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Do you know!
Jul 4th
- Most Zambians don’t live to see their 40th birthday.
- On the probability of not reaching 40 graph, the top 34 countries are all African.
- In Botswana, more than one in three adults aged 15-49 are infected with HIV/AIDS.
- More than half of all doctors in Finland are female
- You can be imprisoned for not More >
Amazing Rock in Saudi Arabia – Believe It Or Not!
Jun 2nd
A huge rock in a village of Al-Hassa region, SAUDI ARABIA raises 11 cms from the ground level once in a year during the month of April and stays elevated for about 30 minutes!!!
They say that 17 years ago, one Mujahid was shot dead behind this rock as he was More >
KnOwLeDge CorNer
May 4th
- If coloring weren’t added to Coca-Cola, it would be green.
- Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
- Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
- There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
- The average person’s left hand does 56% of the typing.
- A shark is the only fish that can blink with More >
Amusing Facts
Jan 14th
1. Molecularly speaking, water is actually much drier than sand.
2. The term “bank teller” originated in the wake of the 1929 stock market crash, when banks began hiring low-paid workers to “tell” throngs of frantic depositors that their money was gone.
3. Fish have “dandruff” caused by flaking skin, and it More >
Knowledge CoRneR 4 U
Jan 13th
1- It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body. 2- It’s been proven that people can lessen reactions to allergies by laughing. 3- Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system. 4- Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a More >
Facts about Eiffel Tower, Paris
Dec 28th
It takes 20,000 light bulbs to make the Eiffel Tower sparkle at night and there are 2,500,000 rivets holding it together; the total weight of the tower is 10,100 tons. They use 60 tons of paint each repainting campaign, every 7 years in it’s entirety. 1,665 steps in the East More >
City of Salt
Dec 27th
Wieliczka is a town near the city of Kracow in Poland. But another city lies directly under Wieliczka, a “city of salt.”
Beneath Wieliczka is one of the world’s largest salt mines. It has been producing salt since medieval times. The mines are on seven levels, the deepest of which is More >
Could you be that much Strong???
Dec 23rd
Doctors do not know precisely why Jessica Cox was born without hands. Antenatal tests have not revealed this rare congenital defect. However, since infancy, its legs served it as hands. As well as all children, it has passed through various stages of development. It has learned to eat independently and More >
When Did Finger Printing Begin?
Dec 22nd
The skin on the tip of your finger has a network of ridges, and the pattern that these ridges form is called your fingerprint. Everyone has fingerprints, but no two people have ever had the same ones!
The idea of using fingerprints to identify people began late in the 19th century, More >
The Rain of Frogs!!!
Dec 22nd
There is no record of it ever having rained cats and dogs, but it has rained FROGS. How can this happen?
A whirlwind passing over a river or lake, where frogs mate, may scoop up their fertilized eggs and carry them along in the air for a distance. While the eggs More >