Facts

• Leonardo da Vinci could write with the one hand and draw with the other simultaneously.
• Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is considered an insult!
• The Nobel Peace Prize medal depicts three naked men with their hands on each other's shoulders!
• Windmills always turn counter-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
• Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete!
• The state of Florida is bigger than England!

Factiods

• A diamond will break if you hit it with a hammer.
• Earth is the densest planet in the solar system and the only one not named after a god.
• Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia!
• Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill!
• Dolphins sleep with one eye open!

Factiods

• Electric cars were introduced in 1896 and by the end of the century almost 50% of motorcars worldwide were electric.Yet, by 1905 80% of cars were petrol driven and by 1920 the electric car was, well, almost history.
• Hurricanes, tornadoes and bigger bodies of water always go clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere.
• All the planets in the solar system rotate anticlockwise, except Venus. It is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
• In Tokyo, a bicycle is faster than a car for most trips of less than 50 minutes!
• There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos!
• The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache on a standard playing card!

DYK - Facts about WATER.

Freshwater lakes and swamps account for a mere 0.29% of the Earth's freshwater. 20% of all freshwater is in one lake, Lake Baikal in Asia. Another 20% is stored in the Great Lakes, Huron, Michigan, and Superior. Rivers hold only about 0.006% of total freshwater reserves. Mankind essentially uses only a drop in the bucket of the total available water supply.

So where is all the water? Antarctica, which is thought to hold about 75% of the world's fresh water (and 90% of the world's ice). In fact, almost 10 percent of the world's land mass is currently covered with glaciers, mostly in Antarctica and Greenland.

DYK - Sep 10 2007

Companies named after people

1. BEA Systems : from the first initial of each of the company's three founders: Bill Coleman, Ed Scott and Alfred Chuang.
2. Horlicks : James Horlick and William Horlick who founded the company in Chicago in 1873
3. Wendy's : founder Dave Thomas' daughter Melinda "Wendy" Thomas
4. Mazda : Inspired by Zoroastrian god Ahura Mazda.

Real names of famous people

1. Ashok Kumar: The old Hindi Actor his real name is Kumudlal Kanjilal Ganguly.
2. Charlie Sheen: The Hollywood actor's real name is Carlos Irwin Estevez.
3. Dharmendra: The Famous Hindi actor and MP, his real name is Dharam Singh Deol.
4. Dilip Kumar: The Famous Hindi actor , his real name is Yusuf Khan.
5. Elton John: The Famous musician, his real name is Reginald Kenneth Dwight.
6. Jamie Foxx: The Hollywood actor's real name is Eric Bishop.

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