top 7 interesting facts about Doctors

Here is the top 5 interesting facts about Doctors : - 

1.        Doctor’s rigorous training ensures at a minimum a very high level of competency and professionalism.  Dr Mohammed Saed of Bradford England practiced as a doctor for over 30 years, during which time he prescribed creosote and suppositories to be taken orally, misdiagnosed everything from heart disease to a brain tumour the size of an orange. A whistle blowing pharmacist finally put an end to his practice (or should that practicing) when he prescribed cough medicine as a scalp tonic.

2.       Male doctors are best.  An analysis of almost 5,000 doctors and dentists referred to the National Clinical Assessment Service over the past eight years because of worries about their performance shows men outnumbering their female colleagues by 3-1.

3.       Older more experienced doctors are better than younger doctors. In a USA study of heart attack victims, mortality rates rose 1% for every two years since a patient’s doctor graduated from medical school.

4.       Doctors are poorly paid. The average salary for GPs is 110k, which compares well with that of a chartered accountant (senior) 100k, Architect 60k and lawyer 52k, and the glamorous newer profession of airplane pilot 63k.

5.       Doctors work long hours. A ‘journal of American medical  association’ study of 2008 saw the hours doctors work on average fell from 55 to 51 between 1996 2008, this fall in hours worked was not seen elsewhere in America professions or business ( which actually saw a rise in hours worked during that period)

6.       Young doctors are no less competent than their older colleagues. Some might think that newly trained doctors would bring many benefits with them. Fresh from medical school, highly motivated, full of enthusiasm, up to date with the latest medical techniques,  and above all well supervised ( therefore less prone to error) . In fact according to an Imperial College London study, newly trained doctors hitting the wards in august cause an 8% rise in mortality.

7.       Doctors are good for you. A persistent but puzzling fact first identified in 1978, the more doctors in a given community the higher the mortality rate. This statistical fact was confirmed by a truly monumental study (Cornel University 2001) which included; 47 Japanese prefectures, all 3,000 + counties of the USA, and 29 (mostly) European countries. The bad news was it found the more doctors in your community the more likely you were to die (the good news ,if you can call it that, was this increased mortality rate was due to a complex combination of factors, many of the centred on the deleterious effects of urban living and not the lethality of doctors).

Publisher: moath - 1:13 PM

interesting facts about volcano

1- Inside the vents of active volcanoes bacteria live in conditions equivalent to a vat of hydrochloric acid. They’re not fussy about their homes!

2- Mount Fuji, the volcano that towers over the Japanese capital Tokyo, last erupted in 1707.The earthquakes and tsunami that followed killed 30,000 people and the rice fields were left barren for 100 years.

3- The lava (molten rock) that erupts out of a volcano can be as hot as 1,200 degrees Celsius (2,200 degrees Fahrenheit) and the power of a large eruption can equal that of a million nuclear bombs.

4- There is a super volcano underneath Yellowstone Park, USA that last erupted 640,000 years ago. If it erupted now, ash would be thrown over the whole of the USA and the entire world’s climate would change – perhaps enough to wipe out humans completely.

5- When the volcano Krakatau erupted in Indonesia in 1883, it made the loudest noise in recorded history – it could be heard hundreds of miles away and the sound waves travelled around the globe at least three times!

6- Under the sea, rock moves around slowly and is recycled! It goes back under the surface of the Earth to melt and re-emerges through volcanoes.The entire seabed is renewed every 150–200 million years.

7- Sometimes, a volcano explodes with such force that it blows apart completely.When this happens to an island volcano, the whole island can be destroyed.

8- Samosir is an island within an island – it is in Lake Toba, on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.The lake formed when the super volcano Toba erupted about 70,000 years ago.The island growing in the middle of the lake is actually a new volcano.

9- A new island called Surtur’s Island, near Iceland, was born in 1963! A volcano under the sea poured out lava which hardened and piled up to form the island.

10- The Kilauea volcano in Hawaii has been erupting constantly since 1983, throwing out 5 cubic metres (176 cubic feet) of lava every second! Publisher: moath - 7:49 AM

top 5 world war 2 facts

1- Percy Spencer (USA) invented the microwave oven in 1945, using new technology developed for military defence during the Second World War.

2- Radar was first used to detect enemy aircraft during the Second World War.

3- The first programmable computer, Colossus, was built in England during the Second World War to crack coded enemy messages.All 14 Colossus computers were destroyed after the war and the British government denied they had ever existed.

4- A chemical found in asparagus attracts fish. During the First World War,American soldiers were issued with asparagus so that if they were stranded near water they could eat the asparagus, urinate in the water and catch some fish to eat!

5- In the First World War, soldiers used the super-absorbent sphagnum moss to bandage their wounds. It can soak up four times as much blood as cotton bandages, but was a disgusting colour, like dried pus! Publisher: moath - 7:58 AM

facts about technology

1- Rubber bands last longer if they are kept in a refrigerator.

2- An average sized teacup can hold around 1 million grains of sand.

3- Electric bug-zappers actually attract bugs.They only kill a small proportion of the bugs they attract, so you may be bitten by more bugs if you have one than if you don’t!

4- There is enough lead in a pencil to draw a line that is 56 kilometres (35 miles) long.You’d need a good pencil sharpener though!

5- Marek Turowski (UK) reached a speed of 148 kilometres (92 miles) per hour driving a motorized couch in May 2007.

6- British scientists found that a robotic nose is better at detecting smells if it is given a coating of artificial bogeys!

7- Scientists are working on a ‘cloak of invisibility’ that will hide objects by making light waves flow around them, like water flowing around a rock in a river.

8- There’s a reason why tomato ketchup won’t come out of the bottle and then falls out in a huge dollop – it’s called shear thinning. Some thick liquids go thin when shaken but no one knows exactly how it works and scientists can’t predict when it will happen.

9- Amazonian Indians heat poison arrow frogs over a fire to sweat the poison out of them. They use the poison to tip their hunting arrows.

10- Earth race is said to be the world’s fastest eco-boat. It’s partly powered by human fat from its crew-members! Publisher: moath - 7:38 AM

The Top-100 Facts about Chuck Norris

1. Chuck Norris' tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried. Ever.
2. Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits.
3. Chuck Norris is currently suing NBC, claiming Law and Order are trademarked names for his left and right legs.
4. The chief export of Chuck Norris is pain.
5. If you can see Chuck Norris, he can see you. If you can't see Chuck Norris, you may be only seconds away from death.
6. Chuck Norris has counted to infinity. Twice.
7. Chuck Norris does not hunt because the word hunting implies the probability of failure. Chuck Norris goes killing.
8. Chuck Norris doesn’t wash his clothes, he disembowels them.
9. Chuck Norris is 1/8th Cherokee. This has nothing to do with ancestry, the man ate a f***ing Indian.
10. In fine print on the last page of the Guinness Book of World Records it notes that all world records are held by Chuck Norris, and those listed in the book are simply the closest anyone else has ever gotten.
11. There is no chin behind Chuck Norris' beard. There is only another fist.
12. Chuck Norris once roundhouse kicked someone so hard that his foot broke the speed of light, went back in time, and killed Amelia Earhart while she was flying over thePacific Ocean.
13. Crop circles are Chuck Norris' way of telling the world that sometimes corn needs to lie the f*** down.
14. Chuck Norris is ten feet tall, weighs two-tons, breathes fire, and could eat a hammer and take a shotgun blast standing. He doesn't need your vote in the BusinessWeek Power 100; 'Bob Mantz' does.  Vote 'Bob Mantz' and 'Chuck Norris' athttp://www.businessweek.com/power100/poll.html
15. The Great Wall of China was originally created to keep Chuck Norris out. It failed miserably.
16. If you ask Chuck Norris what time it is, he always says, "Two seconds 'till." After you ask, "Two seconds 'til what?" he roundhouse kicks you in the face.
17. Chuck Norris drives an ice cream truck covered in human skulls.
18. Chuck Norris sold his soul to the devil for his rugged good looks and unparalleled martial arts ability. Shortly after the transaction was finalized, Chuck roundhouse-kicked the devil in the face and took his soul back. The devil, who appreciates irony, couldn't stay mad and admitted he should have seen it coming. They now play poker every second Wednesday of the month.
19. There is no theory of evolution, just a list of creatures Chuck Norris allows to live.
20. Chuck Norris once ate three 72 oz. steaks in one hour. He spent the first 45 minutes having sex with his waitress.
21. Chuck Norris is the only man to ever defeat a brick wall in a game of tennis.
22. Chuck Norris doesn't churn butter. He roundhouse kicks the cows and the butter comes straight out.
23. When Chuck Norris sends in his taxes, he sends blank forms and includes only a picture of himself, crouched and ready to attack. Chuck Norris has not had to pay taxes ever.
24. The quickest way to a man's heart is with Chuck Norris' fist.
25. A Handicap parking sign does not signify that this spot is for handicapped people. It is actually in fact a warning, that the spot belongs to Chuck Norris and that you will be handicapped if you park there.
26. Chuck Norris will attain statehood in 2009. His state flower will be the Magnolia.
27. Nagasaki never had a bomb dropped on it. Chuck Norris jumped out of a plane and punched the ground.
28. Chuck Norris originally appeared in the "Street Fighter II" video game, but was removed by Beta Testers because every button caused him to do a roundhouse kick. When asked bout this "glitch," Norris replied, "That's no glitch."
29. The opening scene of the movie "Saving Private Ryan" is loosely based on games of dodge ball Chuck Norris played in second grade.
30. Chuck Norris once shot down a German fighter plane with his finger, by yelling, "Bang!"
31. Chuck Norris once bet NASA he could survive re-entry without a spacesuit. On July 19th, 1999, a naked Chuck Norris re-entered the earth's atmosphere, streaking over 14 states and reaching a temperature of 3000 degrees. An embarrassed NASA publicly claimed it was a meteor, and still owes him a beer.
32. Chuck Norris has two speeds: Walk and Kill.
33. Someone once tried to tell Chuck Norris that roundhouse kicks aren't the best way to kick someone. This has been recorded by historians as the worst mistake anyone has ever made.
34. Contrary to popular belief, America is not a democracy, it is a Chucktatorship.
35. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is based on a true story: Chuck Norris once swallowed a turtle whole, and when he crapped it out, the turtle was six feet tall and had learned karate.
36. Chuck Norris is not hung like a horse... horses are hung like Chuck Norris
37. Chuck Norris is the only human being to display the Heisenberg uncertainty principle -- you can never know both exactly where and how quickly he will roundhouse-kick you in the face.
38. Chuck Norris can drink an entire gallon of milk in forty-seven seconds.
39. Rather than being birthed like a normal child, Chuck Norris instead decided to punch his way out of his mother’s womb.
40. If you say Chuck Norris' name in Mongolia, the people there will roundhouse kick you in his honor. Their kick will be followed by the REAL roundhouse delivered by none other than Norris himself.
41. Time waits for no man. Unless that man is Chuck Norris.
42. Chuck Norris discovered a new theory of relativity involving multiple universes in which Chuck Norris is even more badass than in this one. When it was discovered by Albert Einstein and made public, Chuck Norris roundhouse-kicked him in the face. We know Albert Einstein today as Stephen Hawking.
43. The Chuck Norris military unit was not used in the game Civilization 4, because a single Chuck Norris could defeat the entire combined nations of the world in one turn.
44. In an average living room there are 1,242 objects Chuck Norris could use to kill you, including the room itself.
45. Chuck Norris does not teabag the ladies. He potato-sacks them.
46. Pluto is actually an orbiting group of British soldiers from the American Revolution who entered space after the Chuck gave them a roundhouse kick to the face.
47. When Chuck Norris goes to donate blood, he declines the syringe, and instead requests a hand gun and a bucket.
48. There are no weapons of mass destruction. Just Chuck Norris.
49. Chuck Norris once challenged Lance Armstrong in a "Who has more testicles?" contest. Chuck Norris won by 5.
50. Chuck Norris was the fourth wise man, who gave baby Jesus the gift of beard, which he carried with him until he died. The other three wise men were enraged by the preference that Jesus showed to Chuck's gift, and arranged to have him written out of the bible. All three died soon after of mysterious roundhouse-kick related injuries.
51. Chuck Norris sheds his skin twice a year.
52. When Chuck Norris calls 1-900 numbers, he doesn’t get charged. He holds up the phone and money falls out.
53. Chuck Norris once ate a whole cake before his friends could tell him there was a stripper in it.
54. There are no races, only countries of people Chuck Norris has beaten to different shades of black and blue.
55. Chuck Norris can't finish a "color by numbers" because his markers are filled with the blood of his victims. Unfortunately, all blood is dark red.
56. A Chuck Norris-delivered Roundhouse Kick is the preferred method of execution in 16 states.
57. When Chuck Norris falls in water, Chuck Norris doesn't get wet. Water gets Chuck Norris.
58. Chuck Norris's urine was the main ingredient for balco's designer steroids. Therefore, Chuck Norris is actually the all-time single-season home run king.
59. Scientists have estimated that the energy given off during the Big Bang is roughly equal to 1CNRhK (Chuck Norris Roundhouse Kick)
60. Chuck Norris’ house has no doors, only walls that he walks through.
61. When Chuck Norris has sex with a man, it won't be because he is gay. It will be because he has run out of women.
62. How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could Chuck Norris? ...All of it.
63. Chuck Norris doesn't actually write books, the words assemble themselves out of fear.
64. In honor of Chuck Norris, all McDonald's in Texas have an even larger size than the super-size. When ordering, just ask to be "Norrisized".
65. Chuck Norris CAN believe it's not butter.
66. If tapped, a Chuck Norris roundhouse kick could power the country of Australia for 44 minutes.
67. The grass is always greener on the other side, unless Chuck Norris has been there. In that case the grass is most likely soaked in blood and tears.
68. Newton's Third Law is wrong: Although it states that for each action, there is an equal and opposite reaction, there is no force equal in reaction to a Chuck Norris roundhouse kick.
69. Chuck Norris invented his own type of karate. It's called Chuck-Will-Kill.
70. When an episode of Walker Texas Ranger was aired in France, the French surrendered to Chuck Norris just to be on the safe side.
71. While urinating, Chuck Norris is easily capable of welding titanium.
72. Chuck Norris once sued the Houghton-Mifflin textbook company when it became apparent that their account of the war of 1812 was plagiarized from his autobiography.
73. When Steven Seagal kills a ninja, he only takes its hide. When Chuck Norris kills a ninja, he uses every part.
74. Wilt Chamberlain claims to have slept with more than 20,000 women in his lifetime. Chuck Norris calls this "a slow Tuesday."
75. Contrary to popular belief, there is indeed enough Chuck Norris to go around.
76. Chuck Norris doesn’t shave; he kicks himself in the face. The only thing that can cut Chuck Norris is Chuck Norris.
77. For some, the left testicle is larger than the right one. For Chuck Norris, each testicle is larger than the other one.
78. When taking the SAT, write "Chuck Norris" for every answer. You will score a 1600.
79. Chuck Norris invented black. In fact, he invented the entire spectrum of visible light. Except pink. Tom Cruise invented pink.
80. When you're Chuck Norris, anything + anything is equal to 1. One roundhouse kick to the face.
81. Chuck Norris has the greatest Poker-Face of all time. He won the 1983 World Series of Poker, despite holding only a Joker, a Get out of Jail Free Monopoly card, a 2 of clubs, 7 of spades and a green #4 card from the game UNO.
82. On his birthday, Chuck Norris randomly selects one lucky child to be thrown into the sun.
83. Nobody doesn't like Sara Lee. Except Chuck Norris.
84. Chuck Norris doesn't throw up if he drinks too much. Chuck Norris throws down!
85. In the beginning there was nothing...then Chuck Norris Roundhouse kicked that nothing in the face and said "Get a job". That is the story of the universe.
86. Chuck Norris has 12 moons. One of those moons is the Earth.
87. Chuck Norris grinds his coffee with his teeth and boils the water with his own rage.
88. Archeologists unearthed an old English dictionary dating back to the year 1236. It defined "victim" as "one who has encountered Chuck Norris"
89. Chuck Norris ordered a Big Mac at Burger King, and got one.
90. Chuck Norris and Mr. T walked into a bar. The bar was instantly destroyed, as that level of awesome cannot be contained in one building.
91. If you Google search "Chuck Norris getting his ass kicked" you will generate zero results. It just doesn't happen.
92. Chuck Norris doesn't bowl strikes, he just knocks down one pin and the other nine faint.
93. The show Survivor had the original premise of putting people on an island with Chuck Norris. there were no survivors and the pilot episode tape has been burned.
94. Chuck Norris brings the noise AND the funk.
95. You know how they say if you die in your dream then you will die in real life? In actuality, if you dream of death then Chuck Norris will find you and kill you.
96. Chuck Norris can slam a revolving door.
97. When Chuck Norris is in a crowded area, he doesn't walk around people. He walks through them
98. James Cameron wanted Chuck Norris to play the Terminator. However, upon reflection, he realized that would have turned his movie into a documentary, so he went with Arnold Schwarzenegger.
99. Chuck Norris can touch MC Hammer.
100. Little known medical fact: Chuck Norris invented the Caesarean section when he roundhouse-kicked his way out of his mother’s womb.
101. Chuck Norris can divide by zero. 

Publisher: moath - 6:44 AM

The Sloppiness of doctor's handwriting kills around 7,000 people each year.

The Sloppiness of doctor's handwriting kills around 7,000 people each year.

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Top 10 Facts that you might not know about Lions

The lion is a magnificent animal that appears as a symbol of power, courage and nobility on family crests, coats of arms and national flags in many civilizations. The lion is one of the four big cats in the genus Panthers, and a member of the family Filedae. With some males exceeding 250 kg in weight, it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger. 

The lion is the tallest of all living cats. You all must be thinking what is new in this, we all know about lions. Their lifestyle, their behavior and their nature is known to us. But i am sure most of you must be unaware about the facts about the lions which are given below.  Learn about lion behavior, how fast they can run, where they are found, how many lions are usually in a pride, the male’s mane, lioness differences and more.

• Although lions appear to be all one color, closer assessment reveals patches of white inside their legs and on their bellies.

• A lion’s roar can be heard from as far as 5 miles away.

• Each adult lion needs 10-15 pounds of meat every day.
• Lions are  featured in the Puranic texts of Hinduism were Narasimaha (“man-lion”) a half man, half lion incarnation of Vishnu is worshiped by his devotees and saved the child devotee Prahlada from his father, the evil demon king Hiranyakashipu.
• Lions have hair rather than fur. Hair is defined as a single-layered, thin coat and fur is a double-layered, insulated coat.
• When lions breed with tigers the resulting hybrids are known as tigers and tigons. There are also lion and leopard hybrids known as leopards and lion and jaguar hybrids known as jag lions.
• When an animal is killed, lions will eat virtually every part of it–the skin, meat, intestines, even the eyeballs.

•   But they don’t eat the stomach. It must smell bad to lions because they often bury it.
• The lions cubs are very vulnerable to predators such as hyenas, leopards and black-backed jackals. At three months old they start displaying stalking behavior although they don’t begin hunting until they are about 1. It takes another year until they until they begin to hunt efficiently.
• Around the same time they leave the comfort of their mother.Lions remain inactive for up to 20 hours each day. They wait until the coolest, darkest times to hunt.
• Hunting generally is done in the dark by the lionesses. They often hunt in groups of two or three, using teamwork to stalk, surround, and kill their prey.

•   Lionesses aren’t the most successful of hunters, because they usually score only one kill out of several tries. After the kill the males usually eat first, lionesses next—and the cubs get what’s left.
• Unlike most cats, lions are excellent swimmers.
• A male lion marks the territory of his pride by spraying a mixture of urine and glandular secretions on tree trunks and bushes.
• Most lions drink water daily if available, but can go four or five days without it.
• Lions in captivity live twice as long as those in the wild (25-30 years in captivity; 15 in the wild).
• For the lion and lioness couple, it’s all about quantity, not quality. Though romps usually only last for 10 seconds, the process is repeated up to 40 times a day.
• A lion can run up to a maximum speed of 80 kilometers per hour.

• The lion is the only member of the cat family with a tasseled tail, which serves a purpose beyond aesthetics. It’s often used to signal to other members of the pride, with messages ranging from directional, “this way” commands to flirtatious, “come hither” invitations.
• Lions are the only social cats, living in groups called prides.
• A pride comprises of interconnected females and one to four adult males ~ young male lions are kicked out of the pride when they show signs of maturity.

Publisher: moath - 11:01 PM

top 10 most interesting facts about Monday

10 most interesting facts about Monday, about which you might not guess. As always, we tried to show you by British scientists.

1. Most people do not smile until 11.16 on Monday morning.

  2. The best way to overcome hatred by Monday are watching TV, sex, online shopping, buying chocolate or cosmetics, as well as vacation planning.

3. 50% of employees are late on Monday to work.

 4. Most people are missing 12 minutes trying to complain on Monday.

  5.  Most of the Mondays syndrome affects people between the ages of 45 to 54 years.

 6. On Mondays, staff productivity remains only for 3.5 hours.

 7. Monday is the most suicides.

 8. On Monday, the number of victims of heart attacks increases by 20%.

 9. Monday – the least rainy day of the week.

 10. And something positive: Monday is the best day to buy a car, as most sales are made on weekends and fewer vendors are counted it successful sale of the day, and as a result – more willing to make the discount.

Publisher: moath - 11:00 PM

10 interesting Facts about The Eiffel Tower part (2)

Everyone thinks they´ve heard all there is to know about the Eiffel Tower in Paris. However, you may be quite surprised when you hear LocalNomad´s 10 following facts about the mysteries that surround the Iron Lady…

1. In 1960 French president, Charles de Gaulle, negotiated a secret agreement with the Mayor of Montreal, Jean Drapeau, to temporarily dismount the Eiffel Tower and relocate it to Canada for the 1967 Universal Exposition. Thankfully this was vetoed by the company which operated the tower who feared that the French government would not be willing to return the tower to its original location.
2. Few people realize that the Eiffel Tower played a crucial role in the First World War during the Battle of the Marne in 1914. Signals would actually be sent out from the top of the tower in order to direct the French troops to the front line.
3. From 1925 to 1935, the Eiffel Tower, nicknamed the “Iron Lady” was used as a commercial billboard by CITROEN, a local French company that sells motor vehicles. The tower was equipped with a large series of illuminated letters that spelled out CITROEN vertically. No other brand has ever used this legendary monument as an advertising medium.
4. The Eiffel Tower´s first floor is currently under renovation as they begin to make way for new buildings and public spaces. By the end of the construction the 1st floor will have a completely fresh and modern appearance including a new restaurant and an event hall.
5. François Reichelt was a French tailor at the start of the twentieth century who fashioned a make-shift parachute with the intention of jumping off the Eiffel Tower. Unfortunately for him, jumping from the first floor of the Eiffel Tower proved unsuccessful. He remains famous to this day thanks to all the documentation that exists on his attempt, including a live video and images of the fall.
6. Few people realize that publishing night time photos of the Eiffel Tower is strictly prohibited without contacting the Société Nouvelle d’Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel (SNTE) and paying a legal copyright fee. The SNTE reserves all rights when the lights are a glow. This is not the case for day time photos on the other hand.
7. 20 years after its construction the Eiffel tower was almost completely dismounted and scrapped. All the parts were intended to be dismantled and sold. Thankfully this never happened.
   
   
   Most people know that Gustave Eiffel was the original architect behind the Eiffel Tower. What is less known is that he had a private room built for him at the top of the tower which can still be seen even today.
8. In 1889 France´s renowned newspaper company (Le Figaro) actually set up a printing press on the second floor of the Eiffel Tower. The paper is still published there on site and for a nominal fee you can have your name printed on a freshly pressed copy.
9. 72 names of France´s most prominent scientists, engineers and notable individuals are engraved at the base of the tower. The engravings were painted over at the start of the 20th century but later restored by the SNTE.

We recommend you come visit the Eiffel Tower in Paris for yourself and discover all these mysteries first hand. While you´re there feel free to rent one of LocalNomad´s magnificent apartments located in the top districts in the French capital.

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ODDYY Facts of Life

You are gonna laugh today after reading these odd facts of life….have a look and increase your knowledge and enjoy….

                                                                           

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