Friday, July 9, 2010

MADURAI AT 1858

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CHILDHOOD PICTURES OF INDIAN CRICKETERS

Sourav Ganguly



Rahul Dravid



Sachin Tendulker

password changing tips

WINDOWS UNKNOWN FACTS

1]An Indian discovered that nobody can create a FOLDER anywhere on the
computer which can be named as "CON". This is something pretty
cool...and unbelievable...

2]For those of you using Windows, do the following:
1.) Open an empty notepad file
2.) Type "Bush hid the facts" (without the quotes)
3.) Save it as whatever you want.
4.) Close it, and re-open it.
is it just a really weird bug? :-??

3]This is something pretty cool and neat...and unbelievable... why
this happened!

It was discovered by a Brazilian. Try it out yourself...
Open Microsoft Word and type

=rand (200, 99)

And then press ENTER
Then see the magic


KNOW ABOUT INDIA

The famous board game called "Chess" was invented in India.


In India's 100,000 years of history, it has never invaded any other country.



India is the 6th largest country in the world, the largest democracy and one of the oldest civilization.



India was one of the richest countries in the world before the British invasion in 17th century.



The value of "pi" used in mathematics was first calculated by the Indian mathematician Budhayana in 6th century.



India is one of the largest exporter of computer software products. It exports softwares to over 90 countries.



India has the world's largest pilgrimage destination called the Vishnu Temple the city of Tirupati. About an average of 30,000 people visit this temple donating about $6 million US dollars, everyday.


The origination of Yoga was done 5,000 years ago in India.


India has the most number of mosques. It has 300,000 mosques which is much more than the Muslim world.


Christians and Jews have been living in India since 52 A.D. and 200 B.C. respectively.

INSPIRATIONAL INVITATION


42 GREAT FACTS

1. MOPED is the short term for 'Motorized Pedaling'..


2. POP MUSIC is 'Popular Music' shortened.



3. BUS is the short term for 'Omnibus' that means everybody.



4. FORTNIGHT comes from 'Fourteen Nights' (Two Weeks).



5. DRAWING ROOM was actually a 'withdrawing room' where people withdrew after dinner. Later the prefix 'with' was dropped..



6. NEWS refers to information from four directions North, East, West and South.



7. AG-MARK, which some products bear, stems from 'Agricultural Marketing'.



8. JOURNAL is a diary that tells about 'Journey for a day' during each day's business.



9. QUEUE comes from 'Queen's Quest'. Long back a long row of people as waiting to see the Queen. Someone made the comment Queen's Quest.



10. TIPS come from 'To Insure Prompt Service'. In olden days to get prompt service from servants in an inn, travelers used to drop coins in a box on which was written 'To Insure Prompt Service'. This gave rise to the custom of Tips.



11. JEEP is a vehicle with unique gear system. It was invented during World War II(1939-1945). It was named 'General Purpose Vehicle (GP)'. GP was changed into JEEP later.



12. Coca-Cola was originally green.



13. The most common name in the world is Mohammed.



14. The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with except NA & SA .



15. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.



16. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.



17. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.



18. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.



19. It is impossible to lick your elbow.



20. People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond.


21. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.


22. The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.


23. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from the history:
Spades - King David
Clubs - Alexander the Great
Hearts - Charlemagne
Diamonds - Julius Caesar


24. Horse statue in a park:
- If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle.
- If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in a battle.
- If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.


25. What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common?
Ans. All invented by women.


26. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.


27. A snail can sleep for three years.


28. All polar bears are left handed.


29. Butterflies taste with their feet.


30. Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.


31. In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.


32. On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.


33. Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'.


34. Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.


35. The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.


36. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.


37. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.


38. Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over million descendants.


39.. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.


40. If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.


41. The cigarette lighter was invented before the matchbox.


42. Most lipstick contains fish scales.