Band-Aid

A 28-year old Cotton Buyer, Mr. Earle wanted to find a solution to his wife, Josephine Dickson, a New Jersey housewife frequent injuries like finger cuts,  So here's how he turned a simple idea into a great product, which is used by billions of people all over the world:

• He took a strip of gauze, laid it down on the sticky side of some surgical tape and over both laid a strip of crinoline so the whole could be rolled up and not stick to itself

• Ever since, whenever his wife cut herself, she could cut off a ready-made bandage. 

• Dickson, was working for Johnson & Johnson at that time and he presented his innovative idea to higher-ups. 

• Outcome: even though Band-Aid was not a mega hit at first, it was welcome by lots of people, and then the company started distributing them free of charge to a demographic that had an even greater need than housewives

Source

Dominus, S .Who Made That. The New York Times Magazine, 24

Who invented A.T.M Machine?

A.T.M Machine 

The first mechanical cash dispenser, which is known as ATM machine was invented by Luther George Simjian. It was first  installed in New York City in 1939 by Luther. Here are some other facts about
ATM!

•  Mr. Luther, inventor, called it " Hole-in-the- wall machine"

• No one used that machine except few gamblers and prostitutes and it disappeared after 6 months. 

• The real breakthrough emerge in 1969 by another inventor named Donald C. Wetzel who invented automated Teller Machine for a company called Docutel, which was installed at Chemical Bank in NY. 

• 4 Years later at least there were 2000 A.T.M installed in the U.S.,  and NOW, today there are more than 400,000

• It costs $30K to make and installed in different business areas

*I think I can conclude the fact that Mr. Luther George should receive huge credit for introducing the whole A.T.M ideas in human lives. However, Luther's vision probably came into absolute reality by Donald C. Wetzel*


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Source: 
Crouse, L.Who Made That. The New York Times Magazine, 24

CUCUMBER has 96% Water!

Cucumber

▲Cucumbers are 96% water!

▲ Cucumber is full of water, that’s why  it not as nutritious as other Vegetable like Pumpkins, Watermelon, and Zucchini, which are belong to the Cucumber family.

▲There are  verities of Cucumber. The most desirable and popular are Persian, English, and Pickling Cucumbers.

 ►Persian Cucumber: Just regularcucumber with edible seeds

 ►English Cucumber: Seedless

 ▲Cucumber has  →  Vitamin A · Fiber · Pantothenic acid · Magnesium · Phosphorus · Manganese

So, next time when you are thinking of having one of the coolest diets on your daily menu think of CUCUMBER! I personally don't consider salad as a salad until toss few pieces of cucumber.

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Source: 

 Web. 11 Jun 2013. <http://www.wafarmtoschool.org/ToolKit/18/Cucumbers/Facts>

Do All States Observe Daylight Saving? Lets Find out!

Daylight Saving for Hawaii and Arizona?

★ Many of you may wonder if all U.S States observe Daylight Saving, well, the fact of the matter is only 2 of 50 States don't observe it. 

★ Hawaii  and Arizona don't observe Day Light Saving! And some other U.S territories Puerto Rico, U.S Virgin Island, and American Samoa do not observe Daylight Saving Time as well. 

What are the name of the insects that make food for HUMANS??

Name one INSECT that make a form of food for humans?

HONEY BEES!! Yes! Honey bees are the only one insect that make a form of food for us. Aren’t you little intrigued about Honey bees now? Let see some crazy facts about them.

▲Honey bees never sleep!

▲3 types of Honey bees: Queen, Worker, and Drone

▲The queen may lay 600-800 or even 1,500 eggs each day during her 3     or 4 year lifetime. This daily egg production may equal her own weight.

▲She is constantly fed and groomed by attendant worker bees.

▲Honey bees' wings stroke 11,400 times per minute, thus making their distinctive buzz

▲Honeybees are responsible for pollinating approx. 80% of all fruit, vegetable and seed crops in the U.S.

………What it takes them to make honey?????

To make one pound of honey, the bees in the colony must visit 2 million flowers, fly over 55,000 miles and will be the lifetime work of approximately 768 bees

Source:

"Fun Facts." [Online]  <http://www.utahcountybeekeepers.org/fun_facts.html>

Who Discovered Chocolate?

Chocolate

Who doesn't crave for chocolate? Billions of us do! do you know who discovered chocolate? Here's the facts:

• Chocolate was discovered by Aztecs, Central America, around 3100 years ago

• It was a celebratory like beverage and status symbol for Aztecs and Maya

• Researchers found out that a chemical compound that comes exclusively from the cacao plant - the source of chocolate - in pottery vessels dating from about 1100 BC in Puerto Escondido, Honduras

• Chocolate enjoyed by later Mesoamerican civilizations like the Maya and Aztecs was made ground cacao seeds with added seasonings, producing a spicy, frothy drink.

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Source: 

. "Chocolate invented 3,100 years ago by the Aztecs - but they were trying to make beer  ." [Online] 13 November 2007. <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-493335/Chocolate-invented-3-100-years-ago-Aztecs--trying-make-beer.html>.

World's Tallest Man -Living

The tallest man living is: 

•  Sultan Kösen Born: (Turkey, b.10 December 1982) 

Actual Height: 

•   251 cm (8 ft 3 in) in Ankara, Turkey, on 08 February 2011.

How many humans reaching 8 ft or more: 

• Indeed, GWR only knows of 10 confirmed or reliable cases in history of humans reaching 8 ft or more.

• Sultan also holds the records for widest hand span and largest feet on a living person.

How does he feel about his record? 

• Speaking at the time of his entry into the Guinness World Records family he said: 'I never imagined I would be in the book, I dreamed about it, but it was still a huge surprise'.

Source: www.guinnessworldrecords.com. "TALLEST MAN - LIVING." [Online] 08 February 2011. <http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/size/tallest-man-living>.

Photo Credit: www.guinnessworldrecords.com. "TALLEST MAN - LIVING." [Online image] 08 February 2011. <http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/size/tallest-man-living>.