Sunday 5 February 2012

Some Info


   [1] FORTNIGHT comes from 'Fourteen Nights' (Two Weeks).
   [2] POP MUSIC is 'Popular Music' shortened.
   [3] MOPED is the short term for 'Motorized Pedaling'.
   [4] BUS is the short term for 'Omnibus' that means everybody.
   [5] DRAWING ROOM was actually a 'withdrawing room' where people
        withdrew after Dinner. Later the prefix 'with' was dropped..
   [6] NEWS refers to information from Four directions  N, E, W, and S.
   [7] AG-MARK, which some products bear, stems from 'Agricultural Marketing'.
   [8] QUEUE comes from 'Queen's Quest'. Long back a long row of people
         as waiting to see the Queen. Someone made the comment Queen's Quest..
   [9] JOURNAL is a diary that tells about 'Journey for a day' during
         each Day's business.
  [10] TIPS come from 'To Insure Prompt Service'. In olden days to get
          Prompt service from servants in an inn, travelers used to drop coins
          in a Box on which was written 'To Insure Prompt Service'. This gave
          rise to the custom of Tips.
 [11] JEEP is a vehicle with unique Gear system. It was invented
        during World War II (1939-1945). It was named 'General Purpose Vehicle
        (GP)'.GP was changed into JEEP later.
[12] Coca-Cola was originally green.
[13] The most common name in the world is Mohammed..
[14] The name of all the continents end with the same letter that
        they start with Asia, America, Australia, Europe
[15] The strongest muscle in the body is the TONGUE.
[16] TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the
        letters only on one row of the keyboard.
[17] Women BLINK nearly twice as much as men!!
[18] You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.
[19] It is impossible to lick your elbow.
[ 20] Wearing HEADPHONES for just an hour will increase the bacteria
         in your ear by 700 times.
[21] It is physically impossible for PIGS to look up into the sky.
[22] The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the
        toughest tongue twister in the English language.
23] Each KING in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history.
      Spades - King David
      Clubs - Alexander the Great,
      Hearts - Charlemagne
      Diamonds - Julius Caesar.
[24] What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and
        laser printers all have in common?
       Ans. - All invented by women.
[25] A CROCODILE cannot stick its tongue out.
[26] A SNAIL can sleep for three years.
[27] All POLAR BEARS are left handed.
[28] BUTTERFLIES taste with their feet.
[29] ELEPHANTS are the only animals that can't jump.
[30] In the last 4000 years, no new ANIMALS have been domesticated.
[31] STEWARDESSES is the longest word typed with only the left hand.
[32] The human HEART creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the
        body to squirt blood 30 feet.
[33] RATS multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have
       over million descendants.
34] People say "BLESS YOU" when you sneeze because when you sneeze,
      your heart stops for a millisecond.
[35] If you SNEEZE too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to
      suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck
      and die.

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