Today scientists sound the alarm on health issues and environment dangers. Vested interests hire their own scientists to confuse the issues or dangers, but in the end nature will not be fooled. 1. You can say the word Hong Kong without moving your lips. 2. Everybody in almost every language uses the word “huh”. 3. The word infinity in common language means without any limit. In mathematics however, it is treated as though its a number. This means that although a number may be uncountable, it does have an end. It is often said for example that pi or Grahams number, or integers are infinite. This is mathematically wrong. It is true to say that these numbers are uncountable, but untrue to say that they are infinite. 4. Aladdin was actually Chinese and the original story took place in China, not in the Middle East. 5. Smiling slows down aging and prevents wrinkles. Laughing can sometimes reverse some fine wrinkles. 6. Pelé played goalie for part of a match in 1964 and saved a penalty kick. 7. The Alphabet song, Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star and Baa, Baa, Black Sheep all use the exact same melody. 8. WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW is the only COMPLETE English sentence that, when read in reverse, will be the same. Its a palindrome sentence. 9. Euneirophrenia is the peaceful state of mind you sometimes experience after a pleasant dream. 10. The term smoking wasnt established until the late seventeenth century. Before then it was referred to as dry drunkenness.
Posted on: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 06:21:19 +0000
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