Weird world…
American builds pirate ship in his yard for wedding...
New York: A resident of Illinois, US who dreamt of marrying on a ship, has built a pirate vessel in the backyard of his house. Schenk, his beloved, said she had never expected to get marriage on a pirate ship, but is excited about.
(Me: Many rich and not so rich to great length to make their wedding to their beloved as pompous and as memorable – some hold it in the air, some under the sea, and some in huge palaces. But how come disillusionment sets in several cases and the couple trade charge and charges stooping to any length to shame in whole public view and destroys the other financially and emotionally? Wonder of wonders,na?)..
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Turkish man wears cage on head to quit smoking…
In an unusual attempt to quit smoking, a 42-year-old Turkish man has been locking a wire cage on his head. Ibrahim Y., who smoked two packets a day for 26 years, wears the cage on his head each day before leaving for work and gives the keys to his wife.
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Teacher wears same outfit in yearbook for 40 consecutive years…
A sports teacher was put in a spot of embarrassment, when pictures of him wearing the same outfit for the school yearbook pictures for 40 consecutive years went viral on the internet. American Dale Irby was quoted as saying: "I was so embarrassed when I got the school pictures back that second year (in 1974) and realized I had worn the very same thing as the first year.
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Top news of the day…
China sentences ex-rail minister to death for graft…
Beijing: Liu Zhijun, one of China's longest-serving former railways ministers, was given a suspended death sentence by a court for corruption and abuse of power which inflicted "colossal losses" to the government.
(Me: A BIG shabhaash to China. An example of management by results. When we pay spend taxpayers' – OUR money scrounged from personal income – on paying huge salaries to officials, we have every right to fix responsibility and accountability for their wanton omissions and commissions and punish them swiftly, too. The biggest bane of india's governance or non-governance is everyone is let off, and the biggest ones more easily… and all we do is discuss and talk endlessly…)
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Mindchow
History is more or less bunk..
(Me: not just more or less, it is bunk n junk. Most often it is the handiwork – or born in the fertile imagination – of 'historians' who either have to bow to the dictates of their paymasters, the powers-that-be as the things through their own lenses, or have their own prejudices or biases on how history should have been…)
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Pun fun…
Why did the bee get married? Because he found his honey..
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From the world of science…
Sugar can light up cancer in MRI scans.
A new technique for detecting cancer by imaging the consumption of sugar with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI has been unveiled by University College London scientists. Called 'glucose chemical exchange saturation transfer', the technique is based on the fact that tumours consume much more glucose (a type of sugar) than normal tissues in order to sustain their growth. They found that sensitizing an MRI scanner to glucose uptake caused tumours to appear bright on MRI scans of mice.
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Why do we need Omega-3 fatty acids?
95% of a cell's membranes are composed of fat. Without Omega-3 fats your cells cannot function properly. In addition, the brain consists of 60% fat, so in order to function optimally your brain needs to maintain that level.
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Beet nutrient boosts athletic performance…
According to a new study, betaine – a nutrient found in shellfish and beets booss athletic performance by nearly six percent when added to a sports drink.
Research has shown that blueberries help increase cognitive function in humans.
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Skipping boosts a person's bone density, helping keep off osteoporosis. The Osteoporosis Society recommends two-five minutes every day.
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Masterpiece on economics
One day a tourist comes to the only hotel in a debt ridden town in Kenya. Lays a 100-dollar note on the table goes to inspect the rooms.
Hotel owner takes the note rushes to pay his debt to the butcher.
Butcher runs to pay the pig farmer.
Pig farmer runs to pay the feed supplier.
Supplier runs to pay the call girl, who in
these hard times gave her services on credit.
Hooker then runs to pay off her debt to the
hotel owner for the rooms she rented for her
clients.
Hotel owner then lays the 100 dollar note
back on the counter.
The tourist comes down, takes his money
leaves as he did not like the rooms.
No one earned anything. But the town is now without debt looks to
the future with a lot of optimism.
And that is how the world is doing business
today!
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Not such a bizarre coincidence…
Several ancient cultures viewed the apple as a feminine symbol and found a resemblance between the two halves of a vertically cut apple to the female genital system.
(Me: Wow – it's true! I, for one, always wondered about it…)
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Woman to the optical shop assistant: "Can you make special lenses to help my husband see both sides of a disagreement?"
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A quote for the times…
"Hatred does not cease through hatred at any time. Hatred ceases through love. This is an unalterable law" – Gautama Buddha.
(The biggest pity is innocent people are killed for crimes committed thousands of mile of away)
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Tongue in cheek…
"Do not worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older it will avoid you" – Joey Adams
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