here are the some amazing facts i am sure that most of you dont knwo these. i really worked hard to find these type of knowledges for you. thanks or something else(u know that i mean) will be appriciated 1. What programming language is GOOGLE developed in? Google is written in Asynchronous java-script and XML, or its acronym Ajax . 2. What is the expansion of YAHOO? Yet Another Hierarchy of Officious Oracle 3. What is the expansion of ADIDAS? ADIDAS- All Day I Dream About Sports 4. Expansion of Star as in Star TV Network? Satellite Television Asian Region 5. What is expansion of "ICICI?" Industrial credit and Investments Corporation of India 6. What does "baker's dozen" signify? A baker's dozen consists of 13 items - 1 more than the items in a normal dozen 7. The 1984-85 season. 2nd ODI between India and Pakistan at Sialkot - India 210/3 with Vengsarkar 94*. Match abandoned. Why? That match was abandoned after people heard the news of Indira Gandhi being killed. 8. Who is the only man to have written the National Anthems for two different countries? Rabindranath Tagore who wrote national anthem for two different countries one is our 's National anthem and another one is for Bangladesh- (Amar Sonar* *Bangla) 9. From what four word expression does the word `goodbye` derive? Goodbye comes from the ex-pression: 'god be with you'. 10. How was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu better known? Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu is none other Mother Teresa. 11. Name the only other country to have got independence on Aug 15th? South Korea . 12. Why was James Bond Associated with the Number 007? Because 007 is the ISD code for Russia (or the USSR , as it was known during the cold war) 13. Who faced the first ball in the first ever One day match? Geoffrey Boycott 14. Which cricketer played for South Africa before it was banned from international cricket and later represented Zimbabwe ? John Traicos 15. The faces of which four Presidents are carved at Mt.Rushmore? George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln 16. Which is the only country that is surrounded from all sides by only one country (other than Vatican )? Lesotho surrounded from all sides by South Africa . 17. Which is the only sport which is not allowed to play left handed? Polo Posted by Emperor Portugal was founded in 1152 by Alfonso Henriques. A University was established in 1290 in Lisbon. Pedro Alvarez Cabral was the discoverer of Brazil. The Portuguese established a trading post in Goa, India, in 1510. In 1522 Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese explorer, financed by Spain, became the first to complete a circumnavigation of the world.
Here are some more Facts about English Counting. This is awesome - I bet you didn't know this... Letters 'a', 'b', 'c' & 'd' do not appear anywhere in the spellings of 1 to 99 (Letter 'd' comes for the first time in Hundred) Letters 'a', 'b' & 'c' do not appear anywhere in the spellings of 1 to 999 (Letter 'a' comes for the first time in Thousand) Letters 'b' & 'c' do not appear anywhere in the spellings of 1 to 999,999,999 (Letter 'b' comes for the first time in Billion) And Letter 'c' does not appear anywhere in in the spellings of entire English Counting i will Add more and more daily so please keep in touch..
lol....dont ask me that from where i get them because you cannott access on that page Some more interesting Facts Here are some interesting, but true facts, that you may or may not have known. ------------------ The Statue of Liberty's index finger is eight feet long Rain has never been recorded in some parts of the Atacama Desert in Chile A 75 year old person will have slept about 23 years. A boeing 747's wing span is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.(the Wright brother's invented the airplane) There are as many chickens on earth as there are humans. One type of hummingbird weighs less than a penny The word "set" has the most number of definitions in the English language;192 Slugs have four noses Sharks can live up to 100 years Mosquitos are more attracted to the color blue than any other color. Kangaroos can't walk backwards About 75 acres of pizza are eaten in in the U.S. everyday The largest recorded snowflake was 15in wide and 8in thick. It fell in Montana in 1887 The tip of a bullwhip moves so fast that the sound it makes is actually a tiny sonic boom. Former president Bill Clinton only sent 2 emails in his entire 8 year presidency Koalas and humans are the only animals that have finger prints There are 200,000,000 insects for every one human It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery had in it to begin with. The world's largest Montessori school is in India, with 26,312 students in 2002 Octopus have three hearts If you ate too many carrots, you'd turn orange The average person spends two weeks waiting for a traffic light to change. 1 in 2,000,000,000 people will live to be 116orold The body has 2-3 million sweat glands Sperm whales have the biggest brains; 20 lbs Tiger shark embroyos fight each other in their mother's womb. The survivor is born. Most cats are left pawed 250 people have fallen off the Leaning Tower of Pisa A Blue whale's tongue weighs more than an elephant You use 14 muscles to smile and 43 to frown. Keep Smiling! Bamboo can grow up to 3 ft in 24 hours An eyeball weighs about 1 ounce Bone is five times stronger than steel
Very cool information. I am particularly surprised by ADIDAS, I thought it was just a brand name and does not mean anything.
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Not aware about above two facts. Thanks for sharing it with us. I know from where he did copy/paste them
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Ok here are a few from Portuguese. Portugal was founded in 1152 by Alfonso Henriques. A University was established in 1290 in Lisbon. Pedro Alvarez Cabral was the discoverer of Brazil. The Portuguese established a trading post in Goa, India, in 1510. In 1522 Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese explorer, financed by Spain, became the first to complete a circumnavigation of the world.
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