tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68730147027892938582011-01-01T01:30:57.910+01:00Weird and strange facts coupled with information like you've never seen before!yustruphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09495662627693088965noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873014702789293858.post-71380216477586969142010-10-28T19:55:00.000+01:002010-10-28T19:55:04.295+01:002010-10-28T19:55:04.295+01:00<strong>&nbsp;TOP 20 COUNTRIES WITH HIGHEST NUMBER OF INTERNET USERS</strong><br /> <br /> <br /> <em><strong>Region</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Pop. 2010 Est&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Latest Data&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;% Pop.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Growth 2000-2010 </strong></em><br /> <br /> 1 China&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1,330,141,295&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 420,000,000&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 31.6 %&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1,766.7 % <br /> <br /> 2 United States&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;310,232,863&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 239,893,600&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 77.3 %&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;151.6 % <br /> <br /> 3 Japan&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;126,804,433&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 99,143,700&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 78,2 %&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;110.6 % <br /> <br /> 4 India&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1,173,108,018&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 81,000,000&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;6.9 %&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1,520.0 % <br /> <br /> 5 Brazil&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;201,103,330&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 75,943,600&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 37.8 %&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1,418.9 % <br /> <br /> 6 Germany&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;82,282,988&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 65,123,800&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;79.1 %&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;171.3 % <br /> <br /> 7 Russia&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;139,390,205&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 59,700,000&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 42.8 %&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1,825.8 % <br /> <br /> 8 United Kingdom&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;62,348,447&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 51,442,100&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 82.5 %&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 234.0 % <br /> <br /> 9 France&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;64,768,389&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 44,625,300&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 68.9 %&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;425.0 % <br /> <br /> 10 Nigeria&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;152,217,341&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 43,982,200&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 28.9 %&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 21,891.1 % <br /> <br /> 11 Korea South&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;48,636,068&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;39,440,000&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;81.1 %&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;107.1 % <br /> <br /> 12 Turkey&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;77,804,122&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 35,000,000&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 45.0 %&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1,650.0 % <br /> <br /> 13 Iran&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;76,923,300&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 33,200,000&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 43.2 %&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 13,180.0 % <br /> <br /> 14 Mexico&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;112,468,855&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;30,600,000&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;27.2 %&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1,028.2 % <br /> <br /> 15 Italy&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;58,090,681&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;30,026,400&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;51.7 %&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 127.5 % <br /> <br /> 16 Indonesia&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;242,968,342&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 30,000,000&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 12.3 %&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1,400.0 % <br /> <br /> 17 Philippines&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;99,900,177&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;29,700,000&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;29.7 %&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1,385.0 % <br /> <br /> 18 Spain&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;46,505,963&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 29,093,984&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;62.6 %&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;440.0 % <br /> <br /> 19 Argentina&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;41,343,201&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 26,614,813&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 64.4 %&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 964.6 % <br /> <br /> 20 Canada&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 33,759,742&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;26,224,900&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;77.7 %&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;106.5 % <br /> <br /> <span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br /> <span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br /> <span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;source : </span><a href="http://internetworldstats.com/stats.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">internetworldstats.com</span></a><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">&nbsp;</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6873014702789293858-7138021647758696914?l=wankelsearch.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>yustruphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09495662627693088965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873014702789293858.post-48137803835023584052010-05-23T08:19:00.000+01:002010-05-23T08:19:23.368+01:002010-05-23T08:19:23.368+01:00* Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel 'Gadsby' which contains over 50,000 words; none of them with the letter E!<br /> * The praying mantis is the only insect that can turn its head 360 degrees!<br /> * In Bangladesh, kids as young as 15 can be jailed for examination malpractice!<br /> * The CD was developed by Philips and Sony in 1980!<br /> * The average iceberg weighs about 20,000,000 tons!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6873014702789293858-4813780383502358405?l=wankelsearch.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>yustruphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09495662627693088965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873014702789293858.post-11046805913072590052010-05-15T09:00:00.001+01:002010-05-15T09:05:09.857+01:002010-05-15T09:05:09.857+01:00* A full bladder is about the size of a soft ball; when your bladder is full, holding up 800cc of fluid, it is large enough to be noticeable!<br /> * Bones can self-destruct; it is possible for your bones to destruct without enough calcium intake!<br /> * More muscles are required to frown than to smile!<br /> * The third set of molars is largely useless, doing little beyond crowding the mouth and sometimes causing pain!<br /> * It is impossible to tickle yourself; you can give it a try!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6873014702789293858-1104680591307259005?l=wankelsearch.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>yustruphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09495662627693088965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873014702789293858.post-36514815793308605032010-05-14T11:00:00.004+01:002010-05-14T11:11:22.976+01:002010-05-14T11:11:22.976+01:00* Your brain has the capacity to store everything you experience; see, read or hear. However, the problem is to recall, whether you can access that information!<br /> * Your teeth grows before birth; even though it takes months after you are born to see them, they start growing about six month before you are born!<br /> * Humans can use sound to sense objects in their area using echolocation. It is thought that those who are blind develop this ability to heightened effect!<br /> * On a pound for pound basis, (i.e for their size) babies are quite powerful and stronger than oxen!<br /> * Throughout your life, the amount of saliva you have secreted could fill two swimming pools!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6873014702789293858-3651481579330860503?l=wankelsearch.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>yustruphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09495662627693088965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873014702789293858.post-28313918794538431902010-05-13T11:12:00.002+01:002010-05-13T11:12:23.156+01:002010-05-13T11:12:23.156+01:00* Your brain requires 20% of the oxygen and calories your body needs!<br /> * 80% of the brain is water; thus you have to be properly hydrated for the sake of your mind!<br /> * Human brain operates on 10 watts of power for computing and analyzing facts!<br /> * A higher I.Q equals more dreams; the smarter you are the more you dream!<br /> * The brain changes shape during puberty. The very structure of your brain changes during the teen years and it even affects impulsive, risky behaviour!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6873014702789293858-2831391879453843190?l=wankelsearch.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>yustruphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09495662627693088965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873014702789293858.post-40364062982430476732010-05-12T15:50:00.003+01:002010-05-12T15:50:58.691+01:002010-05-12T15:50:58.691+01:00* Your brain is more active when you sleep!<br /> * The neurons in your brain are built differently and information travels along them at different speeds; this is why sometimes you can recall information instantly and sometimes it takes a little longer!<br /> * Adrenaline gives you super strength. With the proper response in certain situations, you can really lift a car!<br /> * Babies have blue eyes when they are born; melanin and exposure to ultraviolet light are needed to bring out the true colour of babies eyes. Until then they all have blue eyes!<br /> * It is possible for your nose to identify and remember more than 50,000 smells!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6873014702789293858-4036406298243047673?l=wankelsearch.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>yustruphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09495662627693088965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873014702789293858.post-80346873847257035672010-05-11T09:31:00.001+01:002010-05-11T09:31:19.363+01:002010-05-11T09:31:19.363+01:00*Your body odour is unique to you; unless you have an identical twin. Even babies recognise the individual scents of their mothers!<br /> * Human brain does not feel pain even though the brain processes pain signals!<br /> * The first object to orbit earth was Sputnik 1, launched by USSR in october 1957!<br /> * The first American to orbit earth was John Glenn in February 1962!<br /> * Sharks can live up to 100 years!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6873014702789293858-8034687384725703567?l=wankelsearch.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>yustruphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09495662627693088965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873014702789293858.post-45160493552900534102010-05-10T08:25:00.002+01:002010-05-10T08:26:49.125+01:002010-05-10T08:26:49.125+01:00* The ancient Greeks called our galaxy the Milky Way because they thought it was made from drops of milk from the breasts of the Greek goddess Hera!<br /> * The Arctic ocean has about 12 million square kilometer of floating ice and has the coldest winter temperature of about -34 degrees celsius!<br /> * Elephants can spend more than 20 hours a day eating!<br /> * The first man to walk on the moon was Neil Armstrong in July 1969!<br /> * Sharks can live up to 100 years!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6873014702789293858-4516049355290053410?l=wankelsearch.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>yustruphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09495662627693088965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873014702789293858.post-63400738580239738912010-05-09T09:48:00.005+01:002010-05-09T09:48:41.563+01:002010-05-09T09:48:41.563+01:00* When Laki volcano in iceland erupted in 1783, its lava flow stretched 65km, the longest ever recorded!<br /> * Sharks can go up to 6 weeks without feeding. The record for a shark fasting till date was observed in an acquarium with the swell shark, which did not feed for 15 months!<br /> * The first animals to survive in orbital space flight were the soviet dogs, Strelka and Belka; launched in Sputnik5 in August 1960!<br /> * The sleepiest mammals are armadillos, sloths and opossums. They spend 80 per cent of their lives sleeping or dozing!<br /> * The first person to orbit earth was Yuri Gagarin, from the USSR, in April 1961!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6873014702789293858-6340073858023973891?l=wankelsearch.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>yustruphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09495662627693088965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873014702789293858.post-31054321585408998052010-05-08T08:51:00.000+01:002010-05-08T08:51:11.990+01:002010-05-08T08:51:11.990+01:00* About 1500 stars are visible at night with the naked eye in a clear, dark sky. There are 88 canstellations altogether; the smallest star measuring about 1700km across, it is a white dwarf called LP 327-16!<br /> * In ancient Rome only important people wore purple clothes; this is because the purple dye came from a particular kind of shellfish and was very expensive!<br /> * Lava from an erupting volcano may be as hot as 1200 degrees celsius!<br /> * Some of the oldest mountains in the world are located in Scotland; they are estimated to be about 400 million years old!<br /> * Blue whales weigh up to 7 tonnes at birth!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6873014702789293858-3105432158540899805?l=wankelsearch.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>yustruphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09495662627693088965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873014702789293858.post-87517172026834409162010-05-07T14:35:00.001+01:002010-05-07T14:35:26.812+01:002010-05-07T14:35:26.812+01:00* The longest jail sentence till date was passed in the United States; 10,000 years for a triple murder charge!<br /> * Astronauts become a little taller in space; there's less gravity, so their bones are less bonded together!<br /> * About 20% of all volcanoes are underwater!<br /> * The Amazon 'Jesus Christ Lizard' can run across water!<br /> * The industrial complex of Cubatao in Brazil is known as the valley of death; because of its pollution, which has destroyed the trees and rivers nearby!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6873014702789293858-8751717202683440916?l=wankelsearch.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>yustruphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09495662627693088965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873014702789293858.post-44114082610648827792010-05-06T14:02:00.001+01:002010-05-06T14:02:28.790+01:002010-05-06T14:02:28.790+01:00* The loudest noise ever known till date was produced by a volcanic eruption at krakatoa, near Japan in 1883; the sound was heard in Australia, 5000km away!<br /> * The first woman in space was Valentina Tereshkova, from the USSR; in june 1963!<br /> * Some animals can grow new parts of their body if damaged; starfish can grow new arms, lizards can grow broken-off tails!<br /> * The fastest growing tree is the eucalyptus; it can grow up to 10 meters in a year!<br /> * Over 4 million cars in Brazil are now running on gasohol instead of gasoline/petrol. Gasohol is a fuel made from sugarcane!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6873014702789293858-4411408261064882779?l=wankelsearch.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>yustruphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09495662627693088965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873014702789293858.post-12576366707634802412010-05-05T09:38:00.001+01:002010-05-05T09:38:13.279+01:002010-05-05T09:38:13.279+01:00* The world's largest recorded gathering of people till date was at a Hindu religious festival in India in 1989; it was attended by about 15 million people!<br /> * Sharks, in their 400 million years on earth have shown an extraordinary ability to resist cancer and other diseases. This has raised hopes among medical researchers that the ocean's most feared predator might turn out to be the cancer patient's best friend; investigators continue to study the immune system of sharks to see if it can provide the answer to stop the spread of cancer in humans!<br /> * Yuri Gagarin survived the first manned space flight but was killed in a plane crash seven years later!<br /> * The first animal in space was the soviet dog, Laika, in November, 1957; it died on the flight!<br /> * 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!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6873014702789293858-1257636670763480241?l=wankelsearch.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>yustruphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09495662627693088965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873014702789293858.post-64526506677145580462010-05-04T10:06:00.001+01:002010-05-04T10:06:47.362+01:002010-05-04T10:06:47.362+01:00* Abraham Lincoln went to school for less than a year; he taught himself how to read and write!<br /> * The world's largest palace till date has 1788 rooms; it was built for the Sultan of Brunei!<br /> * There is no land at all at the North pole; only large mass of water with ice covering it!<br /> * A mayfly only lives for a day; but a tortoise can live up to 100 years!<br /> * Levi Strauss (Levi's) made the first pair of jeans in 1850; they were intended as work trousers for American miners looking for gold!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6873014702789293858-6452650667714558046?l=wankelsearch.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>yustruphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09495662627693088965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873014702789293858.post-68769490235977305852010-05-03T09:49:00.001+01:002010-05-03T09:49:50.650+01:002010-05-03T09:49:50.650+01:00* With over 50 foreign cars already on sale here, the Japanese auto industry isn't likely to carve out a big slice of the U.S market. --Business week, 1958--!<br /> * The oldest living tree is a California bristle cone pine named 'Methuselah'; it is about 4600 yrs old!<br /> * Lake Bosumtwi in Ghana was formed in a hollow made by a meteorite!<br /> * The Antartic notothenia fish has a protein in its blood that acts like antifreeze and stops the fish from freezing in icy sea!<br /> * The cries of South American howler monkeys can be heard 16km away!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6873014702789293858-6876949023597730585?l=wankelsearch.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>yustruphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09495662627693088965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873014702789293858.post-16362686153336230462010-05-02T09:28:00.004+01:002010-05-02T09:31:52.399+01:002010-05-02T09:31:52.399+01:00* We don't need you; you haven't got through college/university yet. -- Hewlett Packard's (HP) rejection of steve Jobs, who went on to discover Apple Computers--!<br /> * About 20 to 30 volcanoes erupt each year, mostly under the sea!<br /> * The rhinoceros beetle can carry 850 times its own weight on its back!<br /> * The longest recorded swim was 2938km down the Mississipi River in 1930; the swimmer spent 742 hours in the water!<br /> * The Emperor moth can detect the smell of an object 11km away!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6873014702789293858-1636268615333623046?l=wankelsearch.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>yustruphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09495662627693088965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873014702789293858.post-34423548053553776742010-04-29T17:15:00.001+01:002010-04-29T17:15:53.354+01:002010-04-29T17:15:53.354+01:00* Off the coast of Florida there is an underwater hotel; guests have to dive to the entrance!<br /> * 'It doesn't matter what he does he will never amount to anything. -- Albert Einstein's teacher to his father, 1895--!<br /> * Tibet is the highest country in the world; its average height above sea level is 4500 meters!<br /> * A desert baobab tree can store up to 1000 litres of water in its trunk!<br /> * The Komodo dragon is the world's largest flesh-eating lizard and living reptile; there are only 5000 of them in existence around the world and can weigh up to 70kg (155 pounds)!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6873014702789293858-3442354805355377674?l=wankelsearch.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>yustruphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09495662627693088965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873014702789293858.post-70197419400506053952010-04-28T08:24:00.000+01:002010-04-28T08:24:01.267+01:002010-04-28T08:24:01.267+01:00* 'Theoretically, television may be feasible, but i consider it an impossibility... a development we should waste little time dreaming about'. -- Le de Forest, 1926; inventor of the cathode ray tube--!<br /> * Vampire bats feed on birds, cattle, horses, pigs and occassionally sleeping humans; they are found in Central and South America (beware of Vampire bats)!<br /> * In 1783 an Icelandic eruption threw up enough dust to temporarily block out the sun over Europe!<br /> * American Roy Sullivan has been Struck by lightning a record of seven times!<br /> * The world's windiest place is common wealth Bay Antartica!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6873014702789293858-7019741940050605395?l=wankelsearch.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>yustruphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09495662627693088965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873014702789293858.post-32574201369687035322010-04-27T08:33:00.001+01:002010-04-27T08:33:36.652+01:002010-04-27T08:33:36.652+01:00* If you sneeze to hard, it may cause your chest to rupture; but if you hold back your sneeze by force, it may cause one of your blood vessels to break!<br /> * Fish are unable to stick their tongue out!<br /> * A rat and a horse cannot vomit!<br /> * A starfish has 8 eyes, one on each leg!<br /> * Baby tiger sharks fight each other in the womb; the winner will be born alive!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6873014702789293858-3257420136968703532?l=wankelsearch.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>yustruphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09495662627693088965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873014702789293858.post-70495629522582930512010-04-26T10:27:00.003+01:002010-04-26T10:27:48.890+01:002010-04-26T10:27:48.890+01:00* An ant will scratch its body like most humans when it wakes up!<br /> * If you toss a coin upwards 1000 times, the number of times of heads facing upwards is 495!<br /> * Heating up a rock in the microwave oven will cause the rock to explode!<br /> * A shark can detect blood content up to 1/1000000th percent in water!<br /> * Bats are the only mammal that can fly!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6873014702789293858-7049562952258293051?l=wankelsearch.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>yustruphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09495662627693088965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873014702789293858.post-84705463897171054782010-04-25T12:07:00.001+01:002010-04-25T12:07:00.872+01:002010-04-25T12:07:00.872+01:00* According to a British law passed in 1845, sucide is a very serious crime; death sentence by hanging is the punishment (that is truly weird)!<br /> * The Hawaiian language only has 12 alphabets!<br /> * A dairy cow can produce more milk when listening to music!<br /> * Only 30% of people can expand and contract their nostrils at will!<br /> * A hippo can run faster than humans!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6873014702789293858-8470546389717105478?l=wankelsearch.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>yustruphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09495662627693088965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873014702789293858.post-34734622428103811482010-04-24T10:14:00.001+01:002010-04-24T10:14:08.962+01:002010-04-24T10:14:08.962+01:00* A company, Warner communications paid $28 million for the copyright to the song 'happy birth day'!<br /> * Till date, only 12 astronauts have step their feet into the moon!<br /> *Leather has enough nutritional value to sustain life for a short time!<br /> * Snakes have one lung!<br /> * Ants can pull 30 times their own weight!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6873014702789293858-3473462242810381148?l=wankelsearch.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>yustruphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09495662627693088965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873014702789293858.post-44025920501158742142010-04-23T09:29:00.001+01:002010-04-23T09:29:01.232+01:002010-04-23T09:29:01.232+01:00* An average human skin weighs about 3.2kg!<br /> * A baby blue whale is the largest infant of all creatures that exist on earth; it gains about 100kg everyday and fully matures after 10 years old!<br /> * Male lions can sleep for more than 15 hours a day!<br /> * A group of crows is called a murder!<br /> * The ant can lift 50 times its own weight!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6873014702789293858-4402592050115874214?l=wankelsearch.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>yustruphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09495662627693088965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873014702789293858.post-29110659430637523032010-04-23T09:28:00.001+01:002010-04-23T09:28:57.063+01:002010-04-23T09:28:57.063+01:00* An average human skin weighs about 3.2kg!<br /> * A baby blue whale is the largest infant of all creatures that exist on earth; it gains about 100kg everyday and fully matures after 10 years old!<br /> * Male lions can sleep for more than 15 hours a day!<br /> * A group of crows is called a murder!<br /> * The ant can lift 50 times its own weight!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6873014702789293858-2911065943063752303?l=wankelsearch.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>yustruphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09495662627693088965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873014702789293858.post-77844890573358415632010-04-22T08:30:00.001+01:002010-04-22T08:30:51.288+01:002010-04-22T08:30:51.288+01:00* Fish that live more than 800 meters below the ocean surface don't have eyes!<br /> * Women blink nearly twice as much as men do!<br /> * An octopus can change its shape and colour to blend in with its surrounding!<br /> * A shrimp's heart is in its head!<br /> * One quarter of all creatures on earth are beetles!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6873014702789293858-7784489057335841563?l=wankelsearch.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>yustruphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09495662627693088965noreply@blogger.com0