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Sunday, December 26, 2010

Interesting Facts

Quiz about interesting facts

1. Most active(speedy)muscle in our body:


“Orbicularis occuli”, a muscle controlling the movements of the iris (a small opening) present in our eyes, moves very past and its action is to respond to and controlling the light rays or sunlight, passing into the eyes.


2. Effect of the temperature on human’s brain:


The normal temperature of our body is 98.4 degree Fahrenheit. If that temperature rises to 107.6 degrees, there are more chances of harming the brain.


3. Human brain can survive 6 minutes only without oxygen supply.

4. The sounds produced by the intestines are known medically, as"Borborigmai"

 5. Adam’s apple: Thyroid gland, a butterfly-shaped structure, present on the front side of the neck, in the human-body, goes by that famous name.


6. Bones in man: At the time of birth, the infant has 300 bones, in the body. But, adult contains 206 bones only.
 7. First sub-marine in the world: In the year 1620, Cornelius Wan Drebbel made a sub-marine, by covering the wooden –ship with a leather.
 

8. Previous name to Tokyo (capital of Japan): Eedo


9. Pounds: To denote the weight in pounds in English language, the letters ‘lb’ is used. The root Latin word is “Libra”, which means pound.

 10. Lyka: The first dog which travelled in the space belongs to the “samoyedhusky” race.
 
11. The highest water–falls in the world: “Angel Falls” is the highest water-falls, which is 19 times highest than the “Niagara Falls” (America).


12. The blood of honeybee never “coagulates”.


13. What are the only five words in the English language that contain the vowels a, e, i, o and u, in that order?


Answer: Facetious, Abstemious, Abstentious, Arsenious, and Arteriosus


14. Name three countries whose national anthems consist of only four lines.


Answer: Japan, Jordan, and San Marino


15. Pomology:
 
Answer: It is the science of dealing with fruits and its cultivation. Pomology forms part of horticulture and pomologists develop highly efficient methods of planting and caring for fruit crops.



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