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 Here is the list of Interesting Facts About Sugar
  • Sugar was one of the first pharmaceutical ingredients used, as it still is today, to mask the bitter taste
    of medicines
  • In 1899, the very first carton was used to pack sugar? This revolutionized the sugar business, greatly
    improving upon the crude wooden barrels from which sugar was originally scooped for customers.
  • In the late 16th Century, a mere teaspoon of sugar cost the equivalent of five dollars in London
  • Do you know one Interesting Facts About Sugar that Sugar is the only taste humans are born craving
  • A can of Coke has 39 grams of sugar and a can of Pepsi has 41 grams of sugar. That is about seven teaspoons
    or 13 lumps of sugar per can!
  • Lemons contain more sugar than Strawberries.
  • When the sun explodes, it will compress itself and become so dense that a piece of it the size of a sugar cube
    will weigh the equivalent of 1 ton.
  • The trick to curing hiccups is to get the nerves that regulate breathing synchronized by taking a teaspoon of
    granulated sugar.
  • Sugar hardens asphalt. It slows the setting of ready-mixed concrete and glue.
  • Do you know one Interesting Facts About Sugar that Sugar is used in leather tanning, printers’ inks and dyes and even in textile sizing and finishing
  • Chemical manufacturers use sugar to grow penicillin.
  • ‘Sure’ and ‘Sugar’ are the only two words in the English language that are spelt ‘su’ and pronounced ‘sh’
  • Some people believe that dry swallowing 1 teaspoon of sugar can cure the hiccups.
  • Sugar is 100% natural with no fat.
  • Sugar is one of the oldest cooking ingredients, dating back to 326 BC.
  • Sugar cane was introduced to the New World in 1493 by Christopher Columbus.
  • Do you know one Interesting Facts About Sugar that In 2001, scientists discovered sugar in outer space.
  • Before 1899, sugar was crudely sold from barrels. The sugar industry was revolutionized when it was first
    packed in cartons.
  • Sugar has many uses outside of the kitchen: it’s one of the most important components of medicine, it’s used
    to slow down the setting of cement, it plays a role in leather tanning and paper dying, and prolongs the life of fresh cut flowers.
  • sugar contains no additives or preservatives
  • Do you know one Interesting Facts About Sugar that one teaspoon of sugar contains only 15 calories
  • refined sugar is better for you than raw sugar
  • In the 1500s, the cost of a teaspoon of sugar was equivalent to $5
  • sugar makes a good preservative
  • A grain of sugar under the microscope is a translucent crystal, reflecting light from its 14 facets like a
    jewel
  • Candy Bar has the same amount of sugar as 10 apples.
  • The average American consumes 175 pounds of sugar per year. That is 300,000 calories per year, 800 calories
    per day.
  • Fruit drinks, fruit beverages, fruit punch contain anywhere from 1-40% of fruit juice but also contain loads
    of sugar and high-fructose corn syrup.Whether fresh squeezed or store-bought an 8-ounce glass of juice has 8 teaspoons of sugar.
  • Sugar creates the demand for more sugar, which raises insulin levels. This signals the body to store fat.
  • Sugar can even feed cancer cells.
  • Sugars also trigger a mineral imbalance in the body. For example, chromium and zinc are often depleted when
    large amounts of sugar are consumed.Depleted zinc makes your taste buds become dull.
  • Sucrose, dextrose, fructose, lactose, dextrin, maltose, monosaccharides, disaccharides and syrup are the
    other names of sugar
  • Look at labels, even if it say NO Sugar, it still may have these other types of sugars.
  • Sugar is also in canned vegetables, ketchup, salad dressing (tomato sauce cannot be sold as “catsup” if not sugared). That is why fresh or frozen fruits and vegetables are the best for you to eat.
  • Fruits are high in sugar. However, the best way to consume fruits without affecting your insulin level is to consume them in the whole form, with skin on.
  • Honey is the Substitute for Sugar.
  • Stevia is also a great substitute for sugar. It does not affect insulin levels. It can be found in most health food stores.

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Amazing Fun Facts About New Year

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The earliest known New Year celebrations were in Mesopotamia and date back to 2000 B.C. The early Romans used March 1 as New Year’s Day. Other cultures used the autumn equinox or the winter solstice to mark the new year.
 
1582 – The Gregorian calendar, which marks January 1 as the new year, is adopted by the Roman Catholic Church. January is named after Janus, the god with two faces, one looking forward and one looking backward.
 
Traditions: New Year’s is the time when many people traditionally make resolutions to break bad habits or start good ones.
Ancient Persians gave New Year’s gifts of eggs, which symbolized productiveness. Most New Year’s traditions are believed to ensure good luck for the coming year. Many parts of the U.S. observe the tradition of eating black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day for good luck.
 
Auld Lang Syne: “Auld Lang Syne” is traditionally sung at midnight on New Year’s Eve. “Auld Lang Syne” was written by Scottish poet. Robert Burns in 1788. He may have based it on a folk song. The words auld lang syne mean “times gone by”.
 
Times Square: The first rooftop celebration atop One Times Square, a fireworks display, took place in 1904 and was produced by The New York Times to inaugurate their new headquarters in Times Square and celebrate the renaming of Longacre Square to Times Square.
The first ball dropping celebration atop One Times Square was held on December 31, 1907. In 1942 and 1943 the ball lowering was suspended due to the wartime dim-out. The crowds who still gathered in Times Square celebrated with
a minute of silence followed by chimes ringing out from an amplifier truck parked at One Times Square.
The original New Year’s Eve Ball weighed 700 pounds and was five feet in diameter. It was made of iron and wood and was decorated with 100 25-watt light bulbs.
 
November 11, 2008 – A “new” New Years Eve ball is introduced. The ball is a geodesic sphere, 12 feet in diameter and weighing 11,875 pounds. It is built to withstand high winds and fluctuating temperatures. Waterford Crystal introduces a different pattern for each New Year’s celebration.

Fun Facts About New Year’s Day

  • Many countries including France, Germany, Italy, and Austria call New Year’s Eve “Silvester” in honor of Pope Sylvester I who died on December 31st.
  • The National Hockey League often plays an outdoor hockey game called the Winter Classic on this day.
  • In Canada some people take a plunge into the ice cold water called the Polar Bear Plunge to celebrate the day.
  • In the United States people eat black eye peas, cabbage, and ham on New Year’s Eve for good luck. Round foods, like doughnuts, are considered good luck in some cultures.
  • The song Auld Lang Syne is the traditional song sung at midnight when the new year begins. It means “old long ago”. The words come from a poem written by Robert Burns.
  • The “ball” that drops in Times Square weighs 1000 pounds and is made from Waterford Crystal. It has over
    9,000 LED lights to light it up. About 1 billion people watch the ball drop on television.
  • This holiday was celebrated as far back as 4500 years ago in the city of Babylon.

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Things to Know About Helen Keller

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Helen Keller was born on June 27, 1880, in Tuscumbia, Alabama. She was a happy healthy baby. Her father, Arthur, worked for a newspaper while her mother, Kate, took care of the home and baby Helen. She grew up on her family’s large farm called Ivy Green. She enjoyed the animals including the horses, dogs, and chickens.

Illness

When Helen Keller was around one and a half years old she became very sick. She had a high fever and a bad headache for several days. Although Helen Keller survived, her parents soon realized that she had lost both her sight and her hearing.

Frustration

Helen Keller tried to communicate with the people around her. She had special motions she would use to indicate that she wanted her mom or her dad. However, she would also get frustrated. She realized that she was different and it was extremely difficult to let others know what she needed. She would sometimes throw tantrums, kicking and hitting other people in anger.

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Annie Sullivan

Soon Helen’s parents realized that she needed some special help. They contacted the Perkins Institute for the Blind in Boston. The director suggested a former student named Annie Sullivan. Annie had been blind but had her eyesight restored by surgery. Perhaps her unique experience would allow her to help Helen Keller. Annie came to work with Helen on March 3, 1887, and would be her helper and companion for the next 50 years.

Learning Words

Annie began to teach Helen Keller words. She would press the letters of words into Helen’s hand. For example, she would put a doll in one of Helen’s hands and then press the letters of the word D-O-L-L into the other hand. She taught Helen a number of words. Helen Keller would repeat the words into Annie’s hand.

However, Helen still didn’t understand that the hand signs had meaning. Then one day Annie put Helen’s hand into the water coming from a pump. Then she spelled out water into Helen’s other hand. Something clicked. Helen finally understood what Annie was doing. An entire new world opened up for Helen. She learned a number of new words that day. In many ways, it was one of the happiest days of her life.

Learning to Read

Next, Annie taught Helen how to read. Helen must have been very bright and Annie an amazing teacher, because soon Helen could read entire books in Braille. Braille is a special reading system where the letters are made out of little bumps on a page.

Imagine trying to learn how to read if you couldn’t see or hear. It’s truly amazing what Helen and Annie were able to accomplish. At the age of ten Helen could read and use a typewriter. Now she wanted to learn how to talk.

Learning to Talk

Helen Keller learned how to talk from Sarah Fuller. Sarah was a teacher for the deaf. By resting her hand on Sarah’s lips, Helen learned how to feel sound vibrations and how the lips moved to make sounds. She started off learning a few letters and sounds. Then she advanced to words and, finally, sentences. Helen was so happy that she could say words.

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School

At sixteen years old Helen attended Radcliffe College for women in Massachusetts. Annie attended school with her and helped to sign the lectures into Helen’s hand. Helen graduated from Radcliffe in 1904 with honors.

Writing

During college Helen began to write about her experiences being deaf and blind. She first wrote a number of articles for a magazine called the Ladies’ Home Journal. These articles were later published together in a book called The Story of My Life. A few years later, in 1908, she published another book called The World I Live In.

Working for Others

As Helen grew older she wanted to help other people like herself. She wanted to inspire them and give them hope. She joined the American Foundation for the Blind and traveled the country giving speeches and raising money for the foundation. Later, during World War II, she visited with wounded army soldiers encouraging them not to give up. Helen spent much of her life working to raise money and awareness for people with disabilities, especially the deaf and the blind.

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Interesting Facts about Helen Keller

  • Annie Sullivan was often called the “Miracle Worker” for the way she was able to help Helen.
  • Helen became very famous. She met with every President of the United States from Grover Cleveland to Lyndon Johnson. That’s a lot of presidents!
  • Helen starred in a movie about herself called Deliverance. Critics liked the movie, but not a lot of people went to see it.
  • She loved dogs. They were a great source of joy to her.
  • Helen became friends with famous people such as the inventor of the telephone Alexander Graham Bell and the author Mark Twain.
  • She wrote a book titled Teacher about Annie Sullivan’s life.
  • Two films about Helen Keller won Academy Awards. One was a documentary called The Unconquered (1954) and the other was a drama called The Miracle Worker (1962) starring Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke.

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Major World Religion

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Buddhism:
Founded : About 525 B.C.
Founder : Gautam Siddhartha also known as Buddha or “Enlightened one.” Son of a king,he was born in Lumbini,near the Himalayas in southern Nepal.
Location : Throughout Asia from Sri Lanka to Japan.Zen and Sokagakkai Sects of Buddhism have several thousand adherents in the U.S.
Confucianism:
Founded : About 500 B.C.
Founder : Confucius born in the state of Lu.He was the foremost philosopher of China.
Location : Taiwan and south Korea.
Christianity:
Founded : The time of Jesus Christ
Founder : Jesus of Nazareth,who lived from about 4 B.C. to 29 A.D. who was the long-awaited Hebrew Messiah.The foundation of Christianity is the New Testament,which recounts the life and teaching of Jesus Christ and the works of his early followers,notably St.Paul
Location : Spread all over the world with almost 2 billion adherents in 260 countries.
Hinduism:
Founded:About 3000 B.C.
Founder:Hinduism has no one founder.Modern Hinduism was born where the Vedic religion intermixed with the practices and beliefs of the natives.
Location:Worldwide adherents with the largest concentration in India and Nepal.
Islam:
Founded:622 A.D.
Founder:Prophet Mohammed(570-632 A.D.)
Location:Middles East,Central Asia, and North Africa.
Judaism:
Founded:About 1300 B.C.
Founder:Moses.The great lawgiver of Jewish monotheism was born probably of Jewish monotheism was born probably in Egypt to slave parents,Amram and Jochebed,of the tribe of Levi.
Location:Almost worldwide in 134 countries,with the concentration in Israel and the U.S.
Shintoism:
Founded:Antiquity;originated with the beginning of the Japanese culture.
Founder:Developed out of ancient culture and ancestor worship.
Location:Japan.
Sikhism:
Founded:About 1500 A.D.
Founder:Guru Nanak Dev.
Location:Spread all over the world with a large concentration in Punjab,India.
Taoism:
Founded:6th century B.C.
Founder:Lao Tse,a Chinese philosopher, and prominent religious leader.
Location:China and Taiwan.
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List of 100 centuries made by Sachin in international one-day and test cricket

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Congratulations !! Sachin Tendulkar became the first batsman to score 100 international centuries in the history of cricket. Here we may find the list of his centuries scored in international cricket.

1) 119* vs ENG-Manchester- 14 August 1990-Draw-Test
2) 148* vs AUS-Sydney-6 January 1992-Draw-Test
3) 114 vs AUS-Perth-3 February 1992-Lost-Test
4) 111 vs SA-Johannesburg -28 November 1992-Draw-Test
5) 165 vs ENG-Chennai-12 February 1993-Won-Test
6) 104* vs SL-Colombo-31 July 1993-Won-Test
7) 142 vs SL-Lucknow-19 January 1994-Won-Test
8) 110 vs AUS-Colombo-Sep tember 9, 1994-Won-ODI
9) 115 vs NZ-Vadodara-Oct ober 28, 1994-Won-ODI
10) 105 vs WI-Jaipur-Novem ber 11, 1994-Won-ODI
11) 179 vs WI-Nagpur-2 December 1994-Draw-Test
12) 112* vs SL-Sharjah-Apri l 9, 1995-Won-ODI
13) 127* vs KEN-Cuttack-Feb ruary 18, 1996-Won-ODI
14) 137 vs SL-New Delhi-March 2, 1996-Lost-ODI
15) 100 vs PAK-Singapore-A pril 5, 1996-Lost-ODI
16) 118 vs PAK-Sharjah-Apr il 15, 1996-Won-ODI
17) 122 vs ENG-Birmingham- 8 June 1996-Lost-Test
18) 177 vs ENG-Nottingham- 5 July 1996-Draw-Test
19) 110 vs SL-Colombo-Augu st 28, 1996-Lost-ODI
20) 114 vs SA-Mumbai-Decem ber 14, 1996-Won-ODI
21) 169 vs SA-Cape Town-4 January 1997-Lost-Test
22) 104 vs ZIM-Benoni-Febr uary 9, 1997-Won-ODI
23) 117 vs NZ-Bangalore-Ma y 14, 1997-Won-ODI
24) 143 vs SL-Colombo-3 August 1997-Draw-Test
25) 139 vs SL-Colombo-11 August 1997-Draw-Test
26) 148 vs SL-Mumbai-4 December 1997-Draw-Test
27) 155* vs AUS-Chennai-9 March 1998-Test
28) 177 vs AUS-Bangalore-2 6 March 1998-Lost-Test
29) 100 vs AUS-Kanpur-Apri l 7, 1998-Won-ODI
30) 143 vs AUS-Sharjah-Apr il 22, 1998-Lost-ODI
31) 134 vs AUS-Sharjah-Apr il 24, 1998-Won-ODI
32) 100* vs KEN-Kolkata-May 31, 1998-Won-ODI
33) 128 vs SL-Colombo-July 7, 1998-Won-ODI
34) 127* vs ZIM-Bulawayo-Se ptember 26, 1998-Won-ODI
35) 141 vs AUS-Dhaka-Octob er 28, 1998-Won-ODI
36) 118* vs ZIM-Sharjah-Nov ember 8, 1998-Won-ODI
37) 124* vs ZIM-Sharjah-Nov ember 13, 1998-Won-ODI
38) 113 vs NZ-Wellington-2 9 December 1998-Lost-Test
39) 136 vs PAK-Chennai-31 January 1999-Lost-Test
40) 124* vs SL-Colombo-28 February 1999-Draw-Test
41) 140* vs KEN-Bristol-May 23, 1999-Won-ODI
42) 120# vs SL-Colombo-Augu st 29, 1999-Won-ODI
43) 126*# vs NZ-Mohali-13 October 1999-Test
44) 217# vs NZ-Ahmedabad-30 October 1999-Draw-Test
45) 186*# vs NZ-Hyderabad-No vember 8, 1999-Won-ODI
46) 116# vs AUS-Melbourne-2 8 December 1999-Lost-Test
47) 122 vs SA-Vadodara-Mar ch 17, 2000-Won-ODI
48) 101 vs SL-Sharjah-Octo ber 20, 2000-Lost-ODI
49) 122 vs ZIM-New Delhi-21 November 2000-Won-Test
50) 201* vs ZIM-Nagpur-26 November 2000-Draw-Test
51) 146 vs ZIM-Jodhpur-Dec ember 8, 2000-Lost-ODI
52) 126 vs AUS-Chennai-20 March 2001-Won-Test
53) 139 vs AUS-Indore-Marc h 31, 2001-Won-ODI
54) 127* vs WI-Harare-July 4, 2001-Won-ODI
55) 101 vs SA-Johannesburg -October 5, 2001-Lost-ODI
56) 146 vs KEN-Paarl-Octob er 24, 2001-Won-ODI
57) 155 vs SA-Bloemfontein -3 November 2001-Lost-Test
58) 103 vs ENG-Ahmedabad-1 3 December 2001-Draw-Test
59) 176 vs ZIM-Nagpur-24 February 2002-Won-Test
60) 117 vs WI-Port of Spain-20 April 2002-Won-Test
61) 105* vs ENG-Chester-le- Street-July 4, 2002-N/R-ODI
62) 113 vs SL-Bristol-July 11, 2002-Won-ODI
63) 193 vs ENG-Leeds-23 August 2002-Won-Test
64) 176 vs WI-Kolkata-3 November 2002-Draw-Test
65) 152 vs NAMI-Pietermari tzburg-February 23, 2003-Won-ODI
66) 100 vs AUS-Gwalior-Oct ober 26, 2003-Won-ODI
67) 102 vs NZ-Hyderabad-No vember 15, 2003-Won-ODI
68) 241* vs AUS-Sydney-4 January 2004-Draw-Test
69) 141 vs PAK-Rawalpindi- March 16, 2004-Lost-ODI
70) 194* vs PAK-Multan-29 March 2004-Won-Test
71) 248* vs BAN-Dhaka-12 December 2004-Won-Test
72) 123 vs PAK-Ahmedabad-A pril 12, 2005-Lost-ODI
73) 109 vs SL-New Delhi-22 December 2005-Won-Test
74) 100 vs PAK-Peshawar-Fe bruary 6, 2006-Lost-ODI
75) 141* vs WI-Kuala Lumpur-Septembe r 14, 2006-Lost-ODI
76) 100* vs WI-Vadodara-Jan uary 31, 2007-Won-ODI
77) 101 vs BAN-Chittagong- 19 May 2007-Draw-Test
78) 122* vs BAN-Mirpur-26 May 2007-Won-Test
79) 154* vs AUS-Sydney-4 January 2008-Lost-Test
80) 153 vs AUS-Adelaide-25 January 2008-Draw-Test
81) 117* vs AUS-Sydney-Marc h 2, 2008-Won-ODI
82) 109 vs AUS-Nagpur-6 November 2008-Won-Test
83) 103* vs ENG-Chennai-15 December 2008-Won-Test
84) 163* vs NZ-Christchurch -March 8, 2009-Won-ODI
85) 160 vs NZ-Hamilton-20 March 2009-Won-Test
86) 138 vs SL-Colombo-Sept ember 14, 2009-Won-ODI
87) 175 vs AUS-Hyderabad-N ovember 5, 2009-Lost-ODI
88) 100* vs SL-Ahmedabad-20 November 2009-Draw-Test
89) 105* vs BAN-Chittagong- 18 January 2010-Won-Test
90) 143 vs BAN-Mirpur-25 January 2010-Won-Test
91) 100 vs SA-Nagpur-9 February 2010-Lost-Test
92) 106 vs SA-Kolkata-15 February 2010-Won-Test
93) 200* vs SA-Gwalior-Febr uary 24, 2010-Won-ODI
94) 203 vs SL-Colombo-28 July 2010-Draw-Test
95) 214 vs AUS-Bangalore-1 1 October 2010-Won-Test
96) 111* vs SA-Centurion-19 December 2010-Lost-Test
97) 146 vs SA-Cape Town-4 January 2011-Draw-Test
98) 120 vs ENG-Bangalore-F ebruary 27, 2011-Tied-ODI
99) 111 vs SA-Nagpur-March 12, 2011-Lost-ODI
100) 100* vs BAN-Mirpur-16 March,2012- Lost- ODI

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