Some interesting scientific facts...

[PFgulalai]

1. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

2. The average person who stop smoking requires one hour less sleep a night.

3. If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on your right side. If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on your left side.

4. If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. For when a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.

5. Your tongue is germ free only if it is pink. If it is white there is a thin film of bacteria on it.

6. The pupil of the eye expands as much as 45 percent when a person looks at something pleasing.

7. Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system. Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day.

8. The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.

9. Dalmatians are born without spots.

10. The owl is the only bird to drop its upper eyelid to wink. All other birds raise their lower eyelids.

11. The reason honey is so easy to digest is that it’s already been digested by a bee.

12. Roosters cannot crow if they cannot extend their necks.

13. The color blue has a calming effect. It causes the brain to release calming hormones.

14. Every time you sneeze some of your brain cells die.

15. Your left lung is smaller than your right lung to make room for your heart.

16. When you blush, the lining of your stomach also turns red.

17. When hippos are upset, their sweat turns red.

18. Google is actually the common name for a number with a million zeros.

19. The attachment of the human skin to muscles is what causes dimples.

20. The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting.

21. Human hair and fingernails continue to grow after death.

22. The only part of the body that has no blood supply is the cornea in the eye. It takes in oxygen directly from the air.

23. Every day 200 million couples make love, 400,000 babies are born, and 140,000 people die.

24. In most watch advertisements the time displayed on the watch is 10:10 because then the arms frame the brand of the watch (and make it look like it is smiling).

25. Colgate faced big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking countries. Colgate translates into the command “go hang yourself.”

26. The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning its head are the rabbit and the parrot.

27. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

28. The average person laughs 13 times a day.

29. Do you know the names of the three wise monkeys? They are:Mizaru(See no evil), Mikazaru(Hear no evil), and Mazaru(Speak no evil).

30. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

31. German Shepherds bite humans more than any other breed of dog (thats' true based on my personal experience)

32. Whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound.

33. The human heart creates enough pressure while pumping to squirt blood 30 feet!!

The last two are not scientific but pretty interesting....

34. Two animal rights protesters were protesting at the cruelty of sending pigs to a slaughterhouse in Bonn. Suddenly the pigs, all two thousand of them, escaped through a broken fence and stampeded, trampling the two hapless protesters to death.

35. If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural cause.

[Roshina]

OMG! Those are like the coolest facts ever! Too fascinating!
Thanks so much for sharing them with us, guley!

1. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

Good to know! I was told that if you wash the onion thoroughly with water, then you won't cry. But it hasn't worked for me at all! This one, I'm gonna try -- the next time I'm cutting onions, since I absolutely hate cutting onions and tomatoes.

4. If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. For when a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.

I drink a lotta water, and so I haven't noticed this happening yet. Will give it a try :D

5. Your tongue is germ free only if it is pink. If it is white there is a thin film of bacteria on it.

NO WAY! That's too scary to even think about :S

6. The pupil of the eye expands as much as 45 percent when a person looks at something pleasing.

LOL. I need to be around my niece much more often then! Looking at pleasant things has benefits for the health in many ways.

8. The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.

FINALLY! My mom told me and my sisters that it's the sound of hellfire Used to scare us to death, man, I swear. So what we'd do was, every time we'd feel like our faith is not its highest, we'd get a seashell and place it next to our ears and just listen to the sound with our heads covered, thinking, "This is the sound of hellfire. This is where we'll end up if our faith doesn't increase any time soon!"

Child abuse, I say, child abuse!!!! (Kidding, of course.)

9. Dalmatians are born without spots.

I didn't know what dalmatians were, so in case others among us also don't know, here:



Now, THAT is amazing! They're born spotless but look at them there!

13. The color blue has a calming effect. It causes the brain to release calming hormones.

Yeah, it really does. I've always wanted to paint my room blue. I will soon, ka khairee. It feels really good and certainly calms your nerves. You tend to breathe more easily.

18. Google is actually the common name for a number with a million zeros.

Are you serious? :| I thought it was just ... well, a random word that Google-creators came up with just like that! lol. That's interesting to know.

21. Human hair and fingernails continue to grow after death.

REALLY?!?! Now I wanna dig up someone's grave and see how long the person's hair has grown! . . . I really do . . . Imagine how long Adam's or Eve's hair and nails must be by now ... damn!

25. Colgate faced big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking countries. Colgate translates into the command “go hang yourself.”

LMAO!!!

26. The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning its head are the rabbit and the parrot.

Seriously?! How?

27. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

So . . . does this mean that you don't necessarily "become" intelligent but must (must?) have more zinc and copper present in your hair? That's too cool and interesting. Will have to look into this.

Oh, wait. And is it possible to add more cooper and zinc to your hair to make yourself more intelligent?

[QUOTE=gulalai;86953] 30. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.[QUOTE=gulalai;86953]

You BET! With these naturally beautiful lashes and all, we can't help it.

35. If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural cause.

Who would've thought them statues actually symbolized something . . . !

[JAMALUDEEN]

Qrratugai did you ever watch the movie 101 dalmatians? every American has had to watch that movie when they were growing up

I used to watch that on SAHARA channel back in Pakistan.

[Levanaye Zalmaye]

1. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

Wrong. Faith in God keeps you from crying. Hopeless are the unbelievers. It would take more than an onion to bring down a believer.

3. If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on your right side. If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on your left side.

Wrong. No one's left-handed.

4. If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. For when a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.

Wrong. If you stop getting thirsty, it means your patience has paid off and your suffering is being divinely lifted from you.

5. Your tongue is germ free only if it is pink. If it is white there is a thin film of bacteria on it.

Your tongue is paleed until you utter the holy testament of faith. If you say the word "pig", it remains dirty for forty days regardless of what you immoral scienticians and doctorists say.

6. The pupil of the eye expands as much as 45 percent when a person looks at something pleasing.

That's because Shoyaetoaaaaan enters it.

9. Dalmatians are born without spots.

That's because the spots appear due to sinfulness. Even meteors turn black here on earth. Why do you think young girls get pimples?

11. The reason honey is so easy to digest is that it’s already been digested by a bee.

Enough of this witchery. Honey is easy to digest because it has been recommended.

18. Google is actually the common name for a number with a million zeros.

Wrong. Google is the name of a company that is deliberately trying to mislead the world about Pakistani's' fascination with sax; more specifically, camel sax.

21. Human hair and fingernails continue to grow after death.

That's because right after you die, you're not really dead because you're being asked questions and all in your grave.

23. Every day 200 million couples make love, 400,000 babies are born, and 140,000 people die.

This is a sign of the end of days.

24. In most watch advertisements the time displayed on the watch is 10:10 because then the arms frame the brand of the watch (and make it look like it is smiling).

Wrong. 10:10 is the time for Isha prayers.

26. The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning its head are the rabbit and the parrot.

Both animals are also halal. Hungry?

27. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

Your hair must be a chemical factory then. Can I touch?

28. The average person laughs 13 times a day.

So he has enough free time to laugh 13 times but not enough to say Salah just 5 times?

30. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

Not if you tame your woman right. Mine blinks half as much as me. Talks half as much as well. You have to teach them while they're young. That's the trick.

34. Two animal rights protesters were protesting at the cruelty of sending pigs to a slaughterhouse in Bonn. Suddenly the pigs, all two thousand of them, escaped through a broken fence and stampeded, trampling the two hapless protesters to death.

What more signs will you reject?

35. If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural cause.

It doesn't matter if the horse has its legs up, down, sideways or if it is making love and being watched on the internet by Pakistani people. What mattes is that statues should be destroyed. Your attempt at spreading idolatry has unfortunately failed. Have a nice day.

[*Mahzala*]

Did you know ... lizards communicate by doing push-ups ... ? Imagine we did it that way

[Palwasha]

25. Colgate faced big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking countries. Colgate translates into the command “go hang yourself.”

Lmao.. jokesss!

[PFgulalai]

Good to know! I- was told that if you wash the onion thoroughly with water, then you won't cry. But it hasn't worked for me at all! This one, I'm gonna try -- the next time I'm cutting onions, since I absolutely hate cutting onions and tomatoes.

Lol..put them in cold water..that really works and would save your beautiful teeth from the gum-damaging effects.

LOL. I need to be around my niece much more often then! Looking at pleasant things has benefits for the health in many ways.

Ahem!Ahem! niece and/or..??

FINALLY! My mom told me and my sisters that it's the sound of hellfire Used to scare us to death, man, I swear. So what we'd do was, every time we'd feel like our faith is not its highest, we'd get a seashell and place it next to our ears and just listen to the sound with our heads covered, thinking, "This is the sound of hellfire. This is where we'll end up if our faith doesn't increase any time soon!"

Lol..we were told the same; additonally, my beloved nyaa told us that if you want to experience hell fire, then bend your outer ear and hear the sound...that used to scare the hell outta us..lol

Are you serious? :| I thought it was just ... well, a random word that Google-creators came up with just like that! lol. That's interesting to know.

Nah, it is from googol--10 to the power 100. I did not know it myself until the google guys--Larry and Brin--asked the question from the audience in their lecture. Many were embarrassed including myself.

REALLY?!?! Now I wanna dig up someone's grave and see how long the person's hair has grown! . . . I really do . . . Imagine how long Adam's or Eve's hair and nails must be by now ... damn

Blasphemous!60 lashes..stoning to death.

Seriously?! How?

The answer:

On the other hand, the rabbit visual system is designed--not for foraging and locomotion--but to quickly and effectively detect approaching predators from almost any direction. The eyes are placed high and to the sides of the skull, allowing the rabbit to see nearly 360 degrees, as well as far above her head. Rabbits tend to be farsighted, which explains why they may be frightened by an airplane flying overhead even if their human companion can barely see it. (It could be a hawk! Run!) The price the bunny pays for this remarkable field of vision is a small blind spot directly in front of his face, but forward-placed nostrils and large, spooning ears compensate for that minor loss of predator-detecting space. For an animal to have binocular vision, the field of view of both eyes must overlap to some degree. The central blind spot in the rabbit's field of view precludes a three-dimensional view of nearby objects. When your bunny cocks her head and seems to be looking at you "sideways," she is actually looking as straight at you as is possible for a bunny. As far as we know, she does not have a primate's level of depth perception at such close range.

Oh, wait. And is it possible to add more cooper and zinc to your hair to make yourself more intelligent?

That's a really intelligent question, QG. We can testify the hypothesis by measuring the elevated levels of both Zn and Cu in your hair

You BET! With these naturally beautiful lashes and all, we can't help it.

Ah, and excessive blinking is associated with central nervous system disorders

Who would've thought them statues actually symbolized something . . . !

A paradox--God and Evil at the same time

[PFgulalai]

ROFL!!LOL!Brilliant Levanaye!!

BUT how come you missed this one...

32. Whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound

P.S. I thought the same about Dalmatians, Horses, Sax....and hair..LOL

Wrong. Faith in God keeps you from crying. Hopeless are the unbelievers. It would take more than an onion to bring down a believer.



Wrong. No one's left-handed.



Wrong. If you stop getting thirsty, it means your patience has paid off and your suffering is being divinely lifted from you.



Your tongue is paleed until you utter the holy testament of faith. If you say the word "pig", it remains dirty for forty days regardless of what you immoral scienticians and doctorists say.



That's because Shoyaetoaaaaan enters it.



That's because the spots appear due to sinfulness. Even meteors turn black here on earth. Why do you think young girls get pimples?



Enough of this witchery. Honey is easy to digest because it has been recommended.



Wrong. Google is the name of a company that is deliberately trying to mislead the world about Pakistani's' fascination with sax; more specifically, camel sax.



That's because right after you die, you're not really dead because you're being asked questions and all in your grave.



This is a sign of the end of days.



Wrong. 10:10 is the time for Isha prayers.



Both animals are also halal. Hungry?



Your hair must be a chemical factory then. Can I touch?



So he has enough free time to laugh 13 times but not enough to say Salah just 5 times?



Not if you tame your woman right. Mine blinks half as much as me. Talks half as much as well. You have to teach them while they're young. That's the trick.



What more signs will you reject?



It doesn't matter if the horse has its legs up, down, sideways or if it is making love and being watched on the internet by Pakistani people. What mattes is that statues should be destroyed. Your attempt at spreading idolatry has unfortunately failed. Have a nice day.

[PFgulalai]

LOL..thanks for sharing...10,000 push-ups a day will keep everything away!

Did you know ... lizards communicate by doing push-ups ... ? Imagine we did it that way

[Roshina]

Qrratugai did you ever watch the movie 101 dalmatians? every American has had to watch that movie when they were growing up

I grew up in Swat, guley. We were allowed to watch TV only for the news, cartoons, comedies, and Islamic shows -- nothing more. So, na, I still haven't watched 101 Dalmatians. Will look into it now that you mention it, though!

[Roshina]

LMAO @ Levanaye Zalmaye's response! You're TOTALLY going to hell now! You even say, "What more signs will you reject," and you yourself won't do what the folks tell you to do.

Wrong. No one's left-handed.

Whoa! Yeah, lol I want my kids to be left-handed, but I fear my mom will never let that happen. So they'll have to be ambidextrous so that they're left-handed in front of her and others who think it's haraam to be left-handed but right-handed with me.

That means a lotta work But if you start at the right time, it won't be too difficult, ka khairee.

[Palwasha]

I want my kids to be left-handed, but I fear my mom will never let that happen. So they'll have to be ambidextrous so that they're left-handed in front of her and others who think it's haraam to be left-handed but right-handed with me.

Eh, Left-handedness haraam? And why do you want your kids to be left-handed?

I'm right handed, but I can write with both.

[Roshina]

Lol..put them in cold water..that really works and would save your beautiful teeth from the gum-damaging effects.

lol. Okay, will try this then!

Ahem!Ahem! niece and/or..??

LOL. Both. Along with your posts!

Lol..we were told the same; additonally, my beloved nyaa told us that if you want to experience hell fire, then bend your outer ear and hear the sound...that used to scare the hell outta us..lol

Yeah, we were told the same. I just tried it after many years, and I didn't feel anything :D Damn . . . That's a bad sign, lol.

The answer:

On the other hand, the rabbit visual system is designed--not for foraging and locomotion--but to quickly and effectively detect approaching predators from almost any direction. The eyes are placed high and to the sides of the skull, allowing the rabbit to see nearly 360 degrees, as well as far above her head. Rabbits tend to be farsighted, which explains why they may be frightened by an airplane flying overhead even if their human companion can barely see it. (It could be a hawk! Run!) The price the bunny pays for this remarkable field of vision is a small blind spot directly in front of his face, but forward-placed nostrils and large, spooning ears compensate for that minor loss of predator-detecting space. For an animal to have binocular vision, the field of view of both eyes must overlap to some degree. The central blind spot in the rabbit's field of view precludes a three-dimensional view of nearby objects. When your bunny cocks her head and seems to be looking at you "sideways," she is actually looking as straight at you as is possible for a bunny. As far as we know, she does not have a primate's level of depth perception at such close range.

Wow! Thanks for the explanation, guley! I need a rabbit pet now. I'd never actually looked that closely at a rabbit to notice the specific location of its eyes.

That's a really intelligent question, QG. We can testify the hypothesis by measuring the elevated levels of both Zn and Cu in your hair

No, not mine. Yours would be more like it, though! But we could do both and a couple of others so that we can compare and all.

Kha, so how do we do it then? Where would we have to go to do this? (I'm now looking forward to it!)

Ah, and excessive blinking is associated with central nervous system disorders

lol.
Actually, yes. In Swat, there was a deep pond near our house that we used to visit every now and then. There right in front of the pond lived a family with 2 children, older children. One was a girl (perhaps 15 years old?) and the other a boy (perhaps 12?). Both had this disorder. It used to tear my heart and it still does when I look back because they had to blink every second of their lives.

They were very poor, too. That made it worse.

[Roshina]

Eh, Left-handedness haraam? And why do you want your kids to be left-handed?

I'm right handed, but I can write with both.

It's considered "haraam" by many Muslims because the idea is that it's in the parents' and other guardians' control to decide which hand their kids should use -- for writing, eating, etc., etc. Most left-handed people are only left-handed and can therefore not do the things that Islam advises we do with our right hand (e.g., eating).

For some Muslims, being different is haraam to begin with. So if everyone in the room is eating with a right hand and you're eating with a left hand, uh-oh, you're an embarrassment.

Those types of Muslims forget that it's simply for organizational purposes, or to keep people "united" (though this is not part of my perception of unity at all), that we're told to do this with the left hand and that with the right hand. As long as you have one hand for the "wrong/bad" things and set aside the other hand for the "good/correct" things, there's nothing INHERENTLY bad about the left hand that it has to avoid all good action and be obligated to perform only "bad" ones (e.g., cleaning your nose, cleaning certain body parts).

[Palwasha]

It's considered "haraam" by many Muslims because the idea is that it's in the parents' and other guardians' control to decide which hand their kids should use -- for writing, eating, etc., etc. Most left-handed people are only left-handed and can therefore not do the things that Islam advises we do with our right hand (e.g., eating).

For some Muslims, being different is haraam to begin with. So if everyone in the room is eating with a right hand and you're eating with a left hand, uh-oh, you're an embarrassment.

Those types of Muslims forget that it's simply for organizational purposes, or to keep people "united" (though this is not part of my perception of unity at all), that we're told to do this with the left hand and that with the right hand. As long as you have one hand for the "wrong/bad" things and set aside the other hand for the "good/correct" things, there's nothing INHERENTLY bad about the left hand that it has to avoid all good action and be obligated to perform only "bad" ones (e.g., cleaning your nose, cleaning certain body parts).

I understand why one does certain things with a left and right hand, but I don't see how writing comes into it. I also have family members who are left-handed, but it's not seen as a big thing, and they still eat with right hand.

I had to train myself to use my right hand for certain things, lol, but it's minor.