Category Jokes - Other / Misc
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The famous British one-eyed Admiral was Nelson
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The earlier name of Sri Lanka was Ceylon
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The UNO was formed in the year 1945
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UNO stands for United Nations Organisation
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The independence day of South Korea is celebrated on 15th August
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`Last Judgement'was the first painting of an Italian painter named Michelangelo
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'Paradise Regained' was written by John Milton
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The first President of Egypt was Mohammed Nequib
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The first man to reach North Pole was Rear Admiral Peary
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The most famous painting of Pablo Picasso was Guernica
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The primary producer of newsprint in the world is Canada
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The first explorer to reach the South Pole was Cap. Ronald Amundson
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The person who i
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The first Secretary General of the UNO was Trygve Lie
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The sculptor of the statue of Liberty was Federick Auguste Bartholdi
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The port of Banku is situated in Azerbaijan
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John F.Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harry Oswald
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The largest river in France is Loire
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The Queen of England who married her brother-in-law was
Catherine of Aragon
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The first negro to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize was
Ralph Johnson Bunche
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The first British University to admit women for degree courses was London University
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The principal export of Jamaica is sugar
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New York is popularly known as the City of Skyscrapers
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Madagascar is popularly known as the Island of Cloves
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The country known as
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The largest bay in the world is Hudson Bay, Canada
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The largest church in the world is Bascilica of St.Peter, Vatican City, Rome
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The largest peninsula in the world is Arabia
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The largest gulf in the world is Gulf of Mexico
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The tallest statue in the world is the Motherland, Volgograd, Russia
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The largest railway tunnel in the world is the Oshimzu Tunnel, Japan
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The world's loneliest island is the Tristan da Cunha
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The word 'Quiz' was coined by Jim Daly, Irishman
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The original meaning of 'Quiz' was Trick
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The busiest shopping centre of London is Oxford Street
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The residence of the Queen in London is Buckingham Palace
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Adolf Hitler was born in Austria
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Ice Cream was discovered by Gerald Tisyum
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The number regarded as lucky number in Italy is thirteen
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Napoleon suffered from alurophobia which means fear of cats
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The aeroplanes was used in war for the first time by Italians (14 Oct.1911)
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Slavery in America was abolished by Abraham Lincoln
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The Headquarters of textile manufacturing in England is
Manchester
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The famous island located at the mouth of the Hudson river is Manhattan
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The founder of plastic industry was Leo Hendrik Bakeland
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The country where military service is compulsory for women is Israel
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The country which has more than 10,000 golf courses is
USA
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The famous painting 'Mona Lisa' is displayed
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The Cape of Good Hope is located in South Africa
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Heathrow Airport is located in London
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The neon lamp was invented by Georges Claude
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The last letter of the Greek alphabet is Omega
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The place known as the land of Lincoln is Illinois
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The US state Utah is also known as the Beehive state
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The Kalahari desert is located in Africa
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The Pentagonian desert is located in Argentina
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The person known as the father of aeronautics is Sir George Cayley
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The most densely populated Island in the world is Honshu
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The two nations Haiti and the Dominion Republic together form the Island of Hispaniola
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The largest auto producer in the USA is General Motors
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The largest
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The term 'astrology' literally means Star Speech
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Togo is situated in Africa
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Coal is also known as Black Diamond
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The first boxer to win 3 gold medals in Olympics was Laszlo Papp
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The first ruler who started war games for his soldiers was Genghis Khan
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The first cross word puzzle in the world was published in 1924 by London Sunday Express
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The lightest known metal is Lithium
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The Atacama Desert is located in North Chile
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The oil used to preserve timber is creosote oil
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The founder of USA was George Washington
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The first talkie feature film in USA was The Jazz Singer
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The chemical name of laughing gas is Nitrous Oxide
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The US state Mississipi is also k
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The number of keys in an ordinary piano is eighty eight
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'Man is a Tool Making Animal' was said by Benjamin Franklin
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The term 'anesthesia' was coined by Oliver Wendell Holmes
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The first man to reach Antartica was Fabian Gottlieb
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The Kilimanjaro volcano is situated in Tanzania
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The invention that is considered to have built America is dynamite
The Year 2038 Problem..........................
Test it now...
Steps...
1. Login to yahoo messenger
2. Send instant message to anyone - fine, it's working...
3. Now, change your system date to 19-Jan-2038, 03:14:07 AM or above
(as mentioned in mail)
4. Confirm whether your date is changed
5. Again send instant message to anyone...
Your YM crahes....
* * * YES ALL NETWORK BASED APPLICATION WILL NOT WORK NOW * * *
Why.....? What is it?
Starting at GMT 03:14:07, Tuesday, January 19, 2038, it is expected to see lots of systems around the world breaking magnificently: satellites falling out of orbit, massive power outages (like the 2003 North American blackout), hospital life suppor
There once was a captain of a ship, and every day at a certain time he would lock himself up in his cabin and look inside a mysterious black box. He did this every day, but he told nobody what was inside the box. Then one day he died, and in his testament he gave the crew permission to open the box. So they opened the black box, and what they found was a piece of paper:
"Starboard is right, port is left."
10.) "We have a lost child at gate D-4, the bidding will start at twenty dollars."
9.) "I'm sorry madam, but we cannot allow you to bring your cat on board. We don't yet know the effects of high radiation on our feline friends. And we are required to check your bags."
8.) "Yes sir, we are aware of the biohazard tag on your luggage and no, you don't want to know its origin. I recommend you refrain from opening your suitcase."
7.) "Yes sir, importing Cuban cigars is illegal, that is why the security officer had to confiscate them. What? He's smoking them? HEY! YOU RAT! SAVE SOME FOR ME!"
6.) "I'm sorry madam, but our insurance policy does not cover punctures in your bags caused by our checking
rats have more bones than men
parrot can see backwards without turning its head
HUMMING BIRD - (RUBY-THROATED)
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MASS: About 3-4g (a nickel weighs about 5g).
LENGTH: About 8.5cm (3.5") from tip of bill to tip of tail
WING BEATS: About 60-80 times per second in normal flight, up to 200 times per second in courtship dives
SPEED: Normal flight about 25mph; up to 65kph (40mph) in a courtship dive
HEARTBEATS: About 250 times per minute while at rest, about 1,220 per minute while flying
BREATHING: About 250 breaths per minute while at rest
BODY TEMPERATURE: 40.5 degrees C (105-108 degrees F)
FEATHERS: A typical Hum-bird has 940 feathers.
FEED RATE: Eats ab