Showkat Ul Rahman

"Some amazing Facts",Series-4 A persons heart rests between beats, over an average lifetime, this amounts to approximately 20 years that the heart is still - i,e in pause state. Feathers of the bird Bluejay appear blue, but are actually not. It is just an illusion that they appear blue. The 26 letters of the alphabet can make 403,290,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 different combinations. Camels have 3 eyelids and 2 rows of eye lashes to help them work in deserts. Napolean used a bottle of perfume every day while being in the battle field carrying it in his boot. Ellen Stafford of Canada, published her first novel at the age of 80 years. Camel hair brushes are not made out of camel's hair. They were inbed by a man by the name camel. Todd Bark a farmer in Waterloo, makes his earning selling dirt to major league stadiums around the US. Nick West of Somerset, England has a collection of over 4,000 empty beer cans from 90 different countries. Robert.J.Urban of Manville,N.J. has s...

"Some amazing facts",Series-3 The surface area of our lungs is 1000 sq.feet (93 sq.meters). That is 20 times greater than the surface area of the skin. Our heart pumps more than six liters of blood every minute. That is about 10,000 liters a day, or about 2000 gallons. In ancient Sparta, Coins were nade out of iron and were so large they could hardly be carried. In Thailand it is considered good luck for a pregnant woman to walk under an elephant's belly. In a pack of playing cards each king represents a great king or Emperor of history. King David-Spades, Alexander-Culbs, Charlemagne-Hearts, and Julius Caesar-Diamonds. Actor Larry Hangman had a ring made from a gallstone that was removed in 1995. Ten Ballard has a collection of over 3,000 lighters yet has never smoked in his life. The last word in the Webster Dictionary is "ZYZZVA" meaning the last word. In 1998 the earth was struck by rays from a Magneter, a star located 20,000 light years away. The star was s...

"Some amazing facts",series-2 The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the persian phrase "Shah Mat", which means "the king is dead". The dollar symbol ($) is a U combined with an S (U.S.) Full name of city Los Angeles is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de porciuncula". In English this means 'The City of Angeles'. Peanuts are one of the ingedients of dynamite. Contrary to belief the British flag is not called " The Union Jack" its actually called " The Union Flag".It is only called the Union Jack when out at sea on navy ships. In Alaska, it is legal to shoot bears.However, waking a sleeping bear for the purpose of taking a photograph is prohibited. In 1879, a mail service in Belgium emoyed 37 cats to carry bundles of letters to villages around the town of Liege. Camels were first imported to Australia in 1840 and now Australia has the biggest number of wild-humped camels in the world. Th...

 "Some amazing facts", Series-1 An animal epidemic is called an Epizootic. The Roman emperor Caligula made his horse a senator in his kingom. While the Chinese invented gunpowder, they were not the first to develop firearms. The naval rank of "Admiral" is derived from the Arabic phrase :amir al bahr", which means "lord of the sea". The Cruise Liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns. In Chinese, the words for crisis and opportunity are the same. Britain are the only stamps in the world not to have the name of the country of origin. The name JEEP came from the abbreviation used in the army for the "General Purpose" Vehicle, G.P. No word in the English rhymes with the month. The only "real" food that U.S Astronauts are allowed to take into space is pecan nuts. The word "modern" is a cobtraction of the words " modulate, demodulate". The pupil of an Octopus...