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Monday, October 16, 2006

Most Honest Reply...

hehe..This is most honest reply one has ever given to his boss at the office...

any comments......

Some of the Facts about India

The official Sanskrit name for India is Bharat. INDIA has been called Bharat even in Satya yuga ( Golden Age ) More INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT India The name `India’ is derived from the River Indus, the valleys around which were the home of the early settlers. The Aryan worshippers referred to the river Indus as the Sindhu. The Persian invaders converted it into Hindu. The name `Hindustan’ combines Sindhu and Hindu and thus refers to the land of the Hindus. The number system was invented by India. Chess was invented in India. Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus are studies which originated in India. The' place value system' and the 'decimal system' were developed in 100 BC in India. The World's First Granite Temple is the Brihadeswara temple at Tanjavur in Tamil Nadu. The shikhara is made from a single ' 80-tonne ' piece of granite. Also, this magnificient temple was built in just five years, (between 1004 AD and 1009 AD) during the reign of Rajaraja Chola India is.......the Largest democracy in the world, the 6th largest country in the world AND one of the most ancient and living civilizations (at least 10, 000 years old). India has the most post offices in the world ! The World's first university was established in Takshila in 700 BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education. Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to mankind. The father of medicine, Charaka, consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago.

Useless Facts!

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open
Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, everytime you breathe!
Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people
The six official languages of the United Nations are: English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish
There is a city called Rome on every continent.
You can't kill yourself by holding your breath
Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.
A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off!
In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child
More people are killed each year from bees than from snakes.
"Rhythm" is the longest English word without a vowel.
"Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.
On average a hedgehog's heart beats 300 times a minute.
What is called a "French kiss" in the English speaking world is known as an "English kiss" in France.
Of all the words in the English language, the word 'set' has the most definitions!
Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."
Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine nuts, and worms like fried bacon.
Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible.
The word "queue" is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed.