At a bar, three men were discussing coincidences. The first man said, "My wife was reading 'A Tale of Two Cities' and she gave birth to twins."
"That's funny," the second man remarked. "My wife was reading 'The Three Musketeers' and she gave birth to triplets."
The third man shouted, "Good God. I have to rush home! When I left the house, my wife was reading 'Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves'."
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"Tough times don't last, tough people do" – Gregory Peck
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From the world of science…
3D printing gives UK man a 'new' face.
In a first of its kind procedure in the UK, doctors have employed a pioneering three-dimensional printing technology to create a prosthetic face for a man who had the entire left side of his face removed after suffering from cancer. The procedure has transformed the father-of-two's life, allowing him to drink his first glass of water and taste food for the first time since he underwent the surgery to remove the tumour. Until now he was given food and drink through a tube leading directly into his stomach.
(Me: Science is always the only dependable tool to solve man's physical ailments and food deficiencies in the world. So always say, three cheers to science and scientists!)
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Now, you can smell objects on TV…
London: Now, smell the coffee on your television! Japanese scientists have developed a 'smelling screen' that allows you to see as well as smell the coffee or food displayed on it. The 'smelling screen", invented by Haruka Matsukura at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Tech in Japan and colleagues, makes smells appear to come from the exact spot on any LCD screen that is displaying the image of a cup of coffee, for example. It works by continuously feeding odours from vaporizing gel pellets into four air streams, one in each corner of the screen.
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Sci-fi coming true…
Russian billionaire set to make humans immortal via 'cyborgs'
A Russian billionaire is set to move ahead with a project to make humans immortal by merging them with machines, also known as cyborgs, which has been fictionalized in the Arnold Schwarzenegger-starrer, The Terminator. Dmitry Itskov has been pushing the project forward since 2011 when he founded the 2045 Initiative, which is supposedly the deadline for 'substance-independent minds' to receive artificial bodies.
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Tongue very much in cheek…
"Men are more moral than they think and far more immoral than they can imagine" – Sigmund Freud.
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"Politics has no relation to morals" – Niccolo Machiavelli.
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Health news…
Is coffee acidic?
"Acidity" in coffee refers to the flavor note, not the actual acid content. Coffee is relatively low in acid, 5.0 to 5.1, which is more neutral than beer or any fruit juice, and similar to carbonated water. Dark-roasted coffees are less acid, both in their flavor profile and acid content.
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A recent study shows that those who woke up earlier got better grades than others in their class.
(Me: looks, the old maxim, 'early to bed and early to rise makes you healthy, wealthy and wise' , is true after all…)
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Weird world…
Samoa Air to charge passengers by weight!
Samoa Air is to charge passengers based on how much they weigh. The head of Samoa Air has defended the airline's decision saying it was the fairest way of travelling…
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Couple held for duping businessmen of Rs.5 crore…
The Bandra unit of the Mumbai Crime Branch arrested a couple in a cheating case of Rs.5.2 crore on Tuesday, after two businessmen were duped with false promises of getting MLC seats in the Maharashtra State legislature body..
Mindchow
Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.
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Line Maro
I just wanted to show this rose how incredibly beautiful you are.
(Me: Come hither not, for this rose is better known of its sharp thorns..)
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Contrarian? Not so….
"When setting up a new bureaucracy to eradicate x, remember that one group that will have reason not to eradicate x is that bureaucracy" – Kaushik Basu
(Me: hahah. True coz. if x is eradicated, the bureaucracy will have to disband itself and lose their cushy jobs!)
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