Speed Records: Cars, Trains, Bikes, Boats, and More
Speed Thrills

Here are speed records set by some of the world’s fastest-moving vehicles. Many of these vehicles were specially built, and all were operated by professionals—so don’t try this at home!

Land car

Andy Green, behind the wheel of ThrustSSC (Super-Sonic Car), zoomed at a speed of 763.05 m.p.h. in Black Rock Desert, Nevada, on October 15, 1997. It took him only a few seconds to travel one mile.

Railed Vehicle

The fastest conventional train (one built to carry passengers) is France’s TGV (tres grande vitesse, which means very great speed). On a test run in 1990, it barreled along the tracks at a top speed of 456 m.p.h. while carrying just a few cars. The record for a train on a scheduled route goes to a TGV that travels on a line from Paris to Strasbourg, in France. In 2007, it reached a top speed of 357 miles per hour.

Non-conventional vehicle

In 2003, an unmanned sled train propelled by a rocket motor traveled 6,453 m.p.h—more than eight times the speed of sound—at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico.

Water-borne vehicle

In 1998, the Spirit of Australia, steered by Aussie Ken Warby, raced over the waters of Blowering Dam, Australia, at an average speed of 317.18 m.p.h. Warby not only piloted his jet-powered hydroplane but he also built it from scratch in his backyard.

Motorcycle

American Dave Campos rode Easyriders, his 23-foot-long streamliner-style motorcycle, at an average speed of 322.87 m.p.h. He sped his supercycle over the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah in 1990.

Bicycle

In 1995, Fred Rompelberg of the Netherlands pedaled his way to history. The professional bicycler reached a speed of 167.04 m.p.h., also on Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats.

About Our Body

50,000 of the cells in your body will die and be replaced with :new cells, all while you have been reading this sentence!

In one hour, your heart works hard enough to produce the equivalent energy to raise almost 1 ton of weight 1 yard off :the ground.

Scientists have counted over 500 different liver functions.

In 1 square inch of skin there lies 4 yards of nerve fibers, 1300 nerve cells, 100 sweat glands, 3 million cells, and 3 yards of blood vessels.

The structural plan of a whale's, a dog's, a bird's and a man's 'arm' are exactly the same.

world's first test-tube twins were born in June 1981.

There are 45 miles of nerves in the skin of a human being.In a year, a person`s heart beats 40,000,000 times.

:Most people blink about 25 times a minute.

Each square inch of human skin consists of twenty feet of :blood vessels. :

Nerve impulses to and from the brain travel as fast as 170 :miles per hour.

Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks otherwise it will digest itself.

Your left lung is smaller than your right lung to make room for :your heart.

You use an average of 43 muscles for a frown. You use an average of 17 muscles for a smile.

Every two thousand frowns :creates one wrinkle.

The average human blinks his eyes 6,205,000 times each year. :

The average human produces a quart of saliva a day or 10,000 gallons in a lifetime.

Every person has a unique tongue print.

The average human's heart will beat 3,000 million times in their lifetime.

average human will pump 48 million gallons of blood in :their lifetime.

burn 26 calories in a one-minute kiss.

The average human body contains enough: Sulphur to kill all fleas on an average dog, Carbon to make 900 pencils, Potassium to fire :a toy cannon, Fat to make 7 bars of soap, Phosphorus to make :2,200 matchheads, and enough Water to fill a ten-gallon tank.

:Among the first known "dentists" of the world were the Etruscans. :In 700 BC they carved false teeth from the teeth of various :mammals :and produced partial bridgework good enough to eat with.

Ophthalmic surgery was one of the most advanced areas of medicine in the ancient world. Detailed descriptions of delicate cataract surgery with sophisticated needle syringes is contained in the medical writings of Celsus (A.D.14-37)

A sneeze zooms out of your mouth at over 100 m.p.h.

If you were freeze-dried, 10% of your body weight would be from :the microorganisms on your body. According to the World Health Organization, there are :approximately 100 million acts of sexual intercourse each day.

Your ears and nose continue to grow throughout your entire life.

When you eat meat and drink milk in the same meal, your body does not absorb any of the milk's calcium. It is best to have 2 hours between the milk and meat intake.

Only humans and horses have hymens.

The tooth is the only part of the human body that can't repair itself.

Every human spent about half an hour as a single cell. :

Are You Drunk??

HISTORY FACTS ABOUT INDIA

Some of the following facts may be known to you. These facts were recently published in a German magazine, which deals with WORLD HISTORY FACTS ABOUT INDIA.
1
India never invaded any country in her last 1000 years of history.
2
India invented the Number system. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
3
The world's first University was established in Takshila in 700BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century BC was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.
4
According to the Forbes magazine, Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software.
5
Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans.
6
Although western media portray modern images of India as poverty striken and underdeveloped through political corruption, India was once the richest empire on earth.
7
The art of navigation was born in the river Sindh 5000 years ago. The very word "Navigation" is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH.
8
The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is now k! ! nown as the Pythagorean Theorem. British scholars have last year (1999) officially published that Budhayan's works dates to the 6 th Century which is long before the European mathematicians.
9
Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India. Quadratic equations were by Sridharacharya in the 11 th Century; the largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Indians used numbers as big as 1053.
10
According to the Gemmological Institute of America, up until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds to the world.
11
USA based IEEE has proved what has been a century-old suspicion amongst academics that the pioneer of wireless communication was Pr! ! ofessor Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi.
12
The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra.
13
Chess was invented in India.
14
Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health scientists of his time conducted surgeries like cesareans, cataract, fractures and urinary stones. Usage of anaesthesia was well known in ancient India
15
When many cultures in the world were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilisation).
16
The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India in 100 BC.

*~*~Every Indian Proud~*~*

Q. Who is the GM of Hewlett Packard (hp) ?
A. Rajiv Gupta

Q. Who is the creator of Pentium chip (needs no introduction as 90% of the today's computers run on it)?
A. Vinod Dahm

Q. Who is the third richest man on the world?
A. According to the latest report on Fortune Magazine, it is Azim Premji, who is the CEO of Wipro Industries. The Sultan of Brunei is at 6 th position now.

Q. Who is the founder and creator of Hotmail (Hotmail is world's No.1 web based email program)?
A. Sabeer Bhatia

Q. Who is the president of AT & T-Bell Labs (AT & T-Bell Labs is the creator of program languages such as C, C++, Unix to name a few)?
A. Arun Netravalli

Q. Who is the new MTD (Microsoft Testing Director) of Windows 2000, responsible to iron out all initial problems?
A. Sanjay Tejwrika

Q. Who are the Chief Executives of CitiBank, Mckensey & Stanchart?
A. Victor Menezes, Rajat Gupta, and Rana Talwar.


Indians are the wealthiest among all ethnic groups in America, even faring better than the whites and the natives.

There are 3.22 millions of Indians in USA (1.5% of population). YET,

38% of doctors in USA are Indians.

12% scientists in USA are Indians.

36% of NASA scientists are Indians.

34% of Microsoft employees are Indians.

28% of IBM employees are Indians.

17% of INTEL scientists are Indians.

13% of XEROX employees are Indians.

AmaZing Art

Just press CTRL+A to select all and you will know why it is so. (properly work in Internet Explorer)

A 2-Way Mirror, Be aware

A two-way mirror is often called a "one-way mirror" by members of the general public. The misconception is that such a mirror acts as a mirror from one side, and acts as a window (letting light through) from the other side.

How to determine if a mirror are 2 way or not (Not a Joke!), Not to scare you, but to make sure that you aware. Many of the hotels and textile showrooms cheat the customers this way & watch privately.

HOW TO DETECT A 2-WAY MIRROR:

When we visit toilets, bathrooms, hotel rooms, changing rooms, etc., how many of you know for sure that the seemingly ordinary mirror hanging on the wall is a real mirror, Or actually a 2-way mirror i.e., they can see you, but you can't see them).

There have been many cases of people installing 2-way mirrors in female changing rooms or bathroom or bedrooms. It is very difficult to positively identify the surface by just looking at it. So, how do we determine with any amount of certainty what type of mirror we are looking at?

CONDUCT THIS SIMPLE TEST:

Place the tip of your fingernail against the reflective surface and if there is a GAP between your fingernail and the image of the nail, then it is a GENUINE mirror. However, if your fingernail DIRECTLY TOUCHES the image of your nail, then
BEWARE, IT IS A 2-WAY MIRROR! (There is someone seeing you from the other side).

So remember, every time you see a mirror, do the "fingernail test." It does not cost you anything. It is simple to do. This is a good thing to do.

The reason there is a gap on a real mirror, is that the silver is on the back of the mirror UNDER the glass. Whereas with a two-way mirror, the silver is on the Surface.

Keep it in mind! Make sure and check every time you enter in hotel rooms. May be someone is making a film on you.

Interesting Real Facts (Strange but True)

1
69% Americans use Internet & 5.5% Indians only.
2
El Azizia in Libya recorded a temperature of 136 degrees Fahrenheit (57.8 Celsius) on Sept. 13, 1922 - the hottest ever measured.
3
Plastics take 500 years to break down.
4
America has 30.30% airports of the world & India has only 0.70%.
5
There are roughly 4,000 known minerals, although only about 200 are of major importance.
6
The total surface area of the Earth is 197 million square miles.
7
Crocodile only animal & reptile that sheds tear while eating.
8
The world’s deadliest recorded earthquake occurred in 1557 in central China, more than 830,000 people were killed.
9
Angel Falls in Venezuela is the worlds highest waterfall, The water of Falls drops 3,212 feet (979 meters).

10
The sunrays reached at the earth in 8 minutes & 3 seconds.
11
8.7 million of United State residents who were born in Asia.
12
The world’s population has been increased 3.1 billion in last 40 years.
13
180 million nos. of Valentine’s Day cards exchanged annually, making Valentine’s Day the second-most popular greeting-card-giving occasion.
14
3,467 Nos. of confectionery nut stores in the United States, they are among the best sources of sweets for Valentine’s Day.
15
4% people drink cold drink daily.
16
Traffic lights are being used before the invention of motor car.
17
More than 50 million Americans said they had a disability; for 32.5 million of them, the disability was severe.
18
About 40% Proportion of all Valentine card purchases which parents account for.
19
First Stock Exchange of America was in Philadelphia & it was established in 1791.
20
Girls however are slightly more likely than boys to use home computers for e-mail, word processing and completing school assignments than playing games.
21
A normal person laughs five times in a day.
22
Approximate 300 million film tickets are sold every year in India.
23
In Britain 70% mothers go for work.
24
More artists live in California than any other state in the United States. There are 10,000 arts organizations in California.
25
Alfred Southwick developed the idea of using electric current & Professionally he was a Dentist (MDS, DDS).
26
A man says average 4850 words in 24 hours.
27
The world's populaton is approximately 6.53 billion (2006), India & China represent 36.92% of the world's populations.
28
Look at your zipper. See the initials YKK? It stands for Yoshida Kogyo kabushikigaisha, the world's largest zipper manufacturer.
29
40 percent of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
30
315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.
31
Chocolate can be killed dogs! True, chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system. A few ounces is enough to kill a small sized dog.
32
Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as a medicine.
33
Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
34
Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
35
There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.
36
Leonardo da Vinci invented scissors.
37
Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to slow a film down so you could see his moves. That's the opposite of the norm.
38
The original name for the butterfly was "flutterby"!
39
By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand.
40
Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.
41
Dentists recommend that a toothbrush be kept at least six feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.
42
The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.
43
Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than the entire Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
44
Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.
45
The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.
46
To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, prick your fingers into its eyeballs. It will let you go instantly.
47
The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
48
The "pound" (#) key on your keyboard is called an octothorp.
49
The only domestic animal not mentioned in the Bible is the cat.
50
Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

What is a Dream?

There is a little disagreement on exactly what dreams are about, but most scientists agree on this basic explanation: Your brain pieces together images and stories from random electrical pulses it receives from the brain stem. These pulses are sent out every hour and a half or so, while you are sleeping. Your forebrain (the front part of your brain) tries to make sense of the signals, like you would try to make sense of an abstract painting. The way your brain interprets these signals determines what you dream about.

What Do Dreams Mean?
It's hard to know exactly what dreams mean - or if they mean anything at all. Interpreting dreams is a very complex procedure. Some sleep experts think the way your brain interprets the electrical pulses may tell you about yourself - in the same way an ink blot test can.

Dream interpretations dates back to 3000-4000 B.C..Back in the Greek and Roman era, dream interpreters accompanied military leaders into battle. Dreams were extremely significant and often seen as messages from the gods. They were seen in a religious context and in Egypt, priests also acted as dream interpreters. The Egyptians recorded their dreams in hieroglyphics. People with particular vivid and significant dreams were believed to be blessed and were considered special. People who had the power to interpret dreams were looked up to and seen as divinely gifted. In the bible, there are over seven hundred mentions of dreams. Tracing back to these ancient cultures, people had always had an inclination to interpret dreams

Dreams were also seen as prophetic. People often looked to their dreams for signs of warning and advice. Dreams often dictated the actions of political and military leaders and aided in diagnosis for the medicine men. Dreams was a vital clue for healers in what was wrong with the dreamer and used them to make a diagnosis.

The Chinese believed that the soul leaves the body to go into this world. However, if they should be suddenly awakened, their soul may fail to return to the body. For this reason, some Chinese today, are wary of alarm clocks. Some Native American tribes and Mexican civilizations share this same notion of a distinct dream dimension. They believed that their ancestors lived in their dreams and take on non-human forms like plants. They see that dreams as a way of visiting and having contact with their ancestors. Dreams also helped to point their mission or role in life.

In modern times Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis, developed a theory of dreams which he published in his famous book, The Interpretation of Dreams. To Freud the dream was the "royal road to the unconscious" and represented a wish, often sexual in nature, that we repress because it is unacceptable.

This view of dreams has now largely been discounted, not least by a follower of Freud, the psychiatrist Carl Jung. He saw dreams as a way of the unconscious communicating with the conscious part of ourselves in order to bring something to our notice and restore our equilibrium.

Carl Jung, thought that images in dreams (monsters, masks, 'rents, whatever), represent the same things to all people. He called it our "collective unconscious." This kind of thinking that has inspired dream dictionaries, which attach specific meanings to major symbols that may show up in your dreams. Others believe that the meanings behind your dreams are more personal than that and may be shaped by past experiences.

In ancient times the holy men like priests or the professional interpreters use to interpret dreams. Most of the ancient kings and emperors used to appoint learned persons for the interpretation of dreams and other such experiences. This is also true that in those days most of the dreams were said to be of divine value.

In Hindu mythology, there are many accounts of dreams wherein future events were forecast. In Hindu's most popular epic "Ramayana" there are accounts of many precognitive dreams. When king Dashrath was on death-bed, his sons Bharat and Shatrughna were in their maternal grandparent's town. One might both of them had a peculiar dream in which they saw, their father king Dashrath died. When awoke Bharat and Shatrughna were stark worried about their father's health and hence they started donating valuables to the poors to mitigate the effect of the bad dream. But by noon they received a message of their father's death. He had passed away at the same time when they had the dream of his demise. In another chapter Sati Sulochana, wife of great demon warrior Meghnath , had a precognitive dream about her husband's death.

In Mahabaratha, the great Indian epic there are several accounts of dreams. Gandhari, the mother of one hundred sons, the Kauravas, had a dream when the great war between Kauravas and Pandvas was on in Kurukshetra. In her dream she saw a tree bearing ripe berries; she was hungry and one hundred dead bodies of her sons were scattered all around her. Berries were at height so she piled up the dead bodies and scaled them to pluck some berries. When awakened Gandhari was frightened to have that dream. But the dream forecast proved correct as all her hundred sons were killed in the war. Likewise there are innumerable dream-episodes in many ancient epics, Vedas, Purans and Shastras. A great significance has been credited to their favour.

It is also believed that all the dreams are not worth-interpretation or have any significance. Only the dreams which are truly prophetic in nature carry a significance. Dreams had after heavy dinner, or after consumption of a drug, alcohol etc. have no significance.

Similarly, dreams related to dreamer's own profession or activity have least significance. For example, a lawyer dreaming about a court case carries no significance. Prophetic dreams that have significance usually appear during the deepest part of our night's sleep, generally between 2:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. Such dreams are good for interpretation.

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About Love

1)
If you love someone, let them go. If they return to you, it was meant to be. If they don't, their love was never yours to begin with...

-Unknown

2)
Love is hard work; and hard work sometimes hurts!

-Unknown

3)
True love never dies for it is lust that fades away. Love bonds for a lifetime but lust just pushes away.

-Alicia Barnhart

4)
You call it madness, but I call it love.

-Don Byas

5)
Who says love never lives? Maybe we've never lived.

-Unknown

6)
He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes.

-Buddha

7)
Some love lasts a lifetime. True love lasts forever.

-Unknown

8)
Love is not blind - It sees more and not less, but because it sees more it is willing to see less.

-Will Moss

9)
If love is great, and there are no greater things, then what I feel for you must be the greatest.

-Unknown

10)
The eskimos have 52 words for snow because it is so special to them; there ought to be as many for love!

-Margaret Atwood

Main talashtaa hu apne yaar ko

Main talashtaa hu apne yaar ko
Kahi to hoga, koi to hoga
Jo pukarta hoga mere naam ko...

In waadiyo se puchta hu...
Uske ghar ka pataa...
Koi to hai is jahaan me...

Jo mujhe bhi dhoondhta hoga apni yaadon me.
Main talashtaa hu apne pyaar ko
Main talashtaa hu apne yaar ko

Koi to hai jo karta hoga mera intezaar
Koi to hai jo hoga bekaraar
Koi to hai jo samajhta hoga yeh khaamoshiya

Jiska dil bhi dhadakta hoga mere dil ke saath
Main talashtaa hu apne pyaar ko
Main talashtaa hu apne yaar ko

Wo manzil bhi mujhe pukaarti hogi
Wo raaste bhi muje dekhte honge
Koi to hai, jinki baahon ko
Hoga sirf mera intezaar

Main talashtaa hu apne pyaar ko
Main talashtaa hu apne yaar ko

Mujhe Bhool ja!!!!!

Pyaar ki kya hai intehaa..
Mujhey kya khabar, Mujhey kya pata….
Dhadak rahi merey dil mey aaj,
Ek teri kami, Ek teri Sadaa….

Gum-e-Duniya sey hum bhaag kar,
Aa Bethey terey pehlu mey hum,
Dil maangey ab bus yeh dua,
Ki chhodh dey yeh Jism-o-Jaa….

Ek aawaz sii peecha karti hai,
Ek kami sii dil mey khalti hai,
Bolo Kaisey tum ko bhoolun mein,
Tu Aag hai, Mein hu Dhuuaa….

Gum naa karna kabhi mera tum,
Muskurana yun hi hardam tum…
Lo Hum jaa rahey hai chod kar,
Teri mehfiley, Teri yeh duniyaa….

Di khalish tumney, kiya gumjada,
Karo aur sitam ek mujhpar tum…..
Mein bhi jee loongi terey bagair,
Tu bhi Mujhey Bhool Jaa….Mujhey Bhool Jaa….

Tujhe bhoolne ki koshish

Tujhe bhoolne ki koshish mein,
Jab dil ye zid pe aa gaya,
Main aankh moond ke baith gayi,
Tu khayaal pe phir chaa gaya…


Ye dhadkan kahin ruk jaaye naa,
Meri nabz Thehr naa jaaye kahin,
Tune Waqt kiya mera lamha lamha,
Magar maut ko aasaan bana gaya…


Meri har daleel ko kiya ansuni,
Meri fariyaad bhi to suni nahin,
Main Hairaan hu, haa Kuch Pareshaan hu,
Aisa Faislaa tu mujhe suna gaya…


Mujhe chaand ki kabhi talab na thi,
Mujhe suraj ki bhi fikr nahin,
Bas aankh kholna hi chahte the ham,
Magar Tu roshni hi bujha gaya…


Beshak bhoolna tujhe chaha bahut,
Hans kar kabhi, ro kar kabhi,
De kar ye aansuon ki saugaat mujhe,
Tu daaman apna bacha gaya …

ITS HAPPENS ONLY IN BOLLYWOOD

IT CAN HAPPEN ONLY IN INDIAN MOVIES

Baghban

Amitabh Bachchan and Hema Malini are separated right after Holi remember Amitabh singing Holi khele Raghubeera?) . They are said to be separated for six months, ie from March to September. Within that six-month period, they celebrate Valentine's Day, which falls on February 14, and karva chauth, which is usually observed in October. There is no way these two occasions could come between March and September!

Lagaan

Lagaan was shot in the late 19th century. At the time, an over in cricket used to consist of 8 balls. But in this movie, an over has 6 balls.
Maybe modern cricket learnt from the movie.

Amar Akbar Anthony

Three men donate blood at the same time to the same person.

Awwal Number

Dev Anand is an omnipotent genius -- former cricketer, captain, army chief, commissioner, you name it. And Aamir Khan carries a huge transistor in his pocket while batting!

Khalnayak

The police tracks the villain from an MS Word Document screen! something that office team will be interested in)

Pyar To Hona Hi Tha

Kajol gets off the train to use the public toilet at the railway station and the train chugs off without her. Poor girl,little did she know that every train compartment has four toilets inside.

Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi

Akshay Kumar boards a Jet Airways flight to America. Well, well, some promotion for our Indian Jet Airways. Since when did they start flying international?

Raja Hindustani

Navneet Nishan has short hair before marriage. After tying the knot, she acquires waist-length hair overnight. What a hair-raising experience!

Raja

Dilip Tahil empties a can of petrol over Madhuri Dixit. Minutes later, Sanjay Kapoor takes the same can and pours it over Dilip Tahil. That's what I call an autofill!

Guddu

Manisha Koirala and Shah Rukh Khan are seen hanging on a parachute during a song. But when the song ends, they land on a glider. What a switch above sea level!

Tere Mere Sapne

Priya Gill is doing her BA. But at the bus stop, she is carrying an electrical technology thesis by B L Theraja. What an electrifying interest!