Jun
28
2008
This article was taken from ReadersZone. And i am “stealing” this article just to let my readers read about it. I hope ReadersZone will allow me to publish it here.
Funny Facts about Men and Women
Men
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All men are extremely busy.
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Although they are so busy, they still have time for women.
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Although they have time for women, they don’t really care for them.
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Although they don’t really care for them, they always have one around.
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Although they always have one around them, they always try their luck with others.
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Although they try their luck with others, they get really pissed off if the first woman leaves them.
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Although the woman leaves them they still don’t learn from their mistakes and still try their luck with others.
Women
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The most important thing for a woman is financial security.
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Although this is so important, they still go out and buy expensive clothes and stuff.
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Although they always buy expensive clothes, they say they never have something to wear.
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Although they never have something to wear, they always dress beautifully.
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Although they always dress beautifully, their clothes are always just ‘an old rag’.
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Although their clothes are always ‘just an old rag’, they still expect you to compliment them.
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Although they expect you to compliment them, when you do, they don’t believe you.
Credits to ReadersZone
Apr
29
2008
Did You Know That
The word millionaire was first used by Benjamin Disraeli in his 1826 novel Vivian Grey.
If you stack one million US$1 bills, it would be 110m (361 ft) high and weight exactly 1 ton.
A million dollars’ worth of $100 bills weighs only 10 kg (22 lb).
One million dollars’ worth of one-cent coins (100 million coins) weigh 246 tons.
TIP is the acronym for “To Insure Promptness.”
Money notes are not made from paper, it is made mostly from a special blend of cotton and linen.
In 1932, when a shortage of cash occurred in Tenino, Washington, USA, notes were made out of wood for a brief period. The wood notes came in $1, $5 and $10 values.
The world’s largest coins, in size and standard value, were copper plates used in Alaska around 1850. They were about a metre (3 ft) long, half-a-metre (about 2 ft) wide, weighed 40 kg (90 lb), and were worth $2,500.
The first credit card was issued by American Express in 1951.
In 1955 the richest woman in the world was Mrs Hetty Green Wilks, who left an estate of $95 million in a will that was found in a tin box with four pieces of soap.
In 2001 the richest woman was Liliane Bettencourt, the daughter of L’Oreal’s founder. She has a net worth of $14 billion (depending on how the stock market did today).
In 2000, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands is the second wealthiest woman, with $5,2 billion.
Queen Elizabeth II is one of the 10th wealthiest women in the world.
The $ sign was designed in 1788 by Oliver Pollock.
There are more than 7 million millionaires in the world.
80% of millionaires drive second-hand cars.
A third of the world’s people live on less than $2 a day, with 1,2 billion people living on less than $1 a day.
The NASDAQ stock exchange was totally disabled in on day in December 1987 when a squirrel burrowed through a telephone line.
