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Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 6:24am On Jul 02, 2014 |
I hope we don't get to loose this again.... 3 Likes |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Guykhena(m): 7:14am On Jul 02, 2014 |
Re-opened,,nice.... #following... 1 Like |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by McWhillion(m): 9:46am On Jul 02, 2014 |
waiting 1 Like |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 10:04am On Jul 02, 2014 |
Modified on 19/9/2014:DEAR VIEWERS PLEASE LIKE AND SHARE THESE FACTS TO YOUR FOLLOWERS. THANK YOU 7 Likes |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 10:17am On Jul 02, 2014 |
Some quick one...since the thread is in science section lets give credit to the indians! They've done a lot in science.. Q. Who is the GM of Hewlett Packard (hp) ? A. Rajiv Gupta Q. Who is the creator of Pentium chip (needs no introduction as 90% of the today’s computers run on it)? A. Vinod Dahm Q. Who is the third richest man on the world? A. According to the latest report on Fortune Magazine, it is Azim Premji, who is the CEO of Wipro Industries. The Sultan of Brunei is at 6th position now. Q. Who is the founder and creator of Hotmail (Hotmail is world’s No.1 web-based email program)? A. Sabeer Bhatia Q. Who is the president of AT & T-Bell Labs(AT & T-Bell Labs is the creator of program languages such as C, C++, Unix to name a few)? A. Arun Netravalli Q. Who is the new MTD (Microsoft Testing Director) of Windows 2000, responsible to iron out all initial problems? A. Sanjay Tejwrika Q. Who are the Chief Executives of Citibank, Mckinsey & Stanchart? A. Victor Menezes, Rajat Gupta, and Rana Talwar. Q. Indians are the wealthiest among all ethnic groups in America, even faring better than the whites and the natives. There are 3.22 million Indians in the USA (1.5% of population). YET, 38% of doctors in USA are Indians. 12% scientists in USA are Indians. 36% of NASA scientists are Indians. 34% of Microsoft employees are Indians. 28% of IBM employees are Indians. 17% of INTEL scientists are Indians. 13% of XEROX employees are! Indians. Btw that's a lot of brain drain. 17 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 10:45am On Jul 02, 2014 |
If you have 3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar. |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 10:46am On Jul 02, 2014 |
The numbers '172' can be found on the back of the U.S. $5 dollar bill in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial. |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 10:46am On Jul 02, 2014 |
President Kennedy was the fastest random speaker in the world with upwards of 350 words per minute. |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 10:47am On Jul 02, 2014 |
In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator. 2 Likes |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 10:47am On Jul 02, 2014 |
Odontophobia is the fear of teeth. 2 Likes |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 10:48am On Jul 02, 2014 |
The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottles represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had. |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 10:51am On Jul 02, 2014 |
The surface area of an average-sized brick is 79 cm squared. |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 10:51am On Jul 02, 2014 |
According to suicide statistics, Monday is the favored day for self-destruction. |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 10:53am On Jul 02, 2014 |
Cats sleep 16 to 18 hours per day . The most common name in the world is Mohammed. It is believed that Shakespeare was 46 around the time that the King James Version of the Bible was written. In Psalms 46, the 46th word from the first word is shake and the 46th word from the last word is spear. Karoke means "empty orchestra" in Japanese. The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies. 5 Likes |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 10:54am On Jul 02, 2014 |
The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C. Rhode Island is the smallest state with the longest name. The official name, used on all state documents, is "Rhode Island and Providence Plantations." |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 10:55am On Jul 02, 2014 |
When you die your hair still grows for a couple of months. There are two credit cards for every person in the United States. Isaac Asimov is the only author to have a book in every Dewey-decimal category. |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Guykhena(m): 11:07am On Jul 02, 2014 |
Nobleval: Odontophobia is the fear ofLOL,,, 1 Like |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 11:07am On Jul 02, 2014 |
The newspaper serving Frostbite Falls, Minnesota, the home of Rocky and Bullwinkle, is the Picayune Intellegence. It would take 11 Empire State Buildings, stacked one on top of the other, to measure the Gulf of Mexico at its deepest point. |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 11:09am On Jul 02, 2014 |
The first person selected as the Time Magazine Man of the Year - Charles Lindbergh in 1927. The most money ever paid for a cow in an auction was $1.3 million. |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 11:10am On Jul 02, 2014 |
It took Leo Tolstoy six years to write "War & Peace". The Neanderthal's brain was bigger than yours is. On the new hundred dollar bill the time on the clock tower of Independence Hall is 4:10. |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 11:11am On Jul 02, 2014 |
Each of the suits on a deck of cards represents the four major pillars of the economy in the middle ages: heart represented the Church, spades represented the military, clubs represented agriculture, and diamonds represented the merchant class. |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 11:13am On Jul 02, 2014 |
The names of the two stone lions in front of the New York Public Library are Patience and Fortitude. They were named by then-mayor Fiorello LaGuardia. The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building. 3 Likes |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 11:14am On Jul 02, 2014 |
The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in jelly. |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 11:15am On Jul 02, 2014 |
1 in 5,000 north Atlantic lobsters are born bright blue. There are 10 human body parts that are only 3 letters long (eye hip arm leg ear toe jaw rib lip gum). |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 11:16am On Jul 02, 2014 |
A skunk's smell can be detected by a human a mile away. The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want. The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache. Henry Ford produced the model T only in black because the black paint available at the time was the fastest to dry. |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 11:18am On Jul 02, 2014 |
Mario, of Super Mario Bros. fame, appeared in the 1981 arcade game, Donkey Kong. His original name was Jumpman, but was changed to Mario to honor the Nintendo of America's landlord, Mario Segali. The three best-known western names in China: Jesus Christ, Richard Nixon, and Elvis Presley. |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 11:29am On Jul 02, 2014 |
Every year about 98% of the atoms in your body are replaced. Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump. The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672. World Tourist day is observed on September 27. 1 Like |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 11:29am On Jul 02, 2014 |
Every year about 98% of the atoms in your body are replaced. Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump. The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672. World Tourist day is observed on September 27. |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 11:31am On Jul 02, 2014 |
Women are 37% more likely to go to a psychiatrist than men are. The human heart creates enough pressure to squirt blood 30 feet (9 m). Diet Coke was only invented in 1982. There are more than 1,700 references to gems and precious stones in the King James translation of the Bible. |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 11:34am On Jul 02, 2014 |
When snakes are born with two heads, they fight each other for food. American car horns beep in the tone of F. Turning a clock's hands counterclockwise while setting it is not necessarily harmful. It is only damaging when the timepiece contains a chiming mechanism. |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 11:36am On Jul 02, 2014 |
There are twice as many kangaroos in Australia as there are people. The kangaroo population is estimated at about 40 million. Police dogs are trained to react to commands in a foreign language; commonly German but more recently Hungarian. |
Re: Thread For Facts.... by Nobody: 11:40am On Jul 02, 2014 |
The Australian $5 to $100 notes are made of plastic . St. Stephen is the patron saint of bricklayers. The average person makes about 1,140 telephone calls each year. |
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