Faudzil @ Ajak

Faudzil @ Ajak
Always think how to do things differently. - Faudzil Harun@Ajak

11 January 2014

10 GREAT FACTS A DAY - Part 131 (11/01/2014)






1301.            When an orange is shown in any of the "Godfather" movies, this means that
    someone is about to die or a close call is to occur.

1302.            Doctors in Canada use an adhesive similar to Krazy Glue instead of stitches,
    lowering the possibility of bacterial infection and minimizing scarring.

1303.            Soil that is heated by geysers are now making it possible to produce bananas in
    Iceland.

1304.            Chameleon is derived from the Greek, meaning "little lion."

1305.            The name Aspirin was invented from "A" in acetyl chloride. The "spir" comes from
    spiraea ulmaria which is the plant that they got the salicylic acid from, and the "in"
    was used because back then it was popular to end the name of medicines with
    "in."

1306.            About 30% of Canadians rely on getting their water from the ground for their
    domestic use.

1307.            The eye of a human can distinguish 500 shades of the gray.

1308.            There is a town in Norway called "Hell"

1309.            Most heart attacks occur between the hours of 8 and 9 am.


1310.            No one in Greece has memorized all 158 verses.


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