Thursday, January 31, 2008
75 Things You Can Do in 2008
Most people aren't Warriors, and I'm fine with it. Most people do things that don't make sense, and I'm fine with it. I've learned to accept the non-sense that fills this world. (Part of being a Warrior is accepting that most other people are not Warriors, and accepting them.) Still, the point is that people do things that don't make sense. They whine, complain, and cry over problems they can easily change. They get depressed over problems they cause for themselves.
For example, lazy people often whine that they don't make more money. Selfish people complain that they don't have more friends. Many people sabotage all their romantic relationships and then complain that they don't have a lover.
Granted, sometimes when something bad happens to a person it's purely bad luck. For example, you could be sitting in your well-built home while reading the newspaper and a tornado could tear your home up.
However, usually when you don't like what's happening in your life, it's your own damn fault. It's your fault if you're fat, lazy, uneducated, lonely, etc.
In the following, I list 75 things that you can do. You choose to do them or not. If you choose not to do these things, then you have no right to complain about your problems; your problems are your fault!
- Stop watching television.
- Stop eating fast food.
- Stop eating pizza and fried foods.
- Stop driving places that you could easily walk to.
- Read at least 1 book a month.
- Take classes in what interests you or your vocation.
- Work enough to support yourself, and if needed get a new job or second job to make enough to support yourself. Never stick with a job that doesn't pay enough to support yourself no matter how much you work.
- Pay off your debts and don't go in debt. You can pay off your debts if you avoid needless expenses, such as cable, overpriced clothes, impractical decorations, unhealthy snacks, jewelry, etcetera.
- Don't buy a car on finance, and don't buy an expensive car if a cheaper one that works is available.
- Wake up early, and get all your work done as quickly as possible. That includes household chores, as well as your employment.
- Drink alcohol less or quit.
- Do drugs less or quit.
- Don't smoke cigarettes.
- Don't eat foods with high fructose corn syrup.
- Don't drink soda.
- Don't eat sugary foods at all.
- Don't drink more than 1 glass of juice per day.
- Stand up straight and have good posture.
- Look people in the eyes when you talk to them.
- Smile.
- Be polite.
- Keep your promises.
- Wear a watch, if you can afford it.
- Eat breakfast.
- If you eat cereal at any time, choose your cereal based on healthiness not tastiness.
- Exercise at least 3 days per week.
- Walk often.
- Always write with correct spelling and grammar.
- Never speak worse about a person behind their back than you do to their face. (Feel free to say nicer things about a person behind their back than to their face.)
- Don't gossip and don't have a big mouth.
- Never judge other people harsher than you judge yourself.
- Make New Years resolutions, but make one every day instead of every year.
- Volunteer.
- Forgive, but never forget.
- Don't have skeletons in your closet.
- Keep as few secrets as reasonably possible.
- Despite the rule before this one, keep your friends' secrets.
- Politely tell people that you will not betray your friends' trust, when you are asked about their secrets and such.
- Volunteering (i.e. activism) is more important than voting. If you can do both, good for you. If you only have time for one, volunteer instead of voting. It makes more of a difference.
- Privately question your own values.
- Avoid questioning other people's values, especially in public.
- Listen more than you talk.
- Use a journal to count how many calories you consume per day.
- Use a journal to count how many calories you burn per day.
- If you want to lose weight, burn slightly more than you consume. If you want to gain weight, consume slightly more than you burn. If you are happy with your weight, try to burn the same amount as you consume.
- Weigh yourself daily at the same time(s).
- Write your daily weight down in a journal.
- Never allow the police to search you, your car, or your belongings if you do not have something to hide.
- Never tell other people that you think they or something they are doing is immoral or sinful.
- Keep your moral values and religion to yourself. Use them to direct your own actions.
- Ask people how they are often and listen to their answer.
- Laugh at other people's jokes, but not your own.
- Shower at least once per day.
- Wash your hands, even if you aren't an employee.
- Take care of the elderly, which includes spending time with them and talking to them.
- Avoid going places where you need to be waited on.
- Wait on yourself wherever possible.
- Make your friends look good.
- Avoid lying.
- Don't pretend to be better than you are. Don't pretend to be more successful, popular, etcetera.
- Treat other people as if they are better than they are. Treat them as if they are more successful, popular, etcetera.
- Don't brag about your talents. Instead, surprise people with them when they just happen to be called upon.
- Sit up straight.
- Keep your house clean.
- If you have either of them, keep your car and office clean.
- Stretch daily. (I do Yoga most mornings.)
- Dance.
- Take dancing lessons if you could use improvement.
- Ask other people (e.g. your friends, your co-workers, your boss, etc.) what their favorite book is, and read it.
- Ask their favorite song or band, and listen to it.
- Ask their favorite movie, and watch it.
- Don't be camera shy.
- When your alarm goes off in the morning (if you use one), don't press snooze.
- Make a budget and follow it.
- Always turning off lights when leaving a room, unless of course there are others are in the room. For that matter, conserving any unnecessary electricity usage is key to the future of humanity.
Types of Girls ( Computer Humor )
Types of Girls ( Computer Humor )
CD-ROM GIRLS
She is always faster and faster.
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EMAIL GIRLS
Every ten things she says, eight are nonsense .
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HARD DISK GIRLS
She remembers everything, FOREVER
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INTERNET GIRLS
Difficult to access
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MULTIMEDIA GIRLS
She make horrible thing look beautiful
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SCREENSAVER GIRLS
She is good for nothing but at least she is fun
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RAM GIRLS
She forget about you, the moment turn her off
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WINDOW GIRLS
Everyone know that she can't do a thing right, but no one can live
without her.
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VIRUS GIRLS
Also known as "wife'' when you are not expecting her, she comes,
install herself and uses all your resources. If you try to uninstall
her you will lose something, if don't try you uninstall her you will
lose everything.. .
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SERVER GIRLS
Always busy when you need her.
What it "Really" Means
What it "Really" Means
"That's women's work," REALLY MEANS, "It's dirty, difficult and thankless."
"It's a guy thing," REALLY MEANS, "There is no rational thought pattern connected with it, and you have no chance at all of making it logical."
"It would take too long to explain, "REALLY MEANS, "I have no idea how it works."
"That's interesting, dear," REALLY MEANS, "Are you still talking?"
"Honey, we don't need material things to prove our love," REALLY MEANS, "I forgot our anniversary again."
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
JOb DISCRIPTION
A young man goes into the Job Centre in Jacksonville , Florida and sees a card advertising for a Gynecologist's Assistant. Interested he goes to learn more -
"Can you give me some more details about this?" he asks the guy behind the desk.
The Job Centre man sorts through his files & replies - "Oh yes here it is:
The job entails you getting the lady patients ready for the gynecologist.
You have to help them out of their underwear, lie them down and
carefully wash their genital regions. You then apply shaving foam and gently
shave off all their pubic hair then rub in soothing oils so that they're ready
for the gynecologist's examination.
There's an annual salary of $45,000, but you're going to have to go to Oxford,
Mississippi . That's about 620 miles fom here."
"Oh why, is that where the job's at?"
"No sir - that's where the end of the line is!"
Blonde Jokes
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Things that make you go "Hmmm"
1. Why do we park in driveways and drive on parkways?
2. Do Lipton employees take coffee breaks?
3. Can I yell "movie" in a crowded firehouse?
4. Can you be a closet claustrophobic?
5. How do a fool and his money GET together?
6. Why does Hawaii have interstate highways?
7. How is it that a building burns up as it burns down?
8. If a train station is where the train stops, what is a workstation?
9. If nothing ever sticks to Teflon, how do they make Teflon stick to the pan?
10. If the pen is mightier than the sword, and a picture is worth a thousand words, how dangerous is a fax?
11. If the police arrest a mime, do they tell him he has the right to remain silent?
12. What hair color do they put on the driver's licenses of bald men?
13. What was the best thing before sliced bread?
14. Why do banks charge you a "non-sufficient funds" fee on money they already know you don't have?
15. Why do they put Braille on the drive through bank machines?
16. If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?
17. If you get cheated by the Better Business Bureau, who do you complain to?
18. What are Preparation A through Preparation G?
19. In a country of free speech, why are there phone bills?
20. Did Washington flash a quarter when asked for ID?
21. How come there aren't B batteries?
22. If the post office has machines that can sort snail mail at 1000's of times per minute, then why do they give it to a little old man on a bike to deliver?
23. How do "Do not walk on the grass" signs get there?
24. Why do black olives come in cans and green olives come in jars?
25. Before they invented drawing boards, what did they go back to?
26. How is it possible to have a civil war?
27. If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting?
28. If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?
29. If the #2 pencil is so popular, why is it still #2?
30. Why is the alphabet in that order? Is it because of that song?
31. If I melt dry ice, can I take a bath without getting wet?
32. Crime doesn't pay...does that mean that my job is a crime?
33. How do they get the deer to cross at that yellow road sign?
34. How do you know that honesty is the best policy until you have tried some of the others?
35. How do you throw away a garbage can?
36. How does a thermos know if the drink should be hot or cold?
37. How does the guy who drives the snowplow get to work in the mornings?
38. Do you realize how many holes there could be if people would just take the time to take the dirt out of them?
39. If a word in the dictionary were misspelled, how would we know?
40. If you're in a vehicle going the speed of light, what happens when you turn on the headlights?
41. What happens to an 18 hour bra after 18 hours?
42. Why didn't Noah swat those two mosquitoes?
43. Why do hot dogs come 10 to a package and hot dog buns only 8?
44. Why do tourists go to the tops of tall buildings and then put money into telescopes so they can see things on the ground close-up?
45. Why is it that bullets ricochet off of Superman's chest, but he ducks when the gun is thrown at him?
46. Why is it that night falls but day breaks?
47. Why is it that you must wait until night to call it a day?
48. What if the Hokey Pokey IS what its all about?
49. When your pet bird sees you reading the newspaper, does he wonder why you're just sitting there, staring at carpeting?
50. What happened to the first 6 "ups"?
RECIPE FOR THE NEWYEAR
Take twelve whole months.
Clean them thoroughly of all bitterness,
hate, and jealousy.
Make them just as fresh and clean as possible.
Now cut each month into twenty-eight, thirty, or
thirty-one different parts,
but don't make up the whole batch at once.
Prepare it one day at a time out of these ingredients.
Mix well into each day one part of faith,
one part of patience, one part of courage,
and one part of work.
Add to each day one part of hope,
faithfulness, generosity, and kindness.
Blend with one part prayer, one part meditation,
and one good deed.
Season the whole with a dash of good spirits,
a sprinkle of fun, a pinch of play,
and a cupfull of good humor.
Pour all of this into a vessel of love.
Cook thouroughly over radient joy,
garnish with a smile,
and serve with quietness, unselfishness,
and cheerfulness.
You're bound to have a happy new year.
Smiles from kids..
The last one is classic!
A grade one teacher collected well known proverbs. She gave each child in her class the first half of a proverb and asked them to come up with the remainder of the proverb.
If you lie down with dogs, you'll --- stink in the morning.
You can't teach an old dog new --- maths.
The pen is mightier than the --- pigs.
Where there's smoke there's --- pollution.
A penny saved is --- not much.
Two's company, three's --- the Musketeers.
Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and --- you have to blow your nose.
There are none so blind as --- Stevie Wonder.
When the blind leadeth the blind --- get out of the way.
And the favourite: Better late than --- pregnant!
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Brave man
A man is taking a walk in Central park in New York. Suddenly he sees a little girl being attacked by a pit bull dog.
He runs over and starts fighting with the dog. He succeeds in killing the dog and saving the girl's life.
A policeman who was watching the scene walks over and says: 'You are a hero, tomorrow you can read it in all the newspapers:
'Brave New Yorker saves the life of little girl'.
The man says: 'But I am not a New Yorker!'
Oh then it will say in newspapers in the morning:
'Brave American saves life of little girl' the policeman answers.
'But I am not an American!' - says the man. Oh, what are you then?'
The man says: 'I am a Pakistani!'
The next day the newspapers say: 'Extremist kills innocent American dog'
Monday, January 28, 2008
Discussion about: Mobile Phone Tips - Things You Never Knew Your Mobile Phone Could Do
This message describes four things you can do on your mobile phone that could be useful in an emergency situation. However, the message contains a mixture of truthful and inaccurate information and therefore its overall value is questionable. Each tip is discussed in turn below:
Tip 1: 112 is the international emergency number for mobile phones
It is true that, in many parts of the world, dialling '112' from a mobile phone will connect the caller to local emergency services. The number '112' is the international emergency telephone number for GSM mobile phone networks.
An Australian government webpage dealing with emergency calls notes:
When dialling '112' on GSM mobile phones, access is provided regardless of the presence or validity of the SIM card within the phone, or whether the keypad is locked. The '112' number cannot be dialled from the fixed network.
•'112' can be dialled anywhere in the world with GSM coverage and callers will be automatically translated to that country's particular emergency number.
•A caller is able to connect to the emergency services answering point if GSM mobile coverage is available from any carrier's network at the location of the call.
However, because '112' is primarily integrated with the GSM network, it may not work if the phone is connected to another type of network such as CDMA. The Australian Government webpage also notes:
In Australia, it is a mandatory obligation for '112' to be built into GSM mobile phones. While this is not the case with CDMA mobile phones - as the international standards for CDMA do not require '112' - some mobile carriers have enabled '112' access in their CDMA mobile phones. However, this service does not have the extra capabilities, such as roaming and PIN override, that '112' has on GSM networks. For further details regarding '112' access on a CDMA phone, consumers should talk to their mobile service providers.
Therefore, while it is certainly useful to know about '112', mobile phone users should be aware that this emergency number may not work in every part of the world or for every mobile network.
Moreover, some circulating messages about '112' claim that the number will work even if there is no mobile phone signal or will automatically divert to a satellite phone system. However, this information is false. While ‘112’ will attempt to connect to any available network, it certainly will not work if no signal at all is available.
Finally, it should also be noted that, in the European Union, '112' is the emergency number for all Member States and will work from both mobile and fixed phones.
Tip 2: You can unlock your remote keyless entry enabled car from a long distance via a mobile phone call.
This tip has generated vast amounts of, sometimes heated, debate. A lot of people swear that the trick works while a great many others claim that it does not and is technically impossible. I suspect that at least some of the people who claim that the
technique works have conducted their experiments without realizing that they are actually still within unlocking range of their vehicles. The range of the entry systems may be significantly greater than experimenters realize. Thus, people may actually believe that they have unlocked their vehicle via their mobile phone when they have in fact done so in the normal way via their remote device.
That said, a great many posters claim to have used the technique from many kilometres distance. In truth, logic and common sense compellingly suggest that the trick is not technically possible. Keyless entry systems work on radio waves, not sound, so it is very difficult to believe that the unlock signal could be transmitted via a mobile phone call, especially since mobile phones and keyless entry systems work at entirely different frequencies.
However, the volume of conflicting reports on the issue means that, at this point, it would be premature to state categorically that the trick will never work under any circumstances. Some have postulated that the technique might be possible with certain keyless entry systems and/or phone services or combinations thereof and this may indeed be the case. This scenario would explain why the technique might work for the few but not the many. Coupled with false conclusions made from invalid experiments, these exceptions might explain why so many people so vehemently claim that the trick actually works in spite of the evidence against it.
What I can say conclusively is that I have personally testing the technique with several keyless entry/mobile phone combinations without any success whatsoever. And, even if the technique does sometimes work, it seems clear that in the great majority of cases, it does not, so this tip is actually rather pointless.
Tip 3: Press the keys *3370# to activate hidden battery power on your mobile phone.
This "tip" is totally bogus. You cannot activate hidden or reserve battery power by keying in *3370# or any other code sequence. The code '*3370#' can be used on some Nokia models to activate Enhanced Full Rate Codec (EFR). Ironically, since this code activates the best sound quality on the phone, the change will actually reduce the length of time that the battery will last before recharging is required – in practical terms the complete opposite of what the tip suggests.
Entering the code has no effect at all on brands of phone other than Nokia.
Tip 4: Press the keys * # 0 6 # to check your mobile phone serial number.
This does work on many kinds of mobile phones. Entering * # 0 6 # displays the phone's unique International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI). The IMEI is also usually printed underneath the battery.
If a phone is reported lost or stolen, the IMEI can be used to disable the phone, thereby making it impossible for thieves to use it.
A Wikipedia entry about IMEI notes:
When mobile equipment is stolen or lost, the operator or owner will typically contact the Central Equipment Identity Register (CEIR) which blacklists the device in all operator switches so that it will in effect become unusable, making theft of mobile equipment a useless business.
However, CEIR blacklisting is not always effective because it is sometimes possible to reprogram stolen phones with a new IMEI and, although in theory every IMEI is supposed to be unique to a particular device, this is not always the case in practice.
Certainly, it could be wise to record your IMEI just in case you need it at some point in the future. But it should be noted that you do not actually need to have your IMEI at hand to have a lost or stolen phone deactivated. Virtually every provider will have the facility to quickly deactivate or disable your mobile phone account, even if you cannot provide the phone’s IMEI. If your phone is lost or stolen, contact your provider and explain the situation. They should be able to immediately initiate methods that will ensure that thieves cannot use your phone account to make calls.
FOUR THINGS YOU PROBABLY NEVER KNEW YOUR MOBILE PHONE COULD DO
4 THINGS YOU PROBABLY NEVER KNEW YOUR MOBILE PHONE COULD DO
There are a few things that can be done in times of grave emergencies. Your mobile phone can actually be a life saver or an emergency tool for survival. Check out the things that you can do with it:
FIRST Emergency
The Emergency Number worldwide for Mobile is 112. If you find yourself out of the coverage area of your mobile; network and there is an emergency, dial 112 and the mobile will search any existing network to establish the emergency number for you, and interestingly this number 112 can be dialed even if the keypad is locked. Try it out.
SECOND Have you locked your keys in the car?
Does your car have remote keyless entry? This may come in handy someday. Good reason to own a cell phone: If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, call someone at home on their mobile phone from your cell phone.
Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the person at your home press the unlock button, holding it near the mobile phone on their end. Your car will unlock. Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you. Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the other 'remote' for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the trunk).
Editor's Note: It works fine! We tried it out and it unlocked our car over a mobile phone!'
THIRD Hidden Battery Power
Imagine your mobile battery is very low. To activate, press the keys *3370# Your mobile will restart with this reserve and the instrument will show a 50% increase in battery. This reserve will get charged when you charge your mobile next time.
FOURTH How to disable a STOLEN mobile phone?
To check your Mobile phone's serial number, key in the following digits on your phone: * # 0 6 #
A 15 digit code will appear on the screen. This number is unique to your handset. Write it down and keep it somewhere safe. When your phone get stolen, you can phone your service provider and give them this code. They will then be able to block your handset so even if the thief changes the SIM card, your phone will be totally useless. You probably won't get your phone back, but at least you know that whoever stole it can't use/sell it either. If everybody does this, there would be no point in people stealing mobile phones.
This is the kind of information people don't mind receiving, so pass it on to your family and friends
Some Amazing True Facts
- In the weightlessness of space a frozen pea will explode if it comes in contact with Pepsi.
- The increased electricity used by modern appliances is causing a shift in the Earth's magnetic field. By the year 2327, the North Pole will be located in mid-Kansas, while the South Pole will be just off the coast of East Africa.
- The idea for "tribbles" in "Star Trek" came from gerbils, since some gerbils are actually born pregnant.
- Male rhesus monkeys often hang from tree branches by their amazing prehensile penises.
- Johnny Plessey batted .331 for the Cleveland Spiders in 1891, even though he spent the entire season batting with a rolled-up, lacquered copy of the Toledo Post-Dispatch.
- Smearing a small amount of dog feces on an insect bite will relieve the itching and swelling.
- The Boeing 747 is capable of flying upside-down if it weren't for the fact that the wings would shear off when trying to roll it over.
- The trucking company Elvis Presley worked at as a young man was owned by Frank Sinatra.
- The only golf course on the island of Tonga has 15 holes, and there's no penalty if a monkey steals your golf ball.
- Legislation passed during WWI making it illegal to say "gesundheit" to a sneezer was never repealed.
- Manatees possess vocal chords which give them the ability to speak like humans, but don't do so because they have no ears with which to hear the sound.
- SCUBA divers cannot pass gas at depths of 33 feet or below.
- Catfish are the only animals that naturally have an ODD number of whiskers.
- Replying more than 100 times to the same piece of spam e-mail will overwhelm the sender's system and interfere with their ability to send any more spam.
- Polar bears can eat as many as 86 penguins in a single sitting.
- The first McDonald's restaurant opened for business in 1952 in Edinburgh, Scotland, and featured the McHaggis sandwich.
- The Air Force's F-117 fighter uses aerodynamics discovered during research into how bumblebees fly.
- You can get blood from a stone, but only if contains at least 17 percent bauxite.
- Silly Putty was "discovered" as the residue left behind after the first latex condoms were produced. It's not widely publicized for obvious reasons.
- Approximately one-sixth of your life is spent on Wednesdays.
- The skin needed for elbow transplants must be taken from the scrotum of a cadaver.
- The sport of jai alai originated from a game played by Incan priests who held cats by their tails and swung at leather balls. The cats would instinctively grab at the ball with their claws, thus enabling players to catch them.
- A cat's purr has the same romance-enhancing frequency as the voice of singer Barry White.
- The typewriter was invented by Hungarian immigrant Qwert Yuiop, who left his "signature" on the keyboard.
- The volume of water that the Giant Sequoia tree consumes in a 24-hour period contains enough suspended minerals to pave 17.3 feet of a 4-lane concrete freeway.
- King Henry VIII slept with a gigantic axe.
- Because printed materials are being replaced by CD-ROM, microfiche and the Internet, libraries that previously sank into their foundations under the weight of their books are now in danger of collapsing in extremely high winds.
- In 1843, a Parisian street mime got stuck in his imaginary box and consequently died of starvation.
- Touch-tone telephone keypads were originally planned to have buttons for Police and Fire Departments, but they were replaced with * and # when the project was cancelled in favor of developing the 911 system.
- Human saliva has a boiling point three times that of regular water.
- Calvin, of the "Calvin and Hobbes" comic strip, was patterned after President Calvin Coolidge, who had a pet tiger as a boy.
- Watching an hour-long soap opera burns more calories than watching a three-hour baseball game.
- Until 1978, Camel cigarettes contained minute particles of real camels.
- You can actually sharpen the blades on a pencil sharpener by wrapping your pencils in aluminum foil before inserting them.
- To human taste buds, Zima is virtually indistinguishable from zebra urine.
- Seven out of every ten hockey-playing Canadians will lose a tooth during a game. For Canadians who don't play hockey, that figure drops to five out of ten.
- A dog's naked behind leaves absolutely no bacteria when pressed against carpet.
- A team of University of Virginia researchers released a study promoting the practice of picking one's nose, claiming that the health benefits of keeping nasal passages free from infectious blockages far outweigh the negative social connotations.
- Among items left behind at Osama bin Laden's headquarters in Afghanistan were 27 issues of Mad Magazine. Al Qaeda members have admitted that bin Laden is reportedly an avid reader.
- Urine from male cape water buffaloes is so flammable that some tribes use it for lantern fuel.
- At the first World Cup championship in Uruguay, 1930, the soccer balls were actually monkey skulls wrapped in paper and leather.
- Every Labrador retriever dreams about bananas.
- If you put a bee in a film canister for two hours, it will go blind and leave behind its weight in honey.
- Due to the angle at which the optic nerve enters the brain, staring at a blue surface during sex greatly increases the intensity of orgasms.
- Never hold your nose and cover your mouth when sneezing, as it can blow out your eyeballs.
- Centuries ago, purchasing real estate often required having one or more limbs amputated in order to prevent the purchaser from running away to avoid repayment of the loan. Hence an expensive purchase was said to cost "an arm and a leg."
- When Mahatma Gandhi died, an autopsy revealed five gold Krugerrands in his small intestine.
- Aardvarks are allergic to radishes, but only during summer months.
- Coca-Cola was the favored drink of Pharaoh Ramses. An inscription found in his tomb, when translated, was found to be almost identical to the recipe used today.
- If you part your hair on the right side, you were born to be carnivorous. If you part it on the left, your physical and psychological make-up is that of a vegetarian.
- When immersed in liquid, a dead sparrow will make a sound like a crying baby.
- In WWII the US military planned to airdrop over France propaganda in the form of Playboy magazine, with coded messages hidden in the models' turn-ons and turn-offs. The plan was scrapped because of a staple shortage due to rationing of metal.
- Although difficult, it's possible to start a fire by rapidly rubbing together two Cool Ranch Doritos.
- Napoleon's favorite type of wood was knotty chestnut.
- The world's smartest pig, owned by a mathematics teacher in Madison, WI, memorized the multiplication tables up to 12.
- Due to the natural "momentum" of the ocean, saltwater fish cannot swim backwards.
- In ancient Greece, children of wealthy families were dipped in olive oil at birth to keep them hairless throughout their lives.
- It is nearly three miles farther to fly from Amarillo, Texas to Louisville, Kentucky than it is to return from Louisville to Amarillo.
- The "nine lives" attributed to cats is probably due to their having nine primary whiskers.
- The original inspiration for Barbie dolls comes from dolls developed by German propagandists in the late 1930s to impress young girls with the ideal notions of Aryan features. The proportions for Barbie were actually based on those of Eva Braun.
- The Venezuelan brown bat can detect and dodge individual raindrops in mid-flight, arriving safely back at his cave completely dry.