Dear all
Here we are going to share interesting facts from all walks of life.
here comes the first one from my side
Only 78 out of 3000 genes in a human male differ from human female.
(guess most if not all of the 78 genes relate to brain).... just kidding
azeem
Some interesting facts about the US of A
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One Hundred Years Ago
Maybe this will boggle your mind, I know it did mine! The year is 1904 ... one hundred years ago. What a difference a century makes! Here are some of the U.S. statistics for 1904
The average life expectancy in the U.S. was 47 years.
Only 14 percent of the homes in the U.S. had a bathtub.
Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.
A three-minute call from Denver to New York City cost eleven dollars.
There were only 8,000 cars in the U.S., and only 144 miles of paved roads.
The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph. Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee were each more heavily populated than California.
With a mere 1.4 million residents, California was only the 21st most populous state in the Union.
The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower.The average wage in the U.S. was 22 cents an hour.
The average U.S. worker made between $200 and $400 per year.
A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year, a dentist $2,500 per year, a veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year, and a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year.
More than 95 percent of all births in the U.S. took place at home..
Ninety percent of all U.S. physicians had no college education. Instead, they attended medical schools, many of which were condemned in the press and by the government as "substandard."
Sugar cost four cents a pound. Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen.
Coffee was fifteen cents a pound.
Most women only washed their hair once a month, and used borax or egg yolks for shampoo.
Canada passed a law prohibiting poor people from entering the country for any reason.
The five leading causes of death in the U.S. were
1. Pneumonia and influenza
2. Tuberculosis
3. Diarrhea
4. Heart disease
5. Stroke
The American flag had 45 stars. Arizona, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Hawaii, and Alaska hadn't been admitted to the Union yet.
The population of Las Vegas, Nevada, was 30.
Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea hadn't been invented.
There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day.
Two of 10 U.S. adults couldn't read or write. Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated high school.
Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at corner drugstores. According to one pharmacist, "Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health."
Eighteen percent of households in the U.S. had at least one full-time servant or domestic.
There were only about 230 reported murders in the entire U.S.
"Allah does not change the state of people unless they change what is within themselves" Quran 1311
An atheist professor of philosophy speaks to his class on the problem science has with God, The Almighty.
He asks one of his new Muslim students to stand and.....
Professor You are a Muslim, aren't you, son?
Student Yes, sir.
Prof So you believe in God?
Student Absolutely, sir.
Prof Is God good?
Student Sure.
Prof Is God all-powerful?
Student Yes.
Prof My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to God to heal him.
Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But God didn't.
How is this God good then? Hmm?
(Student is silent.)
Prof You can't answer, can you? Let's start again, young fella. Is God good?
Student Yes.
Prof Is Satan good?
Student No.
Prof Where does Satan come from?
Student From...God...
Prof That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?
Student Yes.
Prof Evil is everywhere, isn't it? And God did make everything. Correct?
Student Yes.
Prof So who created evil?
(Student does not answer.)
Prof Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don't they?
Student Yes, sir.
Prof So, who created them?
(Student has no answer.)
Prof Science says you have 5 senses you use to identify and observe the
world around you. Tell me, son...Have you ever seen God?
Student No, sir.
Prof Tell us if you have ever heard your God?
Student No , sir.
Prof Have you ever felt your God, tasted your God, smelt your God?
Have you ever had any sensory perception of God for that matter?
Student No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't.
Prof Yet you still believe in Him?
Student Yes.
Prof According to empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, science says your GOD doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?
Student Nothing. I only have my faith.
Prof Yes. Faith. And that is the problem science has.
Student Professor, is there such a thing as heat?
Prof Yes.
Student And is there such a thing as cold?
Prof Yes.
Student No sir. There isn't.
(The lecture theatre becomes very quiet with this turn of events.)
Student Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don't have anything called cold. We can hit 458 degrees below zero which is no heat, but we can't go
any further after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word
we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold.
Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.
(There is pin-drop silence in the lecture theatre.)
Student What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?
Prof Yes. What is night if there isn't darkness?
Student You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something.
You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light....But if you
have no light constantly, you have nothing and it's called darkness, isn't it? In reality, darkness isn't. If it were you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn't you?
Prof So what is the point you are making, young man?
Student Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.
Prof Flawed? Can you explain how?
Student Sir, you are working on the premise of duality.
You argue there is life and then there is death, a good God and a bad God.
You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure.
Sir, science can't even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one.. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life just the absence of it.
Now tell me, Professor. Do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?
Prof If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, yes, of course, I do.
Student Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?
(The Professor shakes his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument is going.)
Student Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavour, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a scientist but a preacher?
(The class is in uproar.)
Student Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor's brain?
(The class breaks out into laughter.)
Student Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor's brain, felt it, touched or smelt it?.....No one appears to have done so.
So, according to the established rules of empirical, stable, demonstrable
protocol, science says that you have no brain, sir.
With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir?
(The room is silent. The professor stares at the student, his face
unfathomable.)
Prof I guess you'll have to take them on faith, son.
Student That is it sir.. The link between man & god is FAITH.
That is all that keeps things moving & alive.
Very interesting and nice one azeem,
I have also read a similar story in a history book of islam, which i would like to share with you,
Once a person (a muslim) was drinking and an aalim e din enters into his house,
the drunk person being ashamed of drinking, asked that aalim
drunk hey aalim, if i take grapes then is there any problem?
aalim no problem,
drunk after taking grapes i take a glass water hot due to sunlight, is there any problem?
aalim no problem
drunk then what is the problem if i combine both of them to make whiskey, and then drink it.
Aalim was silent for a moment and then he said if i put some sand on you head, will you feel any pain?
drunk no
Aalim if i pour some water on your head, will you feel any pain?
drunk no
Aalim then what is the problem if i combine both of them to make a brick, and then hit the same on your head.
SMR
Some general facts of the world
Population 6,379,157,361 (July 2004 est.).
Growth rate 1.14% (2004 est.).
Birth rate 20.24 births/1,000 population (2004 est.).
Death rate 8.86 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.).
Sex ratio (at birth) 1.06 males/female (2004 est.).
Infant mortality rate 50.31 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.).
Life expectancy at birth Total population 64.05 years. Male 62.48 years. Female 65.7 years (2004 est.).
Total fertility rate 2.62 children born/woman (2004 est.).
Literacy Age 15 and over who can read and write (1995 est.). Total population 77%. Male 83%. Female 71%.
Political and Economic statistics of the world
Political divisions 193 sovereign nations, 61 dependent areas, and 6 disputed territories.
Economy Global output (GWP) rose by 3.7% in 2003, led by China (9.1%), India (7.6%), and Russia (7.3%). Growth results in the major industrial countries varied from a loss by Germany (â0.1%) to a strong gain by the United States (3.1%). The nation-state, as a bedrock economic-political institution, is steadily losing control over international flows of people, goods, funds, and technology. Internally, the central government often finds its control over resources slipping as separatist regional movements gain momentum. The addition of 80 million people each year exacerbates the problems of pollution, desertification, underemployment, epidemics, and famine. Terrorism is a further growing risk to global prosperity.
GWP (gross world product/purchasing power parity)â$51.4 trillion (2003 est.).
GWPâreal growth rate 3.7% (2003 est.).
GWP/PPPâper capita $8,200 (2003 est.).
GWP composition agriculture 4%, industry 32%, services 64% (2002 est.).
Inflation rate (consumer price index) developed countries 1% to 4% typically; developing countries 5% to 60% typically (2003 est.).
Unemployment rate 30% combined unemployment and underemployment in many non-industrialized countries; developed countries typically 4%â12% unemployment.
Exports $7.24 trillion (f.o.b., 2003 est.).
Imports $7.24 trillion (f.o.b., 2003 est.).
External debt $2 trillion for less developed nations (2002 est.).
Military expenditures roughly 2% of GWP (1999 est.).
Top 10 countries by size
LARGEST COUNTRIES (in sq mi) 2004
1. Russia 6,592,735
2. Canada 3,855,081
3. United States 3,717,792
4. China 3,705,386
5. Brazil 3,286,470
6. Australia 2,967,893
7. India 1,269,338
8. Argentina 1,068,296
9. Kazakhstan 1,049,150
10. Sudan 967,493
Smallest countries
SMALLEST COUNTRIES (in sq mi) 2004
1. Vatican City 0.17
2. Monaco 0.75
3. Nauru 8.11
4. Tuvalu 10.0
5. San Marino 23.6
6. Liechtenstein 62.0
7. Marshall Islands 70.0
8. Saint Kitts and Nevis 101.0
9. Maldives 116.0
10. Malta 122.0
HIGHEST POPULATION DENSITY (per sq mi) 2004
1. Monaco 42,861
2. Singapore 16,279
3. Vatican City 5,362
4. Malta 3,253
5. Maldives 2,930
6. Bahrain 2,640
7. Bangladesh 2,542
8. Barbados 1,672
9. Taiwan 1,638
10. Nauru 1,580
LOWEST POPULATION DENSITY (per sq mi) 2004
1. Western Sahara 2.6
2. Mongolia 4.6
3. Namibia 6.1
4. Australia 6.7
5. Botswana 6.7
6. Suriname 6.9
7. Iceland 7.4
8. Mauritania 7.5
9. Libya 8.3
10. Canada 8.4
HIGHEST GDP PER CAPITA (PPP in U.S. dollars) 2003
1. Luxembourg $55,100
2. United States 37,800
3. Norway 37,700
4. San Marino 34,600
5. Switzerland 32,800
6. Denmark 31,200
7. Iceland 30,900
8. Austria 30,000
9. Ireland 29,800
10. Canada 29,700
LOWEST GDP PER CAPITA (PPP in U.S. dollars) 2003
1. Somalia $500
Sierra Leone 500
East Timor 500
4. Tanzania 600
Malawi 600
Congo, Dem. Rep. 600
Burundi 600
8. Ethiopia 700
Eritrea 700
Congo, Rep. of 700
Comoros 700
Afghanistan 700
HIGHEST INFLATION 2003
1. Zimbabwe 383.4%
2. Angola 106.0
3. Myanmar 52.8
4. Haiti 37.3
5. Venezuela 31.1
6. Belarus 30.0
7. Iraq 27.5
8. Malawi 27.4
9. Ghana 26.4
10. Uzbekistan 21.9
LOWEST INFLATION 2003
1. Nauru â3.6%
2. Brunei â2.0
3. Lithuania â1.0
4. Barbados â0.5
5. St. Vincent and the Grenadines â0.4
6. Japan â0.3
7. Taiwan â0.2
8. Czech Republic 0.0
9. Uganda 0.1
10. Oman 0.3
HIGHEST INFANT MORTALITY RATE (deaths per 1,000 births) 2004
1. Angola 192.5
2. Afghanistan 166.0
3. Sierra Leone 145.2
4. Mozambique 137.1
5. Western Sahara 133.6
6. Liberia 130.5
7. Niger 122.7
8. Somalia 118.5
9. Mali 118.0
10. Tajikistan 112.1