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top 7 interesting facts about Doctors

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Here is the top 5 interesting facts about Doctors : -  1.           Doctor’s rigorous training ensures at a minimum a very high level of competency and professionalism .  Dr Mohammed Saed of Bradford England practiced as a doctor for over 30 years, during which time he prescribed creosote and suppositories to be taken orally, misdiagnosed everything from heart disease to a brain tumour the size of an orange. A whistle blowing pharmacist finally put an end to his practice (or should that practicing) when he prescribed cough medicine as a scalp tonic. 2.         Male doctors are best .  An analysis of almost 5,000 doctors and dentists referred to the National Clinical Assessment Service over the past eight years because of worries about their performance shows men outnumbering their female colleagues by 3-1. 3.         Older more experienced doctors are be...

interesting facts about volcano

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1- Inside the vents of active volcanoes bacteria live in conditions equivalent to a vat of hydrochloric acid. They’re not fussy about their homes! 2- Mount Fuji, the volcano that towers over the Japanese capital Tokyo, last erupted in 1707.The earthquakes and tsunami that followed killed 30,000 people and the rice fields were left barren for 100 years. 3- The lava (molten rock) that erupts out of a volcano can be as hot as 1,200 degrees Celsius (2,200 degrees Fahrenheit) and the power of a large eruption can equal that of a million nuclear bombs. 4- There is a super volcano underneath Yellowstone Park, USA that last erupted 640,000 years ago. If it erupted now, ash would be thrown over the whole of the USA and the entire world’s climate would change – perhaps enough to wipe out humans completely. 5- When the volcano Krakatau erupted in Indonesia in 1883, it made the loudest noise in recorded history – it could be heard hundreds of miles away and the sound waves ...

top 5 world war 2 facts

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1- Percy Spencer (USA) invented the microwave oven in 1945, using new technology developed for military defence during the Second World War. 2- Radar was first used to detect enemy aircraft during the Second World War. 3- The first programmable computer, Colossus, was built in England during the Second World War to crack coded enemy messages.All 14 Colossus computers were destroyed after the war and the British government denied they had ever existed. 4- A chemical found in asparagus attracts fish. During the First World War,American soldiers were issued with asparagus so that if they were stranded near water they could eat the asparagus, urinate in the water and catch some fish to eat! 5- In the First World War, soldiers used the super-absorbent sphagnum moss to bandage their wounds. It can soak up four times as much blood as cotton bandages, but was a disgusting colour, like dried pus!

facts about technology

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1- Rubber bands last longer if they are kept in a refrigerator. 2- An average sized teacup can hold around 1 million grains of sand. 3- Electric bug-zappers actually attract bugs.They only kill a small proportion of the bugs they attract, so you may be bitten by more bugs if you have one than if you don’t! 4- There is enough lead in a pencil to draw a line that is 56 kilometres (35 miles) long.You’d need a good pencil sharpener though! 5- Marek Turowski (UK) reached a speed of 148 kilometres (92 miles) per hour driving a motorized couch in May 2007. 6- British scientists found that a robotic nose is better at detecting smells if it is given a coating of artificial bogeys! 7- Scientists are working on a ‘cloak of invisibility’ that will hide objects by making light waves flow around them, like water flowing around a rock in a river. 8- There’s a reason why tomato ketchup won’t come out of the bottle and then falls out in a huge dollop – it’s called shea...

The Top-100 Facts about Chuck Norris

Chuck Norris' tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried. Ever. Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits. Chuck Norris is currently suing NBC, claiming Law and Order are trademarked names for his left and right legs. The chief export of Chuck Norris is pain. If you can see Chuck Norris, he can see you. If you can't see Chuck Norris, you may be only seconds away from death. Chuck Norris has counted to infinity. Twice. Chuck Norris does not hunt because the word hunting implies the probability of failure. Chuck Norris goes killing. Chuck Norris doesn’t wash his clothes, he disembowels them. Chuck Norris is 1/8th Cherokee. This has nothing to do with ancestry, the man ate a f***ing Indian. In fine print on the last page of the Guinness Book of World Records it notes that all world records are held by Chuck Norris, and those listed in the book are simply the closest anyone else has ever gotten. There is no chin behind Chuck Norris' beard. There is only another fist. Chuck Norri...

The Sloppiness of doctor's handwriting kills around 7,000 people each year.

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The Sloppiness of doctor's handwriting kills around 7,000 people each year.

Top 10 Facts that you might not know about Lions

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The lion is a magnificent animal that appears as a symbol of power, courage and nobility on family crests, coats of arms and national flags in many civilizations. The lion is one of the four big cats in the genus Panthers, and a member of the family Filedae. With some males exceeding 250 kg in weight, it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger.  The lion is the tallest of all living cats. You all must be thinking what is new in this, we all know about lions. Their lifestyle, their behavior and their nature is known to us. But i am sure most of you must be unaware about the facts about the lions which are given below.  Learn about lion behavior, how fast they can run, where they are found, how many lions are usually in a pride, the male’s mane, lioness differences and more. Although lions appear to be all one color, closer assessment reveals patches of white inside their legs and on their bellies. A lion’s roar can be heard from ...

top 10 most interesting facts about Monday

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10 most interesting facts about Monday, about which you might not guess. As always, we tried to show you by British scientists. 1. Most people do not smile until 11.16 on Monday morning.   2. The best way to overcome hatred by Monday are watching TV, sex, online shopping, buying chocolate or cosmetics, as well as vacation planning. 3. 50% of employees are late on Monday to work.  4. Most people are missing 12 minutes trying to complain on Monday.   5.  Most of the Mondays syndrome affects people between the ages of 45 to 54 years.  6. On Mondays, staff productivity remains only for 3.5 hours.  7. Monday is the most suicides.  8. On Monday, the number of victims of heart attacks increases by 20%.  9. Monday – the least rainy day of the week.  10. And something positive: Monday is the best day to buy a car, as most sales are made on weekends and fewer vendors are counted it successful sale of the day, and as a result – more ...

10 interesting Facts about The Eiffel Tower part (2)

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Everyone thinks they´ve heard all there is to know about the   Eiffel Tower in Paris . However, you may be quite surprised when you hear LocalNomad´s 10 following facts about the mysteries that surround the Iron Lady… In 1960 French president,  Charles de Gaulle , negotiated a secret agreement with the Mayor of Montreal,  Jean Drapeau , to temporarily dismount the Eiffel Tower and relocate it to Canada for the  1967 Universal Exposition . Thankfully this was vetoed by the company which operated the tower who feared that the French government would not be willing to return the tower to its original location. Few people realize that the Eiffel Tower played a crucial role in the First World War during the  Battle of the Marne  in 1914. Signals would actually be sent out from the top of the tower in order to direct the French troops to the front line. From 1925 to 1935, the Eiffel Tower, nicknamed the “Iron Lady” was used as a commercial billboard by  CITR...

ODDYY Facts of Life

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You are gonna laugh today after reading these odd facts of life….have a look and increase your knowledge and enjoy….