DID YA KNOW?

||-- The ball on top of a flagpole is called a 'truck'.
||-- Gardening is said to be one of the best exercises for maintaining healthy bones.
||-- A blue whale's heart is the size of a Volkswagen Beetle car!
||-- Strawberries have more vitamin C than oranges.
||-- Austria was the first country to use postcards.
||-- If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
||-- Greyhounds have the best eyesight of any breed of dog.
||-- Most NASCAR Teams use nitrogen in their tires instead of air.
||-- Bamboo plants can grow up to 36 inches in a day.
||-- When you walk down a steep hill, the pressure on your knees is equal to three times your body weight.
||-- Only 1% of bacteria cause disease in humans!
||-- Cashew nut shells contain oil that is extremely irritating to human skin.

My Wishes

Sometimes my wishes touch the sky,
I wish for things that no one can try.
I wish for stars, I wish for the moon,
I wish for night to be day, for morn to be noon.
I wish for a heaven that I hope to find,
Somewhere in these wishes of mine.
Now one wish I had was granted.
From the skies to me, you have landed.
I have no need for more wishes so far,
You are my heaven, my moon, my star.

Tehmina Dar, Lahore

Riddles

Q. There is a man standing over a dead body in a coffin, and another man walks in and asks, who is in the coffin. The first man replies, "brothers and sisters, I have none, but this man's father is my father's son". Who's in the coffin?
A. His son.

Q. I know a word of letters three, add two and fewer there will be.
A. Few.

Q. No sooner spoken than broken. What is it?
A. Silence or a promise.

Q. The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
A. Foot-steps.

Q. Some months have 30 days, some months have 31 days; how many have 28?
A. Every month has at least 28 days.

Q. Take off my skin - I won't cry, but you will! What am I?
A. An onion.

Q. The more it dries, the wetter it gets. What is it?
A. A towel.

Q. There is a clerk at the butcher shop, he is five feet ten inches tall, and he wears size 13 sneakers. He has a wife and two kids. What does he weigh?
A. Meat.

Dogs can 'catch' yawns too

Scientists have discovered that, just like humans, pet dogs find yawns 'catching' too.