Archive for Just for Fun
Elephant pregnancy and Gone With The Wind
Posted by: | CommentsWhen a female elephant has been pregnant for more than 20 months, she goes in search of a boraginacaea tree. A chemical in its leaves can induce labor.
Perhaps Melanie in the movie ‘Gone With the Wind’ should have popped out to the jungle – according to the actual historical battles mentioned in the film, her pregnancy lasted 21 months!
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Going Bananas!
Posted by: | Comments If you like this please click on the Share / Save Button belowLevis zipper Jeans
Posted by: | CommentsNext time you put your old blue jeans on, if they are Levis, take a moment to look at the zipper.
Levis have YKK on the zipper tag, which stands for Yoshida Kogyo Kabushibibaisha, the largest zipper manufacturer in the world.
I bet you’re glad you know that.
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What is Infinity?
Posted by: | CommentsHere is something I bet you don’t know:
Think back to your schooldays when your Math teacher talked about infinity. Do you remember the sign that is used to show an infinite amount?
It is a figure 8 on its side.
Now in my mind, ‘the infinity sign’ is a perfectly good name for it.
So how many people, I wonder, know that it is actually called a ‘lemniscate’.
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The World’s highest Waterfall is NOT Niagara!
Posted by: | CommentsThe world’s highest waterfall, at 979 meters is Angel Falls in Venezuela.
The waterfall, named after an American pilot, Jimmy Angel, whose plane got stuck on top of the mountain while searching for gold, is sixteen times the height of Niagara Falls.
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First ever CD – Billy Joel
Posted by: | CommentsThe first CD ever to be released to the public was Billy Joel’s “52nd Street”. It was launched in Japan in October 1982
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India is the world’s largest democracy
Posted by: | CommentsIndia is the world’s largest democracy.
The Indian election in 1984 was the largest of any country with over 379,000,000 voters eligible to vote at over 480,000 polling stations.
The largest employer in the world is the Indian railway system. It employs over 1.6 million people.
Almost 3 billion movie tickets are sold in India every year, and Bollywood produces over 800 movies a year to supply the demand (about double the output of Hollywood).
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What is a Danish Pastry?
Posted by: | CommentsEveryone knows what a Danish Pastry is – except the people in Denmark. Over there, they call them Vienna Bread
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Just for Fun – Swift Stamina!
Posted by: | CommentsOnce a Swift leaves its nest it remains in the air for between two and four years at a time – eating, sleeping and mating on the wing. It is estimated that a young Swift travels non-stop for over 300,000 miles before making its first landing.
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Just for Fun – Infrared Goldfish!
Posted by: | CommentsGoldfish are the only known animal that can see in both infrared and ultraviolet light
