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.
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UAE bercadang membina sistem keretapi bawah laut dari Dubai ke Mumbai, India sepanjang hampir 2,000 km yang dijangka siap pada penghujung 2030
UAE has proposed a futuristic project to build a subsea rail connection to India (Mumbai) with plans for completion by the end of 2030
Selepas 7 bulan perang Hamas-Israel, Pegawai PBB melaporkan kemusahan Gaza memerlukan 14 tahun untuk membersihkan 37 juta tan serpihan runtuhan bangunan jika 100 lori digunakan sehari. 70 Ribu bangunan musnah, 290 ribu rosak termasuk sekolah hospital, Gereja, Masjid dan tempat bersejarah. Rm188 billion kos baik pulih diperlukan (7 Okt 2023 – 3 Mei 2024)
After 7 months of the Hamas-Israeli war, UN officials reported that the Gaza conflict would take 14 years to clear 37 million tons of building debris if 100 trucks were used a day. 70 thousand buildings were destroyed, 290 thousand were damaged including schools, hospitals, churches, mosques and historical places. Rm188 billion in repair costs are required (7 Ocktober 2023 – 3 May 2024)
Penduduk terbesar di dunia ialah (1) China 1.41 billion, (2) India 1.39 billion, (3) US 336 juta, (4) Indonesia 279 juta. Penduduk paling sedikit adalah Vatican City seramai 764 orang seluas 0.405 km2 (100 Ekar)
The largest population in the world is (1) China 1.41 billion, (2) India 1.39 billion, (3) US 336 million, (4) Indonesia 279 million. The small population is Vatican City with 764 people in an area of 0.405 km2 (100 Acres)
Sehari, 24 juta orang menaiki 12,817 keretapi di India, jumlah ini bersamaan 4 kali ganda rakyat Singapura
In a day, 24 million peoples board 12,817 trains in India, this number is equivalent to 4 times the number of Singaporeans
Kodak pernah difailkan bankrap pada 2012 kerana juruteranya Steven Sasson pada 1975 mencipta teknologi baru iaitu digital kamera yang berfungsi tanpa filem. Idea itu ditolak boss kodak atas kebimbangan jualan filem kodak akan menurun. Akhirnya teknologi menguntungkan Fujifilm dan Sony dan menjadikan Kodak bankrup
Kodak filed for bankruptcy in 2012 because its engineer Steven Sasson in 1975 created a new technology which is a digital camera that works without film. The idea was rejected by Kodak’s boss for fear that Kodak’s film sales would decrease. Ultimately the technology benefits Fujifilm and Sony
Kenapa perlu disebut hukuman gantung ‘sampai mati’. Kerana seorang wanita Maggie Dickson, selepas dijalankan hukuman gantung, dia tidak mati. Mahkamah menetapkan bahawa hukuman ke atasnya telah pun dilaksanakan. Selepas digantung dia hidup 40 tahun lagi.
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
Ujian Carbon Dating menunjukkan ikan Greenland Shark yang ditemui berumur 512 tahun. Maknanya ia dilahirkan pada 1505
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
Ketika semua orang dipindahkan dari sebuah pulau, seorang wanita Juana Maria tertinggal kapal, dia hidup seorang diri di sebuah pulau (San Nicholas Island) selama 18 tahun (1935 – 1953), sebelum diselamatkan
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.
Sealand, ‘negara’ terkecil di dunia, saiz separuh padang bola, mempunyai kerajaan sendiri, mata wang sendiri, passport sendiri dan pasukan bola sendiri. Penduduknya berjumlah 27 orang
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
Jalan Raya di Sweden mempunyai 1 lorong, dimana kereta elektrik yang melaluinya akan dicaj semasa sedang dipandu
Roads in Sweden have a lane, electrified road to charge electric vehicles passing through will be charged while being driven
Rekod jem paling teruk di dunia. Jem sepanjang 100km, kenderaan hanya bergerak 1km saja sehari, pengguna terkandas selama 12 hari, pada 14 Ogos 2010 di China National Highway 110 (G110).
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)
Nigel Richard, beberapa kali menjadi juara Scrabble Championship dalam bahasa Perancis. Dia dari New Zealand mengambil masa 9 minggu menghafal semua perkataan Perancis tanpa boleh bertutur dalam bahasa yang dimenanginya
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, terperangkap, tidak boleh keluar, terpaksa menghabiskan hidupnya selama 18 tahun di terminal lapangan terbang di Perancis dari tahun 1988 – 2006 kerana masalah passport.
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
Sejak dibuka pada 1971, lebih 1.65 juta cermin mata hitam dikutip kerana ditinggalkan oleh pengunjung. Setiap tahun lebih 6,000 telefon bimbit, 3,500 camera digital, 18,000 topi dan 7,500 buku autograph. 400 – 500 barang tertinggal setiap hari (sekitar 210 adalah cermin mata sehari) disimpan di Disney World’s Lost and Found Department
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
7cm tinggi kucing paling kecil di dunia, diberi nama Tinker Toy, berat 0.7kg, mati pada umur 6 tahun pada November 1997
The world’s smallest cat was Tinker Toy, measured 7cm in height. Died when it was six years old in November 1997
Garry Kasparov pemain catur pertama yang berjaya mengalahkan super komputer
Garry Kasparov, Russian chess grandmaster, was the first player to win a chess game against computer
Tidak ada nyamuk di Antarctica dan Iceland kerana terlalu sejuk
There are no mosquitoes in Antarctica and Iceland because of the extreme cold, they cannot regulate their body temperature internally
10,000 bilik hotel, 75 Restoran, Abraj Kudai di Arab Saudi, hotel yang sedang dibina, akan menjadi hotel terbesar di dunia dengan 5 bumbung pendaratan helikopter
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
Craig Lewis, manusia pertama hidup tanpa degup jantung pada 2012. Dia menggunakan jantung tiruan yang tidak berdegup bertahan selama 5 minggu sebelum keluarganya meminta dimatikan jantung tersebut kerana kegagalan fungsi hati dan buah pinggang
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, burung (burung bar-tailed godwit) yang ditag terbang tanpa henti, tanpa rehat, makan & minum selama 11 hari dari Alaska to Australia sejauh 13,560 km
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.
Sultan Johor mempunyai koleksi 300 buah kereta mewah, salah satunya adalah Mercedes yang dihadiahkan oleh Adolf Hitler kepada moyang baginda selain jet peribadi dan askar sendiri
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
Tidak ada ular boleh hidup dengan cuaca di Antarctica, Ireland, Greenland, Iceland. Di New Zealand bukan sahaja ular, buaya pun tidak akan ditemui.
No snake at all in Antarctica, Ireland, Greenland, Iceland. In New Zealand, not only snakes but nor crocodile be found.
Usain Bolt, pelari terpantas di dunia, rekod 100 meter = 9.58 saat, 200 meter = 19.19 saat. Anggaran masa berlari sepanjang Olimpik 115 saat, 8 pingat emas bernilai $119 juta, purata pendapat lebih $1juta untuk 1 saat (RM4.72 juta/saat) tapi untuk berlari 2 minit itu dia telah menghabiskan masa lebih 20 tahun untuk berlatih
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
Michael Nicholson, ada 30 ijazah (1 sarjana muda, 2 associates degree, 23 master’s degree, 3 specialist degree dan 1 doctoral degree). Dia tinggal di kampus selama 55 tahun
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
Kandungan kembar yang lahir dalam sela masa paling lama ialah 90 hari (3 bulan) di USA, bayi pertama pada 1 Januari 1996 dan yang kedua 30 Mac 1996
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
Selwa Hussain, wanita yang membawa bag galas seberat 6kg berisi jantungnya
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)
Kebanyakan pembunuh bersiri lahir pada bulan November. Kajian pada 2005, ke atas lebih dari 100 orang pembunuh bersiri mendapati 17 lahir pada bulan November
Most of serial killers are born in November
Abdul Qassinm Ismail, pembesar Parsi, yang mempunyai perpustakaan yang boleh mengikutnya. 400 unta membawa 117,000 buku. Setiap unta mewakili abjad masing-masing dan buku disusun mengikut abjad
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.
Bulan paling banyak kelahiran di dunia direkodkan ialah pada bulan Ogos, paling sedikit pada bulan Februari
August has the most birthday, February has the least
Babara Soper dari Michigan melahirkan bayi pada tarikh 08/08/08, 09/09/09 dan 10//10/10
A women named Barbara Soper from Michigan gave birth on 08/08/08, 09/09/09 and 10/10/10
Jalan yang boleh dikatakan hampir lurus paling panjang di dunia 1,116 km di Arab Saudi.
The longest straight road in the world is situated in Saudi Arabia, 1,116 km
7,351 bilik, hotel terbesar di dunia, First World Hotel di Genting Highlands
Largest hotel in the world with 7,351 rooms, is First World Hotel is located in Genting Highlands Malaysia
12.262 km lubang paling dalam yang pernah digali, di Rusia pada 1989, dijangka 15 km dicapai pada 1993 tetapi gagal kerana suhu di situ sudah mencecah 182°C
Koba Superdeep Borehole reached 12,262 m in 1989, was expected to reach 15,000 m in 1993 but fail due to unexpected higher temperatur, 180°C in this depth location
Sultan Brunei memiliki 7,000 kereta
Kebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Paduka Seri Baginda Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah, is the biggest car collector of the world with 7,000 cars
Dynamic Phototherapy adalah rawatan untuk pesakit kanser, dikatakan kesan sampingannya, retina boleh memproses cahaya lebih tinggi menyebabkan pesakit nampak di dalam gelap
Photodynamic Therapy has revealed an unexpected side effect, patients can see better at night a slight level of night vision
Terowong terpanjang di dunia 57 km di Switzerland, ambil masa 17 tahun untuk dibina. Terowong keretapi ini siap pada 2016. Ke 2 Jepun 53.85km dan ke 3 50.43km Perancis/UK
The longest tunnel in the world is 57km, it took 17 years to build in Switzerland, second Japan 53.85 and France/UK 50.43km
Istana Sultan Brunei ada 1,788 bilik ¹ , 257 bilik air. Bekas Istana Habsburgs ada 2,600 bilik di Austria
The Istana Nurul Iman is the official residence of the Sultan of Brunei, with 1,788 rooms ¹ , 257 bathroom. Hofburg Palace in Austria with 2,600 rooms
Sources : ¹Majalah Mastika
Jalan paling panjang yang tiada susur keluar sepanjang 200km ialah di padang pasir/gurun di Death Valley National Park, California
The longest road without an exit and entrance is 200km in the desert/desert in Death Valley National Park, California
Rekod tidak tidur paling lama ialah 11 hari 24 minit oleh remaja 17 tahun, walaubagaimanapun Guinness World Records menolak kerana isu kesihatan
In December 1963/January 1964, 17-years-old Gardner stayed awake for 11 days and 24 minutes