Posted on 01 November 2010 by Sadhan
Fast Facts on FastFoods
In our jet-set daily life, Fastfood is always there as part of our daily life. May be we are not always aware of the side effects and other alarming facts of these fastfoods. We sometimes term them as Junk foods in the sense of the effect that they cause to us. Read on for some quick facts and figures on Fast Foods:
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enjoy… remember before you order your next burger and french fries !!
Posted on 18 September 2010 by Sadhan
Social Networking-O-Sphere
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Posted on 01 September 2010 by Sadhan
15 Interesting Things about Steve Jobs
Apple, earlier we used to refer this fruit as a symbol of health which keeps docs away and then we learnt the relationship of this fruit with Newton, but this generation is crazy about Apple…. oops, the fruit of Steve Jobs. So here are some quick and interesting things that we probably don’t know about the creator of Apple, Steve Jobs. Enjoy reading !
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Posted on 26 August 2010 by Sadhan
Know more about YouTube
See how the evolution really happened with YouTube through the graphical representation.
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Posted on 19 August 2010 by sadhan
eLearning through YouTube and Free !
Few weeks back one of my close friend Navin shared this interesting story of an One Many Army who has started a unique way to teach millions of people or students through the medium of YouTube channel, and that too totally FREE !
His name is Salman Khan and google his name to know more about his ‘Khan Academy‘
Check out this video to learn more …
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Posted on 05 August 2010 by sadhan
Chanakya’s Quotes :
“A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are hit first.”
“Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous.”
“The biggest guru-mantra is: Never share your secrets with anybody. ! It will destroy you.”
“There is some self-interest behind every friendship.There is no Friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.”
“Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions – Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead.”
“As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.”
“Once you start a working on something, don’t be afraid of failure and don’t abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.”
“The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction.”
“Whores don’t live in company of poor men, citizens never support a weak company and birds don’t build nests on a tree that doesn’t bear fruits.”
“God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god.The soul is your temple.”
“A man is great by deeds, not by birth.”
“Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.”
“Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend. Your grown up children are your best friends.”
“Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.”
“Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.”
These quotes are ages old but I am sure still applicable in our current times. What do you say ?
Posted on 17 February 2010 by sadhan
50 Interesting Facts
1. Look at your zipper. See the initials YKK? It stands for Yoshida Kogyo Kabushibibaisha, the world’s largest zipper manufacturer.
2. A raisin dropped in a glass of freshchampagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.
3. A duck’s quack doesn’t echo. No one knows why.
4. 40 percent of McDonald’s profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
5. 315 entries in Webster’s 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.
6. On the average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.
7. Chocolate kills dogs! True, chocolate affects a dog’s heart and nervous system. A few ounces is enough to kill a small sized dog.
8. Most lipstick contains fish scales.
9. Ketchup was sold in the 1830′s as a medicine.
10. Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
11. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
12. There are no clocks in Las Vegas g@mbling casin0s.
13. Leonardo da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years to paint Mona Lisa’s lips.
14. Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to slow a film down so you could see his moves. That’s the opposite of the norm.
15. The original name for the butterfly was “flutterby”!
16. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can’t sink in quicksand.
17. Mosquito repellents don’t repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito’s sensors so they don’t know you’re there.
18. Dentists recommend that a toothbrush be kept at least six feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.
19. The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley’s gum.
20. The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
21. Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than the entire Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
22. Marilyn Monroe had six toes on one foot.
23. Adolf Hitler’s mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.
24. The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.
25. “Stewardesses” is the longest word that can be typed with only the left hand.
26. To escape the grip of a crocodile’s jaws, prick your fingers into its eyeballs. It will let you go instantly.
27. A mathematical wonder: 111,111,111 multiplied by 111,111,111 gives the result 12, 345, 678, 987, 654, 321.
28. The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
29. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
30. The “pound” (#) key on your keyboard is called an octothorp.
31. The only domestic animal not mentioned in the Bible is the cat.
32. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
33. The average person’s left hand does 56% of the typing.
34. “Dreamt” is the only word in the English language that ends in “mt”.
35. It’s impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
36. In Chinese, the KFC slogan “finger lickin’ good” comes out as “eat your fingers off”.
37. A cockroach can live for 10 days without a head.
39. We shed 40 pounds of skin a lifetime.
40. Yo-Yos were once used as weapons in the Philippines.
41. Coca-Cola can be used as car oil.
42. Mexico City sinks abut 10 inches a year.
43. Brains are more active sleeping than watching TV.
44. Blue is the favorite color of 80 percent of Americans.
45. When a person shakes their head from side to side, he is saying “yes” in Sri Lanka.
46. There are more chickens than people in the world.
47. It’s against the law in Iceland to have a dog.
48. The thumbnail grows the slowest, and the middle nail grows the fastest.
49. The only word in the English Language with all vowels in reverse order is “s ub c ont in ent al”.
50. There are more telephones than people in Washington, D.C.
Do you have such interesting Facts to share, here is the place ! Add on……….
