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Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 11:42am On Jul 02, 2014 |
Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards. If you had enough water to fill one million goldfish bowls, you could fill an entire stadium. 1. India never invaded any country in her last 1000 years of history. 2. India invented the Number system. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta. 3. The world’s first University was established in Takshila in 700BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4 th century BC was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education. 4. According to the Forbes magazine, Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software. 5. Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans. 6. Although western media portray modern images of India as poverty-stricke n and underdeveloped through political corruption, India was once the richest empire on earth. 7. The art of navigation was born in the river Sindh 5000 years ago. The very word "Navigation" is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH. 8. The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is now known as the Pythagorean Theorem. British scholars have last year (1999) officially published that Budhayan’s works dates to the 6 th Century which is long before the European mathematicians. 9. Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India. Quadratic equations were by Sridharacharya in the 11 th Century; the largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Indians used numbers as big as 10 53. 10. According to the Gemmological Institute of America, up until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds to the world. 11. USA based IEEE has proved what has been a century-old suspicion amongst academics that the pioneer of wireless communication was Professor Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi. 12. The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra. 13. Chess was invented in India . 14. Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health scientists of his time conducted surgeries like cesareans, cataract, fractures and urinary stones. Usage of anaesthesia was well known in ancient India . 15. When many cultures in the world were only nomadic forest-dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilization). 16. The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India in 100 BC. Quotes about India “We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.” – Albert Einstein. “India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend and the great grandmother of tradition.” – Mark Twain. “If there is one place on the face of earth where all dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India.” – French scholar Romain Rolland . “India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border.” – Hu Shih (former Chinese ambassador to USA) 2 Likes |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 11:48am On Jul 02, 2014 |
Mary Stuart became Queen of Scotland when she was only six days old. Charlie Brown's father was a barber. 1 Like |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 11:53am On Jul 02, 2014 |
Flying from London to New York by Concord, due to the time zones crossed, you can arrive 2 hours before you leave. Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet (2 m) away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. 1 Like |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 12:00pm On Jul 02, 2014 |
You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching TV. A lion's roar can be heard from five miles away. 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. 1 Like |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 12:01pm On Jul 02, 2014 |
Canadian researchers have found that Einstein's brain was 15% wider than normal. The average person spends about 2 years on the phone in a lifetime. |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 12:02pm On Jul 02, 2014 |
The fist product to have a bar code was Wrigleys gum. The largest number of children born to one woman is recorded at 69. From 1725-1765, a Russian peasant woman gave birth to 16 sets of twins, 7 sets of triplets, and 4 sets of quadruplets. |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 12:03pm On Jul 02, 2014 |
Beatrix Potter created the first of her legendary "Peter Rabbit" children's stories in 1902. In ancient Rome, it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose. 1 Like |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 12:04pm On Jul 02, 2014 |
The word "nerd" was first coined by Dr. Seuss in "If I Ran the Zoo." A 41-gun salute is the traditional salute to a royal birth in Great Britain. The bagpipe was originally made from the whole skin of a dead sheep. |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 12:05pm On Jul 02, 2014 |
The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear. Any cup-shaped object placed over the ear produces the same effect. Revolvers cannot be silenced because of all the noisy gasses which escape the cylinder gap at the rear of the barrel. |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 12:07pm On Jul 02, 2014 |
Liberace Museum has a mirror- plated Rolls Royce; jewel- encrusted capes, and the largest rhinestone in the world, weighing 59 pounds and almost a foot in diameter. |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 12:08pm On Jul 02, 2014 |
A car that shifts manually gets 2 miles more per gallon of gas than a car with automatic shift . Cats can hear ultrasound. |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 12:09pm On Jul 02, 2014 |
Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors. The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado. |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 12:14pm On Jul 02, 2014 |
The United States has never lost a war in which mules were used. Children grow faster in the springtime. On average, there are 178 sesame seeds on each McDonalds BigMac bun. |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 12:15pm On Jul 02, 2014 |
Minus 40 degrees Celsius is exactly the same as minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit. Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down -- hence the expression "to get fired" 2 Likes |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 12:17pm On Jul 02, 2014 |
Nobody knows who built the Taj Mahal. The names of the architects, masons, and designers that have come down to us have all proved to be latter-day inventions, and there is no evidence to indicate who the real creators were. Every human spent about half an hour as a single cell. |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 12:18pm On Jul 02, 2014 |
7.5 million toothpicks can be created from a cord of wood. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets. 1 Like |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 12:19pm On Jul 02, 2014 |
A 41-gun salute is the traditional salute to a royal birth in Great Britain. The earliest recorded case of a man giving up smoking was on April 5, 1679, when Johan Katsu, Sheriff of Turku, Finland, wrote in his diary "I quit smoking tobacco." He died one month later. |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 12:20pm On Jul 02, 2014 |
"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you." February is Black History Month. |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 12:22pm On Jul 02, 2014 |
The first drive-in service station in the United States was opened by Gulf Oil Company - on December 1, 1913, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 12:23pm On Jul 02, 2014 |
The elephant is the only animal with 4 knees p. Kansas state law requires pedestrians crossing the highways at night to wear tail lights. |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 5:10pm On Jul 03, 2014 |
Infants from 2 to 6 months of age prefer to look longer at faces rated as attractive by adults than at faces rated as unattractive by adults. 1 Like |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 5:21pm On Jul 03, 2014 |
McWhillion and Guykhena are the most viewers of this thread. |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Guykhena(m): 5:25pm On Jul 03, 2014 |
Nobleval: McWhillion and Guykhena are the most viewers of this thread.always loyal.... 5 Likes |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 5:31pm On Jul 03, 2014 |
Although Seun has shown me the link to recover my lost posts here...I've decided to leave them. Afterall there are enough facts to post here. And what could be more entertaining and educative than new facts? So on that note the new facts will touch different categories e.gAnimals Ceremonies / Customs Diet / Nutrition Diseases / Disorders Drugs / Addiction Entertainment Fashion / Attire Food / Drink Gender/ Reproductive Issues Global Issues/ Histories Health / Fitness Historical Structures Holidays Human Body Miscellaneous Monsters / Supernatural Nature / Environment People Personal Characteristics Planets / Space Politics Regional: Countries / Continents Regional: Localities Regional: United States Retail / Business / Finances Science / Math Sex / Love Social/Culture Issues Sports Technology / Websites Wars / Catastrophes....et.c 4 Likes |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Guykhena(m): 5:37pm On Jul 03, 2014 |
Nobleval: Although Seun has shown me the link to recover my lost posts here...I've decided to leave them. Afterall there are enough facts to post here. And what could be more entertaining and educative than new facts?what about religion? |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 5:44pm On Jul 03, 2014 |
Guykhena: what about religion?Nigerians takes things like that personal you know.. I don't wanna start a religion war...e-war. 1 Like |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Guykhena(m): 6:00pm On Jul 03, 2014 |
Nobleval: Nigerians takes things like that personal you know.. I don't wanna start a religion war...e-war.ok, Ya that's true........in order for here not to be derailed with e-fights.. Anyway kudos.. 1 Like |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 6:17pm On Jul 03, 2014 |
The world’s largest stockpile of gold can be found five stories underground inside the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s vault and it holds 25% of the world's gold reserve (540,000 gold bars). While it contains more gold than Fort Knox, most of it belongs to foreign governments. |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by McWhillion(m): 7:00pm On Jul 03, 2014 |
Nobleval: McWhillion and Guykhena are the most viewers of this thread.I dont miss good stuffs 2 Likes |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 10:41pm On Jul 03, 2014 |
41 Random Facts about Cocaine . 1. Cocaine is an extraction of the leaves of the Erythroxylon coca bush, which is indigenous to the Andean highlands of South America. Most of the cocaine available in the U.S. is transported from the country of Colombia. 2. Cocaine comes in two main forms, powder and crystalline. The crystal rock form, commonly known as crack or freebase, is cocaine that has not been neutralized by an acid 3. Approximately 35.9 million Americans aged 12 and older have tried cocaine at least once in their lifetime, according to a national survey, and about 2.1 million Americans are regular users.e 4. Drug enforcement personnel estimate that about 2,500 Americans every day try cocaine for the first time.e 5. After marijuana, cocaine is the second most commonly used illicit drug in the United States.b Cocaine causes three times more deaths than any other illegal drug 6. Cocaine is the most frequently reported illicit substance associated with drug abuse fatalities and causes three times more deaths than any other illegal drug.f However, prescription drug abuse has recently passed cocaine abuse as the leading cause of all drug- related deaths. 7. Cocaine may be administered by snorting through the nose, injecting into the bloodstream with a needle, or smoking to produce vapors. Powder cocaine is generally snorted or mixed with water and injected, while crack cocaine is most commonly smoked. 8. Of the more than two million Americans that currently use cocaine, just over 700,000 are users of freebase or crack cocaine.e 9. Cocaine is the most powerful central nervous stimulant found in nature. Its physical effects include constricted blood vessels and increased temperature, heart rate, and blood flow. Users of the drug experience greater alertness, energy, self- confidence, and even power after administration.f 10. Cocaine produces its euphoric effect by activating the nerve cells in the brain that release dopamine, a chemical associated with pleasure and mental alertness. The drug then inhibits neural transporters from “mopping up” the dopamine and storing it for a later time. The longer the dopamine stays active, the longer the sense of euphoria lasts.f 11. Coca leaves, the source of pure cocaine, have been chewed and ingested for thousands of years for the euphoric effects of the drug. They were first used by members of the Inca civilization in the Andes mountains, who believed the coca plant was a gift from the gods.c 12. Pure cocaine was first extracted from the leaves of the coca plant in 1859 and was marketed in a fortified wine in France as early as 1863.c 13. Cocaine was first used in the U.S. in the 1880s, where it was applied as an anesthetic in eye, nose, and throat operations. This use has since become obsolete with the development of safer drugs.g 14. In 1884, William Stewart Halsted, a famous American physician, performed the first surgery using cocaine as an anesthetic. Subsequently, Halsted became the first cocaine-addicted physician on record. g 15. Cocaine hydrochloride, the purified chemical from the leaves of the coca plant, was the main active ingredient in several tonics and elixirs produced for a variety of illnesses in the early 1900s. One product, Tucker’s Asthma Specific, contained 420 milligrams of cocaine per ounce of the medicine.g 16. The soft drink Coca- Cola originally contained an estimated nine milligrams of cocaine per serving, which combined with caffeine to create the drink’s powerful stimulating effects. While cocaine was officially removed from the drink’s ingredients in 1903, a cocaine-free version of the coca leaf is still used as a flavor additive in the soda.g Sigmund Freud recommended cocaine as a useful medicine to his patients but suffered from addiction to the powerful drug 17. Psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud is one of the more famous proponents of cocaine. After trying the drug for the first time in 1884, he recommended it as a useful treatment for depression, alcoholism, and morphine addiction.g 18. The famous nineteenth-century literary character Sherlock Holmes was a frequent user of cocaine, and he is often described in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s tales as indulging in cocaine when no stimulating cases were present to excite his mind. g 19. Cocaine was first regulated under federal law by the Harrison Act of 1914. The act banned nonmedical use of the drug and imposed the same criminal penalties for cocaine use and possession as already in place for opium, morphine, and heroine.g 20. After cocaine was outlawed in 1914, use of the drug dropped dramatically until it rebounded in the 1960s. By the late 1970s, it was commonly used by middle and upper- middle class Americans and it became known as the drug of the 1970s and 1980s.d 21. Crack cocaine appeared in the mid 1980s and became an instant “hit” among poor and young users, due to its relatively inexpensive street price and quick euphoric effects. |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 10:52pm On Jul 03, 2014 |
contd . 22. Common street names for cocaine include coke, blow, C, marching powder, and nose candy, among dozens of others that signify cocaine and cocaine mixtures with other recreational drugs. . 23. Cocaine is nearly always diluted by dealers in order to increase the overall quantity and maximize profits. Common additives in cocaine include lactose, lidocaine, cornstarch, talcum powder, and sugar . 24. Because cocaine enters the bloodstream much faster when it is smoked, smoking crack cocaine can bring users to a euphoric state twice as fast as when the drug is snorted. Since the onset of the drug is faster and more intense, the subsequent “crash” after use is also more extreme for users of crack cocaine. . 25. Average street price for a gram of pure cocaine in the U.S. currently is between $ 80 and $100. The average price for a rock of crack cocaine is $10 to $25. . 26. In 2008, nearly 50,000 kilos of cocaine were seized in the U.S. during drug arrests. The wholesale street value of this amount of cocaine was approximately $1.5 billion . 27. In the year 2007, nearly 12,000 offenders in the U.S. were sentenced to prison time on cocaine-related charges. More than 95% of the cocaine cases sent to federal courts involved trafficking of the drug . 28. The highest rates of cocaine use in the U.S. are among adults aged 18 to 25, with about 5% of Americans in this age group admitting current use of the drug. . 29. Cocaine is extremely addictive, and frequent users generally require more and more hits to produce the same high. When the drug is smoked, as in the form of crack cocaine, addiction tends to develop more quickly. . 30. Babies born to mothers who used cocaine during the pregnancy tend to be born prematurely, have low birth weights, and suffer from brain damage. The risk of spontaneous abortion is also greatly increased with cocaine use during pregnancy. . 31. More than 400,000 babies are born addicted to cocaine each year in the U.S . 32. Men are more likely to use cocaine than women, as the drug is associated with living dangerously and wildly, but the gender gap is beginning to decrease. According to 2008 statistics, there are approximately 700,000 new male users each year in the U.S. and about 500,000 new female users . 33. Men tend to feel the effects of cocaine faster than women and report more episodes of euphoria and dysphoria (intense bad feelings) related to the drug than women do . 34. When cocaine is used in combination with alcohol, the body converts the two substances into cocaethylene. This toxic combination causes a greater duration of drug effects in the brain and is the cause of more deaths than any other drug combination. . 35. Between 30% and 60% of users combine cocaine with alcohol. This concurrent use is the cause of nearly 75% of cocaine-related fatalities in the U.S., and a cocaine user is 25 times more likely to experience sudden death when combining it with alcohol . 36. Approximately one third of the deaths associated with cocaine use are caused by the direct pharmacological effects of the drug itself. The vast majority of deaths related to cocaine are caused by homicide, suicide, and motor vehicle collisions as a result of the drug’s mind-altering properties . 37. Cocaine overdose is the most common reason for drug-related visits to the emergency department in the U.S., causing 31% of such visits. In 1978, cocaine accounted for only 1% of drug-related emergency room visits. . 38. Approximately 10% of people who begin using cocaine will immediately progress to serious, heavy use of the drug . 39. Cocaine users tend to have higher rates of antisocial personality disorder, depression, anxiety, and multi- substance abuse than the general population. These traits are also more common among their immediate-family relatives. . 40. According to one study, trace amounts of cocaine can be found on four out of every five dollar bills in circulation. However, because cocaine is a fine powder and is easily spread around, presence of the drug does not necessarily mean the bill was used as a snorting straw . 41. Worldwide, the use of cocaine has been reported in more than two thirds of all countries. The U.S. has the highest incidence of cocaine abuse, with New Zealand, Mexico , and Colombia following behind. The lowest rates of cocaine use are found in Asia. 1 Like |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 10:56pm On Jul 03, 2014 |
Iraq once had one of the highest quality schools and colleges in the Arab world. However, after the 1991 Gulf War and the United Nations sanctions, today only around 40% of Iraqis can read and write. 1 Like |
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