Facts a Day

[indian_foxhound]

Cows claim more human lives than sharks.

 

[indian_foxhound]

Hundreds of years ago, humans would go to sleep
early, wake up in the middle of the night to
perform tasks, then go back to a second sleep

 

[neehar]

A Saudi Arabian woman can get a divorce if her husband doesn't give her coffee


Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952.

 

[rockstarIN]

A Saudi Arabian woman can get a divorce if her husband doesn't give her coffee


Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952.

He was offered vice-chancellorship of Kerala University in 1944 or 45, which he politely declined.

 

[neehar]

All totalled, the sunlight that strikes Earth at any given moment weighs as much as a large ocean liner.

He was offered vice-chancellorship of Kerala University in 1944 or 45, which he politely declined.

didnt know that...

 

[indian_foxhound]

In France, a megabyte is called a “mega-octet”
because “byte” means “cock” and “megabyte” is
unintentionally rude.

 

[neehar]

Canada is an Indian word meaning Big Village.


If you are chased by a crocodile, run zigzag, a crocodile is not good at making sharp turns.

 

[neehar]

On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag.


It is against the law to burp, or sneeze in a church in Omaha, Nebraska

 

[indian_foxhound]

Social psychologists have found that the more a
city's radio station plays country music, the higher
the suicide rate becomes.

 

[rockstarIN]

All totalled, the sunlight that strikes Earth at any given moment weighs as much as a large ocean liner.

didnt know that...

Kerala University wanted Albert Einstein to be Vice Chancellor - Economic Times

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Decades before India made a name for itself in the field of education, the tiny princely state of Travancore aimed it high in higher education and even made an unsuccessful bid to enlist services of great physicist Albert Einstein as Vice Chancellor of its fledgling university for a monthly pay of Rs 6000.

The Nobel prize winning scientist, considered as the founder of modern physics and one who developed the theory of general relativity, politely declined the invitation saying he wanted to join Princeton University in America.

 

[indian_foxhound]

J.K. Rowling is the first person who lost her billionaire status because of giving huge sum of money in donations

 

[indian_foxhound]

Bruce Lee could perform one hand push-ups using only his thumb and index.

 

[indian_foxhound]

You can buy "Gold Poop Pills" for $425 each. When consumed, they will turn your poop sparkly and golden

 

[SHAMK9]

Bruce Lee could perform one hand push-ups using only his thumb and index.

ouch! that would hurt

 

[PITA]

Orange juice is actually yellow in color.