Top celebrity facts

Did you know that beyonce was allergic to perfumes? alfred hitchcock didn't have a bellybutton? Get to know about many other Hollywood celebrity facts which you never heard of.

50 IMPORTANT CELEBRITY FACTS:

50. George Clooney sometimes sleeps in the walk-in closet of his LA mansion because, he says, "all the bedrooms are too light".

49. In 1985, Teri Hatcher played a dancing mermaid on The Love Boat. "That was the first job I ever had" she says. "I left college before finishing my math degree to go do that".

48. While attending Princeton, Prison Break star Wentworth Miller traveled the world performing with the school's acapella group, The Princeton Tigertones

47. Matthew Perry is missing part of his middle finger on his right hand due to a door-shutting accident.

46. Diane Lane's mom, Colleen Farrington, was playboy's Miss October 1957 (the ex playmate was also pregnant in one of her photo shoots)

45. Early in her career, Whitney Houston sang the jingle used in commercials for Bounce fabric sheets.

44. A childhood virus left Rob Lowe completely deaf in his right ear. "No stereo for me" he says "It's a mono world".

43. Even though she appears in ads for Tommy Hilfiger's True Star fragrances, Beyonce is reportedly allergic to perfume.

42. After Drew Barrymore posed for Playboy in 1995, Steven Spielberg sent a note that said "cover yourself up" along with a quilt and a copy of the magazine with all her pictures altered so that she appeared fully clothed.

41. Jake Gyllenhaal got his first driving lesson from family friend Paul Newman

40. At age 10, Justin Timberlake won 1991 pre-teen Mr. America pageant. The following year, he became the first male winner of America's Universal Charm pageant.

39. Before becoming an actress, Aussie Naomi Watts worked as an assistant fashion editor at a fashion magazine called Follow Me.
38. Colin Farrell says that Marilyn Monroe was the first woman he fell in love with. "I used to leave Smarties, the Irish equivalent of M&Ms, under my pillow with a little note saying, "I know you're dead but these are very tasty and you should come and have a few. i wont tell anyone"
37. Gwen Stefani admits that she's had only two boyfriends in her life: No Doubt band mate Tony Kanal and husband Gavin Rossdale.
36. As a 2nd grader Jamie Foxx was so talented at telling jokes, his teacher used him as a reward. If the class behaved, Jamie would entertain them.
35. Butt-Kicking Kill Bill siren Uma Thurman is a crafty one. "I knit" she admits, adding "I love glue gun projects"
34. Keira Knightley was Queen Amidala's decoy in Star Wars: Episode 1 though the film was promoted as if Natalie Portman played both roles.
33. Though Christina Aguilera is of Ecuadorian descent and recorded an album in Spanish, she doesn't speak the language. I gathered that when she said mai gousta kantaar
32. In 1993, Jessica Simpson tried out for the Mickey Mouse Club but panicked after watching Christina Aguilera audition. "I froze and forgot everything" she says. She lost out to both Christina and Britney Spears.
31. Eva Longoria starred in the 2004 flick Carlita's Secret, a crime drama in which she shared a same-sex smooch with actress Maria Bravo. "It was the most fun i've ever had kissing somebody".
30. In the early 70s, Richard Gere played Danny Zuko in a London production of Grease.
29. Tom Cruise admits that he still does the Risky Business underwear dance when hes at home alone. He calls it his "dance of freedom".
28. As a child, Jim Carrey wore tap shoes to bed just in case his parents needed cheering up in the middle of the night.
27. Christina Applegate attended the 1989 MTV Movie Awards with Brad Pitt, but dumped him at the event and left with someone else. "We were really good friends when I was about 16. We went to the awards and I ditched him! I left him there and I feel really bad about it...I really really do. I left with somebody else"
26. In a high school talent show, Matt Damon performed the talking heads' "Burning Down the House"
25. Mariah Carey was nicknamed "Mirage" in high school because she never showed up for class.
24. Angelina Jolie's uncle who looks just like John Voight, Chip Taylor, wrote the song "Wild Thing"
23. Catherine Zeta Jones' father owned a candy factory, but the star says she rarely indulged: "I had so many sweets and candy hanging around my house that I never even bothered with them".
22. Comic actor Jack Black is the son of rocket scientists. His mother worked on the Hubble telescope, and his father worked on "some stuff that i can't tell you about," Jack says.
21. Jennifer Love Hewitt sent Matt Damon an inflatable bed because she read he didn't feel like he has a bed of his own. She never heard back and now, he "looks at me a little weird".

20. At the age of 7, Reese Witherspoon appeared in a television commercial fora local Nashville Florist.
19. Paris Hilton has size 11 feet! "All those super cute shoes like Guccis and Monolos look like clown shoes on me"
18. Russell Crowe was once a pompadoured singer named Russ Le Roq. His first single was "I want to be like marlon brando"...even though he'd never seen a Brando movie when he wrote the song.
17. Madonna is related to both Gwen Stefani and Celine Dion. Gwen's great aunt's mother-in-law shares the same last name as Madonna Ciccone and an ancestor of Madonna's mother was married to a distant relative of Celine's dad.
16. Grey's Anatomy star Patrick Dempsey began his career as a juggling unicycle-riding clown.
15. Tara Reid attended high school in New Jersey with American Idol contestant Constantine Maroulis.
14. Julia Roberts' left eye tears up when she gets nervous.
13. Struggling actress Charlize Theron landed her first agent in a bank. He signed her after witnessing her throwing a fit at a bank teller who refused to cash her check.
12. When he was little, Ben Affleck asked his mom for a dog and she tested him by making him walk an imaginary pup for a week. In the end, he only lasted five days and didn't get the dog.
11. Brittany Murphy claims she started speaking at 4 and a half months. She also says she was a very "energetic child, really bubbly...extremely precocious"
10. Demi Moore, who has earned up to 20 million per movie, first found work as a bill collector
09. Heidi Klum is an avid painter and several of her works have appeared in US art magazines.
08. Daryl Hannah is co creator of the board game Liebrary
07. Both Olsen twins had to wear fake teeth during the later years of Full House because their smiles began to look different.
06. In 1985, a four year old Alicia Keys appeared on The Cosby Show as one of the guests at Rudy's slumber party.
05. Usher holds the Star Search record for the longest note by a child: 12.1 seconds
04. Claire Danes has a swing in her apartment. "My parents had a swing, a trapeze and a trampoline in their apartment, I was inspired by that"
03. American Beauty star Thora Birch's mom acted in 21 adult films including Deep Throat under the name Carol Connors before retiring in 1993.
02. Halle Berry used to date New Kid on the Block Danny Wood. They broke up because the band thought she was a groupie.
01. Brad Pitt belonged to the Key Club and the Forensics Club in High School, and before he became an actor he supported himself as a chauffeur, a furniture mover and a costumed mascot for the restaurant, El Pollo Loco

Generating wi-fi through macbook pro or air

Generating wi-fi through macbook pro or making your macbook pro a wi-fi hotspot:

here are the simple steps you need to follow:

1) Goto system Preferences.
2) Goto Sharing under Internet and sharing category.
3) On the list present at left side tick mark Internet sharing, then a popup appears, then select Run.
4) Select the device using which you wish to generate wi-fi from the right side drop down list.
5) Select wi-fi option under to computers using present at right side.
6) If you are using it for the first time you have to give your wi-fi a name and password etc.
7) Start enjoying wi-fi and dont forget to comment if you succeed or if you have any problem. :)

Man with double PhD begging on streets

With a double PhD, this man was begging in the streets

Jaipur: Dinesh Dwivedi, age 50, a retired school teacher, spent large parts of his day begging in the streets of Jaipur.

He has a pension of Rs. 35,000 a month, and owns a small haveli in the walled city of Jaipur and shops in this crowded market place.

But Mr Dwivedi, a double PhD in Sanskrit, was beaten often by his son, a 25-year-old with an alleged drug habit.

"I begged him again and again, with folded hands, to spare me...but he would hit me with a stone...or a stick."

Mr Dwivedi has three children. His elder daughter is married but his younger son and daughter live with him. His son, Saurabh, is unmarried and is a school dropout.

"I was not born addicted to smack," he says, sitting on the steps at his father's house. "I was tricked into addiction by people who want to grab the property that my father and I own."

But neighbours say Saurabh beats both his father and his younger sister mercilessly. He also sells anything he can lay his hands on in the house to pay for his drug habits.

Local government officials heard of Mr Dwivedi's plight through media reports today and showed up this afternoon at his house in Bhrampuri in Jaipur's old city to help. They went out looking for him with his son, and found him begging only two lanes away from his house. Mr Dwivedi, who could barely crawl on the road, was then moved to a state-run home for senior citizens. 

For the past five years, however, in a busy neighbourhood, neighbours and people who lived inside Mr Dwivedi's house on rent, walked past him as he asked strangers for a few coins without intervening.


What punishment should we give to such an idiotic son?

Direct cash transfer scheme

The Direct Cash Transfer, a new system under which the beneficiaries receive cash directly in their bank accounts.

What is direct cash transfer of subsidies?

#The Direct Cash Transfer, a new system under which the beneficiaries receive cash directly in their bank accounts, is expected to enable delivery of the government's subsidies and welfare measures to the intended targets without pilferage.

#To make things simpler, instead of fuel, fertiliser and food subsidiesgiven to BPL families, the scheme will involve direct cash transfer to their bank account, that is Rs 32,000 per year.

#To avail the direct cash transfer of subsidies one must be registered under the Aadhar scheme.

#The DCT architecture, being anchored by the planning commission, involves departments of financial services, unique identity authority (Aadhaar), information technology, expenditure, posts, rural development, social justice and empowerment, tribal affairs, minority affairs, higher education, school education, health and family welfare, women and child development, labour and employment, petroleum and natural gas, fertilizers, and food and public distribution.

What is the amount of subsidy a household is offered?

#BPL families will get Rs 32,000 per year.

#The government has fixed the poverty line at Rs 66.10 per day for urban areas and Rs 35.10 for rural regions.

How will the cash be transferred?

#The government plans to conduct the transfer through the bank account that is link with the Aadhaar Unique Identification (UID) scheme.

# The Unique Identity Authority of India (UIDAI), which is implementing the Aadhar scheme, has already enumerated around 200 million people from 2006 to now and has a target of reaching 600 million people within the next 18 months.

#Consumers will have to buy goods (food, kerosene, etc) at market price. The subsidy component in rupees will later be deposited in their bank accounts.  To implement the project, banks will pitch in as part of their financial inclusion drive to help people open bank accounts.

When will the scheme be implemented?

#The government has already announced that transfer of subsidy directly into bank accounts of beneficiaries in 51 districts will start from January 2013 with a target to cover the entire nation by April 2014. To ensure this, the planning commission has decided that all new schemes will now be enabled by Aadhaar number.

#Initially, the government will implement the scheme for cash transfer to the beneficiaries' accounts in 51 districts from January 1, 2013. The scheme will be worked in 18 states from April and in the rest of the country later in 2013, Manmohan Singh said.

#The subsidies and schemes are worth Rs 3.23 lakh crore ($65 billion) and the DCT is scheduled for launch on January 1.

#The scheme will cover 18 states and union territories by April 2013 and it will be extended to 16 more states and union territories by April 2014, according to the prime minister's office.

# The government can immediately roll out the cash transfer scheme for certain welfare schemes such as scholarships and pensions and unemployment allowance, as pilot projects had been executed in certain parts of the country, including in East Delhi.

What are the Benefits of direct cash transfer scheme?

#The scheme is expected to cut down waste and corruption in distribution of subsidised items, the prime minister said, chairing the first meeting of the National Committee on Direct Transfers.

#The ultimate aim of this move is "a completely electronic cash transfer system for the entire population", an official in the PMO said.

#The scheme is aimed to cut down wastage, duplication and leakages and enhance efficiency in the delivery of welfare schemes, as also to improve targetting, reduce corruption, eliminate wastage, control expenditure and facilitate reforms.

How will the direct cash transfer scheme benefit the economy?

# By putting money into the hands of the poor the government is empowering the poor who can buy things in the market. This sudden rise in the poor people's purchasing power will help boost the market and the economy.

Most polluted city in world

India's silicone valley Bengaluru has been rated among top polluted megacities in the world, claims a new study, using data collected by NASA's high-tech satellites.

Scientists at Tel Aviv University tracked pollution trends for 189 megacities, including Mumbai, New York City and Tokyo, by analysing eight years' worth of data from three of NASA's high-tech aerosol monitoring satellites.

Northeast China, India, the Middle East, and Central Africa are currently leading in pollution increase, including Bengaluru, with a 34 per cent average increase in aerosol concentration between 2002 and 2010, website Tel Aviv University's American Friends (AFTAU) reported.

Europe and Northeast and Central North America are seeing the largest decreases in aerosol concentrations overall, the website said.

Among the cleanest cities were Houston, with a 31 per cent decrease over the time period; Curitiba, Brazil, with a 26 per cent decrease; and Stockholm, Sweden, with a 23 per cent decrease.

Researchers led by Pinhas Alpert of Tel Aviv University's Department of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences tracked pollution trends for 189 megacities’ Metropolitan hotspots where the population exceeds 2 million.

Their method, published in the American Journal of Climate Change, is the first to provide standardised global testing of pollution levels.

Researchers found that the thickest layers of global smog caused by traffic, industry, and natural minerals, among other factors, found over the world's megacities.

Some American cities were on the list of increased pollution levels, including Portland with a 53 per cent average increase and Seattle with a 32 per cent average increase, but Alpert believes these numbers reflect the multiple wildfires that have been happening in the region in the second half of the period examined.

In the future, he hopes to develop a method for separating such natural causes of pollution from man-made pollutants for more accurate data.

However, getting an accurate measurement of pollution is no easy task. On-the-ground monitoring stations do not always provide the most accurate picture monitoring stations depend heavily on local positioning and some cities put stations in urban centers, while others build on the edge of a city.

I'm disappointed with that, I was confident that this award would be going to my birth city hyderabad for sure :P

Get rupee symbol to your keyboard

No shift or tab can help you to type the NEW INDIAN RUPEE SYMBOL. But, this software released by foradian technologies can make you type the Indian rupee symbol.  According to the sources, Indian rupee symbol will make its debut on the keyboard in coming 3-4 months.But, for the enthusiasts who cannot wait for 4 months, here is the way to type the rupee symbol.

Here is the step-by-step process to type the new symbol!


# Go to blog.foradian     

# Download new Indian rupee font on to your computer.

# Go to control panel>fonts. Copy paste the downloaded file.

#Open note pad. 

# Go to view>font> select rupee-Indian font

#To get the rupee symbol, just press the button which is ABOVE the ‘TAB’ key.

Those who cant see the grave accent key - Try "alt+0096" - Type 0096 while holding down "alt" key on your keyboard.

…That’s it, the symbol is now on your screen!

how to open facebook when it is restricted?

How to access facebook from school, office or any other restricted place?

We all must have suffered this in many situations, i used to spend lot of time in googling to know about the methods to access facebook when it is restricted, after lot of research :P i came acros an app in google chrome named as "facebridge" this is an proxy server which establishes a link to the facebook through different server, so facebook can be easily accessed through it.

Here is the list of best facebook proxy links, in case if you are not able to access facebook through "facebridge" you can try these. :)


 http://www.faceoxy.com
 http://kuvia.eu
 http://unblockbook.org
 http://www.facebookproxy.net
 http://www.vtunnel.com
 http://facebookoxy.com
 http://proxytofacebook.com
 http://atunnel.com
 http://www.unblockwebsitenow.com
 http://proxite.net
 http://www.facebookfirewall.com
 http://www.unblockbook.org
 http://www.avoidfiltering.com
 http://proxyworkaround.info
 http://anonsafe.com


Update (6 April 2012):
* http://fb.unblock-us.com
* http://thefacebookproxy.com
* http://windblaster.com
* http://p4fb.com
* http://web-proxy-online.com
* http://deliberatebypass.info
* http://facoxy.com

KFC

Interesting :

There are no KFCs in Tibet in part because the
Dalai Lama wrote them a letter explaining how the mass slaughter of chickens violated Tibet's traditional values. An animal rights group,

 PETA, published a letter from the Dalai Lama this week calling on Yum Brands to rethink its decision on placing KFCs in Tibet.

In the letter, the Dalai Lama said that Tibetans
rarely consumed chicken and fish before China
took control of Tibet. Instead, he said, Tibetans traditionally ate larger animals such as yaks - of which fewer had to be killed. The Dalai Lama, exiled in the Indian hill town of Dharamsala since 1959, said that introduction of "industrial food practices" into Tibet would perpetuate animal suffering. He said the mass slaughter of chickens violated Tibet's
traditional values.

There are more than 1,000 KFC outlets in China, which is Yum's fastest growing and most profitable market outside the US. In the end, KFC decided against planting a KFC in Tibet, saying that it wouldn’t really turn a profit.
They said they made the decision long before the Dalai Lama’s intervention.

Person who rescued 25 suicides

Unbelievable !
For 15 years A Brave Businessman Has Rescued 25 Suicides ….

From that day, 15 years ago, his own life would never be the same. The restaurant owner, 51, has rescued 25 people who tried to kill themselves by jumping off the tall bridge.
Al

ways on alert in his wooden motor boat, he has pulled people out of the river’s muddy waters without asking for anything in return. “I couldn’t turn my back on them,” he said. “They are desperate people.”


People admire him and he was awarded a hero’s plaque by city authorities. But even “Superman” can’t save everybody who jumps off the 60-foot-high bridge. At least as many as he has saved . some of have even killed themselves since Grbic’s first rescue.
He said…”When I hear that someone has jumped and I wasn’t there, I really feel bad,” he said. “My eyes are always on the bridge.”


The Pancevo Bridge became a favored suicide spot because,It is only bridge over the Danube, which is bigger and colder and has stronger underwater currents than the city’s other river, the Sava.
Grbic has rescued people of all ages and backgrounds. Some had cancer, others cited poverty or unrequited love.


A woman who jumped seven years ago, at age 18, comes to his fish restaurant every January to celebrate her “second birthday.” She is married now and has a child.
“My heart leaps every time I see her,” he said.

samsung Galaxy note 2

Samsung Galaxy Note II sales top 5 million in just 2 months

Samsung has announced that sales of its Galaxy Note II have topped 5 million barely two months since the phablet started shipping. Samsung made the announcement via its Korean website.

Samsung had first unveiled Galaxy Note II at IFA 2012. Just like the original Note device, Note II is also a smartphone-tablet hybrid. It sports a 5.5-inch Super AMOLED HD display and is powered by a 1.6GHz quad-core processor with 2GB of RAM. It has a 3100mAh battery and has 16GB internal storage expandable up to 64 GB via microSD card.

The device features a 8-megapixel rear camera and a 1.9-megapixel front camera. Like its predecessor, the Galaxy Note II comes with the S-Pen stylus for taking notes on the device. In terms of connectivity, Samsung Galaxy Note II offers 4G, 3G, 2G, Wi-Fi, NFC, USB 2.0 and Bluetooth 4.0. It was launched in India in September and is presently available for Rs. 37,990 from Samsung India's online store.

Just earlier this month, Samsung announced sales of this phablet had topped 3 million units in the first 5 weeks, which means the company has sold another 2 million units in the last three-and-a-half weeks.

Samsung Galaxy Note II specifications

• 5.5-inch HD SuperAMOLED touchscreen
• Quad-core 1.6GHz Cortex A-9 processor
• 2GB RAM
• Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean)
• 3G/4G connectivity
• Wi-Fi, NFC, USB 2.0 and Bluetooth 4.0
• 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash
• 1.9-megapixel front camera
• 3,100mAh battery
• 16, 32 and 64GB storage options
• Up to 64GB expandable storage (via microSD card)

Hampi musical pillars

THE MUSICAL PILLARS OF HAMPI .... AT VITHALA TEMPLE .... HAMPI [ NEAR HOSPET ,KARNATAKA-INDIA]

Previously it is mentioned th

atthe temple has 56 odd musical pillars, but now there are only nine musical pillars which are functional and produce melodious, feet-tapping tunes.

The musical pillars of Vithala temple in Hampi produce melodious and feet-tapping tunes. The solid stone columns in these pillars produce audible sound, when struck with a finger. Systematic investigations on the acoustic characteristics of the musical pillars of mahamandapam (great stage) of the Vitthala Temple have been carried out. The 11 most popular pillars that produce sounds of specific musical instruments are considered for the investigations.

Surprisingly, these pillars are rock solid, not hollow as they would look . A huge rock was used to make the main pillar and the sub pillars were around the main pillar. So basically the sub pillars are carved out in different length and width to make the differences in sound.

The sound produced from these 11 most popular musical pillars was recorded systematically and different nondestructive testing techniques such as low frequency ultrasonic testing, impact echo testing, and in situ metallography were employed on the musical columns of these pillars. The peak frequencies in the amplitude spectrum of the sound produced from various columns in these pillars are correlated with the dimensional measurements and ultrasonic velocity determined using impact echo technique.

The peak frequencies obtained experimentally have been found to have excellent correlation with the calculated flexural frequencies based on the dimensional measurements and ultrasonic velocities of the columns.

This shows the skill of the Stone Mason who could discern the sound probability while cutting the stone to desired sizes and shapes to give different sounds !

Body see through camera

In 1998 ,Sony Accidentally Sold 700,000 Camcorders That Could See Through People's Clothes.

Yes You heard it right,in year 1998 sony sold 700,00 camcorder that had technology to see through your clothes,well what was that? lets check out..


The cameras had special lenses that use infrared light (IR) to see through some types of clothing,such as on dark colored, thin clothing - like swimsuits. The main factor is how well the fabric absorbs IR light waves. It's not for regular digicams, but rather for camcorders with a IR night vision mode, and the resolution is low.

Sony recalled the camcorders when they found out about this, but the night vision camcorders that they subsequently released,some people figured out how to modify the camera to get the see-through-clothing functionality  and hundreds of the modified cameras are for sale on the Internet.The camera with all the filters sells for about $700 brand new, and is easy to obtain.Sony said it has no responsibility for altered or modified products.A lot of people have used this technology for wrong purposes.

We missed this gadget guys, right? ;)

Story of kasab

The story of how Kasab became a terrorist

It was his father's refusal to buy him new clothes on Eid that forced a miffed Ajmal Amir Kasab to quit home, take to crime and then embrace jihad, leading to his death in India.

Until then, the now 25-year-old Kasab -- who was hanged in Pune Wednesday for his role in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack -- led a simple life in an impoverished part of Pakistan's Punjab province.

He belonged to a poor family. His father was a food vendor while a brother was a labourer in Lahore. It was in 2005 that Kasab decided to quit home after quarrelling with his father who could not provide him new clothes because of poverty.

The young man soon took to petty crime and graduated to armed robbery. A chance encounter with Jama'at-ud-Da'wah, the political wing of Lashkar-e-Taiba, changed his life for ever. It did not take long for him to sign up for training with the bitterly anti-India Lashkar.

He was last seen in his village six months before the November 2008 Mumbai slaughter. Apparently, he sought blessings from his mother to wage jehad.

The Lashkar reportedly offered to pay his family Rs.150,000 for his participation in the Mumbai attack -- on the assumption he would become a "shaheed" (martyr).

When prosecutors asked him if he had any remorse for his actions, Kasab said he had given it some thought beforehand. He said his trainers had assured him that these things have to be done if Kasab has to be a big man and get rewarded in heaven.

A classmate of Kasab told Reuters that Kasab had left his village in search of work when he was a poor teenage labourer. Another schoolmate remembers taking karate lessons with him.

His neighbour Haji Mohammad Aslam told Reuters: "He comes from a very humble but noble, honest family. His father was a street vendor selling snacks on a cart. Kasab did not send any money home and his family is still as poor as they were before he left. He was probably trapped by some religious group."

Investigators revealed that Kasab had undergone months of commando-style training in an Islamist training camp organised by Lashkar-e-Taiba and conducted by a former member of the Pakistani army.

Kasab was one of a squad of ten who crept into Mumbai on three inflatable speedboats shortly after nightfall on Nov 26, 2008. The group had sailed across the Arabian Sea from Karachi for days, hijacking an Indian trawler on their way and killing its crew.

Donating blood

Health benefits of donating blood

Reduce the chance of heart diseases

It has been observed that increase in blood iron level increases the chance of heart disease. Iron is involved in the oxidation of cholesterol and this process is believed to be detrimental for the arteries. Increases blood iron level favors this process of cholesterol oxidation and thus leads to heart disease. Regular blood donation helps especially males in loosing iron on regular basis. It helps in reducing the chance of heart attack to one third.

Enhance the production of new Red Blood Cells

As the blood is withdrawn from the donors body there is decrease inblood cells. To replenish it, immediately new cells are produced by marrow andthis way blood gets refreshed. Therefore donating blood helps in stimulating generationof new blood cells.

Helps in fighting hemochromitosis

Hemochromitosis is a genetic disorder; also know as iron overload disorder wherein iron accumulates in the body tissue because or improper iron metabolism. This condition may lead to organ damage.Though this problem is uncommon in Indians, people with little iron overload also can easily donation blood and reduce their iron content. Taking example from other countries, one in every 300-400 people in England suffers from this disorder and American Red Cross blood services accept such donors as safe donor as it’s a genetic disorder, it won’t be harmful to the person receiving blood from such donors.

Burns calories

One can diet or remain fit by donating blood regularly. One pint of blood (450 ml) when donated burns 650 calories in donor’s body. 

Invigorated feeling in elderly people

It has been mentioned in various sites though not proved that elderly people in good health have reported feeling invigorated or reenergized by giving blood on a regular basis.

Basic blood test is done

Apart from all these benefits a donor gets a mini blood test done before donating blood. This includes Hematocrit i.e. HB level test, Blood pressure is measured, body weight is checked. After the blood is collected it tested for 5 major diseases. Those are Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, HIV, Syphilis and malaria. Donor is immediately informed if any of these test found to be positive.

Grafting a girls hand to her feet

Chinese doctors grafted the hand of a 9 year old girl to her foot until they could reattach it to her arm!

A tractor ran over and completely severed 9 year old Ming Li’s hand from her arm. The arm was in too bad of shape for doctors to rea

ttach it immediately. To preserve the hand, they grafted it to her foot for two months until her arm healed enough. Then, they reattached it back to her arm. She can now move her wrist again and her hand is pink which indicates good circulation. In the next two years she’ll undergo 2 more surgeries to improve her hand functions and to remove her scars.

Mind boggling facts about human brain

1. Nerve impulses to and from the brain travel as fast as 170 miles per hour. Ever wonder how you can react so fast to things around you or why that stubbed toe hurts right away? It’s due to the super-speedy movement of nerve impulses from your brain to the rest of your body and vice versa, bringing reactions at the speed of a high powered luxury sports car.
2. The brain operates on the same amount of power as 10-watt light bulb. The cartoon image of a light bulb over your head when a great thought occurs isn’t too far off the mark. Your brain generates as much energy as a small light bulb even when you’re sleeping.
3. The human brain cell can hold 5 times as much information as the Encyclopedia Britannica. Or any other encyclopedia for that matter. Scientists have yet to settle on a definitive amount, but the storage capacity of the brain in electronic terms is thought to be between 3 or even 1,000 terabytes. The National Archives of Britain, containing over 900 years of history, only takes up 70 terabytes, making your brain’s memory power pretty darn impressive.
4. Your brain uses 20% of the oxygen that enters your bloodstream.The brain only makes up about 2% of our body mass, yet consumes more oxygen than any other organ in the body, making it extremely susceptible to damage related to oxygen deprivation. So breathe deep to keep your brain happy and swimming in oxygenated cells.
5. The brain is much more active at night than during the day.Logically, you would think that all the moving around, complicated calculations and tasks and general interaction we do on a daily basis during our working hours would take a lot more brain power than, say, lying in bed. Turns out, the opposite is true. When you turn off your brain turns on. Scientists don’t yet know why this is but you can thank the hard work of your brain while you sleep for all those pleasant dreams.
6. Scientists say the higher your I.Q. the more you dream. While this may be true, don’t take it as a sign you’re mentally lacking if you can’t recall your dreams. Most of us don’t remember many of our dreams and the average length of most dreams is only 2-3 seconds–barely long enough to register.
7. Neurons continue to grow throughout human life. For years scientists and doctors thought that brain and neural tissue couldn’t grow or regenerate. While it doesn’t act in the same manner as tissues in many other parts of the body, neurons can and do grow throughout your life, adding a whole new dimension to the study of the brain and the illnesses that affect it.
8. Information travels at different speeds within different types of neurons. Not all neurons are the same. There are a few different types within the body and transmission along these different kinds can be as slow as 0.5 meters/sec or as fast as 120 meters/sec.
9. The brain itself cannot feel pain. While the brain might be the pain center when you cut your finger or burn yourself, the brain itself does not have pain receptors and cannot feel pain. That doesn’t mean your head can’t hurt. The brain is surrounded by loads of tissues, nerves and blood vessels that are plenty receptive to pain and can give you a pounding headache.
10. 80% of the brain is water. Your brain isn’t the firm, gray mass you’ve seen on TV. Living brain tissue is a squishy, pink and jelly-like organ thanks to the loads of blood and high water content of the tissue. So the next time you’re feeling dehydrated get a drink to keep your brain hydrated.