Saturday, April 28, 2012

Some helpful features of google search


World clock
Google will display the time in any country/city across the world. Just  search by typing something like the following phrases or sentences:
Time city name
City name time
What is the time in city name?

Conversions
Google search can convert currency and units into one another just search:
USD EURO
USD in EURO
xUSD in EURO
Convert xUSD to EURO

New comet to sweep through solar system in 2013

First picture of the comet PANSTARS.
Image source: www.space.com
After Comet C/2006 P1 (McNaught) in 2007, this comet may have the potential become the next brightest comets of this century.

When the CCDs of the Panoramic Survey Telescope & Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS) picked up the traces of a comet on June 6 2011, it was an inconspicuous object of 19th magnitude. Named after the telescope, the comet C/2011 L4 (PANSTARS), is expected to pass within 28 million miles of the sun in march 9, 2013. During the perihelion the comet is expected to reach a peak magnitude of 0, which is as bright as star Capella.

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Side effects of energy drinks

Today, in the evening as usual I went to play football. And on the way I stopped in front of a shop and grabbed an energy drink. Like yesterday, I drank the whole 300ml can of liquid on the way. I have been doing this two days on a row, now. During the first 5 minutes went fine without a hitch.

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Sports facts

  • Australian rugby player Ben Czislowski felt the need to get medical help when his four-month headache was not going away. The doctor found an opponent’s tooth in Ben’s forehead.
  • On March 16, 2009, in Hilla, about 60 miles south of Baghdad, two local teams in Iraq were playing a heated game of soccer. Toward the end of the game, a fan shot dead a player of the opposing team who was about to score a goal (boston.com/Reuters).
  • The top 10 earners among male athletes during the period of May 1, 2010 to May 1, 2011, are as follows:

Animal facts

  • The average housefly lives for one month.
  • The REAL reason ostriches stick their head in the sand is to search for water
  • The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning it's head are the rabbit and the parrot. ( Don't forget Moms )
  • A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
  • There are more chickens than people in the world.
  • An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
  • A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
  • Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
  • A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
  • The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.

Gender difference

  • Women have more depth and complexity than men
  • 80% of school discipline is done to boys. 
  • 14% of 25-34 year old men live with their parents. 8% of 25-34 year old women live with their parents (US Census Bureau).  
  • A woman spends an average of 2 years of her life time looking at herself in the mirror; a man spends 6 months.
  • A woman speaks about 7,000 words a day; a man speaks about 2,000.