Collection of Wonderful FACTS

Fun Facts that you always wanted to know. Weird and wonderful facts and trivia with collection of useless tidbits of knowledge to impress your friends with.

1. It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.

2. It's been proven that people can lessen reactions to allergies by laughing.

3. Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system.

4. Six-year-old babies laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day.

5. In the middle ages, people would pin the name of their sweetheart to their sleeve on Valentine's Day and keep it there for a week, hence 'wearing their heart on their sleeve'.

6. It was during the Victorian era that the formerly nude Cupid was redesigned as wearing a skirt.

7. The human heart creates enough pressure while pumping to squirt blood 30 feet!

8. February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.

9. Tomato Ketchup was once used as medicine in the United States. It was sold as "Dr. Miles Compound Extract of Tomato"

10. When you blush, the lining of your stomach also turns red.

EXERCISE YOUR BRAIN :)

Can you find the C?

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(Good exercise for the eyes)

Once you've found the C, Find the 6!

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Once you've found the 6, Find the N! (it's hard)

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COLLECTION OF FAMOUS QUOTES BY NAVJOT SINGH SIDHU

1. That ball went so high it could have got an air hostess down with it.

2. There is light at the end of the tunnel for India, but it's that of an incoming train which will run them over.

3. Experience is like a comb that life gives you when you are bald.

4. This quote was made after Ganguly called Dravid for a run and midway sent him back and Dravid was run out in the third test against the West Indies at Barbados. "Ganguly has thrown a drowning man both ends of the rope."

5. Sri Lankan score is running like an Indian taximeter.

6. Statistics are like miniskirts, they reveal more than what they hide.

7. Wickets are like wives - you never know which way they will turn!

8. He is like Indian three-wheeler, which will suck a lot of diesel but cannot go beyond 30

9. The Indians are going to beat the Kiwis! Let me tell you, my friend that the Kiwi is the only bird in the whole world, which does not have wings!

10. As uncomfortable as a bum on a porcupine.

11. The ball whizzes past like a bumble-bee and the Indians are in the sea.

12. The Indians are finding the gaps like a pin a haystack.The pitch is as dead as a dodo.

13. Deep Dasgupta is as confused as a child is in a topless bar!

14. The way Indian wickets are falling reminds of the cycle stand at Rajendra Talkies in Patiala one falls and everything else falls!

15. Indian team without Sachin is like giving Kiss without a Squeeze.

16. You cannot make omelettes without breaking the eggs.

17. Deep Dasgupta is not a Wicket Keeper, he is a goalkeeper. He must be given a free transfer to Manchester United.

18. He will fight a rattlesnake and give it the first two bites too.

19. One, who doesn't throw the dice, can never expect to score a six.

20. This quote was made after Eddie Nichols, the third umpire, ruled Shivnarayan Chanderpaul 'NOT-OUT' in the second test at Port of Spain "Eddie Nichols is a man who cannot find his own buttocks with his two hands."

21. Anybody can pilot a ship when the sea is calm.

22. Nobody travels on the road to success without a puncture or two.

23. You got to choose between tightening your belt or losing your pants.

24. The cat with gloves catches no mice.

25. Age has been perfect fire extinguisher for flaming youth.

26. You may have a heart of gold, but so does a hard-boiled egg.

27. He is like a one-legged man in a bum kicking competition.

28. The third umpires should be changed as often as nappies and for the same reason.

29. Kumble's bowling at the moment is flat as a Dosa.

10 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT "NOKIA"

1) The ringtone "Nokia tune" is actually based on a 19th century guitar work named "Gran Vals" by Spanish musician Francisco Tárrega. The Nokia Tune was originally named "Grande Valse" on Nokia phones but was changed to "Nokia Tune" around 1998 when it became so well known that people referred to it as the "NokiaTune."

2) The world's first commercial GSM call was made in 1991 in Helsinki over a Nokia-supplied network, by Prime Minister of Finland Harri Holkeri, using a Nokia phone.

3) Nokia is currently the world's largest digital camera manufacturer, as the sales of its camera-equipped mobile phones have exceeded those of any conventional camera manufacturer.

4) The "Special" tone available to users of Nokia phones when receiving SMS (text messages) is actually Morse code for "SMS". Similarly, the "Ascending" SMS tone is Morse code for "Connecting People," Nokia's slogan. The "Standard" SMS tone is Morse code for "M" (Message).

5) The Nokia corporate font (typeface) is the AgfaMonotype Nokia Sans font, originally designed by Eric Spiekermann. Its mobile phone User's Guides Nokia mostly used the Agfa Rotis Sans font.

6) In Asia, the digit 4 never appears in any Nokia handset model number, because 4 is considered unlucky in many parts of Southeast/East Asia.

7) Nokia was listed as the 20th most admirable company worldwide in Fortune's list of 2006 (1st in network communications, 4th non-US company).

8) Unlike other modern day handsets, Nokia phones do not automatically start the call timer when the call is connected, but start it when the call is initiated. (Except for Series 60 based handsets like the Nokia 6600)

9) Nokia is sometimes called aikon (Nokia backwards) by non-Nokia mobile phone users and by mobile software developers, because "aikon" is used in various SDK software packages, including Nokia's own Symbian S60 SDK.

10) The name of the town of Nokia originated from the river which flowed through the town. The river itself, Nokianvirta, was named after the old Finnish word originally meaning sable, later pine marten.