~ Did You Know ~

[MysteRy]

Kliluk - The Amazing Spotted Lake :

Spotted Lake is a saline endorheic alkali lake located northwest of Osoyoos in British Columbia. It is located near the city of Osoyoos, beside Highway 3.Spotted Lake is very highly concentrated with numerous different minerals. It contains some of the highest quantities (in the world) of magnesium sulfate, calcium and sodium sulphates. It also contains extremely high concentrations of 8 other minerals as well as some small doses of four others such as silver and titanium.

Most of the water in the lake evaporates over the summer, leaving behind all the minerals. Large “spots” on the lake appear and depending on the mineral composition at the time, the spots will be different colors. The spots are made mainly of magnesium sulfate, which crystallizes in the summer. In the summer only the minerals in the lake remain, and they harden to form natural “walkways” around and between the spots.

[MysteRy]

Now..., The world’s smallest lappy --- The iKIT!

Coming in at a measly squint-and-you’d-miss-it 15×66 x 94mm the iKIT weighs a bowl-of-sugar-bothering 115g. It’s so small it’d probably get lost in your pockets.
It still manages to find room for a 2.8-inch screen and packs a full QWERTY keyboard. With little space for a hard drive, memory’s taken care of via SD card allowing up to 8GB of storage space.

The iKIT doesn’t skimp on web browsing either. It’s got Wi-Fi tucked in and the Opera web browser for flea-sized Facebooking. Bluetooth is there too along with a three-hour battery life and 250 standby hours (pointless, but true).

[MysteRy]

WORLD'S FIRST MOTORCYCLE :-

This one's really a collection piece. The First Motorcycle was created in 1885 in Stuttgart, Germany. It was designed and built by the German inventors Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach. The invention was also the first petroleum-powered vehicle.   

[MysteRy]

WORLD’S FURTHEST LEANING MAN-MADE TOWER : CAPITAL GATE :-

Capital Gate is a skyscraper in Abu Dhabi that holds the Guinness Record for ‘World’s Furthest Leaning Man-made Tower’. The iconic tower soars 160 meters above ground and has been built with a westward incline of 18 degrees – more than four times that of the world famous

[MysteRy]

A pineapple is neither an apple nor a pine!

In fact, it’s a berry! A pineapple is a tropical plant of multiple edible fruits consisting of coalesced berries, named for its resemblance to the pinecone.

It is considered a multiple edible fruit because it is formed from a cluster of flowers, in which the inflorescence produces a fruit and matures into a single mass. A pineapple is simply a large berry misnamed because of its appearance!

[MysteRy]

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT YOUTUBE :-

1. The very first video uploaded was called “Me at the Zoo”, on 23rd April 2005.

2. By June 2006, more than 65,000 videos were being uploaded every day.

3. YouTube receives more than 2 billion viewers per day.

4. Every minute, 24 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube.

5. The U.S. accounts for 70% of YouTube users.

6. Over half of YouTube’s users are under 20 years old.

7. You would need to live for around 1,000 years to watch all the videos currently on YouTube and its increasing day by day.

8. YouTube uses the same amount of bandwidth as the entire Internet used in 2000.

[MysteRy]

Two Japanese inventors have created a device that stops people from talking, it's called the Speech Jammer!

Ever came across someone so annoyingly chatty that you wanted to shoot them with an invisible gun and shut them up? Well, you might just be able to, thanks to the Speech Jammer. It’s a Japanese invention that could very well be the perfect answer to all the talkative people out there. The device is said to be powerful enough to jam a person’s speech from up to 98ft away.

The inventors, Kazutaka Kurihara and Koji Tsukada, explain how it works. The prototype invention supposedly records the obnoxious speech with a directional microphone, adds a 0.2 second delay, and then fires it right back at the prattler with the help of a directional speaker. So there’s basically a delay between when the person says something and when they hear their own speech. This would mess with the person so bad, that they would soon be rendered speechless for a while. Perfect! But then, the device itself looks so huge and scary in its current avatar, I think people might shut up the very moment it was pointed at them.

[MysteRy]

YOUR HEARTBEAT CHANGES WITH THE MUSIC YOU LISTEN TO !

Music can be so powerful it can affect your mood, brainwaves, and even your heartbeat! It turns out that when we listen to music our body reacts to the sounds we hear.

Music is so influential it can alter your heartbeat, pulse rate, blood pressure, decrease your muscle tension, and even affect your body movement and coordination !!!

If a person listens to rock or techno, their heartbeat will involuntarily speed up. The opposite is true if someone listens to more calming or instrumental music.

[MysteRy]

Charlie Chaplin corpse was stolen. Three months after Chaplin died on Christmas, 1977, his body was stolen in an effort to extort money from his family. Chaplin's body was recovered 11 weeks later after the grave-robbers were captured. He is now buried under 6 feet of concrete to prevent further theft attempts.

[MysteRy]

Apricot(A poisonous fruit):

Apricots might not be toxic themselves but if you ingest the seeds along (in larger doses), they are. Seeds or kernels of the apricot grown in central Asia and around the Mediterranean are so sweet that they may be substituted for almonds. The Italian liqueur amaretto and amaretti biscotti are flavored with extract of apricot kernels as well as almonds. Oil pressed from these cultivars has been used as cooking oil. Apricot kernels can sometimes be strong-tasting and bitter. They feature in recipes for apricot jam, and Italian amaretto cookies and liqueur.

Taken in excess, they may produce symptoms of cyanide poisoning, including nausea, fever, rash, headaches, insomnia, increased thirst, weakness, lethargy, nervousness, various aches and pains in joints and muscles, a drop inblood pressure. It is known for containing amygdalin, a toxic cyanogenic glycoside.

[MysteRy]

Monkshood (A deadly plant)

The poison in Monkshood is called Aconitine and it contain an Alkaloid toxin, the deadliest and most alarming poisonous substances known to man and its poisoned symptoms are burning sensations inside the mouth, dizziness, headaches and may be vomiting. In case larger quantities of the poison are ingested then breathing will become difficult and paralysis for shortly and may also result in blood circuit failure, the victim writhes in agony. His spasms however rapidly decrease and may result in unconsciousness lead to imminent death. If its poison is affected to a man and toxin absorption is half an hour, it may result in ingesting to death, a slow and painful death similar to strychnine poisoning. However, most instances of contact from this plant are just to touch the petals and this will result in irritation, slight dizziness and a little nausea, death only happens if the plant is eaten.

[MysteRy]

Weird Fish With Transparent Head : Macropinna microstoma

Even the phrase “seeing is believing” is not enough when looking at this astonishing fish! Meet Macropinna microstoma, commonly known as the “barreleye”. Barreleye fish have a transparent head like a fighter-plane cockpit with large internal eyes that are able to look upward. Living at depths of 600 to 800 meters below the surface, these ultra-sensitive eyes help these fish search for the faint silhouettes of prey

[MysteRy]

AMAZING GIANT AMAZON WATER LILY :-

The Giant Amazon Water Lily (Victoria Amazonica) is found growing naturally in the region of central Brazil known as Amazonia. Victoria amazonica has a leaf that is up to 3 m (9.8 ft) in diameter, on a stalk 7–8 m (22.9-26.2 ft) in length

[AnAnYa]

Interesting fact.... About animals, nature, people, technology, love, etc..

* Humming bird cant walk.
* Birds of a region are called avifauna.
* Most sensitive finger on human hand is index finger.
* Life span of taste bud is 10days.
* Hawaii is group of 20 volcanic islands in pacific ocean
* All young man in Thailand are expected to become monks for at least 3 months of their lives.
* Largest cave in world is Sarawalk chamber in Malaysia.
* Oldest known vegetable is pea.
* Columbians are great music lovers; The tiple, a small guitar is their national instrument.
* Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in an ear by 700 times.
* Sea otters have 2 coats of fur.
* When Queen Elizabeth I of England died she owned over 3,000 gowns 
* Cats can hear ultrasound.
* Lake Nicaragua is the only fresh water lake.
* The first bird domesticated by man was goose.
* "I am." is the second shortest complete sentence in the English language. 
* When 2 dogs approach each other, the dog which ways its tail very slowly is in charge.
* While dreaming we become temporarily paralyzed and we can control our dreams and it is said that dreams speaks in indirect language.
* Inside original Macintosh case you will find 47 signatures for each member of Apple's Macintosh division as of 1982.
* The most popular Twizzler candy flavour is strawberry .
* Windmills all over the world go counterclockwise but the ones in Ireland go clockwise.
* The first photo camera took 8 hours to take a photo, during which you would need to remain still.
* The Titanic was the first ship to use SOS signal.
* Every time you sneeze some of your brain cells die.
* If you are right handed, you will tend to chew food on your right side. If you are left handed, you will tend to chew food on  your left side.
* The first kind of pencil was  a bunch of Graphite sticks held together by string.
* The Coca Cola company offers more than 300 different beverages. 
* The Flintstones cartoon was the first thirty-minute cartoon to be aired during prime time.
* The last thing Elvis Presley ate before he died was four scoops of ice cream and 6 chocolate chip cookies.
* The dot that appears over the letter "i" is called a tittle.
* The oldest known love song was written 4,000 years ago and comes from an area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
* The word Spain means "the land of rabbits." 
* Chocolate accounts for less than two percent of the fat in the American diet.

[MysteRy]

How Far Can a Bird Fly In a Day?




The information scientists have about how many miles a bird flies in a day comes from birds that have been banded or tagged.

This banding usually takes place when birds are migrating from one place to another. A bird is caught at some point on its journey, and a metal band is fitted around its leg.

The scientists then try to find the bird in the area they know will be its future home. According to the records, most birds are in no hurry when they make their long flight. Few travel every day. They may even make a stop for a week or so if food is plentiful.

Birds whose average speeds are 20 or 30 miles an hour usually travel about 160 miles a day. Strong fliers, such as ducks and geese, cover as much as 332 miles a day. If birds start their travels late in the year, they fly more hours each day and take little time off to eat and rest.

Few birds fly more than eight to ten hours a day