Smoking and its harmful impact among students

The prevalence of smoking especially among the students of the private universities is alarming. On a recent survey of students of two top ranking private universities, it was found that there is a high prevalence of smoking among students. However there is also a great movement among these students towards quitting smoking.

5 Easy Tips To Improve Your Mental Health

We are living in a hectic world where things seem to happen at a fast rate and require more of our thinking power to adapt to the changing environment. Therefore, it is important to take care of yourself by specifically improving your mental health. Each day, there are many easy tasks to perform which will allow you to maintain and enhance your mind and wellness and have lots of benefits later.

Taj Mahal ranks 3rd among world's top landmarks

Standing majestically on the banks of River Yamuna, the Taj Mahal is synonymous to love and romance. The purity of the white marble, the exquisite ornamentation, precious gemstones used and its picturesque location, all make a visit to the Taj Mahal gain a place amongst the most sought-after tours in the world. It is the love behind this outstanding monument that has given a life to this monument. 

Why eat Beets?

Although beets have the highest sugar content of all vegetables, most people can safely eat beet roots a few times a week enjoying not only their sweet, earthy flavor but also their powerhouse nutrients that may improve your health in the following ways.

Honouring the Dead for a Better Life

The Mon community in Sangkhla Buri on Thailand's border with Myanmar pay respect to their ancestors by sending off a boat laden with food.

According to traditional beliefs, the seventh month in the lunar calendar is when restless spirits roam the earth. That seventh month usually falls around August or September and all over Asia, communities mark the festival of the hungry ghost in their own fashion.

4 places you can go for a stroll in Dhaka

When was the last time you stopped and took a deep long breath to smell the fresh air? Life in the metropolis can sometimes be claustrophobic. With the hectic work schedule, blazing horns and blinding lights it is very easy to get lost in the commotion that is Dhaka city. So where do you go in this concrete jungle to sit, think and contemplate your day away? Here are a few places in the city where you can relax and take a breath.

New Zealand Part of Sunken 'Lost Continent'

New Zealand sits top of a previously unknown continent -- mostly submerged beneath the South Pacific -- that should be recognized with the name Zealandia, scientists said today.

Researchers said Zealandia was a distinct geological entity and met all the criteria applied to Earth's seven other continents -- elevation above the surrounding area, distinctive geology, a well-defined area and a crust much thicker than that found on the ocean floor.

113 Computer Run Command

113 Run Commands for Your Computer:

Accessibility Controls
access.cpl
Add Hardware Wizard
hdwwiz.cpl
Add/Remove Programs
appwiz.cpl
Administrative Tools
control admintools
Automatic Updates
wuaucpl.cpl
Bluetooth Transfer Wizard

Love Quotes

A part of you has grown in me.
And so you see, it's you and me
Together forever and never apart,
Maybe in distance, but never in heart.

Love is the language our hearts use to speak to one another. For you, my dear, my heart sings.

My heart is empty without you,
Like a bird without a song.

Battery Tips for Mobile

Smartphone batteries don't last forever, but there are lots of things you can do behind-the-scenes to make your Android last longer. Let's explore how to increase battery life on your smartphone.

1. When you get a new phone, it is advisable that for the first two to three cycles, let the battery completely drain out (till the phone switches off) and then recharge. This ensures that your phone battery is able to function at full capacity. Also, do this once every month to ensure optimum battery performance.

2. You can easily save on battery and system memory being used by regularly checking the task manager. Close applications that you are not using.

Arts of Math

Mathematics as a formal area of teaching and learning was developed about 5,000 years ago by the Sumerians. They did this at the same time as they developed reading and writing. However, the roots of mathematics go back much more than 5,000 years.

Abbreviations & Meanings

These are the most useful abbreviations which we need in our daily life.

→ Abbreviation ↔ Meanings
→ ADH ↔ Anti Diuretic Hormone
→ AIDS ↔ Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
→ AJAX ↔ Asynchronous JavaScript and XML
→ ALU ↔ Arithmetic and Logic Unit
→ AMR ↔ Adaptive Multi-Rate
→ AMU ↔ Atomic Mass Unit
→ ASP ↔ Application Service Provider
→ ASCII ↔ American Standard Code for Information Interchange
→ AWACS ↔ Airborne Warning and Control System

11 Success Tips

What is success? We all have goals, right? Though everyone’s goals are different but all those have one thing in common, the feeling you get once you achieve that goal. I bet everyone would agree how fulfilling it is as a human. But let’s face it, the road to achieving our goals is never easy. Don’t worry, it’s normal and it’s part of life. There will be too many obstacles, temptations and errors before you achieve the golden ticket. It requires a lot of focus, determination and courage. To guide you along the path to success, here are some tips to help you reach that goal you’ve been dreaming to achieve.

KB, MB, GB etc's details

→ 1 Bit (B) = 0 or 1
→ 1 Byte (B) = 8 Bits (B)
→ 1 Kilo Bit (KB) = 1024 Bits (B)
→ 1 Kilo Byte (KB) = 1024 Bytes (B)
→ 1 Mega Byte (MB) = 1024 Kilo Bytes (KB)
→ 1 Gigabyte (GB) = 1024 Mega Bytes (MB)
→ 1 Terabyte (TB) = 1024 Gigabytes (GB)
→ 1 Petabyte (PB) = 1024 Terabytes (TB)
→ 1 Exabyte (EB) = 1024 Petabytes (PB)
→ 1 kilobyte (KB) = 1,024 Bytes (B)
→ 1 megabyte (MB) = 1,048,576 Bytes (B)
→ 1 gigabyte (GB) = 1,073,741,824 Bytes (B)
→ 1 terabyte (TB) = 1,099,511,627,776 Bytes (B)
→ 1 petabyte (PB) = 1,125,899,906,842,624 Bytes (B)

101 LOVE TIPS

1. Remember to say "I love you" and "I need you" often.
2. Walk hand in hand in the rain.
3. Write a love poem.
4. Call a radio station and dedicate a favorite song.
5. Write "I Love You" in lipstick or shaving cream on the mirror.
6. Hide love notes in a lunch box, briefcase or purse.
7. Make heart-shaped cinnamon toast for breakfast.
8. Place a love note in the personals section of the newspaper.
9. Take a carriage ride around the city.
10. Plan a surprise getaway.
11. Do your mate's household chores.
12. Write notes on future dates in their date book ("I love you," I miss you," etc.)
13. Make reservations at a favorite restaurant.
14. Let them choose the movie.
15. Give a foot massage.
16. Make a heart-shaped bookmark, and place it in their book.
17. Pop in a romantic music CD and slow dance.
18. Throw a just-because surprise party for two.
19. Buy a stuffed animal for your honey.
20. Read each other's horoscopes.
21. Make a list of the top 10 things you love about your partner.
22. Display it in a prominent place.
23. Tattoo your mate's name on your body.
24. Make an album or scrapbook of your favorite memories together.
25. Go camping together and only take one sleeping bag.
26. Send a mushy message in a bottle...a balloon...a sandwich...
27. Cut out a silly cartoon that you know they'd enjoy.
28. Shower together.
29. Dim the lights, and snuggle together on the couch.
30. Be the first to say "I'm sorry" and kiss and make up.
31. Give each other a full-body massage.
32. Kiss every hour on the hour all day long.
33. Send a gift basket of indulgent items.
34. Write "I'm hot for you" in the steam on the bathroom mirror.
35. Ribbon wrap your bed with a big bow.
36. Fill up the gas tank of your partner's car.
37. Act like teenagers. Maybe even pierce something!
38. Show up with a bouquet of flowers -- for no reason at all.
39. Play Scrabble® together, using as many "love" words as you can.
40. Run a warm bubble bath for your partner, with lots of lit candles.
41. Meet in the park for a picnic.
42. Hold hands.
43. Leave a trail of rose petals through the house, leading to a romantic candlelight dinner.
44. Make a donation in your mate's name to a special cause or charity.
45. Pick up their clothes from the floor -- without saying a word about it.
46. Watch an old black and white romantic movie and share a bowl of popcorn.
47. Reenact your first date.
48. Surprise your partner with tickets to a special event.
49. An unexpected hug can brighten any day.
50. Buy a silly, impromptu gift.
51. Send an email just to say "I'm thinking of you."
52. Bring home a balloon bouquet.
53. Serve breakfast in bed.
54. Make an ornament with a picture of both of you for the Christmas tree.
55. Play tag.
56. Wash and wax your partner's car, and leave a little note on the dashboard.
57. Plant a garden together.
58. Leave a mushy message on voicemail.
59. Stay at a hotel for the night, just because.
60. Make angels in the snow.
61. Every time you say "hello" or "goodbye", seal it with a hug and a kiss.
62. Take a drive in the country.
63. Spend the evening looking at the stars -- and make a wish together.
64. Cast a playful wink any time, anywhere.
65. Think up a list of silly little pet names for times when you're alone together.
66. Read poetry to each other.
67. Celebrate your half-birthdays together.
68. Put a picture of both of you in your wallet.
69. Buy that favorite book or CD for no reason at all.
70. Send a care package to work filled with treats like food, photos, candy, a love note, heart-shaped confetti, etc.
71. Go out for the evening and tell people you're on your honeymoon.
72. Take a hike together and carve your initials in a tree.
73. Write a thank you note for all the things you take for granted.
74. Make a fire in the fireplace and roast marshmallows.
75. Tape your favorite TV show and spend the evening talking.
76. Do the dishes together, then apply hand lotion to each other's hands.
77. Write a love letter to your partner and cut it into jigsaw puzzle pieces.
78. Decide on secret signals and use them to communicate with each other in large groups of people.
79. Schedule a regular mid-week "date night" for just the two of you.
80. Do the laundry together.
81. Romance Theater Weekend: reenact each other's favorite love scene - hers on Friday, his on Saturday.
82. Call your partner at work and ask for a date.
83. Pretend you haven't seen each other for a month. Act accordingly.
84. Send a written invitation to do something special.
85. Take turns reading to each other.
86. Stand outside the window and sing a romantic song.
87. Hide favorite candy in your partner's coat pockets.
88. Put a tape recording of your voice (saying anything) in the car stereo and turn it on so it plays when the car starts.
89. Go to a drive-in movie.
90. Get up to turn off the last light after you're both comfy-cozy in bed.
91. Hold each other tight during a thunderstorm.
92. Make a tape recording of favorite love songs.
93. Leave a bunch of bananas on the kitchen table with a note, "I go bananas over you!"
94. Hide love notes in a magazine.
95. Declare your undying love via a telegram.
96. Make a romantic dinner together, and serve it on your finest china.
97. Surprise your partner with a big kiss on the neck.
98. Give unexpected compliments.
99. Share an ice cream cone.
100. Have a picnic on the living room floor.
101. Draw a silly picture of the two of you. Frame it.

Funny Facts U Never Know

• The city of Las Vegas has the most hotel rooms in the world.
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• Bluebirds cannot see the color blue.
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• In west Virginia if u run over an animal,u can legally take it home and cook it for dinner!
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• In what county will u find the most universities? India
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• Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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• An adult giraffe's tongue is 17 inches long.
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• An albatross can sleep while it flies!
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• During ur lifetime,u'll eat about 60,000 pounds of food,that's the weight of about 6 elephants!
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• If u unfolded ur brain,it would cover an ironing board.
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• Children grow faster in the springtime than any other season during the year.
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• Children laugh about 400 times a day, while adults laugh on average only 15 times a day.
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• One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water.
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• Most lipstick contains fish scales!
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• On average,it takes 660 days from conception for an elephant to give birth.
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• Austria was the first country to use postcards.
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• A mole can dig a hole 300 feet deep in one night.
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• China has more English speakers than the United States.
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• The average temperature at 40000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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• Bananas contain a natural chemical which can make a person happy.
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• Drivers kill more deer than hunters.
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• Ducks will only lay eggs early in the morning.
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• Men laugh longer, louder and more often than women.
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• For every "normal" webpage, there r five "porn" page.
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• Half of all Americans over the age of 55 have no teeth.
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• Like fingerprints,everyone's tongue print is different!
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• Goat's milk is used more widely throughout the world than cow's milk.
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• Goldfish lose their color if they r kept in dim light or r placed in a body of running water, such as a stream.
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• In the great fire of London,in 1666, half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were injured.
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• In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
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• City dwellers have longer,thicker, denser nose hairs than country folks do.
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• It is possible to go blind from smoking too heavily!
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• In England,in the 1880's, "pants" was considered a dirty word.
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• In an average lifetime a person will walk the equivalent of three times around the world.
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• In ancient China, people committed suicide by eating a pound of salt.
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• Coca-cola was the first soft drink to be consumed in outer space.
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• How does a shark find fish? It can hear their heart beating.

• Human birth control pills work on gorillas.
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• By the age of 60, most people have lost 50% of their taste buds.
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• Every seconds, Americans collectively eat one hundred pounds of chocolate.
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• Every three seconds, a new baby is born.
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• Grapes explode when u put them in the microwave.
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• Grenades were invented in China over 1000 years ago.
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• Only female mosquitoes bite and drink blood.
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• Only male fireflies can fly.
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• Smelling bananas or green apples can help u lose weight!
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• More monopoly money is printed in a year, than real money printed throughout the world.
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• Human and dolphins r the only species that have sex for pleasure.
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• Humans blink over 10,000,000 times a year.
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• Butterflies taste with their feet.
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• If u r bitten by a poisonous snake and fail to receive medical attention, u still have 50% chance of survival.
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• Right-handed people live,on average, nine years longer than left-handed people.
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• A tuna fish can swim 100 miles in a single day.
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• New Zealand is the first country to allow women to vote.
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• By recycling just one glass of bottle,the amount of energy that is being saved is enough to light a 100 watt bulb for four hours.
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• Chewing on gum while cutting onions can help a person from producing tears.
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• Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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• Mexico city is sinking at a rate of 18 inches per year!
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• There r over 58 millions dogs in the U.S!
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• Honey is the only food that will not spoil!
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• Ants don't sleep.
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• While 7 men in 100 have some form of color blindness,only 1 woman in 1,000 suffers from it.
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• Leonardo da vinci invented scissors.
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• Babies start dreaming even before they're born.
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• People with blue eyes r better able to see in the dark.
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• Actor Mark Wahlberg has a third nipple!
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• The Amazon rain-forest produces more than 20% the world's oxygen supply.
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• Some species of fish have voices!
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• There r 10 towns named Hollywood in the United states.
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• It takes 17 muscles to smile, 43 to frown.
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• Hummingbirds can't walk.
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• Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water.Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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• Medical studies show that intelligent people have more copper and zinc in their brain.
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• One 75 watt bulb gives more light than three 25 watt bulbs.
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• One quarter of the human brain is used to control the eyes.
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• It takes 492 seconds for sunlight to reach the Earth.
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• In Japan, condoms r commonly sold 'door to door'.
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• It took 20,000 men 22 years to build the Taj Mahal.
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• Elephants r the only animals that can't jump.
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• The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean.
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• Only 1% of bacteria cause disease in humans.
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• No one knows how many people died during the sinking of the Titanic.
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• U share ur birthday with at least 9 other million people in the world.
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• U're born with 300 bones.But when u get to be an adult,u only have 206!
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• A chance of a woman having twins is increased after the age of 35. 

• About 1 in 27 women will give birth to twins after this age. After 50 the chances of having twins is 1 in 9.
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• A chicken will lay bigger and stronger eggs if u change the lighting in such a way as to make them think a day is 28 hours long!
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• -40 degree Celsius equal to -40 degree Fahrenheit.
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• The only food that cockroaches won't eat r Cucumbers!
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• Americans collectively eat one hundred pounds of chocolate every second.
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• The filming of the movie 'Titanic' cost more than the Titanic itself.
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• In India, people r legally allowed to marry a dog!
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• The tongue is the strongest muscle in the human body.
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• Most dust parties in ur house r made from dead skin.
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• There r more bacteria in ur mouth than there r people in the world.
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• Rain contains vitamin B12
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• Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails.
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• The Great Wall of China is 1,400 miles long.
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• There r more than 50,000 earthquakes throughout the world each year.
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• There r no ants in Iceland,Antarctica and Greenland.
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• The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
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• The penguin is the only bird who can swim,but not fly.
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• A rat can go without water longer than a camel can.
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• A lion's roar can be heard from five miles away.
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• U r about 1 centimeter taller in the morning than in the evening.
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• The Blue whale's tongue weighs more than an elephant.
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• The temperature of the earth's interior increases by 1 degree every 60 feet down.
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• Every 45 seconds, a house catches on fire in the United States.
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• More boys than girls r born during the day;more girls r born at night.
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• Natural gas has no smell.The odor is artificially added so that people will be able to identify leaks and take measures to stop them.
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• Astronauts get taller when they r in space.
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• The population of the earth has more than doubled since 1950.
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• Women's hearts beat is faster than men's.
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• Ur hair grows faster in the morning than at any other time of day.
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• U have no sense of smell when u r sleeping.
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• Women buy four out of every 10 condoms sold.
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• Babies eyes do not produce tears until the baby is approximately six to eight weeks old.
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• Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime.
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• A car traveling 100 mph would take more than 29 million years to reach the nearest star.
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• In 1998, Sony accidentally sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes.
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• Dogs can hear sounds that u can't.
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• We blink 25 times a minute.
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• 85% of all Valentine's Day cards r purchased by women.
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• 160 cars can drive side by side on th Monumental Axis in Brazil, the world's widest road.
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• A rat can fall from a five story building without injury.
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• When a person dies, hearing is usually the last sense to go.
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• Even Antarctica has an area code.It is 672.
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• A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
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• Tasmania is said to have the cleanest air in the world.
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• 4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the earth each day.
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• The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked'.

PC Keyboard's shortcut commands

→ALT+A (Display the Action menu)
→ALT+F (Display the File menu)
→ALT+O (Display the Favorites menu)
→ALT+V (Display the View menu)
→ALT+ENTER (View the properties for
the selected item)
→ALT+ESC (Cycle through items in the
order that they had been opened)
→ALT+F4 (Close the active item, or quit
the active program)
→ALT+SPACE BAR (Open the shortcut
menu for the active window)
→ALT+SPACE BAR (Display the System
menu for the active window)
→ALT+TAB (Switch between the open
items)
→BACKSPACE (View the folder one
level up in My Computer or Windows
Explorer)
→CTRL+A (Select all)
→CTRL+C (Copy)
→CTRL+M (Add or remove a console
item)
→CTRL+N (Open a new console)
→CTRL+O (Open a saved console)
→CTRL+S (Save the open console)
→CTRL+V (Paste)
→CTRL+W (Open a new window)
→CTRL+X (Cut)
→CTRL+Z (Undo)
→CTRL while dragging an item (Copy
the selected item)
→CTRL+ESC (Display the Start menu)
→CTRL+F4 (Close the active document
in programs that enable you to have
multiple documents open
simultaneously)
→CTRL+RIGHT ARROW (Move the
insertion point to the beginning of the
next word)
→CTRL+LEFT ARROW (Move the
insertion point to the beginning of the
previous word)
→CTRL+DOWN ARROW (Move the
insertion point to the beginning of the
next paragraph)
→CTRL+UP ARROW (Move the insertion
point to the beginning of the previous
paragraph)
→CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item
(Create a shortcut to the selected item)
→CTRL+SHIFT with any of the arrow
keys (Highlight a block of text)
→CTRL+SHIFT+ESC (Open Task
Manager)
→CTRL+Windows Logo+F (Search for
computers)
→DELETE (Delete)
→ESC (Cancel the current task)
→F2 key (Rename the selected item)
→F3 key (Search for a file or a folder)
→F5 key (Update the active window)
→F4 key (Display the Address bar list
in My Computer or Windows Explorer)
→F5 key (Update the content of all
console windows)
→F6 key (Cycle through the screen
elements in a window or on the
desktop)
→F10 key (Activate the menu bar in
the active program)
→LEFT ARROW (Open the next menu to
the left, or close a sub menu)
→RIGHT ARROW (Open the next menu
to the right, or open a sub menu)
→SHIFT when you insert a CD-ROM into
the CD-ROM drive (Prevent the CD-ROM
from automatically playing)
→SHIFT with any of the arrow keys
(Select more than one item in a
window or on the desktop, or select
text in a ...
...document)
→SHIFT+DELETE (Delete the selected
item permanently without placing the
item in the Recycle Bin)
→SHIFT+F10 (Display the shortcut
menu for the selected item)
→Windows Logo+D (Display the
desktop)
→Windows Logo+E (Open My
Computer)
→Windows Logo+F (Search for a file or
a folder)
→Windows Logo+F1 (Display Windows
Help)
→Windows Logo+ L (Lock the
keyboard)
→Windows Logo+M (Minimize all of
the windows)
→Windows Logo+R (Open the Run
dialog box)
→Windows Logo+U (Open Utility
Manager)
→Windows Logo (Display or hide the
Start menu)
→Windows Logo+BREAK (Display the
System Properties dialog box)
→Windows Logo+SHIFT+M (Restore the
minimized windows)