Category: Did you know?
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Origin of word ‘Checkmate’ in Chess
Many people play Chess and they don’t know the true meaning of Checkmate and its origin. Well, The word “Checkmate” in chess comes from the Persian phrase “Shah Mat“, which means “the king is dead”.
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Why was the game Golf named Golf?
Many years ago in Scotland, a new game was invented. It was ruled ‘Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden’… and thus the word “GOLF” entered into the English language.
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Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair
Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair. It is a commonly known fact that people of high intelligence have high concentrations of Zine and Copper in their hair. The question is why? Why do very smart or extremely intelligent folks have more Zinc and Copper in their hair follicles? Some say that…
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The world’s youngest mother was 5 years old
Lina Medina (born September 27, 1933, in Ticrapo, Huancavelica Region, Peru) is the youngest confirmed mother in medical history, giving birth at the age of five years, seven months and 21 days. She now lives in Lima, Peru. Medina’s son weighed 2.7 kg (6.0 lb; 0.43 st) at birth and was named Gerardo after her…
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If Barbie were life-size, her measurements would be 39-23-33
If Barbie were life-size, her measurements would be 39-23-33. She would stand seven feet, two inches tall. Full name of Barbie is Barbara Millicent Roberts.
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Interesting General Knowledge test – Test Yourself Now
Write down your answers to check them at the end. On standard traffic light, is the green on the top or bottom? How many states are there? In which hand is the Statue of Liberty’s torch? What 6 colors are on the classic Campbell’s soup label? What 2 letters don’t appear on the telephone dial?…
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Order of Numbers – Million, Billion . . .
What comes after Million, Billion, Trillion . . .? You don’t know right? Well, here is the order of these numbers million 1,000,000billion 1,000,000,000trillion 1,000,000,000,000quadrillion 1,000,000,000,000,000quintillion 1,000,000,000,000,000,000sextillion 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000septillion 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000octillion 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000nonillion 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000decillion 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000undecillion 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000duodecillion 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000tredecillion [Keep adding three zeros and you will get the rest of the numbers]quattuordecillion quindecillion sexdecillion septendecillion octodecillion novemdecillion vigintillion unvigintillion duovigintillion…
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Interesting Information Part II
For Interesting Information Part I click here. Today I collected some more interesting facts to share with my readers. Enjoy 1. If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on your right side. If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on your left side. 2. If you stop…
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Founders of YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website on which users can upload, share, and view videos, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005 YouTube was launched on 14th Feb 2005 and was founded by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim, who were all early employees of PayPal. Hurley had studied design at Indiana University…
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Owner of Twitter
Tweet! Tweet! Tweet! Twitter has become very popular from the past few years. Twitter’s domain name was registered 11 years, 2 months, 16 days ago. [Today is 8th Feb, 2011] and is most popular in United States. According to Alexa website ranking service, Twitter is 10th most visited website in the world. Tweet! Do you know who actually founded Twitter? Jack…