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10 Lesser-Known Facts About Time Zones
Countries are many and varied but one thing they all have in common is their position in a time zone. Without these invisible lines of longitude the world would be a very different place. Your time zone largely dictates when you get up, go to bed, eat and watch your favorite TV show. But time zones contain many inconsistencies as you’re about to find out.
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GMT and UTC
Greenwich Mean Time (sometimes called Greenwich Meridian Time) is the standardized starting point for every time zone in the world. It is measured from the Greenwich Meridian Line at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England, and maintains a position of Longitude 0,0,0 and Latitude 51, 28, 38N (North of the Equator). GMT ran from noon to noon the following day but since 1925 the name GMT was replaced with UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) and a day now runs from midnight to midnight. UTC is based on atomic time and is far more accurate than the reliance of solar time from a particular spot on the Earth’s surface. The Earth’s crust is moving and there are variances in the Chandler Wobble of the poles meaning that time needs to be helped—so to speak—to keep it correct. Leap seconds are added to UTC to keep it within 0.9 seconds of astronomical time. On the rarest of occasion a leap second may be removed. UTC became the official standard for world time on January 1st 1972. GMT is the more common term still in use, though.
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Daylight Saving Time
Daylight saving is the process whereby a clock is wound forward an hour (as in the Spring) to make the most of the changing seasons and the amount of available sunlight. As with everything there are exceptions to this rule. Lord Howe island in Australia only puts its clocks forward by 30 minutes instead of the full hour thereby making them GMT/UTC +11 in the Summer and GMT/UTC +10:30 during the winter. Where there is less variance in the amount of daylight there is no perceived need to follow daylight saving as in Hawaii and many parts of Africa. Elsewhere, Arizona observes daylight saving whilst the local Navajo Nation within their borders does not.
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Time Zone Boundaries
Instead of the nice, neat lines of longitude running top to bottom around the globe there are many irregularities with a variety of reasons for the variances. An example is where a time zone border follows the border of a country. This occurs around the borders of China and India, both of which have a single time zone across the entire country.
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Horizontal Time Zones
Time zones are based on the vertical axis and longitude since our movement around the Sun means it appears East to West and not North to South. Not everyone wants to follow this natural phenomenon, however. In the business district of Australian city Adelaide on the continents’ South Coast, they should, strictly speaking, be one hour behind their bigger counterpart Sydney. Thus following the established vertical time zone. But for purely commercial reasons they have agreed to observe only a 30 minute difference to Sydney to stay competitive. On top of this, some areas of Australia do not recognize the country’s daylight saving measures giving rise to both vertical and horizontal time zones within their border.
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World Without Time Zones
Before the standardization of GMT, time was kept, not surprisingly, by looking up into the sky or looking on the ground. Techniques for establishing time varied such as viewing the sun’s zenith at noon or by the shadow cast on a focal point on the ground—the sun dial. Where clocks were available, they were set according to dusk and dawn in that region therefore time varied greatly. This was not a great problem because the limitations of land travel meant time differences had little meaning between places. The advent of better communications and improvements in transport made the need for the standardization of time a precedent.
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The Sun Is At Its Highest Point At Noon
Mostly correct. Except in China for one. There’s approximately 240km between China’s East and West borders but they have adopted only one time zone across the entire country. This ultimately means the Sun will be at its highest point at 3pm in the far West of the country and at 11am in the far East. The origins of this come from the Communist Party of China who took up power after the Chinese Civil War ended in 1949. Prior to this China had 5 time zones from border to border. Kunlun, Sinkiang-Tibet, Kansu-Szechuan, Chungyuan and Changpai time zones. A common time zone was seen as a way of unifying the country and its people. In practice this causes some practical problems for people going about their daily lives. As a way of saving daylight, the people of Xingjiang follow urimqi time and start work four hours later than everyone else. As a result of following the single time zone some places only experience sun up at 10am!
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The Further East The Later It Gets
Correct! Most of the time . . . . Each time zone generally increases their clock by one hour from the time zone behind them. Exceptions to this rule exist. For example Japan. They are two hours behind Vladivostock which is to the West of Japan. So if you travel East from China to Vladivostok you would put your watches forward as expected. If you then travelled East again from Vladisvostok to Japan you would have to put your watches back. Any further journey East means your watch goes forward again.
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International Space Station
You’re at a low Earth orbit with an approximate altitude of 350km. You’re going to need your own sexy time zone. “Captain’s Log. Star Date 1722.7.” Sadly not. Instead of an astronaut logging important data against a ‘Star Date’ ala Captain Kirk, the ISS uses UTC/GMT. So you’re more likely to hear him/her say “Tuesday, 6:45am. Lumpy porridge, again.”
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International Meridian Conference
This conference held in Washington back in 1884 decided, via 25 voting countries, that GMT was to be adopted as the standard for World time. The voting ended up being 22 for and 1 against with two abstentions. The Dominican Republic (known then as San Domingo) voted against the final result. The French and Brazilians had concerns and decided to abstain. France adopted the Paris meridian and continued to use this up until 1911 for timekeeping and navigation until 1914. The Brazil contingent argued that a neutral meridian which crossed neither USA nor Great Britain was ultimately preferable. The poor Brazilians left for home with everyone else shouting after them—“There’s always one.”
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One World Time Zone
Wouldn’t it be easier to have just one time zone? China may agree. Isn’t the modern world all about streamlining and making things simpler? The single currency? The universal language? A One World Order . . . . No need to reset our watches when we land and no more jet lag. So here’s why it’s more streamlined to have several time zones. The Earth rotates 15 degrees every hour and for this reason the World is divided up into 24 x 15 degree zones making a nice 360 degree globe. Each zone sets their clocks one hour further than the preceding zone (there are exceptions—See Japan). This equates to the Sun being at its highest point in the sky, in nearly every country, at noon. We know that 9am, in any country, is liable to be light and that 10pm, in any country, is liable to be dark. You could say that you can set your watches by it. Notable exceptions to this are northern Scandinavian countries where they have daylight for 6 months and night for another 6 months.
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Smallest Time Zone
The small island of Markets Fyr in the Baltic Sea is only 300 metres by 80 metres at its furthest points. The countries of Sweden and Finland own this island, half and half. The Swedish side keeps to Swedish time and the Finnish side to Finnish time. Islands are usually prime candidates for irregular shaped time zones so that they are in the same one. Could this be the smallest example of two time zones?
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Big B facts u din know.
Legendary Bollywood mega star Amitabh Bachchan has turned 70.
2 He wanted to become an engineer and had been keen to join the Indian Air Force.
3 He worked in Calcutta for the shipping firm Shaw & Wallace as executive and as a freight broker for Bird and Co.
4 His first salary was Rs 500 *(not less considering the times!)
5 It was in Calcutta that he bought a second-hand Fiat as his first car.Not a bad car in that zamana!
6 Though his surname was Srivastava, his father had adopted the pen name Bachchan. Amitabh has stuck to this name only. How would have Amitabh Srivastava sounded?
World Factoids
1. Sudan Has More Pyramids Than Egypt
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Sudan has more pyramids than any other country on Earth - even more than Egypt. There are at least 223 pyramids in the Sudanese cities of Al Kurru, Nuri, Gebel Barkal and Meroë. They are generally 20 to 30 metres (65 -100 ft) high and steep sided.
50 Facts each of you to know...
50 Facts each of you to know...
1 The word "queue" is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed.
2 Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine nuts, and worms like fried bacon.
3 Of all the words in the English language, the word 'set' has the most definitions!
4 Camel can spit.
5 "Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.
6 "Rhythm" is the longest English word without a vowel.
7 In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child
8 A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off!
9 Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.
10 You can't kill yourself by holding your breath
11 There is a city called Rome on every continent.
12 It's against the law to have a pet dog in Iceland!
13 Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day!
14 Horatio Nelson, one of England's most illustrious admirals was throughout his life, never able to find a cure for his sea-sickness.
15 The skeleton of Jeremy Bentham is present at all important meetings of the University of London
16 Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people
17 Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, everytime you breathe!
18 The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump!
19 One quarter of the bones in your body, are in your feet!
20 Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different!
21 The first known transfusion of blood was performed as early as 1667, when Jean-Baptiste, transfused two pints of blood from a sheep to a young man
22 Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails! Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
23 The present population of 5 billion plus people of the world is predicted to become 15 billion by 2080.
24 Â Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
25 Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian, and had only ONE testicle.
26 Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible.
27 Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."
28 Coca-Cola would be green if colouring weren’t added to it.
29 On average a hedgehog's heart beats 300 times a minute.
30 More people are killed each year from bees than from snakes.
31 The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 English words.
32 More people are allergic to cow's milk than any other food.
33 Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.
34 The placement of a donkey's eyes in its' heads enables it to see all four feet at all times!
35The six official languages of the United Nations are: English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish.
36 Earth is the only planet not named after a god.
37 It's against the law to burp, or sneeze in a church in Nebraska, USA.
38 You're born with 300 bones, but by the time you become an adult, you only have 206.
39 Some worms will eat themselves if they can't find any food!
40 Dolphins sleep with one eye open!
41 It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open
42 The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years old!
43 The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds
44 Queen Elizabeth I regarded herself as a paragon of cleanliness. She declared that she bathed once every three months, whether she needed it or not
45 Slugs have 4 noses.
46 Owls are the only birds who can see the colour blue.
47 A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years!
48 A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!
49 The average person laughs 10 times a day!
50 An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain
1 The word "queue" is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed.
2 Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine nuts, and worms like fried bacon.
3 Of all the words in the English language, the word 'set' has the most definitions!
4 Camel can spit.
5 "Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.
6 "Rhythm" is the longest English word without a vowel.
7 In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child
8 A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off!
9 Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.
10 You can't kill yourself by holding your breath
11 There is a city called Rome on every continent.
12 It's against the law to have a pet dog in Iceland!
13 Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day!
14 Horatio Nelson, one of England's most illustrious admirals was throughout his life, never able to find a cure for his sea-sickness.
15 The skeleton of Jeremy Bentham is present at all important meetings of the University of London
16 Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people
17 Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, everytime you breathe!
18 The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump!
19 One quarter of the bones in your body, are in your feet!
20 Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different!
21 The first known transfusion of blood was performed as early as 1667, when Jean-Baptiste, transfused two pints of blood from a sheep to a young man
22 Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails! Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
23 The present population of 5 billion plus people of the world is predicted to become 15 billion by 2080.
24 Â Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
25 Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian, and had only ONE testicle.
26 Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible.
27 Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."
28 Coca-Cola would be green if colouring weren’t added to it.
29 On average a hedgehog's heart beats 300 times a minute.
30 More people are killed each year from bees than from snakes.
31 The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 English words.
32 More people are allergic to cow's milk than any other food.
33 Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.
34 The placement of a donkey's eyes in its' heads enables it to see all four feet at all times!
35The six official languages of the United Nations are: English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish.
36 Earth is the only planet not named after a god.
37 It's against the law to burp, or sneeze in a church in Nebraska, USA.
38 You're born with 300 bones, but by the time you become an adult, you only have 206.
39 Some worms will eat themselves if they can't find any food!
40 Dolphins sleep with one eye open!
41 It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open
42 The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years old!
43 The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds
44 Queen Elizabeth I regarded herself as a paragon of cleanliness. She declared that she bathed once every three months, whether she needed it or not
45 Slugs have 4 noses.
46 Owls are the only birds who can see the colour blue.
47 A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years!
48 A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!
49 The average person laughs 10 times a day!
50 An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain
100 Amazing Facts About Our Human Body
- The Brain - The human brain is the most complex and least understood part of the human anatomy. There may be a lot we don’t know, but here are a few interesting facts that we’ve got covered.
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.
10 Amazing Facts About Our Bodies
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Swallow and Breathe
Fact: Humans are the only mammal that can’t swallow and breathe at the same time.
Every other mammal, and many other non-mammalian animals, can breathe while they eat. In fact, human infants are also able to do so, which lets them breathe while they nurse. We lose this ability around the age of 9 months, when our voice box drops as part of our development. As children and adults, the human voice box lays unusually low in the neck compared to other animals. This allows sound to resonate much more, which is why we are able to produce the wide range of sounds that makes up our speech.
10 weird facts about The Brain
The human brain is the most complex and least understood part of the human anatomy. There
may be a lot we don’t know, but here are a few interesting facts that we’ve got covered.
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 superspeedy 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 10watt 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.
may be a lot we don’t know, but here are a few interesting facts that we’ve got covered.
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 superspeedy 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 10watt 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.
Interesting Food Facts
Food plays an important role in our daily life. It helps us to live a stable and healthy life. But there an interesting facts in each and every food that we eat. Here we have compiled a list of 100 interesting food facts for you. If you have anymore food facts, then please leave a comment below. Now let's these a look at these facts...
1. The fear of vegetables is called Lachanophobia.
1. The fear of vegetables is called Lachanophobia.
ADVANTAGES OF BLOOD DONATION
1. It gives you a free mini physical examination.
Before donating blood, your hemoglobin level will be tested. If it is low, then you will not be allowed to donate blood. Besides hemoglobin, your blood pressure level and body weight will also be checked. In addition, your blood will also be examined for detecting the presence of five diseases, namely, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, Syphilis, HIV/AIDS and malaria. If you are not suffering from these diseases, only then you will be allowed to donate your blood.
2. Chances of heart disease and stokes are about 30% lesser in men who donate blood regularly.
3. Reduces blood pressure.
4. Iron overloading is also thought to increase the risk of heart diseases. Besides, iron oxidizes cholesterol, which is harmful for the arteries. Hemochromatosis is a genetic disease characterized by excess accumulation of iron in the tissues due to improper metabolism. The disease can cause damage to many organs like pancreas, adrenal glands, etc. It may also cause diabetes, liver diseases and heart diseases. So, donating blood on a regular basis would help you to regulate the level of iron in your body. Studies have shown that donating blood regularly can be beneficial for the heart and circulatory system and can reduce the risk of heart diseases, especially among young people.
5. Production of new red blood cells enhanced. Bone marrow is activated.
6. Burns calories: one unit of blood donation causes burning of about 650 calories.
7. Feeling of Euphoria - well being.
8. Reduces Risk of Cancer.
9. A unit of blood donated by you can benifit three persons. Blood can be seperated into RBC, PLASMA and PLATELETS. All of them are life saving.
THATS WHY BLOOD DONATION IS ALSO CALLED RAKTDAAN MAHADAAN
Before donating blood, your hemoglobin level will be tested. If it is low, then you will not be allowed to donate blood. Besides hemoglobin, your blood pressure level and body weight will also be checked. In addition, your blood will also be examined for detecting the presence of five diseases, namely, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, Syphilis, HIV/AIDS and malaria. If you are not suffering from these diseases, only then you will be allowed to donate your blood.
2. Chances of heart disease and stokes are about 30% lesser in men who donate blood regularly.
3. Reduces blood pressure.
4. Iron overloading is also thought to increase the risk of heart diseases. Besides, iron oxidizes cholesterol, which is harmful for the arteries. Hemochromatosis is a genetic disease characterized by excess accumulation of iron in the tissues due to improper metabolism. The disease can cause damage to many organs like pancreas, adrenal glands, etc. It may also cause diabetes, liver diseases and heart diseases. So, donating blood on a regular basis would help you to regulate the level of iron in your body. Studies have shown that donating blood regularly can be beneficial for the heart and circulatory system and can reduce the risk of heart diseases, especially among young people.
5. Production of new red blood cells enhanced. Bone marrow is activated.
6. Burns calories: one unit of blood donation causes burning of about 650 calories.
7. Feeling of Euphoria - well being.
8. Reduces Risk of Cancer.
9. A unit of blood donated by you can benifit three persons. Blood can be seperated into RBC, PLASMA and PLATELETS. All of them are life saving.
THATS WHY BLOOD DONATION IS ALSO CALLED RAKTDAAN MAHADAAN
10 Amazing Facts About Dreams
Dreams are successions of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations that occur involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep. The content and purpose of dreams are not definitively understood, though they have been a topic of scientific speculation, as well as a subject of philosophical and religious interest, throughout recorded history. So, let's see some interesting facts about the dream...
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YOUR EYE AND STRANGE FACTS
YOUR EYE AND STRANGE FACTS`
Few people could argue that without our 5 senses life would be pretty dull. All our senses are extremely important but if you asked most people which sense would they least like to lose they would probably say their vision. As with most of our abilities, our vision is something that many of us take for granted. If you stop and think for a moment, you will realize that just about everything we do in our day to day life involves our vision. . Listed below is the top 10 list of strange and wonderful things you didn’t know about your eyes |
What Is the Fear of Friday the 13th?
Question: What Is the Fear of Friday the 13th?
The fear of Friday the 13th is known as paraskavedekatriaphobia. According to About.com's Urban Legends guide, an estimated 8 percent of Americans may suffer from the fear of Friday the 13th. Some people refuse to start new projects, go out to eat or even go to work on that date.
The fear of Friday the 13th is related to the fear of the number 13. That fear appears to be rooted in pre-Christian religious traditions, when the Norse god Loki invited himself to the Banquet of Valhalla, becoming the 13th guest. His mischief caused the death of Baldr, a favorite of the gods. Early Christian traditions also highlight 13 as an unlucky number. Christ's betrayer, Judas, may have been the 13th to join the table at the Last Supper.
Friday itself is also considered an unlucky day. In many pre-Christian sects, Friday was the Sabbath. Those who spent the day involved in their own matters did not properly honor the gods. In return, they could not expect the gods to bless their projects. Early Christians noted the day as the "Witches Sabbath," differentiating their own day of worship from that of the pagans. The Bible is sprinkled with references to catastrophic events that occurred on Fridays, from the Great Flood to the crucifixion of Christ.
Since both Friday and the number 13 are considered unlucky, it holds that the conjunction of the two is particularly unlucky. Some claim that this connection was solidified when the Knights Templar were arrested on Friday, Oct. 13, 1307. Yet the fear of Friday the 13th seems to be a much newer phenomenon, dating only to the beginning of the 20th century. About.com's Urban Legends guide posits that the connection between Friday and the number 13 may have been solidified by a popular 1907 book provocatively titled Friday the Thirteenth. Though it actually dealt with stock market corruption, the novel may have generated long-lasting interest and fear in the juxtaposition of day and date.
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American Psychiatric Association. (1994). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (4th Ed.). Washington, DC: Author.
30 Fascinating Cigarette Smoking Facts
The world’s view on smoking cigarettes has changed dramatically over the last century. The habit was once considered to be cool, sexy, good for your health, and widely enjoyed by many people. It was promoted by sportsmen, and advertised all over television. No one could be seen acting in a movie without a lit cigarette in their hand! Today, smoking is considered to be a nasty addictive habit that can kill you and those around you. You would not find them advertised anywhere – nor will you see anyone smoking inside a public building. It seems that these days smokers are considered to be anti-social and are often frowned at if seen smoking outside in crowded places. So, here we bring you the list of 30 interesting facts about cigarettes and cigaret smoking. Take a look...
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