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Ais krim berasal dari China, dibawa ke Itali oleh Marco Polo, kemudian ke Perancis oleh Catherine de Medici dan ke Amerika oleh Thomas Jefferson. Ais diminum sejak 4,000 B.C oleh Tamadun Mesopotamia dan mereka membina rumah ais pada musim panas
Ice cream was invented by the ancient Chinese, brought to Italy by Marco Polo, to France by Catherine de Medici, and thence to America by Thomas Jefferson
https://www.history.com/news/where-do-ice-cream-sorbet-frozen-desserts-come-from
Iced drinks and desserts have been around since at least 4000 B.C., when nobles along the Euphrates River built icehouses to take the edge off the Mesopotamian summer heat
Bayi boleh membezakan cahaya dan gelap ketika dalam kandungan. Bayi baru lahir boleh mengenalpasti perbezaan antara hitam dan putih, beberapa minggu kemudian membezakan warna merah dan warna hijau selepas berumur beberapa bulan.
Babies can tell the difference between light and dark while they are still in the womb.
https://www.nvisioncenters.com/childrens-eye-health/babies-see-color/
When they are first born, babies are extremely sensitive to light. Newborns can see contrast between black and white shapes. The first primary color they are able to distinguish is red. This happens in the first few weeks of life.
Babies can start to notice differences in shades of colors, particularly between red and green, between 3 and 4 months old. Actual color vision and the ability to see color develop when a baby is around 5 months old. Babies do not have as clear or sensitive color vision as adults at this age, but they should be able to notice the differences and see colors.
Enjin McLarent F1 disalut lapisan emas (gold foil) untuk mengurangkan kepanasan enjin
The McLarent F1 engine is coated with a layer of gold foil to reduce engine heat
Phagocytosis, berlaku pada organ badan seperti otak, paru-paru, hati, limpa dan lain-lain. Ia ada proses dimana sel menelan dan mencerna sel lain yang tidak sihat atau untuk menghapuskan sel yang tidak bermanafaat
Phagocytosis, occurs in body organs such as the brain, lungs, liver, spleen and others. It is a process where cells envelop and consume other cells or molecules to remove them from the system to help preserve your grey matter
John Carpenter, peserta ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire’ berhadapan dengan soalan terakhir untuk berjaya memenangi hadiah 1 juta dolar. Dia masih ada 3 talian hayat. Dia kemudian menghubungi bapanya ketika soalan terakhir bukan untuk meminta jawapan, tetapi untuk memaklumkan yang dia akan memenangi wang 1 juta dolar. Dia adalah orang pertama yang memenangi 1 juta dolar.
John Carpenter, contestant on ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire’ faces the final question to successfully win the 1 million dollar prize. He still has 3 lifelines. He then calls his father not to ask for an answer, but to inform that he will win 1 million dollars. He was the first person to win 1 million dollars.
Ron Sveden berbulan bertarung dengan emphysema (masalah paru-paru seperti sesak nafas, batuk dan sakit dada) akhirnya doktor mendapati biji kacang tumbuh dalam paru-parunya. Doktor berkata, kacang itu telah masuk ke saluran yang salah.
In 2010 doktors have found a Pea sprouting in the lung of 75 years old man from Massachusetts in the US. The plant was about half an inch or 1.25cm in size after Ron Sveden had been battling emphysema for months when his condition deteriorated
Reference : BBC News - Pea plant grows inside man's lung
Tidak ada apple yang jatuh atas kepala Sir Isaac Newton, contoh dibuat supaya pelajar mudah faham, dia cuma mengkaji kenapa buah apple jatuh lurus tidak condong ke kiri atau ke kanan, terapung atau ke atas, kemudian membuat kesimpulan tentang graviti. Pokok tersebut masih ada hingga sekarang setelah 357 tahun
There’s no evidence to suggest the fruit actually landed on his head, but Newton’s observation caused him to ponder why apples always fall straight to the ground (rather than sideways or upward) and helped inspired him to eventually develop his law of universal gravitation.
https://www.history.com/news/did-an-apple-really-fall-on-isaac-newtons-head
Source : Wikipedia Doctor Zirkel follows Newton's famous steps under the fabled Title Doctor Zirkel follows Newton's famous steps under the fabled Description Doctor Zirkel follows Newton's famous steps under the fabled apple tree. Coloured wood engraving. Iconographic Collections Keywords: Isaac Newton References Library reference: ICV No 12208 Photo number: V0011942 Full Bibliographic Record: http://catalogue.wellcomelibrary.org/record=b1175740 Source/Photographer https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/obf_images/29/64/a7f8add652e00a26a045c65860e0.jpg Gallery: https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/image/V0011942.html Wellcome Collection gallery (2018-03-29): https://wellcomecollection.org/works/h23ngyzc CC-BY-4.0
Betulkah kereta Steve Job tak ada nombor plat? Di California kenderaan baru, diberi tempoh 6 bulan untuk tidak memiliki no plat, jadi sebelum habis 6 bulan menggunakan sesebuah kereta, Steve Job akan membeli kereta baru.
Steve Jobs Never Had License Plates on His Car, but every six months he traded it in for a new one. a loophole in the California vehicle laws. Anyone with a brand new car had a maximum of six months to affix the issued number plate to the vehicle.
Nama asal beliau adalah Abdul Lateef Jandali
Read more : https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/steve-jobs-car-apple-ceo-license-plates/story?id=14834608#:~:text=Yes%2C%20he%20leased%20a%20silver,plates%20fitted%2C%22%20writes%20Heath.
Lebih separuh daripada tubuh kita dihuni oleh makhluk-makhluk lain iaitu sebanyak 57% dari tubuh kita adalah makhluk yang menumpang terdiri daripada bakteria-bakteria, virus-virus, kulat-kulat dan Archaea
Prof Rob Knight daripada University of California San Diego, melaporkan kepada BBC mengatakan bahawa “diri anda sebenarnya lebih kepada mikrob bukannya manusia”
Human cells make up only 43% of the body’s total cell count. The rest is microscopic colonists this include bacteria, viruses, fungi and archaea (organisms originally misclassified as bacteria)
Prof Rob Knight, from University of California San Diego, told the BBC: “You’re more microbe than you are human.”
Ruang kosong berisi angin dalam bungkusan makanan ringan sebenarnya Nitrogen untuk mencegah makanan rosak, memanjangkan jangka hayat makanan dan sebagai pelampung mengelakkan makanan dari hancur ketika diangkut
Air in the snacks or chips packets are filled with nitrogen to preserves quality, slow down spoilage, extends the products’ shelf life and also cushions and protects delicate food inside the package from being crushed during handling
Veronica Seider, menurut Guiness World Record, mempunyai penglihatan 20x lebih daripada orang biasa. Dia boleh mengenal seseorang dari jarak 1.6km.
Veronica Seider holds the Guinness World Record for having the best eyesight, She has a vision 20 times more than an ordinary people an ability to recognise somebody in distance 1.6 km away
Lebih dari 30 juta akaun Facebook milik orang yang telah meninggal
Over 30 million Facebook accounts belong to dead people
Kulit tenggiling kalis peluru, seorang lelaki cedera rahang apabila peluru yang digunakan untuk menembak tenggiling memantul lalu mencederakannya, walau bagaimanapun tenggiling sebenarnya masih boleh cedera jika ditembak
Armadillo shells are bulletproof. A Texan man was hit in the face when his own bullet bounced back from an armadillo that he tried to shoot
https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/mammals/are-any-animals-bulletproof
Pelajar boleh dikenakan sehingga 7 tahun penjara, jika ditangkap meniru dalam peperiksaan di China
Chinese students can get 7 years in jail for cheating in an exams
Sehari semalam di bumi (1 pusingan bumi) sebenarnya 23 jam, 56 minit dan 4 saat, kurang 3 minit 56 saat kepada 24 jam
A day on Earth is not exactly 24 hours, it’s actually 23 hours, 566 minutes and 4 second
Tidak ada walau satu pun traffic light di Bhutan, dengan penduduk 780,000 berkeluasan 38,394 km²
Bhutan the only country in the world that doesn’t hava a single traffic light. With population 781,000 and area of 38,394 km²
Chopsticks asalnya alat memasak digunakan di zaman Greece
Chopsticks were used for cooking tool in Ancient Greece
Gula-gula kapas lebih nipis dari seurat rambut, ini memberi idea saintis menghasilkan salur darah yang teramat halus menggunakan mesin yang sama
A strand of cottom candy is actually thinner than a strand of human hair
Ayam atau telur, yang mana duhului dahulu? secara teorinya kulit telur ayam mempunyai protein yang hanya boleh dihasilkan oleh ayam betina. Jadi tanpa ayam betina, protein pada kulit telur itu tidak wujud, Maha Suci Allah
Scientist concludes that the chicken come first, not the eggs, because the protein which makes egg shells is only produced by hens
Bukan sekadar memanjat, panda juga boleh berenang dan suka menghabiskan masa 10-16 jam untuk makan
Pandas can swim and even climb trees & spend 10-16 hours a day feeding
https://www.wwf.org.uk/learn/fascinating-facts/pandas
Reference : WWF