Horoscope cant find you your soulmate!

Lonely hearts who turn to horoscopes to find their perfect partner are wasting their time, says a recent study according to Daily Mail.
The research failed to see any evidence of attraction between star signs. It also concluded that the zodiac had no impact on our chances of marrying - or staying married.
The study conducted by University of Manchester used 2001 Census data to analyse the birthdays of 20 million husbands and wives in England and Wales. No special compatibility was found between star signs, Dr David Voas, from the university's School of Social Sciences told Daily Mail.
"If there is even the smallest tendency for Virgos to fancy Capricorns, or for Libras to like Leos, then we should see it in the marriage statistics,” he points out.
source: ibnlive.com

Story of the world's most famous chewing gum!

William Wrigley was 29 years old, had $32 in his pocket and unlimited enthusiasm and energy. He also had great talent as a salesman. His father was a soap manufacturer, and at the start of his new business in Chicago, Mr. Wrigley sold Wrigley's Scouring Soap. As an extra incentive to merchants, Mr. Wrigley offered premiums. He knew his customers would be more likely to carry Wrigley's soap if they received a little "something for nothing." One of these premiums was baking powder. When baking powder proved to be more popular than soap, he switched to the baking powder business.

Then one day in 1892, Mr. Wrigley got the idea of offering two packages of chewing gum with each can of baking powder. The offer was a big success. Once again the premium - chewing gum - seemed more promising than the product it was supposed to promote. At that time, there were at least a dozen chewing gum companies in the United States, but the industry was relatively undeveloped. Mr. Wrigley decided that chewing gum was the product with the potential he had been looking for, so he began marketing it under his own name. His first two brands were Lotta and Vassar. Juicy Fruit gum came next in 1893, and Wrigley's Spearmint was introduced later that same year.

source: Wrigleys.com

U.P STATE ELECTIONS - AN UN WANTED HYPE?

With the Uttar Pradesh State Elections drawing near, the activities of both Samajwadi Party & the BSP have managed to reach a crescendo, with the incumbent government roping in super star Amitabh Bachchan to promote their election campaign, giving rising a lot or eyebrows and the speculation that Big B was entering back into politics. God knows the amount the Mulayam Singh government must have spent on him, did anyone actually tried finding out? while responding to Rajdeep Sardesai's question on IBN, Amar Singh vehemently responded "I don't need to tell you the amount we have spent on Mr. Bachchan's ad." The TV channels, have been debating in and out for the past one month, bringing across issues and making skeletons tumble out of the closet in a heap, has got the Samajwadi Party running for cover and becoming quite re-active. But honestly, sometimes its worth stopping a minute and pondering - Does our largest state, which has got one of the worst law and order situations ? The most number of unemployed youth in the state, and the functioning of the state which needs looking into to stop its corruption level (Highest Corruption level in the state), isn't it ironical that the ruling party spend money on ads, and propagating their own party. Even the media sometimes seems to be focusing on the wrong issues. And can some one please tell, how is it that Mayawati, who faces corruption charges of Rs.1000 crore is being allowed to contest elections? But then we all know the answer isn't it. Wonder when we INDIANS will awake from our slumber?

source: unkonwn

Snake Eater!

A man in Shanghai eats live snakes!

He founded Hyderabad

The fourth ruler of Golconda, Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah, fell in love with a local dancer named Bhagmati. She lived in a cottage in the village of Chichlam, situated on the southern bank of Musi. It is said that once the young prince rode out from the Golconda Fort to meet his beloved, braving the flood waters of the River Musi. Later, the prince married the girl and ascended the throne following his father's death. When the fort of Golconda became insufficient and there was shortage of water and other resources, the emperor decided to shift his capital to the village of Chichlam, and thus Hyderabad was born in year 1591.

Meet the first Indian space tourist

Thirty-year-old Santosh George Kulangara will be spending about one crore for a three-hour long trip to space. Kulangara will be on board the Virgin Galactic Space ship to the final frontier in 2008 thus being the first Indian to make a journey to space. It is the travelogue of a lifetime- especially for Kulangara, who is a travel writer. And he hopes to pay for the trip from his writings.However, Kulangara’s family is a little skeptical about his trip.

source: ibnlive.com

Google to make mobile phones!

And now, Google plans to make mobile phones. According to industry insiders and analysts, while a Google official in Spain last week acknowledged the company is "investigating" such a project. Apple Inc's iPhone device - due out in June and at prices starting at $500 is already creating ripples amongst gadget enthusiasts.

Richard Windsor, a phone analyst with brokerage Nomura in London, told clients late last week that unspecified Google representatives at a major European conference in Germany had confirmed the company is working on its own phone device. Google plans their mobile phone as a mass market device aimed at bringing Google to users who don't have a PC
source: ibnlive.com

History of 'YAHOO!'

Yahoo! began as a student hobby and evolved into a global brand that has changed the way people communicate with each other, find and access information and purchase things. The two founders of Yahoo!, David Filo and Jerry Yang, Ph.D. candidates in Electrical Engineering at Stanford University, started their guide in a campus trailer in February 1994 as a way to keep track of their personal interests on the Internet. Before long they were spending more time on their home-brewed lists of favorite links than on their doctoral dissertations. Eventually, Jerry and David's lists became too long and unwieldy, and they broke them out into categories. When the categories became too full, they developed subcategories ... and the core concept behind Yahoo! was born.
The Web site started out as "Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web" but eventually received a new moniker with the help of a dictionary. The name Yahoo! is an acronym for "Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle," but Filo and Yang insist they selected the name because they liked the general definition of a yahoo: "rude, unsophisticated, uncouth."

source:yahoo.com

Invisible Cotopus!

Bollywood's rarest photograph

Did you ever see Amitabh, Dharmendra, Sanjeev Kumar and Amjad Khan together in one frame?

Well, This photograph was supposedly taken during the shooting of the legendary movie Sholay. They were looking at Asrani when he was practicing for the first time with his funny Jailer's dress ALONE on a rock.
source: unknown

Shakira - Live in Mumbai, 25th March 2007

The Latino sensation Shakira will be performing in Mumbai on March 25 on her first ever visit to India. Shakira's Indian connection began when she invited Farah Khan to choreograph her hit number Hips don't lie at the 2006 MTV music video awards in New York. It was such a successful collaboration that rumours continue about an ongoing association, as of now there are no news of the singer making her Bollywood debut. The singer will perform in Dubai before performing in India. So all Shakira lovers should book their flight tickets for what promises to be a bootilicious night.
source: ndtv

Nike's logo designed for $ 35! in 1971

The Nike logo or the Swoosh is one of the most recognized symbols in the world. Well, did you know that it cost Nike only $35 to get it designed?
In 1971, Carolyn Davidson created the famous Nike Swoosh for $35. She was a Portland State University graphic design student. The swoosh became an instantly-recognizable insignia for Nike around the world. The logo might have taken a few modifications over a period of time, But it is still one of the most coveted brands in the world. In 1983, Nike co-founder and CEO Phil Knight gave Davidson a diamond ring with the swoosh on it and Nike stock in an amount that remains a secret!

236 metal objects found in a senile man's stomach

Jumma Khan, a mentally ill man from Chennai is living with over 236 metal objects in his stomach. The 236 metal objects recovered in a critical surgery include three pairs of scissors, a watch, 5 mosquito coil-stands and a necklace. A two-hour long videotape of the surgery shows doctors patiently pulling out each one of the objects.

Jumma Khan recently swallowed a very big nail because of which he panicked and landed up in the hospital. Though, in the past there have been cases of children swallowing coins and mentally ill swallowing metallic objects, 236 objects in one stomach has left the doctors in a state of shock.

The video can be viewed at:
http://www.ibnlive.com/videos/35023/236-metal-objects-found-in-a-tummy.html

The night when moon went red

Moon, on Sunday morning turned red. It probably knew it was Holi in India. In the early hours of 4th March, a total lunar eclipse occurred which made the moon look red and it took almost 6 hours for the earth's shadow to cross the moon.
A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth passes directly between the Moon and the Sun. Light scattering through the Earth's atmosphere is reduced to predominantly red wavelengths, which reflect off the lunar surface. The total eclipse lasted for over an hour, with Europe getting the best view.
The next lunar eclipse will occur on 28th August .

Can you believe it? - Height of coincidence

Are you a history student? Even if you are not, check this out.

Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.

John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.

Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.

John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.

Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.

Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.

Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.

Both Presidents were shot in the head.

If that wasn’t enough…read on.
Lincoln 's secretary was named Kennedy.

Kennedy's Secretary was named Lincoln.

Both were assassinated by Southerners.

Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.

Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln , was born in 1808.

Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.

John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839.

Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.

Both assassins were known by their three names.

Both names are composed of fifteen letters.

Hold on…

Lincoln was shot at the theater named 'Ford.

Kennedy was shot in a car called ' Lincoln ' made by 'Ford.

Lincoln was shot in a theater and his assassin ran and hid in a warehouse.

Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and his assassin ran and hid in a theater.

Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.

And the death blow
A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland.

A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe.

So, How was the history lesson?

Traffic Signals....they are over 135 years old!!!

The first traffic lights were installed outside the British Houses of Parliament in London, by the railway engineer J.P. Knight on 10 December 1868. They resembled railway signals of the time, with semaphore arms and red and green gas lamps for night use. The gas lantern was turned with a lever at its base so that the appropriate light faced traffic. Unfortunately, it exploded on 2 January 1869, injuring the policeman who was operating it.
The modern electric traffic light is an American invention. As early as 1912 in Salt Lake City, Utah, policeman Lester Wire set up the first red-green electric traffic lights. On 5 August 1914, the American Traffic Signal Company installed a traffic signal system on the corner of 105th Street and Euclid Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio. Based on the design of James Hoge, it had two colors, red and green, and a buzzer to provide a warning for color changes. The first four-way, three-color traffic light was created by police officer William Potts in Detroit in 1920.
So, there’s so much to these three colors that bring in some discipline on the road!