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Before and After: Cosmetic surgery

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Kim Kardashian
Kim's cosmetic surgery is a subtle change, but does all the wonderful things that a good rhinoplasty can do! "Her plastic surgeon must've known that s/he was messing with near perfection!" -Dr. Rawnsley

Megan Fox

Megan is cute in the before image, but definitely knocks it out of the ball park on the right! ..down right Foxy! Isn't it amazing what rhinoplasty can do?

Zac Efron

The teenage fantasy of many young girls, probably gives thanks to a natural-looking nose job. It shows the advantage of a rhinoplasty performed well before the height of celebrity-ism.

Nicole Richie

Nicole dons a new bust-line with a breast augmentation, but she stuck with a right sized cup that fits her frame. We're so glad she didn't go the "Heidi Montag" route!

Tyra Banks: rhinoplasty

Tyra's lovely before and after! Do you think her new look helped her incredible commercially success in fashion and the entertainment industry?

Actor, Helen Mirren

Okay, Mirren's not smiling on the right but she's admitted to various cosmetic procedures including a facelift.. she sure looks great and also sexy to boot! ..not overly taut which would take her into Joan Rivers territory!

Model, Gisele Bündchen

Even the world's most beautiful people, have had a bit of surgical help! A subtle Nip/Tuck is quite popular and accepted in Gisele's homeland, Brazil. ..they perform the most rhinoplasties in the world!

Halle Berry: rhinoplasty

Rhinoplasties are the most popular of all cosmetic surgeries! It transforms one's face proportionately and highlights the eyes! While Berry's incredibly pretty in the past she's a stunner now!

Scarlett Johansson

The glamorous actress is almost unrecognizable without her current slim nose. She still looks beautiful and natural ..more natural than any other Hollywood actress! What do you think?

Entertainer, Will Pan

Wow.. the American-born Chinese Mandopop singer-songwriter, rapper and actor has had an incredible transformation! It really is like two completely different people.

Ashlee Simpson

I know a lot of people are fans of Ashlee’s old signature look, but there’s no arguing that her new nose looks pretty fantastic!

Gwyneth Paltrow: breast enhancements

Why not?! ..Paltrow's had two babies and deserves a bit of enhancement in an area where pregnancy takes its toll! She says she has no plans to go under the knife anytime soon but has not ruled out the possibility for the future.

Blake Lively

Do you think The "Gossip Girl" is more photographic on the right? ..it's another example of good rhinoplasty, because it visually “softens” her look. She still looks like her old self.. just better!

Victoria Beckham

The X-spice girl is not secretive about her several cosmetic procedures, including rhinoplasty and breast enhancements. The mother of four, is perhaps redefining for many, what beauty is.

Claudia Lynx: the Iranian Beauty

Lynx is a model and entertainer. She spent her childhood in Norway and Toronto, Canada and is most known for her stunning good looks ..courtesy of cosmetic surgery of course!

Amazing Facts About Apple

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Apple grew its sales by $22 billion last year. That growth alone is bigger than most companies you've ever heard of. It's also more revenue than the ENTIRE COMPANY generated four years ago.

Apple generated $65 billion of revenue last year. That's bigger than the GDP of Iraq, Croatia, Libya, Ecuador, and more than 100 other countries

Only 61 countries are bigger than Apple.
Here's the GDP of the 100+ countries in the world that are smaller than Apple, per Wikipedia (2008).

And, yes, that $65 billion of revenue makes Apple officially bigger than Microsoft ($62 billion)

Apple's growth last year IN EUROPE ALONE was $7 billion. That's bigger than the GDP of Liechtenstein

iPhones now account for 39% of Apple's overall revenue. iPhones did not exist 4 years ago.

Apple sold 40 million iPhones last year. That's 110,000 iPhones sold per day.

And 4,583 iPhones per hour.
And 76 iPhones per minute.
And 1.27 iPhones per second!
The iPhone is now sold in 89 countries.

iTunes--Apple's online music, video, and app store--racked up sales of $4 billion last year. That's $1 billion more revenue than the $3 billion generated by one of world's biggest music companies, Warner Music Group

We're not going to bother to compare those sales to the sales of music and software retailers. Because there basically aren't any anymore.

Apple sold $9.8 billion worth of stuff in its retail stores last year. That's bigger than Saks, Barnes & Noble,

Ann Taylor, Tiffany, Dick's Sporting Goods, RadioShack, and Bed Bath & Beyond

(But it's still only 1/5th the size of Best Buy, which had revenue of $50 billion.)

Apple's retail-store sales grew by $3 billion last year. That's bigger than Tiffany's whole business!

Apple opened 44 new stores last year, ending the year with 317. Each store sold an average of $34 million worth of stuff, up from $26 million the year before

Apple's stores are mind-bogglingly productive: They each sell an average of $93,150 worth of stuff every day

Associated Press
That's $3,900 an hour. And $65 a minute. 365 days a year, 24 hours a day.
Apple's retail stores now have 26,500 full-time employees, or 84 per store. Each of these employees sells about $370,000 worth of Apple stuff each year

Most of Apple's revenue (~$45 billion) comes from product categories that Apple has invented in the past 10 years (iPods, iPhones, iPads, iTunes). Almost half ($30 billion) comes from product categories Apple has invented in the past 4 years.

Apple spent only $1.7 billion on research and development last year. Microsoft, with smaller sales and vastly slower growth, spent $8.7 billion

Apple spent only $5.5 billion on sales, marketing, and general and administrative expenses last year. Microsoft spent $17 billion.

Associated Press
So it's not surprising that Apple is now the most valuable technology company in the world

And now for some other fun Apple facts...

Apple generated $625 of revenue from each of the 40 million iPhones it sold last year

And $164 of revenue for every iPod sold

And $1,279 for every Mac sold

That's 13.7 million Macs--9 million laptops and 4.6 million desktops.
The desktops brought in $1,340 apiece.
The laptops brought in $1,206 apiece.
And $665 for every iPad.

Apple sold 7.5 million iPads last year, in 9 months.
That's 833,000 a month.
Or 27,000 a day.
Or 1,157 an hour.
Or 19 a minute.
They aren't kidding about "insanely great."

How to Meet Your Girlfriend's Parents

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Do your homework in advance. Every girl is different, so every girls' parents are different, with unique expectations. All of the recommendations that follow can backfire horribly if you don't consult with your girlfriend first about what her parents are like.

Find out as much as you can about the parents from your partner. What do they do for a living? Do you have any common interests? Have they been on holiday recently? Are there any subjects which are off limits? This gives you a heads up on conversation topics - and what to avoid.

Dress to impress. Going to meet someone's parents in your vintage, hole-ridden, acid-washed jeans and Che Guevara t-shirt that you got from the thrift store the other day for three dollars probably won't get you their utmost respect--unless they're very unconventional parents. This doesn't mean wear a suit - just be presentable (e.g. a polo shirt or t-shirt that doesn't spread the Communist agenda). Dress smart but casual, and make sure everything is clean, decently fitted (nothing too tight or baggy) and tidy. Get a fresh haircut and trim your nails.

Arrive on time. Don't pull up with your stereo blasting heavy metal.

Be confident when you meet them. Give the father a firm handshake.

Make good conversation. One of the most pivotal parts of meeting anyone - parents, girls, the president - is the conversation.

Treat your girl well. Be extra attentive to
your partner. Pull back her chair for her at dinner, pour her a drink, open doors for her, and all that jazz.

Be prepared for the Q & A session. There comes a time in every first meeting where you will be assaulted with questions that end only upon the submission of your manhood.

Say farewell. Shake hands, give hugs, or whatever seems appropriate. Thank them profusely for having you over and smile. This is the most relieving part of the entire parental-unit-meeting-situation, but only for the champions who have made it past the gauntlet.

Don't look back. Once you exit the door, it is imperative not to look back - because you know darn well that her parents are watching until you are out of sight. When you reach your car, be certain to unlock her door first, and open it for her. Turn around and flash her parents a smile while you close the door if you are feeling dangerous.

If you're eating at their house, compliment the food.

If your girlfriend has a curfew, bring her home a little bit early. That shows her parents that you respect their boundaries. After arriving early a few times, you will be amazed when you hear from the parents, "Stay out as long as you want. We know that our daughter is in good hands."

Remember that the parents want to like you, but they don't want their princess to be dating a jackass any more than you want to appear to be one. With this in mind, they may well be just as nervous as you are. Put them at ease by showing them what a charming, friendly person you are.

Remember, the top of their list will be that their daughter is happy, you've already done that, so that's half the battle already won!

Always show gratitude.

In most homes, it is considered impolite to growl at the family dog.

Don't let the charm stop there! Treat your date with the same respect that you gave to her parents upon meeting them.

It is impolite and disgusting to chew with your mouth open.

Bring a small gift if you're meeting them for a special occasion (e.g. wine or chocolates for a dinner).
If you guys are visiting don't sleep in the same room, unless you are engaged or have been together for a very long time.

Be especially careful if you're dealing with devoutly religious parents. You will be asked about your religious views, and perhaps be drawn into a debate. Add How to Avoid Uncomfortable Conversations About

Religion to your pre-meeting reading list.

Don't overdo it -- people can tell when you're being fake.

Don't embellish your job title. You're an IT programmer - and not a research scientist, information architect, security engineer, etc.

If her parents don't swear, don't do it, or else they might think less of you.

Don't smoke around your girlfriend either. Most girls are seriously turned off by this, and you probably won't get a second date if you are constantly excusing yourself to have a smoke.

If you are a smoker do not smoke around the parents or even say that you do it. Even if they smoke themselves it is something definitely not to do while in their presence as they will frown upon you.

Teenage's love - good or bad?

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It has long been a contentious issue as to whether students love is good or bad. Some people are of the opinion that students should fall in love, while others point out that student love is harmful. To my mind, I totally agree with the former opinion because advantages of student love overweigh its disadvantages.

First of all, having relationships can motivate students to be better in many respects. Obviously, when in love, people always wish to be perfect in their partner’s eyes; and students are not exceptional. Therefore, they never stop changing themselves in a more positive way so that they deserve their partners. For instance, if a student’s girlfriend is a studious excellent student, he will try to improve his performance in class, for he has a strong motivation of becoming a good student.

The love happens because maturity is low, you are very emotionally vulnerable, sex drives are high, and relationships will generally not be deep or long lasting.

Not saying you can't have a deep and healthy relationship in your teens, but the odds aren't in your favor. Chances are are neither of you are who you will be "when you grow up" so if you are looking for love rather than a good time, it is better to wait unless you want to be hurt.

Secondly, student love is usually beautiful and romantic, which becomes colorful memories in student life. Being students, despite the fact that they do not have a lot of money or high status, they truly care about each other and build up their relationship together. On the contrary, entering the working world, people tend to be concerned much
about their partners’ social status, career or financial situation, etc which may make love more practical.

Lastly, love helps students grow up. Having affection for another person itself is a sign of maturity. Moreover, when two people are in love, they have to be tolerant of the other’s mistakes and take responsibility to maintain their love. In addition, they learn how to balance their time between learning and being with their partner. Thanks to this, they have better skills of allocating time.

In general, student love is advantageous because it inspires and creates favorable conditions for students to be better as well as leaves many good impressions in students. Therefore, everyone should consider this type of love as a positive aspect of student life.

Important Facts Of Life

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Health is the first of life

Wealth is the next of life

Character’s courage is the best of life

Respect is must in life

Turning is the test of life

God’s blessing is the crest of life

Love is crucial for life

Happiness is the perfume of life

Truth is the search of life

Death is the rest of life.

Facts About Human Brain

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Brain Stuff

1. You have a finite amount of will power each day because to exercise will power you need energy in the form of oxygen and glucose That’s why it’s harder to say ‘no’ when you are tired or not feeling yourself.

2. A thought is a physical pathway in the brain. The more you have that thought the more you groove that path and the easier it is to have it again. That’s why having the thought “Why do I suck?” is never a great idea.

3. Speaking of which, you have approximately 70,000 thoughts per day, although many will be the same ones looping round and round on your grooved cranial highway.

So make sure you don’t think, “Why do I suck?” 50,000 times a day, or suck ye shall.

4. Even if you consider yourself a left-brained person, your brain will still switch over to the right side every 90 to 120 minutes and then back again.

That’s why even left-brained people can have times of the day when they are more creative and right-brained people can sometimes get their taxes in order.

Note: If you want to know how you can tell which side is dominant at any one time, check out Creativity – Guaranteed and you can then plan your time accordingly.

5. Reading out loud to kids accelerates their brain development.

6. Reframing negative events in a positive light literally rewires your brain and can make you a happier person, as can regular meditation.

Some Numbers To Wrap Your Brain Around

7. The brain is approximately 75% water, but you should never drink it.

8. Your brain only weighs about 3lbs yet the greedy bastard uses between 20% and 25% of your energy supplies each day.

9. There are approximately 10 to the power of 60 atoms in the universe. Your brain laughs in the face of that figure however, as it has 10 to the power of 1,000,000 different ways it can wire itself up.

That’s the number 10 followed up with 1 million zeroes, which is to all intents and purposes (for anybody not called Stephen Hawking or Rob Collins), an infinite amount of ways.

10. Speaking of large numbers, there are approximately 1.1 trillion cells and 100 billion neurons in the average human brain.

11. The slowest speed information passes around your brain is approximately 260 mph

Brain Trivia

12. Your brain was disproportionately large compared to other organs when you were born.

That’s why babies look a bit like aliens. Not yours of course, yours are cute, just other peoples babies.

13. If you lose blood flow to your brain you will last about 10 second before you pass out.

14. Your brain has no pain receptors which is why if I managed to remove the top of your skull without you noticing I could poke around all day without you feeling a thing. The skull removal may hurt a bit though.

15. Even though we say the amygdala regulates danger, the cerebellum motor control, and the limbic system emotions etc, this is somewhat misleading as no part operates independently and all need other parts of the brain to get their job done.

16. Your peripheral vision improves at night which is why pilots are taught to use their peripheral vision when looking for traffic.

Your Brain Is Amazing

17. Leaving aside degenerative brain disease, your brain never loses the ability to learn and change because it’s effectively plastic and constantly rewiring itself.

Leopards may indeed not change their spots, but you’re not a Leopard and you can change yourself and your brain is up for the challenge.

18. It ‘s a self development urban myth that we only use 10% of our brain. We use it all and if you don’t believe me cut a bit out and see what happens.

Note: Unfortunately the new movie, Limitless due out soon is going to re-embed this myth as it’s based on the story line that we use 20% of our brain and you can take a pill to access the other 80%. Ho-hum.

19. If you were to measure your brainwave activity you wouldn’t see any drop off when you’re asleep.

You may be napping, but your brain is still working hard pumping your heart, digesting your food, maintaining your blood pressure and much more to make sure you don’t wake up dead.

20. Research has shown that the hippocampus which which deals with visual-spatial awareness, is larger in London Taxi drivers than normal people. London ‘cabbies’ have to spend months, sometimes years, learning literally every street in the Capital before they are allowed a license.

This process is known as ‘The Knowledge’ and it literally enlarges that part of their brain. Unfortunately, it doesn’t help them with anger management issues when cyclists get in their way.

21. Until relatively recently scientists thought that the brain was the only area of the human body that didn’t generate new cells. We now know that’s not true and the brain does reproduce shiny new cells for you to use

22. You have something in your brain called mirror neurons. If you see somebody stub their toe for example, the same pain area will light up in your own brain causing you to flinch.

Mirror neurons weren’t even known to exist prior to the early 1990’s, but now there is a growing belief in the scientific community they are responsible for us feeling empathy toward others.

23. When somebody takes cocaine their pleasure center (nucleus accumbens) lights up and dopamine and serotonin are released. Fortunately, you don’t have to blow your life savings, act like a dick and lose your nasal lining to get similar results.

Giving to charity or helping people in need also activates the nucleus accumbens. What a win/win that is, eh?

Your Brain Is a Dumbass

24. Multi-tasking is a self development urban myth. You simply cannot do it efficiently no matter what manufacturers of smart phones want you to believe.

According to the University of Utah, there are a few people (about 2.5% of the population) who can do two things consciously* at once without seeing any degradation in performance.

They are called super-taskers.

However, for most people all the brain is doing is going backwards and forwards very quickly and giving the illusion of multi-tasking. The reality is performance is inhibited by this approach not improved.

* I do appreciate that you can do multiple things unconsciously at once such as driving and talking. (Not texting though!)

25. Your brain is constantly lying to you when you have your eyes open. Because it cannot deal with every single detail that you’re looking at, the occipital lobe is joining the dots with what it presumes is there.

26. Similarly, your brain doesn’t record memories like video as it would be easy to assume. It takes snapshots of the more important bits and then when you recall the event it guesses what happened in between based on prior experience.

27. Your brain finds it very easy to create false memories largely because of the above and the fact that it spends so much time guessing what’s happening.

When scientists exposed people to Photoshopped images of themselves at various event years prior they were soon able to explain what they were doing and recall the event with clarity even though they were never there.

There will be events you swear blind happened the way you remember, but never actually did. A sobering thought.

28. The reason why some Chinese born people struggle to pronounce words like ‘fried’ is not because they can’t be arsed to learn them, as I ignorantly and embarrassingly believed when I was younger.

It’s because no similar pronunciation is needed in the Chinese language.

Therefore, if they are not exposed to the English language before around the age of 3, that part of the brain is allocated to other purposes.

29. Your brain is fairly crap at distinguishing between what’s really happening and what you are merely imagining. Which is why horror films scare people and porn films, er…ahem, well you know.

30. The brain is very poor at concentrating for long periods of time and needs to clear it’s head so to speak about every 90 minutes or so.

FACT - Facebook Addiction

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80% of people cannot go without Facebook for more than 24 hours.

How addicted are you to Facebook? How long can you survive without logging into your Facebook account?

Coed magazine, College Candy and Busted Coverage conducted a study of 2,500 people which reveals that 79 % of us cannot live without Facebook a single day. Almost 50% of Facebook users are scared by its addictive nature and their over-dependency on the site.

Here are some of the other interesting insights from this survey:

44 out of 100 Facebook users check their Facebook account even before brushing their teeth.

20 percent of the people who deleted their Facebook profile due to frustration, ended up re-creating a new Facebook profile.

70 percent of those surveyed were ready to quit the site, if Facebook ever became a paid service

92% percent admit that Facebook status updates are not helpful. Emotional song lyrics, fan page updates and pointless updates are more annoying than political status updates, baby photos and Facebook check-in location updates.

65 percent would be embarrassed if other people could see the friends they check out most frequently on the site

Over 50 percent of the respondents claim that they get annoyed when they are unable to see who the new significant other of an ex-girlfriend or ex-boyfriend is, due to the Facebook privacy settings.

The Facts of Life - 7 Steps to Believe in God

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Step 1 Fact: There has to be an uncreated Creator because nothing in nature happens all by itself.

Step 2 Fact: That which is uncreated is eternal, and that which is eternal is all-knowing, outside space and time.

Step 3 Fact: You have free-will since you can choose either way. Experientially we employ our free-choice all day long.

Step 4 Fact: God foreknows your free-choice because He is all-knowing.

Step 5 Fact: You are a sinner; otherwise jails, for example, would not be needed.

Step 6 Fact: If you choose to not to accept Christ, you shall die in your sins and get to spend eternity in hell. Lucky you.

Step 7 Fact: Since you are appointed once to die, you get this one life to decide what you want, either heaven through the ransom paid by Christ and His resurrection or an eternal condemnation in Hell.

It's all about your choice. Good choosing!

Facts About Elephants

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Elephants are mammals, and the largest land animals alive today. The elephant's gestation period is 22 months, the longest of any land animal. At birth it is common for an elephant calf to weigh 120 kg (265 lb). An elephant may live as long as 70 years, sometimes longer. This male weighed about 12,000 kg (26,400 lb), with a shoulder height of 4.2m (13.8 ft), a metre (3 ft 4 in) taller than the average male African elephant. They are symbols of wisdom in Asian cultures, and are famed for their exceptional memory and high intelligence.

Basic Facts about Elephants

The name of an adult male is referred to as a bull

The name of an adult female is referred to as a cow

The name or offspring, or a baby Elephant, is a calf

The average size of a litter is just one elephant

The collective name for a group of Elephants is a herd

The sounds made by an adult Elephant are referred to as grunts, purrs, bellows, whistles and trumpeting

Facts about the Size of Male African Elephants

A fully grown adult reaches the height of 10 - 13 feet

Adult African elephants weigh about 15,400 pounds

Facts about the Size of Male Indian Elephants

A Fully grown adult reaches the height of 10 feet

Adult Indian elephants weigh about 11,000 pounds

Cool and Fun Facts about the life, behavior and personality

The elephant is the largest of all land mammals

Life Span - elephants can live for up to 70 years

Elephants normally walk about 4 mph

Elephants are able to swim for long distances

Elephants spend about 16 hours a day eating

They consume as much as 495 pounds of food per day

They live in tight social units led by an older matriarch

Males leave the herd between the ages of 12 and 15

Their tusks are of ivory and are actually enormously enlarged incisors

The elephant's eyes are small and its eyesight is poor

They have the largest brains in the animal kingdom

Other more Facts...

An elephant can smell water three miles away.

The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump!

Did you know that elaphant's teeth can weight as much as nine pounds each? Amazing!

Elephants are the only animal that can't jump.

African elephants only have four teeth to chew their food with.

An adult African elephant's trunk is about seven feet (two meters) long! It's actually an elongated nose and upper lip.

Like most noses, trunks are for smelling. But they're also for touching and grasping.

When an elephant drinks, it sucks as much as 2 gallons (7.5 liters) of water into its trunk at a time. Then it curls its trunk under, sticks the tip of its trunk into its mouth, and blows. Out comes the water, right down the elephant's throat.

Since African elephants live where the sun is usually blazing hot, they use their trunks to help them keep cool.

First they squirt a trunkful of cool water over their bodies. Then they often follow that with a sprinkling of dust to create a protective layer of dirt on their skin, this layer of dust works as a sunscreen lotion for elephants.

Elephants pick up and spray dust the same way they do water-with their trunks.

Elephants also use their trunks as snorkels when they wade in deep water. An elephant's trunk is controlled by many muscles. Two fingerlike parts on the tip of the trunk allow the elephant to perform delicate maneuvers such as picking a berry from the ground or plucking a single leaf off a tree.

The elephant can also use its trunk to grasp an entire tree branch and pull it down to its mouth.

Elephants also use their trunks to yank up clumps of grasses and shove the greenery into their mouths.

When an elephant gets a whiff of something interesting, it sniffs the air with its trunk raised up like a submarine periscope. If threatened, an elephant will also use its trunk to make loud trumpeting noises as a warning.

Elephants are social creatures. They sometimes "hug" by wrapping their trunks together in displays of greeting and affection. Elephants also use their trunks to help lift or nudge an elephant calf over an obstacle, to rescue a fellow elephant stuck in mud, or to gently raise a newborn elephant to its feet. And just as a
human baby sucks its thumb, an elephant calf often "sucks its trunk" for comfort.

Pregnancy Facts

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Whether you're a woman who hasn't yet been pregnant or a man who wants to better understand what an expectant mother really goes through, these 10 things that occur while a woman is pregnant are all strange and often disturbing. These are the weird things that happen during pregnancy that people probably won't tell you about.

You Could Be Pregnant For Over A Year

Most pregnancies last for about 9 months and doctors are likely to induce labor if pregnancy goes on too long. That being said, it is possible to be pregnant for a whole year. The world's longest pregnancy lasted 375 days, strangely, the baby was only a little under seven pounds.It certainly puts a whole new perspective on being a few weeks late, doesn't it?

A Male Fetus Can Get Erections In The Womb

Most mothers don't like to think about their baby boys getting erections, even when they are teenagers, but the fact is that many baby boys get boners while they're still in the womb. In fact, babies of both sexes are known to masturbate in utero, but boys are the only ones who can be caught while aroused on the sonogram.

If having sex while pregnant seemed a little creepy before now, just imagine what your baby is doing while you make love.

Your Entire Undercarriage Might Need Stitches

The last place any woman wants stitches is in her taint, but many mothers have to get that area closed up surgically. Nine out of ten women have some type of vaginal tearing after birth, but there are many degrees of tearing. Some tears only require a little care or a few stitches, but the really bad cases go from the vagina all the way to the anus. Some can even affect the muscles beyond your anus. On the upside, tearing that reaches the anus is somewhat rare and only affects one in one hundred mothers.

Massaging the area prior to child birth can reduce tearing, but even then, it won't completely stop tearing in most people.

Suddenly, getting a C-section started sounding a whole lot more appealing, huh?

You May Just Poop Yourself

During childbirth, it is extremely common for a woman to accidentally expel the contents of her bowels. There is a good reason for this –the muscles you use to push the baby out are the same ones you ordinarily use during a bowel movement. As if that weren't enough to get your sphincter ready to go, the baby directly pushes on the rectum as it makes its exit, helping to squeeze out anything near the exit.

In olden times, it was common for nurses to give enemas prior to labor, but this practice didn't end up stopping the mess from happening and often caused dehydration. These days, your doctors and nurses will be ready to help clean up the mess. In most cases, they won't even say anything about it so you won't know the difference.

It does make you think twice about filming the birth though, doesn't it?

You Really Will Glow

Saying a pregnant woman is glowing is a common expression, but most people chalk it up to the woman's excitement about becoming a mommy. As it turns out though, glowing skin is a very real thing for pregnant women. While you're pregnant, the amount of blood in your body will increase by 50%. The extra blood ends up showing through the skin in many areas, particularly the cheeks.

On top of this, hormones cause the oil glands to become more active, resulting in a softer, shinier appearance. When the increased blood flow combines with shine, the result is a noticeable glow.

Your Sense of Smell Gets Better

During pregnancy, your sense of smell increases drastically, as does your sense of taste. Scientists hypothesize that this is to help pregnant mothers avoid eating small levels of toxins that might not be dangerous to an adult, but could be deadly to a fetus. As smoke, alcohol and coffee are all particularly noticeable to pregnant women, this theory certainly seems to be on the right path.

Contractions Don't Stop After Birth

Most mothers will have contractions for the first few days after birth. The muscle cramps are the body's way of stopping excess blood loss. On the upside, if you give birth at the hospital, you'll still be pretty drugged up and will probably barely even notice.

You Don't Really Need To Eat For Two

Despite the widespread rumors that say pregnant women need to gain all the weight they can in order to birth a healthy baby, the truth is that most women will only need an extra 300 calories per day. That's equivalent to about one serving of yogurt and half a bagel. Most women only need to gain about 25 pounds throughout their entire pregnancy.

Of course, if you happen to be at the buffet and are having a tough time resisting the desserts section, go ahead and sneak a little extra. No one will give a pregnant woman a hard time if she pigs out.

Your Feet Can Grow Up To One Full Shoe Size

If you're wondering why your feet will get so big when you only gain 25 pounds, it has to do with the excess pressure on your feet paired with relaxed ligaments in your body. As your pregnancy wears on, your body starts to release the tightness of its ligaments to help with the birthing process. Unfortunately for your shoes, this also means your feet start to lose their arch and stretch out on the sides. The flatter, wider shape of your feet will probably be temporary, but if they grew too much, the change could end up being permanent. If your feet do stay a bit larger, it certainly will serve as a great excuse to buy more shoes.

The Father Might Show Symptoms of Pregnancy

It's surprisingly common for a father-to-be to start gaining weight, getting morning sickness and even feel cramps in his lower abdomen. The condition is known as a sympathetic pregnancy or the Couvade Syndrome, which comes from the french word couvee meaning "to hatch"

Some More Random Pregnancy Facts

Each year in the United States, there are approximately six million pregnancies. This means that at any one time, about 4% of women in the U.S. are pregnant.

Only 25% of couples actively trying to conceive will experience pregnancy within the woman’s first cycle.

However, 90% of couples will achieve pregnancy within the first 12 months of actively trying.

Approximately 10% of pregnancies will end in miscarriage. Many miscarriages often occur before a woman even knows she is pregnant.

Each year, 1.2 million women in the U.S. choose to end their pregnancies through early termination.

Just 3% of all pregnant women will give birth to twins

About 3% of all pregnant women will give birth to twins. This rate is an increase of nearly 60% since the early 1980s. However, 17% of pregnant women over 45 will give birth to twins.

Nigeria has the highest twinning rate in the world at around 4.5%. Some experts attribute this number to the large consumption of yams in Nigeria.

Just under 500,000 babies are born each year in the U.S. to teenage mothers.

After delivery, approximately 13% of U.S. women are diagnosed with post-partum depression.

The average size of a full-term baby in the U.S. is 8 pounds. This is an increase from an average size of 6 pounds 30 years ago.

The largest baby ever born weighed in at over 23 pounds but died just 11 hours after his birth in 1879. The largest surviving baby was born in October 2009 in Sumatra, Indonesia and weighed an astounding 19.2 pounds at birth.

Less than 1% of women in the United States choose to deliver their babies at home, while 30% of Dutch women opt for home births.

Approximately one in three babies in the United States is now delivered by cesarean section. The number of cesarean sections in the U.S. has risen nearly 46% since 1996.

According to a Time Magazine article published in 1945, the longest pregnancy on record is 375 days (as opposed to the usual 280 days). Amazingly, the delivered baby was only 6 pounds, 15 ounces.

The highest number of surviving children from a single birth is eight with Californian Nadya Suleman giving birth to octuplets in January 2009. The octuplets were made up of six boys and two girls and celebrated their first birthday on January 26, 2010.

Fewer than 10% of babies are born on their exact due date, 50% are born within one week of the due date, and 90% are born within two weeks of the date.

A pregnant woman should eat approximately 300 extra calories per day.

Pregnant women at a healthy weight should eat an extra 300 calories per day. This amount is roughly equivalent to a serving of yogurt and half of a bagel.

While not all pregnant women will crave pickles and ice cream specifically, pregnancy cravings are rooted in the body’s extra need for minerals and comfort-inducing serotonin.

Despite several rumors to the contrary, microwave ovens do not pose a threat to an unborn fetus.

During pregnancy, a woman is more likely to experience bleeding gums and nosebleeds due to hormonal changes that increase blood flow to the mouth and nose.

Milk production and lactation can actually begin as early as the second trimester in some women.

Carrying a baby “high” or “low” is dependent on a woman’s body type and is not a reliable predictor of the baby’s gender.

Approximately 70% of expectant mothers report experiencing some symptoms of morning sickness during the first trimester of pregnancy.

Pregnant women usually experience a heightened sense of smell beginning late in the first trimester. Some experts call this the body’s way of protecting a pregnant women from foods that are unsafe for the fetus.

Many women experience thicker and shinier hair during pregnancy due to hormonal changes and consumption of extra vitamins. New hair volume gained during pregnancy typically begins to fall out after three months post partum.

While the feet do not actually get longer or wider during pregnancy, most women do gain up to half a shoe size, due to increased fluid volume in the foot.

Chinese hospitals introduce hands-free automatic 'sperm extractor' for donors.

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In 2020 We Can Wear Sony Computers On Our Wrist

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Sony Nextep: Designed by Hiromi Kirik from Japan

Developed to be worn as a bracelet, this computer concept is constructed out of a flexible OLED touchscreen.

with holographic projector (for screen), & pull-out extra keyboard panels.

Our present need for internet connectivity is so profound that secondary devices like the Nextep Computer are bound to happen. Developed to be worn as a bracelet, this computer concept is constructed out of a flexible OLED touchscreen. Earmarked for the year 2020, features like a holographic projector (for screen), pull-out extra keyboard panels and social networking compatibility, make the concept plausible. Ten years from now is not too far away, so how many of you think we’d be buying such gadgets?

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When you have a difficult time falling asleep.

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Scientists say, When you have a difficult time falling asleep... It means someone else in the world is dreaming about you.

Close Competition

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10 Amazing Facts About Bill Gates

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1: Bill Gates earns US$250 every SECOND,
that’s about US$20 Million a DAY and US$
7.8 Billion a YEAR!

2: If he drops a thousand dollar, he won’t
even bother to pick it up because the 4
seconds he picks it, he would’ve already
earned it back.

3: The US national debt is about 5.62
trillion, if Bill Gates were to pay the debt by
himself; he will finish it in less then 10
years.

4: He can donate US$15 to everyone on
earth but still be left with US $5 Million for
his pocket money.

5: Michael Jordan is the highest paid
athlete in US. If he doesn’t drink and eat,
and keeps up his annual income i.e. US$30
Million, he’ll have to wait for 277 years to
become as rich as Bill Gates is now.

6: If Bill Gates was a country, he would be
the 37th richest country on earth.

7: If you change all of Bill Gate’s money to
US$1 notes, you can make a road from
earth to moon, 14 times back and forth.
But you have to make that road non-stop
for1,400 years, and use a total of 713
BOEING 747 planes to transport all the money.

8: Bill Gates is 54 this year. If we assume
that he will live for another 35 years, he
has to spend US$6.78 Million per day to
finish all his money before he can go to
heaven or hell.

9: If Microsoft Windows’ users can claim US
$1 for every time their computers hang
because of Microsoft Windows, Bill Gates
will be bankrupt in 3 days!

10: Finally He has a Twitter account, but
had a problem with Facebook: “… Because
the friend requests got out of hand.

YouTube Facts & Figures

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YouTube was created by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim in 2005 who were all employees of Paypal

YouTube was initially funded by bonuses received following the eBay buy-out of PayPal

The founding trio didn't come up with the YouTube concept straight away. Legend has it that YouTube began life as a video dating site dubbed “Tune In Hook Up,” said to be influenced by HotorNot. The three ultimately decided not to go that route

The inspiration for YouTube as we know it today is credited to two different events. The first was Karim’s inability to find footage online of Janet Jackson’s “wardrobe malfunction,” and the second when Hurley and Chen were unable to share video footage of a dinner party due to e-mail attachment limitations

The domain name YouTube.com was
registered on Valentine’s Day in 2005

The domain name caused a huge misunderstanding for Universal Tube & Rollform Equipment. Its company domain, “utube.com,” was overwhelmed with traffic from people that tried to spell the video site’s name phonetically
The first video on YouTube is of one of the co-founders Jawed Karim talking about elephant’s trunks titled “Me at the Zoo” shot at the San Diego Zoo.

The first video has received over 4.8 million views

Google paid $1.65 billion for YouTube in November 2006

Google serves over 6 times more videos than its next closest competitor according to Nielsen

Google’s auto speech recognition technology translates 51 languages including captions

The longest Video ever on YouTube is 48 hours (2 days!)

The ‘how to’ video category is the fastest growing vertical on YouTube

YouTube has 490 million users worldwide (unique visitors per month)

It generates an estimated 92 billion page views each month.

The average YouTube user visits the site 14 times per month

The average user spends an average of 25 minutes on the site each time they visit.

The average user spends 5 hours and 50 minutes per month (not as much as Facebook)

Together, we spend 2.9 billion hours on YouTube in a month. That’s 326,294 years.

More than 13 million hours of video were uploaded during 2010 and 35 hours of video are uploaded every minute.

The amount of video uploaded in 2010 is the equivalent of 150,000+ full-length movies in theaters each week

More video is uploaded to YouTube in 60 days than the 3 major US networks created in 60 years

70% of YouTube traffic comes from outside the US

YouTube is localized in 25 countries across 43 languages

YouTube’s demographic is broad: 18-54 years old

YouTube reached over 700 billion playbacks in 2010

They have signed over 10,000 advertising partners to date, including Disney, Turner, Univision and Channel 4 and Channel 5

Hundreds of partners are making six figures a year

There are over 7,000 hours of full-length movies and shows on YouTube

YouTube is monetizing over 2 billion video views per week globally

94 of AdAge’s Top 100 advertisers have run campaigns on YouTube and the Google Display Network

The number of advertisers using display ads on YouTube increased by 1,000% in the last year

YouTube has more HD content than any other online video site

10% of YouTube’s videos are available in HD

Automated Content ID (which detects duplicate content to prevent copyright infringements) scans over 100 years of video every day

More than 1000 partners are using Content ID, including every major US network broadcaster, movie studio and record label

Over a third of YouTube’s total monetized views come from Content ID

Over 4 million people are connected and auto-sharing to at least one social network

An AutoShared Tweet results in 6 new youtube.com sessions

Over 5 million people have found and subscribed to at least one friend on YouTube using friend-finding tools

Millions of subscriptions happen each day. Subscriptions allow you to connect with someone you’re interested in—whether it’s a friend, or the NBA—and keep up on their activity on the site.

Users like Machinima, MysteryGuitarMan, Fred, collegehumor, and UniversalMusicGroup have millions of subscribers

More than 50% of videos on YouTube have been rated or include comments from the community

Millions of videos are favorited every day

YouTube mobile gets over 100 million views a day

The YouTube player is embedded across tens of millions of websites

YouTube says that on average there are more than 400 tweets per minute containing a YouTube link

The most watched video (that is not a music video) is “Charlie Bit My Finger” with currently 317 million
views

The most watched music video is Justin Bieber’s “Baby” which currently has over 536 million views

In 2009 the US Congress and President YouTube channels were launched

Katrina was born in Hong Kong

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Katrina Kaif was born in Hong Kong, moved to Hawaii till she was about 14, then she moved to London.

The actress got her first modelling assignment at age 14. Now, an A-League actress in Bollywood, Kat has shifted base to Mumbai, and has also bought a bungalow in London where her family lives.

The Latest Facts and Figures on Facebook.

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1. More than 800 million active users.

2. More than 50% of our active users log on to Facebook in any given day.

3. Average user has 130 friends.

4. More than 900 million objects that people interact with (pages, groups, events and community pages).

5. Average user is connected to 80 community pages, groups and events.

6. On average, more than 250 million photos are uploaded per day.

7. Over 90 billion photos will be uploaded onto Facebook in the next 12 months.

8. More than 70 languages available on the site.

9. More than 75% of users are outside of the United States.

10. Over 300,000 users helped
translate the site through the translations application.

11. On average, people on Facebook install apps more than 20 million times every day.

12. Every month, more than 500 million people use an app on Facebook or experience Facebook Platform on other websites.

13. More than 7 million apps and websites are integrated with Facebook.

14. More than 350 million active users currently access Facebook through their mobile devices.

15. More than 475 mobile operators globally work to deploy and promote Facebook mobile products.

Salman Khan's Ek Tha Tiger: 10 Unknown facts

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1) Ek Tha Tiger will be Salman Khan's first movie under the Yash Raj banner.

2) The movie was earlier offered to Yash Raj's favourite Shahrukh Khan. Aditya Chopra had approached Shahrukh first for the movie. But, later the film's script suited Salman Khan more than SRK.

3) ETT will get the touch of Hollywood action. Hollywood action director Conrad Palmisano had trained Salman and Katrina Kaif to do some daredevil stunts for the film. Salman will show off his Parkour skills in the movie.

4) Kabir Khan had recently revealed one of the action scenes in Ek Tha Tiger, where Sallu is shown all beaten up. Interestingly, the sequence turned out to be perfect as Salman was in real pain (as he is suffering from nerve disorder problem) while doing it. Hence, Kabir Khan and team were fortunate enough to get some genuine expressions that shows the actor in deep pain.

5) ETT will be Salman, Katrina's first movie after their alleged break up. The last movie that they had done together was Yuvraj.

6) The movie is the most expensive film ever made by the YRF banner with a budget estimated by film trade analysts at Rs 70-80 crore.

7) Salman had made a record by scoring century in his last three movies. As per predictions, if ETT too manages to register its name in the powerful 100 crore club, Salman is for sure to make a history in Bollywood.

8) Ek Tha Tiger will be Salman Khan's fourth consecutive Eid release after Wanted, Dabangg and Bodyguard.

9) There are high chances that Ek Tha Tiger might break Aamir Khan's 3 Idiots' Box Office record of Rs 385 crore.

10) Salman Khan plays the role of a spy in the film, which is very different and 'unpredictable', as revealed by the actor himself. Hence, this unpredictable character of Sallu will raise the public curiosity to know more about him.

Elephants sleep standing up during non-REM sleep

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Elephants sleep standing up during non-REM sleep, but lie down for REM sleep. (REM = rapid eye movement)

Enough saliva to fill two home-sized swimming pools

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During your lifetime, you will produce enough saliva to fill two home-sized swimming pools.

Facts about Famous Peoples

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Did you know Ralph Lauren's original name was Ralph Lifshitz

Did you know Elvis's middle name was Aron

Did you know Bill Gates began programming computers at the of age 13

Did you know Madonna and Michael Jackson
were both born in 1958

Did you know Isaac Newton invented the cat door

Did you know Einstein slept 10 hours a night

Did you know Sir Isaac Newton was 23 when he discovered the law of gravity

Did you know Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors

Did you know Elvis Presley made only 1 television commercial

Did you know Shakespeare invented the words 'assassination' and 'bump'

Did you know Tiger Woods' real first name is Eldrick

Did you know it took Leonardo Da Vinci 10 years to paint Mona Lisa

Did you know before beginning his movie career Keanu Reeves managed a pasta shop in Toronto Canada

Did you know Chevy Chase's real first name is Cornelius

Did you know between 1931 and 1969 Walt Disney was awarded 35 Oscars

Did you know Albert Einstein never knew how to drive a car

Brand Miscellaneous Facts

2012-09-17T09:32:00.002+05:30

Did you know no two corn flakes look the same

Did you know M&M's chocolate stands for the initials for its inventors Mars and Murrie

Did you know Coca-Cola originally contained cocaine

Did you know the first Burger King was opened in Florida Miami in 1954

Did you know 'Lonely Planet' for travelers is based in
Melbourne Australia

Did you know there are 22 stars in the Paramount studios logo

Did you know Coca Cola launched its 3rd product Sprite in 1961

Did you know the Australian aircraft carrier QANTAS stands for Queensland And Northern Territories Aerial Service

Did you know Hilton was the first international hotel chain

Did you know the brand Nokia is named after a place in Southern

Finland

Did you know Porsche also builds tractors

Did you know Iceland consumes more Coca Cola than any other country

Did you know MasterCard was originally called MasterCharge

Did you know the last Play Boy centerfold to have staples was published in 1985

Did you know there are 1,929,770,126,028,800 different color combinations possible on a Rubik's Cube

Did you know Diet Coke was introduced in 1982

Did you know 40% of McDonald’s profits come from the sales of

Happy Meals

Did you know the first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum

Did you know the first Lifesaver flavor was peppermint

Did you know Iceland consumes more Coca Cola per capita than any other country

Men who take vacations every year lower their risk of heart disease by 20%.

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