Thursday, July 31, 2008

Tree with circumference upto 180 feet Fact 14


African Baobab tree’s circumference can reach 180 feet. If the trunk is hollow, 20 people would be able to fit inside of it.


Acorns were used as a coffee substitute during the American Civil War.


Americans are responsible for generating roughly 20% percent of the garbage in the world.


Actor Charlie Chaplin made 81 movies over a career that spanned 50 years.


Actress Meryl Streep holds the record for the most Oscar nominated actress, with a record of 13 nominations.


Adolf Hitler wanted to be an architect, but he failed the entrance exam at the architectural school in Vienna.


Adolf Hitler was one of the people that were responsible in the creation of the Volkswagen Beetle. He came up with the idea of producing a car that was cheap enough for the average German working man to afford.


Adult earwigs can float in water for up to 24 hours.


African heart-nosed bats can have such a keen sense of sound that they can hear the footsteps of a beetle walking on sand from six feet away.


After being picked an orange cannot ripen.


After the “Popeye” comic strip was launched in 1931, spinach consumption went up by thirty-three percent in the United States.


After the death of the genius, Albert Einstein, his brain was removed by a pathologist and put in a jar for future study.


After the Eiffel Tower was built, one person was killed during the installation of the lifts. No one was killed during the actual construction of the tower.


After the Krakatoa volcano eruption in 1883 in Indonesia, many people reported that, because of the dust, the sunset appeared green and the moon blue. The moon was said to appear blue for almost two years.


After the U.S Civil War, about 33%-50% of all U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit.
Air is passed through the nose at a speed of 100 miles per hour when a person sneezes.


Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

150 years to drive a car to the sun Fact 13

It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.

In Vermont, USA, it is illegal for women to wear false teeth without the written permission of their husbands.

Ireland is the only place where windmills turn clockwise.

Isaac Asimov is the only author to have a book in every Dewey decimal category.

It has been calculated that in the last 3,500 years, there have only been230 years of peace
throughout the civilized world.

It is believed that Shakespeare was 46 around the time that the King James Version of the Bible was written. In Psalms 46, the 46th word from the first word is shake and the 46th word from the last word is spear.

It is estimated that millions of trees in the world are accidentally planted by squirrels who bury nuts and then forget where they hid them.

It is illegal to be a prostitute in Siena, Italy, if your name is Mary.

It is illegal to hunt camels in the state of Arizona.

It is illegal to own a dog in Reykjavik.

It is illegal to swim in central park.

It is possible to lead a cow up stairs but not downstairs.

It takes 8.5 minutes for light to get from the sun to the earth.

It takes a yard of sugarcane to make one sugar cube
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It takes a half a gallon of water to cook macaroni, and about a gallon to clean the pot.

It takes more than 500 peanuts to make one 12 ounce jar of peanut butter.

It takes the insect eating Venus flytrap plant only half a second to shut its trap on prey.
It took engineers 22 years to design the zipper.

It was illegal to sell ET dolls in France because there is a law against selling dolls with out human faces.


It is against the law to burp, or sneeze in a church in Omaha, Nebraska

It's against the law to have a pet dog in Iceland.

Strange Facts
It's against the law to slam your car door in Switzerland.

It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. If it is tried then eyes can pop out.

Ivory bar soap floating was a mistake. They had been over mixing the soap formula causing excess air bubbles that made it float. Customer wrote and told how much they loved that it floated, and it has floated ever since.

James Buchanan was the only unmarried president of the US

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Atacama Desert of Chile, it has never rained. Fact 12


In Calama, a town in the Atacama Desert of Chile, it has never rained.

In Hardford, Connecut, you may not, under any circumstances, cross the street walking on your hands.

In ancient Egypt, killing a cat was a crime punishable by death.

In ancient Greece, where the mouse was sacred to Apollo, mice were sometimes devoured by temple priests.

In eighteenth century England, women's wigs were sometimes 4 feet high. These remarkable headdresses were dusted with flour and decorated with stuffed birds, replicas of gardens, plates of fruit, or even model ships.

In eighteenth century English gambling dens, there was an employee whose only job was to swallow the dice if there was a police raid.

In England, in the 1800's pants was considered a dirty word.

In the 19th century, the British Navy attempted to dispel the superstition that Friday was an unlucky day to embark on a ship. The Keel of a new ship was laid on a Friday, she was named HMS Friday, commanded by a Captain Friday, and finally went to sea on a Friday. Neither the ship nor her crews were ever heard of again.

In the 40's, the Bich pen was changed to Bic for fear that Americans would pronounce it 'Bitch.'

In the Balanta tribe of Africa, a bride remained married until her wedding gown was worn out. If she wanted a divorce after 2 weeks, all she had to do was rip up her dress.
In the country of Turkey, in the 16th and 17th centuries, anyone caught drinking coffee was put to death.

IN the flim 'Star Trek: First Contact, when Picard shows Lilly she is orbiting Earth, Australia and Papa New Guinea are clearly visible .. But New Zealand is missing.

In the great fire of London in 1666 half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were injured.

In the heart of the Antarctic winter, temperatures drop to as low as 127 degrees Fahrenheit.

In the Marriage ceremony of the ancient Inca Indians of Peru, the Couple was considered officially wed when they took off their sandals and handed them to each other.

In the middle Ages, the highest court in France ordered the execution of a cow for injuring a human.

In the United States there is one birth every 8 seconds and one death every 14 seconds.

In the White House, there are 13,092 Knives, forks, and spoons.

Monday, July 28, 2008

Terrorism --where India is heading towards

Another serial blast in Bangalore and Gujarat, Surat also on list Innocent people killed and Indian leaders as usual condemn the act. Sometimes I wonder at the level of patience and tolerance we as a country have, perhaps we are the most tolerant people in the world.
India is struggling with terrorism since a long time but still we do not have a clear policy to encounter terrorism.
I see three main factors/issues critical to handling of terrorism.
1. Poor Indian politics and rotten administration.
2. Reaction of Muslims.
3. Proper working of security and Intelligence agencies.

Poor Indian politics and rotten administration

Since Indian democracy is fractured so parties are only looking for gaining power by hook or crook, including appeasement politics.
Now question is what is ultimate goal of terrorists? Converting whole world to Islam , this is the whole concept of Jihad , killing the kafirs (to terrorists non Muslims) .
But here in India so called “secular” and “intellectuals” are busy in proving that Islam has nothing to do with terrorism, WRONG.
“Although every Muslim is not the terrorist but every terrorist is Muslim”.
Due to such appeasement politics terrorists like Afzal are still alive in Indian jails.
Then terrorist outfits try to free the terrorist like; “Kandhar Incident” and recent blast in Bangalore and Gujarat.
I can’t understand the logic behind feeding terrorist behind bars (thought of food crisis and security invested) after squeezing information; they must immediately be executed, so that terrorists do not try to free them.
But this does not happen due to some political parties and “Human Rights group” (they do not see the violation of human rights when innocent peoples are killed in bomb blasts??).
Also ‘salt to wound’ is administration. Indian administration is not as efficient and honest as their western counterpart.
Such situation should be changed immediately.

Reaction of Muslims

It is the responsibility of Muslim community (as of every Indian) to fight the terrorism. Because terrorists are getting support, within the country (due to some extremists).
Instead of just releasing “fatwa” Muslim should actively involved in fight against terrorism. So that image of community is not spoiled (which is not in good health already).
Many people says literacy plays critical role as an illiterate person is more prone to join the terrorist rank, it may be true but seeing at the current scenario it seems they possesses technical expertise.
So Muslim must come out of “veil” specially the youth to counter the bad intentions.
Also Muslim should develop their community not as stereotypical but more liberal, it will help in the cause.
Muslim generally plays in hand of some extremists and political parties, such situation should be changed.

Proper working of security and Intelligence agencies

India has one of the lowest ratios of police/population. Similar is the case with agencies like IB, CBI, RAW; these organizations are feeling the burnt of lack of workforce.
First of all these vacancies must be filled.
Second and important issue is security and intelligence agencies lack well coordination. So there must be proper coordination and communication among all such agencies, this will increase the effectiveness.
Another point is that these agencies should have minimum political interfere to work properly.
After all terrorism is a long battle hard counter measures are required.

Sunday, July 27, 2008

Walking to Sun in 2000 years Fact series 11


Assuming you could walk to the sun it would take about 2000 years.

If the Earth was smooth, the ocean would cover the entire surface to a depth of 12 000 feet.

If you are chased by a crocodile, run zigzag, a crocodile is not good at making sharp turns.

Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.

There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.

There are more chickens than people in the world.

Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.

The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."

On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag.

Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.

Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula".

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.

A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.

A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.

In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.

"Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.

Saturday, July 26, 2008

Chicken Exited before egg------- Fact 10




According to Genesis 1:2022, chicken came before the egg.

A Walla Walla scene is one where extras pretend to be talking in the background when they say walla walla it looks like they are actually talking.

A whale’s heart beats only nine times a minute.

Ant eaters prefer termites to ants.

Ants stretch before they wake up. They also appear to yawn in a very human manner before taking up the tasks of the day.

Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans because passing wind in a spacesuit damages them.

Albert Brooks's real name is Albert Einstein.

All totalled, the sunlight that strikes Earth at any given moment weighs as much as a large ocean liner.

A group of Unicorns is called a blessing. .

After eating, a housefly regurgitates is food and then eats it again.

Canada has more lakes that the rest of the world combined.

Canada is an Indian word meaning Big Village.

Catgut comes from sheep not cats.

Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about 10.

A group of whales is called a pod.

Abraham Lincoln was the only US president ever granted a patent.

Children grow more in the springtime.

Chopsuey is not a native Chinese dish, it was crafted in California by Chinese immigrants.

Chrysler built B29's that bombed Japan. Mitsubishi built the Zeros that tried to shoot them down. Both companies now build cars in a joint plant called Diamond Star.

Due to gravitational effects, you weigh slightly less when the moon is directly over head.

Duelling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.

During a life time, one person generates more than 1000 pounds of red blood cells.
At age 16 Confucius was a corn inspector.

Armored knights raised their visors to themselves when they rode past their king. This custom has become the modern military salute.

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Boar dung as Steroid in Rome , Strange fact 9 series continued


The steroids if ancient Rome were dried boar’s dung. Chariot racers often took a drink made from the dung before major events.
During the First World War, the punishment for homosexuality in the French army was execution.
In the days of old, any Japanese person who tried to leave the country, was summarily executed. As a further barrier to defection, a decree issued in Japan in the 1630s banned the building of any large sea-worthy ships.
Members of the SS had their blood types tattooed on their armpits.
The tiny Pyrenean state of Andorra found itself fighting two world wars at the same time. Due to an oversight at the end of the First World War, Andorra’s name was omitted from the Treaty of Versailles, meaning that the 11-man national army was still technically at war with Germany. When the Second World War broke out in 1939, it was too much of a strain on the Andorran resources. So the country hastily signed a private treaty with Germany, finally concluding the First World War.
February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
A golden razor removed from Tutankhamen’s tomb over 3000 years after his death was still sharp enough for use.
In ancient Greece an “idiot” was a private citizen or layman.
Louis XIX was King of France from breakfast until tea-time on 2 August 1830, at which point he abdicated.
The punishment for men who committed adultery in ancient Greece was to have a root vegetable inserted where the sun doesn’t shine.
Roman Emperor Caligula was so upset by the death of his sister Drusila that he imposed a year of mourning. During this time, everyone in the empire was forbidden to dine with his family, laugh or take a bath. The penalty for transgression was death.
The armistice which ended the First World War was typed back to front. The French clerk, who was taking the dictation; accidentally out some of the carbon papers in the wrong way round.
The Chinese were using aluminum to make things as early as AD300. Western civilization didn’t rediscover the metal until 1827.
Many men who acted as guards along the Great Wall of China in the Middle Ages spent their whole lives there. They were born there, raised there; they married there, died there, and were even buried within the wall.
Under an old Chinese law, anyone who revealed how to make silk was liable to death by torture.
The first country to abolish capital punishment was Austria, in 1787.

Sex and Meditation-- sex can be transformed a story


Annamalai Swami - enlightened Disciple of Raman Maharshi and sexual desireAnnamalai Swami is an enlightened Disciple of Raman MaharshiWhen Annamalai Swami was staying at the Ashram of Sri Raman Maharshi, he was given charge of constructing more buildings for the Ashram.
Annamalai Swami was some times troubled by sexual thoughts but some how he used to avoid the thoughts.
Amongst the construction workers there were some very attractive females and occasionally, Annamalai Swami were attracted to them. Once he expelled all the female workers so that he can avoid them. But Raman Maharshi stressed him to employ them.
Once he told Ramana Maharshi that he doesn't want Moksha but he wants to get rid of the desire for women.
Raman Maharshi laughingly said “all saints are striving only for this”. From Raman Maharshi answer, Annamalai Swami was assured that he was not alone in this suffering.
But one afternoon Annamalai Swami was sitting in his room, when he saw a beautiful woman going to meet Raman Maharshi. After some time when that woman came out of room, Annamalai Swami was totally captivated by her beauty and lust.
Suddenly Raman Maharshi came out and asked Annamalai Swami to stand on a particular rock and Maharshi started conversing with him.
The sun was at its peak and Annamalai Swami was not wearing any sandals. So soon his feet starts burning from heat but he could not change his feet as it was an order from Maharshi.
The pain in his feet started increasing and suddenly a thought arises in him that the pain he is experiencing has replaced the sexual desire. As the thought entered his mind, Ramana Maharshi abruptly ended conversation and left him.
After some days Annamalai Swami was again disturbed by sexual thoughts to the extent that he could not eat or sleep properly for three days. At last he thought of taking Maharshi's help.
Maharshi advised him “Why you pay attention to evil thought? Why don’t you meditate? To whom does this thought came. The thought will leave you on its own accord. You are not the body nor the mind, you are the Self, Meditate on your Self and all desires will leave you."

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Parliament is full of owls!!!!!!!!! Fact 8


A group of owls is called a parliament.
A Crocodiles tongue is attached to the roof of its mouth.
A group of larks is called exaltation.
A elephant is the heaviest of all land mammals at around 8,000 pounds.
A kangaroo can't jump unless its tail is touching the ground.
A male emperor moth can smell a female emperor moth up to 7 miles away.
A man had the hiccups for 69 years.
A millipede has 4 legs on each segment of its body.
A mole can dig over 250 feet of tunnel in a single night.
A noisy restaurant is 100,000 times as loud as a watch ticking. A Rock Concert is 1,000,000,000 times as loud. Loud headphones 10,000,000,000. Shotgun blast 1,000,000,000,000
A peanut is neither a pea nor a nut.
A person at rest generates as much heat as a 100watt light bulb
A Penny whistle has six finger holes.
A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.
A quarter has 119 grooves on its edge; a dime has one less groove.
A quarter of Russia is covered by forest.
A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continually from the bottom of the glass to the top.
A rat can last longer with out water than a camel.
A rhinoceros' horn is made of compacted hair.
Rodent’s teeth never stop growing. They are worn down by the animal's constant gnawing on bark, leaves, and other vegetables.
A Saudi Arabian woman can get a divorce if her husband doesn't give her coffee
A shark can detect one part of blood in 100 million parts of water.
A group of ravens is called a murder.
A shark can grow a new set of teeth in a week
A silicon chip a quarter inch square has the capacity of the original 1949 ENIAC computer, which occupied a city block.
A sizable oak tree, during the typical growing season, gives off 28,000 gallons of moisture.
A snail can have about 25,000 teeth
A group of toads is called a knot.
About 3,500 gallons if water is needed to produce one pound of beef.
About 300 million cells die in your body every minute.
About 3000 years ago, most Egyptians died by the time they were thirty.
About 70% of all living organisms in the world are bacteria.
About 85% of the plant life on the Earth is in the ocean.
About a third of all Americans flush the toilet while they're still sitting on it.
A group of rhinos is called a crash.
A species of earthworm in Australia grows up to 10 feet in length.
A starfish can turn its self inside out.
A ten gallon hat holds three quarters of a gallon.
A toothpick is the object most often chocked on by Americans.

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Fact 7 Indoor pollution more hazardous than outdoor


In New York City, approximately 1,600 people are bitten by other humans every year.
Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution.
Infants spend more time dreaming than adults do.
It costs about 3 cents to make a $1 bill in the United States.
It takes about 63,000 trees to make the newsprint for the average Sunday edition of The New York Times.
King Kong was Adolf Hitler’s favorite movie.
Leather skin does not have any smell. The leather smell that you sense is actually derived from the materials used in the tanning process.
Left-handed people are better at sports that require good spatial judgment and fast reaction, compared to right-handed individuals.Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic and he often wrote backwards

Monday, July 21, 2008

Trust Vote and Horse Trading --- Indian Politics at the lowest ethical Depth


Tomorrow the coalition government of UPA will fight for getting the Trust Vote in Parliament at the same time loosing the trust of common people.
Currently Horse Trading is the buzzword in political arenas. It is the strong rumor that MPs are open for sale around 30 – 50 crore rupees. Even bookies are also involved in it.
Have a look at the naked drama of changing court by politicians.
*JMM’s Shibu Soren was about to vote against the government but now he is with government, because he has given 13 point wish list including the demand of ‘Greater Jharkhand’ (oh no! another new drama regarding the geography of state). Soren also has some favors in Coal Department and MoS of Health.
*Disproportionate Assets case was up Against Mayawati just after Samajwadi Party declared its support for government.
*UPA government changed the name of Lucknow Airport to please Ajit Singh but to no anvil, Mayawati proposed Ajit Singh 8 Loksabha seats and berth in U.P. government.
*TDP and JD(s) and such drama parties are still swinging.
*Trianmool Congress and Independents still not decided.
*Mayawati is claiming she has 5 SP MPs with her.
*SP is claiming BJP MP.
*BJP is saying some Congress MPs are in 'touch' with party.

Amid all this obscene drama nobody is concerned about N-Deal’s technical point. For example Mayawati is saying “ousting the government is the only agenda.”

Some political parties are hiring detectives to abolish the possibilities of Horse Trading.
I think that Trust Voting must be completely transparent so that such filthy practices do not increase. Also common people have right to know about the move of their elected candidates, but who cares?? Not the filthy politicians at least.

No political party thinks in National interest be the matter of N-Deal, Inflation, Corruption, Infrastructure or foreign policy.
It is said that Dog’s tail does not get straight in shape even after 12 years of burying under ground. And Indian Politicians are worse than dog’s tail.

Once B.R. Ambedkar remarked “Constitutional morality is not a natural sentiment. It has to be cultivated. We must realize that our people have yet to learn it. Democracy in India is only a top dressing on an Indian soil which is essentially undemocratic”
After 6 decades of Independence Indian Democracy is still crying for moral ethics and it is reduced to funny 'demo-crazy’.
For this situation not only politician, we the people are responsible because Indian Crowd choose those criminals on the basis of caste, regionalism and all but pure quality.

Who knows what will happen either government will survive or crash because much time is left to bargaining and selling of MPs although rate may differ because “scale of economy” concept will play the crucial role.

Sunday, July 20, 2008

Fact 6 Shrinking at 30


Duracell, the battery-maker, built parts of its new international headquarters using materials from its own waste.
During World War II, Uncle Ben''s was the exclusive supplier of rice to the U.S. Armed Forces.
Each year, there are more than 40,000 toilet related injuries in the United States.
Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
Fine-grained volcanic ash can be found as an ingredient in some toothpastes.
From the age of thirty, humans gradually begin to shrink in size.
Gardening is said to be one of the best exercises for maintaining healthy bones.
George Washington grew marijuana in his garden.
In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
In 1998, Sony accidently sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people''s clothes.

Saturday, July 19, 2008

Strange Fact5 "Men have more blod"

A volcano has enough power to shoot ash as high as 50 km into the atmosphere.
A white tiger can only be born when both parents carry the gene for white colouring.
A woman has approximately 4.5 litres of blood in her body, while men have 5.6 litres.
A yawn usually lasts for approximately six seconds.
Facts 5 . Abdul Kassam Ismael, Grand Vizier of Persia in the tenth century, carried his library with him wherever he went. Four hundred camels carried the 117,000 volumes.
About 1 in 5,000 North Atlantic lobsters are born bright blue.
About 85% or product warning labels on household products are inadequate.
About twenty-five percent of the population sneeze when they are exposed to light.
According to legend, tea originated in China when tea leaves accidentally blew into a pot of boiling water.
According to psychologists, the shoe and the foot are the most common sources of sexual fetishism in Western society.
According to research, Los Angeles highways are so congested that the average commuter sits in traffic for 82 hours a year.
According to research, the most productive workday is Tuesday and the least productive is Friday.
According to Scandinavian traditions, if a boy and girl eat from the same loaf of bread, they are bound to fall in love.
According to Scientists, vampire bat saliva is the best known medicine for keeping blood from clotting. .
According to studies, an average roll of toilet paper lasts about five days in the bathroom.
According to studies, men prefer to have white bedrooms and women prefer to have blue bedrooms.
According to the American Institute of Stress, job stress approximately costs the U.S. industry over $300 billion dollars per year.
All of Chrysler’s PT Cruisers are built in Mexico
All of the Peking ducks in the United States are descendents from three ducks and one drake imported to Long Island, New York in 1873.
All penguins live south of the equator.
All racehorses in the U.S. celebrate their birthday on January 1st.
Almonds are members of the peach family.
Althaiophobia is the fear of marshmallows.
Although the outsides of a bone are hard, they are generally light and soft inside. They are about 75% water.
Although white wine can be produced from both red and white grapes, red wine can only be created from red grapes.
Amazingly, goalies in the National Hockey League played without masks until the year 1959.
American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.
American novelist Mark Twain was the first known author to submit a typed manuscript.
American women, on average, spend 55 minutes per day getting showered, dressed, and groomed.

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Strange Facts 4

Facts 1. A duck�s quack doesn�t echo, and no one knows why.
Facts 2. A ear trumpet was used before the hearing aid was invented by people who had difficulty hearing.
Facts 3. A fall of 30 feet can be survived my most cats.
Facts 4. A famous bullfighter, Lagarijo, killed 4,867 bulls in the 19th century.
Facts 5. A female ferret can die if she goes into heat and cannot find a mate.
Facts 6. A fetus develops fingerprints at eighteen weeks.
Facts 7. A fetus starts to develop fingerprints at the age of eight weeks.
Facts 8. A flea can jump 150 times its size. That is the same as a person able to jump up 1,000 feet in the air.
Facts 9. A galactic year is 250 million Earth-years. This is the time it takes for our solar system to make one revolution around the Milky Way Galaxy.
Facts 10. A galactic year is 250 million Earth-years. This is the time it takes for our solar system to make one revolution around the Milky Way Galaxy.
Facts 11. A giraffe can go longer without water than a camel.
Facts 12. A giraffe is able to clean its ears with its own tongue.
Facts 13. A glockenspiel is a musical instrument that is like a xylophone. It has a series of metal bars and is played with two hammers.
Facts 14. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
Facts 15. A group of crows is called a murder.
Facts 16. A group of kangaroos is called a mob.
Facts 17. A group of larks is called an exaltation.
Facts 18. A group of people that are hired to clap at a performance are called a claque.
Facts 19. A group of tigers is called a streak.
Facts 20. A group of whales is called a pod or gam.
Facts 21. A headache and inflammatory pain can be reduced by eating 20 tart cherries.
Facts 22. A honey bee has four wings.
Facts 23. A honey bee has four wings.
Facts 24. A honey bee has four wings.
Facts 25. A honey bee strokes its wings about 11,500 times a minute.
Facts 26. A house cat spends 70% of its time sleeping.
Facts 27. A housefly can only ingest liquid material. They regurgitate their food to liquify the food that they are going to eat.
Facts 28. A human embryo is smaller than a grain of rice at four weeks old.
Facts 29. A human eyeball weighs an ounce.
Facts 30. A human head remains conscious for about 15 to 20 seconds after it is been decapitated.
Facts 31. A Hungarian named Ladislo Biro invented the first ballpoint pen in 1938.
Facts 32. A jiffy is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. Thus the saying, I will be there in a jiffy.
Facts 33. A language becomes extinct in this world every two weeks.
Facts 34. A leech can gorge itself up to a maximum of five times its body weight.
Facts 35. A leech has 32 brains.
Facts 36. A lifespan of an eyelash is approximately 150 days.
Facts 37. A lion feeds once every three to four days.
Facts 38. A little under one quarter of the people in the world are vegetarians.
Facts 39. A man filed a lawsuit against his doctor because he survived longer than what the doctor had predicted.
Facts 40. A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for approximately sixty-nine years.
Facts 41. A maple tree is usually tapped when the tree is at least 45 years old and has a diameter of 12 inches.
Facts 42. A meteor has only destroyed one satellite, which was the European Space Agency’s Olympus in 1993.
Facts 43. A mole can dig a tunnel three hundred feet long in a single night.
Facts 44. A monkey was once tried and convicted for smoking a cigarette in South Bend, Indiana.
Facts 45. A mother hen turns her egg approximately 50 times in a day. This is so the yolk does not stick to the shell.
Facts 46. A myrmecologist studies ants.
Facts 47. A newborn kangaroo weighs approximately 0.03 ounces and is small enough to fit in a teaspoon.
Facts 48. A newly hatched fish is called a “fry.”
Facts 49. A one kilogram packet of sugar will have about 5 million grains of sugar.
Facts 50. A one ounce milk chocolate bar has 6 mg of caffeine.
Facts 51. A penguin swims at a speed of approximately 15 miles per hour.
Facts 52. A person infected with the SARS virus, has a 95-98% chance of recovery.
Facts 53. A person that is struck by lightning has a greater chance of developing motor neurone disease.
Facts 54. A person uses approximately fifty-seven sheets of toilet paper each day.
Facts 55. A person who is a specialist in wine making is called an oenologist.
Facts 56. A person who smokes a pack of cigarettes a day will on average lose two teeth every ten years.
Facts 57. A person will burn 7 percent more calories if they walk on hard dirt compared to pavement.
Facts 58. A person would have to drink more than 12 cups of hot cocoa to equal the amount of caffeine found in one cup of coffee.
Facts 59. A piece of French toast that was partially eaten by Justin Timberlake sold on eBay.
Facts 60. A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.
Facts 61. A rabbit is not able to vomit.
Facts 62. A rainbow can occur only when the sun is 40 degrees or less above the horizon.
Facts 63. A regulation baseball has exactly 108 stitches.
Facts 64. A rhinoceros horn is made of compacted hair.
Facts 65. A ripe cranberry will bounce. Another name for a cranberry is bounceberry.
Facts 66. A rocket-like device can be traced back to Ancient Greece when a flying steam-powered pigeon was built out of wood.
Facts 67. A rose imprint that was fossilized in a slate was discovered in Florisant, Colorado, which is said to be thirty-five million years old.
Facts 68. A Russian man who wore a beard during the time of Peter the Great had to pay a special tax.
Facts 69. A salmon with two mouths, two sets of teeth and two tongues was caught by Bob Bateman of Canada.
Facts 70. A scorpion can have up to 12 eyes.
Facts 71. A seagull can drink salt water because it has special glands that filter out the salt.
Facts 72. A seven year old boy was the first person to survive the Horeshoe Falls (Niagara Falls) in just a life jacket.
Facts 73. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
Facts 74. A sheep, a duck and a rooster were the first passengers in a hot air balloon.
Facts 75. A sheep, a duck, and a rooster were the first passengers in a hot air balloon.
Facts 76. A Singapore singing group by the name of “The Oriental Singers,” sang non-stop for 74 hours and five minutes.
Facts 77. A single chocolate chip gives enough energy to a human being to walk 150 feet.
Facts 78. A slug has four noses.
Facts 79. A small drip from a faucet can waste up to 50 gallons of water daily, which is enough water to run a dishwasher twice on a full cycle.
Facts 80. A snail can crawl across a razor blade without getting injured. This is possible because they excrete a slime that protects them.
Facts 81. A snail can sleep for 3 years.
Facts 82. A snake charmer in Bangladesh once found 3,500 poisonous cobras and their eggs hidden underneath the floors of two suburban homes.
Facts 83. A sneeze can travel as fast as one hundred miles per hour.
Facts 84. A sneeze zooms out of your mouth at over 600 m.p.h.
Facts 85. A species of dolphin is born naturally blind in the Indus and Ganges rivers in South Asia. These dolphins have a highly sophisticated sonar system and swim on only one side of their body.
Facts 86. A species of earthworm, “Megascolides australis,” in Australia can grow up to fifteen feet in length.
Facts 87. A squash ball moving at 150 kilometers per hour has the same impact of a .22 bullet.
Facts 88. A starfish can turn its stomach inside out.
Facts 89. A study concludes that kids who snore do poorly in school.
Facts 90. A study indicates that smokers are likely to die on average six and a half years earlier than non-smokers.
Facts 91. A study revealed that men that were born with a low birth weight were less likely to get married.
Facts 92. A superstition in baseball is to never lend your bat to anyone or you will be jinxed.
Facts 93. A surfer once sued another surfer for “stealing his wave.” The case was thrown out because the court was unable to put a price on “pain and suffering” endured by the surfer watching someone else ride “his” wave.
Facts 94. A survey done by Clairol 10 years ago came up with 46% of men stating that it was okay to color their hair. Now 66% of men admit to coloring their hair.
Facts 95. A swordfish can live as long as 25 years and weigh up to 1,200 pounds.
Facts 96. A top freestyle swimmer achieves a speed of only 4 miles per hour. Fish, in contrast, have been clocked at 68 mph.
Facts 97. A tree in metropolitan area will survive for approximately eight years.
Facts 98. A turtle can breathe through its butt..
Facts 99. A U.S. company came out with a toilet night-light that sends out a green warning beacon when the seat is up.
Facts 100. A violin actually contains 70 separate pieces of wood

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Strange Facts 3 About Hitler

There’s nothing funny about Hitler, but he is endlessly fascinating. Since Congress passed the Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act in 1998, almost 3 million classified files have been opened to the public - including a 1942 secret profile of Adolf Hitler compiled by the OSS. Here are some excerpts:
PERSONAL APPEARANCE• Hitler never allows anyone to see him while he is naked or bathing. He refuses to use cologne or scents of any sort on his body• No matter how warm he feels, Hitler will never take off his coat in public• In 1923, Nazi press secretary Dr. Sedgwick tried to convince Hitler to get rid of his trademark mustache or grow it normally. Hitler answered: "Do not worry about my mustache. If it is not the fashion now, it will be later because I wear it!"
SOCIAL BEHAVIOR• While dining with the others, Hitler will allow the conversation to linger on general topics, but after a couple of hours he will inevitably begin one of his many monologues. These speeches are flawless from start to finish because he rehearses them any time he gets a moment.• His favorite topics include: "When I was a soldier," "When I was in Vienna," "When I was in prison," and "When I was the leader in the early days of the party."• If Hitler begins speaking about Wagner and the opera, no one dares interrupt him. He will often sermonize on this topic until his audience falls asleep.
PERSONAL HABITS• Hitler has no interest in sports or games of any kind and never exercised, except for an occasional walk.• He paces frequently inside rooms, always to the same tune that he whistles to himself and always diagonally across the room, from corner to corner• Hitler’s handwriting is impeccable. When famous psychologist Carl Jung saw Hitler’s handwriting in 1937, he remarked: "Behind this handwriting I recognize the typical characteristics of a man with essentially feminine instinct."
ENTERTAINMENT• Hitler loves the circus. He takes real pleasure in the idea that underpaid performers are risking their lives to please him.• He went to the circus on several occasions in 1933 and sent extremely expensive chocolates and flowers to the female performers. Hitler even remembered their names and would worry about them and their families in the event of an accident.• He isn’t interested in wild animal acts, unless there is a woman in danger• Nearly every night Hitler will see a movie in his private theatre, mainly foreign films that are banned to the German public. He loves comedies and will often laugh merrily at Jewish comedians. Hitler even liked a few Jewish singers, but after hearing them he would remark that it was too bad he or she wasn’t Aryan.• Hitler staff secretly made films for him of torture and execution of political prisoners, which he very much enjoyed viewing. His executive assistants also secured pornographic pictures and movies for him.• He loves newsreels - especially when he is in them.• He adores gypsy music, Wagner’s operas, and especially American college football marches and alma maters.• To excite the masses, he also uses American College football-style music during his speeches. His rallying cry - "Sieg Heil!" - was even modeled after the cheering techniques used by American football cheerleaders.

Strange Fact 2 about Dogs

It is a myth that dogs are color blind. They can actually see in color, just not as vividly as humans. It is akin to our vision at dusk.
Dogs DO have better low-light vision than humans because of a special light-reflecting layer behind their retinas
A German Shepherd guide dog led her blind companion the entire 2100 mile Applachian Trail
If never spayed or neutered, a female dog, her mate, and their puppies could product over 66,000 dogs in 6 years!
Dogs' only sweat glands are between their paw pads
Like human babies, Chihuahuas are born with a soft spot in their skull which closes with age
The breed Lundehune has 6 toes and can close its ears
Teddy Roosevelt's dog, Pete, ripped a French ambassador's pants off at the White House
President Lyndon Johnson had two beagles named Him and Her
Franklin Roosevelt spent $15,000 for a destroyer to pick up his Scottie in the Aleutian Islands
In Roman times, mastiffs donned light armor and were sent after mounted knights
The Russians trained dogs during WWII to run suicide missions with mines strapped to their backs
A dog's mouth exerts 150-200 pounds of pressure per square inch
... with some dogs exerting up to 450 pounds per squre inch.
A one year old dog is as mature, physically, as a 15 year old human
The U.S. has the highest dog population in the world
France has the 2nd highest
The average city dog lives 3 years longer than a country dog
87% of dog owners say their dog curls up beside them or at their feet while they watch T.V.
Dogs can be trained to detect epileptic seizures
15 people die in the U.S. every year from dog bites
In 2002 alone, more people in the U.S. were killed by dogs than by sharks in the past 100 years
Gidget is the name of the Taco Bell dog
Newfoundlands are great swimmers because of their webbed feet
Basset Hounds cannot swim
Greyhounds are the fastest dogs on earth, with speeds of up to 45 miles per hour
Bingo is the name of the dog on the side of the Cracker Jack box
The bible mentions dogs 14 times
Three dogs survived the sinking of the Titanic - a Newfoundland, a Pomeranian, and a Pekingese
The Labrador Retriever is the #1 favorite breed in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K.
Obesity is the #1 health problem among dogs
An estimated 1,000,000 dogs in the U.S. have been named as the primary beneficiaries in their owner's will
An American Animal Hospital Assoc. poll found that 33% of dog owners admit to talking to their dogs on the phone and leaving answering machine messages for them while away
Dog's nose prints are as unique as a human's finger prints and can be used to accurately identify them
At the end of the Beatles' song "A Day in the Life", a high-pitched dog whistle was recorded by Paul McCartney for his sheepdog
70% of people sign their pet's name on greeting and holiday cards
58% put pets in family and holiday portraits
There are only 350 Cisky Terriers in the world - perhaps the rarest breed
The phrase "raining cats and dogs" originated in 17th century England when it is believed that many cats and dogs drowned during heavy periods of rain.
Dogs have no sense of "time"
Humans have kept dogs as pets for over 12,000 years
The largest breed of dog is the Irish Wolfhound
The world's smallest dog breed is the Chihuahua
The St. Bernard is the heaviest
Only dogs and humans have prostates
But dogs do not have an appendix
Every dog on earth likely descended from a species knows as the Tomarctus - a creature that roamed the earth over 15 million years ago
The oldest known breed is likely the Saluki - originally trained by Egyptians to help them track game.
In 1957, Laika became the first living being in space via an earth satellite
... while JFK's terrir, Charlie, father 4 puppies with Laika's daughter
An African wolf dog known as the basenji is the only dog in the world that cannot bark
There are 703 breeds of purebred dogs
Dachshunds were originally bred for fighting badgers
The world's smartest dogs are thought to be (1) the border collie, (2) the poodle, and (3) the golden retriever
... while the dumbest dog is believed to be the Afghan hound
A dog's smell is more than 100,000 times stronger than that of a human's
... which they need because their eyesight is not as keen as a human's.
Dogs judge objects first by their movement, then by their brightness, and lastly by their shape
Chocolate contains a substance known as theobromine (similar to caffeine) which can kill dogs or at the very least make them violently ill
George Washington had thirty six dogs - all foxhounds - with one named Sweetlips
All dogs are identical in anatomy - 321 bones and 42 permanent teeth
Smaller breeds mature faster than larger breeds
Female dogs are only ready to mate - "in heat" - twice a year for a total of roughly 20 days
Puppies sleep ninety percent of the day for their first few weeks
Rin Tin Tin was the first Hollywood dog star
... and he really signed his movie contracts - all 22 of them - with a pawprint
The Wizard of Oz's Toto was played by a female Cairn Terrier named Terry
Up until the late 1800's, Collies were known as Scottish Sheepdogs
Dogs have two times as many muscles to move their ears as people
The longer a dog's nose, the more effective it's internal cooling system
An elderly woman was saved by her 12 pound Yorkshire Terrier who fought off an 80 pound Akita and survived with only 9 stitches
U.S. Customs dogs "Rocky" and "Barco" were so good at patrolling the border that Mexican drug lords put a $300,000 bounty on their heads
Dogs are all direct descendants of wolves
Wolves and dogs can mate to produce fertal offspring
Female wolves have been known to travel great distances to regurgitate full meals for their hungry pups
Cerberus was the tri-headed dog that guarded the underworld in Greek mythology
Female dogs bear their young for 60 days before they're born
Dogs' sense of hearing is more than ten times more acute than a human's
Humans can detect sounds at 20,000 times per second, while dogs can sense frequencies of 30,000 times per second.
The earliest dog fossil dates back to nearly 10,000 B.C.
Bloodhounds are prized their ability to single out and identify a number of scents simultaneously
Dalmatian puppies are born completely white.
The Ancient Chinese carried Pekingese puppies in the sleeves of their robes
Boxers are so named because of their manner of playing with their front paws
All breeds of dog have been found to attack livestock - from 3 month old puppies, all the way up to thirteen year old poodles
A dog's heart beats up to 120 times per minute, or 50% faster than the average human heartbeat of 80 times per minute
The oldest dog on record - a Queensland "Heeler" named Bluey - was 29 years, 5 months old
Davy Crockett had a dog named Sport
Dogs were first domesticated by cavemen
Dogs live 15 years on average
Many foot disorders inn dogs are simply an issue of long toenails
More than 5,000,000 puppies are born in the U.S. every year
More than 1 in 3 American families own a dog
Average body temperature for a dog is 101.2 degrees
The Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts both offer merit badges in dog care
Dogs are natural pack animals
They are naturally submissive to any creature with higher pack status - human or canine
Dogs instinctively require the pack leader's approval
Dogs with little human contact in the first three months typically don't make good pets
The Chihuahua was named after the state in Mexico where they were discovered
After birth, puppies' eyes do not fully open until they're about 12 days old
Their vision is not fully developed until after the 1st month

Some Strange Facts 1

I am starting a series of strange facts that are quite funny and laughable and at the same time may prove surprising!!!!!!!!!
Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses. No one in Greece has memorized all 158 verses.
There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
There are more chickens than people in the world.
Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched." (Is "broughammed" a word??? SS 10/06/99)
All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt."
All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
Almonds are a member of the peach family.
Winston Churchill was born in the ladies' room.
Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous." tremendous, horrendous,stupendous, and hazardous.
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.
A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
On an American one-dollar bill, there is an owl in the upper left-hand corner of the "1" encased in the shield", and a spider hidden in the front upper right-hand corner
The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radartube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.
The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
"Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts. So, in old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them to mind their own pints and quarts and settle down. It's where we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's." (Note: reader DM wrote on 08/06/1999 "P's and Q's is actually derived from the 18th century French term Pieds ets Queues - meaning to mind your feet and wig.")
Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim or handle of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service. Wet your whistle" is the phrase inspired by this practice.
In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes, when you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. That's where the phrase, "good night, sleep tight" came from.
The term "the whole 9 yards" came from WW II fighter pilots in the Pacific. When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50 caliber machine gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being loaded into the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, it got "the whole 9 yards."
The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the Army for the General Purpose" vehicle, GP. Also, in WWII, "just enough essential parts."
The first toilet ever seen on television was on "Leave It To Beaver."
It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's supply of footballs.
Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
The world's termites outweigh the world's humans 10 to 1.
On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year.
The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.

Sunday, July 13, 2008

Some person trying to get hold over OSHO thoughts

Things can be copyrighted, thoughts cannot ... they are not things of the marketplace."-Osho's comments on copyright, published in the journal Om Shanthi, Shanthi, Shanthi.
The Master's words. But who's listening? Ten years after Osho died, his commune in Koregaon Park in Pune is a changed place. The merriment and laughter that used to ring around the commune have now been replaced with a pregnant silence, full of suspicion and hatred. The reason: battlelines have been drawn and the Bhagwan's very legacy is being torn apart by a bitter power struggle to retain control over his teachings and meditation practices. Says Swami Ganja Vedant, an old hand at the ashram: "Greed is spreading like a terminal cancer all over the commue.
The main fight revolves around Osho's works -- his books, sermons, music, art, pictures and meditation techniques -- all worth millions of dollars. While the top leadership in the Osho Commune is trying to convert all of Osho's works into commodities in the market by patenting them and charging copyright, a rebel group led by disciples in Pune and supported by like-minded Oshoites all over the world is resisting this attempt at commercialisation. Though Oshoites claim that this battle has been going on for a while now, the latest flashpoint came a few months ago when strongly worded legal notices were sent out by the New York-based Osho International to a couple of senior disciples for publishing the godman's works. These notices claim that the Osho International Foundation (OIF) Zurich holds the copyright to Osho's works and that anyone publishing or reprinting any such material must pay royalty to the foundation. Even the US Government's trade and patent website lists the OIF Zurich as "the sole and registered owner of the copyright of all published and unpublished words and works of all various writing, music, art and other products created or otherwise associated with the author (Osho) ..."
Osho International (New York) has warned the disciples that if they continue to publish or reprint Osho's works, legal action would be initiated against them. Says Swami Ananda Sant, whose wife, Gatha, publishes Osho's works in France: "Earlier we used to receive Osho's blessings for spreading his message to the masses. Now we are being served with rude legal notices."
The move to slap a royalty on Osho's works has invited a lot of criticism in the Pune commune. But as is the usual practice, those who have questioned, criticised or shown any disagreement, have been asked to resign or have been banned from the commune. Says Ma Yoga Neelam, who had been Osho's personal secretary in India and was in charge of the Pune commune till she abruptly quit a year ago: "It is a very embarrassing and shameful thing because making money was never our prime objective." According to her, as far back as in 1997, Swami Prem Jayesh -- who is the chairperson of the 21-member Inner Circle appointed by Osho -- told her that he, along with a few Inner Circle members, intended to charge royalty on all of Osho's works. His exact words at that time, she says, were: "We are sitting on a gold mine. Why not ask them to pay?"
The legal notices have only served to bring the dissent out in the open. Today everybody in Koregaon Park is discussing the issue -- and the fall of what was once a great empire. At the height of Osho's popularity, the lavender cult spread across 80 countries with over 750 meditation centres all on prime real estate. After his death though, things started going awry because of an intense power struggle in the Inner Circle appointed by Osho himself. Some Inner Circle members led by the Canada-born Jayesh (formerly Michael O'Bryne), rebel Oshoites point out, have been trying to control all the fortunes of the commune. Since Osho died, 15 of the 21 original members of the Inner Circle have quit following differences with Jayesh.
Though the Inner Circle is supposed to be the highest decision-making body for Oshoites, the rebel group alleges that the power centre has now shifted to OIF Zurich. It seems OIF Zurich has appointed Osho International (New York) to charge royalty from publishers dealing with Osho's works. The rebels allege that the New York chapter is run by Jayesh's brother D'Arcy O'Bryne while the managing committee of OIF Zurich is filled with people close to him like Swami Amrito (formerly Dr George Meredith), who used to be Osho's personal physician, and India-born Mukesh Sarda. Interestingly, investigation by India Today revealed that Osho International (New York) was, in fact, just a trading name for a UK-registered company called Master Zones Ltd. However, when contacted, the management of the Osho commune in Pune was silent on Master Zones Ltd and its ownership.
The Osho management denies that Osho himself was against charging royalty on his works. Points out Swami Satya Vedant, one of the top leaders of the Pune Commune: "On Osho's directions, the copyrights have been protected by an international foundation for the past 20 years. As the owner, Osho assigned them to a foundation in the US while a resident there. He later transferred them to a trust based in Switzerland and directed that they remain there. The legal records of assignment of copyright are well documented and carry Osho's signature. Further, Osho had testified in a copyright infringement lawsuit in the US confirming his assignment."
However, the rebels insist that Osho never intended to commercialise or charge royalty on his works and meditation practices. Swami Tathgat, a former Inner Circle member, in fact refutes the fact that Osho transferred the copyright on all his works. He says, "Twenty years ago, Osho -- who was then called Bhagwan Shri Rajneesh -- was still in India. He left for the US only in May 1981. Besides, he was never a resident of the US." india today's investigation reveals that Osho had assigned his copyrights in 1972 to the Pune-based Rajneesh Foundation, the trust that ran the day-to-day affairs of the commune till Osho left for the US. Mumbai-based copyright and trademark registration firm R.K. Diwan & Company, which handled the registration work for Osho between 1973 and 1993, took care of the legalities of the transfer of copyright of all his works. The Rajneesh Foundation was run by a board of trustees that did not include Osho. Rebel Oshoites also have an interesting point to make: once Osho assigned the copyrights to the Rajneesh Foundation, he could not have transferred it to an international foundation or to a Switzerland-based trust. Says Mohan Diwan, proprietor of R. K. Diwan & Company: "Once Rajneesh assigned his rights to the Rajneesh Foundation, he no longer held any rights. It is an absolute and unconditional transfer." As per the Copyright Act, argue the rebels, the copyright should still be with the Rajneesh Foundation, which though non-functioning, still exists.
Many of the rebel Oshoites are outraged that India, Osho's homeland, has been completely sidelined by the "western" leadership that has injected a commercial agenda into the soul of the cult. In fact, on various chat sites on the Internet frequented by Oshoites, disciples have criticised this new "commercial viewpoint" of the organisation. Swami Keerti, a former spokesperson who left the commune last February, says, "We are very agitated about the secret shifting of the headquarters from Pune to the US. This, even though Osho had made his home in Pune." Some are even contemplating a public-interest litigation against the Jayesh coterie while others want the Indian Government to intervene. Says Swami Narenda, one of the rebel disciples: "Osho is not a fiefdom of Swami Jayesh and his coterie."
Though the Indian chapter has been given independent rights of functioning, the disgruntled disciples feel it is not enough. "It is merely an eyewash," charges Keerti. He explains that as of now, OIF India has only been given the Hindi rights to all of Osho's works, besides the royalty on the goods sold in India. The rest goes into the coffers of OIF Zurich.
The biggest weapon in the hands of the rebels is the claim that they are only following Osho's views on copyright. However, Ma Anando, who was once Osho's legal secretary, says that the godman was full of contradictions. The views he expressed on copyright to a particular person cannot be taken as the final word, she argues. Justifying the move by OIF Zurich to charge royalty, she says, "The aim is to protect these priceless works from being used in a distorted manner."
Whatever be the truth, one thing is clear: the tug of war to control Osho's legacy is likely to be a bitter one.

Here , waht is Osho Inc........

750 meditation centers across 80 countries, including 200 in India.

1,500 books published in 40 languages. 3.5 million copies sold last year.

» 400 tapes of music and sermons. 200,000 copies sold every year.

» 800 signature paintings.

» 10,000 exclusive photographs.

» Diamond robes and accessories, Rolls Royce fleet and properties

Thursday, July 3, 2008

The Ghost

I came through this amazing story .
get the interesting message.

Once a Man lost his Loving wife. While his wife was dying, he gave her the promise that that he will not marry again.The man remain truthful to his dead wife for a while but destiny had stored some thing else for him. He fell in love again.
He fell so deep in love that he forgot about his promise and he married again. Its natural for a man to forget promises, wedding dates, and birthday but a woman always cherishes these things.
On his wedding Night he saw his dead wife's Ghost, who complained about the broken promise. The man was surprised to see the ghost of his dead wife but now he could do nothing about it, so he kept quite. But his dead wife ghost could not accept this betrayal and She kept coming back everyday and telling word by word what transpires between the man and his new wife.
Tired by complaints and threats from the Ghost one day the man went to a Sage. The Sage said “the Ghost is very intelligent. Next time she comes, just pick one handful of grains from a Sack and ask her how many grains are there in your Hand”.
When the Ghost came that night, the man did the same. He filled his hand with grains from a sack and asked the Ghost, “Tell me how many grains are there in my hand?” The Ghost immediately disappeared and never returned again.Most of time what we believe and see in this world is a Projection of our mind. We can only see those things which we are already aware of. The mind projects things from the past. That Ghost was a creation of the mind and so are most of our problems. If we stop projecting things then 99% of our problems will disappear like the Ghost in this story.