First camera digital by Steven Sasson in Dec 1975, it weighed 3.6 kg, 0.01 megapixels that took 23 seconds to process per image.
Salary comes from the Latin word salarium, which also means “salary” and has the root sal, or “salt.” In ancient Rome,
Roman soldiers were sometimes paid in salt
Ada mengatakan dia mempunyai kawan baik, iaitu pembekal tali gantung, yang membuat simpulan untuk menyelamatkan dia
Maggie Dickson was sentenced to death by hanging, after being hanged, she still alive.
As the sentence of the court has been carried out, Maggie was beyond further prosecution. She lived for another 40 years
Reference : Undiscoverd Scotland
There are kindnesses that we receive from someone, but we never know, in silence he has helped us.
When any body part of pregnant women get demaged. The baby in her womb send her cells to fixes up the part.
Source : Research conducted by Arizona State University's Department of Psychology
Half of the world’s oxygen is produced via phytoplankton photosynthesis in the ocean
Source : National Geographic
Carbon Dating tests show that the Greenland Shark is up to 512 years old. It means that it exists since the year 1505
https://www.astroawani.com/berita-dunia/agakagak-berapa-umur-ikan-yu-tertua-di-dunia-anda-pasti-terkejut-162912
Novel ‘Island of the Blue Dolphins’ diterbitkan oleh Scott O’Dell. Dia dikata tertinggal kapal kerana pergi mencari anaknya untuk dibawa bersama ketika dalam proses pemindahan penduduk pulau tersebut
Juana Maria, left behind during an evacuation, lived alone in San Nicholas Island for 18 years. A novel titled ‘Island of the Blue Dolphin’s (1960) by Scott O’Dell is based on this story.
Ants take rest or take a nap around 8 minutes in 12-hour period
On April 13, 2029, an asteroid around 340m (1,100 feet) in size will pass extremely close to the earth and we can observed with the naked eye
It takes 22 litres of milk to produce 1kg of butter and 10 litres milk to produce 1kg of cheese
Sebenarnya ia tidak diikhtiraf sebagai sebuah negara pun.
Sealand, is a smallest ‘country’ in the world, size half of the football pitch. It has its own government, currency, passport & even a soccer team with population 27 people. Actually is unrecognised as a country
https://sealandgov.org/en-as/pages/the-story
In Egyption Desert in Wadi Al-Hitan, Whale fossil found estimated aged about 43 million years old
Roads in Sweden have a lane, electrified road to charge electric vehicles passing through will be charged while being driven
Professor Erno Rubik creating the Rubik’s Cube in 1974 as a teaching aid, he spent a month struggling to unscramble it. Max Park take’s 3.13 seconds to solve it in 2023
The dog’s named Hachiko would meet Prof Ueno at Shibuya Station every day after his commute home. This continued untill May 21, 1925, when Prof Ueno died of a cerebral hemmorrhage while at work. From then till his death on March 8, 1935, Hachiko would return to Shibuya Station every day to await Ueno’s return
Reference : Wikipedia
World’s worst traffic congestion. The traffic jam slowed the thousands of vehicles for more than 100km. Cars moved at the speed of 1km per day, lasted for 12 days on China National Highway 110 (G110)
George Clooney gave 14 friends $1 million each in cash. He explained “these guy who’ve all, over a period 35 years, helped me in one way or another”
Reference : By Emmie Martin, CNBC, Dec 17, 2020
Nigel Richard, several times champions of the Scrabble Championship in French. He from New Zealand took 9 weeks to memorize all the French words without being able to speak the language he won
Mehran Karimi Nasseri living in Charles de Gaulle airport, France for 18 years since 1988 to 2006. A film titled The Terminal produced by Steven Spielberg bases of this true story and received $250,000 as inspiration for Dreamworks’ new film The Terminal but still sleeps on the plastic bench
Steven Spielberg menghasilkan filem ‘The Terminal’ dibintangi Tom Hanks berdasarkan kisah benar ini. Dia menerima 250,000 dolar dari Steven Spielberg sebagai ganjaran jalan cerita.
Soirce : Majalah Mastika
In 2011 a Brazillian man, Joao Pereira de Souza, a 73 year old part-time fisherman, found a penguin covered in oil and close to death. He nursed him back to health and since then the penguin swims 5,000 miles to reunite with the man who saved his life
When a secretary at Apple was late because of car trouble, Steve Jobs gave her a Jaguar and said “don’t be late anymore”. Are sure this is a true story. This is not mentioned in any of his biographies
Since Walt Disney World Resort opended in 1971, they’ve taken in over 1.65 million pairs of missing sunglasses. More than 6,000 cell phone, 3,500 digital cameras, 18,000 hats and 7,500 autograph books collected by Lost and Found Department. 210 pairs of sunglasses found every day
The world’s smallest cat was Tinker Toy, measured 7cm in height. Died when it was six years old in November 1997
Leonid Rogozov, 27-years-old Soviet Doctor, on May 1st, 1961 performing surgery on himself to remove an infected appendix
– Pembedahan sakit appendix
– pada 1 Mei 1961
– dengan bantuan cermin
– Ketika dalam misi di Antarctica
– Berada di tempat terpencil yang mustahil untuk menunggu
bantuan
Garry Kasparov, Russian chess grandmaster, was the first player to win a chess game against computer
$39 million per gallon cost for scorpion venom. It is the most expensive liquid in the world. Scorpion venom has a wide array of medical applications, from identifying tumors to treating malaria, antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, antiparasitic, Immunosuppressive, analgesic, anticancer and bradykinin potentiating
Reference : National Library of Medicine read more : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7277529/
It costs 38 trillion dollars to create oxygen for 6 months for all human beings on earth. Allah’s technology is great, Trees do it for free. Then which of your Lord’s favours, will you ˹humans and jinn˺ both deny? 31 times god repeats this verse in Surah Ar-Rahman (Chapter 55)
There are no mosquitoes in Antarctica and Iceland because of the extreme cold, they cannot regulate their body temperature internally
Snowfall recorded in the Sahara Desert
1979, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021 & Jan 2022. In 2018 up to 30cm in higher elevation areas. Sahara receiving 100mm of rainfall per year.
Reference : Jasper Knight, Professor of Physical Geography, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Under construction, the world’s largest hotel in the world, Abraj Kudai in Saudi Arabia with 10,000 rooms, 70 restaurants dan 5 rooftop helipad
Drinking coffee can prevent or slow the progression of liver disease in some patients.
Reference : https://britishlivertrust.org.uk/information-and-support/living-with-a-liver-condition/diet-and-liver-disease/coffee-and-the-liver/#:~:text=Coffee%20also%20lowers%20the%20risk,prepared%20%E2%80%93%20filtered%2C%20instant%20and%20espresso https://www.webmd.com/hepatitis/coffee-help-liver
those who consumed spicy foods 6 or 7 days a week showed a 14% relative risk reduction in total mortality
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26242395/
Spicy food associated with longevity benefits by lowered mortality rates by 14 percent, according to study by Harvard School of Public Health (2015) and China National Center for Desease Control and Prevention
Benefits :-
longevity²
Speeds up metabolism²
Combat inflammation²
Fight cancer, Capsaicin, an active component of chili peppers, to slow and destroy cancer cells²
Cumin & turmeric is antimicrobial (Kill bacteria)²
¹Harvard School of Public Health (2015) and China National Center for Desease Control and Prevention ²healthline
A diamond merchant from India has gifted 400 flats and 1,260 cars to his employees
There is a part of the spider’s leg that has no muscles, it moves using the hydraulic system powered by their blood pressure, that’s why when the spider dies, its legs will curl up because its heart is no longer pumping blood and the hydraulic system is no longer operating
1. Warna kuning mudah dilihat pada waktu gelap berbanding merah
2. Saintis mengatakan warna kuning lebih cepat dikesan
3. Tulisan hitam ‘BAS SEKOLAH’ pada permukaan kuning lebih mudah dibaca dalam cahaya yang malap oleh pemandu lain terutama bila berhenti di tepi jalan untuk mengambil pelajar
Why school bus are Yellow?
1. Yellow more easily noticed in a dark environment, better than we see Red
2. We see Yellow faster than any other colour
3. Black lettering on yellow is easiest for driver to see in the darkness of early morning especially when stopping on the side of the road to pick up students
Scorpions can hold their breath for up to 6 days
Allah menjadikan permukaan jari berkedut bila lama terendam di dalam air bagi membolehkan kita mudah berpaut pada sesuatu yang basah dan mengurangkan licin. Kesan kedut memberikan geseran yang lebih terhadap permukaan yang dicapai
Allah made the surface of the finger wrinkled when submerged in water for a long time to allow us to easily cling to something wet and reduce slippery
Von Braun Station, will be turned into a space hotel in the future
Four teenage girls in Africa have invented a generator to produces electricity using urine as fuel. Six hours electricity using a single liter urine.
Craig Lewis survived for another 5 weeks after used artificial heart with no beat. His family asked that his artificial heart be unplugged due to liver and kidney failure.
Guinness World Records, longest non-stop migration by a bird, a bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica) flew 13,560 km from Alaska to the Australian state of Tasmania without stopping for food or rest.
The hummingbird is the hungry birds in the world, one of the highest metabolic rates, food supply is equal to 77 times as much as most human eats, heart rates up to 1,260 beats per minute, breathing rate is about 250 breaths per minute even at rest.
Reference : San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance (web site) read more : https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/hummingbird https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1325055/#:~:text=Hummingbirds%20have%20one%20of%20the,per%20minute%20even%20at%20rest.
Giraffes are 30 times more likely to get hit by lightning than people is an inaccurate fact by ‘Science Focus’
Facts about Sultan Johor, Sultan Ibrahim :-
1. Own more than 300 luxury vintage cars.
2. including one of which is the Mercedes that Adolf Hitler gave to
his Great-great-grandfather
3. Estimate wealth around $5.7 billion¹
4. 24% interest in U Mobile²
5. King who has own army, Royal Johor Military Force (JMF) ³ also
can be seconded to the Malaysian army
6. Own fleet of private jets³
7. Powerful person in business
Baginda turut memiliki :-
– 24% kepentingan dalam U Mobile²
– Anggaran kekayaan melebihi 5.7 billion dollar¹
– Empayar perniagaan
– Tentera sendiri yang boleh dijadikan askar tembahan jika
diperlukan oleh ATM dengan syarat mendapat perkenan daripada
Tuanku
References : ¹Bloomberg ²India Times ³South China Morning Post
No snake at all in Antarctica, Ireland, Greenland, Iceland. In New Zealand, not only snakes but nor crocodile be found.
In the late 1800s, a baboon was assigned to be a signalman on the railroad. He never once made a mistake until the end of his life.
ICEHOTEL in Sweden that is made entirely of ice and snow. It is rebuilt every year because it melts every summer
In Churchill, Canada, it is common for owners to leave their cars unlocked, to allow anyone attacked by a polar bear to get into the car to escape.
Vitamin D does not come from the sun, but it comes from our skin. Cholesterol in our skin converted by sunlight resulting vitamin D
Real diamonds do not show up on an x-ray, is Incorrect statement
Usain Bolt, the world’s fastest man, records 100 meters = 9.58 seconds, 200 meters = 19.19 seconds. Estimated Olympic run time 115 seconds, 8 gold medals worth $119 million, average income more than $1 million per second (RM4.72 million/second) but for those 115 seconds, he trained himself for 20+ years.
Reference : olympics.com wikipedia Read more : https://olympics.com/en/news/usain-bolt-my-200m-world-record-will-be-broken-first-before-100m https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usain_Bolt
Human shed around 200 million skin cell each hour. Dead skin cells are main ingredient in household dust.
A 12-years-old girl in Ethiopia had been taken and beaten by 7 men until a pride of lions came to chasing the men away, She had been guarded by the lions for about half a day
Reference : NBC News, June 21, 2005 Source : The Associated Press The Guardian
Frogs don’t drink water, they absorb water through their skin
The amazing of god creation
Allah said in Quran chapter 40 (al-Ghafir) verse 68
He is the One Who gives life and causes death. When He decrees a matter, He simply tells it, “Be!” And it is!
Michael Nicholson, a man from Michigan, has 30 degrees
1 bachelor’s degree
2 associates degrees
23 master’s degree
3 specialist degree
1 doctoral degree
He stayed in school ofr 55 years straight
The brain uses energy like a 10 watt light bulb (per second), if he uses electricity like a computer, the energy required by the brain is 10 gigawatts.
reference : https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/youre-a-dim-bulb-and-i-mean-that-in-the-best-possible-way
The longest interval between the birth of twin is 90 days in Baltimore, Maryland, USA to parents Lesa and David West on Jan 1 1996 (Molly) and 30 March 1996 (Benjamin)
Bayi pertama Molly adalah pramatang dan yang kedua ialan Benjamin
Reference : Guinness World Records
An elephants’s memory is so good, 2 elephants who had performed together for a few month in a circus were able recognize each other after being separated for 23 years
Sultan of Johor (Sultan Ibrahim) has a valid licenses to fly aircrafts (fixed-wing), helicopter (rotary wings aircraft), maneuver locomotives and boating licenses. Made 19 parachute jumps, 7 of them at night.
Sources : Dokumentari Daulat Tuanku, Allah Pelihara Sultan, RTM, TV1 Portal Rasmi Kerajaan Negeri Johor Darul Ta'zim
No differences in value-based decision-making due to use oral contraceptives
Reference : National Library of Medicine, National Center for Biotechnology Information,
Doctors recommend having an orange before going to work. Oranges believed to reduce stress. According to Gila-Gila Magazine, oranges can improve soccer skills.
The only countries in the world, completely free from snake and crocodiles / alligator are New Zealand. Snake are completely missing from New Zealand’s zoos, because imbalance in the snake free ecosystem and it is illegal to bring snakes into New Zealand, a snake-free country.
The Sultan of Johor does not wear a Tengkolok but a Crown, does not wear Keris (Malay Traditional Weapon) but a sword, does not wear Muskat (originating from Oman) like other Malay sultans.
To celebrate the children, Robin Williams agreed to be paid $75,000 instead of his usual fee about of $8 million for his role in the cartoon Aladdin.
Sitting for 2 hours is more dangerous than smoking a cigarette. This theory is not true according to the National Library of Medicine, National Center for Biotechnology Information
Reference : Natinoal Library of Medicine, National Center for Biotechnology Information,
Milk tea causes mental health issues like depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts according to researchers from Tsinghua University and Central University of Finance in China after studying over 5,281 university students in Beijing.
Reference : Khoo Bee Khim, CNA Lifestyle, Oct 7, 2023 read more : https://cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com/wellness/bubble-milk-tea-addiction-anxiety-depression-suicide-thoughts-372691#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThe%20consumption%20of%20milk%20tea,in%20Journal%20Of%20Affective%20Disorders.
Parents in Sweden are entitled to 480 days of paid parental leave when a child is born or adopted. Each parent – should they be two – is entitled to 240 of those days. If the child is born in 2016 or later, each parent has 90 days reserved exclusively for him/her.
Source : https://sweden.se/work-business/working-in-sweden/work-life-balance
The everage woman cannot keep a secret for longer than 47 hours. The study of 3,000 women aged between 18 and 65 also found that four out of ten admitted they were unable to keep a secret.
Source : By Murray Wardrop, The Telegraph, September 17, 2009.
7% off of all American adults (about 16.4 million peoples) believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows, according to a nationally representative online survey commissioned by the Innovation Center of U.S Dairy. Maybe 23.3 million Americans included children.
Source : Analysis by Caitlin Dewey, The Washington Post, Jun 15, 2017
Selwa Hussain, the women from London, who carries her 6kg artificial heart in a backpack contain blood pumping motor supported 2 batteries
Wanita dari London ini menggunakan jantung tiruan (pengepam darah berkuasa bateri)
Animals from different regions have different accents. Cows have different moos (Based on research done by the Language Specialist, University of London.), Goat from different geography won’t be able to understand each other. (Based on studies conducted by the Queen Mary, University of London).
Most of serial killers are born in November
Saliva contains a small amount of blood, it derived from the processed blood produced up to 2 liters per day
Mosquitoes not only take a blood meal from you, they also urinate on the human body
Abdul Qasisinm The Great Vizier of Persia (who live in the 10th century), owned 110,700 volumes of books were transported by 400 camels. The books and camel were arranged in alphabetical order.
People who are pregnant, working out, eating sweet, salty, spicy and drinking alcohol tend to be more attractive to mosquitoes. According to Mastika Magazine, mosquitoes attracted to people who eat bananas probably because bananas contain potassium
August has the most birthday, February has the least
The blood in a human body is enough to feed 1.1 million mosquitoes