After Urey – Miller’s experiment in 2006 another experiment showed that a thick organic haze might have blanketed Early Earth. An organic haze can for

• After Urey – Miller’s experiment in 2006 another experiment showed that a thick organic haze might have blanketed Early Earth. An organic haze can form over a wide range of methane and carbon dioxide concentrations, believed to be present in the atmosphere of Early Earth. After forming, these organic molecules would have floated down all over the Earth, allowing life to flourish globally.
• Another theory about the origin of life was given in 1980s by Gunter Wachtershauser, in his theory. In contrast to the classical Miller experiments, which depend on external sources of energy. Wachtershauser systems come with a built in source of energy, sulphides of iron and other minerals. The energy released from redox reactions of these metal sulphides is not only available for the synthesis of organic molecules, but also for the formation of oligomers and polymers. It is therefore hypothesized that such systems may be able to evolve into autocatalytic sets of self-replicating, metabolically active entities that would predate the life forms known today.
• A theory for the origin of life based on clay was forwarded by Dr. A. Graham Cairns-Smith of the Unversity of Glasgow in 1985 and adopted as a plausible illustration by just a handful of other scientist. Clay theory postulates that complex organic molecules arose gradually on a pre-existing, non-organic replication platform made of silicate crystals in solution. Complexity in molecules developed as a function of selection pressures on types of clay crystals present. They then served as the replication of organic molecules independently of their silicate “launch stage”.

For every two weeks, the human stomach produces a new layer of mucous lining, otherwise the stomach will digest itself. The human liver performs 500 d

• For every two weeks, the human stomach produces a new layer of mucous lining, otherwise the stomach will digest itself.
• The human liver performs 500 different functions.
• Liver is the largest and heaviest internal organ of the bbody and weighs about 1.6 kilos.
• The liver is the only organ of the body, which has the capacity to regenerate itself completely even after being removed almost completely
• A healthy liver processes 720 liters of blood per day.
• The human stomach contains about 35 million small digestive glands.
• The human stomach produces about 2.5 liters of gastric juice everyday.
• In an average person, it takes 8 seconds for food to travel down the food pipe, 3-5 hours in small intestine and 3-4 days in the large intestine.
• The human body takes 6 hours to digest a high fat meal and takes 2 hours for a carbohydrate meal.

Bulimia is a disease in which the victims are extremely hungry and develop insatiable appetite. A woman observed in St. Bartholomew’w Hospital in nine

• Bulimia is a disease in which the victims are extremely hungry and develop insatiable appetite. A woman observed in St. Bartholomew’w Hospital in nineteenth century London is recorded to have consumed three loaves of bread every day, along with three pounds of steak, large quantities of vegetables, a pound of cereal, and twenty glasses of water.
• Trichotillomania is a disease characterized by an irresistible urge to pull one’s hair, and may involve the eyelashes or eyebrows. The disorder affects between 3 per cent and 5 per cent of the population and is considered an impulse control disorder. Patients with trichotillomania have noticeable hair loss or patches of baldness, but they often mask their habit. It is now believed females suffer more from trichotillomania (TTM) than males.

Plasma is the fourth state of matter which exists only at very high termperature of about 107 K which is found only in the interior of the sun. at thi

Plasma is the fourth state of matter which exists only at very high termperature of about 10⁷ K which is found only in the interior of the sun. at this high termperature basic unit of the matter atoms are completely ionized. A plasma is an extremely hot gas that is composed of free floating ions and free electrons and conducts electrical current.

In 1995 two scientists, Cornell and Weiman identified the fifth state of matter called bose Einstein Condensated (BEC). Satyendra Bose and Albert Einstein, had predicted it in 1920. BEC’s are superunexcited and super-cold atoms that occur at super low temperatures. BEC’s are created at a few billionths of a degree above ablolute zero.

The gas cylinder which we use in kitchen contain cooking gas in the liquid state. A change of state is brought about by changing the pressure. At high

• The gas cylinder which we use in kitchen contain cooking gas in the liquid state. A change of state is brought about by changing the pressure. At high pressure, the gas condenses to the liquid state and filled in gas cylinder. Opening the regulators releases the pressure and change it again it to gas for use in kitchen.
• The ancient Greeks were the first to identify three classes of matter based on their observations of water. But these same Greeks, in particular the philosopher Thales(624-545 bc), incorrectly suggested that since water could exist as a solid , liquid, or even a gas under natural conditions, it must be the single principal element in the universe from which all other substances are made. We now know that water is not the fundamental substance of the universe; in fact,it is not even an element.
• Carbon dioxide is a common example of a chemical compound that sublimates at atmospheric pressure-a block of solid CO₂ (dry ice) set on a table will turn into gas without melting
• Snow and ice also sublime, although more slowly, at below-freezing temperatures. This phenomenon, used in freeze drying, allows wet cloth to be hung outdoors in freezing weather and retrieved later in a dry state.
• Freezing is a common method of food preservation which slows both food decay and the growth of micro-organisms and, by turning water to ice, makes it unavailable for bacterial growth an d chemical reactions.

The viral genome has 4 genes only. One of them code for the coat protein, two for replicase enzyme and the fourth for a protein that probably enables

• The viral genome has 4 genes only. One of them code for the coat protein, two for replicase enzyme and the fourth for a protein that probably enables the virus to spread from cell to cell in the plant.
• Viruses are not affected by antibiotics
• Till date, viruses could not be cultured in any type of culture medium in the laboratory.
• The smallest virus (causing foot and mouth disease in cattle) measures about 20 milimicrons and is about the size of largest protein molecules. The largest virs measures about 350 nm and is as large as the smallest bacteria
• Tobacco mosaic virus is the first documented virus
• An unknown respiratory fatal disease had shaken the world in 2003. it was named SARS and is caused by a virus. It became an epidemic. From Nov. 2002 to July 2003, there were 8096 known cases of the disease and 774 deaths across the world which sums up to a mortality rate of 9.6%.
• Epidermics of smallpox had inflicted mankind throughout history, and as recently as 1967, some 10-15 million cases were still occurring annually in more than 30 countries on January 1 1967, the world Health Organization launched the intessified Smallpox Eradication programme. In India, Operation smallpox zero was launched in 1977, the last case of smallpox was reported in Somalia. For the first time a major disease has been completely vanquished.
• It is a virial disease. The virus causing smallpox is preserved in two high security laboratories in Atlanta and Moscow. Human population of today does not have antibodies for smallpox in their body . so an outbreak would be a major devastation now.
• The avian flu or bird flu that was an epidemic of poultry fowls in the year 2003 is caused by a special influenza virus named H5N1.

In conjunctivitis (pink eyes) the outermost layer of conjunctive tums red due to viral infection the rod cells are sensitive to dim light but do not r

• In conjunctivitis (pink eyes) the outermost layer of conjunctive tums red due to viral infection the rod cells are sensitive to dim light but do not respond to colour. They contain the pigment rthodopsin
• The cones are sensitive to bright light and are responsible for colour vision. They contain the pigment iodopsin
• Yellow spot is the area of the best vision.
• Blind spot is the area of o vision
• The image on the retina is inverted and real
• The word pupil is derived from the Latin word “pupilla” meaning a “doll”
• All monkeys/apes and particularly humans have the capacity to perceive depth or the relative distance of the objects
• The term agnosia means a failure to recognize.
• Anosmia means loss of sense of smell
• Abnormal enlargement of pupil is called Mydriasis.
• Most domestic animals and sharks alck color vision
• Most birds have only day vision as their retina has mainly cones
• Snakes have no ear
• In proportion to body size, deer presumably possesses largest eyes among vertebrates

interesting facts Most lizards replace their teeth thoughout life, with the exception of Chameleon.

• Most lizards replace their teeth thoughout life, with the exception of Chameleon.
• Snakes lack a middle ear and cannot hear most sounds carried through the air. They hear by sensing vibrations from the ground.
• A flap at the back of the throat, and valves in the nasal passages allow a crocodile or alligator to feed submerged without inhaling water, and to breathe while only his nostrils protrude above the water’s surface.
• In many parts of the world, people eat reptiles and reptile eggs. Some reptiles, including alligators, crocodiles, lizards and snakes are hunted for their skin. Manufacturers use the skin as leather for belts, shoes and other products.
• An ostrich egg needs to be boiled for 2 hours to get a hard-boiled egg.
• A bird’s heart beats 400 times per minute while resting and up to 1000 beats per minute while flying.
• The only known poisonous bird in the world is the hooded Pitohui of Papua, New Guinea. The poison is found in its skin and feathers.

The normal accommodation range of a young person is 15 D to 20 D. As we get older, accommodation reduces, to about 10 D at age 25 and around 1 D or less at 50 and over hence the almost universal need for older people to use reading glasses.

· In the womb, the baby’s body is covered by a thin layer of hair but as soon as the baby is born, it disappears.

· The largest cell in the female human body is the ovum or egg present in the ovaries.

· About 500 million sperm mature every day in a normal male adult

· The ovaries of a new born girl contains about 600,000 immature eggs.

• 
  Negative thermal expansion (NTE) is a physicochemical process, during which various materials contract upon heating rather than expanding. However, if we mix a negative thermal expansion material with a normal material which expands on heatin, we could make zero expansion composite material.
• Invar also called FeNi is an alloy of iron (64%) and nickel (36%) with some carbon and chromium. Due to its low coefficient of thermal expansion at room temperature (about 10^-6 K^-1 in length) it is used in precision instruments like clocks, physics laboratory devices, seismic creep gauges, shadow-mask frames etc.

• The normal pH of human arterial blood is approximately 7.40 (normal range is 7.35 – 7.45) a weak alkaline solution.
• Blood is about 7% of the human body weight, so the average adult has a blood volume of about 5 litres, of which 2.7- 3 litres is plasm.
• Human blood density is around 1060 kg/m³. The combined surface area of all the red cells in the human body would be roughly 2,000 times as great as the body’s exterior surface.
• Blood cells are degraded by the spleen and the Kupffer cells in the liver.
• Hemophilia is a genetic illness that causes dysfunction in one of the blood’s clotting mechanisms.
• Blood donors can donate as frequently as every 56 days.
• On average, a hip replacement typically uses one unit of blood, cardiace bypass 2 units, a heart transplant 2 units, and a liver transplant 10 units.
• About 400 gallons of blood flow through your kidneys in one day
• Approximately 4 million patients receive a blood transfusion each year
• Blood is perishable; red blood cells must be used within 42 days. Platelets must be used within 5 days.
• The average adult body contains approximately 10-12 pints of blood.

• The agro ecology is the study of science of the relationship between agricultural crops and environment.
• Producers capture only 1-5 percent of total solar radiation, and the bulk of unutilized energy is dispersed mostly as heat.
• Man made ecosystems are called as Anthropogenic ecosystem.

The heart rate among different species and even in individuals of the same species, expressed as “beats per minute” (bpm) are:

Whale 15

Elephant 28

Horse 40

Adult man 64 – 72

Adult women 72 – 80

New born baby 140

• A botanist H.J Dittmer (1937) worked out that a four month old rye plant had an aggregate root length of about 600 km. the number of root hairs in it exceeded 14 billion and their estimated total length would even exceed 10,000 km.
• All the water inside the coconut comes from the ground. As one molecule of water evaporates from the leaves during transpiration, another molecule rises upto fill its place and this goes on in succession throughout the tall stem right from the roots. The secret lies in the force of cohesion.
• Tensiometer is the instrument that measures soil water tension.
• Auxins are known to enhance water absorption.
• Water or sap is lifted from near the root tip to the shoot tip against the force of gravity, sometimes to height of 100 meters. The rate of translocation can be up to 75 cm/minute.

• International ozone day is September 6 every year.
• Color TV is the major source of harmful radiations in the house
• Bhopal gas disaster took place on December 2 is observed as the National Pollution Prevention Day in India.
• The term acid rain was first used by Robert Angus in 1872.
• An estimate suggests that man alone has dumped 36,00,00,00,000 tons of Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

• Nearly 80% of total air pollution is caused by automobiles.
• Black lung disease is caused among coal miners who inhale mine dust for many years.
• Taj Mahal at Agra is affected by air pollution particularly created by Mathura refinery.
• An average smoker has the risk of developing and dying from lung cancer ten times more than a non-smoker.
• A 5% loss of ozone results in a 10% increase in UV radiation.

• Certain metals like Na, Al, Mg, Ca, Zn, Cu, etc., are extracted from their ores by electrolysis
• Caustic soda is prepared by the electrolysis of sodium chloride solution.
• Oxygen and hydrogen are obtained commercially by the electrolysis of acidulated water.
• Electrolysis is used for nerve stimulation especially for polio, removing unwanted hairs on any part of the body, etc.

• Thanks to its scientific and technological achievements, India is now a nuclear power. It is also the third largest exporter of software programmers in the world and is expected to move up to second place, right behind the United States.
• Advancement of technology led to the development of a cellular telephone, which is a long distances. In addition to the standard voice function of a telephone, current mobile phones can support many additional services such as SMS for text messaging, email, packet switching for access to the internet, and MMS for sending and receiving photos and video. On a numerical basis, India is the biggest growth market adding about 6 million cell phones every month.

interesting facts

INTERESTING FACTS

• The temperature of an object is proportional to the average kinetic energy of the molecules in it. In ultra high vacuum (UHV), the density of molecules is extremely low. The kinetic energy cannot be measured and the temperature is undefined. If a thermometer is placed in vacuum the reading would be the measurement of the internal temperature of the thermometer, not of the vacuum which surrounds it.
• The direction of flow of heat is determined by temperature alone and not by total heat energy.
• The world record for the lowest temperature measured on earth is half a billionth of a Kelvin(or 0.000 000 000 5K), above absolute zero reported by a team from MIT

Exceptions to Mendel’s rules :

Mitochondrial DNA codes for proteins and these DNA are inherited only from mother. Both egg and sperm contain mitochondria(mt) as both need them for energy. But after fertilization, sperm mt DNA disappears. So we get all our mt DNA from our mothers, and our mitochondrial defects, too

Jumping Genes or Transposons :

Genetic material is not always stationary was discovered in the 1940s by the plant geneticist Barbara McClintock. Transposons are sequences of DNA that can move around to different positions within the genome of a single cell a process called transposition. In the process they can cause mutations and change the amount of DNA in the genome. Transposons are also called “jumping genes” or “mobile genetic elements”.

Linkage:

If two different genes are located relatively close to each other on the same chromosome, they cannot segregate independently and are usually inherited as a single unit. Genes inherited in this way are said to be linked, and are referred to as “linkage groups”. This is an exception to Mendel’s law of independent assortment.

• The amazon region contains the largest body of fresh water and the largest rain forest in the world. It is home to at least 15,000 documented animal species, 8000 of which were new to biology when they were discovered. At least 40% of the world’s fresh water fish and 25% of the world’s bird species reside there.
• Most dinosaurs lived to be more than 100 years old.
• More than 99.9% of all animal species that have ever lived on the earth were extinct before the coming of man.
• The oldest living tree in the world is considered to be a bristiecone pine called methuselah. It is alive for over 4,700 years.
• Since plant cells have developed a rigid cell wall, the lost the ability to develop a nervous system, immune system and most importantly mobility
• Lipid soluble molecules enter the cell more rapidly than water soluble molecules
• At a body temperature, the consistency of lipid bilayer is that of olive oil. Fluidity of this lipid bilayer allows the cells to be pliable
• Human beings cannot digest cellulose of the plant cell wall, neither can be broken down by cooking, so the green leaves we take as food are not digested and they form the roughage. But cattles harbour cellulose digesting bacteria in their stomach who deigest the raw leaves they eat.

Interesting Facts of breathing

Interesting Facts of breathing

1. Muscles of the diaphragm contract when breathing in.
2. When this happens, the diaphragm flattens from its previous shape of an upwards dome.
3. Intercostal muscles between the ribs contract when breathing in.
4. This moves the rib cage up and out.
5. The combined effect of the above is to increase the volume of the thorasic cavity (chest)
6. The increased volume of the chest decreses air pressure within the lungs, forcing air in from outside.
7. When breathing out, diaphragm and intercostal muscles relax reversing the effects of contraction.
8. The air pressure in the lungs increases, forcing out air.
9. Inhaled air is approximately 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, about 0.04% carbon dioxide and 1% other gases (eg argon).
10. Exhaled air is approximately 78% nitrogen, 16% oxygen, 4% carbon dioxide plus the other gases and an indeterminate amount of water vapour (which a waste product of respiration).
11. The air sacs (Hawa ki thaili yaa phoda) (alveoli) of the lungs have a massive surface area.
12. This massive surface area makes diffusion of gases to and from the lungs more efficient (oxygen from lungs to blood, carbon dioxide from blood to lungs).
13. The oxygen is bound by the iron containing compound haemoglobin in red blood cells and carried to other parts of the body to be used in respiration.
14. The walls of the alveoli are very thin making diffusion of gases more efficient.
15. Carbon dioxide (waste product of respiration) diffuses out of the blood plasma to the lungs at the aveoli.
16. The airways (trachea, bronchi and bronchioles) are lined with cells with hair-like projections called cilia.
17. The airways also have mucus producing goblet cells.
18. The mucus from the goblet cells traps dirt, bacteria and viruses.
19. The cilia waft and move the muck-containing mucus up and out.
20. This exits the breathing system as snot or phlegm.

knowledgable things

knowledgable things

No piece of normal-size paper can be folded in half more than 7 times. All swans in England are the property of the queen or king The first product to have a bar code scanned was Wrigley's gum. · Earth is the only planet not named after a pagan God. · A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight. · In Hong Kong, a betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her cheating adulterous husband but she may only do so with her bare hands. · The new 787 Boeing was revealed on 7/8/07 or July 8th, 07. · Adding a drop of olive oil and lemon juice to an ice cube then running it over your face gives you better results than some expensive skin care products. · 250 to 300 million cell phones are being used in the U.S · You will weigh less if you weigh yourself when the moon is full · Honeybees never sleep · Carl Sagan was a pot smoker · 5% of the world population lives in the US but 22% of the world's prisons population are held in the US · 80% of all pictures on the internet are of naked women · Horses can't vomit and pigs can't look up in the sky · San Jose was the original capital of California · Most lipstick have fish scales · In Arizona it is illegal to have more than two dildos in one house · Black olives contain on average 10 to 30% more oil than green olives · Cats are the most popular pets in the United States · The oldest dog died at the age of 29 · Tamiflu's main natural ingredient is Chinese star anise · Not only the fur of the tiger is striped but also its skin · The Germans tried to copy Coca-Cola and came up with the drink Fanta. · Every day is about 55 billionths of a second longer than the day before it · Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise. · The largest potato was grown in Lebanon by Khalil Semhat near Tyre. The spud was 11.3 kilos (24.9 pounds) · Footprints of astronauts who landed on the moon should last at least 10 million years since the moon has no atmosphere. · The national orchestra of Monaco (a nation in Europe) has more individuals than its army. · Earthworms have five hearts · The Himalayan gogi berry contains, weight for weight, more iron than steak, more beta carotene than carrots, more vitamin C than oranges. · Paraguay and Moldova are the only countries with national flags with different emblems on the obverse and reverse sides. · Fingerprints of koalas are similar (in pattern, shape and size) to the fingerprints of humans · Genetically-engineered babies were born first in 2001. · If an Amish man has a beard, he is married. · If a native Hawaiian woman places the flower on her right ear, she is available. (The bigger the flower, the more desperate) · Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning. · Pope Pius II wrote an erotic book "Historia de duobos amantibus" in 1444. · SCUBA divers cannot pass gas at depths of 33 feet or below · Pele has always hated his nickname, which he says sounds like "baby-talk in Portuguese". As of 2006, 200 million blogs were left without updates Two phone books with their pages interlaced require more than 8000 pounds of pressure to separte. Urban birds have developed a short, fast "rap style" of singing, different from their rural counterparts. The lion costume in the film Wizard of Oz was made from real lions. Fathers tend to determine the height of their child, mothers their weight. The Pope's been known to wear red Prada shoes. Donald Rumsfeld was both the youngest and the oldest defense secretary in US history. Coco Chanel started the trend for sun tans in 1923 when she got accidentally burnt on a cruise. Up to 25% of hospital keyboards carry the MRSA infection. In ancient Greece, children of wealthy families were dipped in olive oil at birth to keep them hairless throughout their lives. Ghandi didn't allow his wife to take penicillin to save her life from pneumonia but took quinine to save himself from malaria. Sex workers (Prostitutes) in Roman times charged the equivalent price of eight glasses of red wine. As of 2006, more than one in eight people in the United States show signs of addiction to the internet. More than 90% of plane crashes have survivors. The Mona Lisa used to hang on the wall of Napoleon’s bedroom. Barbie's full name is Barbie Millicent Roberts. Eating a packet of crisps a day is equivalent to drinking five liters of cooking oil a year. Plant seeds that have been stored for more than 200 years can be coaxed into new life. For every 10 successful attempts to climb Mount Everest there is one fatality. (As of 2006) Watching television can act as a natural painkiller for children Forty-one percent of English women have punched or kicked their partners, according to a study. The more panels a football has - and therefore the more seams - the easier it is to control in the air. Music can help reduce chronic pain by more than 20% and can alleviate depression by up to 25%. The egg came first. Modern teenagers are better behaved than their counterparts of 20 years ago, showing "less problematic behavior" involving sex, drugs and drink. Britain is still paying off debts that predate the Napoleonic wars because it's cheaper to do so than buy back the bonds on which they are based. In Bhutan government policy is based on Gross National Happiness; thus most street advertising is banned, as are tobacco and plastic bags. The best-value consumer purchase in terms of the price and usage is an electric kettle. Camel's milk, which is widely drunk in Arab countries, has 10 times more iron than cow's milk. Iceland has the highest concentration of broadband users in the world. Native Hawaiian women were not allowed to cook. The age limit for marriage in France was, until recently, 15 for girls, but 18 for boys. The age for girls was raised to 18 in 2006. The brain is soft and gelatinous - its consistency is something between jelly and cooked pasta. The Himalayas cover one-tenth of the Earth's surface. A "lost world" exists in the Indonesian jungle that is home to dozens of hitherto unknown animal and plant species. The two most famous actors who portrayed the “Marlboro Man” in the cigarette ads died of lung cancer. · All US Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like being seen wearing them in public. · The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. It was the fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave them off. · Walt Disney was afraid of mice. · The first known marketer of the flushing toilet was Thomas Crapper. · The average bed is home to over 6 billion dust mites. · The cigarette lighter was invented before the match. · The average chocolate bar has 8 insect legs in it. · The average American consumes 1.2 pounds of spider eggs a year and eat 2.5 pounds of insect parts a year. (This fact and the one prior to it have been judged as urban legends by many) · Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do. (Makes you think about ambidextrous people) This fact is based on a study that had errors in it, thus it might not be a fact. · Its impossible to smoke oneself to death with weed. You won\'t be able to retain enough motor control and consciousness to do so after such a large amount. · Every drop of seawater contains approximately 1 billion gold atoms. · The US national anthem actually has four verses, but everyone just knows the first one. When the whole anthem is sung, the third verse is usually omitted. · During World War II, IBM built counting machines the Nazis used to manage their death/concentration camps. · During World War II, the British Intelligence used the Colossus Machines (precursor to computers) at Bletchley Park to help decode the enigma code of the Nazis. · The first Computer was ENIAC, short for Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer, unveiled on February 14, 1946 (Thanks D.B. of AU) · The total combined weight of the worlds ant population is heavier than the weight of the human population. · The deadliest war in history excluding World War II was a civil war in China in the 1850s in which the rebels were led by a man who thought he was the brother of Jesus Christ. · Just about 3 people are born every second, and about 1.3333 people die every second. The result is about a 2 and 2/3 net increase of people every second. Almost 10 people more live on this Earth now, than before you finished reading this. · Happy Birthday (the song) is copyrighted. · The number of people alive on earth right now is higher than the number of all the people that have died. Ever. · Men with a certain rare medical condition can breastfeed babies · There is a rare condition called Exploding Head Syndrome which you have probably never heard of. · Scientists have determined that fungi are more closely related to human beings and animals than to other plants. · In some (maybe all) Asian countries, the family name is written
first and the individual name written second · Abe Lincoln bought 50 cents worth of cocaine in 1860 · A German World War II submarine was sunk due to malfunction of the toilet. · Washington State has the longest single beach in the United States.Long Beach, WA · The largest living thing on the face of the Earth is a mushroom underground in Oregon, it measures three and a half miles in diameter. · The town of Los Angeles, California, was originally named "El Pueblo la Nuestra Senora de Reina de los Angeles de la Porciuncula" · 9 out of 10 people believe Thomas Edison invented the light bulb.This isn't true; Joseph Swan did. · Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible. · The Population of the world can live within the state boundaries of Texas. · Plastic lawn flamingos outnumber real flamingos in the U.S.A. · Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel with over 50,000 words, none of which containing the letter "e." · Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is not considered an insult! Despite the expensive food, tipping is welcome as in any other country. · The largest pumpkin weighed 377 pounds. · The largest cabbage weighed 144 pounds. · Pinocchio was made of pine. · Alfred Hitchcock had no belly button for it was eliminated during surgery. · A quarter has 119 grooves around the edge. · A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. · Cranberry Jell-0 is the only kind that contains real fruit. · The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets. · Maine is the toothpick capital of the world. · New Jersey has a spoon museum with over 5,400 spoons from almost all the states. · There was once a town in West Virginia called "6." · The parking meter was invented in North Dakota. · Napoleon made his battle plans in a sandbox. · Roman Emperor Caligula made his horse a senator. · The green stuff on the occasional freak potato chip is chlorophyll. · Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon with his left foot first. · There are 333 toilet paper squares on a toilet paper roll. · The Eiffel Tower has 2,500,000 rivets in it. · "Jaws" is the most common name for a goldfish. · On an average work day, a typist's fingers travel 12.6 miles. · Every minute in the U.S. six people turn 17. · Ten tons of space dust falls on the Earth every day. · On average, a 4-year-old child asks 437 questions a day. · Blue and white are the most common school colors. · Swimming pools in Phoenix, Arizona, pick up 20 pounds of dust a year. · In a normal lifetime an American will eat 200 pounds of peanuts and 10,000 pounds of meat. · A new book is published every 13 minutes in America. · America's best selling ice cream flavor is vanilla. · Every year the sun loses 360 million tons. · Because of Animal Crackers, many kids until they reach the age of ten, believe a bear is as tall as a giraffe. · The Gulf Stream could carry a message in a bottle at an average of 4 miles per hour. · The bulls-eye on a dartboard must be 5 feet 8 inches off the ground. · The doorbell was invented in 1831. · The electric shaver was patented on November 6, 1928. · Japan is the largest exporter of frog's legs. · There are seven points on the Statue of Liberty's crown. · Napoleon was terrified of cats. · The first Lifesaver flavor was peppermint. · The typical American eats 263 eggs a year. · The parking meter was invented by C.C. Magee in 1935. · The oldest known vegetable is the pea. · Jack is the most common name in nursery rhymes. · The avocado has the most calories of any fruit. · The first zoo in the USA was in Philadelphia. · France has the highest per capita consumption of cheese. · The shortest English word that contains the letters A, B, C, D, E, and F is "feedback." · The state of California raises the most turkeys out of all of the states. · George Washington Carver invented peanut butter. · Iceland was the first country to legalize abortion in 1935. · The dumbest domesticated animal is the turkey. · Russia has the most movie theaters in the world. · The most fatal car accidents occur on Saturday. · The Eiffel Tower has 1792 steps. · The mongoose was barred live entry into the U.S. in 1902. · Goldfish swallowing started at Harvard in 1939. · Dry fish food can make goldfish constipated. · The stall closest to the door in a bathroom is the cleanest, because it is the least used. · Toilet paper was invented in 1857. · Alaska could hold the 21 smallest States. · Before Prohibition, Schlitz Brewery owned more property in Chicago than anyone else, except the Catholic church. · If you put a raisin in a glass of champagne, it will keep floating to the top and sinking to the bottom. · Kermit the Frog is left-handed. · Nondairy creamer is flammable. · The car in the foreground on the back of a $10 bill is a 1925 Hupmobile. · If you can see a rainbow you must have your back to the sun. · The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases. · It's rumored that sucking on a copper penny will cause a breathalyzer to read 0. Myth Busters on the Discovery Channel proved this wrong. · The ship, the Queen Elizabeth 2, should always be written as QE2. QEII is the actual queen. · The correct response to the Irish greeting, "Top of the morning to you," is "and the rest of the day to yourself." · Columbia University is the second largest landowner in New York City, after the Catholic Church. · When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home to a sellout crowd, the stadium becomes the state's third largest city. · Ohio is listed as the 17th state in the U.S., but technically it is Number 47. Until August 7, 1953, Congress forgot to vote on a resolution to admit Ohio to the Union. · When Saigon fell, the signal for all Americans to evacuate was Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" being played on the radio. · The pet ferret was domesticated more than 500 years before the house cat. · The dome on Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home, conceals a billiards room. In Jefferson's day, billiards were illegal in Virginia. · The most common speed limit sign in the United States is 25 m.p.h. · At any one time, there are 100 million phone conversations going on in the United States. · The world's record for continuous pogo stick jumping is 41 hours. · The Ottoman Empire once had seven emperors in seven months. They died of (in order): burning, choking, drowning, stabbing, heart failure, poisoning and being thrown from a horse. · You can make edible cheese from the milk of 24 different mammals. · Sir Isaac Newton, who invented Calculus, had trouble with names to the point where he would forget his brothers' names. · In medieval Thailand, they had moveable type printing presses. The type was made from baked oxen dung. · By law, employees do not have to wash hands after sneezing. · The average American consumes enough caffeine in one year to kill a horse. · More American workers (18%) call sick on Friday than any other day of the week. Tuesday has the lowest percent of absenteeism (11%). · Enough beer is poured every Saturday across America to fill the Orange Bowl. · A newborn expels its own body weight in waste every 60 hours. · Whales die if their echo system fails. · Florida's beaches lose 20 million cubic yards of sand annually. · Naturalists use marshmallows to lure alligators out of swamps. · It takes a ton of water to make a pound of refined sugar. · Weevils are more resistant to poisons in the morning than at night. · Cacao, the main ingredient of chocolate is the most pest-ridden tree in the jungle. · In deep space most lubricants will disappear. · America once issued a 5-cent bill. · The average person can live 11 days without water. · In 1221 the daughter of Genghis Khan ordered the killing of the entire population of the city of Nishapur (about 60,000) in one hour. The order came after her husband killing. (Moguls claim that 1.7 million were killed) · There are 35 million digestive glands in the stomach. · In 1800 on 50 cities on earth had a population of more than 100,000. · More steel in the US is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies. · It is possible for any American citizen to give whatever name he or she chooses to any unnamed mountain or hill in the United States. · King Henry III of France, Louis XVI of France and Napoleon all suffered from ailurophobia--fear of cats. · Before 1850 golf balls were made of leather and stuffed with feathers. · Clocks made before 1687 had only one hand, and hour hand. · The motto of the American people, "In God We Trust," was not adopted as the national slogan until 1956. · More Americans have died in automobile accidents than have died in all the wars ever fought by the United States. · The ampersand (&) was once a letter of the English alphabet. · The principality of Monaco consists of 370 acres. · There are more than 40,000 characters in Chinese script. · During the time of Peter the Great, any Russian man who had a beard was required to pay a special tax. · The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television was Fred and Wilma Flintstone. · Coca-Cola was originally green. · Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the U.S. treasury. · The Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters (I was thankfully corrected by a friend: The Hawai'ian alphabet has 13 letters, A, E, I, O, U, H, K, L, M, N, P, W, ' (which is called an okina). · Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better. · The amount American Airlines saved in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class: $40,000. · City with the most Rolls Royces per capita: Hong Kong. · State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska. · Percentage of Africa that is wilderness--28%. Percentage of North America that is wilderness--38%. · Average number of days a German goes without washing his underwear: 7. · Percentage of American men who say they would marry the same woman if they had it to do all over again: 80%. · Percentage of American women who say they'd marry the same man: 50%. · Cost of raising a medium size dog to the age of 11: $6,400. · Average people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000. · Average lifespan of a major league baseball: 7 pitches. · The only President to win a Pulitzer Prize: John Kennedy for "Profiles in Courage." · The youngest Pope was 11 years old. · Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other nation. · First novel ever written on a typewriter: "Tom Sawyer." · A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why. (This was challenged and proved wrong by the TV show "Mythbusters") · The main library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building. · Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades--King David, Clubs--Alexander the Great, Hearts--Charlemagne and Diamonds--Julius Caesar. · If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one leg front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all 4 legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes. · Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th. The last signature wasn't added until 5 years later. · The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are useable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies. · The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth 2, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns. · The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado. · The first airline, DELAG, was established on October 16, 1909, to carry passengers between German cities by Zeppelin airships. Up to November 1913, more than 34,000 people had used the service. · Titanic was running at 22 knots when she hit the iceberg · The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; '7' was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. 'UP' indicated the direction of the bubbles · Francis Scott Key was a young lawyer who wrote the poem, 'The Star Spangled Banner', after being inspired by watching the Americans fight off the British attack of Baltimore during the War of 1812. The poem became the words to the national anthem · Because radio waves travel at 186,000 miles per second and sound waves saunter at 700 miles per hour, a broadcast voice can be heard sooner 13,000 miles away than it can be heard at the back of the room in which it originated · Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know your there · The bagpipe was originally made from the whole skin of a dead sheep
Inventor Samuel Colt patented his revolver in 1836. · It has been recommended by dentists that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet (two meters) away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush! · In ancient Rome it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose · It is possible to drown and not die. Technically the term 'drowning' refers to the process of taking water into the lungs, not to death caused by that process. · The first known heart medicine was discovered in an English garden. In 1799, physician John Ferriar noted the effect of dried leaves of the common foxglove plant, digitalis purpurea, on heart action. Still used in heart medications, digitalis slows the pulse and increases the force of heart contractions and the amount of b lood pumped per heartbeat. · Dry cereal for breakfast was invented by John Henry Kellogg at the turn of the century · During World War II, a German U-boat was sunk by a truck. The U-boat in question attacked a convoy in the Atlantic and then rose to see the effect. The merchant ship it sank had material strapped to its deck including a fleet of trucks, one of which was thrown in the air by the explosion, landing on the U-boat and breaking its back · Jeremy Bentham, a British philosopher who died in 1832,left his entire estate to the London Hospital provided that his body be allowed to preside over its board meetings. His skeleton was clothed and fitted with a wax mask of his face. It was present at the meeting for 92 years. · Diet Coke was only invented in 1982. · Methane gas can often be seen bubbling up from the bottom of ponds. It is produced by the decomposition of dead plants and animals in the mud.
There are more than 1,700 references to gems and precious stones in the King James translation of the Bible. · The E. Coli bacterium propels itself with a 'motor' only one-millionth of an inch in diameter, a thousand times smaller than the tiniest motors built to date by man. The rotation of the bacterial motor comes from a current of protons. The efficiency of the motor approaches 100 per cent. · Henry Ford produced the model T only in black because the black paint available at the time was the fastest to dry. · At - 40 degrees Centigrade a person loses about 14.4 calories per hour by breathing. · Pet superstores now sell about 40 percent of all pet food · One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children. · In 1933, Mickey Mouse, an animated cartoon character, received 800,000 fan letters. · There are only four words in the English language which end in '-dous': tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous · If you attempted to count to stars in a galaxy at a rate of one every second it would take around 3,000 years to count them all. · Less than 3% of Nestlé's sales are for chocolate. · The average person will spend two weeks over their lifetime waiting for the traffic light to change · More than 2500 left handed people are killed every year from using right handed products · It is estimated that at any one time, 0.7% of the world's population are drunk · The tip of a 1/3 inch long hour-hand on a wristwatch travels at 0.00000275 mph · Less than one per cent of the 500 Chinese cities have clean air, respiratory disease is China's leading cause of death. · The number of cars on the planet is increasing three times faster than the population growth · The X's that people sometimes put at the end of letters or notes to mean a kiss, actually started back in the 1000's when Lords would sign their names at the end of documents to other important people. It was originally a cross that they would kiss after signing to signify that they were faithful to God and their King. Over the years though, it slanted into the X · Nova Scotia is Latin for 'New Scotland.' · The collecting of Beer mats is called Tegestology. · Even though it is widely attributed to him Shakespeare never actually used the word 'gadzooks'. · Only 2 blue moons (the saying 'only once in a blue moon ' refers to the occurrence of two full moons during one calendar month) are to occur between now and 2001. Those times are January 1999 and March 1999 · "Naked" means to be unprotected. "Nude" means unclothed · Upper and lower case letters are named 'upper' and 'lower', because in the time when al original print had to be set in individual letters, the 'upper case' letters were stored in the case on top of the case stored smaller, 'lower case' letters
In the 40's, the Bich pen was changed to Bic for fear that Americans would pronounce it 'Bitch.' <> From the book "Polish Your Furniture with Panty Hose" by Joey Green.
Copyright 1995. Reprinted with permission.
For more alternative uses for products, visit www.wackyuses.com I highly recommend visiting his Joey's site :-) BOUNCE...the stuff you use in your dryer:
· IT............. Repels mosquitoes. Tie a sheet of Bounce through a belt loop when outdoors during mosquito season. · Eliminates static electricity from your television screen. · Since Bounce is designed to help eliminate static cling, wipe your television screen with a used sheet of Bounce to keep dust from resettling. · Dissolves soap scum from shower doors. Clean with a used sheet of Bounce. · Freshens the air in your home. Place an individual sheet of Bounce in a drawer or hang one in the closet. · Prevents thread from tangling. Run a threaded needle through a sheet of Bounce to eliminate the static cling on the thread before sewing. · Eliminates static cling from pantyhose. Rub a damp, used sheet of Bounce over the hose. · Prevents musty suitcases. Place an individual sheet of Bounce inside empty luggage before storing. · Freshens the air in your car. Place a sheet of Bounce under the front sea · Cleans baked-on food from a cooking pan. Put a sheet in the pan, fill with water, let sit overnight and sponge clean. The anti-static agents apparently weaken the bond between the food and the pan while the fabric softening agents soften the baked-on food. · Place a sheet of Bounce at the bottom of the wastebasket. Collects cat hair. Rubbing the area with a sheet of Bounce will magnetically attract all the loose hairs. · Wipe the blinds with a sheet of Bounce to prevent dust from resettling. · Wipes up sawdust from drilling or sandpapering. A used sheet of Bounce will collect sawdust like a tack cloth. · Eliminates odors in dirty laundry. Place an individual sheet of Bounce at the bottom of a laundry bag or hamper · Deodorizes shoes or sneakers. Place a sheet of Bounce in your shoes or sneakers overnight so they'll smell great in the morning. COCA COLA · Pour a can of Coca-Cola into the toilet bowl, Let the "real thing"sit for one hour, then flush clean · The citric acid in Coke removes stains from vitreous china. · To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers: Rub the bumper with a crumpled-up piece of Reynolds Wrap aluminum foil dipped in Coca Cola. · To clean corrosion from car battery terminals: Pour a can of Coca-Cola over the terminals to bubble away the corrosion. · To loosen a rusted bolt: Applying a cloth soaked in Coca-Cola to the rusted bolt for several minutes. · To remove grease from clothes: Empty a can of Coke into a load of greasy clothes, add detergent, and run through a regular cycle. The Coca-Cola will help loosen grease stains. · It will also clean road haze from your windshield. Lincoln and Kennedy Here's a little part of US history which makes you go h-m-m-m:
Have a history teacher explain this if they can?

Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.
Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.
The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contain seven letters.
Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.
Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
Both Presidents were shot in the head.
Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy.
Kennedy's secretary was named Lincoln.
Both were assassinated by Southerners.
Both were succeeded by Southerners.
Both successors were named Johnson.
Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.
John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born! in 1839. I was corrected on this and he was born on 1838
Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.
Both assassins were known by their three names.
Both names are composed of fifteen letters.
Lincoln was shot at the theater named 'Kennedy.' I was corrected on this and the theater was named Ford at the time of the assassination. Thanks H.!
Kennedy was shot in a car called 'Lincoln.'
Booth ran from the theater and was caught in a warehouse.
Oswald ran from a warehouse and was caught in a theater.
Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.
And here's the kicker...
A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland.
A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe. Interesting Fact about the Pope John Paul II death Pope was living 85 years - sum of those numbers = 13 Pope died on 2.04.2005 - sum of those numbers = 13 Pope died at 21.37 - again - sum is equal.... 13 13...that's Maria's number - only that time Holy Mother was showing herself to 3 children in Fatima on 13th May 1981 - Pope was wounded and that time was saved by Holy Mother on 13th Pope went to the hospital for the first time on 13th died the last child of three from Fatima to whom Holy Mother showed up Pope died on 02.04.2005 at 21.37.. add all those numbers.... 2+4+2+5 = 13 2+1+3+7 = 13 13+13=26 26 years of pontificate...... Coincidence? or it had to be like this? in the end......he died in 13th week of the year...and when you multiply the time of his death 21 x 37...you will have 777 Pope was living exactly 31 thousands days...if you reverse figures...you will get again 13!!! World Cup Brazil last won the world cup in 1994. Before that they won it in 1970. Add 1970 and 1994, it equals 3964.

Germany last won in 1990. Before that they won in 1974. Add 1990 and 1974, it equals 3964.

Argentina last won the world cup in 1986. Before that they won it in 1978. Add 1978 and 1986, it equals 3964.

So going by this logic, The winner of the 2002 world cup is the same as the 3964 - 2002 = 1962 world cup. The 1962 world cup was won by Brazil. It was really Brazil who won!!! Importance of Drinking Enough Water 1. 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated. 2. In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so weak that it is
often mistaken for hunger. 3. Even MILD dehydration will slow down one's metabolism as much as 3%. 4. One glass of water shuts down midnight hunger pangs for almost 100% of the dieters studied in a U-Washington study. 5. Lack of water is the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue. 6. Preliminary research indicates that 8-10 glasses of water a day could significantly ease back and joint pain for up to 80% of sufferers. 7. A mere 2% drop in body water can trigger fuzzy short-term memory, trouble with basic math, and difficulty focusing on the computer screen. 8. Drinking 5 glasses of water daily decreases the risk of colon cancer by 45%, plus it can slash the risk of breast cancer by 79%, and one is 50% less likely to develop bladder cancer. Here is a list of what I thought very funny. I left it in the form that I received it. · If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.(Hardly seems worth it.) · If you farted consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb. (Now that's more like it!) · The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body
to squirt blood 30 feet. (O.M.G.!) · A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes. (In my next life, I want to be a pig.) · A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to death. (Creepy.) (I'm still not over the pig.) · Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour. (Do not try this at home...... maybe at work.) · The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off. ("Honey, I'm home. What the....?!") o A mantis breeder has assured me that you preying mantis can copulate with the male's head still attached, even several times. · The flea can jump 350 times its body length. For a human, that would be equivalent to jumping the length of a football field. (30 minutes...lucky pig... can you imagine??) · The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds. (What could be so tasty on the bottom of a pond?) · Some lions mate over 50 times a day. (I still want to be a pig in my next life...quality over quantity) · Butterflies taste with their feet. (Something I always wanted to know.) · The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. (Hmmmmmm........won't go there.) · Elephants are the only animals that cannot jump. (OK, so that would be a good thing....) · A cat's urine glows under a black light. (I wonder who was paid to figure that out.) · An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. (I know some people like that.) · Starfish have no brains. (I know some people like that too.) · Polar bears are left-handed. (If they switch, they'll live a lot longer.) · Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure. (What about that pig??) • Just twenty seconds worth of fuel remained when Apollo 11's lunar module landed on the moon.
• The 'You are here' arrow on a map is called the IDEO locator.
• MTV first aired at 12:01 AM on August 1, 1981. The first video was 'Video Killed the Radio Star' by The Buggles.
• There are more than 1,00 chemicals in a cup of coffee.
• The number of cars on the planet is increasing three times faster than the population growth • At - 40 degrees Centigrade a person loses about 14.4 calories per hour by breathing.
• Pearls melt in vinegar.
• A lion's roar can be heard from five miles away.
• Snails can sleep for 3 years without eating.
• There is about 200 times more gold in the worlds oceans, than has been mined in our entire history.
• Hair and nails do not continue to grow after death. The skin recedes, making it appear to grow.
• Windmills always turn counter-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland.
• Termites eat wood twice as fast when listening to heavy metal music.
• The cockroach dies from radiation and would not survive a nuclear war.
• In the southern hemisphere, water always swirl anti-clockwise down into a pipe.
• About 8 million blood cells die in the human body every second, and the same number are born each second.
• Eighteen per cent of all global carbon dioxide emissions are from cars.
• Every year, the Moon moves a further 3.82cm from the Earth.
• It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.
• 35 meters of hair fiber is produced every day on the average adult scalp.
• Hair is the fastest growing tissue in the body, second only to bone marrow.
• Dolphins don't automatically breath; they have to tell themselves to do it. •The term Cop comes from Constable on Patrol, which is a term used in England.
• Onions get their distinctive smell by soaking up sulfur from the
soil.
• Nobel Prize resulted from a late change in the will of Alfred Nobel, who did not want to be remembered as a propagator of violence-he invented dynamite.
• Whoopi Goldberg was a mortuary cosmetologist and a bricklayer before becoming an actress.
• Guinness Book Of Records holds the record for being the book most stolen from Public Libraries.
• Charlie Chaplin won third place in a Charlie Chaplin look alike contest.
• Walt Disney named Mickey Mouse after Mickey Rooney, whose mother he dated for some time. Another story states that: Mickey mouse was not named after Mickey Rooney he was made on a train ride from New York after Walt found out he didn't actually own Oswald the lucky rabbit. The mouse Walt drew was originally named Mortimor But his wife Lilly didn't like that name so she suggested Mickey and the name stuck. • Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he didn't wear pants.
• From 1942 until the end of World War II, Oscars were made out of plaster to conserve metal. After the war, the winners received "real" replacement statues. • The only Oscar statuette ever made of wood was presented to Edgar Bergen in 1938 for his "outstanding comic creation," his ventriloquist dummy Charlie McCarthy. • A person afflicted with hexadectylism has six fingers or six toes on one or both hands and feet.
• Pamela Lee-Anderson is Canada's Centennial Baby, being the first baby born on the centennial anniversary of Canada's independence.
• Tokyo has had 24 recorded instances of people either killed or receiving serious skull fractures while bowing to each other with the traditional Japanese greeting.

interesting facts of onion plants

onion plants

According to the Guinness book of world records the world’s largest potato grown was 7 pounds 1 ounce by J.East (1953) and J.Busy (1982) of Great Britain. Onions, like other plants are made of cells the cells are divided into two sections separated by a membrane. One side of the membrane contains an enzyme. The other side of the membrane contains molecules that contain sulphur. When you cut an onion the contents on each side of the membrane mix and cause a chemical reaction. This reaction produces molecules such as ethylsufine which make your eyes water. The water hyacinth or Eichhomia crassipes grows vegetatively via offset which is a modified stem. This plant is extremely viable and fast growing. Even if a small portion of offset remains, it can grow within a short time to produce hundreds of new plants. The beautiful Hussain Sagar Lake in Hyderabad once got covered with waterhyacinth completely, choking all the water. Only after treating it with weedicides several times, the hyacinths could be removed permanently. In Sensevieria trifasciata or the snake plant, leaf cuttings instead of stem are used to produce a new plant. Gymnosperms cannot be propagated by stem cuttings because they do not have the potentiality to initiate rooting even when treated with auxin.