Cellular Phone at 1988!

1988 - this year changed many of the technologies that had become typical in the past. The Cellular Technology Industry Association (CTIA) was developed to lay down practical goals for cellular phone providers. This included research for new applications for cell phone development. A new standard was placed with the creation of the TDMA Interim Standard 54, in 1991 by the Telecommunications Industry Association.

In spite of the unbelievable demand, it took cellular phone service 37 years total to become commercially accessible in the US. According to the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, today there are more than 60 million customers with cellular phones, even though wireless service was just invented nearly 50 years ago. The cellular business was a $3 million market 25 years ago and has grown increasingly to close to a $30 billion per year industry.

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Amazing Earth Facts (Part 1)

1. What is the hottest place on Earth?
Count one wrong if you guessed Death Valley in California. True enough on many days. But El Azizia in Libya recorded a temperature of 136 degrees Fahrenheit (57.8 Celsius) on Sept. 13, 1922 -- the hottest ever measured. In Death Valley, it got up to 134 Fahrenheit on July 10, 1913.

2. And the coldest place around here?
Far and away, the coldest temperature ever measured on Earth was -129 Fahrenheit (-89 Celsius) at Vostok , Antarctica, on July 21, 1983.

3. What makes thunder?
If you thought, "Lightning!" then hats off to you. But I had a more illuminating answer in mind. The air around a lightning bolt is superheated to about five times the temperature of the Sun . This sudden heating causes the air to expand faster than the speed of sound, which compresses the air and forms a shock wave; we hear it as thunder.

4. Can rocks float?
In a volcanic eruption , the violent separation of gas from lava produces a "frothy" rock called pumice, loaded with gas bubbles. Some of it can float, geologists say. I've never seen this happen, and I'm thankful for that.

5. Can rocks grow?
Yes, but observing the process is less interesting than watching paint dry. Rocks called iron-manganese crusts grow on mountains under the sea. The crusts precipitate material slowly from seawater, growing about 1 millimeter every million years. Your fingernails grow about the same amount every two weeks.

6. How much space dust falls to Earth each year?
Estimates vary, but the USGS says at least 1,000 million grams, or roughly 1,000 tons of material enters the atmosphere every year and makes its way to Earth's surface. One group of scientists claims microbes rain down from space, too, and that extraterrestrial organisms are responsible for flu epidemics . There's been no proof of this, and I'm not holding my breath.

7. How far does regular dust blow in the wind?
A 1999 study showed that African dust finds its way to Florida and can help push parts of the state over the prescribed air quality limit for particulate matter set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The dust is kicked up by high winds in North Africa and carried as high as 20,000 feet (6,100 meters), where it's caught up in the trade winds and carried across the sea. Dust from China makes its way to North America, too.

8. Where is the world's highest waterfall?
The water of Angel Falls in Venezuela drops 3,212 feet (979 meters).

Source: Live Science

Longest Stalagmite !

A stalagmite (from the Greek stalagma ("Σταλαγμίτης"), "drop" or "drip") is a type of speleothem that rises from the floor of a limestone cave due to the dripping of mineralized solutions and the deposition of calcium carbonate.

The corresponding formation on the ceiling of a cave is known as a stalactite. If these formations grow together, the result is known as a column.

If you venture to the Zhejiang province in China make sure you visit Zhijin Cave, home to the world's longest stalagmite, all 230 record setting feet or 70 meters of it.

The Zhijin Cave stalagmite inches out the previous record stalagmite which is located in Cueva San Martin Infierno, Cuba and measures a meager 67.2 meters.

Source: World's longest Stalagmite

Some Health Tips

Few tips i found from web that is quite important to our health:

1. Do not eat bread which has only JUST been toasted
2. Keep your distance from hand phone chargers
3. When battery is down to the last grid/bar, do not answer the phone. The radiation is 1000 times
4. Drink more water in the morning, less at night
5. Reduce the amount of oily food you consume
6. Best sleeping time is from 10pm at night to 6am in the morning
7. Do not have HUGE meals after 5pm
8. Do not take alcohol more than one glass/cup/serving a day
9. Do not take pills with cool water
10. Do not lie down immediately after taking medicine before sleeping
11. Getting less than 8 hours of sleep affects your health
12. People used to napping will not get old easily
13. If you can't get do early morning runs, 5pm-8pm in the afternoon is a great time for jogging
14. Answer the phone by left ear. It'll spoil your brain directly by using right ear
15. Do not use headphones/earphone for extended periods of time. Rest your ear awhile after 1 hour

Source: Health Tips

Our Universe Sounds

Do you agree that we are not alone in the Universe?
Some videos have been released by NASA about our Universe

Jupiter sounds...

Alien speechs in Saturn...

Human Body Pt 4 (Eyes) - Did you know?

1. The eyeball of a human weighs approximately 28 grams.

2. People generally read 25% slower from a computer screen compared to paper.

3. Corner of view:

* Area of the best vision 1.5 degrees.
* Zone of the clear vision 15 degrees.
* Maximum zone of the vision 35 degrees.

4. The eye of a human can distinguish 500 shades of the gray.


5. Blinking helps to wash tears over our eyeballs. That keeps them clean and moist. Also, if something is about to hit our eye, we will blink automatically.

Source: Amazing Eye Facts, Some Facts about Eyes

Amazing Striped Icebergs

Icebergs in the Antarctic area sometimes have stripes, formed by
layers of snow that react to different conditions.

Blue stripes are often created when a crevice in the ice sheet
fills up with meltwater and freezes so quickly that no bubbles form.

When an iceberg falls into the sea, a layer of salty seawater can
freeze to the underside. If this is rich in algae, it can form a
green stripe.

Brown, black and yellow lines are caused by sediment, picked up
when the ice sheet grinds downhill towards the sea.

... Is this amazing??

Antarctica Frozen Wave Pixs - Nature is amazing!

The water froze the instant the wave broke through the
ice. That's what it is like in Antarctica where it is the
coldest weather in decades. Water freezes the instant
it comes in contact with the air. The temperature of the
water is already some degrees below freezing..

Just look at how the wave froze in mid-air!!!

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