A Word of Wisdom

In ancient Greece Socrates was widely lauded for his wisdom. 
                                                                                     
One day the great philosopher came upon an acquaintance who ran up to him excitedly and said "Socrates, do you know what I just heard about one of your students?"   
"Wait a moment," Socrates replied.  "Before you tell me I'd like you to pass a little test.  It's called the 'Test of Three'." 
"Three?" 
                                                                                       
"That's right," Socrates continued.
"Before you talk to me about my student,  let's take a moment to test what you're going to say.  The first test is Truth.  Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true?" 
"No,"  the man said, "actually I just heard about it." 
                                                                                      
"All right," said Socrates. "So you don't really know if it's true or not.   Now let's try the second test, the test of Goodness.  Is what you are about to tell me about my student something good?" 
"No, on the contrary..." 
                                                                                                    
"So," Socrates continued,  "you want to tell me something bad about him even though you're not certain it's true?" 
The man shrugged, a little embarrassed.                                                                                                   
Socrates continued. "You may still pass though, because there is a third test - the filter of Usefulness.   Is what you want to tell me about my student  going to be useful to me?" 
"No, not really..." 
                                                                                                  
"Well," concluded Socrates, "if what you want to tell me is neither True  nor Good nor even Useful, why tell it to me at all?" 

The man was defeated and ashamed. 

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Pillows !!!!

Ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone

Sleeping

Did you know that ... Dolphins sleep with one eye open....

I wonder how that works... say the left eye is sleeping.. and right eye spots a juicy fish, what does the dolphin do....

Heart of a blue whale

A Blue Whale's Heart is the size of a VW Beetle.

PS: VW means Volkswagen the car company.
Literally, the word "volkswagen" means "people's car."

Did you know this.

From the age of thirty, humans gradually begin to shrink in size.

Food Facts

• To make one kilo of honey bees have to visit 4 million flowers, traveling a distance equal to 4 times around the earth.
• Three quarters of fish caught are eaten - the rest is used to make things such as glue, soap, margarine and fertilizer.
• Milk chocolate was invented by Daniel Peter, who sold the concept to his neighbour Henri Nestlé.
• Botanically speaking, the banana is a herb and the tomato is a fruit.
  The can opener was invented 48 years after cans were introduced.
  Over the last 40 years food production actually increased faster than population.
• Over 90% of all fish caught are caught in the northern hemisphere.
  Vitamin A is known to prevent "night blindness," and carrots are loaded with Vitamin A. One carrot provides more than 200% of recommended daily intake of Vitamin A.
• Carrots have zero fat content.
  
  
  

Facts !!!!

• Honey is the only natural food that is made without destroying any kind of life. What about milk you say? A
  cow has to eat grass to produce milk and grass is living.
• There are more chickens than people in the world.
• The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
  
• No word in the English language rhymes with "month"
• It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
• Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
  
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