Today's question
somebody solve this and answer me..
(x-a)(x-b)(x-c)..........(x-z) = ??????
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A simple question to all
This question is too simple..
Dont make complicated or dont think in a complicated way..
the question is
if
1=5
2=25
3=125
4=625
5= ??
The moral of this question is think before u act or react...
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Causes And Symptoms Of Mesothelioma The Deadly Cancer Killer
Mesothelioma can be described as a rare type of cancer which is caused due to the exposure of humans to asbestos. In more clear words, mesothelioma occurs when asbestos are inhaled and absorbed into the individuals bloodstream which results in the formation of a cancerous coating on the internal body organs of patients.
Pleural Mesothelioma is considered as the most common type of mesothelioma. This type of mesothelioma creates a tumor on the pleura - the sac which lines the chest cavity protecting the human lungs.
Peritoneal Mesothelioma is another type of mesothelioma which affects the peritoneum of the human abdominal cavity. There are also several other forms which effect various areas such as the lining of the heart and abdomen.
Causes of Mesothelioma
As mentioned earlier, exposure to asbestos is the main reason for mesothelioma cancer. Asbestos is a heat resistant fibrous mineral which is commonly used for various industrial purposes. Asbestos is widely used as the main object in creating gasket compounds, roofing, patching compounds, and floor tiles.Asbestos dust is injurious to the human body, and may invariably lead to this cancerous condition if exposed to for a longer period of time.
Symptoms of Mesothelioma
According to physicians, mesothelioma is common with people working with asbestos. It is reported that the effect of a couple of weeks or even less can result in the risk of mesothelioma. The effect is not immediate and to say an average it takes around 35 to 45 years to develop a malignant tumor. Mesothelioma cancer is mostly seen in miners, factory workers, railroad laborers, ship builders, insulation workers, and gas mask makers.
Some of the main symptoms of mesothelioma cancer include breathing difficulties, abdominal pain, bowel obstruction, and continuous coughing causing chest and stomach pains.
Treatments
With the advancement in science and technology, newer treatment techniques have been introduced, and some of it is looking promising as well.
Today, there are several procedures used for mesothelioma treatment. The type of mesothelioma treatment purely depends on several factors such as the health and age of the patient, location of the cancer, and the stage of the disease.
The main form of treatment for mesothelioma is surgery to remove the tumor and some of the tissue around the infected part. For cancer of the pleura, an operation known as pneumonectomy is usually done to remove a lung. In certain cases, the diaphragm, the muscle just below the lungs which aids in breathing is removed.
Radiation therapy, also known as radiotherapy, is another method of mesothelioma treatment. In this treatment high energy rays are used to kill cancer cells and shrink tumor affected cells.
Another treatment for mesothelioma cancer is chemotherapy. In this treatment anticancer drugs are used to kill cancer cells throughout the patients body. This treatment involves the administration of the drugs by injection into a vein.
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How do u pronounce the following word -
GHOTI
Options -
a) Dog
b) Cat
c) Fish
Choose right option and if possible try to give an explanation too.
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Free cat model papers and materials
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Java E book
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Ur BRAIN and I.Q-interestn facts
Ur BRAIN n I.Q-interestn facts
# Your brain has about 100 billion neurons. A typical brain cell has from 1,000 to 10,000 connections to other brain cells.
# Studies have shown that children who are breast fed display IQ's up to 10 points higher by the age of three.
# The right side of your brain controls the left side of your body, and the left side of your brain controls the right side of your body.
# Your brain weight accounts for about 2 percent of your body weight. But your brain uses 20 percent of your body's oxygen supply and 20 to 30 percent of your body's energy.
# When you are born, your brain weighs about a pound. But by age 6, it weighs three pounds. What happens? Learning to stand, talk, and walk creates a web of connections in your head—two pounds worth!
# Your brain is full of nerve cells, but it has no pain receptors. Doctors can operate on your brain while you're awake and you won't feel a thing.
# In 1984 the political scientist James Flynn reported that Americans had gained about 13.8 IQ points in 46 years. If people taking an IQ test today were scored in the same way as people 50 years ago then 90% of them would be classified in the genius level.
# A message for action travels from your brain to your muscles as fast as 250 miles per hour.
#Studies show that IQ is modestly related to the speed at which you do some pretty simple things such as comparing two lines to see which is longer.
# An analysis of 1 million students in a New York school district showed that school cafeteria food affected IQ scores to an astonishing degree. When preservatives, coloring, dyes and artificial flavors were removed from the cafeteria menu researchers found that 70,000 students performed two or more IQ grade levels higher than before.
# Even though there are huge differences in weekly earnings between people of various educations levels there are also great discrepancies between people with comparable schooling and higher intellectual capabilities.
# IQ is not influenced by family size or birth order. There is some confusion on this
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e books
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http://www.click-now.net/ebooks.htm
http://www.itebook.net/opensoft.asp?soft_id=104&url=1
ftp://194.105.193.56/pub/warez/books/os/
Various operating system books
ftp://193.231.20.1/pub/books/
Various operating system books
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Nice it book site
http://preterhuman.net/texts/
Lots of stuff, link been posted before.
http://www.itcertifer.com
Speaks for itself
http://cgdn.net/books/
Game develpers books
http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/redbooks/
IBM Redbooks
http://classics.mit.edu/Browse/index-Homer.html
Classics (Greek/Roman)
http://www.cybersecurity.com.br/Livros/
A few hacking/security books
http://amitmathur.8m.com/ebooks.html
Some computer books
http://mail.stibanas.ac.id/ebooks/
Mainly linux books
http://johnny.ihackstuff.com
Hacking stuff
http://www.comms.scitech.susx.ac.uk/fft/
Not bad seleection of computer books
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Cad stuff
http://en.fixdown.com/eall_1.htm
Posted lots of times
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Nice it book site
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Flash stuff
http://www.bsmooth.de/BSolutions/
For people who use "Bryce" !
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Nice it book sita
http://www.maththinking.com/boat/computerbooks.html
IT book site
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IT book site
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Some windows stuff
http://www.intelinfo.com/free_computer_books.html
Computer books
http://www.mcsedirectory.com/books.shtml
Yeah, more of them.
http://www.gorkhali.com/kamal/download.htm
http://www.2000trainers.com/
Windows training stuff
http://www.w3schools.com/
Web stuff
http://members.rogers.com/thekickman/ebooks.htm
IT stuff
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IT stuff
http:// www.bdsoft.com/links.html
c/c++/java stuff
http://www.python.org/doc/
Python stuff
http://www.graphic-design.com/Photoshop/
Photoshop stuff
http://bjxebook.myetang.com/pc_ebooks/
Small collection
http://rahmat.zikri.com/books.html
600+ IT books
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Nice IT list
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Nice list
http://www.empowermentzone.com/#unix
Loads of stuff including IT
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Various IT
http://content.443.ch/pub/
Various IT
http://www.ods.com.ua/index.phtml
Various IT
http://kavosh.irost.net/books/library.htm
Usual IT stuff
http://stommel.tamu.edu/~baum/programming.html
Programming texts
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Biology books
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Oh, very nice!!! but slow
http://www.ibiblio.org/obp/electricCircuits
As it says !!
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PC World guides
http://www.click-now.net/ebooks.htm
Various, but looks rubbish
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Various IT
http://www.xatrix.org/index.php
Not really books, just security stuff
http://www.commandprompt.com/ppbook/
Postgre SQL
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Various IT
http://docs.rinet.ru/Cold/
Cold Fusion
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Windows Forms
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Blind Programming site !!!!!!!!!!!
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Big online it site
http://www.manastungare.com
asp stuff
http://www.itebooks.net/onlineebooks/
Nice selection of IT books (Is it further up the list?)
http://the-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/
The Bard's works if you want
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Lots of "image" type tutorials
http://kristi.erdves.lt/books/
Small selection of various stuff
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Java bookshelf
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Online it books
http://www.xnt.info/category.php?id=9
0 days it books
http://www.teamphotoshop.com/photoshop/tut...ials/ps_tut.php
Photoshop tutorials
http://www.80four.co.uk/tutorials/photoshop.html
more Photoshop tutorials
http://www.eyesondesign.net/pshop/tuts.htm
more Photoshop tutorials
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more Photoshop tutorials
http://www.grafx-design.com/tutorials.html
more Photoshop tutorials
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more Photoshop tutorials
http://www.photoshoproadmap.com/
more Photoshop tutorials
http://rainworld.com/psworkshop/
more Photoshop tutorials/
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Facts Interesting
1. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough
sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
(Hardly seems worth it)
2. If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create
the energy of an atomic bomb.
(Now that's more like it)
3. A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes.
(In my next life I want to be a pig)
(How'd they figure this out, and why?)
4. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
(Still can't get over that pig thing)
(Don't try this at home...maybe at work?)
5. Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.
(Is that why Flipper was always smiling?)
(And pigs get 30-minute orgasms? Doesn't seem fair)
6. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
(Hmmmmmmmmm........)
7. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do.
(If you're ambidextrous do you split the difference?)
8. The ant can lift 50 times its own weight, can pull 30 times its own weight and
always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.
(From drinking little bottles of...?)
(Did taxpayers pay for this research??)
9. Polar bears are left handed.
(Who knew....? Who cares? How'd they find out, did they ask them?)
10. The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds.
(What can be so tasty on the bottom of the pond?)
11. The flea can jump 350 times its body length.
It's like a human jumping the length of a football field.
(30 minutes...can you imagine?? And why pigs?)
12. A cockroach will live nine days without it's head, before it starves to death.
(Creepy)
13. The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body.
The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off.
(Honey, I'm home. What the....)
(Well, at least pigs get a break there...)
14. Some lions mate over 50 times a day.
(In my next life I still want to be a pig ... quality over quantity)
15. Butterflies taste with their feet.
(Oh, Geez) (That's almost as bad as catfish)
16. An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.
(I know some people like that.)
17. Starfish don't have brains.
(I know some people like that too.)
Interesting Facts II
1. Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's
sensors so they don't know you're there.
2. Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a
toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.
3. The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.
4. No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
5. Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
6. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
7. Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older.
8. The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.
9. The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.
10. A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.
11. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad
served in first-class.
12. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
13. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
14. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
15. Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.
16. The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
17. Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike
factory workers in Malaysia combined.
18. Marilyn Monroe had six toes. (rumor)
19. All US Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like being seen wearing
them in public.
20. Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
21. Pearls melt in vinegar.
22. Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already
married.
23. The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and
Budweiser, in that order.
24. It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.
25. A duck's quack doesn't echo and no one knows why. (Or does it?
http://www.acoustics.salford.ac.uk/acoustics_world/duck/duck.htm)
26. The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days when the engines
were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out
how to walk up straight staircases.
27. Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first US president whose name contains all the
letters from the word 'criminal.' The second was William Jefferson Clinton.
28. Turtles can breathe through their butts.
29. Butterflies taste with their feet.
30. In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all of the world's nuclear
weapons combined.
31. On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year.
32. On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
33. Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants.
34. Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
35. Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
36. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
37. It's physically impossible for you to lick your elbow. (or can you?
http://www.uvm.edu/~dfisher1/random/elbow.jpg
http://www.uvm.edu/~dfisher1/random/elbow2.jpg)
38. The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because
when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that
would occupy the building.
39. A snail can sleep for three years.
40. No word in the English language rhymes with 'MONTH.'
41. Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.
42. Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop
growing. SCARY!!!
43. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
44. All polar bears are left handed.
45. In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies,
including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
46. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
47. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one
row of the keyboard.
48. 'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
49. If Barbie were life-size, her measurements would be 39-23-33. She would stand
seven feet, two inches tall. Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.
50. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
51. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
52. Almost everyone who reads this will try to lick their elbow.
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Amazing Coincidences:-
#James Dean's car curse
In September 1955, James Dean was killed in a horrific car accident
whilst he was driving his Porsche sports car. After the crash the car
was seen as very unlucky.
a) When the car was towed away from accident scene and taken to a
garage, the engine slipped out and fell onto a mechanic, shattering
both of his legs.
b) Eventually the engine was bought by a doctor, who put it into his
racing car and was killed shortly afterwards, during a race. Another
racing driver, in the same race, was killed in his car, which had James
Dean's driveshaft fitted to it.
c) When James Dean's Porsche was later repaired, the garage it was in
was destroyed by fire.
d) Later the car was displayed in Sacramento, but it fell off it's mount
and broke a teenager's hip.
e) In Oregon, the trailer that the car was mounted on slipped from it's
towbar and smashed through the front of a shop.
f) Finally, in 1959, the car mysteriously broke into 11 pieces while it
was sitting on steel supports.
#A falling baby, saved twice by the same man
In Detroit sometime in the 1930s, a young (if incredibly careless)
mother must have been eternally grateful to a man named Joseph
Figlock. As Figlock was walking down the street, the mother's baby fell
from a high window onto Figlock. The baby's fall was broken and both
man and baby were unharmed. A stroke of luck on its own, but a year
later, the very same baby fell from the very same window onto poor,
unsuspecting Joseph Figlock as he was again passing beneath. And
again, they both survived the event. (Source: Mysteries of the Unexplained)
#A bullet that reached its destiny years later
Henry Ziegland thought he had dodged fate. In 1883, he broke off a
relationship with his girlfriend who, out of distress, committed suicide.
The girl's brother was so enraged that he hunted down Ziegland and
shot him. The brother, believing he had killed Ziegland, then turned
his gun on himself and took his own life. But Ziegland had not been
killed. The bullet, in fact, had only grazed his face and then lodged in a
tree. Ziegland surely thought himself a lucky man. Some years later,
however, Ziegland decided to cut down the large tree, which still had
the bullet in it. The task seemed so formidable that he decided to blow
it up with a few sticks of dynamite. The explosion propelled the bullet
into Ziegland's head, killing him. (Source: Ripley's Believe It or Not!)
#Twin Boys, twin lives
The stories of identical twins' nearly identical lives are often
astonishing, but perhaps none more so than those of identical twins
born in Ohio. The twin boys were separated at birth, being adopted by
different families. Unknown to each other, both families named the
boys James. And here the coincidences just begin. Both James grew
up not even knowing of the other, yet both sought law-enforcement
training, both had abilities in mechanical drawing and carpentry, and
each had married women named Linda. They both had sons whom one
named James Alan and the other named James Allan. The twin
brothers also divorced their wives and married other women - both
named Betty. And they both owned dogs which they named Toy. Forty
years after their childhood separation, the two men were reunited to
share their amazingly similar lives. (Source: Reader's Digest, January 1980)
#Twin brothers, killed on the same road, two hours
apart
On 2002, Seventy-year-old twin brothers have died within hours of
one another after separate accidents on the same road in northern
Finland. The first of the twins died when he was hit by a lorry while
riding his bike in Raahe, 600 kilometres north of the capital, Helsinki.
He died just 1.5km from the spot where his brother was killed. "This is
simply a historic coincidence. Although the road is a busy one,
accidents don't occur every day," police officer Marja-Leena Huhtala
told Reuters. "It made my hair stand on end when I heard the two
were brothers, and identical twins at that. It came to mind that
perhaps someone from upstairs had a say in this," she said. (Source: BBC
News)
#Three suicide attempts, all stopped by the same Monk
Joseph Aigner was a fairlly well-known portrait painter in 19th century
Austria who, apparently, was quite an unhappy fellow: he several
times attempted suicide. His first attempt was at the young age of 18
when he tried to hang himself, but was interrupted by the mysterious
appearance of a Capuchin monk. At age 22 he again tried to hang
himself, but was again saved from the act by the very same monk.
Eight years later, his death was ordained by others who sentenced him
to the gallows for his political activities. Once again, his life was saved
by the intervention of the same monk. At age 68, Aiger finally
succeeded in suicide, a pistol doing the trick. His funeral ceremony
was conducted by the same Capuchin monk - a man whose name
Aiger never even knew. (Source: Ripley's Giant Book of Believe It or Not!)
#Poker winnings, to the unsuspected son
In 1858, Robert Fallon was shot dead, an act of vengeance by those
with whom he was playing poker. Fallon, they claimed, had won the
$600 pot through cheating. With Fallon's seat empty and none of the
other players willing to take the now-unlucky $600, they found a new
player to take Fallon's place and staked him with the dead man's
$600. By the time the police had arrived to investigate the killing, the
new player had turned the $600 into $2,200 in winnings. The police
demanded the original $600 to pass on to Fallon's next of kin - only to
discover that the new player turned out to be Fallon's son, who had
not seen his father in seven years! (Source: Ripley's Giant Book of Believe It or Not!)
#Just like Edgar Allan Poe's book
In the 19th century, the famous horror writer, Egdar Allan Poe,
wrote a book called 'The narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym'. It was
about four survivors of a shipwreck who were in an open boat for
many days before they decided to kill and eat the cabin boy whose
name was Richard Parker. Some years later, in 1884, the yawl,
Mignonette, foundered, with only four survivors, who were in an open
boat for many days. Eventully the three senior members of the crew,
killed and ate the cabin boy. The name of the cabin boy was Richard
Parker.
#A novel that unsuspectedly described the spy next
door
When Norman Mailer began his novel Barbary Shore, there was no
plan to have a Russian spy as a character. As he worked on it, he
introduced a Russian spy in the U.S. as a minor character. As the work
progressed, the spy became the dominant character in the novel. After
the novel was completed, the U.S. Immigration Service arrested a man
who lived just one floor above Mailer in the same apartment building.
He was Colonel Rudolf Abel, alleged to be the top Russian spy working
in the U.S. at that time. (Source: Science Digest)
#Three strangers on a Train, with complementary last
names
In the 1920s, three Englishman were traveling separately by train
through Peru. At the time of their introduction, they were the only
three men in the railroad car. Their introductions were more surprising
than they could have imagined. One man's last name was Bingham,
and the second man's last name was Powell. The third man announced
that his last name was Bingham-Powell. None were related in any way.
(Source: Mysteries of the Unexplained)
#Two brothers killed by the same taxi driver, one year
apart
In 1975, while riding a moped in Bermuda, a man was accidentally
struck and killed by a taxi. One year later, this man's bother was killed
in the very same way. In fact, he was riding the very same moped.
And to stretch the odds even further, he was struck by the very same
taxi driven by the same driver - and even carrying the very same
passenger! (Source: Phenomena: A Book of Wonders, John Michell and Robert J.
M. Rickard)
#Mark Twain and Halley's Comet
Mark Twain was born on the day of the appearance of Halley's
Comet in 1835, and died on the day of its next appearance in
1910. He himself predicted this in 1909, when he said: "I came in with
Halley's Comet in 1835. It is coming again next year, and I expect to
go out with it."
#Twins brothers, same heart attack
John and Arthur Mowforth were twins who lived about 80 miles apart
in Great Britain. On the evening of May 22, 1975, both fell severely ill
from chest pains. The families of both men were completely unaware
of the other's illness. Both men were rushed to separate hospitals at
approximately the same time. And both died of heart attacks shortly
after arrival. (Source: Chronogenetics: The Inheretance of Biological Time, Luigi
Gedda and Gianni Brenci)
#Swapped Hotel Findings
In 1953, television reporter Irv Kupcinet was in London to cover the
coronation of Ellizabeth II. In one of the drawers in his room at the
Savoy he found found some items that, by their identification,
belonged to a man named Harry Hannin. Coincidentally, Harry Hannin
- a basketball star with the famed Harlem Globetrotters - was a good
friend of Kupcinet's. But the story has yet another twist. Just two days
later, and before he could tell Hannin of his lucky discovery, Kupcinet
received a letter from Hannin. In the letter, Hannin told Kucinet that
while staying at the Hotel Meurice in Paris, he found in a drawer a tie -
with Kupcinet's name on it! (Source: Mysteries of the Unexplained)
#Two Mr. Brysons, same hotel room
While on a business trip sometime in the late 1950s, Mr. George D.
Bryson stopped and registered at the Brown Hotel in Louisville,
Kentucky. After signing the register and being given his key to room
307, he stopped by the mail desk to see if any letters had arrived for
him. Indeed there was a letter, the mail girl told him, and handed him
an envelope addressed to Mr. George D. Bryson, room 307. This
wouldn't be so odd, except the letter was not for him, but for room
307's just-previous occupant - another man named George D. Bryson.
(Source: Incredible Coincidence, Alan Vaughan)
#A novel that predicted the Titanic's destiny, and
another ship that almost followed
Morgan Robertson, in 1898, wrote "Futility". It described the
maiden voyage of a transatlantic luxury liner named the Titan.
Although it was touted as being unsinkable, it strikes an iceberg and
sinks with much loss of life. In 1912 the Titanic, a transatlantic luxury
liner widely touted as unsinkable strikes an iceberg and sinks with
great loss of life on her maiden voyage. In the Book, the Month of the
Wreck was April, same as in the real event. There were 3,000
passengers on the book; in reality, 2,207. In the Book, there were 24
Lifeboats; in reality, 20.
Months after the Titanic sank, a tramp steamer was traveling through
the foggy Atlantic with only a young boy on watch. It came into his
head that it had been thereabouts that the Titanic had sunk, and he
was suddenly terrified by the thought of the name of his ship - the
Titanian. Panic-stricken, he sounded the warning. The ship stopped,
just in time: a huge iceberg loomed out of the fog directly in their
path. The Titanian was saved.
#A writer, found the book of her childhood
While American novelist Anne Parrish was browsing bookstores in Paris
in the 1920s, she came upon a book that was one of her childhood
favorites - Jack Frost and Other Stories. She picked up the old book
and showed it to her husband, telling him of the book she fondly
remembered as a child. Her husband took the book, opened it, and on
the flyleaf found the inscription: "Anne Parrish, 209 N. Weber Street,
Colorado Springs." It was Anne's very own book. (Source: While Rome
Burns, Alexander Wollcott)
#A writer's plum pudding
In 1805, French writer Émile Deschamps was treated to some plum
pudding by the stranger Monsieur de Fortgibu. Ten years later, he
encountered plum pudding on the menu of a Paris restaurant, and
wanted to order some, but the waiter told him the last dish had
already been served to another customer, who turned out to be de
Fortgibu. Many years later in 1832 Émile Deschamps was at a diner,
and was once again offered plum pudding. He recalled the earlier
incident and told his friends that only de Fortgibu was missing to make
the setting complete — and in the same instant the now senile de
Fortgibu entered the room.
#King Umberto I' double
In Monza, Italy, King Umberto I, went to a small restaurant for dinner,
accompanied by his aide-de-camp, General Emilio Ponzia- Vaglia.
When the owner took King Umberto's order, the King noticed that he
and the restaurant owner were virtual doubles, in face and in build.
Both men began discussing the striking resemblances between each
other and found many more similarities.
a) Both men were born on the same day, of the same year, (March
14th, 1844).
b) Both men had been born in the same town.
c) Both men married a woman with same name, Margherita.
d) The restauranteur opened his restaurant on the same day that King
Umberto was crowned King of Italy.
e) On the 29th July 1900, King Umberto was informed that the
restauranteur had died that day in a mysterious shooting accident, and
as he expressed his regret, he was then assassinated by an anarchist
in the crowd.
# The 21st, a bad day for King Louis XVI
When King Louis XVI of France was a child, he was warned by an
astrologer to always be on his guard on the 21st day of each month.
Louis ws so terrified by this that he never did business on this day.
Unfortunately Louis was not always on his guard. On June 21st 1791,
following the French revolution, Louis and his queen were arrested in
Varennes, whist trying to escape France. On September 21st 1791,
France abolished the institution of Royalty and proclaimed itself a
republic. Finally on January 21st 1793, King Louis XVI was executed
by guillotine.
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