KNOWLEDGE IS AMUSING

[1] FORTNIGHT comes from 'Fourteen Nights' (Two Weeks).

[2] POP MUSIC is 'Popular Music' shortened.

[3] MOPED is the short term for 'Motorized Pedaling'.

[4] BUS is the short term for 'Omnibus' that means everybody.

[5] DRAWING ROOM was actually a 'withdrawing room' where people withdrew after Dinner. Later the prefix 'with' was dropped..

[6] NEWS refers to information from Four directions
N, E, W, and S.

[7] AG-MARK, which some products bear, stems from 'Agricultural Marketing'.

[8] QUEUE comes from 'Queen's Quest'. Long back a long row of people as waiting to see the Queen. Someone made the comment Queen's Quest..


[9] JOURNAL is a diary that tells about 'Journey for a day' during each Day's business.

[10] TIPS come from 'To Insure Prompt Service'. In olden days to get Prompt service from servants in an inn, travelers used to drop coins in a Box on which was written 'To Insure Prompt Service'. This gave rise to the custom of Tips.

[11] JEEP is a vehicle with unique Gear system. It was invented during World War II (1939-1945). It was named 'General Purpose Vehicle (GP)'.GP was changed into JEEP later.

[12] Coca-Cola was originally green.

[13] The most common name in the world is Mohammed..

[14] The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with Asia, America, Australia, Europe

[15] The strongest muscle in the body is the TONGUE.

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

[17] Women BLINK nearly twice as much as men!!

[18] You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.

[19] It is impossible to lick your elbow.


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

[21] It is physically impossible for PIGS to look up into the sky.

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

[23] Each KING in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history.


Spades - King David
Clubs - Alexander the Great,
Hearts - Charlemagne
Diamonds - Julius Caesar.

[24] What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common?

Ans. - All invented by women.

[25] A CROCODILE cannot stick its tongue out.

[26] A SNAIL can sleep for three years.

[27] All POLAR BEARS are left handed.

[28] BUTTERFLIES taste with their feet.

[29] ELEPHANTS are the only animals that can't jump.

[30] In the last 4000 years, no new ANIMALS have been domesticated.

[31] STEWARDESSES is the longest word typed with only the left hand.

[32] The human HEART creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.

[33] RATS multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over million descendants.

[34] People say "BLESS YOU" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond.

[35] 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.
So good to bless sneezing person

How to create secure password

With most websites requiring you to create an account, do you find yourself in a bit of a pickle when it comes to inventing passwords? Many people use the same password for all their online accounts and often forget the password they came up with months ago. Hands up who doesn't feel like banging your head against the wall trying to remember the password you created months ago?

Let's face it - everyone has problems with creating and remembering secure passwords. That's why we decided to help.

Tips on how to create and remember your passwords:

* Use the first letters of a sentence that you will remember, e.g. "I have 3 cats: Fluffy, Furry and Shaggy" gives: Ih3c:FF&S, or "Bouncing tigers have every right to ice-cream" becomes: Bther2I-C.

* Take the name of the website and then add your personal twist, like your height or your friend's home address (e.g. "AmazonOceanRd6'2"). Avoid using your own contact details like your phone number or house number.

* Remove the vowels from a word or phrase e.g. "I like eating pancakes" becomes: Ilktngpncks".

* Use a phrase from your favourite book and then add the page, paragraph or chapter number.


The Do's and Don'ts of creating passwords

DOs:

* Mix letters, numbers and symbols, and use case sensitivity (upper and lower case letters)

* The longer the better. Use passwords that are longer than 6 characters.

* Change your passwords at least every 60 days, cycling the numeric values up or down makes the new password easy to remember.

* Try copying and pasting at least some of the characters in your password that way keyloggers won't be able to track your keystrokes.


DON'Ts:

* Don't use words or phrases or numbers that have personal significance. It is very easy for someone to guess or identify your personal details like date of birth.

* Avoid writing your password down, use a reputable password manager to manage all your passwords.

* Don't use the same password for several logins, especially if they involve sensitive financial or other personal information.

* Don't tell anybody your password.

* When registering on websites that ask for your email address, never use the same password as your email account.
SOURCE:FROPKI