SUPERHEROES A-Z

A
Abomination (Marvel)
Acolytes (Marvel)
Adam Warlock (Marvel)
Ahab (Marvel)
Angel (Marvel)
Annihilus (Marvel)
Ant Man (Marvel)
Apocalypse (Marvel)
Aquaman (DC Comics)
Arcade (Marvel)
Archangel (Marvel)
Avalanche (Marvel)
Avalon (Marvel)
Avengers (Marvel)
Azrael (DC Comics)

B
Bane (DC Comics)
Banshee (Marvel)
Baroness (Hasbro)
Batman (DC Comics)
Baxter Stockman (Mirage Studios)
Bazooka (Hasbro)
Beach Head (Hasbro)
Beast (Marvel)
Bebop (Mirage Studios)
Beetle (Marvel)
Beyonder (Marvel)
Bionic Commando (Capcom Co, Ltd.)
Bishop (Marvel)
Bizarro (DC Comics)
Black Knight (Marvel)
Black Panther (Marvel)
Black Widow (Marvel)
Blade (Marvel)
Blink (Marvel)
Blob (Marvel)
Blood Wraith (Marvel)
Brainiac (DC Comics)
Brood (Marvel)
Bullseye (Marvel)

C
Caliban (Marvel)
Callisto (Marvel)
Calypso (Marvel)
Cannonball (Marvel)
Captain Planet (TBS Productions, Inc.)
Cardiac (Marvel)
Carnage (Marvel)
Catwoman (DC Comics)
Cerise (Marvel)
Cesspool (Hasbro)
Chameleon (Marvel)
Cheetah (DC Comcis)
Clan Destine (Marvel)
Cloak and Dagger (Marvel)
Cobra (Hasbro)
Colossus (Marvel)
Copperhead (Hasbro)
Copycat (Marvel)
Corsair (Marvel)
Cyborg (DC Comics)
Cyclops (Marvel)
Cypher (Marvel)

D
Daredevil (Marvel)
Dazzler (Marvel)
Decepticon (Hasbro)
Devastator (Hasbro)
Diablo (Marvel)
Doctor Doom (Marvel)
Doctor Mindbender (Hasbro)
Doctor Octopus (Marvel)
Doctor Strange (Marvel)
Domino (Marvel)
Donatello (Mirage Studios)
Doomsday (DC Comics)
Doppelganger (Marvel)
Dreadnought (Marvel)


E
Electro (Marvel)
Elektra (Marvel)
Enchantress (Marvel)
Eradicator (DC Comics)
Excalibur (Marvel)
Exodus (Marvel)

F
Falcon (Marvel)
Fenris (Marvel)
Feral (Marvel)
Firefly (Hasbro)
Flash (DC Comics)
Foot Soldier (Mirage Studios)
Forge (Marvel)
Four Horsemen of Apocalypse (Marvel)
Frenzy (Hasbro)

G
G.I. Joe (Hasbro)
Galactus (Marvel)
Galvatron (Hasbro)
Gambit (Marvel)
Gargoyles (BVTV)
Generation X (Marvel)
Gideon (Marvel)
Gladiator (Marvel)
Goliath (BVTV)
Green Goblin (Marvel)
Grim Reaper (Marvel)
Guardian (Marvel)
Guile (Capcom Co, Ltd.)
Gung-Ho (Hasbro)

H
Harley Quinn (DC Comics)
Haven (Marvel)
Havok (Marvel)
Hawk (Hasbro)
Hawkeye (Marvel)
Hellions (Marvel)
Helspont (Image)
Hobogoblin (Marvel)
Holocaust (Marvel)
Homer Simpson (FOX)
Hulk (Marvel)
Huntress (DC Comics)
Husk (Marvel)
HYDRA (Marvel)

I
Iceman (Marvel)
Impulse (DC Comics)
Iron Fist (Marvel)

J
Jinx (Hasbro)
Joker (DC Comics)
Jubilee (Marvel)
Juggernaut (Marvel)

K
Kingpin (Marvel)
Kraven (Marvel)

L
Lamprey (Hasbro)
Leatherhead (Mirage Studios)
Leatherneck (Hasbro)
Leech (Marvel)
Leonardo (Mirage Studios)
Lilith (Marvel)
Living Tribunal (Marvel)
Lizard (Marvel)
Lobo (DC Comics)
Loki (Marvel)
Longshot (Marvel)

M
Maggott (Marvel)
Magik (Marvel)
Magneto (Marvel)
Mandarin (Marvel)
Marauders (Marvel)
Marrow (Marvel)
Marvel (Marvel)
Masque (Marvel)
Mastermind (Marvel)
Maverick (Marvel)
Medusa (Marvel)
Mega Man (Capcom Co, Ltd.)
Megatron (Hasbro)
Mephisto (Marvel)
Mercer (Hasbro)
Michaelangelo (Mirage Studios)
Mimic (Marvel)
Mirage (Marvel)
Mister Fantastic (Marvel)
Mister Freeze (DC Comics)
Mister Hyde (Marvel)
Mister Sinister (Marvel)
Mojo (Marvel)
Mole Man (Marvel)
Mondo Gecko (Mirage Studios)
Morbius (Marvel)
Morg (Marvel)
Muskrat (Hasbro)
mutant (Not Applicable)
Mysterio (Marvel)
Mystique (Marvel)

N
Namor (Marvel)
Napoleon Bonafrog (Mirage Studios)
Nebula (Marvel)
Nightcrawler (Marvel)
Nimrod (Marvel)
Nomad (Marvel)
Northstar (Marvel)
Nova (Marvel)

O
Omega Red (Marvel)
Onslaught (Marvel)
Orion (DC Comics)

P
Panda Khan (Mirage Studios)
Parasite (DC Comics)
Penance (Marvel)
Penguin (DC Comics)
Phalanx (Marvel)
Phoenix (Marvel)
Poison Ivy (DC Comics)
Polaris (Marvel)
Proteus (Marvel)
Prowler (Marvel)
Psyche-Out (Hasbro)
Puma (Marvel)
Punisher (Marvel)
Pyro (Marvel)
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Q
Quasar (Marvel)
Quicksilver (Marvel)

R
Rage (Marvel)
Random (Marvel)
Raphael (Mirage Studios)
Rat King (Mirage Studios)
Ravage 2099 (Marvel)
Ray Fillet (Mirage Studios)
Reavers (Marvel)
Rhino (Marvel)
Rictor (Marvel)
Riddler (DC Comics)
Roadblock (Hasbro)
Robin (DC Comics)
Rogue (Marvel)
Rumble (Hasbro)

S
Sabretooth (Marvel)
Salacious Crumb (Lucasfilm Ltd.)
Sandman (Marvel)
Saracen (Marvel)
Sasquatch (Marvel)
Sauron (Marvel)
Savage Land (Marvel)
Scarecrow (DC Comics)
Scarlet Witch (Marvel)
Scorpion (Marvel)
Sentinel (Marvel)
Serpentor (Hasbro)
Shazam (DC Comics)
Shiva (Marvel)
Shockwave (Hasbro)
Shredder (Mirage Studios)
Siege (Marvel)
Silver Samurai (Marvel)
Silver Surfer (Marvel)
Siryn (Marvel)
Slapstick (Marvel)
Sleepwalker (Marvel)
Snake-Eyes (Hasbro)
Solo (Marvel)
Spartan (Image)
Spawn (Image)
Speedball (Marvel)
Spider-Man (Marvel)
Spirit (Hasbro)
Steel (DC Comics)
Storm (Marvel)
Stormtrooper (Lucasfilm Ltd.)
Stryfe (Marvel)
Sunspot (Marvel)
Superman (DC Comics)
Synch (Marvel)

T
Tempo (Marvel)
Thanos (Marvel)
Thing (Marvel)
Thor (Marvel)
Thunderbird (Marvel)
Thunderbolts (Marvel)
Tick (Ben Edlund)
Toad (Marvel)
Tombstone (Marvel)
Triceraton (Mirage Studios)
Two-Face (DC Comics)
Typhoid Mary (Marvel)
Tyrant (Marvel)

U
Ultron (Marvel)
Union Jack (Marvel)

V
Vengeance (Marvel)
Venom (Marvel)
Vertigo (Marvel)
Vindicator (Marvel)
Violator (Image)
Viper (Hasbro)
Vision (Marvel)
Vulture (Marvel)

W
Warpath (Marvel)
Wasp (Marvel)
Weapon Omega (Marvel)
Widget (Marvel)
Wolfsbane (Marvel)
Wolverine (Marvel)
Wonder Woman (DC Comics)
Wrecker (Marvel)

X
X-Cutioner (Marvel)
X-Cutioner’s Song (Marvel)
X-Factor (Marvel)
Xi’an (Marvel)

Y
Yakoo the Friendly Bacteria (LES)

Z
Zealot (Image)

THE MANY BENEFITS OF LAUGHTER

1. When you make fun of yourself, you disempower those who would make fun of you and disarm possible confrontations.

2. Laughter dissolves tension, stress, anxiety, irritation, anger, grief, and depression. Like crying, laughter lowers inhibitions, allowing the release of pent-up emotions. After a hearty bout of laughter, you will experience a sense of well-being. Simply put, he who laughs, lasts. After all, if you can laugh at it, you can live with it. Remember, a person without a sense of humor is like a car without shock absorbers.

3. Medical researches have found that laughter boosts the immune system. The study of how behavior and the brain affect the immune system is called psychoneuroimmunology. Though still in its infancy, this science is rapidly gaining much attention as mankind strives to understand the mind-body relationship.

4. Laughter reduces pain by releasing endorphins that are more potent than equivalent amounts of morphine.

5. Humor helps integrate both hemispheres of our brain, for the left hemisphere is used to decipher the verbal content of a joke while the right hemisphere interprets whether it is funny or not.

6. Laughter adds spice to life; it is to life what salt is to a hard-boiled egg.

7. Develop your sense of humor and you will find you are more productive, a better communicator, and a superior team player.

8. Everyone loves someone who can make them laugh. The more you share your sense of humor, the more friends you will have.

9. Humor brings the balance we need to get through the turbulence of life comfortably.

10. Laughter is even equivalent to a small amount of exercise. It massages all the organs of the body, according to Dr. James Walsh.

11. A sense of humor can help you accept the inevitable, rise to any challenge, handle the unexpected with ease, and come out of any difficulty smiling.

FACTS ABOUT PLASTIC SURGERY

Origins and History of Plastic Surgery

* Plastic surgery has been practiced for over 2700 years, since about 600 B. C.
* Barber shops became popular places to perform plastic surgery from 1400 to 1700
* The father of modern plastic surgery was an Italian-Gaspare Tagliacozzi (1546-1599)
* The first breast augmentation surgery took place in Germany in 1893
* The American Association of Plastic Surgery was formed in 1931 by surgeons who served in World War I
* Plastic surgery including skin grafts, limb rebuilding and microsurgery, were widely practiced during World War II
* In the 1960s, silicone breast implants became popular. However, side effects included breast amputation due to infection and “pendulous” breasts by the age of forty
* In 1998, President Bill Clinton signed a bill requiring insurance companies to pay for reconstructive breast surgery for women who had a mastectomy

Plastic Surgery Types

* Currently, the plastic surgery that’s performed the most is Botox. Botox is a protein injected into the skin that leaves a smooth facial appearance.
* Liposuction is the most popular plastic surgery for men and women combined
* The most popular plastic surgical procedure for women is breast augmentation
* There are more than 1.4 million laser hair procedures performed yearly in the United States
* The top five surgical cosmetic procedures are liposuction, breast augmentation, eyelid surgery, rhinoplasty (nose jobs) and face lifts
* The top five non-surgical cosmetic procedures are botox, laser hair removal, chemical peel, microdermabrasion and hyaluronic acid injections (for knee osteoarthritis)

Men and Women and Plastic Surgery

* Over 90% of plastic surgery patients are women
* More than 10 million women have a plastic procedure each year
* About 1 million men have plastic procedures each year
* Almost half a million liposuction procedures are performed on women each year
* Over 60,000 liposuction procedures are performed on men each year
* Two thirds of plastic surgery patients are repeat patients

Plastic Surgery and Age

* About three quarters of a million cosmetic procedures are performed on 20 to 20 year olds
* Over 2 million cosmetic procedures are performed on 30 to 39 year olds
* Over 5.3 million cosmetic procedures are performed on 40 to 54 year olds
* More than 3 million cosmetic procedures are performed on people age 55 and older

Plastic Surgery and Money

* Over $10 billion is spent on all U.S. cosmetic surgery each year
* Over $1.2 billion is spent annually on liposuction
* More than $1.1 billion is spent annually on breast augmentation each year
* A single botox injection averages about $390

Plastic Surgery Recovery Times

* It takes one to two weeks to recover from liposuction
* It takes one to two weeks to recover from breast augmentation surgery
* It takes seven to ten days to recover from a rhinoplasty
* It takes one to two weeks to recover from a facelift
* It takes one to ten days to recover from cosmetic eyelid surgery

HOLY BIBLE

About 50 Bibles are sold every minute.

Christianity is the world’s most widespread religion (2.1 billion Christians – see list of largest religions).

There are about 34,000 Christian denominations in the world.

The Bible was written in three languages: Hebrew, Aramaic, and Koine Greek.

The Slavonic Orthodox Church has twice as many adherents as the Baptist Church.

The 12 disciples were not were not allowed to carry food, money, or extra clothing.

John was the only apostle who witnessed the crucifixion of Jesus.

There are more than 10,000 distinct religious groups in the world.

Delilah was given a few thousand pieces of silver to deceive Samson into revealing the secret of his strength. (NKJV) Judges 16:4-5: “And the lords of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, ‘Entice him, and find out where his great strength lies, and by what means we may over power him….and every one of us will give you 1100 pieces of silver.’ ”

Dogs are mentioned 14 times in the Bible, and lions 55 times, but domestic cats are not mentioned at all.

The Bible, the world’s best-selling book, is also the world’s most shoplifted book.

The oldest almost-complete manuscript of the Bible still existing is the Codex Vaticanus, dating from the first half of the 4th century, now held in the Vatican library.

The word “Christian” appears only three times in the Bible: Acts 11:26; 26:28; 1 Peter 4:16.

There are 66 books in the Bible, 39 in the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament.

The 66 books of the Bible is divided into 1,189 chapters consisting of 31,173 verses. The Old Testament has 929 chapters, the New Testament 260. (King James version)

The King James Old Testament consist of 592,439 words consisting of 2,728,100 letters and the New Testament 181,253 words consisting of 838,380 letter (total 3,566,480 letters).

The longest line in the Bible is Esther 8:9 – 89 words, 425 letters.

The longest word in the Bible is Maher-shalal-hash-baz: Isaiah 8:1.

The shortest verse in the NIV Bible is John 11:35: “Jesus wept.”

The longest book chapter in the Bible is Psalm 119, the shortest is Psalm 117.

There are 594 chapters before Psalm 118 and 594 chapters after it.

Psalm 118 verse 8 is in the center of the Bible: “It is better to trust in the Lord than put confidence in man.”

Obadiah, with 21 verses consisting of 602 words, is the shortest book in the Old Testament, and the third shortest in the Bible.

II John has the fewest number of verses of any book in the Bible – it is the shortest book in the Bible.

III John has the fewest number of words of any book in the Bible.

Job is the oldest book written in the Bible – it was written by an unknown Israelite around 1500 BC.

Malachi, written about 400 BC, is the youngest book in the Old Testament.

James, written around 45 AD, is the oldest book in the New Testament.

Revelation, written about 95 AD, is the youngest book in the New Testament.

The chapter in the exact middle of the Bible is Psalm 117; there are 594 chapters before Psalm 117 and 594 chapters after Psalm 117.

St Paul wrote 14 (of the 27) books of the New Testament.

The covering for the tabernacle was made out of ram skins and sea cow hides: Exodus 36:19.

Nowhere in the Bible does it say there were three wise men – Matthew 2:1 only says: “Magi from the east came to Jerusalem” and later they present three gifts.

The word “Lord” appears 1855 times in the Bible.

The word “God” appears in every book except Esther and Song of Solomon.

The word “grandmother” appears in the Bible only once: 2 Timothy 1:5.

The word “eternity” is mentioned only once: Isaiah 57:15.

Seven suicides are recorded in the Bible.

In Old Testament times the Mediterranean Sea was called the Great Sea.

There are 7 different Jeremiahs in the Bible: 1 Chronicles 5:24; 12:4, 10, 13; 2 Kings 23:30; Jeremiah 1:1; 35:3.

The raven is the first bird mention in the Bible. It appears in Genesis 8:7, when it is sent out from the ark by Noah to see if the flood waters have abated. The second bird was a dove, in verse 8.

Almonds and pistachios are the only nuts mentioned in the Bible.

A chariot imported from Egypt cost around 600 shekels of silver (1 Kings 10:29). That would be about $77,000. One shekel was 4 days wages.

The word “trinity” is not mentioned in the Bible.

Methuselah is the oldest man on record: 969 years old (Genesis 5:27).

Of the 1.5 billion Islam followers, 1 billion follow Sunni Islam. Shi’ite Muslims number approximately 125 million.

Some 200 mosques in Mecca, Islam’s holiest city, point the wrong way for prayers.

The 7 Fathers of the Church:
St Athanasius, St Gregory of Nazianzus, St John Chrysostom, St John of Damascus, St Basil of Caesarea, St Gregory of Nyssa, St Cyril of Alexandria.

During the 6th Century, it was customary to congratulate people who sneezed because it was thought that they were expelling evil from their bodies. During the great plague of Europe, the Pope passed a law to say “God bless you” to one who sneezed.

The last word in the Bible is AMEN.

WHAT IS IT CALLED?

Sometimes it’s on the tip of your tongue… “What is it called again?” It’s not always easy to remember those out-of-the-ordinary things but to refresh your memory, here’s what it is called.

Mid-men, the male versions of mid-wives, are called accouchers.

The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.

The distance that a place holder falls from a glass when it is lifted (you know, place holders sometimes get stuck to the bottom of a cold glass when you lift the glass) is called a bevemeter, a sniglet coined by comedian Rich Hall (who also coined “sniglet”).

The study of creatures such as Bigfoot, the chupacabra, and the Loch Ness monster is called cryptozoology. Zoologist Bernard Heuvelmans coined the term to describe his investigations of animals unknown to science.

The apparatus used in alcohol distilleries for freeing the spirit from water is called the dephlegmator.

One that speaks two languages – is bilingual – can be said to be diglot.

Ducks are never male. The males of the species are called drakes. In a casino, however, ducks is a nickname for a pair of deuces.

The working section of a piano is called the action.

Shoemakers are commonly called cobblers but correctly speaking a cobbler is a shoe repairmen. A shoemaker is a cordwainer – they also made leather bottles and harnesses.

The device at the intersection of two railroad tracks to permit the wheels and flanges on one track to cross or branch for the other is called a frog.

A specific length of thread or yarn according to the type of fiber is called a hank. For linen, a hank is 274 metres (300 yards); for cotton, it is 768 metres (840 yards).

The white part of your fingernail is called the lunula.

The thin line of cloud that forms behind an aircraft at high altitudes is called a contrail.

A depth of 2 fathoms (3,6 metres) is called a Mark Twain. Originally a fathom was the space reached by with two arms outstretched.

In the early days of film making, people who worked on the sets were called movies. The films were called motion pictures.

The tendency of the leaves or petals of certain plants to assume a different position at night is called nyctitropism.

The back of the human hand is the opisthenar.

Revealing personality traits through writing is referred to as graphology. See What Your Handwriting Means

Someone who uses as few words as possible when speaking is called pauciloquent.

People that study fish are called ichthyologists.

The little lump of flesh just forward of your ear canal is called a tragus – it also aids in capturing sounds that come from behind you.

The pin that holds a hinge together is called a pintle.

The gland responsible for producing the hormone that regulates growth is called the pituitary gland. It is the size of a pea.

A melody is a group of notes in a certain order that results in a sweet or agreeable sound. An easily remembered melody is called a tune.

Compulsive shopping was identified by a German psychiatrist almost a hundred years ago. Clinically it is known as oniomania. Shopaholics are the people who do not suffer from chrematophobia, which is the fear of touching money. Also see phobias

In early France the distance a man could walk while smoking one pipeful of tobacco was called a pipee.

The central shaft of a bird’s feather which bears the vane or web of the feather is called a rachis.

The small cup in which an espresso is served is called a demitasse.

A philologist study linguistics and etymology.

People who cannot taste or smell suffer from anosmia.

The hairless area of roughened skin at the tip of a bear’s snout is called the rhinarium.

Someone who habitually picks their nose is called a rhinotillexomaniac (rhino=nose, tillexis=habit of picking at something, mania=obsession with something).

A building in which silence is enforced, like a library or school room, is referred to as a silentium.

The study of flags and emblems is called vexillology. The study of signs is called semiotics.

The making of maps is called cartography.

The ear-splitting sound produced by the high notes of a bagpipe is called a skirl.

The fleshy projection above the bill on a turkey is called a snood.

People who chase after rare birds are called twitchers.

4 gills of ale and beer is 1 pint, 2 pints = 1 quart, 4 quarts = 1 gallon, 9 gallons = 1 firkin, 2 firkins = 1 kilderkin, 3 kilderkins = 1 hogshead, 2 hogsheads = 1 butt.

The practice of eating insects is called entomophagy. Most insects are edible. According to eatbug.com, there are 1,462 recorded species of edible insects. And they’re quite nutritious. For instance, 100 grams of cricket contains only 121 calories, less than half of beef. A cricket contains only 5,5 grams of fat, compared to 21,2g of beef. Beef contains more protein (23,5g – a cricket 12.9g) but the 100g of cricket also contains 5,1g of carbohydrates, 75,8 mg calcium, 185,3 mg phosphorous, 9,5 mg iron, thiamin, riboflavin, and niacin.

See: What is it called?

FEAR OF CATS

Ailurophobia is a type of specific phobia. It is a persistent, irrational fear of cats.[1] It comes from the Greek αἴλουρος (aílouros), "cat" and φόβος (phóbos), "fear".

Other synonyms include felinophobia, elurophobia, and gatophobia.

Causes

Like all fears and phobias, ailurophobia is created by the unconscious mind as a protective mechanism. This phobia could be obtained by a real life scare of some kind that has to do with cats and emotional trauma. Ailurophobia can also be triggered by seeing someone else experiencing trauma. As long as the negative impact on the unconscious mind is strong enough, one will automatically sense negative emotional feelings to act as a reminder of "danger" when one sees a cat again.

The actual phobia manifests itself in different ways. Some sufferers experience it almost all the time, others just in response to direct stimuli. Some possible situations that can trigger the fear of cats are: purr of the cat, the sight of a real life cat, the thought that a cat that might attack one when one is outside, the thought of meeting a cat in the dark, cats in pictures and on television, and cat-like toys and cat-like fur.

Treatment

There are many ways to treat ailurophobia. Advice can be obtained from a psychiatrist or other therapy specialist.

One strongly motivated patient was able to recover by slowly becoming accustomed to cat fur by first touching varying types of velvet, then becoming accustomed to a cat toy and finally a kitten.

Famous people with ailurophobia

Napoleon Bonaparte
La Toya Jackson
Jacobus Johannes Lessing

Why does water not calm the tongue after eating hot spicy food?

The spices in most of the hot foods that we eat are oily, and, like your elementary school science teacher taught you, oil and water don’t mix. In this case, the water just rolls over the oily spices.
What can you do to calm your aching tongue? Eat bread. The bread will absorb the oily spices. A second solution is to drink milk. Milk contains a substance called “casein” which will bind to the spices and carry them away. Alcohol also dissolves oily spices.

Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee was so fast, that they actually had to slow a film down so you could see his moves. That is the opposite of the norm.

TEST YOUR IQ

IQ Score Traditional Ranking System
140 + (~.25%) Genius or near genius
130 – 139 Gifted
120 – 129 Very Superior Intelligence
110 – 119 Superior Intelligence
90 – 109 Average/Normal
80 – 89 Dullness
70 – 79 Borderline deficiency
50 – 70 Mild mental retardation
35-50 Moderate mental retardation
20 – 35 Severe mental retardation
< 20 Profound mental retardation (1%)

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Top 10 weird laws of the world

10.In Arizona, its illegal to refuse someone a glass of water
9.In Conneticut, in order for pickle to be officially considered pickle it must bounce
8.In Navada, it is illegal to drive a camel on the highway
7.In Ireland, wearing a Halloween costume is an offence that could result in a one year prison sentence
6.In Massachusetts, affiliation with the Communist Party is illegal
5.In Calaforia, animals are baned from mating within 1500ft of a bar, school, or place of worship
4.In Montana, seven or more American Indians are considered a raiding or war party, and it is legal to shoot them
3.In Indonesia, the penalty for masturbation is decapitation
2.In Alaska, it is legal to shoot bears but waking a sleeping bear for the purpose of taking a photograph is strictly prohibited
1.In Alabama, it is illegal to wear a fake moustache that causes laughter in church

Football Origin

Have you ever wondered how soccer / football games got into our life? When and where is the origin of this game from? Why is so many people in the world crazy about this game? Almost every culture has reference to the history of soccer.
The origin of football / soccer can be found in every corner of geography and history. The Chinese, Japanese, Italian, Ancient Greek, Persian, Viking, and many more played a ball game long before our era. The Chinese played "football" games date as far back as 3000 years ago. The Ancient Greeks and the Roman used football games to sharpen warriors for battle. In south and Central America a game called "Tlatchi" once flourished.
But it was in England that soccer / football really begin to take shape. It all started in 1863 in England, when two football association (association football and rugby football) split off on their different course. Therefore, the first Football Association was founded in England.
On October 1963, eleven London clubs and schools sent their representatives to the Freemason's Tavern. These representatives were intent on clarifying the muddle by establishing a set of fundamental rules, acceptable to all parties, to govern the matches played amongst them. This meeting marked the birth of The Football Association. The eternal dispute concerning shin-kicking, tripping and carrying the ball was discussed thoroughly at this and consecutive meetings until eventually on 8 December the die-hard exponents of the Rugby style took their final leave. They were in the minority anyway. They wanted no part in a game that forbade tripping, shin-kicking and carrying the ball. A stage had been reached where the ideals were no longer compatible. On 8 December 1863, football and rugby finally split. Their separation became totally irreconcilable six years hence when a provision was included in the football rules forbidding any handling of the ball (not only carrying it).
Only eight years after its foundation, The Football Association already had 50 member clubs. The first football competition in the world was started in the same year - the FA Cup, which preceded the League Championship by 17 years.
International matches were being staged in Great Britain before football had hardly been heard of in Europe. The first was played in 1872 and was contested by England and Scotland. This sudden boom of organized football accompanied by staggering crowds of spectators brought with it certain problems with which other countries were not confronted until much later on. Professionalism was one of them. The first moves in this direction came in 1879, when Darwin, a small Lancashire club, twice managed to draw against the supposedly invincible Old Etonians in the FA Cup, before the famous team of London amateurs finally scraped through to win at the third attempt. Two Darwin players, the Scots John Love and Fergus Suter, are reported as being the first players ever to receive remuneration for their football talent. This practice grew rapidly and the Football Association found itself obliged to legalise professionalism as early as 1885. This development predated the formation of any national association outside of Great Britain (namely, in the Netherlands and Denmark) by exactly four years.
After the English Football Association, the next oldest are the Scottish FA (1873), the FA of Wales (1875) and the Irish FA (1880). Strictly speaking, at the time of the first international match, England had no other partner association against which to play. When Scotland played England in Glasgow on 30 November 1872, the Scottish FA did not even exist - it was not founded for another three months. The team England played that day was actually the oldest Scottish club team, Queen's Park.
The spread of football outside of England, mainly due to the British influence abroad, started slow, but it soon gathered momentum and spread rapidly to all parts of the world. The next countries to form football associations after the Netherlands and Denmark in 1889 were New Zealand (1891), Argentina (1893), Chile (1895), Switzerland, Belgium (1895), Italy (1898), Germany, Uruguay (both in 1900), Hungary (1901) and Finland (1907). When FIFA was founded in Paris in May 1904 it had seven founder members: France, Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Spain (represented by the Madrid FC), Sweden and Switzerland. The German Football Federation cabled its intention to join on the same day.
This international football community grew steadily, although it sometimes met with obstacles and setbacks. In 1912, 21 national associations were already affiliated to the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). By 1925, the number had increased to 36, in 1930 - the year of the first World Cup - it was 41, in 1938, 51 and in 1950, after the interval caused by the Second World War, the number had reached 73. At present, after the 2000 Ordinary FIFA Congress, FIFA has 204 members in every part of the world.

BRAIN TEAZER

Sequence Puzzle

The below is a number puzzle. It should be read left to right, top to bottom.

1
1 1
2 1
1 2 1 1
1 1 1 2 2 1
? ? ? ? ? ?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Question 1: What is the next two rows of numbers?
Question 2: How was this reached?

Einstein's Riddles

Neighbors

It is said that this quiz was made up by Albert Einstein and according to him 98% will not solve it.
There is a row of five different color houses. Each house is occupied by a man of different nationality. Each man has a different pet, prefers a different drink, and smokes different brand of cigarettes.

1. The Brit lives in the Red house.
2. The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
3. The Dane drinks tea.
4. The Green house is next to the White house, on the left.
5. The owner of the Green house drinks coffee.
6. The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
7. The owner of the Yellow house smokes Dunhill.
8. The man living in the centre house drinks milk.
9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
10. The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
11. The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
12. The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
13. The German smokes Prince.
14. The Norwegian lives next to the Blue house.
15. The man who smokes Blends has a neighbour who drinks water.

Who has fish at home? Are you one of the 2%?

FREAKY FACTS

* Coca-Cola was originally green.

* The most common name in the world is Mohammed.

* The name of all the continents end with the same letter
that they start with.

* The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue


* TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the
letters only on one row of the keyboard.

* Women blink nearly twice as much as men!

* You can't kill yourself by holding your breath

* It is impossible to lick your elbow.

* People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you
sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond.

* It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.

* The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be
the toughest tongue twister in the English language.

* If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try
to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your
head or neck and die.

* Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king
from history.
Spades - King David
Clubs - Alexander the Great,
Hearts - Charlemagne
Diamonds - Julius Caesar.

* If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both
front legs in the air, the person died in battle.

* If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died
as a result of wounds received in battle

* If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person
died of natural causes.

* What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers
and laser printers all have in common?
Ans. - All invented by women.

* A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

* A snail can sleep for three years.

* All polar bears are left handed.

* American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one
olive from each salad served in first-class.

* Butterflies taste with their feet.

* Elephants are the only animals that can't jump

BLACK BEARD

Edward Teach or Edward Thatch (c. 1680 – November 22, 1718), better known as Blackbeard, was a notorious English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of the American colonies during the early 1700s.

Teach was most likely born in Bristol, England. Little is known about his early life, but in 1716 he joined the crew of Benjamin Hornigold, a pirate who operated from the Caribbean island of New Providence. He quickly gained his own ship, Queen Anne's Revenge, and from 1717 to 1718 became a notorious and feared pirate. His cognomen was derived from his thick black beard and fearsome appearance; he was reported to have tied lit fuses under his hat to frighten his enemies.

After separating from Hornigold, Teach formed an alliance of pirates, and with his cohorts blockaded the port of Charleston, South Carolina. After successfully ransoming the port's inhabitants, he ran his ship aground and then accepted a royal pardon. He was soon back at sea however, and attracted the attention of the Governor of Virginia, Alexander Spotswood. Spotswood arranged for a party of soldiers and sailors to find and capture the pirate, which they did on 22 November 1718. During a ferocious battle, Teach was killed by a small force of sailors led by Lieutenant Robert Maynard.

A shrewd and calculating leader, Teach used his fearsome image instead of force to elicit the response he desired from those he robbed. Contrary to the modern-day image of the traditional tyrannical pirate, he commanded his vessels with the permission of their crews, and there are no known accounts of his ever having harmed or murdered those he held captive. He was romanticised after his death, and became the inspiration for a number of pirate-themed works of fiction across a range of genres.