder Nichts' meaning 'the best or nothing'.
  • The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
  • The pupil of the eye expands as much as 45 percent when a person looks at something pleasing.
  • The average person who stops smoking requires one hour less sleep a night.
  • Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system. Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day.
  • The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.
  • Dalmatians are born without spots.
  • Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
  • The 'v' in the name of a court case does not stand for 'versus', but for 'and' (in civil proceedings) or 'against' (in criminal proceedings)
  • Men's shirts have the buttons on the right, but women's shirts have the buttons on the left
  • The owl is the only bird to drop its upper eylid to wink. All other birds raise their lower eyelids
  • The reason honey is so easy to digest is that it's already been digested by a bee
  • Roosters cannot crow if they cannot extend their necks
  • The color blue has a calming effect. It causes the brain to release calming hormones
  • Every time you sneeze some of your brain cells die
  • Your left lung is smaller than your right lung to make room for your heart
  • The verb "cleave" is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate
  • When you blush, the lining of your stomach also turns red
  • When hippos are upset, their sweat turns red
  • The first Harley Davidson motorcycle was built in 1903, and used a tomato can for a carburetor
  • The lion that roars in the MGM logo is named Volney
  • Google is actually the common name for a number with a million zeros
  • Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying jag of Flapan, instead of flag of Japan
  • It cost 7 million dollars to build the Titanic and 200 million to make a film about it
  • The attachment of the human skin to muscles is what causes dimples
  • There are 1,792 steps to the top of the Eiffel Tower..
p/s: harap2 uols dapat sikit sebanyak info walaupun ade yg uols da tau kan...