10 random facts about Muslims

11) Muslims believe that God has revealed 99 of His names, or attributes, in the Qur'an. It is through these names that one can come to know the Creator. A few of these names are the All-Merciful, the All-Knower, the Protector, the Provider, the Near, the First, the Last, the Hidden and the Source of All Peace.

12) The Christian concept of "vicarious atonement" (the idea that Jesus died for the sins of humanity) is alien to the Islamic concept of personal responsibility. Islam teaches that on the Day of Judgment every person will be resurrected and will be accountable to God for their every word and deed. Consequently, a practicing Muslim is always striving to be righteous while hoping and praying for God's acceptance and grace.

13) Muslims believe in all of the true prophets that preceded Muhammad, from Adam to Jesus. Muslims believe they brought the same message of voluntarily surrendering to God's will (islam, in a generic sense) to different peoples at different times. Muslims also believe they were "muslims" (again, in a generic sense) since they followed God's true guidance and surrendered their will to Him.

14) Muslims neither worship Muhammad nor pray through him. Muslims solely worship the Unseen and Omniscient Creator, Allah.

15) Muslims accept the original unaltered Torah (as revealed to Moses) and the original unaltered Bible (as revealed to Jesus) since they were revealed by God. But none of these scriptures exist today in their original form or in their entirety. Therefore, Muslims follow the subsequent, final and preserved revelation of God, the Qur'an.

16) The Qur'an was not authored by Muhammad. It was authored by God, revealed to Muhammad (through angel Gabriel) and written into physical form by his companions.

17) The original Arabic text of the Qur'an contains no flaws or contradictions, and has not been altered since its revelation.

18) Actual 7th century Qur'ans, complete and intact, are on display in museums in Turkey and other places around the world.

19) If all Qur'ans in the world today were destroyed, the original Arabic would still remain. This is because millions of Muslims, called "hafiz" (or "guardians") have memorized the text letter for letter from beginning to end, every word and every syllable. Also, chapters from the Qur'an are precisely recited from memory in each of the five formal prayers performed daily by hundreds of millions of Muslims throughout the world.

20) Some attribute the early and rapid spread of Islam to forced conversions by the sword. While it is accurate that the Muslim empire initially spread, for the most part, through battles and conquests (a common phenomenon for that time) the religion of Islam itself was never forced on anyone who found themselves living under Muslim rule. In fact, non-Muslims were afforded the right to worship as they pleased as long as a tax, called "jizyah", was paid. During the Dark Ages, Jews, Christians and others were given protection by the Muslims from religious persecutions happening in Europe. Islam teaches no compulsion in religion (Qur'an 2:256 and 10:99). For more, read "The Spread of Islam in the World" by Thomas Arnold.

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random facts about dogs

1- Dutch scientists have developed a dog food that is almost entirely absorbed by dogs, leaving only 10 per cent as waste. The idea was to solve the problem of dog faeces on city streets. Dogs eating the new food produce only a small, dry pellet of faeces.
2-In 1954, Russian scientist Vladimir Demikhov created a two-headed dog by grafting the head and front legs of a puppy onto a full-grown dog.The two heads would sometimes fight.The animal lived six days, but later he made one that lived a month. Freaky!
3-Swiss vets have found that dogs are suffering from stress more and more. Living in a city and having a demanding owner are two reasons dogs suffer from headaches, stomach pain and other stress-related symptoms.
4-A dog has up to 150 square centimetres (23.25 square inches)
of olfactory membrane – the area used to detect smells. A
human has around 4 square centimetres (0.62 square inches).
5-When polar ice melts, it sometimes reveals woolly mammoths frozen since the end of the last ice age.The mammoth meat can still be fresh – on one occasion, dogs ate the defrosted mammoth before scientists could investigate it!
6-In 1957, a stray dog called Laika became the first dog in space. She went on the satellite Sputnik 2 launched by the USSR, but died in space because the satellite had no means of returning to Earth. Publisher: moath - 2:04 PM

10 Amazing and Interesting Facts About The Human Body

The human body is the entire structure of a human organism, and consists of a head, neck, torso, two arms and two legs.

By the time the human reaches adulthood, the body consists of close to 50 trillion cells, the basic unit of life. These cells are organized biologically to eventually form the whole body.

The human body is the only machine for which there are no spare parts. Here is a collection of 10 Amazing and Interesting Facts About The Human Body.

1. The brain doesn't feel pain: Even though the brain processes pain signals, the brain itself does not actually feel pain.

2. 80% of the brain is water: Instead of being relatively solid, your brain 80% water. This means that it is important that you remain properly hydrated for the sake of your mind.

3. Your brain comes out to play at night: You’d think that your brain is more active during the day, when the rest of your body is. But it’s not. Your brain is more active when you sleep.

4. Adrenaline gives you super strength: Yes, with the proper response in certain situations, you really can lift a car.

5. Your hearing decreases when you overeat: When you eat too much food, it actually reduces your ability to hear. So consider eating healthy — and only until you are full.

6. Babies always have blue eyes when they are born: Melanin and exposure to ultraviolet light are needed to bring out the true color of babies’ eyes. Until then they all have blue eyes.

7. Throughout your life, the amount of saliva you have could fill two swimming pools: Since saliva is a vital part of digestion, it is little surprise that your mouth makes so much of it.

8. A sneeze can exceed 100 mph: When a sneeze leaves your body, it does so at high speeds — so you should avoid suppressing it and causing damage to your body.

9. You are taller in the morning: Throughout the day, the cartilage between your bones is compressed, making you about 1 cm shorter by day’s end.

10. It takes more muscles to frown than to smile: Scientists can’t agree on the exact number, but more muscles are required to frown than to smile.

Some More Facts About The Human Body

Your tongue is the strongest muscle in your body: Compared to its size, the tongue is the strongest muscle. But I doubt you’ll be lifting weights with it.

Appendix is basically useless: While it does produce some white blood cells, most people are fine with anappendectomy.

You can’t tickle yourself: Go ahead. Try to tickle yourself.

Being right-handed can prolong your life: If you’re right-handed, you could live up to nine years longer than a lefty.

The focusing muscles of the eyes move around 100,000 times a day: To give your leg muscles the same workout, you would need to walk 80km (50 miles) every day.

In 30 minutes, the average body gives off enough heat (combined) to bring a half gallon of water to boil.

I hope you have liked these pretty weird facts, if you have more strange or odd facts, please do share them with us in the comments below.

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10 Interesting Facts Of Our Body (Part-2)

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18 Facts of Technology You Don`t Know?

May be you very much intelligent or may be tech guy or girl but you don’t all the things About technology, check out some facts may be they will astound you……


                 

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Top 10 random facts about Americans

1-Male fruit flies rejected by females drink significantly more alcohol than those that have had a successful encounter.

2-Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was Moon.

3- 1 in 50 Americans claim to have been abducted by aliens.

4-Powerful acids in snakes’ stomachs mean they will explode if given Alka-Seltzer.

5- 20% of people in the UK believe they have a food allergy, but only 2% actually do.

6-Bacteria and amoebas are far more different from each other than amoebas are from people.

7-Every living thing can be anaesthetised, even plants. Despite their successful use since the mid-19th century, no one really understands how anaesthetics work.

8-The most common treatment for angina is nitroglycerin. It comes in pills, sprays or patches.

9-None of the best-known English swear words are of Anglo-Saxon origin.

10-Princess Anne was the only woman not to be gender-tested at the 1976 Montreal Olympics.

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Top 10 random facts you didn't know

Here is the top 10 random facts you didn't know before :-

1-Ernest Hemingway bought the shotgun that he used to kill himself at Abercrombie & Fitch.

2-Aborigines, whose culture reaches back to the last Ice Age, have names for (and can locate) mountains that have been under the sea for 8,000 years.

3-Per head of population, Britain has 13 times as many accountants as Germany.

4-In 1937, comic acrobat Joseph Späh survived the Hindenburg airship disaster by jumping out of the window.

5-Until the 19th century the English word for actors was ‘hypocrites’.

6-In Japan only 2% of adoptions are of children; 98% are adult males aged 25 to 30.

7-Gerbils can smell adrenaline and are installed in airport security areas to detect terrorists.

8-The penalty for adultery in ancient Greece involved hammering a radish into the adulterer’s bottom with a mallet. Radishes were a lot longer and pointier in those days.

9-Aerosmith have made more money from Guitar Hero than from any of their albums.

10-An estimated 150,000 people die in the UK every year because only 7% of Britons know how to give first aid. Publisher: moath - 2:49 AM