Unforgettable day of my work

3/12/09

I came here for a project which is on going for years and now at last its in a final position. PILOT of the project is tomorrow and 60 peoples involving from 5 sites.Canada,ottawa,chennai,antwerp and raleigh. Each having its own time difference. PILOT will go for 4 weeks and we already gave training to all. But upto the last day,even we dont know wheather we going to start tomo or not. Because of lot delays and issues,its always postponed everytime. But about tomo we already informed all peoples and management. So at 6PM my boss went by saying that i will work from home and if any mail came from IBM about the start of PILOT i will inform all and also i will inform a guy in chennai also so that even if am not possible to connect n/w from home, he would send. We already together composed mail & all, for the start of tomorrow. At 8PM i checked with IBM before leave and they told that all ready,one final testing is going and will finish in 15 min and they told that they will give us a mail once completed. So hopefully i went to room and relaxed and connected the office n/w from room and waited for the mail. upto 9 no mail, i just prepared chappathi and had dinner and waited. 10... 11.... no more mail.. My boss from home told that we will wait for bit more and if no response we will send mail to all to start from tomo... ok i waited... exactly at 11 30, my connection gone... VPN not working, its says down... sometime even net didnt connect... for every floor there is a wifi here, its not connected in my floor.... i dont know what to do.. time 12...
4/12/09
12:30... 1... not able to connect... i dont know he sent mail or not... i thought to have some sleep bcos tomo for sure lot work... set alarm at 3 and slept. Get up at 3 here that means 7 30 for chennai... still i cant able to connect... slept again n set alarm for 4... get up at 4 n cant connect net... get up 5, time 9 30 for chennai.. people start coming for office at chennai... still i didnt send a mail, even dont know ibm sent mail or not,dont know my boss sent mail to me or not.... at 5 i went to ground floor and connected from there, ahhh now net connected but cant able to conncet office via VPN... worried and just i called a chennai guy(team mate) and asked to check my mail... bad luck my mail login not working there... then i called one more guy where my boss already told that he would send mail to him also... he told a mail is there to start the PILOT.. ahhh i just told him to fwd that mail to all pilot testers... he sent, finally at right time i sent mail to chennai... then i slept for 1 hr and had noodles for morning... went to office early and opened my mail box and saw my boss sent mail to me at 4:30AM... no more mail from IBM... then i talked with IBM guys and they told that test went for long time bla bla... After that, even my boss not there for the first day.. i have to manage all sites.. when i open mail,a critical bug which blocks pilot to do... just rushed to IBM and they already aware and we were looking on that... they solved in 15min n reported...then lot of mails,calls,ping in chat all asking how is this, how is that... i just drained at the end of the day.. we need to report bugs at the end of the day to IBM, i analysed n sent a bunch to IBM...ahh enough just closed lap n came to room... i didnt expect the day would be like this...but i didnt work like this before, different experience

One day @ Rome

This time 3 members.we get up at 3 itself since flight at 6 30AM and took taxi from room to charleroi airport and we reached there at 5 30 and checkin and got boarding pass and after security check we bought breakfast in airport itself and had some cakes.Flight reached at 8 30 in ciampino airport in rome and after that through a shuttle we reached rome at 9 30 and enquired about hop on bus and this place has lot agent for hop on and we just startup with one and first place we went to collosium, a must see in rome. From long shot it seems somewhat small but on getting closer its rather very very big than we imagine. There some guys put roman dresses and asked us to take photographs and we know already that they would ask for money.
We went for guide there and got ticket,without guide it will take long time to see since a very long queue s there to get into it. Guide explained all history and we went inside and saw all places. The places where gladiator was shot and the inside area which s already half went to mud and the inside area is very big and cant take a full photograph... we took lot shots and came out at 12 30 and caught the hop on bus and directly we went to vatican city which s second must see there. View was very beautiful with long landscape area, they called that place as vatican square. We saw st peters church and the pope place where he came out for speech and the big domb. we went into the church and i cant believe my eyes, that much big size church i ever saw in my life and very beautiful art work in all walls. When u look up u cant imagine the height. we took shot and came out.Then by a side way we saw a very long queue waiting to go up to the domb.
There are about 551 steps totally and only for first 331 steps lift available, after 220 steps u need to go up using steps.Imagine the height... we took lift upto middle and climbed steps and got very tired to climb up.. also as it is a domb it went curvely upside and very difficult to go up... finally we reached top and saw a very beautiful view from top.... then we got down and had coffee there and bought collsium doll.. Then by walk itself we went to some other site seeing areas,visited the place where angels n demons climax place was shot and took some snaps there and at last we went to a fountain area where we met some other lucent company guys who came for a trip and we got introduced and we started to room which s near to airport. Room s too good with full wooden work... Slept and get up at 6 15AM next day and started to ciampino airport..
Flight at 8 55 and we never know that time that we going to get blocked there.... Till 8 45 there is no guys to check visa and at 8 55 they informed flight will be delayed because of fog in airport... just waited there till 12 noon and they announced that they going to shift passengers to another airport there and we came out and wait for the bus for 1 hour and at last we started in bus to airport and reached after 1 hour and the bus left after we got down... no one to inform where to go, what time the flight was... even everyone with us just roamed here n there but from this incident we got to know all passengers for my flight... we just asked the help desk and went to another terminal and got the gate to go in and finally had security check again and almost we reached the correct gate at 1 30 and flight started at 3 only.... It reached the charleroi airport at 5PM and from then we hired bus to brussles airport and from there got local train to antwerp and reached room at 8 30... very tired... My bad luck that day i need to shift hotel to another one and already packed all things and got that and walked to that new hotel and unpacked all items and arranged all since next day need to cook n go to office.. at last came to bed at 11 and just slept... Any way this rome trip s something i can feel different from the previous one. last trip we didnt take room and just roamed in road for full night but this time took room but the next day fully blocked... After seeing all these romans culture, really got interest to know more about that...

Governance System

As a daily habit, the 10-year Old Pintu was reading newspaper.

Suddenly he asked his father, “Dad! What does it mean by 'Governance System'? "

"It’s like..." father said while thinking, "See! I earn and bring money to home, mean's I am a 'Money Holder'. Your mother decides where and how to spend that money and that means she is 'Government'. That maid in our home is doing all the household works, so she will be 'Labour Class'. You are a 'Common man' or 'Public'. Your kid brother is 'Future' or the 'Next Generation', understand?”

That day Pintu slept with all those thoughts. In the middle of the night he woke-up because his kid brother was crying. He wetted the mattress so he was crying. Pintu went to wake-up his mother. She was in deep sleep so Pintu went to the Maid's room to wake her up. But there his father was sleeping with the maid. So he came back with frustration.

Next morning father asked Pintu, “Hey Pintu Darling! You understood the 'Governance System'? ".

Pintu replied, “Yeah Dad, I understood! When money Holder is exploiting Labour Class, our Government is sleeping. Future of our nation is crying for not getting their basic needs fulfilled and in all this Common Man is suffering!"

One day @ spain...

on 14th nov09, we get up at 4:15AM and got ready for the trip,myself and madhan...Walked to ANTWERP station and got train at 5:40 AM and went to Charleroi station. Came out of the station at 7:30 and waited for the shuttle serivce to airport as we already booked ticket for that too. Flight time is 8:30AM, so we planned to wait until 8 for the shuttle or else taxi. Its a 20min travel from there.Upto 7:50 no bus. That time i got a shock that i saw a recently married indian couple(that lady is so beautiful and cant move my eyes out) came up for the same shuttle service to go to airport.Thing s, that guy exactly resembles my HR and i thought of to go n talk as like am talking with(that much similar).They also in the same fear that shuttle will not come in time and they kept an eye on us(indians na). Then we moved to get a taxi and one taxi came near and we asked for airport trip and he said 20euros and we accepted (too costly but no way na).When we get in, that pair approach us and asked they too to join and we said yes and we four went to airport in 15 mins. But they talked something different language i dont know.
we shared the amount and we rushed to boarding and got VISA checked and went to security checking and put all watch,purse,jerkin etc to separate basket and checked. There my jerkin slipped down and i didnt notice and took all others and moved and then i remembered jerkin and came again there n still there in that place(cant forgot those things:) ). Then we moved to the gateway and stand in queue to get in. As this is a private airport we can walk in the ground itself to get into the flight. we two get in and settled in a place and when i look back, the same pair sat there and just smiled. Flight started at 8:30 with lot shakes and reached the destination GIRONA airport in spain at 10:30. we got down and came out and got a shuttle to reach barcelona(city centre).we got tickets and and get into the bus n moved to last seat. On moving we saw same pair still coming with us. That is a 1 1/2 hour travel and reached barcelona bus depo and moved to tourist information guide and got the route map of barcelona and enquired how to reach n get tickets and also got tickets for hop on hop off bus. Next to us, that pair too came up and enquired and they went to a hotel to stay i think so and they said bye.
There are about 44 places to see around there and we went to a nearest destination, parc with zoo. Our first site seeing itself a very wonderful place with very nice building with fountain inside park and a big elephant statue. Then by walk itself we moved to next site,museum and skipped that and went to IMAX port well. We checked for movies and every movie s only 40 min show and we planned to see the last show 11:20PM since we have a first bus from barcelona to girona airport at 3:30AM and flight at 6:30AM. so we got tickets for the IMAX show and we get into the hop on bus and there are two routes red and blue each having diff places and bus also in blue and red for each. But lot of buses for each route so its easy to skip and move to next. Then we get into bus and visited next a church. i must remember and tell about that church. That church is a famous unbuilt church which was stated construction at 1892 and still they are constructing, in the middle it was stopped because of no fund to raise as it is that much big and so architectual works in that church. Still that church looks like an unbuilt one but u can see a full view of whole art and just stand still by seeing that. so nice and very tall one. see pics in orkut.. As spain s famous for the architural building and art there are lot of buildings with so nice art. Next we skipped some places and went to a place called Park Guill. Its a cave like construction with lot pillars inside and its in a mountain. Very beautiful landscape and caves inside and we moved to that top and saw the whole view of the city and still some routes there to go up but we have no time as time was 4:30 and we get into bus and moved to a next place called Estacie de sants which s a play area and in the guide the pics were so nice, so we went there and get down and bus left. later only we came to know that is still in construction but can able to see the view since almost completed. Then we get into next bus and moved.
As sunlight down, we cant able to see lot places and from bus itself we saw just places and clicked photos and finally we get down from bus at 6:30 and went to shpping and roamed. But time didnt go as we booked movie only at 11:20. Just we sat upto 9:45 and get bored and planned to cancel the ticket and asked in counter and they accepted and returned amount and immediately we went to a near by cinema complex and we got tickets for 2012 movie at 10 PM. As it is a 2 n 1/2 hr movie, so time went upto 1 and we came to barcelona bus depo. But i could see lot of traffic still at 1 in road and all bars are very busy and queue waited for next to go in.... We just sit in depo upto 3 30 and got bus and reached airport and getinto flight and started to charleroi airport and from shuttle we went to charleroi station and got train for antwerp station where we staying and reached room at 11:30AM next morning... Barcelona is best to visti as lot places there but one day is surely not enough...

HR i met

Its a pleasant incident of How a company HR get into as my best friend....

I have lot of friends,juniors who are still searching for job... Even after my college, i have searched for job in chennai for almost 6 months, lot of companys, at that time IT was in boom but my bad luck i didnt get through and at last i was through in my current company. After that too, i always try to help whoever searching for job since i suffered the same. Whenever i get any resume i used to forward to the HR but i will get only the same response everytime "We don’t have suitable openings for the attached profile. However will let you know if there is anything comes up in the near future". I didnt notice the same reply for every profile i sent. Even i dont know the guy who sent this to me... After some months we had a team out happened and there we all grouped to 4 teams. In my team team there is no more known face except few. I have sit and played with a guy who looks like a north indian i can say with french beard. For the whole event he didnt even atleast smile even i have played by holding his hand only. After that one day i went to the floor where he is there for some other work. At that time i am in need of a persons information and guys there told a person name and asked to get that information from him. When i went to his place ( i know those place are only meant for HRs) i just shocked, he is the guy whom i am played in the outing. That time only he smiled a bit. After that one more shock, when i see his name board, it was the name whom i sent resumes frequently. I just introduced myself and that time only he said that he is maintaining template for everyone and just sent whenever he receives profile mail. After that i finished my work and went to my building and called him n talked freely. After that only i came to know he is such a waste guy like me :) To say about him, such a childish char even i always call him as child and always smile and tell everything via film dialogue. Even i too started telling film dialogues by following him. Very responsive guy for everything and he keeps inform whenever you r in track of him... After some days he introduced one more his team mate... ahhhh that guy is that much active enough in everything, taking decisions etc.. child is totally opposite and i always ask him to learn from him just for kidding... we 3 used to go out then and one day we met in city centre and from there we went to purchase a branded watch in pookadatheru :))

Diwali09 celebration

Still i remember my school days in my hometown where how we celebrated this festival... before 1 week itself,joy and expectations come around, and the crackers we going to buy, home made sweets... Now, its one more normal day with tv programs,films and outing as usual like a week end... This year get up at 8 normally and came out from room and saw my parents involved in diwali patimandram on every channel... Just took a bath, got asirvatham from my dad with my mom, that is the only thing still following from early days on diwali day.... after breakfast, just took phone and called from a-z friends n wished n talked... that is the only day atleast talked freely to very old school friends, college mates etc... after lunch, as usual went to diwali cinema, adhavan this time in renovated devi theatre, expected and went but got disappointed, just a masala with good songs, thats it... As usual there is no more traffic on mount road,empty road with only chennai peoples...after film, just get into spencers and roamed... most of the shops were empty, only half an hour, came out and road to besant nagar beach.. full of crackers at sky, nice to see such beautiful shot,no where u can able to see at a stretch.. with a plate of baaji n beach chair talk, we have started to finish the day... thats it... now a days missed lot of things on this day in chennai than my hometown days... thats the city life!!!!!

1. What is the expansion ( Full Form ) of YAHOO?


Yet Another Hierarchy of Officious Oracle

2. What is the expansion ( Full Form ) of ADIDAS?


ADIDAS- All Day I Dream About Sports

3. Expansion of Star as in Star TV Network?


Satellite Television Asian Region

4. What is expansion of "ICICI?"

Industrial credit and Investments Corporation of India

5. The 1984-85 season. 2nd ODI between India and Pakistan at Sialkot -

INDIA 210/3 with Vengsarkar 94*. Match abandoned. Why?

That match was abandoned after people heard The news of Indira Gandhi being killed.

6. Who is the only man to have written the National Anthems For two different countries?

Rabindranath Tagore who wrote national anthem for two different

Countries one is our 's National anthem and another one is for

BANGLADESH-(Amar Sonar* *Bangla )


7. From what four word expression does the word `goodbye` derive?

Goodbye comes from the ex-pression: 'god be with you'.

8. How was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu better known?


Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu is none other Mother Teresa


9. Name the only other country to have got independence on Aug 15th?


South Korea

10. Why was James Bond Associated with the Number 007?

Because 007 is the ISD code for Russia (or the USSR , As it was known during the cold war)

11. Who faced the first ball in the first ever One day match?

Geoffrey Boycott

12. Which cricketer played for South Africa before it was banned

From international cricket and later represented Zimbabwe ?


John Traicos

13. Which is the only country that is surrounded from all sides by

Only one country (other than Vatican )?



LESOTHO Surrounded from all sides by South Africa ..

14. Which is the only sport which is not allowed to play left handed?

Polo

Now a days, Online Chatting...Awesome. Read It..

Here is something interesting...

Our FRIEND(Hero) WAS chatting with a female - Online chat.
Background both are s/w engineers by the way and both work for real big MNC's



Hero : Hey...GM (Good Morning)... How's u doing today?

Female: VGM...Day is going good and it got better having found u on chat



Hero : wow...am honored, u know what, my day starts only when I find you on Chat

Female: Yep...me too feel the same...Brb (be right back)'ll get some Coffee.

Hero : OK
(Hero waits impatiently. Meanwhile, his manager comes to his seat.)


Manager: Hey, I need some help from you

Hero : [**** This guy always comes at wrong time] Yeah tell me


Manager: Could u write a program for me which generates nth prime number, Given value of n. Would you give this by today evening?


Hero : I would do that, but I think it's quite hard, is it ok with you, if I Give it by tomorrow evening.


Manager: Yeah, that would be fine. Thank you [Leaves the place]
(Our hero sighs and stares at his monitor waiting impatiently for Female
to Arrive. All of a sudden smiles on his face. Over to chat window...)

Female: Hey, am back

Hero : cool, you know what my manager does, She's kinda..... keeps asking stupid Things, tries to give me stupid work

Female: Yeah, it's the same everywhere. Real sick ppl these managers are!!

Hero : Yep, u rite!!

Female: Hey, can u do me a favor

Hero : *smiles* sure, why not.

Female: Hey, I want you to write me a program to print nth prime Number, given N. Would you give that to me by tomorrow evening? Plzzz. You know it's real Urgent for me to work this out


Hero : hey, that's a one-hour's work. Sure check Ur mail in an hour from now. ok?


Female: THIS IS WHAT I ASKED U WHEN I CAME TO YOUR WORK PLACE. NOW YOU
KNOW WHO I AM!! AND ONE MORE POINT.... YOUR 1 HOUR TIME STARTS NOW!!

Very Impressive Interview Questions and Answers

Question 1: You are driving along in your car on a wild, stormy night, it's raining heavily, when suddenly you pass by a bus stop, and you see three people waiting for a bus:


An old lady who looks as if she is about to die.
An old friend who once saved your life.
The perfect partner you have been dreaming about.

Which one would you choose to offer a ride to, knowing very well that there could only be one passenger in your car?

This is a moral/ethical dilemma that was once actually used as part of a job application.

* You could pick up the old lady, because she is going to die, and thus you should save her first;
* or you could take the old friend because he once saved your life, and this would be the perfect chance to ! pay him back.
* However, you may never be able to find your perfect mate again.

The candidate who was hired (out of 200 applicants) had no trouble coming up with his answer. Guess what was his answer?

He simply answered:

"I would give the car keys to my Old friend and let him take the lady to the hospital. I would stay behind and wait for the bus with the partner of my dreams."

Sometimes, we gain more if we are able to give up our stubborn thought limitations. Never forget to "Think Outside of the Box."

Question 2: What will you do if I run away with your sister?"

The candidate who was selected answered " I will not get a better match for my sister than you sir"

Question 3: Interviewer (to a student girl candidate) - What is one morning you woke up found that you were pregnant.

Girl - I will be very excited and take an off, to celebrate with my husband.

Normally an unmarried girl will be shocked to hear this, but she managed it well. Why I should think it in the wrong way, she said later when asked

Question 4: Interviewer: He ordered a cup of coffee for the candidate. Coffee arrived kept before the candidate, then he asked what is before you?

Candidate: Instantly replied "Tea"

He got selected.

You know how and why did he say "TEA" when he knows very well that coffee was kept before.

(Answer: The question was "What is before you (U - alphabet)
Reply was "TEA" ( T - alphabet)

Alphabet "T" was before Alphabet "U"

Question 5: Where Lord Rama would have celebrated his "First Diwali"? People will start thinking of Ayodya, Mitila [Janaki's place], Lanka etc...

But the logic is, Diwali was a celebrated as a mark of Lord Krishna Killing Narakasura. In Dusavataar, Krishnavathaar comes after Raamavathaar.

So, Lord Rama would not have celebrated the Diwali At all!

Question 6: The interviewer asked to the candidate "This is your last question of the interview. Please tell me the exact position of the center of this table where u have kept your files."

Candidate confidently put one of his finger at some point at the table and told that this was the central point at the table. Interviewer asked how did u get to know that this being the central point of this table, then he answers quickly that sir u r not likely to ask any more question, as it was the last question that u promised to ask.....

And hence, he was selected as because of his quick-wittedness. ........


This is What Interviewer expects from the Interviewee. ....

whats your rashee exp.

i and one of my friend, both dont know hindi :) went in and i already read the review of whats in film but they said its a worst film for the director... so i went with some disappointment but later understood, one should not stick review by one person....

Its my second hindi cinema on theatre... Bcos of first film impact, very expected to see her third hit.. who else priyanka only :) doing something diff in every films... If you are a fan of her then its a treat for you... Since 12 char but each differentiated only by costume except few really good... Its a film like our raman thediya seethai... the only scene here is, hero is going to see bride for his marriage and he is seeing 12 girls of diff signs,1 song for each... whole films s repeating the same scene and final who s marrying him s climax... Anyway all songs are good to hear in theater... only thing is you have to sit for 3 and half hours in theatre.. its not that much worst like said by the cnn ibn reviewer...

My time with a bachelor room aside

My next house is bachelors room where i spend most of the times there. Its a typical bachelors room as usual(bunch of washed cloths as mountain, cook by maid, one t-shirt for everyone etc.). They where in it before i occupied my home...But for the first two months i didn't even talk with them, even not a smile when i see. Then one fine day, when i start my bike, i saw one guy starting and just i intro with him. That time i shocked to see that guy who has his hairs like anniyan which is too long up to neck when he put that on front.For 10 days i just talked with him only when i see and i get to know about all others from him.Only guy having more responsibility for room from buying vegetables,meat,finance etc.Only thing is no one can beat his talk... Then he asked to come to his room and went in, that time i saw one more guy...
He looks like a Chinese guy,but just opposite to that of the first guy in hair style.. he will always sit in system and his favourite job is to download video songs and to convert that to 3gp format for his mobile. But he will not see in mobile even for one time.He gets satisfied that he got all songs in his mobile:) strange !!!!! And in case of films, he will download only flope films and see that frame by frame.
Third i intro with a guy who his timings for office always like 12-1. So nobody see him on weekdays,only at weekends he will join with others... On seeing, seems like a very childish face, char also same :) I always play chess with him. He looks chubby not only at stomach but from top to bottom... When i call him, on recognizing me, he will get some extra excitement and ask me, that i like much in him :)
Fourth i intro with a guy,who is so lean in room but handsome guy... He will get short tempor on times when something irritated him...well player on carom and mainly he will not accept anything against what he believes... lot of fun on talking and more people are there for his care... Mainly he will always reply for messages promptly at whatever time for whatever things... I will get a reply good night message only from him when i sent to all of them...
Fifth one, i rarely talk to him,even i intro to him at last, a very tall guy in room.. always his channels will be sports...only guy who went to sleep at sharp time and get up early...

Altogether except one, went for a film (Eeram) in sathyam... But cant forget the thing happened before. I forgot the tickets to take and got reminded by the guy who ride me at middle and went back to home to take that... I have two printouts of the tickets 4 pages. I thought to take one printout, so took two pages without seeing, and started in bike,in middle i saw that both papers are same... the guy who ride really got irritated, went again and took all but we reached half an hour before time.....Without expectation went to it but get shocked by seeing that its a film about super-natural thriller... But the suspense was upto interval only... nice to watch anyway and had good dinner at sagar...

A heart touching story

A 19 year old boy went to beer bar,

& asked how much a KING FISHER beer costs?

Waiter said Rs. 75

The boy started counting how much he had in his purse.

Then he asked how much a BOMBAY beer costs??

Waiter got irritated & said Rs. 72

The boy took a BOMBAY beer....in spite of his liking for KING FISHER….

paid bill and left.

When the waiter came to pick the empty bottle...,

He was touched........... !!

The boy had left Rs. 3 as tip for him........!!


Moral : Drunkards have big hearts!! What a sacrifice!!!

Mini Kitchen

This mini kitchen created by the New Zealand company Compact Concepts. It occupies area of only 1.8 square meters and includes everything you might need in the kitchen - refrigerator, dishwasher, microwave oven, coffee maker, electric stove and sink. Also there is a great choice of colors and additional accessories.

Mudra - The signs of Spirituality

HOW SMART IS YOUR RIGHT FOOT?

This is hysterical! You have to try this. It is absolutely true. I guess there are some things that the brain cannot handle.

You have to try this, please, it takes two seconds. I could not believe this! It is from an orthopedic surgeon. This will confuse your mind and you will keep trying over and over again to see if you can outsmart your foot, but, you can't. It is pre-programmed in your brain!

1. While sitting at your desk in front of your computer, lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles.

2. Now, while doing this, draw the number '6' in the air with your right hand.
Your foot will change direction !!

21 Facts to Know

1. Chewing on gum while cutting onions can help a person from stop producing tears. Try it next time you chop onions.

2. Until babies are six months old, they can breathe and swallow at the same time. Indeed convenient!



3. Offered a new pen to write with, 97% of all people will write their own name.



4. Male mosquitoes are vegetarians. Only females bite.



5. The average person's field of vision encompasses a 200-degree wide angle.



6. To find out if a watermelon is ripe, knock it, and if it sounds hollow then it is ripe.


7. Canadians can send letters with personalized postage stamps showing their own photos on each stamp.



8. Babies' eyes do not produce tears until the baby is approximately six to eight weeks old.


9. It snowed in the Sahara Desert in February of 1979.



10. Plants watered with warm water grow larger and more quickly than plants watered with cold water.


11. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.



12. Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave.



13. Those stars and colours you see when you rub your eyes are called phosphenes.



14. Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.



15. Everyone's tongue print is different, like fingerprints


16. Contrary to popular belief, a swallowed chewing gum doesn't stay in the gut. It will pass through the system and be excreted.


17. At 40 Centigrade a person loses about 14.4 calories per hour by breathing.



18. There is a hotel in Sweden built entirely out of ice; it is rebuilt every year.



19. Cats, camels and giraffes are the only animals in the world that walk right foot, right foot, left foot, left foot, rather than right foot, left foot.





20. Onions help reduce cholesterol if eaten after a fatty meal.




21. The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting.