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'Ask in order to understand, and do not ask in order to find fault, for surely the ignorant man who wants to learn resembles a man of knowledge, and surely a man of knowledge who wants to be difficult resembles an ignorant man who wants to find fault. '
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| Superiority in Knowledge and Virtue-Hazrat Ma’soomah's (s.a.) | for everyone |
Superiority in Knowledge and Virtue
On the first of Dhi al-Qa’dah in 173 AH, the city of Madinah was enlightened by the birth of Hadrat Fatimah Ma’soomah (A.S.). She was born to Imam Musa ibn Ja’far (A.S.) and her mother, Najmah.
Hadrat Fatimah Masumah (A.S.) was the second and last child of Najmah, after her older brother, Imam Ali ibn Moosa al-Reza (A.S.). As a matter of fact, after Imam Reza (A.S.), she has the highest status and position amongst the children of Imam Moosa al-Kadhim (A.S.).
One year after Imam Reza (A.S.) was forcibly taken to Khurasan (in year 201 AH) by the orders of Ma’moon, Hadrat Masumah (A.S.), along with her brothers and some of her relatives, left Madinah for Marw in order to visit her brother, Imam Reza (A.S.). On their way, when they reached the city of Saweh, they were attacked by the enemies of Ahl al-Bait. After a serious struggle, many of her relatives were martyred, and she was poisoned by a woman in Saweh
Grief over the loss of her relatives and the effects of the poison put Hadrat Masumah (A.S.) into a severe illness. She asked her companions to take her to the city of Qum, for she had heard her father say, "Qum is the center of our Shiites."
When she arrived in Qum, the people of the city welcomed her. Moosa ibn Khazraj, who was amongst the great people of Qum, respectfully invited her to his house. 17 days later, on the 10th of Rabi’ al-Thani of the year 201 AH, after 28 years of sufferance and difficulty, Hadrat Ma’soomah (A.S.) no longer could endure her sickness and the effects of the poison. She left this world with a broken heart, while she had not been able to see her brother. She was buried in Qum and her shrine became the beauty of this city since then.
From amongst the narrators, we come across to narrators who happen to be women. One of these virtuous women is Hadrat Ma’soomah (A.S.), who has narrated many Hadiths from Lady Fatimah (A.S.) and the other Infallibles (PBUT). As a matter of fact, because of her prominence, both Shia and Sunni narrators have considered the Hadith narrated by her as authentic.
The Hadiths narrated about Hadrat Ma’soomah (A.S.) reveal her superiority in knowledge and virtue. From the point of view of Ahl al-Bait (PBUT), Hadrat Ma’soomah possesses a high status.
In regards to her particular status, Imam Reza (A.S.) has said:
"One who visits the shrine of Ma’soomah (A.S.) in Qum is like one who has visited my shrine."
As this Hadith illustrates, not only the Ziayrat of Hazrat Ma’soomah is stated to be similar to doing the Ziayrat of an Infallible Imam, but also she has been given the title of a Ma’soomah (infallible woman) by an Imam. Considering the fact that an infallible does not exaggerate, one can come to this conclusion that Hazrat Ma’soomah owns some sort of infallibility.
Also in regards to her particular status, Imam Sadiq (A.S.) has said:
"... A lady from my children, named Fatimah daughter of Musa, will pass away there (Qum), which all our Shiites will enter paradise with her intercession".
One of her virtues is that she has a special script for Ziayrat dictated by an Infallible Imam. She is the only women after Lady Fatimah (A.S.) - who is the most superior lady in the two worlds - to have a script for Ziayrat dictated by an Infallible Imam.
| Holy Lady Fatemah Ma'soomah and her her birth and childhood 0n Her Wiladat | for everyone |
Holy Lady Fatemah Ma'soomah her birth and childhood
In the holy city of Medina, the holy household was awaiting the arrival of a new born.
In the house of Imam Kadhim (A.S.), Najma, the wife of the honorable Imam was eagerly looking forward to the arrival of the child; she was counting days and nights for that day. The Imam"s house was overwhelmed with happiness.
Finally, the day arrived, on the 1st of Dhil-Qa’dah 173 (A.H.) when Allah blessed the 7th Imam Musa Kadhim (A.S.) with a daughter. The child’s appearance was brilliant and cheerful and she opened her pure bright eyes to this world in the house of Imam.
All the members of the Holy Household were in utter happiness for the newborn and after the Imam, may be there was not anybody as happy as his wife Najma.
This was because this was the second child that was granted by the grace of Allah to Najma after 25 years. 25years ago, in the same month of Dhil-Qa’dah, Najma had given birth to a baby boy who after his father was to become the Imam and was to shoulder the responsibility of Imamate and guiding the Muslims.
Yes! That was 148 (A.H.), when the eight Imam, Ali (A.S.) was born and who was given the title of Ridha. Najma got immense pleasure in her first child and after years God blessed her and her husband Musa Kadhim (A.S.) with a daughter and a sister to Imam Ridha (A.S.).
Imam Musa Kadhim (A.S.) named his daughter Fatimah, for the sake of love and special attachment he had with his grandmother Fatima Zahra (S.A.). Fatimah’s purity, modesty, and piety were such that after sometime she was referred as "Ma’soomah" (the infallible). This was because like her honorable Father, she used to keep away from all evils and sins.
Fatemah, was a name that was remembered among the Ahlul bayt who had hundreds of sad and sweet memories of the life of Bibi Fatimah (sa).
If anybody chose the name Fatimah for their daughters, they used to give the same respect as the prophet (S.A.W.) used to give his daughter. She was never neglected. Imam Musa Kadhim (A.S.) also followed this tradition and used to love the new girl very much and never failed to show and express his kindness to and love for her.
Fatimah Ma’soomah was growing under the shelter of her father and dear mother and was day by day learning new things from both of them.
If the father of Fatemah was the Imam of the Muslims and was matchless in his piety and chastity, then her mother was also pious and faithful who had accomplished her essential studies of Islam in the school of the wife of Imam Jafar Sadiq (A.S.). In those days she was the most intelligent amongst all women and it was for reason that the mother of Imam Kadhim (Hamideh) asked him to propose and marry her.
Hazrat Fatimah Ma’soomah took advantage of studying in the presence of her father, brother and pious mother. All her young life was full of Islamic education. Every Friday Muslims would come to Medina with their religious questions.
After getting their questions answered by Imam Kadhim (A.S.), they would return to their town. Incidentally, once Imam Kadhim was away and Imam Ridha (A.S.) was also not around. The Muslims without getting their question answered were returning home very sad.
Fatimah Ma’soomah noticed the sadness and took the papers from them and answered their questions. The Muslims became happy and left. On the outskirts of Medina they met Imam Kadhim (A.S.) and they informed him of all that had transpired in his house. The Imam asked to read his daughter’s answers and after reading expressed his happiness, praised her and in a short sentence said, "May her father be sacrificed for her."
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Sunnahs of Prophet Muhammad [PBUH]
A Quick Refresher
x Sit and eat on the floor.
x Spread out a cloth on the floor first before eating.
x Wash both hands up to the wrists.
x Recite "Bismillah wa'la barakatillah' aloud.
x Eat with the right hand.
x Eat from the side that is in front of you.
x If a morsel of food falls down, pick it up, clean it and eat it.
x Do not lean and eat.
x Do not find fault with the food.
x Remove your shoes before eating.
x When eating, sit with either both knees on the ground or one knee raised or both knees raised.
x Clean the plate and other utensils thoroughly after eating.
x By doing this, the utensils make dua for one's forgiveness.
x Recite dua after eating.
x First remove the food then get up.
x After meals wash both the hands.
x Thereafter gargle the mouth.
x Whilst eating one should not remain completely silent.
x Eat with three fingers if possible.
x One should not eat very hot food.
x Do not blow on the food.
x After eating one should lick his fingers.
Sunnahs of drinking:
x A Muslim should drink with the right hand. Shaytaan Drinks with the left hand.
x Sit and drink.
x Recite "Bismillah" before drinking.
x After drinking say " Alhamdullilah".
x Drink in 3 breaths removing the utensil from the mouth after each sip.
x Do not drink directly from the jug or bottle. One should pour the contents into a glass first and then drink.
Sunnahs of Sleeping:
x Discuss with one's family members matters pertaining to Deen before going to sleep (whether it is in the form of reading some Islamic Books or narrating some incidents of Sahabah etc.).
x To sleep in the state of Wuzu.
x To make the bed yourself.
x Dust the bed thrice before retiring to bed.
x One should change into some other clothes
(e.g.pyjamas) before going to sleep.
x It is Sunnah to sleep immediately after Isha Salaah.
x To apply surmah in both the eyes.
x To brush the teeth with a miswaak.
x To sleep on the right hand side.
x To sleep with the right palm under the right cheek.
x To keep the knees slightly bent when sleeping.
x To refrain from sleeping on ones stomach.
x To sleep on a bed or to sleep on the floor are both sunnah.
x To face Qiblah.
x To recite Surah Mulk, before sleeping.
x To recite Ayatul Kursi.
x To recite Surah Ikhlaas, Surah Falaq and Surah Naas before sleeping 3 times and thereafter blow over the entire body thrice.
x Recite Tasbeeh-e-Fathima before sleeping.( i.e. 33 X Subhan Allah 33 X Alhamdulillah and 34 X Allahu Akbar).
x To recite the dua before sleeping.
x To wake up for Tahajjud Salaah.
Sunnahs on Awakening:
x On awakening rub the face and the eyes with the palms of the hands in order to remove the effects of sleep.
x When the eyes open in the morning say "Alhamdullilah" thrice and then recite Kalima Tayyibah.
x Thereafter recite the dua on awakening.
x On awakening cleanse the mouth with a miswaak.
Sunnahs when wearing clothes:
x Rasulullah (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam) loved white Clothing.
x When putting on any garment Rasulallah (Sallallahu Alayhi wasallam) always began with the right limb.
x When removing any garment Rasullallah (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam) always removed the left limb first.
x Males must wear the pants above the ankles. Females should ensure that their lower garment covers their ankles.
x Males should wear a "topee" or turban. Females must wear scarves at all times.
x When wearing shoes, first wear the right shoe then the left.
x When removing them first remove the left and then The right.
Sunnahs of the Toilet :
x Enter the toilet with your head covered.
x To enter the toilet with shoes.
x Recite the dua before entering the toilet.
x Enter with the left foot.
x To sit and urinate. One should never urinate whilst Standing.
x To leave the toilet with the right foot.
x To recite the dua after coming out of the toilet.
x One should not face Qiblah or show his back towards the Qiblah.
x Do not speak in the toilet.
x Be very careful of the splashes of urine (being unmindful in this regard causes one to be punished in the grave).
x After relieving oneself, to cleanse oneself using water.
Sunnahs of the Home:
x To recite the dua before entering the home.
x To greet those that are in the house with "Assalaamu Alaykum".
x To announce ones arrival by coughing, greeting, etc. Even though it may be your own house.
Other Sunnahs of High Importance:
x Using a miswaak is a great Sunnah of Rasulullah
(Sallallahu alayhi wasallam). One who makes
miswaak when making wuzu and thereafter performs
salaah will receive 70 times more reward. It will also
enable one to easily recite the kalima at the time of
death.
x To take a Ghusl bath on a Friday.
x To apply itr (applies to men only).
x To show mercy to those that are younger than you.
x To respect your elders.
x It is sunnah to ponder over Allah Ta'ala and His
Creation.
x For men to keep a beard that is one fist in length.
x To visit a Muslim when he is sick.
x To be good towards ones neighbour.
x To meet a Muslim with a cheerful face.
x To care for the poor and the needy.
x To keep good relations with all your relatives.
x To honour a guest even though he may not be of a
very high position.
x To greet all Muslims by saying " Assalaamu alaykum
wa rahmatullahi wa barakaatuhu".
x To keep the gaze on the ground whilst walking.
x To speak softly and politely.
x To command people to do good.
x To forbid them from doing evil.
x To carry ones shoes in the left hand.
x To make wuzu at home before going to the Masjid.
x To enter the Masjid with the right foot.
x To leave the Masjid with the left foot.
x To recite some portion of the Quran Shareef daily.
x To be hospitable towards one's guest.
x To exchange gifts with one another.
x To make dua to Allah Ta'ala for the fulfillment of
one's needs in what ever language one desires.
x To consult with one's parents, teachers or elders
before doing any work.
x To respect one's parents.
| ON WILADAT OF JANABE ABU TALIB (A.S.) | for everyone |
The year 619 was declared by the Chief of Prophets Prophet Muhammad Mustafa, peace be upon him and his holy progeny, Year of Grief as after the death of Sayyideh Khadijah tul Kubra, peace be upon her, holy Prophet, peace be upon him and his holy progeny, sustained another shock in the death of his uncle and guardian and the bulwark of Islam Abu Talib, peace be upon him. He was overwhelmed with sorrow.
Muhammad ibn Ishaq, the biographer of the Prophet, peace be upon him and his holy progeny, writes: "With the death of Abu Talib, he lost a source of strength in his personal life and a defense and protection against his tribe. Abu Talib died three years before he (Muhammad) migrated to Medina, and it was then that Quraysh began to treat him in an offensive way which they did not dare to follow in his uncle's lifetime. A young lout actually threw dust on his head. Hisham on the authority of his father, Urwa, told me that the Prophet went into his house, and he was saying: 'Quraysh never treated me like this when Abu Talib was alive'.” (The Life of the Messenger of Allah)
Jurji Zaydan writes: “The reason why Abdul Muttalib made Abu Talib the guardian of Muhammad was that Abu Talib and Abdullah were the children of the same mother. Without a doubt, the protection of Abu Talib was the major cause not only of the success of Muhammad's mission but also of his physical survival. Abu Talib was a dignitary of Quraysh, and a man of great prestige. Muhammad lived in his house like one of his children...” (Complete Works, published by Dar-ul-Jeel, Beirut, Lebanon, Volume 1, page 91. 1981)
Lt. General Sir John Glubb writes about Abu Talib, peace be upon him, in his book The Life and Times of Muhammad “…if it had not been for the staunch courage with which he stood by his nephew, Islam might have died in its cradle.”
Amin Dawidar, the modern Egyptian historian, says that Abu Talib was like a fortress for Muhammad which sheltered him from all the heat and cold and the contrariness and cussedness of the world outside. “And when Abu Talib died, Muhammad found himself face to face with the enemy for the first time in his life. Without a doubt, the death of Abu Talib was a great tragedy for him.”
Abu Talib, peace be upon him, could not but be a Muslim and a Momin. No man can love Muhammad, peace be upon him and his holy progeny, and idolatry at the same time; the two loves are mutually exclusive. And no man can love Muhammad, peace be upon him and his holy progeny, yet hate Islam. The love of Muhammad, peace be upon him and his holy progeny, and the hatred of Islam cannot coexist. Whoever loves Muhammad, peace be upon him and his holy progeny, must inevitably love Islam. If there is any one thing beyond any doubt in the history of Islam, it is the love of Abu Talib, peace be upon him, for Muhammad, peace be upon him and his holy progeny.
Allah in His Book identified the protection that Abu Talib, peace be upon him, gave to holy Prophet Muhammad Mustafa, peace be upon him and his holy progeny, as His own protection as per the following verse:
DID HE NOT FIND THEE AN ORPHAN AND GIVE THEE SHELTER (AND CARE)?
Allah gave shelter (protection) and care to His Messenger, Muhammad Mustafa, peace be upon him and his holy progeny, through His slave - Abu Talib, peace be upon him.
Abu Talib, peace be upon him, worked in Mecca for the glory and power of Islam, and he was the guardian of its absolute and incontestable values. His deeds are an integral part of the story of Islam, and they are also the most eloquent testimony of his faith in Allah and His Messenger - in Islam!
| How did the Nur transfer? | for everyone |
How did the Nur transfer?
“Hadhrath Jabir bin Abdullah narrates that the Prophet [s] said ‘Allah [swt] created me and Ali from a nur before the Arsh, we used to perform tasbih and taqdees of Allah [swt] two thousand years before the creation of Adam. When Allah [swt] created Adam [as], He [swt] placed our Nur into his loin, which transferred through a pure lineage, till it went into the loins of Hadhrath Ibrahim [as] and then through his pure lineage it went to the loin of Abdul Muttalib from where , two third went to Abdullah while one third to Abu Talib. Mine and Ali’s Nur then rejoined through Fatima, thus Hasan and Hussain are the two Nur of Allah [swt]”. [Majlis, Volume 2 page 230 (printed Egypt) by Allamah Abdul Rahman al Safoori].
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"Does Man Think He is To Be Left Aimless?"
Quran, Surah 75, Verse 36
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- No piece of normal-size paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
- Blueberry juice boosts memory
- When cats are happy or pleased, they squeeze their eyes shut
- The elephant is the only animal with 4 knees
- Every human spent about half an hour as a single cell
- Each year, about 500,000 detectable earthquakes occur in the world. About 100,000 of those can be felt and about 100 of them cause damage.
- The tongue is the only body muscle that is attached from one end only.
- We, as humans, forget 90% of our dreams
- The percentage of people dreaming in black and white started decreasing after the spread of color TV
- Just days before the World Cup of 1966 in England, the trophy was stolen and then later retrieved by a dog
- Some Chinese believe that swinging the arms cures headaches
- Coffee drinkers have more sex than non-coffee drinkers. They also enjoy it more.
- The city of Portland in Oregon was named after a coin toss in 1844. Heads for Portland and tails for Boston.
- A queen bee lays 1500 eggs a day
- No president of the United States was an only child for his parents
- Pumice is the only rock that floats in water
- The African cicada fly spends 17 years sleeping, then wakes up for two weeks, mates and then die.
- The vibrator was originally used as a medicinal treatment for female "hysteria" during the 19th century
- Reno, Nevada has the highest rate of alcoholism in the U.S., Provo, Utah, the lowest.
- The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper. Hemp doesn't contain THC and won't make you high.
- 80% of all pictures on the internet are of naked women
- 250 to 300 million cell phones are being used in the U.S.
- The shrimp's heart is in its head
- George Washington didn't want his image on US coins. He didn't want to imitate European monarchs.
- According to a Kinsey survey, 75% of men ejaculate within three minutes after penetration
It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. Another one that was proven wrong by Mythbusters.- In South Africa it is a law that single ply toilet paper must have 500 sheets in the roll
- Your foot is the same length as your forearm
- In the US, Americans eat about 18 acres of pizza a day
- If you plug your nose you can't hum.
- Diamonds are not that rare, De Beers creates an artificial scarcity by stockpiling mined diamonds and selling them in small amounts
- As of May, 2010; 1.2 Billion people still defecate in the open
- In Victorian times, prostitutes wore pubic wigs
- Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest
- On average, a woman’s heart beats faster than a man’s heart
- The United States hold the record for the highest divorce rate in the world
- Other than humans, black lemurs are the only primates that may have blue eyes
- Names in Iceland's phone books are listed alphabetically by first name not by last name
- Cats can hear ultrasound
- The skin of the average woman weighs 3 kilograms, while that of the average man weighs 5 kilograms
- Dutch, on average are the tallest people
- Kissing is healthier than shaking hands
- Jaguars are frightened by dogs
- There are no cemeteries in San Francisco, CA (excluding the federal National Cemetery at Lincoln Way)
- Married men tip better than unmarried men
- India never invaded any country in her history
- 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
In Scotland, people throw stinking crud like eggs and sauces on their brides. That was apparently not true, thanks for those who pointed this out. Scottish throw confetti like many how it is in many countries. In some other countries, they throw rice.- Natural pearls melt in vinegar
- Licorice (or liquorice) and avocado are among the food that sets the mood for love making
- An olive tree can live up to 1500 years
- The dial tone of a normal telephone is in the key of "F"
- Cleopatra married two of her brothers
- There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar
- The tradition of brides carrying a bouquet of flowers started with the brides trying to hide their body odor
- Buttermilk does not contain any butter
- Before toilet paper was invented, French royalty wiped their bottoms with fine linen
- The earth is about 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons in weight
A goldfish has a memory span of about 3 seconds. I was corrected on that by a friend who stated that : The goldfish has a memory of 3-months instead of 3 seconds. Also provided: Goldfish "can be trained to memorize mazes for up to one month, and can be trained to press levers for food, even at a specific time of day. The sale of fishbowls (due to their inability to provide sufficient oxygen and the possibility that they may stunt growth) have been banned in some countries"- There are 86,400 seconds in day
- The parachute was invented by DiVinci in 1515
- Ants never sleep
- The human brain is 80% water
- On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament Building is an American flag. Was corrected about that, it is actually a Canadian flag.
- No word in the English language rhymes with month,
orange, silver or purple. I was corrected about "orange" by a friend: ((taken from an episode of Stephen Fry's QI show) Blorange - is a place in Wales. Also: Gorringe - is a common English surname of many, amongst whom there was Henry Honeychurch Gorringe, the guy who brought Cleopatra's Needle to NY Central Park! - Marilyn Monroe had
six toeson one foot. She actually had a normal set of 10. The mistake was caused by a clump of sand on her feet during a photo shoot when she was known as Norma Jeane. - If you keep a Goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white
- The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law that stated you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb
- 'Jedi' is an official religion in Australia with over 70,000 followers
- Church of England has apologized to Charles Darwin 200 years after his birth
- Chewing gum while peeling onions will reduce your tears
- Dalmatians are born without spots
- There are 318,979,564,000 possible combinations of the first four moves in Chess
- Men’s shirts have the buttons on the right while women’s shirts have the buttons on the left
- Roosters have to extend their necks in order to crow
- Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room
- Armadillos have four babies at a time and they are always all the same sex
- In 2009 one of eight newly married couples in the US met online
- There are about 540,000 words in the English language and growing
- Gamblers mostly don't see any clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos
- If you are right handed, you will tend to chew food on your right side. If you are left handed, you likely to chew food on your left side
- Humans and bonobo monkeys (pygmy chimpanzee) are the only species who have face-to-face sex
- Everyday, 15 billion cigarettes are smoked worldwide
- Hugo Boss designed some of the Nazi SS uniforms
- Any free moving liquid in outer space will form itself into a sphere, because of its surface tension
- A snail can slide over a razor blade without being hurt by producing slime that helps it slide harmlessly
- Women blink nearly twice as much as men
- The human heart beats over 100,000 times a day
- Human fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails
- The French tickler was invented by a Tibetan monk
- Onions have no flavor, only a smell
- Soccer players run on average as many as 6 miles during the course of a game
- Red wine will spoil if exposed to light; hence tinted bottles
- One quarter of the bones in the human body is in the feet
- Dogs and cats, like humans, are either right or left handed (paw).
- Polar bears with transparent, fluffy fur actually have black skin
- The largest hummus dish was prepared in Lebanon. It weighed 10,452 Kg.
- Some kinds of sharks lay the biggest eggs in the world; most other kinds of sharks give live birth.
- The blue whale can produce the loudest sound of any animal. At 188 decibels, the noise can be detected over 800 kilometres away
- The day after Thanksgiving is the busiest day for plumbers in the US
- The eyes of the chameleon can move independently. It can see in two different directions at the same time
- The total weight of skin for an average adult human is 6 pounds.
- The world record for time without sleep is 264 hours ( ~11 days) by Randy Gardner in 1965
- You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching TV
- Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump
- Cold showers stimulate your sex drive
- Registered in 1985, symbolics.com is the first ever internet domain registered
- Coffee beans aren't beans; they are fruit pits
- It is not allowed to have living US presidents featured on US currency
- Among older men, vanilla is the most erotic smell
- A pound of potato chips costs 200 times more than a pound of raw potatoes
- Lima beans contain cyanide
- Frogs use their eyes to help them eat their food: frogs can pull their eyes inward toward the mouth to help push the food down their throat
- Fortune cookies were actually invented in America (not China), in 1918, by Charles Jung
- If you put a raisin in a fresh glass of champagne, it will rise and fall continuously
Caffeine is on the International Olympic Committee list of prohibited substances. No longer on the list as of 2004.- Some in Japan bath in coffee grounds that were fermented with pineapple pulp to improve their skin and reduce wrinkles
- Some kinds of frogs can be frozen solid then thawed, and continue living
- A snail can sleep for three years
- February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon
- In Korea and other East Asian countries, the age of the person is counted from conception and not physical birth
- Dogs have about 10 vocal sounds; cats have over 100
- The people in Bali only have one of four names: Wayan, Made, Nyoman, and Ketut
- There are more pyramids in Peru than in Egypt
- The Great Pyramid at Giza in Egypt holds a constant temperature of 68 degrees Fahrenheit
- The state official motto of Alaska is " North to the Future"
- People who chase after rare birds are called twitchers
- In ancient Egypt, priests plucked every hair from their bodies
- Orgies were originally religious events. They were originally offerings to the gods
- 2,520 can be divided by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 without having a fractional leftover
- It is unknown if odd perfect numbers exist
- A perfect number is a number whose divisors add up to itself such as 28: 1+2+4+7+14=28
- Human eye detects 10 million colors
- The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat," which means "the king (shah) is dead (mat)."
- Kissing helps prevent tooth decay
- One California law states that sunshine is guaranteed to all people
- Moderate dancing burns 250 to 300 calories an hour
- Your thumb is the same length as your nose
- Butterflies smell with their feet
- Canada is the westernized version of "Kanata" which is an Indian word meaning "Big Village"
- An egg laden goldfish is called a twit
- 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
- In Germany, an official approval is needed before a new born is named.
- Infants spend more time dreaming than adults do
- Impotence is grounds for divorce in 26 U.S. states
- Horses can't vomit and pigs can't look up in the sky
- In1770, a bill proposing that women using makeup should be punished for witchcraft was put forward to the British Parliament
- The oldest dog died at the age of 29
- Cats are the most popular pets in the United States
- Black olives contain on average 10 to 30% more oil than green olives
- In Arizona it is illegal to have more than two dildos in one house
- San Jose was the original capital of California
- 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.
- All swans in England are the property of the queen or king
- Women are more likely to go to a psychiatrist than men are
- Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like as if it's kissing the conveyor belt
- 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.
- 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
- Benjamin Franklin was offended about putting a bald eagle as the national bird because he thought that other people were trying to make fun of him, since he was bald
- 5% of the world population lives in the US but 22% of the world's prisons population are held in the US
- Horses can't vomit and pigs can't look up in the sky
- Chocolate contains an ingredient called “Theobromine” which can be toxic to dogs' central nervous system and cardiac muscles
- 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
- Snakes with two heads fight each other for food
- 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.
- Both men and women can be turned on by the aromas of wine
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 plants.
- In some Asian countries, the family name is written first and the individual name written second (Filipinos and people from near by Asian countries have their individual names first and surnames last)
- 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 most other countries. Locals in Japan might also get offended if you leave a tip.
- 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 DakotaOklahoma City. - 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.
- Minus 40 degrees Celsius is exactly the same as minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit
- The snake can see through its transparent eye lids when they are closed
- A notch in a tree will remain the same distance from the ground as the tree grows
- Europeans in the Middle Ages used to call coffee the "Arabic Wine"
- Honeybees have hair on their eyes
- 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 only vehicle legally allowed to pass a funeral procession is a government owned vehicle: a mail truck.
- 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 only 50 cities on earth had a population of more than 100,000.
- There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball
- 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 ampersand (&) did not use to be a letter of the English alphabet - it was the last letter of the Latin 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. Told that this was an urban legend. In fact, several parts of the German and later the Swiss Autobahn system were indeed designed to be auxiliary military airports.- 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 mostly in black because the black paint available at the time was the fastest to dry. Model T was available in other colors. The British factory for model T started producing them in Green as mentioned by the British Show QI.
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.'
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| Natural Treatment for Age Spots on Face | for everyone |
Natural Treatment for Age Spots on Face
Age spots are groups of pigment that occurs due to extreme exposure to the sun. It is also known as liver spots or solar lentigo. Brown spots or age spots are not only observed on your face but also on other parts of your body like back, arms, feet, and shoulders. It is most common in people over age 55. The ultraviolet rays of the sun enhance the production of melanin that is present under the surface of the skin. There are many natural treatments available for Age Spots on Face.
Age Spots are nontoxic and painless but it may change your exterior appearance and make the person look older. However most age spots are harmless but in later stage they can lead to skin cancer. Lentigines are shallow collections of skin pigment known as melanin that accrues inside the top layer of skin called the epidermis. Ephelides are ordinary in lighter type skin. Lentigines are observed in later in life and can arise in all skin types. Age spots are flat, yellow or brown. If you have irregular, dark spots which augment in size or change color then consult your doctor because it is a sign of skin cancer.
Causes of age spots:
* poor diet
* eating rancid fats
* lack of exercise
* auto-intoxication
* sluggish liver function
Natural Treatments for Age Spots:
Followings are the home remedies for the age spots.
Aloevera: Aloevera is natural curative agent for age sports. Aloevera juice can easily cure the burns. Massage fresh aloe juice or gel on the age spots. Apply aloevera gel twice a day for one or two months.
Apple cider vinegar: Combine 2 teaspoons of apple cider vinegar with 1 teaspoon of orange juice. With the help of the cotton pad, apply this mixture on the age spots.
Bilberry herb: This herb works as an antioxidant and reduce the aging process. You may take 4-8 oz. of fresh berries, 20-40 mg anthocyanosides or 80-160 mg of bilberry extract every day.
Buttermilk: Buttermilk contains lactic acid and other ingredients that are helpful to the skin and can fight aging process. Pat buttermilk on the age spots. Generally it is used as a skin cleanser.
Castor oil: You may apply castor oil on the age spots twice daily, in the morning and again in the evening. Massage the castor oil on the age spots. Regularly apply and see the result within one month.
Chickpeas: Take fresh chickpeas. Crush about 1/3 cupful and mix some water. Apply this paste on the age spots and wait till it dries. When it dries, wash it with water.
Dandelion: Break open a dandelion stem. Apply the juice on the age spots daily for 2-3 times.
Lemon juice: Apply some fresh lemon juice on the age spots and wash it when it becomes dry. It is effective way to cure an age spots as it bleaches them. It also boosts your skin’s sensitivity against sunlight. Tartness of the juice helps in fading the spots entirely.
Horseradish root: Combine1 teaspoon grated horseradish root, 1/2 teaspoon fresh lemon juice, 1/2 teaspoon vinegar and 3 drops rosemary essential oil. Apply this combination on your age spots with a cotton ball every day for 1 or 2 times.
Gotu kola: Gotu kola is very old Chinese herb. Add 1/8 teaspoon of powdered Gotu kola herb with one cup of herbal tea. You can also mix 1/8 teaspoon of powdered Gotu kola herb to simple hot water and also combine 1/8 teaspoon of ginseng and a pinch of cayenne. For few days, apply this combination to the age spots.
Other natural remedies:
* Apply oils that hold vitamin E on your face because it helps in decreasing the spots. Vitamin E works as an antioxidant and helps in fighting free radicals.
* Rubbing a piece of sliced red onion on age spots can also help them to disappear.
* Rub the garlic juice on the age spots with a cotton ball twice daily. Follow this process for six to eight weeks, they start to fade away.
* You should consume 8-10 glasses of water every day. Fruit juices should be included in your diet. It helps age spot elimination.
* Stay away from sweets, caffeine, alcohol, tobacco, and junk foods.
* Use a sunscreen lotion to avert your skin from effects of the sun on your skin. It should be used minimum one-half hour before sun exposure.
* Consume lots of lean and high quality protein foods. Uncooked fruits should also be included in your diet to supply the vitamins and minerals.
* Apply some sandalwood paste to pretentious areas.
* Rubbing fresh cucumber slices or its juice on age spots is very helpful to get rid of age spots.
| Important Tips to Make Your Interview Successful | for everyone |
The employment interview in one of the most important episode in an individual's experience because for more or less than an hour, the interviewer will determine the entire part of one's life. As we all know many people struggle with interviews though they are the most experienced and qualified for the job. When one organization invited you for a job interview it means that the hiring personnel assured that you may be candidate for the job opening. The interview is one of the tools that help determine if you're really fit for the vacant position. Keep in mind that the interviewer's mission is to know your capabilities and to estimate your worth.
Asking you questions is the way they accomplish that mission. Below are some important tips to make your interview successful. * Preparation is the first important part towards a successful interview. Be sure to know the exact location and time of the interview and the contact person's full name. It will be helpful to do some research on the organization interviewing you. You also need to learn as much as you can in the position that you are applying for. Research about the skill sets that they prefer and assess if you can qualify. * Of course always remember that first impression does matter. The first best way to assure a good impression is by wearing the appropriate business suit.
Your attire is one factor that tells to the employers how serious you are about getting job. * Be on time for your scheduled interview. If you are going to be late, one of the best option is to call them, but bear in mind that you never get a second chance to make a first impression. * During the interview, be aware of your body language. Being nervous is normal, even the experienced professionals get nervous in an interview. * Be honest with your background and skills. * Be a good listener.
Once the interviewer discuss about your responsibilities, listen through eye contact and wait until he or she is finished. * You can ask questions or inquiries based on what you have researched. Try to concentrate on issues, which are important to you and how you get interested in the company. * Lastly, ask politely if they can give you any feedback for the future and thanking him or her for taking time to interview you.
Asking you questions is the way they accomplish that mission. Below are some important tips to make your interview successful. * Preparation is the first important part towards a successful interview. Be sure to know the exact location and time of the interview and the contact person's full name. It will be helpful to do some research on the organization interviewing you. You also need to learn as much as you can in the position that you are applying for. Research about the skill sets that they prefer and assess if you can qualify. * Of course always remember that first impression does matter. The first best way to assure a good impression is by wearing the appropriate business suit.
Your attire is one factor that tells to the employers how serious you are about getting job. * Be on time for your scheduled interview. If you are going to be late, one of the best option is to call them, but bear in mind that you never get a second chance to make a first impression. * During the interview, be aware of your body language. Being nervous is normal, even the experienced professionals get nervous in an interview. * Be honest with your background and skills. * Be a good listener.
Once the interviewer discuss about your responsibilities, listen through eye contact and wait until he or she is finished. * You can ask questions or inquiries based on what you have researched. Try to concentrate on issues, which are important to you and how you get interested in the company. * Lastly, ask politely if they can give you any feedback for the future and thanking him or her for taking time to interview you.
| MR. BANTA - HUMOR | for everyone |
One Singh was enjoying the sun at the beach in America. A lady came and asked him, "Are you relaxing?"
Singh answered, "No, I am Banta Singh."
Another guy came and asked him the same question.
Singh answered, "No, I am Banta Singh."
Another guy came and asked him the same question.
Singh answered, "No, No, Me Banta Singh!"
Third one came and asked him the same question again.
Singh was totally annoyed and decided to shift his place.
Third one came and asked him the same question again.
Singh was totally annoyed and decided to shift his place.
While walking he saw another Singh soaking in the sun.
He went up to him and asked, "Are you relaxing?"
The other Singh was a lot more educated and answered, "Yes, I am relaxing."
The Singh slapped him on his face and said, "Stupid, idiot. Everyone is looking for you and you are sitting over here!"
The other Singh was a lot more educated and answered, "Yes, I am relaxing."
The Singh slapped him on his face and said, "Stupid, idiot. Everyone is looking for you and you are sitting over here!"
sent by bro najmuddin
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| Impact of job change:- Humor | for everyone |
Impact of job change:
A taxi passenger tapped the driver on the shoulder to ask him a question.
The driver screamed, lost control of the car, nearly hit a bus, went up on the footpath, and stopped centimeters from a shop window.
For a second everything went quiet in the cab, and then the driver said:
"Look mate, don't ever do that again. You scared the daylights out of me!"
The passenger apologized and said, "I didn't realize that a little tap would scare you so much."
The driver replied, "Sorry, it's not really your fault. Today is my first day as a cab driver - I've been driving a van carrying dead Bodies for the last 25 years.......u can imagine what went into my mind when u touched my back!!
posted by ABBAS ALAM @ 06:17
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