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13/01/2013

Insomnia tips



Did you know...???

Ø Milk contains traces of tryptophan - the amino acid also found in turkey that induces sleep - and this, in combination with the psychological association of warmth with relaxation, can induce sleep.

Ø Upper-level ozone (in the stratosphere) protects us from dangerous UV rays; lower-level ozone (in the troposphere) contributes to smog.

Ø Chocolate contains the alkaloid stimulants caffeine and theobromine, the latter being highly toxic to dogs.

Ø Though England's Earl of Sandwich (1718-1792) wasn't the first to eat meat between two slices of bread, his fondness for it generated its famous name.

Ø Coffee likely originated in Ethiopia around the 15th century.

Ø Bangalore, India's third-largest city, is world famous as a center of information technology.


Ø Bones fuse together over time, decreasing the number of bones from about 350 in a newborn to 206 in an adult.

Stuff worth knowing.



  1. A 12-carat gold piece is considered half gold.
    TRUE (Harder
    Pure, 100-percent gold is considered 24 carat; something 12 carat, therefore, would be half gold.
  2. 2.The first feature film produced entirely with CGI (computer-generated imagery) was Toy Story.
    TRUE (Harder
    Toy Story (1995) was also the first feature film by Pixar, the noted producer of animated films.
  3. 3.In Dante's Inferno, the deepest ring of Hell is reserved for murderers.
    FALSE (Hardest
    The ninth (and deepest) ring of Hell was reserved for individuals guilty of treachery.
  4. 4.Batman fights crime in retaliation for the destruction of his planet.
    FALSE (Easier
    Bruce Wayne (a.k.a., Batman) turned to fighting crime after witnessing the murder of his parents.
  5. 5.Michael Jackson's Thriller is the greatest-selling album of all time.
    TRUE (Medium
    Estimates of the worldwide sales of the 1982 album vary greatly, some topping 100 million.
  6. 6.St. Valentine's Day is a holiday invented by the greeting card industry.
    FALSE (Easier
    Celebrated since the 1300s, the holiday is largely based on St. Valentine (martyred AD 270) who fell in love with his jailer's daughter and signed notes to her "from your Valentine."

Interesting information I learnt from taking a quiz...


  1. Dubai is home to the tallest man-made structure ever built.
    TRUE (Harder
    The 162-floor skyscraper named Burj Khalifa opened in 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
  2. 2.Apartheid was the political system dismantled in South Africa at the end of the 20th century.
    TRUE (Easier
    Apartheid - the system of legal, racial segregation - governed South Africa from 1948-1994.
  3. 3.In her novel The Fountainhead, Ayn Rand promoted the virtues of communal efforts over individualism.
    FALSE (Harder
    In her 1943 novel, which reflects Rand's anticommunist philosophy of "objectivism," a genius architect battles conformist mediocrity.
  4. 4.Oxygen makes up two-thirds of Earth and also two-thirds of the human body.
    FALSE (Harder
    Water is the most common substance at roughly these amounts.
  5. 5."E Pluribus Unum," on the seal of the United States, means "one, out of many."
    TRUE (Easier
    It's a motto that emphasizes national unity.
  6. 6.The sport saved from extinction by President Theodore Roosevelt was football.
    TRUE (Hardest
    Until his 1905 call for regulation of the sport, football was dwindling in support due to its violence - 18 football players died that year.
  7. 7.The bear has caused more human deaths than any other mammal in history.
    FALSE (Easier
    The rat, a frequent carrier of disease, has been the deadliest mammal.
  8. from : http://www.merriam-webster.com/true-or-false/index.htm#quiz-top 

NEW YEAR stories, jokes, quotes.....


  • Quotations for the New Year

  1. Cheers to a New Year and another chance for us to get it right. Oprah Winfrey
  2. The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul. G.K. Chesterton
  3. Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each New Year find you a better man. Benjamin Franklin

  • A New Year Prayer For the Elderly

God, grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway,
The good fortune to run into the ones that I do, 
And the eyesight to tell the difference.


  • A New Year's Wish

On New Year's Eve, Marilyn stood up in the local pub and said that it was time to get ready. At the stroke of midnight, she wanted every husband to be standing next to the one person who made his life worth living.
Well, it was kind of embarrassing.  As the clock struck - the bartender was almost crushed to death.
  • A Bad Dream?

Jemima was taking an afternoon nap on New Year's Eve before the festivities. After she woke up, she confided to Max, her husband, 'I just dreamed that you gave me a diamond ring for a New Year's present. What do you think it all means?'
'Aha, you'll know tonight,' answered Max smiling broadly.
At midnight, as the New Year was chiming, Max approached Jemima and handed her small package.  Delighted and excited she opened it quickly. There in her hand rested a book entitled: 'The meaning of dreams'.


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