Re: Did You Know??

by **camomile** Sat 05 Apr 2008, 4:41 pm

All the planets in the solar system rotate anticlockwise, except Venus. It is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
Earth is the densest planet in the solar system and the only one not named after a god.

by **sprity** Sat 05 Apr 2008, 5:05 pm

-A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime

by **camomile** Sat 05 Apr 2008, 5:10 pm

On average, 13,000 earthquakes are located each year.

by **camomile** Sat 05 Apr 2008, 5:12 pm

Most of the air is about 78% nitrogen gas. Only 21% consists of oxygen. The remaining 1% consists of carbon dioxide, argon, neon, helium, krypton, hydrogen, xenon and ozone.

by **camomile** Sat 05 Apr 2008, 5:24 pm

1707 Act of Union between Scotland and England, creating Great Britain.

by **ronhahetaf** Sat 05 Apr 2008, 6:18 pm

wah..this is good one..nice cam..

by **camomile** Sat 05 Apr 2008, 6:23 pm

Australians are the heaviest gamblers in the world; an estimated 82% of Australians bet. That is twice as much per capita as Europeans or Americans. Yet, Australia, with less than 1% of the world population, has 20% of the world's poker machines.

by **camomile** Sat 05 Apr 2008, 6:26 pm

80% of millionaires drive second-hand cars.

by **camomile** Sat 05 Apr 2008, 6:29 pm

On average, you speak almost 5,000 words a day - although almost 80% of speaking is self-talk (talking to yourself).

Hahaha self-talk....mostly in the chatbox stick

by **camomile** Sat 05 Apr 2008, 6:31 pm

Hair on the head grows for between two and six years before being replaced. In the case of baldness, the dormant hair was not replaced with new hair.

Men loose about 40 hairs a day. Women loose about 70 hairs a day.

Oh no!!!

by **aladiah** Sat 05 Apr 2008, 7:01 pm

camomile wrote:On average, you speak almost 5,000 words a day - although almost 80% of speaking is self-talk (talking to yourself).

Hahaha self-talk....mostly in the chatbox

hahaha this one is so valid!
no questions on that... lol!

by **camomile** Sat 05 Apr 2008, 8:49 pm

hahahaha ala.....i second to that

by **camomile** Sun 06 Apr 2008, 12:26 pm

Sports command the biggest television audiences, led by the summer Olympics, World Cup Football and Formula One racing.

But I dont know if the boys here are sports fan...

by **camomile** Sun 06 Apr 2008, 12:28 pm

The first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens, Greece in 1896. There were 311 male but no female competitors.

sexist???

by **camomile** Sun 06 Apr 2008, 12:30 pm

The longest was the so-called 100-years war between Britain and France. It actually lasted 116 years, ending in 1453.

WOW!!!

by **camomile** Sun 06 Apr 2008, 12:34 pm

Lady Peseshet of Ancient Egypt (2600-2100 BC) is the world's first known female physician.

by **camomile** Sun 06 Apr 2008, 12:37 pm

Air becomes liquid at about minus 190 degrees Celsius.

by **camomile** Sun 06 Apr 2008, 12:38 pm

Since space is essentially empty it cannot carry sound. Therefor there is no sound in space, at least not the sort of sound that we are used to.

by **dexter02** Sun 06 Apr 2008, 6:15 pm

cool!

by **aladiah** Sun 06 Apr 2008, 8:37 pm

keep them coming cam.... i'm learning...... study

by **happy_face** Sun 06 Apr 2008, 9:06 pm

Nice Work CAM

by **camomile** Mon 07 Apr 2008, 10:07 am

Most of you here thought that Singapore is a chinese country, where actually Singapore is a multi-racial countries consists of chinese, malay, indian and others.

But did you know, prior to 1819, Singapore was known by several names in written records dating back as early as the 2nd century, which identified the island as a trade port of some importance. The island was controlled by different kingdoms in Southeast Asia including the Siamese Javanese and Sultanate of Malacca from the 14th century and the Sultanate of Johor from the 16th century.

Initial name for Singapore is Temasek which means Sea Town, name by the first king who set his foot in Singapore, Indonesian King Parameswara.

In Sejarah Melayu (Malay Annals) contains a tale of a prince of Srivijaya, Sri Tri Buana (also known as Sang Nila Utama), who landed on the island after surviving a shipwreck sometime during the 13th century. On the island, the prince saw a strange creature, which he was told was a lion. Believing this to be an auspicious sign, he decided to found a settlement called Singapura, which means "Lion City" in Sanskrit. However, it is unlikely there ever were lions in Singapore, though tigers continued to roam the island until the early 20th century.

by **camomile** Mon 07 Apr 2008, 10:26 am

Opsie!! My bad.

It was a Majapahit King who initially name Singapore as Temasek...not the Hindu Palembang King Paramesawara, who later convert to muslim.

by **camomile** Mon 07 Apr 2008, 10:32 am

So, it was the Malays who first resides here in Singapore. The chinese are originates from China, migrates here as traders.

by **camomile** Mon 07 Apr 2008, 10:32 am

I hope I got that right LOL

by **sprity** Mon 07 Apr 2008, 12:34 pm

good job cam....

by **sprity** Mon 07 Apr 2008, 12:57 pm

Porpoises and dolphins communicate with each other by squeaking, growling, moaning, and whistling. Porpoises and dolphins are mammals. There are about 40 species or kinds of porpoises and dolphins. Most porpoises and dolphins navigate by using "echolocation". The largest member of the dolphin family is called an orca or killer whale.

by **sprity** Mon 07 Apr 2008, 1:33 pm

The hippopotamus gives birth under water and nurses its young in the river as well, though the young hippos do come up periodically for air.

by **camomile** Mon 07 Apr 2008, 1:48 pm

what is porpoise?

by **greenerz** Tue 08 Apr 2008, 1:14 am

did you know... the philippines have 'hundred islands', and indonesia has 'thousand islands'.
two of them are places of interest.

(and i'm not flattering myself about the name becoz i'm indonesian, it's just a name...)

by **JonL0ver** Tue 08 Apr 2008, 1:16 am

What do you mean places of interest?

Yeah, Indonesia is the largest archipelago in the world.

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by **greenerz** Tue 08 Apr 2008, 1:24 am

i mean, places where tourists go..

by **JonL0ver** Tue 08 Apr 2008, 1:42 am

I see.
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by **sprity** Tue 08 Apr 2008, 1:02 pm

camomile wrote:what is porpoise?

Porpoises are small cetaceans of the family Phocoenidae; they are related to whales and dolphins. They are distinct from dolphins, although the word "porpoise" has been used to refer to any small dolphin, especially by sailors and fishermen. The most obvious visible difference between the two groups is that porpoises have flattened, spade-shaped teeth distinct from the conical teeth of dolphins, and their shorter beaks.

The name derives from French pourpois, originally from Medieval Latin porcopiscus (porcus pig + piscus fish).

by **sprity** Tue 08 Apr 2008, 1:04 pm

Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toe nails

clap

by **camomile** Tue 08 Apr 2008, 1:17 pm

sorry very curious....how this porpoise looks like?

by **camomile** Tue 08 Apr 2008, 1:17 pm

nevermind i surf for it

by **camomile** Tue 08 Apr 2008, 1:18 pm

ah I see....it is dolphine look a alike

by **camomile** Tue 08 Apr 2008, 1:24 pm

by **camomile** Tue 08 Apr 2008, 1:25 pm

Or whale?? scratch

by **sprity** Tue 08 Apr 2008, 6:26 pm

by **JonL0ver** Tue 08 Apr 2008, 6:37 pm

Antartica has 2 season only?

6 months nighttime
6 months daytime

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by **JonL0ver** Tue 08 Apr 2008, 6:38 pm

......That there is no winter in Australia? affraid

by **sprity** Tue 08 Apr 2008, 6:39 pm

-An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

Ants don't sleep.

by **sprity** Tue 08 Apr 2008, 7:20 pm

by **camomile** Wed 09 Apr 2008, 9:28 am

The Stegosaurus dinosaur measured up to 30 feet (9.1 meters) long but had a brain the size of a walnut.

by **camomile** Wed 09 Apr 2008, 9:30 am

There are between 100,000,000,000 and 1,000,000,000,000 stars in a normal galaxy.

by **camomile** Wed 09 Apr 2008, 9:48 am

The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910

by **sprity** Wed 09 Apr 2008, 2:36 pm

Colgate faced big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking countries. Colgate translates into the command “go hang yourself.”

by **sprity** Wed 09 Apr 2008, 7:48 pm

--A flute made of bone is the oldest playable musical instrument in the world. It’s a flute carved from a bird’s wing bone more than 9,000 years ago. The flute was discovered with other flutes at an ancient burial site in China.

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