Fun Enclave - Reality Bites http://www.funenclave.com/ Reallife, Facts, Figures, Bizarre, Amazing, Astonishing, Astounding Inspirational forwards, quotes and messages are all here. en Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:42:18 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.funenclave.com/images/fun_enclave/misc/rss.jpg Fun Enclave - Reality Bites http://www.funenclave.com/ Human Body Facts - Vol. 1 http://www.funenclave.com/reality-bites/human-body-facts-vol-1-a-33447.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:37:08 GMT As you age, your eye color gets lighter. There are 206 bones in the adult human body, but 300 in children (some of the bones fuse together as a child grows). The human eye blinks an average of 4,200,000 times a year. It takes approximately 12 hours for food to entirely digest. The... As you age, your eye color gets lighter.

There are 206 bones in the adult human body, but 300 in children (some of the bones fuse together as a child grows).

The human eye blinks an average of 4,200,000 times a year.

It takes approximately 12 hours for food to entirely digest.

The longest living cells in the body are brain cells which can live an entire lifetime.

There are more living organisms on the skin of a single human being than there are human beings on the surface of the earth.

Marilyn Monroe had six toes on one foot.

Lorne Greene had one of his nipples bitten off by an alligator while he was host of "Lorne Greene's Animal Kingdom".

Life expectancy for Russian men has actually gone down over the past 40 years. A Russian male born today can expect to live an average 58 years.

In 1985, the most popular waist size for men's pants was 32. In 2003, it's 36.

Seven percent of Americans claim they never bathe at all.

In 2004, one in six girls in the United States enter puberty at age 8. A hundred years ago, only one in a hundred entered puberty that early.

Newest trend in the Netherlands: Tiny jewels implanted directly into the eye.

A British gymnast survived a fall from a fourth story window because he went into a somersault and came down on two feet.

Jeffrey and Sheryl McGowen in Houston turned to vitro fertilization. Two eggs were implanted in Sheryl's womb, and both of them split. Sheryl gave birth to two sets of identical twins at once.

In 1991, the average bra size in the United States was 34B. Today it's 36C.

The average North Korean 7-year-old is almost three inches shorter than the average South Korean 7-year-old.

Every year, 2700 surgical patients go home from the hospital with metal tools, sponges, and other objects left inside them. In 2000, 57 people died as a result of these mistakes.

We forget 80 percent of what we learn everyday.

Pain is measured in units of "dols". The instrument used to measure pain is a "dolorimeter".

The Amish a diet high in meat, dairy, refined sugars and calories. Yet obesity is virtually unknown among them. The difference is since they have no TVs, cars or powered machines, they spend their time in manual labor.

As of January 1, 2004, the population of the United States increases by one person every 12 seconds. There is a birth every eight seconds, an immigrant is added every 25 seconds, but a death every 13 seconds.

Astronauts cannot burp in space. There is no gravity to separate liquid from gas in their stomachs.

The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as a substitute for blood plasma.

Fidgeting can burn about 350 calories a day.

Wearing headphones for an hour increases the bacteria in your ear 700 times.

A baby is born without kneecaps. They appear between age 2 and 6.

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

In a recent survey, Americans revealed that banana was their favorite smell.

The arteries and veins surrounding the brain stem called the "circle of Willis" looks like a stick person with a large head.

Brushing your teeth regularly has been shown to prevent heart disease.

A kiss stimulates 29 muscles and chemicals causing relaxation. Women seem to like it light and frequent, men like it more strenuous.

Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better.

Your nose and ears never stop growing.

Men get hiccups more often than women.

Human teeth are almost as hard as rocks.

Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.

The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year.

Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.

Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day.

Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, every time you breathe.

One quarter of the bones in your body are in your feet.

Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.

Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails.

The average person laughs 15 times a day. ]]> Reality Bites Bluffmaster http://www.funenclave.com/reality-bites/human-body-facts-vol-1-a-33447.html True Facts - Vol. 1 http://www.funenclave.com/reality-bites/true-facts-vol-1-a-33444.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:15:49 GMT The odds are 1 in 39 (2.56%) that you will hit a deer with your car this year, if you drive in West Virginia. - The Week Magazine, 10/9/09

An IMAX projector's bulb is so powerful that if it was pointed upward, it could be seen by astronauts on the International Space Station. - Discover Magazine, 6/09

Drug investigators raided a Polk County, Florida home in a search for drugs. They were caught on a security camera playing Wii bowling for nine straight hours. - The Week Magazine, 10/9/09

The frozen head of baseball great Ted Williams was in a cryonic company's freezer on a used cat food (tuna) can. When an employee was transferring the head from one location to another, he tried to remove the tuna can, but it wouldn't budge. So he grabbed a monkey wrench, heaved a mighty swing but missed the can - hitting the head "dead center". Tiny pieces of frozen head sprayed across the room. - San Diego Union, 10/3/09

A recent study shows that weight gain may depend on when you eat as well as what you eat. If you eat when your body thinks it should be sleeping, you might be doing "double damage". - The Week Magazine, 9/25/09

A South African company tested its Internet Service Provider. It took 2 hours, 7 minutes to download data over a fifty mile distance. The same data took a carrier pigeon, carrying a flash drive, fifty minutes less. - Time Magazine, 9/28/09

The odds are 1 in 33 (3%) that you have been a target of sexual advances by a priest, minister, rabbi or other religious leader (if you're a woman). - The Week Magazine, 9/25/09

22,000 Americans die annually because they lack health insurance. - Newsweek, 9/21/09

Chinese officials have smeared butter along a 1,000-foot-long steel bridge to prevent people from jumping off it. - The Week Magazine, 9/11/09

The United States is the only developed nation where medical bankruptcies occur. - Newsweek, 9/21/09

The Ellen DeGeneres Show is being sued by four of the world's biggest record companies, accused of using more than 1,000 songs without permission. - The Week Magazine, 9/25/09

34,000,000 pounds of Parmesan cheese are being held in Italian bank vaults as collateral from cheesemakers struggling through the recession. The cheese is valued at $187,000,000. - Newsweek, 9/14/09

Australian 16-year-old Jessica Watson launched her yacht to become the youngest person to sail solo, non-stop and unassisted around the world. 24 hours later, she crashed into a freighter. - The Week Magazine, 9/25/09

The stage for rock supergroup U2's latest tour weighs 340,000 pounds and needs 120 trucks to transport it from city to city. - Rolling Stone, 10/15/09

The United States has 2,300,000,000 square feet of space in self-storage units. This is 7 square feet per citizen. - The Week Magazine, 9/18/09

Having an obese spouse raises the risk of becoming obese by 37%. If a friend became obese, the risk skyrockets to 171%. - Wired Magazine, 10/09

The odds are 1 in 71 (1.4%) that your bag arrived at your destination at a different time than you did when flying commercial airlines. - The Week Magazine, 8/28/09

There are twice as many ATMs in Antarctica than there are permanent residents. - Wired Magazine, 9/09 ]]> Reality Bites Bluffmaster http://www.funenclave.com/reality-bites/true-facts-vol-1-a-33444.html Women with BIG Breasts are Smarter : A Study http://www.funenclave.com/reality-bites/women-with-big-breasts-smarter-study-33311.html Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:44:15 GMT Image: http://i34.tinypic.com/2uypp3q.jpg A bigger bra size not only gives your sex appeal a boost but also reflects your intelligence, suggests a new survey. A study conducted in the United States showed that women with big breasts are smarter than those who are less endowed. ...




A bigger bra size not only gives your sex appeal a boost but also reflects your intelligence, suggests a new survey.

A study conducted in the United States showed that women with big breasts are smarter than those who are less endowed.

Referring to a Singapore newspaper article, Sin Chew Daily revealed that the study was aimed to find out whether the size of a woman’s bust affected her brainpower.

The study, conducted by a female researcher in Chicago, involved 1,200 women.

The subjects were divided into five groups, from extra small to extra big, reports The Star Online.

The study speculated that such women were smarter due to the higher level of female hormones that could result in better development in the brain.


:awesome::awesome: ]]> Reality Bites Chulbuli_Si http://www.funenclave.com/reality-bites/women-with-big-breasts-smarter-study-33311.html The Hairless Bear http://www.funenclave.com/reality-bites/the-hairless-bear-33197.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:00:52 GMT "You’d have thought a fur coat would have been the ultimate bear necessity. But not for the unfortunate Dolores who has lost all her body hair and has just been left with a few tufts around her head. Vets have been left baffled by the condition of the bespectacled bear, who lives at a zoo in Leipzig. And Dolores isn’t the only one. The sudden hair loss has affected all female bears at the zoo. Some experts believe it could be due to a genetic defect though the animals do not seem to be suffering from any other affliction. The bears, which originate from South America, normally have fluffy dark brown fur and would now be growing a thicker fur coat to keep warm during the winter. But instead they have developed nasty rashes and inflammations on their skin. Unfortunately for the bears, their lack of hair has been pulling in the crowds who want to see want to see the wrinkly animals.




UniqueDaily.com – The Hairless Bear ]]> Reality Bites Kimi http://www.funenclave.com/reality-bites/the-hairless-bear-33197.html Russian Stealth Jet http://www.funenclave.com/reality-bites/russian-stealth-jet-33178.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:21:13 GMT *Now Russia has its own stealth jet bomber. They promise to have it here already this year and start producing it in series starting 2010. They tell that the design of the plane is still kept secret and those sketches are the only clue that people have, but as it is known it would be a decent... Now Russia has its own stealth jet bomber. They promise to have it here already this year and start producing it in series starting 2010.

They tell that the design of the plane is still kept secret and those sketches are the only clue that people have, but as it is known it would be a decent F-22 competitor.















]]> Reality Bites Kimi http://www.funenclave.com/reality-bites/russian-stealth-jet-33178.html Mini Moscow... http://www.funenclave.com/reality-bites/mini-moscow-33131.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:20:09 GMT If you don’t have the time to visit all of Moscow’s atractions you can see them all in miniature. Following France’s miniature model, Russians have created a miniature model of their beautiful capital, ever since 1986. During an annual workshop, every structure in the model is wiped of dust and... If you don’t have the time to visit all of Moscow’s atractions you can see them all in miniature.

Following France’s miniature model, Russians have created a miniature model of their beautiful capital, ever since 1986. During an annual workshop, every structure in the model is wiped of dust and workers replace old buildings with the newly built, so the model is always up-to-date.






























]]> Reality Bites Kimi http://www.funenclave.com/reality-bites/mini-moscow-33131.html Sixteen interesting facts you did not know about kissing http://www.funenclave.com/reality-bites/sixteen-interesting-facts-you-did-not-33112.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:11:59 GMT *Everybody seems to know how to kiss. The question is: Are you aware of a variety of interesting facts and details about a kiss? Is kissing good or bad for you? How do they do it in Japan, France and other countries? Can you slim down by kissing too much? Below are some of the most curious things... Everybody seems to know how to kiss. The question is: Are you aware of a variety of interesting facts and details about a kiss? Is kissing good or bad for you? How do they do it in Japan, France and other countries? Can you slim down by kissing too much? Below are some of the most curious things about kissing.



1. An act of kissing puts 29 facial muscles in motion. In other words, kissing can be used as an effective exercise to prevent the development of wrinkles.

2. Lovers swap saliva containing various substances e.g. fats, mineral salts, proteins while kissing. According to latest studies, the exchange of the above substances can give a boost to the production of antibodies which are made specifically to deal with the antigens associated with different diseases as they are encountered.

3. As a rule, 66 percent of people keep their eyes closed while kissing. The rest take pleasure in watching the emotions run the gamut on the faces of their partners.

4. According to U.S. statistics, an American woman would kiss an average of 80 men before she gets married.

5. A quick romantic kiss will burn about 2-3 calories, whereas French kiss (an openmouthed kiss with tongue contact) will obliterate more than 5 calories.

6. Sensitivity of the lips is 200 times higher than that of the fingers.

7. It is thought that men who kiss their wives goodbye before going to work live five years longer than those who just slam the door. Men of the latter category are said to be more prone to traffic accidents.

8. Smooching passionately for 90 seconds will elevate blood pressure and cause the pulse rate to go racing. It will also increase the level of hormones in the blood, thus reducing life by one minute.

9. French kiss is called a “juncture of souls” in France. Not only the lips do the job, the tongues come into play too. The passionate French invented another variety of the soul kiss in which only the tongues are employed.

10. Contrary to a popular belief, the Eskimos do not merely rub their noses against each other in a display of love and affection. The lips open up a bit once the olfactory organs of the kissing partners meet. Then the Eskimos take a deep breath and send the air out while holding their lips closed. After savoring the scent of each other, the partners press noses against each other’s cheeks and freeze for a minute of two.

11. Kissing in public is usually frowned upon in Japan, Taiwan, China and Korea. A typical Japanese kiss seems to be designed to reproach the loose morals of the West. At best, it looks like an innocuous kind of billing and cooing Soviet teenagers would practice on their first date in the early 1970s. Two Japanese are supposed to maintain a certain distance before they dare bow their heads and kiss each other on the lips for a second.


12. The bodies of those engaged in kissing produce a substance that is 200 times more powerful than morphine in terms of narcotic effect. That is why the kissing partners can experience feelings of euphoria and bliss in the process.

13. Kissing can help women relax and ease the effects of stress.

14. On the average, a person spends 20,160 minutes (two weeks) of his life on kissing.

15. A kiss that lasts one minute can relieve your body of 26 calories.

16. Every other person on the planet has his first amorous kiss before reaching the age of 14. ]]> Reality Bites Kimi http://www.funenclave.com/reality-bites/sixteen-interesting-facts-you-did-not-33112.html Figure of New York on the memory... http://www.funenclave.com/reality-bites/figure-of-new-york-on-memory-33109.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:42:03 GMT Artist Steven, which is ill with autism, drew here this five-meter picture - the panorama of New York - on the memory, after 20- minute flight above the city on the helicopter. Image: http://i37.tinypic.com/359akuh.jpg Image: http://i38.tinypic.com/2q9w2te.jpg Image:...
Artist Steven, which is ill with autism, drew here this five-meter picture - the panorama of New York - on the memory, after 20- minute flight above the city on the helicopter.









]]> Reality Bites Kimi http://www.funenclave.com/reality-bites/figure-of-new-york-on-memory-33109.html And we say that we are working hard - Child Labor !! http://www.funenclave.com/reality-bites/we-say-we-working-hard-child-33106.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:28:39 GMT Image: http://i36.tinypic.com/2zguhjm.jpg Image: http://i37.tinypic.com/2j2x3yo.jpg Image: http://i34.tinypic.com/4v3jmo.jpg Image: http://i36.tinypic.com/295bqtl.jpg






































]]> Reality Bites Chulbuli_Si http://www.funenclave.com/reality-bites/we-say-we-working-hard-child-33106.html Paper Festival in Portugal ... http://www.funenclave.com/reality-bites/paper-festival-in-portugal-33104.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:05:43 GMT Image: http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/1246/downloadmid15f1409955.jpg Image: http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/7346/5downloadmid15f1409955.jpg Image: http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/8171/15downloadmid15f1409955.jpg











]]> Reality Bites Chulbuli_Si http://www.funenclave.com/reality-bites/paper-festival-in-portugal-33104.html <![CDATA["Please - no preferential treatment" - A letter from Man of morals, Isaac Asimov]]> http://www.funenclave.com/reality-bites/please-no-preferential-treatment-letter-man-33091.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:04:55 GMT As well as writing approximately 500 novels and many articles and essays, prolific and now legendary science fiction author Isaac Asimov somehow found the time to work for The Horn Book Magazine - a well regarded publication in which he reviewed and commented on science books - for nine years. The... As well as writing approximately 500 novels and many articles and essays, prolific and now legendary science fiction author Isaac Asimov somehow found the time to work for The Horn Book Magazine - a well regarded publication in which he reviewed and commented on science books - for nine years. The following letter, written by Asimov to then Horn Book editor Ruth Hill Viguers following a pay increase, perfectly illustrates his passion for the craft and is an example of why he will always be remembered as a man of morals and a perfect gent.

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ISAAC ASIMOV
WEST NEWTON 65
MASSACHUSETTS
02165

28 November 1964

Mrs. Ruth Hill Viguers
The Horn Book, Inc.
585 Boylston Street
Boston, Mass., 02116

Dear Mrs. Viguers,

It is very good of you to increase my payment again. As you know, I have never asked for an increase or even hinted that an increase might be in order for I know that The Horn Book is not a vast money-making concern and because my return for the work I do is, in any case, chiefly the pleasure of my association with the good people of the magazine.

Consequently, I hope you will be able to assure me, for the sake of conscience, that this increase (from an original payment of $25 to the present one of $65) does not seriously affect the magazine budget, and --- if it turns out that the general prosperity of the magazine is increasing --- that others are also sharing in the benefits and that I am not receiving favored treatment.

Yours,

(Signed)

Asimov
The original letter



Source : Letters of Note: Please - no preferential treatment ]]> Reality Bites Agnel http://www.funenclave.com/reality-bites/please-no-preferential-treatment-letter-man-33091.html ~Floating Bed~ http://www.funenclave.com/reality-bites/floating-bed-33082.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:22:57 GMT Image: http://lafurnitureseen.com/Resources/Image/%5B869%5D45_pic2.jpg Image: http://www.freshpilot.com/wp-content/images/dylan_bed.jpg Image: http://bedzine.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/fluttua5.jpg Image:...































]]> Reality Bites Aero http://www.funenclave.com/reality-bites/floating-bed-33082.html World’s Biggest Tabbouleh Salad http://www.funenclave.com/reality-bites/world-s-biggest-tabbouleh-salad-33055.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:52:44 GMT Lebanese chefs gathered in Beirut, Lebannon, to set a new Guinness record for the world’s biggest tabbouleh salad. In an attempt to declare proprietorship over the popular Middle-Eastern salad, Lebanese cooks prepared the largest Tabbouleh salad in history, on Sunday, October 25. The three tons... Lebanese chefs gathered in Beirut, Lebannon, to set a new Guinness record for the world’s biggest tabbouleh salad.
In an attempt to declare proprietorship over the popular Middle-Eastern salad, Lebanese cooks prepared the largest Tabbouleh salad in history, on Sunday, October 25. The three tons dish contained massive amounts of chopped tomatoes and parsley, but the hungry audience made short work of it. The previous Guinness record for the biggest Tabbouleh was held by Israel.





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]]> Reality Bites Chulbuli_Si http://www.funenclave.com/reality-bites/genius-advertising-photography-33028.html Never mind swine flu http://www.funenclave.com/reality-bites/never-mind-swine-flu-33023.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:50:56 GMT Never mind swine flu these Caribbean pigs are swimming in crystal clear water in the Bahamas

On the beaches of Big Major Spot Island, the Bahamas, a family of brown and pink boars and piglets live freely on the sandy white beaches and swim in the tropical surf.

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