Some Random Facts_9

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

2.       It is impossible to lick your elbow.

3.       111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

4.       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 a all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

5.       Question -What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common?

Ans. - All invented by women.

6.       Question - This is the only food that doesn't spoil. What is this?

Ans. – Honey

7.       A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

8.       A snail can sleep for three years.

9.       All polar bears are left handed.

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

11.   Butterflies taste with their feet.

12.   Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.

13.   In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.

14.   On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.

15.   Stewardesses, is the longest word typed with only the left hand.

16.   The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.

17.   The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

18.   The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.

19.   Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants.

20.   Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times

21.   The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

22.   Most lipstick contains fish scales.

23.   Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different

Ball Sizes

Men at 25 play Football.

Men at 40 play Tennis.

And men at 60 play Golf.

Have you noticed that as you grow older, your balls get smaller?

Never Quit Cycling And Wine

When Silvio, an 80 year old Italian went to the doctor for a check-up, the doctor was amazed at the shape the guy was in. So the doctor asked, “How do you stay in such great physical condition?” And proudly, Silvio responded, “I'm Italian and I am a Cyclist. And that's why I'm in such good shape. I'm up well before daylight and out Cycling up and down the highways. I have a glass of vino and all is well.” And the doctor said, “Well, I'm sure that helps, but there's got to be more to it. How old was your Father when he died?”

But Silvio asked, “Who said my Father's dead?” The doctor was amazed. So he asked “You mean you're 80 years old and your Father's still alive? How old is he?' And Silvio replied, “Yes, and he's 102 years old. He cycled with me this morning, went to the beach for a walk, had a little vino and that's why he's still alive. So the doctor said, “Well, that's great but I'm sure there's more to it than that. How about your Father's Father? How old was he when he died?” And again Silvio shot out, “Who said my Nonno is dead?”

The doctor was stunned, but he asked, “You mean you're 80 years old and your grandfather's still living? Incredible!! How old is he?” Silvio replied, “Yes, my Nonno is still living! And he is 123 years old.” And when the doctor, though getting frustrated at this point asked, “So, I guess he went Cycling with you this morning too?” Silvio replied, “No, Nonno couldn't go this morning because he's getting married today.” And at this point, the doctor was close to losing it. But he managed to ask, “Getting married? Why would a 123 year old guy want to get married?” Then Silvio explained, “No one said he wanted to get married! He had to!! The girl got pregnant!!!”

Greed, The Root Of Many Evils

Whether you drive a BMW or a Rolls Royce, the road remains the same.

Whether you fly economy, business or first class, your destination doesn’t change.

Whether you wear an Omega, Titan or Rolex, the time remains the same.

Whether you use a Samsung or a Techno, the people who call you are the same.

There is nothing wrong with dreaming about a luxurious life.

What needs to be appreciated is that need doesn’t become greed, because needs can always be met, but greed can never be fulfilled.

Personal Motivation

I bet I will beat him now.

I will think cleaner and healthier.

I will practice and train harder.

I know his weaknesses.

I know his strengths.

I’ve lost to him before, but not this time.

He is going down, and he must go down.

I have the advantage now, because I know him well.

He is the old me.

Some Random Facts_6

1.       Hot water will turn into ice faster than cold water.

2.       The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows.

3.       The sentence, “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” uses every letter in the English language.

4.       The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.

5.       Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

6.       You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.

7.       It is impossible to lick your elbow.

8.       The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.

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

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

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

12.   “Rhythm” is the longest English word without a vowel.

13.   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.

14.   Ants never sleep.

15.   “I Am” is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

16.   Coca-Cola was originally green.

17.   The most common name in the world is Mohammed.

18.   When the moon is directly overhead, you will weigh slightly less.

19.   Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from the blowing desert sand.

20.   There are only two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: “abstemious” and “facetious.”

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

22.   There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.

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

24.   Minus 40 degrees Celsius is exactly the same as minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit.

25.   Chocolate can kill dogs, as it contains theobromine, which affects their heart and nervous system.

The Rockefeller Foundation Cassava Innovation Challenge

Last year the Rockefeller foundation launched a global challenge offering $1m to the winner of an innovation that can prolong Nigeria's cassava shelf life.

In my mind, I thought that would be easy, no country in the world grows and eats more cassava than Nigeria; so I am pretty sure a Nigerian would win this competition- No be to create a way make cassava no spoil for a few days before processing - in short, the title of the challenge mentioned Nigeria.

To my surprise, yesterday Rockefeller Foundation announced a United Kingdom institution as a winner. Yes, the University of Greenwich's Natural Resources Institute won $500,000 for coming up with the best method of preserving Nigeria's Cassava.

This made me wonder. What are our institutions doing? OAU, ABU, FutMinna, YabaTech, UniLag etc? What is our ministry of science and technology doing? Still figuring out how to make pencils while other countries are innovating solutions for your domestic products??? Shame! The sad occurrence in this cassava challenge relates to nearly every sector in Nigeria's economy.

·         We sleep while other nations innovate.

·         We gossip politics; other nations participate.

·         We alienate ourselves from governance and socio -economic development while other nations practice inclusive governance.

·         Our competition lies in the grandest of weddings while other nations dwell in the greatest of inventions.

·         We pride in the cost of our imported auto luxuries while Ajaokuta lays moribund... worse still is our being ignorant of the fact that the past 10 years, Rolls Royce has gotten  some alloys from Kogi State's illegal mines.

Do we blame our colonial masters again? Freedom was fought for by our national heroes, we simply enjoy the chains around our necks hence we gladly place them back, and in different forms.

Wake up Nigeria! Your candle is fast burning out!!

Read about the Rockefeller cassava challenge here https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/cassavachallenge/