Gold is the only metal that doesn't rust-Amazing Facts
- Because of the speed at which Earth moves around the Sun, it is impossible for a solar eclipse to last more than 7 minutes and 58 seconds.
- Google is actually the common name for a number with a million zeros.
- It takes glass one million years to decompose, which means it never wears out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times!
- The "heat" of peppers is rated on the Scoville scale
- Gold is the only metal that doesn't rust, even if it's buried in the ground for thousands of years.
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Mona Lisa has no Eyebrows becuase..Amazing Facts
- Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952, but he declined.
- Astronauts can't belch- there is no gravity to separate liquid from gas in their stomachs.
- Ancient Roman, Chinese and German societies often used urine as mouthwash.
- The average person who stops smoking requires one hour less sleep a night.
- The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. In the Renaissance era, it was fashion to shave them off!
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Nokia was founded as wood-pulp mill-Amazing Facts
- If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on the right side of your mouth. If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on the left side of your mouth.
- To make half a kilo of honey, bees must collect nectar from over 2 million individual flowers
- Heroin is the brand name of morphine once marketed by 'Bayer'.
- Communications giant Nokia was founded in 1865 as a wood-pulp mill by Fredrik Idestam.
- Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is considered an insult!
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Earth's oceans contain 7.5 million tons of gold-Facts
- Plants watered with warm water grow larger and more quickly than plants watered with cold water
- Earth's oceans contain 7 1/2 million tons of gold, dissolved in the water
- Children who are breastfed tend to have an I.Q. seven points higher than children who are not.
- The bird flu virus could evolve into a form that is easily spread between people, resulting in a highly contagious and lethal disease.
- The Chinese, in olden days, used marijuana only as a remedy for dysentery.
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A contagious laughter that lasted six months-Amazing Facts
- The earliest British expeditions tackling Everest wore tweed jackets, woolen underwear, and leather boots.
- During World War II, twice as many fighter pilots were killed during training than combat .
- In 1962 an outbreak of contagious laughter in Tanganyika lasted for six months and caused schools to be closed
- A nautical mile measures 6,080 feet while a land or statute mile is 5,280 feet
- No one can drown in the Dead Sea. It is 25 percent salt, which makes the water very heavy
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Google search results page explained
Google's goal is to provide you with results that are clear and easy to read. The diagram below points out three features that are important to understanding your search results:
- The title: The first line of any search result is the title of the webpage.
- The snippet: A description of or excerpt from the webpage.
- The URL: The webpage's address.
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How does Google Web Search work+Search Tips
Google visits and reads public web pages. Google take a snapshot of each page Google visit. These snapshots are called cached copies. When you search, Google's automated program finds the pages that are most relevant to your search terms and shows those pages to you.
How do I use Google Web Search?
Using Google can be as easy as typing a word or phrase into the Google search box and clicking either the Google Search or I'm Feeling Lucky button (Pressing "I'm Feeling Lucky" button in Google search page takes you straight to the most relevant website that Google found for your query. You won't see the search results page at all, but if you did, the "I'm Feeling Lucky" site would be listed on top). To make the most of your Google search, here are a few tips for choosing search terms that will return the most relevant results. Click any of the tips to read more about them:
Use keywords to search: You'll find the most accurate results by typing words or short phrases - rather than full sentences and questions - into the search box.
Example: If your question is "Can I take my dog with me on my trip to London?" good search terms might be:
[ dog travel London ] [ dog airline London ] [ pet flying ]
Choose keywords carefully and enclose exact phrases in quotation marks: The best search terms are descriptive and specific. Enclosing a few or all of your keywords in quotation marks can help you locate webpages that contain an exact phrase, such as a person's full name, a book title, or song lyrics.
Example: If you're in need of a recipe for cake with a very specific type of frosting, you might perform the following search:
[ recipe cake "toasted coconut frosting" ]
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Mississippi River flow backwards in... Amazing Facts
An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.
Shoe sizes were standardized in Britain in 1885
The average person's eyes will be closed about 30 minutes a day due to blinking.
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
There are at least 40 known carcinogens in cigarettes.
Credit goes to: subodh nagwekar Vista's Successor Is Simply 7 In what can only be described as the most casual of Microsoft Windows naming announcements ever, the next version will be called Windows 7.
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The human heart creates pressure to.. Amazing Facts
It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.
It's been proven that people can lessen reactions to allergies by laughing.
Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system.
Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day.Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day.
The human heart creates enough pressure while pumping to squirt blood 30 feet!!
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The BlackBerry Storm is no iPhone
Tech journalists and gadget lovers across the globe are rejoicing over the announcement of the BlackBerry Storm, RIM's first touchscreen cell phone to compete with the iPhone.
Those who can't wait to get their hands on BlackBerry's latest call it a marvel and its keyboard functionality, which makes you press down on the screen to register a "touch", is something worth drooling over.
Continue reading at CNet News.
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Tobacco contains over 4000 chemicals... Amazing facts
Tobacco contains over 4000 chemicals, many of which can cause cancer.
The Welwitschia plant can live up to 1,000 years.
The Victoria Cross is Britain's highest military decoration.
Archeologists report that cannabis was most likely the first plant cultivated by humans. Cannabis was used for linen, paper, and garments.
The name of the first menthol cigarette in the United States was "Spud."
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Amid hints of Firefox Mobile alphas, 'Fennec' moves forward
So how close is a real, supported version of Firefox for mobile devices? Prototypes have been under way for months, but last weekend, Mozilla's CEO indicated a real Firefox-branded alpha could be made available "in a few weeks."
In an interview with San Jose Mercury News reporter Pete Carey published over the weekend, Mozilla CEO John Lilly made a statement that Carey didn't appear to follow up on: The first official test versions of Firefox Mobile should come this month.
continue reading at BetaNews.
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world's deepest gold mine is... Amazing facts
The width of a tornado can range from less than ten yards to more than a mile.
The speed of sound must be exceeded to produce a sonic boom.
The size of a red blood cell is 708 microns. This is equivalent to one millionth of a meter.
The USS Abraham Lincoln has five gymnasiums on the ship and a basketball league with 22 teams.
The world's deepest gold mine is seven kilometers below the surface of the Earth.
EBay to cut 1,000 jobs, spend $1.3B on acquisitions
Online auctioneer eBay today announced plans to cut 1,000 jobs, while at the same time spending about $1.3 billion on three acquisitions: electronic payments business Bill Me Later and Danish Web sites dba.dk and bilbasen.dk.
Today's job reductions, amounting to 10 percent of eBay's work force, follow an earlier round of cuts amounting to 125 jobs in North America and Europe, including 70 at its headquarters in San Jose, CA.
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Google Tips to get Best Search Results-2
5. Word variations (stemming)
Google now uses stemming technology. Thus, when appropriate, it will search not only for your search terms, but also for words that are similar to some or all of those terms. If you search for pet lemur dietary needs, Google will also search for pet lemur diet needs, and other related variations of your terms. Any variants of your terms that were searched for will be highlighted in the snippet of text accompanying each result.
6. Phrase searches:
Sometimes you'll only want results that include an exact phrase. In this case, simply put quotation marks around your search terms.
Phrase searches are particularly effective if you're searching for proper names ("George Washington"), specific information("George Washington was born in"), or other famous phrases ("This was their finest hour").
7.Negative terms:
Suppose you are searching for information about Stanford city. but when you search Stanford through google most result will include about Stanford university not about the city.you can focus your search by putting a minus sign ("-") in front of words related to the meaning you want to avoid. For example, here's how you'd find pages about Stanford city, but not Stanford university: stanford -universityNote: when you include a negative term in your search, be sure to include a space before the minus sign.
8.And finally... "I'm Feeling Lucky"
After you've entered your search terms, you might want to try the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button, which takes you straight to the most relevant website that Google found for your query. You won't see the search results page at all, but if you did, the "I'm Feeling Lucky" site would be listed on top.
For example, if you're looking for the Stanford University homepage, just enter Stanford and click "I'm Feeling Lucky" instead of the Google Search button. Google will take you directly to "www.stanford.edu."
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Red Snow Fell over the... Amazing Facts
On October 14, 1775, red snow fell over the Swiss Alps.
There are 5 years in a quinquennium.
The strike note of the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is e-flat.
The wheelbarrow was invented by the Chinese.
The stapler was invented in Spring Valley, Minnesota.
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New Sony Reader includes touch, but no wireless
Sony officially announced its third generation Reader e-book, equipping the over two-year-old product design with an upgrade that includes tactile sensitivity.
Competition in the e-reader market is getting exciting as we approach 2009. One by one, companies are rolling out their latest offerings, each incrementally building the list of standard features in the devices.
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Dueling is still legal in.... Amazing Facts
Dueling is still legal in Uruguay.
In 1927, the thermometer registered 158.8F in the Oasis of the Tuaregs, in Northern Africa.
Kampala, Uganda, averages 242 days of thunderstorms each year.
In Ise, Japan, there is a museum dedicated to pearls, featuring a scale model of the Liberty Bell made out of 12,000 pearls.
The Saguaro Cactus, found in South-western United States does not grow branches until it is 75 years old.
The iPhone App Store - a classic protection racket
If you're an iPhone developer, it should. When a developer sells an application through the iPhone Application Store, they only see 70 per cent of the revenue. The rest goes to Apple for “system upkeep.” There's no other way to... Read rest of the story at The Register
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Oak tree can draw 140 gallons of water.... Amazing facts
Cane toads can lay up to 35.000 eggs a year....the most eggs from an amphibian.
A medium size oak tree can draw 140 gallons of water from the earth each day.
The shell of the tungoil fruit, when burned, yields a soot which is used by the Chinese to make ink.
Saffron comes from the crocus flower,and it takes approx. 400,000 stamens to make 1kg. (2.2lbs).
Adipocere is post mortem waxy fat.
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Google's iPhone challenger
The first smartphone powered by Google's open source Android operating system - the G1 - was in one sense a big success even before it went on sale this week through Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile USA mobile unit. According to some reports, 1.5m T-Mobile G1 handsets were preordered by buyers eager to get hold of a device and an operating system that promise to deliver another boost to the consumer smartphone market. It goes on sale in the UK shortly. continue reading at Financial Times
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What is USB or a USB Port?
USB is an external bus that supports Plug and Play installation. Using USB, you can connect and disconnect devices without shutting down or restarting your computer. You can use a single USB port to connect up to 127 peripheral devices, including speakers, telephones, CD-ROM drives, joysticks, tape drives, keyboards, scanners, and cameras.
USB Port is An interface on the computer that enables you to connect a Universal Serial Bus (USB) device. USB is an external bus standard that enables data transfer rates of 12 Mbps (12 million bits per second). USB ports support a plug that is approximately 7 mm x 1 mm. A USB port is usually located on the back of your computer near the serial port or parallel port.
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Largest Flower in the world-Amazing Facts
LSD is made from lysergic acid, which is found in ergot, a type of fungus.
The tip of a bullwhip moves so fast that it breaks the sound barrier. The crack of the whip is actually a tiny sonic boom.
The first drug to be sold in the form of a tablet was Aspirin.
The titan arum flower is the largest flower in the world and gives off a horrible odor that smells like rotting flesh when it blooms.
The word "laser" stands for "Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission by radiation."
iPhone trumps BlackBerry as user device
Mobile solution decisionmakers, from individual professionals to CTOs, are beginning to see the need for style to play an increasing role in device selection, and the iPhone 3G is the de facto choice.
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What is Bluetooth and how it works
Bluetooth wireless technology is a short-range communications technology intended to replace the cables connecting portable and/or fixed devices while maintaining high levels of security. The key features of Bluetooth technology are robustness, low power, and low cost. The Bluetooth specification defines a uniform structure for a wide range of devices to connect and communicate with each other.
Bluetooth technology has achieved global acceptance such that any Bluetooth enabled device, almost everywhere in the world, can connect to other Bluetooth enabled devices in proximity. Bluetooth enabled electronic devices connect and communicate wirelessly through short-range, ad hoc networks known as piconets. Each device can simultaneously communicate with up to seven other devices within a single piconet. Each device can also belong to several piconets simultaneously. Piconets are established dynamically and automatically as Bluetooth enabled devices enter and leave radio proximity.
A fundamental Bluetooth wireless technology strength is the ability to simultaneously handle both data and voice transmissions. This enables users to enjoy variety of innovative solutions such as a hands-free headset for voice calls, printing and fax capabilities, and synchronizing PDA, laptop, and mobile phone applications to name a few.
Specification Make-Up: Unlike many other wireless standards, the Bluetooth wireless specification gives product developers both link layer and application layer definitions, which supports data and voice applications.
Spectrum: Bluetooth technology operates in the unlicensed industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) band at 2.4 to 2.485 GHz, using a spread spectrum, frequency hopping, full-duplex signal at a nominal rate of 1600 hops/sec. The 2.4 GHz ISM band is available and unlicensed in most countries.
Interference: Bluetooth technology's adaptive frequency hopping (AFH) capability was designed to reduce interference between wireless technologies sharing the 2.4 GHz spectrum. AFH works within the spectrum to take advantage of the available frequency. This is done by detecting other devices in the spectrum and avoiding the frequencies they are using. This adaptive hopping allows for more efficient transmission within the spectrum, providing users with greater performance even if using other technologies along with Bluetooth technology. The signal hops among 79 frequencies at 1 MHz intervals to give a high degree of interference immunity.
Range: The operating range depends on the device class: Class 3 radios have a range of up to 1 meter or 3 feet Class 2 radios most commonly found in mobile devices – have a range of 10 meters or 33 feet Class 1 radios used primarily in industrial use cases – have a range of 100 meters or 300 feet Power: The most commonly used radio is Class 2 and uses 2.5 mW of power. Bluetooth technology is designed to have very low power consumption. This is reinforced in the specification by allowing radios to be powered down when inactive.
Data Rate: 1 Mbps for Version 1.2; Up to 3 Mbps supported for Version 2.0 + EDR
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