FACTS IN CHOSEN CATEGORYNumbers And Words
If you spell all the numbers and try to find letter "A" you will
have to count to thousAnd. Did you know that: 111,111,111 x
111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 Weird huh?
What Does WD-40 Stand For?
Maybe you didnt know but WD-40 stands for Water Displacement, 40th
attempt. Name was coined by the chemist, Norm Larsen, while he was
attempting to concoct a formula to prevent corrosion by displacing
water. Norm's persistence paid off when he perfected the formula on
his 40th try.
Coffee Beans Aromas
The full chemical name for caffeine is 1,3,7-trimethylxanthine and
its chemical formula is C8H10N4O2. When coffee is roasted, and when
the coffee beans begin to cool, they release about 700 chemical
substances that make up the vaporizing aromas.
Two Million Years Road Trip
Closest galaxy to our Milk Way galaxy is Andromeda and even
traveling at the speed of light it would take 2 million years to
reach it. There are 100 billion galaxies that we can observe.
Prediction is that there is much more, but Hubble Space Telescope
couldnt detect them.
FACTS IN CHOSEN CATEGORYEarth's Record
Holders
Highest mountain on Earth, Mt. Everest grows about 4 millimeters a
year since two tectonic plates which collided millions of years ago
to form the Himalayas, continue to press against each other. Earths
highest waterfall is at Angel Falls in Venezuela which drops 3,212
feet (979 meters). Hottest place on earth is Azizia in Libya 136
degrees Fahrenheit (57.8 Celsius) and coldest was in Vostok,
Antarctica -129 Fahrenheit (-89 Celsius). Pacific is the biggest
ocean (32.6% of the Earth's surface)and Nile River in Africa is
longest 4,160 miles (6,695 kilometers).
Fear Of Number 13
The fear of number 13 is called triskaidekaphobia and it was
derived from treiskaideka, the Greek word for thirteen and phobia.
There were 13 people at Christ's Last Supper before his captivity,
it is recorder that Christ was crucified on Friday. Routine mission
to the moon goes drastically wrong on Apollo 13. Some hotels skip
number 13 when numbering rooms. In Formula 1, there is no car with
the number 13.
Dubai Facts
Dubai is the fastest growing city in the world. No taxes on income
and there are no personal taxes either. In Dubai Emirates Mall you
can ski indoors while shopping, measuring 400 meters and using 6000
tons of snow. Burj Dubai will become the world's tallest building,
along with the world's tallest man-made structure when it is
completed. Eighty percent of Dubai residents are foreigners.
Monopoly Facts
Monopoly was invented by Charles B. Darrow during the Depression in
the 1934 and at first it was rejected by Parker Brothers due to "52
design errors"! Streets in Monopoly are taken from Atlantic City,
New Jersey. Game was very popular in Cuba until Fidel Castro took
power and burned all the Monopoly sets. Standard Monopoly bank
starts with $15,140 and it is estimated that Monopoly has been sold
250 million times through out the world.
Maya Predicts Our Future
Maya people were masters of mathematics and calendars and they were
keeping track of time using three separate calendars. For
predictions about the beginning and end of the world they used
Long Count calender. And on December 21st 2012, the Long Count
will be at the point zero which Maya predicts as the end of time
and beginning of the new world. The Mayas were very accurate in
their predictions and they predicted invasions on their soil and
the World Wars.
Testis Or Testify
The word "testis" cames from the Latin meaning to bear witness. In
ancient Rome, only men could bear witness or testify in a public
forum. In order to show importance to their testimony, they would
hold their testicles as they spoke, and an oath was declared while
holding another's testicles.
Is This The Last Pope?
St. Malachy, (d. 114
Irish
Bishop and Seer, produced an accurate list of future popes which
began with Pope Celestine II in the year 1143. The prophecy is
concerned with the succession of the Popes and there will be one
more Pope after the current Pope Benedict XVI according to the
prophecies of St. Malachy.
The Seven Wonders
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World compiled by ancient Greek
historians are: The Great Pyramid of Giza, The Hanging Gardens of
Babylon, The Statue of Zeus at Olympia, The Temple of Artemis at
Ephesus, The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, The Colossus of Rhodes and
The Lighthouse of Alexandria.
The Great Wall Myth
It is common mistake to say that The Great wall of China is visible
from outer space. It is too thin to be noticed from such a great
distance. Only two man made structures visible from space are: The
Pyramids of Giza and the Hoover Dam.
FACTS IN CHOSEN CATEGORYMyspace Facts
MySpace was founded by former Friendster members Chris Dewolfe and
Tom Anderson in 2003. They saw opportunity to beat Friendster with
more options and less restrictions for social network users.
MySpace was purchased in 2005 for $580 million by Rupert Murdoch
creator of a media empire that includes 20th Century Fox and the
Fox television stations. MySpace has more than 40 billion page
views a month. Google paid $900 million to be MySpace's search
provider. MySpace runs on Microsoft .NET Framework, operating under
Windows 2003 server and applications written in C# for
ASP.NET.
History Of Amazon.com
Jeff Bezos coined the term Amazon.com from the earlier name
Cadabra.com. It was the excellent way to present large volume
online bookstore. But did he have hidden intentions? It is hard to
believe but in the early Internet days, when Yahoo was dominant
search engine, results on one page were listed alphabetically.
Amazon would always appear above its competition for a specific
keywords. This could be a breaking point for Jeff to expand and
became what it is today.
What Is Google?
Google, the Internet search company founded in September 1998. by
Larry Page & Sergey Brin, got it's name from the word Googol,
which represents number 1 followed with hundred zeros after
it.
What Is Yahoo!?
Yahoo the complex internet organism has complicated name. Word
"Yahoo" is shortcut for "Yet Another Hierarchical Officious
Oracle". It was coined by PhD candidates at Stanford University:
David Filo and Jerry Yang.
Mao Tse-tung Facts
Mao Tse-tung founded the People's Republic of China in 1949. He was
one of the founders of the Chinese Communist party in 1921. In 1915
Mao attended university in Changsa, China where he wrote the
longest recorded graphite, criticizing the Chinese school system
and current state of Chinese society. His graphite consisted of
more than 4000 Chinese characters. Mao Tse-tung was married four
times and he believed that having sex with virgins "would help to
restore and reinvigorate a mans health and vigor. Mao was
responsible for more than 30 millions deaths mostly from hunger and
starvation.
Peter The Great Facts
Tsar and Emperor of Russia Peter the Great (1672-1725) was unusual
ruler by many means. In the battle against the Turks in 1695 he
fought as regular foot soldier believing that was the only way to
beat the Turks. Peter is believed to have been six feet, seven
inches in height (2.04 meters). He married twice and had 11
children, many of whom died in infancy. The eldest son from his
first marriage, Czarevich Alexei, was convicted of high treason by
his father and secretly executed in 1718.
Idi Amin Ate His Opponents
Idi Amin, the former dictator of Uganda and the former heavyweight
boxing champion of Uganda was one of Africa's most notorious
dictators. During his eight-year rule an estimated 500,000 people
disappeared or were killed. He praised Hitler and said the German
dictator "was right to burn six million Jews." He offered to be
king of Scotland if asked. It was reported that Idi Amin ate his
opponents.
U.S President Trafficking Virgins
United States presidential election, 1824, Andrew Jackson emerged
as winner with majority of votes. However, under the 12th
Amendment, if no candidate got a majority of the college, the
election went to the House and there it was decided by Henry Clay,
the all-powerful Speaker, who gave it to Adams, under the secret
condition that Adam makes him secretary of state. Arguments went
out of control and Adams supporters claimed that Jackson is
bigamist, adulterer and murderer. Adams was accused of trafficking
American virgins to Russian Tsar.
Meet Turkmenbashi
His Excellency Saparmurat Niyazov Turkmenbashi, president of
Turkmenistan is one of the most controlling dictators in the world
today. There are no churches because he knocks them down. Each year
he wants to resign as the president, but congress begs him to stay.
He has even rewritten the calendar and renamed the month of January
to "Turkmenbashi." April is named after his mother.
George Washington Facts
On February 22, 1732 George Washington was born. George Washington
was the only of all Founding Fathers to free his slaves. Marijuana
was the primary crop grown by George Washington at Mount Vernon. He
was the first Mason to serve as president. Washington rejected a
movement among army officers to make him king of the United States.
Washington is the only president who was elected
unanimously.
