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  • The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache

    For a period, starting in the 15th century, French playing-card manufacturers assigned to each of the court cards names taken from history or mythology. The most common names for the kings were: * King of Spades: David (a biblical king)* King of Hearts: Charles (presumably after Charlemagne)* King of Diamonds: Caesar (Julius Caesar)* King of Clubs: […]

  • Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo is grammatically correct

    The word ”buffalo” in the sentence has three meanings: the animal, the city in New York and the act of ”buffaloing” which is another word for teasing or bullying. Here is another way of looking at the sentence: THE buffalo FROM Buffalo WHO ARE buffaloed BY buffalo FROM Buffalo ALSO buffalo THE buffalo FROM Buffalo.”

  • Sony accidently sold 700,000 camcorders that could see through people’s clothes.

    In 1998, Sony accidently sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people’s clothes. The cameras had special lenses that use infrared light (IR) to see through some types of clothing. It primarily works on dark colored, thin clothing – like swimsuits. The main factor is how well the fabric absorbs IR light waves. […]

  • Astronauts grow 2 inches taller in space

    Due to the lack of gravity in space, astronauts have been known to grow up to an additional two inches taller! For this reason, space suits are fitted to each astronaut with two inches of room to grow.  This weightlessness can also cause astronauts to lose bone mass! The lack of gravity prevents the compression of […]

  • Zimbabwe Cricket team squad – Cric world cup 2011

    Zimbabwe cricket team squad for ICC cricket world cup 2011 is Elton Chigumbura (capt), Regis Chakabva, Charles Coventry, Graeme Cremer, Craig Ervine, Sean Ervine, Greg Lamb, Shingirai Masakadza, Chris Mpofu, Ray Price, Edward Rainsford, Tatenda Taibu (wk), Brendan Taylor, Prosper Utseya, Sean Williams.

  • West Indies Cricket team squad – Cric world cup 2011

    West Indies cricket team squad for ICC cricket world cup 2011 is Darren Sammy (capt), Adrian Barath, Carlton Baugh (wk), Sulieman Benn, Darren Bravo, Dwayne Bravo, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Chris Gayle, Nikita Miller, Kieron Pollard, Ravi Rampaul, Kemar Roach, Andre Russell, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Devon Smith.

  • Sri lanka Cricket team squad – Cric world cup 2011

    Sri lanka cricket team squad for ICC cricket world cup 2011 is Kumar Sangakkara (capt & wk), Mahela Jayawardene (vice-capt), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Dilhara Fernando, Rangana Herath. Chamara Kapugedera, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Angelo Mathews, Ajantha Mendis, Muttiah Muralitharan, Thisara Perera, Thilan Samaraweera, Chamara Silva, Upul Tharanga.

  • South Africa Cricket team squad – Cric world cup 2011

    South Africa cricket team squad for ICC cricket world cup 2011 is Graeme Smith (capt), Hashim Amla, Johan Botha, AB de Villiers (wk), JP Duminy, Francois du Plessis, Colin Ingram, Jacques Kallis, Morne Morkel, Wayne Parnell, Robin Peterson, Dale Steyn, Imran Tahir, Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Morne van Wyk (wk).

  • Pakistan Cricket team squad – Cric world cup 2011

    Pakistan cricket team squad for ICC cricket world cup 2011 is Shahid Afridi, Misbah-ul-Haq, Mohammad Hafeez, Kamran Akmal (wk), Younus Khan, Asad Shafiq, Umar Akmal, Abdul Razzaq, Abdur Rehman, Saeed Ajmal, Shoaib Akhtar, Umar Gul, Wahab Riaz, Sohail Tanvir, Ahmed Shehzad.

  • New Zealand Cricket team squad – Cric world cup 2011

    New Zealand cricket team squad for ICC cricket world cup 2011 is Daniel Vettori (capt), Hamish Bennett, James Franklin, Martin Guptill, Jamie How, Brendon McCullum (wk), Nathan McCullum, Kyle Mills, Jacob Oram, Jesse Ryder, Tim Southee, Scott Styris, Ross Taylor, Kane Williamson, Luke Woodcock.