Guinness Book of Records stolen!

he Guinness Book of Records was launched by twin brothers Norris and Ross McWhirter in 1954. They were born in August 1925 at Winchmore Hill, London, the sons of William Allan McWhirter, managing director of Associated Newspapers and Northcliffe Newspapers Group.. Both went to the same college, both were outstanding track athletes, and both served in the Royal Naval in WWII.

To date, more than 100 million copies of the 400 editions of Guinness Book of Records have been sold in some 40 languages, making it one of the world's all-time best-selling copyright book. But Guinness Book of Records also holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries. Very weird but it is the number one stolen book in the world.

315 entries in 1996 webster Dictionary were misspelled!!

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary ©1996.
Merriam-Webster, Incorporated.
Published under license with Merriam-Webster, Incorporated.

Yes it is true the Webster dictionary that was printed in 1996 had 315 entries misspelled. It took a group of people who set out to find this mistakes over three weeks to find this 315 entries. Which means that if they have done it prior to 1996 they would have probably found more on the earlier versions as well, and who know maybe even know! Because this was the first time they tried this and they were lucky enough to find 315 of them. and according to Webster dictionary misspelled means

Main Entry: mis·spell
Pronunciation: \ˌmis-ˈspel\
Function: transitive verb
Date: 1655
: to spell incorrectly

The US and McDonalds, and Obesity

The United States has the world's highest number of McDonald’s restaurants per capita.

Americans also die of obesity more often than any other nation, with more deaths than Mexico, Germany, Spain, Austria and Canada combined.

There are about 304 million people in the united states as of July 2008, and there are about 34 thousandths McDonald's in the USA. That is 1 McDonald's per 8941 people. That is more McDonald's than any country in the world, and McDonald's also claims that 25 percent of their income comes from sale of Happy Meal, and 20 percent from there number 1 menu Big Mac meal. This does not take a rocket scientist to see why more American are obese and the die due to high cholesterol and heart attacks.

Jumbo Jet uses aboout 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off !!

The aircraft burns a lot of fuel when taking off since it takes quite a lot of energy to get a 400 ton plane moving. But once it is up in the thin air and cruising at 500MPH, it is burning less fuel per-person than an economy car (and going a lot faster).Think of it this way Something huge like a boeing 747 would take much more fuel to take off with all that weight.

For example a Boeing 747 jet engine swallows a gallon or so of fuel every 2 seconds at about 90 percent throttle (take off) so take this and multiply it by the average runway roll out even the 747 is airborne in under 60 seconds so do the math per 1 engine, and at max load needs about 10,000 feet to take off; takes off in about 55 seconds.
here is the calculation
(55 take off seconds / 2 second for every gallon)=27.5 seconds
(27.5 seconds X 1 gallon)=27.5 Gallons
(27.5 gallons X 4 Engine)=110 Gallons
So it takes 110 gallons just to take from standing at the runway to lift off. but an average it would be siting there for more than 2 hour while loading and waiting for clearance to the taxi way and take off. During this time it would take about gallon of gas every 8 seconds. which would roughly be around 3500 gallons to 5000 gallons depending on weather and other conditions.

Boing 747 wingspan and the wright brothers

The Boeing 747 truly represents the current peak of passenger aircraft development. At 150 feet, the 747's economy section alone is longer than the Wright Brothers' first flight at Kitty Hawk. It is the largest passenger jet currently in service, seating up to 524 people. With a width of over 19 feet, the 747 appears from inside the cabin to be enclosed by nearly vertical fuselage walls. The plane can stay aloft for 17-hour flights, storing fuel in the tail structure as well as in the wings and fuselage. With a range of 8,430 statute miles, the 747 can easily connect such far-flung cities as Los Angeles-to-Hong Kong, San Francisco-to-Sydney and Singapore-to-London.
Manufacturer Boeing
First Flight== February 9, 1969

Wingspan== 195 feet, 8 inches On December 17, 1903, Orville Wright piloted the first powered airplane 20 feet above a wind-swept beach in North Carolina. The flight lasted 12 seconds and covered 120 feet. That is shorter than Boeing 747 wingspan by 75 feet, and 8 inches

Length== 231 feet, 4 inches
Height== 63 feet, 6 inches
Weight== 358,000 pounds (empty)
Top Speed== 604 mph
Cruising Speed== 566 mph
Flight Altitude== 45,000 feet
Range== 6,000 miles
Engines== Four engines 43,000-pound-thrust
Accommodations== 33 crew, 374 - 490 passengers

Chocolate and Dogs

While the pathetic begging look that goes across the face of a dog wanting chocolate can weaken the most stoic dog owner, stay firm. Do not give in. Ever.Once dogs have tasted chocolate, they want more.And for dogs, that's a bad thing. You might disagree, thinking back to a time when you noticed a dog enjoying a tidbit of chocolate with no deleterious effect. Don't be fooled.

The problem, according to veterinary experts, is that eating a speck of chocolate leads a dog to crave more. It can mean that your dog will jump at a opportunity to get any type of chocolate, not knowing that certain chocolates are more lethal than other types. Larger amounts of chocolate, particularly of the most toxic type, can bring about epileptic seizures in some dogs, and in all dogs, can kill.

Chocolate contains theobromine. A naturally occurring stimulant found in the cocoa bean, theobromine increases urination and affects the central nervous system as well as heart muscle. While amounts vary by type of chocolate, it's the theobromine that is poisonous to dogs.

You can recognize that your dog has eaten a toxic dose of chocolate from the symptoms. Within the first few hours, the evidence includes vomiting, diarrhea or hyperactivity. As time passes and there's increased absorption of the toxic substance, you'll see an increase in the dog's heart rate, which can cause arrhythmia, restlessness, hyperactivity, muscle twitching, increased urination or excessive panting.

This can lead to hyperthermia, muscle tremors, seizures, coma and even death.

Wrong babies?

It is has been reported by different studies that 100,000 to 500,000 newborns are accidentally switched at birth every year -- and given to wrong parents! According to the 1998 Edition of the Tanderberg Report, (an annual medical study by sociologist Dr. Morton Tanderberg, and as reported by Ann Victoria in Weekly World News, p. 22, on 9-8-98), 500,000 or 1 out of every 8 babies born in American hospitals is sent home with the wrong parents. In many cases, these oversights are caught and corrected within a few days and the babies are returned to their mothers. But on the other end of the scale, Dr. Tanderberg says that in some overcrowded facilities, particularly in large metropolitan areas like New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, the number of switched babies could be considerably higher -- possibly as high as 3 out of 8.

This is weired because it is happening in USA, you would think something like this happens in Africa.