Facts

• Giraffes have the same number of vertebrae in their necks as humans. Their lips are prehensile, their tongues are 21 inches long, and they cannot cough.
• The human heart creates so much pressure when it pumps out to the body that it can squirt blood to as far as about thirty feet away.
• Gutzon Borglum, the sculptor of the four presidents on Mount Rushmore, died a few months before the project was completed. It took him 14 years.
• The human skin is thickest (1/5inch) on the upper back. It is the thinnest on the eyelids, where it is only 1/50th of an inch thick.
• Most honey bees die after they sting people as our skin is elastic, unsuitable for their stingers which are meant for harder in elastics skins.
• Ants make up 1/10th of the total world animal tissue. They can survive for up to 2days underwater. And ants have the largest brain in proportion to their size.
• Harrison ford has species of spider named after him.
• More than 90% of shark attack victims survive.
• Over 50% of lottery players go back to work after winning the jackpot.
• Bill Gate’s house was designed using a Macintosh computer.

New style icon Samsung Star Nano 3G phone at price Rs. 7320 in India

On-going battle in the field of mobile technology, where the different mobile manufacturers are fighting it out to produce a “better” mobile phone than earlier, world’s second largest conglomerate, Samsung, has come up with the all new Samsung Star Nano 3G, keeping in mind the requirements most sought after by the mass, and the price off course being an affordable one. Samsung Star Nano 3G mobile is set at price Rs. 7320 in India. Samsung Star Nano 3G is basically the model, Samsung S3370, renamed as “Nano”. This phone is specifically aimed for technology lovers, as well as those of you who want to make a style statement of your own. There are other names of this device too, including Samsung Corby 3G, Samsung.
Samsung Star Nano 3G mobile is available at price Rs. 7320/- in India and shall be supplemented with a leather pouch and a 2GB memory card. Ranjit Yadav, Director, Samsung India launching the handset said, “The launch of Star Nano 3G is significant as it represents our most affordable 3G touch screen handset as well as strengthens our portfolio of 3G enabled handsets as the country gears up for the roll-out of 3G services very soon.”

Women smokers are high in Indian BPOs, News media on rising trend: Study says

The globe gears up to celebrate ‘World no tobacco day’ on May 31st, 2010 there is a sad contribution from India. The country witnesses a growing number of women smokers and the case is specifically relevant to females working in BPOs and media. The picture looks sad especially in a culturally rich nation like ours where there is still a social stigma attached to women smoking. A recent study revealed that nearly 8% of female BPO workers smoke and the percentage is much larger (5-35%) in media. As per the survey the majority of women smokers are still unaware of the health hazards of smoking. The only health hazards they are aware of is cancer and heart disease related to smoking. Women smokers did not know that smoking is also known to cause infertility and many other problems related to child birth. Lead researcher Dr. Ravikant Singh from Non-government organization ‘Doctors for You’ said, “Smoking can cause infertility, miscarriages and still births. It is worrying that women don’t know about this.”
Women smokers working in BPOs and media take to smoking mostly due to peer pressure or under stress. They start by becoming passive smokers as they share the same group which has smokers and eventually themselves become smokers. According to study the other factors responsible for women smoking is taking smoking as a sign of women’s liberalization and identity search. Dr. Gauravi Mishra from Tata Hospital, said, “Many women considered it a sign of liberalization, an affirmation of their identity as a free person and an equal.” For the purpose of the study 646 employees working with 4 BPOs in the city across the nation were studied for over 18 months and 1500 media persons working with 15 advertising, print and electronic media were interviewed. The study is first of its kind that considered women smokers in the country.

Karnataka bus accident: 30 people burnt alive

City Bangalore: In a tragic incident, 30 passengers were burnt alive on Sunday morning when a state highways bus collided with a diesel tanker in Challanakeri area. The bus hit a barricade and turned turtle, police said adding, its diesel tank caught fire. The incident took place at around 2.15 am.
Bus was plying from Surapara to Bangalore. At least 64 passengers, including 10 children, were travelling in the bus at the time of the incident. Around 28 injured passengers have been taken to a local government hospital. State transport minister has blamed driver’s negligence for the unfortunate incident.
Government has announced a compensation of Rs one lakh each for the next of kin of the deceased. ZEE news

Derailment of Bengal train : Over 140 dead, more bodies trapped

Toll in the Mumbai-bound Gyaneshwari Express derailment rose to over 140 today as more bodies were pulled out from the wreckage of the mangled coaches. Rescue work was halted at the site during the night because of rain, even as rescuers feared more bodies might be trapped under the S-6 coach which was one of the worst hit coaches. Around 190 injured people are being treated in different hospitals in Midnapore, Kharagpur, Jhargram and in Kolkata. DNA tests will be conducted on unidentified bodies.
The horrific incident occurred at 1:30 am on Friday when the train was running between Khemasoli and Sardiya stations, about 135 km from Kolkata. It's been a long and traumatic wait for relatives of the victims and information from the railway's helpline is sketchy. Many complained that the help arrived too late.
The Bengal police last night gave out details of the rail attack saying it was a maoist attack. Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee and the her bitter rivals the CPM led government got into a no-holds bar fight on Saturday on who was to blame for the attack.
Initially it was not clear how a section of the tracks went missing leading to the derailment. While Home Minister P Chidambaram said its act of sabotage and no explosive material was found at the site, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee said the Maoists triggered a blast. This tragedy could impact lakhs of other passengers as well several trains that ply through the Maoist belt at night have been rescheduled in the state. South Eastern Railways' decision not to run trains between 10 pm and 5 am could be extended for a couple of days. NDTV News

FACTS

• Scare crow frighten birds because if the human odor emitted from the clothes they wear. However with rain and wind, this odor disappears.
• The human skin is thickest (1/5 inch) on the upper back. It is the thinnest on the eyelids, where it is only 1/50th of an inch thick.
• Food passes through the small intestine in just two hours. However inside the large intestine, it takes about 14 hours to travel the entire organ.
• If a person has two thirds if his liver removed through surgery, it will grow back to its original size in only four weeks time.
• Renaissance painter Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors. He could also draw with one hand and write with the other. He also wrote his notes backwards.
• A mosquito will become restless and start flying around if there is an increase in the amount of carbon dioxide in the surrounding air.
• The bridge that has been built across the world’s highest waterfall, the Niagara Falls, actually began with a kite carrying a line across it to the other side.
• According to researches, the ship of the desert, the Camel has three eyelids in order to protect itself from the bowling sand in the deserts.
• Mt. Everest (8848m) is not the tallest mountain. Mauna Kea Mountain on the Hawaiian Island is 230m taller. It is 4201m above water and 4877 underwater.
• House flies taste with their feet. They always jumps backwards which they use as a means of a quick getaway when someone tries to hit it.
• The revolutionary e-mails started being sent as early as 1971. Ray Tomlinson invented it and the first e-mail was written entirely in the upper case.

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