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Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Amazing and strange laws in the world

In earlier days, the word of King was considered as a law.  But today the laws are formed after discussions and public opinions and surveys.  Here are some strange laws followed in different parts of the world.

  • Singapore maintains cleanliness and hygiene.  Chewing and sale of bubble gum in Singapore is completely banned.  People will be punished if they fail to flush the toilets.
  • Driving after drinking alcohol is a sin in many parts of the world.  In San Salvador, drunk drivers are punished with death sentence.
  • It is illegal to set up a mouse trap in California if you do not have a hunting license.
  • It is illegal for a single, widowed or divorced woman to parachute on sunday afternoon in Florida.
  • In Mohave county, Arizona, there is a strange punishment.  If any person is caught stealing a soap, he will have to wash himself with the same soap until it is completely used up as a punishment.
  • The penalty for jumping off a building is death in New York.
  • It is illegal to ride a bicycle in a swimming pool in California.
  • You do not see any electronic games in Greece, as they are banned there.
  • It is illegal for a man above 80 years to become a pilot in turkey.

Funny facts for kids about animals

Here are some interesting and funny facts for children.

  • Do you know that cows and horses sleep while they are standing.
  • Giant arctic jelly fish have tentacles which can reach over 36 meters length.
  • A snake can see through its eye lids even if it is sleeping.
  • A female mosquito only bites humans, and the male mosquito does not bite humans.
  • A blue whale can produce the loudest sound.  This sound is 188 decibels and can be heard over a distance of 800 kilo meters.
  • The horn of a rhinoceros is made of compacted hair, and it is not a bone or any other substance.
  • Do you know that the Star Fish does not have brain.
  • A Shrimp's heart is in its head.
  • Kangaroo cannot walk backwards.
  • The pupil of an octopus is rectangular and not circular.
  • 80% of human brain is nothing but water.
  • Do you know that a cockroach can live for several weeks without its head.
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Interesting facts about Cheetah

The cheetah is the fastest land animal in the world.  Cheetah can run at speeds of 70 miles per hour. The cheetah is the most primitive of the cat family and it has been in evolution from 18 million years ago.  The life span of a cheetah is between 10 to 15 years.  Here are some interesting facts about cheetah.
  • The female cheetah catches live prey for their cubs to use as hunting practice.
  • The cheetah was trained by man for hunting before 3000 BC.
  • From standstill position, a cheetah can reach its top speed within 3 seconds. 
  • A cheetah does not need to drink water, because it gets the moisture from the bodies of its prey.
  • Cheetahs are the only cats, which can turn in mid air while sprinting to follow their prey.

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Interesting facts about the Internet

Here are some of the interesting facts about the Internet.

  • Tim Berners Lee coined the word "World Wide Web" in the year 1990.  Many people believe that he is the person who started internet.
  • The internet is growing at a very fast rate.  It took more than 38 years for the radio to reach 50 million users,  and it took 13 years for TV to reach the same number of users, and it took only 5 years for Internet to reach 50 million users.
  • Only 13% of the world population are internet users as on December,2004.  Roughly 35% of internet users are English, 65% are non-English and 14% are Chinese.  The highest percentage of 70% internet users are from North America continent.  70% of people of North America are internet users.
  • There are nearly 8 billion pages in internet now.  Nearly 815 million surfers are there in the internet and it is growing.  67% of the users are using email and 45% are doing research and 41% are interested in getting information about products, checking news, weather etc.
  • 35% of internet users are from Asia.
  • 3 people out of 100 in Africa surf the internet.  10 people out of 100 surf internet in Asia.  38 people out of 100 surf the internet in Europe.  70 out of 100 in North America surf the Internet.  53 out of 100 surf internet in Australia.
  • Nearly 1 billion users are surfing internet every month.
  • About 18 countries in this world still do not have internet connection till now.
 

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