Yahoo! The word was invented by Jonathan Swift and used in his book Gulliver's Travels. It represents a person who is repulsive in appearance and action and is barely human. Yahoo! founders Jerry Yang and David Filo selected the name because they considered themselves yahoos. Xerox The Greek root "xer" [...]
Clear Your Cliches
Life is Short Sorry. Life is not short, it's just that everything else lasts so long -mountains, rivers, stars, planets – life seems short. Actually life lasts just the right amount of time. Until you die. Death on the other hand….is very, very short. Nice Guys Finish Last Not true. Studies have shown that, on average, nice [...]
Few Unknown Facts
Regular naps prevent old age… especially if you take them while driving. Having one child makes you a parent having two, a referee. Marriage is a relationship in which one person is always right and the other is husband! A child's greatest period of growth is the month after you've purchased new school uniforms. Don't marry [...]
Very Interesting Facts
American car horns beep in the tone of F. The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache. Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning. The plastic things on [...]
Interesting Anagrams
An anagram is a re-arrangement of a word, phrase, or sentence into a different one by using all the letters of the original sentence and without repeating any of the letters. Take a look at these interesting ones: A decimal point = I’m a dot in place Dormitory = dirty room Vacation times = I’m [...]
Perception – A Social Experiment
PLACE:- Washington, DC Metro Station on a cold January morning in 2007. The man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time approx. 2 thousand people went through the station, most of them on their way to work. After 3 minutes a middle aged man noticed there was a [...]