17 June 2005

12 facts you must know



• Picasso's full name was Pablo Diego Jose Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Maria de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santisima Trinidad Ruiz Picasso.

• The first Dada Saheb Phalke award was given to Devika Rani.

• The original name for Mickey Mouse was Mortimer Mouse.

• The common silkworm has eleven brains, but it only uses five of them.



• Water expands 9% when it is frozen.



• Robin Hood's real name was Robert Fitz Ooth.



• Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy.



• The two robbers crucified next to Jesus were named Dismas and Gestas.



• The value of "pi" was first calculated by the Indian Mathematician Budhayana.



• In the magic world of seahorses it is the male who gets pregnant and has the babies.



• An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards



• The word "gymnasium" comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means "to exercise naked"
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