The smallest shark is the
dwarf lantern shark, which is
only seven inches long. The
longest shark is the whale
shark, which can grow to a
whopping 50 feet long and weigh more than 40,000
pounds. These behemoths are
usually gentle and get all their
food by sifting small animals
out of the water.

50 Random Facts about gold
.
1. The term “gold” is the
from the Proto-Indo-
European base *ghel /
*ghol meaning
“yellow,” “green,” or possibly “bright.” b
2. Gold is so rare that the
world pours more steel
in an hour than it has
poured gold since the
beginning of recorded history. b
3. Gold has been
discovered on every continent on earth. b
4. Gold melts at 1064.43°
Centigrade. It can
conduct both heat and
electricity and it never rusts.
d 5. Due to its high value,
most gold discovered
throughout history is
still in circulation.
However, it is thought
that 80% of the world’s gold is still in the ground.
6. Seventy-five percent
of all gold in circulation
has been extracted since 1910.b
7. A medical study in
France during the early
twentieth century
suggests that gold is an
effective treatment for rheumatoid arthritis. b
8. Gold is so pliable that it
can be made into
sewing thread. An
ounce of gold can be
stretched over 50 miles.b Gold is edible
9. Gold is edible. Some
Asian countries put
gold in fruit, jelly
snacks, coffee, and tea.
Since at least the 1500s,
Europeans have been putting gold leaf in
bottles of liquor, such
as Danziger Goldwasser
and Goldschlager. Some
Native American tribes
believed consuming gold could allow humans to levitate.
b 10. The largest gold nugget
ever found is the
“Welcome Stranger”
discovered by John
Deason and Richard
Oates in Australia on February 5, 1869. The
nugget is 10 by 25
inches and yielded
2,248 ounces of pure
gold. It was found just
two inches below the ground surface.c
11. Amid recession fears in
March 2008, the price of
gold topped $1,000 an
ounce for the first time in history. f p
12. Traditionally, investors
try to preserve their
assets during hard
economic times by
investing in precious
metals, such as gold and silver. The World
Gold Council released a
report in February 2009
that indicated the
demand for gold rose
sharply in the last half of 2008.f
13. The Dow/Gold ratio,
which shows how
much gold it would
take to buy one share
of the Dow, is a good
indicator of how bad a recession is. In early
2009, the Dow/Gold
ratio appeared to be
heading toward the
same low ratios that
occurred during the 1930s and 1980s.f
14. Gold is chemically inert,
which also explains
why it never rusts and
does not cause skin
irritation. If gold
jewelry irritates the skin, it is likely that
the gold was mixed
with some other metal.b 15. One cubic foot of gold
weighs half a ton. The
world’s largest gold
bar weighs 200 kg (440 lb).b
16. In 2005, Rick Munarriz
queried whether
Google or gold was a
better investment
when both seemed to
have equal value on the stock market. h By the end of 2008, Google
closed at $307.65 a
share, while gold
closed the year at $866 an ounce.g The last time Olympic gold medals were entirely of gold was in 1912
17. The Olympic gold medals awarded in
1912 were made
entirely from gold.
Currently, the gold
medals just must be
covered in six grams of gold
.b 18. The Incas thought gold
represented the glory
of their sun god and
referred to the
precious metal as
“tears of the Sun.” Because gold was not
yet used for money,
the Inca’s love of gold
was purely aesthetic and religious.
a 19. Around 1200 B.C., the
Egyptians used
unshorn sheepskin to
mine for gold dust
from the sands of the
Black Sea. This practice is most likely the
inspiration for the “Golden Fleece.
”b 20. In ancient Egypt, gold
was considered the
skin or flesh of the
gods, particularly the
Egyptian sun god Ra.
Consequently, gold was unavailable to
anyone but the
pharaohs, and only
later to priests and
other members of the
royal court. The chambers that held the
king’s sarcophagus
was known as the “house of gold.”a
21. The Turin Papyrus
shows the first map of
a gold mine in Nubia, a
major gold producer in
antiquity. Indeed, the
Egyptian word for gold was “nub,” from
gold-rich Nubia. While
Egyptian slaves often
suffered terribly in
gold mines, Egyptian
artisans who made gold jewelry for the
nobles enjoyed a high, almost priestly status. h 22. Though the ancient
Jews apparently had
enough gold to create
and dance around a
golden calf while Moses
was talking to God on Mt. Sinai, scholars
speculate that it never
occurred to the Jews
to bribe themselves
out of captivity
because gold was not yet associated with money. b There are more than 400
references to gold in the Bible
23. There are more than
400 references to gold
in the Bible, including
specific instructions
from God to cover
furniture in the tabernacle with “pure
gold.” Gold is also
mentioned as one of the gifts of the Magi. b
24. The Greeks thought
that gold was a dense
combination of water and sunlight.e
25. In 560 B.C., the Lydians
introduced the first
gold coin, which was
actually a naturally
occurring amalgam of
gold and silver called electrum. Herodotus
criticizes the
materialism of the
Lydians, who also
were the first to open
permanent retail shops. When the Lydians
were captured by the
Persians in 546 B.C., the
use of gold coins began to sread.

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26. Before gold coins were
used as money, various
types of livestock,
particularly cattle, and
plant products were
used as currency. Additionally, large
government
construction projects
were completed by
slave labor due to the
limited range of money users.

27. The chemical symbol
for gold is Au, from
the Latin word aurum
meaning “shining
dawn” and from
Aurora, the Roman goddess of the dawn.
In 50 B.C., Romans
began issuing gold
coins called the Aureus
and the smaller solidus.

28. When honking geese
alerted the Romans
that the Gauls were
about to attack the
temple where the
Romans stored their treasure, the grateful
Roman citizens built a
shrine to Moneta, the
goddess of warning.
The link between
rescued treasure and Moneta led many
centuries later to the
English words “money” and “mint.”

29. Between A.D. 307 and
324, the worth of one
pound of gold in Rome rose from 100,000
denarii (a Roman coin)
to 300,000 denarii. By
the middle of the
fourth century, a
pound of gold was worth 2,120,000,000
denarii—an early
example of runaway
inflation, which was
partly responsible for
the collapse of the Roman Empire

30. The Trial of the Pyx (a
public test of the
quality of gold) began
in England in 1282 and
continues to this day.
The term “pyx” refers to a Greek boxwood
chest in which coins are
placed to be presented
to a jury for testing.
Coins are currently
tested for diameter, chemical composition, and weight

31. During the fourteenth
century, drinking
molten gold and
crushed emeralds was
used as a treatment for the bubonic plaque.

32. In 1511, King Ferdinand
of Spain coined the
immortal phrase: “Get
gold, humanely if
possible—but at all hazards, get gold.

33. Both Greeks and Jews
begin to practice
alchemy in 300 B.C. The
search to turn base
metals into gold would
reach its pinnacle in the late Middle Ages and Renaissance

34. In 1599, a Spanish
governor in Ecuador
taxed the Jivaro tribe
so excessively that
they executed him by
pouring molten gold down his throat. This
form of execution was
also practiced by the
Romans and the Spanish Inquisition.

35. Venice introduced the
gold ducat in 1284 and
it became the most
popular gold coin in the
world for the next 500
years. Ducat is Latin for “duke.” It is the
currency used in
Shakespeare’s Romeo
and Juliet and is
referenced in The
Merchant of Venice. In his song “I Ain’t the
One,” rapper Ice Cube
sings that “he’s getting
juiced for his ducats.”
The ducat is also used in
the “Babylon 5” sci-fi series as the name of
the Centauri race’s money

36. Originally the U.S. mint
made $2.50, $10, and $
15 coins of solid gold.
Minting of gold
stopped in 1933, during the Great Depression

37. The San Francisco 49ers
are named after the
1849 Gold Rush miners.

38. Gold and copper were
the first metals to be
discovered by humans
around 5000 B.C. and
are the only two non- white-colored metals

.39. The value of gold has
been used as the
standard for many
currencies. After
WWII, the United
States created the Bretton Woods
System, which set the
value of the U.S. dollar
to 1/35th of a troy
ounce (888.671 mg) of
gold. This system was abandoned in 1971
when there was no
longer enough gold to
cover all the paper money in circulation.

40. 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

41. The “troy ounce” of
gold comes from the
French town of Troyes,
which first created a
system of weights in
the Middle Ages used for precious metals and
gems. One troy ounce
is 480 grains. A grain is exactly 64.79892 mg

42. The gold standard has
been replaced by most
governments by the
fiat (Latin for “let it be
done”) standard. Both
Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson
strongly opposed fiat
currency. Several
contemporary
economists argue that
fiat currency increases the rate of boom-bust
cycles and causes inflation.

43. The Mines of South
Africa can descend as
far as 12,000 feet and
reach temperatures of
130°F. To produce an
ounce of gold requires 38 man hours, 1400
gallons of water,
enough electricity to
run a large house for
ten days, and chemicals
such as cyanide, acids, lead, borax, and lime.
In order to extract
South Africa’s yearly
output of 500 tons of
gold, nearly 70 million
tons of earth are raised and milled

44. Only approximately
142,000 tons of gold
have mined
throughout history.
Assuming the price of
gold is $1,000 per ounce, the total
amount of gold that
has been mined would
equal roughly $4.5
trillion. The United
States alone circulates or deposits over $7.6
trillion, suggesting that
a return to the gold
standard would not be
feasible. While most
scholars agree a return to a gold standard is
not feasible, a few gold
standard advocates
(such as many
Libertarians and
Objectivists), argue that a return to a gold
standard system
would ease inflation
risks and limit government power. d

45. The first recorded gold
ever discovered in the
United States was was
a 17-pound nugget
found in Cabarrus,
North Carolina. When more gold was
discovered in Little
Meadow Creek, North
Carolina, in 1803, the
first U.S. gold rush began

46. In 1848, while building
a saw mill for John
Sutter near
Sacramento, California,
John Marshal
discovered flakes of gold. This discovery
sparked the California
Gold Rush and
hastened the
settlement of the American West

47. In 1933, Franklin
Roosevelt signed
Executive Order 6102
which outlawed U.S.
citizens from hoarding
gold. Owning gold (except for jewelers,
dentists, electricians,
and other industry
workers) was
punishable by fine up
to $10,000 and/or ten years in prison

48. Tiny spheres of gold
are used by the
Amersham
Corporation of Illinois
as a way to tag specific
proteins to identify their function in the
human body for the treatment of disease

49. The purity of gold is
measured in carat
weight. The term
“carat” comes from
“carob seed,” which
was standard for weighing small
quantities in the Middle
East. Carats were the
fruit of the leguminous
carob tree, every single
pod of which weighs 1/5 of a gram (200 mg)

50. Carat weight can be 10,
12, 14, 18, 22, or 24. The
higher the number, the
greater the purity. To
be called “solid gold,”
gold must have a minimum weight of 10
carats. “Pure gold”
must have a carat
weight of 24, (though
there is still a small
amount of copper in it) . Pure gold is so soft
that it can be molded by hand

In Ancient Rome,
women tried to dye
their hair blonde
with pigeon dung. In
Renaissance Venice,
they used horse urine.

China invented ice
cream, and Marco
Polo is rumored to
have taken the recipe
(along with the
recipe for noodles) back with him to
Europe.

Newfoundland was
the first part of
Canada to be
explored by
Europeans. Ironically,
it was the last area to become a province, in
1949.

39 Facts about
the Great Wall of
China

1. While the Great Wall of
China is not one of the
Seven Wonders of the
Ancient World, it is
typically included in
the Seven Wonders of the Medieval World

2. In 1987, the United
Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO)
placed the Great Wall
on its list of the world’s great national and historical sites
3. That the Great Wall is a
single, continuous wall
built all at once is a
myth. In reality, the
wall is a discontinuous
network of wall segments built by
various dynasties to
protect China’s northern boundary
4. During its construction,
the Great Wall was
called “the longest
cemetery on earth”
because so many
people died building it. Reportedly, it cost the
lives of more than one million people.
5. The Great Wall of China
is also known as the
wanli changcheng or
Long Wall of 10,000 Li
(a li is a measure of
distance, approximately 1/3 of a
mile). The main wall is
around 2,145 miles
(3,460 km) long with
an extra 1,770 miles
(2,860 km) of branches and spurs.
6. The Great Wall of China
is the longest man-
made structure in the world
7. The most visited
section of the Great
Wall is in Badaling,
close to Beijing, which
was built during the
Ming Dynasty. It was the first section of the
wall to open to
tourists in 1957. It is
where Nixon visited
and was the finish site
of a cycling course in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
8. As early as the seventh
century B.C., a number
of smaller walls that
served as fortifications
and watch towers had
been built around the country. Initially each
state (Chu, Qi, Wei, Han,
Zhao, Yan, and Qin)
that would be united
in the first Chinese
empire had its own individual wall
9. The length of all
Chinese defense walls
built over the last 2,000
years is approximately
31,070 miles (50,000
km). Earth's circumference is 24,854 miles (40,000 km)
10. The earliest extensive
walls were built by Qin
Shi Huang (260-210 B.C.)
of the Qin dynasty,
who first unified China
and is most famous for the standing terra
cotta army left to
guard his tomb. It is
from the Qin
(pronounced “chin”)
dynasty which the modern word “China”
is derived. Little of
those earliest walls remain
11. Because the Great Wall
was discontinuous,
Mongol invaders led by
Genghis Khan
(“universal ruler”) had
no problem going around the wall and
they subsequently
conquered most of
northern China
between A.D. 1211 and
1223. They ruled all of China until 1368 when
the Ming defeated the Mongols
12. The dynasties after the
Qin which seriously
added to and rebuilt
the Great Wall were
the Han (206 B.C.-A.D.
220), Sui (A.D. 581-618), Jin (115-1234) and,
most famously, the
Ming (1368-1644). What
survives today are the
stone and brick walls
predominately from the Ming dynasty
13. Contrary to common
belief, the Great Wall of
China cannot be seen
from the moon
without aid. This
pervasive myth seems to have started in 1893
in the American-
published magazine
The Century and then
resurfaced in 1932
when Robert Ripley of Ripley’s Believe it Or
Not claimed the Great
Wall could be seen
from the moon—even
though space flight
was decades away. It is questionable
whether the Great Wall
can be seen from a
close orbit with the unaided eye
14. It is common to hear
that the mortar used
to bind the stones was
made from human
bones or that men are
buried within the Great Wall to make it
stronger. However, the
mortar was actually
made from rice flour—
and no bones, human
or otherwise, have ever been found in any
of the Great Wall's walls
15. According to legend, a
helpful dragon traced
out the course of the
Great Wall for the
workforce. The
builders subsequently followed the tracks of the dragon.
16. A popular legend
about the Great Wall is
the story of Meng
Jiang Nu, a wife of a
farmer who was
forced to work on the wall during the Qin
Dynasty. When she
heard her husband had
died while working
the wall, she wept
until the wall collapsed, revealing his bones so she could bury them
17. At one time, family
members of those who
died working on the
Great Wall would carry
a coffin on top of
which was a caged white rooster. The
rooster's crowing was
supposed to keep the
spirit of the dead
person awake until
they crossed the Wall; otherwise, the family
feared the spirit would
escape and wander
forever along the Wall.
18. Uranus, or Tianwang,
who was the
personification of
Heaven, is often
portrayed on the
reliefs found at strategic points and
passes on the Great Wall.
19. Historian Arthur
Walden established
that the popular
concept of one Great
Wall, and even the
name itself, entered Chinese consciousness
not directly from the
Chinese tradition, but
rather through
European sources who
idealized the Wall. In fact, the Wall rarely
appeared in Chinese art
before the twentieth century.

20. Voltaire (1694-1778)
discussed the Great
Wall several times, but
he remained undecided
what the real point
was. In one piece, he thought the Egyptian
pyramids were
“childish” compared to
the Wall, which was a
“great work.” In
another place, he calls the Wall a “monument to fear.”

contd...
21. Novelist Franz Kafka
(1883-1924) praised the
Great Wall as a great
feat of human
engineering. He even
wrote a short story titled “The Great Wall
of China” about an
educated man who
reflects on his life’s
work overseeing the
building of small portions of the Wall.
22. During the Chinese
Cultural Revolution
(1966-78), the Great
Wall was seen as sign
of despotism, and
people were encouraged to take
bricks from it to use in their farms or homes.
23. President Nixon’s visit
to China in 1972
increased tourism to
the Great Wall. With
increased tourism,
sections of the Wall were restored, and
after Mao Zedong’s
death, the Chinese
government
recognized the Wall as
a unifying symbol of the nation.
24. The Great Wall has
often been compared
to a dragon. In China,
the dragon is a
protective divinity and
is synonymous with springtime and vital
energy. The Chinese
believed the earth was
filled with dragons
which gave shape to
the mountains and formed the sinew of the land
25. During the Ming
dynasty, nearly one
million soldiers were
said to defend the
Great Wall from
“barbarians” and non- Chinese
26. The manpower to build
the Great Wall came
from frontier guards,
peasants, unemployed
intellectuals, disgraced
noblemen, and convicts. In fact, there
existed a special
penalty during the Qin
and Han dynasties
under which convicted
criminals were made to work on the Wall

27. Before the Ming
dynasty, the wall was
built with rammed
earth, adobe, and
stone. About 70% is
made from rammed earth and adobe. Bricks
were used after the Ming dynasty
28. The Chinese invented
the wheelbarrow and
used it extensively in
building the Great Wall.
29. A section of the Great
Wall in the Gansu
province may
disappear in the next
20 years due to erosion
30. Watchtowers were
built at regular
intervals along the
Great Wall and could be
up to 40 feet tall. They
were used as lookouts and fortresses as well
as for housing
garrisons of troops and
stockpiled supplies.
They were also signal
stations, where beacons, smoke, or
flags were used for
messages. They also
represented a
tremendous diversity of architectural styles.
31. The Great Wall’s
western section, with
a long chain of
watchtowers,
provided defense for
those traveling the Silk Road
32. Parts of the Great Wall
were surrounded by
defensive moats,
which were either
filled with water or left as ditches
33. To defend the Great
Wall, the Chinese
would use
sophisticated weapons
such as axes, sledge
hammers, lances, crossbows, halberds,
and a Chinese
invention: gunpowder.
34. The last battle fought
at the Great Wall was
in 1938 during the Sino-
Japanese War, which
was between the
Republic of China and the Empire of Japan.
Bullet marks can still be
seen in the Wall at Gubeikou
35. Numerous temples
were built along the
Great Wall for the
worship of the war god, Guandi
36. The Great Wall of China
is 25 feet high in some
places and ranges from 15-30 feet wide
37. The highest point of
the Great Wall is in
Beijing at Heita
Mountain (5,033
feet/1,534 meters). The
lowest point is at Laolongtou (sea level)
38. In 2004, there were
over 41.8 million
foreign visitors to the Great Wall of China
39. While the Great Wall is
currently a symbol of
national pride, China
struggles with how to
manage and protect
the Wall while controlling the mass-
market development
of it. Two
organizations, the
China Great Wall
Society and the International Friends
of the Great Wall, are
dedicated to preserving it.

32 Arousing Facts about
Sex
.
1. During 30 minutes of
active sex, the average
person burns
approximately 200 calories.e
2. On average, adult men
think about sex every seven seconds. e
3. Having sex at least
once per week can
lower a man’s risk of heart disease by 30%, stroke by 50%, and diabetes by 40%. It has also been shown that
men with an active sex
life are more likely to live past 80 years. f
4. The average size of an
erect penis measures
between 5 and 6
inches, while the
average size of a flaccid
penis is about 3.5 inch
5. The sperm count of the
average American
male in 2008 was down
nearly 30% from the
sperm count of an
average American male 30 years ago.
Viagra was released in 1998 with over $411 million in profits within its first three months 6. Viagra, the well-
known blue pill
designed to help with
erectile dysfunction,
made $411 million in
profits within the first three months of its
release in 1998 before
going on to make $1.8 billion in 2003.g
7. Use of the condom was
first noted in published
literature in the early
1500s. The device was
originally made of
linen, and historians believe the legendary
lover Casanova used linen condoms.a
8. Historical records show
that even in 1850 B.C.,
women attempted to
practice birth control.
The most common
method was a mixture of crocodile dung and
honey placed in the
vagina in the hopes of
preventing pregnancy. a 9. Although nearly any
body part or item of
clothing may be an
object of sexual
fetishism, the shoe and
the foot are the two most common fetishes in Western society. e
10. Just a decade ago, only
25% of women
reported experiencing
orgasm as a result of
intercourse. In recent
years, this number has risen to about 45%. In
contrast, over 80% of
women report
experiencing orgasm though MouthAction. e
11. The vibrator, a
common intimacy gadget for
women, was originally designed in the
nineteenth century as a
medication to combat the anxiety-related
symptoms of
“hysteria” (now
known as menstruation).a
12. Homosexuality was
listed as a mental illness
with the American
Psychiatric Association
(APA) until 1973. It has
since been removed and is now considered
an orientation by the
APA instead of an illness 13. Throughout the United
States, approximately
4% of the population
self-identifies as gay, lesbian, or bisexual. h
14. Approximately 1% of
people worldwide
identify as asexual
(having no strong
sexual attraction to either sex). b One in five Americans has been sexually involved with a coworker
15. Statistics suggest that
approximately one in
every five Americans
has indulged in sex
with a colleague at work. 16. Approximately 70% of
people in the U.S. admit
to fantasizing about
group sex at some
point in their life, and
more than 50% of those people actually follow through.
17. Nearly one in four
Americans (65 millions
people) are currently
living with an
incurable sexually transmitted disease (STD).i
18. During 2007, more than
2.5 million people
worldwide became
infected with HIV, the
virus that causes AIDS.
With these new cases, there are now 33
million people living
with AIDS throughout the world. i
19. Since AIDS was first
diagnosed in 1981,
more than 25 million
people have died as a
result of the virus.
Two million people died from AIDS in the year 2007 alone.
i 20. The average male
produces several
million new sperm
daily. Conversely, a
female is born with a
finite amount of eggs and will produce no
more than that
throughout her lifetime.f 21. Statistics show that
approximately 90% of
men and 65% of
women masturbate from time to time. e
22. Worldwide, 27.5% of
women report that
they felt pressured
into having sex for the
first time compared to
15% of men reporting the same feelings.c
23. According to a 2007
worldwide sex
survey, the average
age when people first
have sex is 19.
25. The
survey also found that people in Asian
countries tended to
lose their virginity at a
much later age (an
average of 22) than
those in Western cultures (an average of 18).c
The car is second only to the bedroom as a favorite place to have sex 24. Outside of the
bedroom, the most
common place for
adults in the U.S. to have sex is the car. c
25. The average couple
spends about 20
minutes engaged in
sexual pre-intimacy prior to intercourse.e
26. Worldwide, sexually
active adults report
having sex an average
of 103 times per year.
This number is down
from an average of 127 times per year in 2003.d 27. One report states that
48% of women have
faked an orgasm at
least once in their life.
Interestingly, an
identical 48% of men also report faking an orgasm at least once.d 28. Throughout the world,
approximately 25% of
people report having
had only one sexual
partner. Conversely,
21% of people report having more than 10
sexual partners in their lifetime.d
29. One survey reports
that 53% of sexually
active Americans claim
to have sex at least
once weekly.
However, only 48% of Americans report
being satisfied with their sex life. c
30. Many of the
ingredients in chocolate
are proven to cause
arousal similar in effect
to sexual pre-intimacy. In
fact, some experts believe chocolate may
be even more effective
than pre-intimacy for sexual arousal. a
31. Both men and women
can be turned on by
the aromas of wine. The scents of many
wines are believed to
replicate human
pheromones, the
chemical substances
that cause behavioral responses in humans.a 32. Endorphins released
during sexual activity
create a euphoria
similar to that
produced by opioid
drug use. These same endorphins also act as
extremely effective pain killers.

A person cannot taste food unless it is mixed with saliva. For example, if strong- tasting substance like salt is placed on a dry tongue, the taste buds will not be able to taste it. As soon as a drop of saliva is added and the salt is dissolved, however, a definite taste sensation results. This is true for all foods.

Dogs have four toes on their hind feet, and five on their front feet
.
. The ant can lift 50 times its own weight, can pull 30 times its own weight and always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.

Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into to shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.

The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable".

"I am" is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

The life expectancy for ancient
Greek women was 36, and the
average for males was 45. Of
the children born, only half
survived infancy.

Diseases:Cancer.
Facts About Cancer.
.
1. Several factors increase
the risk of cancer
(officially known as
malignant neoplasm),
including pollutants, tobacco use, certain infections, radiation,
obesity, and lack of physical exercise.

2. An estimated 5 to 10%
of cancers are entirely
hereditary. Most
cancers develop
through a combination
of hereditary and environmental factors

3. Smoking causes an
estimated 90% of lung
cancer. Tobacco has
killed 50 million people
in the last decade. If
trends continue, a billion people will die
from tobacco use and
exposure this century,
which equates to one
person every six seconds.

4. Those who sleep less
than six hours a night
are more likely to
develop colon cancer
than those who sleep more

5. Cancer has two main
characteristics:
abnormal cell growth
and the ability to
spread to other parts
of the body (metastasis)

6. In 2008, there were an
estimated 12,667,500
new cases of cancer
worldwide. Eastern
Asia had the most new
cases (3,720,000) and Micronesia the fewest
(700). North America
had approximately 1,603,900 new cases

7. One in eight deaths in
the world are due to
cancer. Cancer causes
more deaths than
AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria combined

8. Cancer is the leading
cause of death in
developed countries
and the second leading
cause of death in
developing countries, after heart disease. Globally, heart disease
is the number one killer.

9. In 2008, 7.6 million
people died of cancer
globally, which
equates to 21,000
cancer deaths a day. By
2030, 21.4 million new cancer cases are
expected to occur
globally with 13.2 million cancer deaths

10. In 2006, a virus called
xenotropic murine
leukemia virus-related
virus (XMRV) was
discovered in prostate
cells, leading scientists to believe the virus
may play a role in
causing aggressive prostate cancer

11. Nitrites are chemical
additives used to
preserve and add
flavoring to most
lunch meats, including
cold cuts and hot dogs. Once in the body, they
react with body
chemicals and turn into
cancer-causing
carcinogens. Americans
eat more than 20 billion hot dogs per year

12. The most common
cancer in women
globally is breast cancer, with an estimated 1.4 million
new cases diagnosed in
2008. Breast cancer is
also the leading cause
of cancer death in
women worldwide, with an estimated 458,400 deaths a year.

13. Approximately 15% of
all cancers worldwide
are due to infections.
Undeveloped countries
have a higher rate of
cancers due to infection (26%) than in
developed countries
(8%). The microbes
most responsible for
cancer are the
bacterium Helicobacter pylori (gastric cancer),
HPV (cervical and other
cancers), and Hepatitis B and C (liver cancer)

14. Researchers believe
that more than half of
all cancers and cancer
deaths are potentially preventable

15. Lung, prostate, and
stomach cancers are
the most commonly
diagnosed cancers in
men. Breast, cervix,
and colorectal cancers are the most
commonly diagnosed cancers in women.

contd...
16. In 2008, cervical cancer
was the third most
commonly diagnosed
cancer in women
worldwide. An
estimated 529,800 were diagnosed, with over
85% of those diagnosed
in developing countries.

17. The earliest description
of cancer was found in
the Edwin Smith
Papyrus dating back to
1600 B.C. It describes
what appears to be breast cancer. Though
breast cancer was
treated by
cauterization with a
tool called a “fire drill,”
the author ultimately wrote, “There is no treatment.

18. The word “cancer” is
related to the Greek
word “crab” because
its finger-like
projections were
similar to the shape of the crab. Galen, a
Roman physician, used
the word oncos, which
is Greek for “swelling.”

19. Since February 2009,
over 40 million doses
of Gardasil have been
distributed globally.
The FDA and the CDC
claim that Gardisal prevents certain types
of cervical cancer and that it is safe

20. The American Cancer
Society estimates
577,190 people will die
from cancer in the U.S.
per year, or more than 1,500 people a day

21. As of January 2008,
there were
approximately 12
million people alive in
the U.S. who had a
medical history of cancer.

22. Skin cancer is the most
common form of
cancer in the U.S., with
over 2 million cases of
skin cancers diagnosed
every year. Many cases could be prevented by
protecting the skin
from overexposure
from the sun and
avoiding indoor tanning.

23. Approximately 77% of
all cancers are
diagnosed in people
who are 55 years old or older

24. The National institute
of Health (NIH) posits
that the cost of cancer
in 2007 in the U.S. was $
226.8 billion overall.
Globally, the economic impact of cancer is
substantially higher
than any other cause of death

25. The majority of
research shows being
overweight adversely
affects survival for
postmenopausal
women with breast cancer. Conversely,
postmenopausal
women who are more
physically active are
less likely to die from breast cancer.

26. While many types of
cancers have declined
in recent years—
including cervical,
colorectal, stomach,
and lung cancers— other types of cancers
have been increasing,
including HPV-related
oropharyngeal,
esophageal
adenocarcinoma, melanoma of the skin,
and cancers of the
pancreas, liver, and
intrahepatic bile duct,
as well as thyroid and
kidney and renal pelvis cancers

27. African Americans are
more likely than any
other racial group to
develop and die from
cancer. Asian
Americans and Pacific Islanders have the
lowest overall cancer rates

28. There are 28 million
cancer survivors worldwide

29. Cancer is not just one
disease; rather it is a set
of diseases. Different
agents cause each type of cancer.

30. Human papillomavrius
(HPV) infection is the
most common sexually
transmitted viral
infection and is the
causative agent of cervical cancer.
Although it is the
causative agent, most
women who are
infected do not develop cancer

contd.

31. Women who have no
children or who have
their first pregnancy
after the age of 30
have a slightly higher
risk of developing breast cancer than
those who become
pregnant while they
are younger. Breast-
feeding may also
reduce the risk of breast cancer slightly. h

32. The lifetime risk of a
man in the United State
of developing an
invasive cancer is 45% .b Cancer drugs are the largest category
of drugs in terms of sales

33. Pharmaceutical
companies that market
successful cancer drugs
are some of the biggest
corporations in the
world. While there is currently a shortage of
cancer drugs, only
about 10% of the
shortages are due to
lack of raw materials.
Most shortages are due to corporate decisions
to cut down on
production caused by
money or quality problems.e

34. Poor dental hygiene
can cause gingivitis, an
inflammation of the
gums. Over time, high
levels of inflammation
in the body can increase a person’s risk of developing cancer. h

35. Studies have found
that Holocaust survivors are at a
greater risk for
developing cancer,
mainly due to intense
calorie deprivation and stress during WWII. k

36. Approximately 175,300
new cancer cases
occurred globally in
children up to age 14 in
2008. An estimated
96,400 children died from cancer in 2008.h

37. An estimated 12,060
children in the U.S. are
diagnosed with cancer
and 1,240 will die from
cancer annually.
Childhood cancers represent less than 1%
of all new cancer
diagnoses, yet it is the
second leading cause of
death in children, second to accidents.b

38. Professor Devra Davis
argues that cancer
research has been
plagued by
corporations and
politicians manipulating and
“fudging” data about
cancer-causing toxins
such as benzene and
tobacco for money.
Additionally, she argues that too much
of the “War on Cancer”
is misdirected by
focusing more on
treatment rather than on prevention. e

39. Some researchers
believe that the Pap
smear was not
implemented until
more than a decade
after it was proven to prevent cervical cancer
because of fears it
would undermine the
private practice of
medicine, leading to
unnecessary surgery and death for millions of women. e
*Estimated Chernobyl deaths range form
4,000 to half a million*

40. Scientists claim that the
nuclear disaster at
Chernobyl produced
the largest group of
cancers in history from a single incident.e

41. Breast cancer is
considered a taboo in
many Middle Eastern
countries, and many
women will not get
tested because they fear being examined by male doctors. e

42. During a 13.5-hour
surgery, physicians
were able to pull out a
malignant brain tumor
from an 11-year-old girl’s nose in Texas. g

43. Men who have never
married are up to 35%
more likely to die from
cancer than those who
are married. In terms
of surviving cancer, women also benefited
from being married, but to a lesser extent. a

44. A Massachusetts
mother was convicted
of attempted murder
for withholding cancer
medication from her
autistic son. He was just 9 years old when
he died of leukemia in 2009.j

45. Cancer patients have
twice the risk of
suicide than the general
population. Men are
more likely to kill
themselves immediately after a diagnosis.c

46. Henreitta Lacks died of
cervical cancer in 1951,
but not before
scientists at Johns
Hopkins took samples
of her tumor. Because it was the first instance
of a successfully
established “immortal”
cell line, her cells (now
called HeLa cells) have
been used in several groundbreaking
experiments, including
polio vaccines and
cloning. However, her
story has not been
without controversy because neither she nor
her family gave
permission for her cells
to be harvested, and
her family never
benefited financially. Additionally, a HeLa
cells contamination
problem almost led to a Cold War incident. e

New Cancer Cases Worldwide (2008)
Male Cancer Type Estimated Cases Lung & Bronchus 1,095,200 Prostate 903,500Colon & Rectum 663,600 Stomach 640,600 Liver 522,400 Esophagus 326,600Urinary Bladder 297,300 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 199,600 Leukemia 195,900 Oral Cavity 170,900 All sites but skin 6,629,100

Female Cancer Type Estimated Cases Breast 1,383,500 Colon & Rectum 570,100 Cervix Uteri 529,800 Lung & Bronchus 513,600 Stomach 349,000 Corpus Uteri 287,100 Liver 225,900 Ovary 225,500 Thyroid 163,000 Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma 156,300 All sites but skin 6,038,400

Cancer Deaths Worldwide (2008)

Male Cancer Type Estimated Cases Lung & Bronchus 951,000 Liver 478,300 Stomach 464,400Colon & Rectum 320,600 Esophagus 276,100 Prostate 258,400 Leukemia 143,700 Pancreas 138,100Urinary Bladder 112,300 Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma 109,500 All sites but skin 4,225,700

Female Cancer Type Estimated Cases Breast 458,400 Lung & Bronchus 427,400Colon & Rectum 288,100 Cervix Uteri 275,100 Stomach 273,600 Liver 217,600 Ovary 140,200 Esophagus 130,700 Pancreas 127,900 Leukemia 113,800,..

Time to humour you guys...Strange and Funny: 53
Crazy Laws

1. Before 1920, it was
illegal for women in
the United States to
vote. When women’s
rights advocate Susan
B. Anthony tried to vote in the 1872
election, she was
arrested and fined $ 100

2. It’s illegal to ride an
ugly horse in Wilbur, Washington.

3. In Quitman, Georgia,
chickens may not cross the road.

4. In Mohave County,
Arizona, if anyone is
caught stealing soap,
he must wash himself
with it until the soap is gone.lol

5. First cousins may
marry in Utah, but
only after they’re 65 years old.

6. In North Dakota, no
one can be arrested on
the Fourth of July, a
holiday that is
commonly known
there as “Five Finger Discount Day.

7. In Tennessee, it is illegal
for children to play
games on Sunday without a license..

8. It is illegal in Tennessee
for an atheist to hold office.

9. In Indiana, it is illegal
for a man to be
sexually aroused in public.

10. It is illegal in California
to lick toads.
Apparently, some
people were licking
toads to get high.
Unfortunately, some people were being
harmed by the toads’ poison.

11. It is against Michigan
state law to tie a
crocodile to a fire hydrant.

12. An old Colorado law
states that a person
mush have a doctor’s
prescription before taking a bath.{I guess you must also do the same before you eat and sleep }



13. Colorado law states
that a man cannot
marry his wife’s grandmother

14. In Kansas, when two
trains meet at a
crossing, “both shall
come to full stop and
neither shall start up
again until the other has gone.”

15. A woman in a
housecoat is forbidden
to drive a car in California

16. According to
Minneapolis law, a
person who double
parks a car will be put
on a chain gang with
only bread and water to eat.

17. In Michigan, a woman’s
hair belongs to her husband

18. In Morrisville,
Pennsylvania, it is
illegal for a woman to
wear cosmetics without a permit{if I hear..tell 9ja women that nah}

19. A man is forbidden to
kiss a woman while
she’s asleep in Logan County, Colorado.

20. In Challis, Idaho, it is
illegal to walk down
the street with another man’s wife

21. Flirting in Little Rock,
Arkansas, can land
someone in jail for 30 days.

22. In Truro, Mississippi, a
man must prove
himself worthy before
getting married by
hunting and killing
either six blackbirds or three crows.

23. There are still laws in
Pueblo, Colorado,
stating that it is illegal to grow dandelions

24. A woman in Memphis,
Tennessee, is not
allowed to drive a car
unless a man is in front
of the car waving a red
flag to warn people and other cars

25. It is illegal for children
under the age of 12 to
talk on the telephone
unless accompanied by
a parent in Blue Earth, Minnesota.

26. In Kalispell, Montana,
children must have a
doctor’s note if they
want to buy a lollipop.

27. A representative from
Oklahoma, Linda Larsen
attempted to lower
the divorce rate by
proposing a law that
would require the following before a
marriage license would
be issued: neither party
should snore, at least
one meal a week
should be prepared by the non-primary cook,
toothpaste should be
squeezed from the
bottom of the tube,
pantyhose shouldn’t be
left hanging in the shower, and the toilet
seat should always be
down when not being used.

28. In Eureka, Nevada, it is
illegal for men who
have mustaches to kiss women.

29. It is illegal in Waco,
Texas, to throw a
banana peel onto the
street because a horse could slip

30. In Texas, the
Encyclopedia Britannica
was banned because it
contained a formula for making beer

Contd..
31. Pickles were outlawed
in Los Angeles because
the smell might offend people.

32. It’s illegal in St. Louis,
Missouri, for a fireman
to rescue a woman
wearing a nightgown.
If she wants to be
rescued, she must be fully clothed..wicked!

33. Hartford, Connecticut,
banned men from
kissing their wives on Sundays.

34. Buying ice cream on
Sundays was illegal in
Ohio because it was
thought to be
frivolous and
“luxurious.” Consequently, ice
cream vendors would
put fruit on top of the
ice cream to make it
more nutritious,
creating the ice cream sundae

35. A woman wearing
shorts, a halter top, or
a bathing suit to a
political rally in
Wheatfield, Indiana,
could be charged with a misdemeanor

36. In Lander, Wyoming, it
is illegal for adults to
take a bath more than
once a month once the
cold weather arrives.
Children cannot take a bath at all during the winter.

37. According to Florida
law, anyone who
takes a bath must wear clothes

38. Motorists in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
cannot park a car for
more than two hours
unless it is hitched to a horse

39. Women in Whitesville,
Delaware, could be
charged with
disorderly conduct if
they propose marriage to a man.

40. In Kentucky, it is
against the law to
remarry the same man four times

41. There is a law in South
Carolina that allows a
husband to beat his
wife on the courthouse steps on a Sunday.

42. In Arizona, MouthAction is considered sodomy

43. In Arizona, a man may
legally beat his wife
once a month, but no more.

44. In Dyersburg,
Tennessee, it is against
the law for a girl to
telephone a boy to ask for a date.

45. In Kentucky, a woman
is forbidden to wear a
bathing suit on a
highway unless she is
armed with a club or is
escorted by at least two officers. The
amendment says that
the provisions of this
statue “shall not apply
to a female weighing
less than 90 pounds or exceeding 200 pounds.

46. According to an
Atlanta, Georgia,
ordinance, “smelly
people” are not
allowed to ride public streetcars

47. Massachusetts passed a
law in 1648 that
allowed a parent to
put to death a
stubborn or rebellious
son. The law has been repealed by the legislature.

48. In Massachusetts, a
person could be fined
up to $200 for denying the existence of God

49. In 1659, Massachusetts
outlawed Christmas.
According to state law,
anybody observing
Christmas would be fined five shillings.

50. In California, ostrich
steaks are exempt from state sales tax.

51. In Lexington,
Kentucky, it is against
the law to carry an ice
cream cone in a pocket

52. Policemen are allowed
to bite a dog if they
think it will calm the
dog down in Paulding, Ohio.

53. In Zeigler, Illinois, only
the first four firemen
to arrive at a fire will be paid.

Nobleval: Time to humour you guys...Strange and Funny: 53
Crazy Laws

1. Before 1920, it was
illegal for women in
the United States to
vote. When women’s
rights advocate Susan
B. Anthony tried to vote in the 1872
election, she was
arrested and fined $ 100

2. It’s illegal to ride an
ugly horse in Wilbur, Washington.

3. In Quitman, Georgia,
chickens may not cross the road.

4. In Mohave County,
Arizona, if anyone is
caught stealing soap,
he must wash himself
with it until the soap is gone.lol

5. First cousins may
marry in Utah, but
only after they’re 65 years old.

6. In North Dakota, no
one can be arrested on
the Fourth of July, a
holiday that is
commonly known
there as “Five Finger Discount Day.

7. In Tennessee, it is illegal
for children to play
games on Sunday without a license..

8. It is illegal in Tennessee
for an atheist to hold office.

9. In Indiana, it is illegal
for a man to be
sexually aroused in public.

10. It is illegal in California
to lick toads.
Apparently, some
people were licking
toads to get high.
Unfortunately, some people were being
harmed by the toads’ poison.

11. It is against Michigan
state law to tie a
crocodile to a fire hydrant.

12. An old Colorado law
states that a person
mush have a doctor’s
prescription before taking a bath.{I guess you must also do the same before you eat and sleep }



13. Colorado law states
that a man cannot
marry his wife’s grandmother

14. In Kansas, when two
trains meet at a
crossing, “both shall
come to full stop and
neither shall start up
again until the other has gone.”

15. A woman in a
housecoat is forbidden
to drive a car in California

16. According to
Minneapolis law, a
person who double
parks a car will be put
on a chain gang with
only bread and water to eat.

17. In Michigan, a woman’s
hair belongs to her husband

18. In Morrisville,
Pennsylvania, it is
illegal for a woman to
wear cosmetics without a permit{if I hear..tell 9ja women that nah}

19. A man is forbidden to
kiss a woman while
she’s asleep in Logan County, Colorado.

20. In Challis, Idaho, it is
illegal to walk down
the street with another man’s wife

21. Flirting in Little Rock,
Arkansas, can land
someone in jail for 30 days.

22. In Truro, Mississippi, a
man must prove
himself worthy before
getting married by
hunting and killing
either six blackbirds or three crows.

23. There are still laws in
Pueblo, Colorado,
stating that it is illegal to grow dandelions

24. A woman in Memphis,
Tennessee, is not
allowed to drive a car
unless a man is in front
of the car waving a red
flag to warn people and other cars

25. It is illegal for children
under the age of 12 to
talk on the telephone
unless accompanied by
a parent in Blue Earth, Minnesota.

26. In Kalispell, Montana,
children must have a
doctor’s note if they
want to buy a lollipop.

27. A representative from
Oklahoma, Linda Larsen
attempted to lower
the divorce rate by
proposing a law that
would require the following before a
marriage license would
be issued: neither party
should snore, at least
one meal a week
should be prepared by the non-primary cook,
toothpaste should be
squeezed from the
bottom of the tube,
pantyhose shouldn’t be
left hanging in the shower, and the toilet
seat should always be
down when not being used.

28. In Eureka, Nevada, it is
illegal for men who
have mustaches to kiss women.

29. It is illegal in Waco,
Texas, to throw a
banana peel onto the
street because a horse could slip

30. In Texas, the
Encyclopedia Britannica
was banned because it
contained a formula for making beer

hahaha
That vote tin sha

Btw,did the anti-spam bot attack you?

The five-second rule
is a myth: bacteria
can live after four
weeks on carpet.
And, thanks to
“microbial adhesion,” germs such as the
following are
immediately
transferred to food:
Salmonella
typhimurium, Campylobacter, and
Salmonella enteritis, a
nasty bacterium that
causes horrible
diarrhea and
vomiting.

Though Hillary
Clinton had appeared
on Vogue in 1998, she
apparently backed
out at the last minute
for a 2007 shoot, claiming she didn’t
want to look too
“feminine.“

In ancient Greece,
Solon (638-538 B.C.)
once contemplated
making marriage
compulsory, and in
Athens under Pericles (495-429 B.C.),
bachelors were
excluded from
certain public
positions. In Sparta,
single and childless men were treated
with scorn. In
ancient Rome,
Augustus (63 B.C.-
A.D. 14) passed
drastic laws compelling people to
marry and penalized
those who remained
single

The birth of Earth’s
moon is singularly
important because it
stabilizes Earth’s tilt.
Without the moon,
Earth would still have wild changes in
climate and be
uninhabitable. The
stabilizing tug of the
moon tempers Earth,
resulting in the minor tip that causes
summer and winter
seasons.

The Norwalk virus or
Norovirus (the virus
that causes the
stomach flu) can
survive on an
uncleaned carpet for a month or more.

Oberlin College was the first
college to grant degrees to
women, in 1841. It was also
the first college to grant a
bachelor’s degree to an
African-American woman, in 1862.

Interesting Facts about
Virginity
.
1. During the 7th century
B.C., ancient Roman
priestesses called the
“vestal virgins” were
required to keep their hymens intact as proof of virginity until age
30 or they would be buried alive

2. The vestal virgins
allegedly were able to
carry water in a sieve.
Queen Elizabeth (the
Virgin Queen) holds a
sieve in her left hand to publicize her
virginity in a famous 1579 portrait

3. In 4 B.C., the Virgin
Mary gave birth to
Jesus. Several Christian
denominations (Roman
Catholic, Eastern
Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox) believe in
the perpetual virginity
of Mary. Most
Protestants, however,
believe that Mary had
other children by natural means

4. Pearls are a
quintessential symbol
of female virginity and
purity, especially in the
context of marriage or religious portrait

5. The unicorn has
traditionally been a
symbol of virginity
and, according to
legend, only virgins
could tame unicorns, meaning only virgins
could calm male
elements with their female ones

6. Flowers have
traditionally been
associated with female
sexuality because they
suggest growth and
fertility and visually resemble the female
genitals. The lily, in
particular, is closely
associated with
virginity. Additionally,
its pure white petals and golden stamen acts
as a visual reminder of the conception

Two Godfried Schalken
(1643–1706) paintings,
“The Wasted Lesson in
Morals” and “The
Medical Examination,”
highlight virginity symbols of the time. In
the first painting, an
older woman wags her
finger at a young
woman, cautioning her
against opening a casket (symbolizing
her virginity). In the
second painting, the
girl weeps while a
doctor examines a
flask of her urine. Both paintings suggest that
a chaste girl is sealed
and impermeable,
while an unchaste girl
is incontinent and porous

8. Some early modern
Renaissance literature
associated an unchaste
woman with not only
urinating and “leaking”
but also with speaking. They associated a
woman who had the
temerity to open her
mouth with a woman
who would readily
open another orifice, her vagina. This trope of containment used
one body part to
function
metonymically for
another: women who
cannot control their tongues by extension
could not control their
sexual desires or their bladders

9. In the Bible, Lot offers
his virgin daughters to
the people of Sodom
for sexual purposes to
protect his guests. He
believed that their virginity made the
girls more appealing
than they would be otherwise.

10. In the Bible, both
Exodus and
Deuteronomy argue
that a man who
seduces or rapes a
virgin must marry her and pay a bride price at
the virgin rate, which
is higher than the non- virgin rate

11. “V card collecting” is a
growing trend among
teens who try to have sex with as many virgins as possible.

12. The word “virgin”
entered the English
language in the 9th
century, but it initially
only applied to women

13. The North American
organization “Born
Again Virgins of
America! (BAVAM!)
exists to help all those
(mostly women) who regret having lost their
virginity before
marriage. Young
people who join
BAVAM! claim that
they not only renounce previous
instances of sex but
also, in the process, get their virginity back

14. Some Orthodox Jews
believe that the slate
of a sexually
experienced woman is
wiped clean and that
the ritual of the wedding cleanses the bride of her “carnal transgressions.”m

15. The term “virgin” is
related to the Latin
root virga, meaning
“young shoot,” and
virginem, meaning
“maiden, unwedded girl or woman, fresh, unused.