Funny and Interesting Facts

1. The Grammy Awards were introduced to counter the threat of rock music. In the late 1950s, a group of record executives were alarmed by the explosive success of rock ‘n roll, considering it a threat to "quality" music.
2. Tea is said to have been discovered in 2737 BC by a Chinese emperor when some tea leaves accidentally blew into a pot of boiling water. The tea bag was introduced in 1908 by Thomas Sullivan of New York.
3. Over the last 150 years the average height of people in industrialised nations has increased 10 cm (about 4 inches). In the 19th century, American men were the tallest in the world, averaging 1,71m (5'6"). Today, the average height for American men is 1,75m (5'7"), compared to 1,77 (5'8") for Swedes, and 1,78 (5'8.5") for the Dutch. The tallest nation in the world is the Watusis of Burundi
4. Joseph Niepce developed the world's first photographic image in 1827. Thomas Edison and W K L Dickson introduced the film camera in 1894. But the first projection of an image on a screen was made by a German priest. In 1646, Athanasius Kircher used a candle or oil lamp to project hand-painted images onto a white screen.
5. In 1935 a writer named Dudley Nichols refused to accept the Oscar for his movie The Informer because the Writers Guild was on strike against the movie studios. In 1970 George C. Scott refused the Best Actor Oscar for Patton. In 1972 Marlon Brando refused the Oscar for his role in The Godfather.
6. The system of democracy was introduced 2 500 years ago in Athens, Greece. The oldest existing governing body operates in Althing in Iceland. It was established in 930 AD.
7. A person can live without food for about a month, but only about a week without water.
   If the amount of water in your body is reduced by just 1%, you'll feel thirsty.
   If it's reduced by 10%, you'll die.
8. People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze,your heart stops for a mili-second.
9. In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, no one reported a single case where an ostrich buried its head in the sand.
10. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.

 Note : that some of the 'facts' below have been proven false myths. 

Source: http://bootstrike.com/LaughterHell/Misc/miscs13.php

सपनो की दुनिया ...

सपनो की दुनिया ...
कितनी खाहिशों  की दुनिया ,
आसमानों को छुने की दुनिया ,
नई उमीदों की दुनिया ,
जुगनुओ की जगमगाहट की दुनिया ,
ये सपनो की दुनिया ......

अपनी पहचान बनती दुनिया ,
हाथों को जोडती  दुनिया ,
मुस्कुराहट बिखेरती दुनिया ,
अपनों को मिलाती दुनिया ,
ये सपनो की दुनिया ....

चाहतो को बढ़ाती दुनिया ,
अरमानो के पंख लगाती दुनिया ,
ज़मी पर तारों की दुनिया ,
कहानी यों को हकीकत करती ये दुनिया
हार को जीताती ये दुनिया ,
ये सपनो की दुनिया ......

Life is Beautiful

life is beautiful.....
sun shines bright ,stars are lovely.....
shadows on the sand,smiles on the faces,
hand in hand, creating spaces...
smiling on your face....

hug of a child, touch of love,
tears of joy,shades of love,
blessings of prayers,
smiling on your face....

life is beautiful...
in child's game,mothers song,
togetherness to belong,
time gone, memories holding on
smiling on your face....

ah ! Life is beautiful

All in days work....

A man came home from work and found his 5 children outside, still in their pyjamas, playing in the mud, with empty food boxes and wrappers strewn around garden, The door of his wife's car was open, as was the front door to the ho

use and no sign of the dog, walking in the door, he found ...an even bigger mess.

 A lamp had been knocked over, the throw rug was against one wall, In the front room the TV was on loudly with the cartoon channel, the family room was strewn with toys and various items of clothing. In the kitchen, dishes filled the sink, breakfast food was spilled on the counter, the fridge door was open wide, dog food was spilled on the floor, a broken glass lay under the table, and a small pile of sand was spread by the back door.

 He quickly headed up the stairs, stepping over toys and more piles of clothes, looking for his wife. He was worried she might be ill, or that something serious had happened. He was met with a small trickle of water as it made its way out the bathroom door. As he peered inside he found wet towels, scummy soap and more toys strewn over the floor. Miles of toilet paper lay in a heap and toothpaste had been smeared over the mirror and walls.

 As he rushed to the bedroom, he found his wife still curled up in the bed in her pyjamas, reading a novel... She looked up at him, smiled and asked how his day went. 

He looked at her bewildered and asked, 'What happened here today?

' She again smiled and answered, 'You know every day when you come home from work and you ask me what in the world do I do all day?...

''Yes," was his incredulous reply..

She answered, 'Well, today I didn't do it.’