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Fun General Knowledge

...because there's never enough strange & funny facts

Home The main language spoken in Holland is: Dutch. If you were riding on the Nile river you would be in: Egypt. London is located in the: South of England. Even though most of Europe has adopted the Euro as a common currency, Great

Britain still prefers to use its pound, which is more valuable. The capital city of Korea is Seoul. You can find the Spinnakar Tower in: Portsmouth. If you were walking into St. Pauls Cathedral you would be in: London, England. The official language of Cambodia is: Khmer. Saigon is now known as: Ho Chi Minh City. The language Amharic is spoken in: Ethiopia. Brazil borders every single South American country besides: Chile and Ecuador. As of 2005 the United Nations had 191 member states. The last battle of the Napoleonic wars is called The Battle of Wavre and took

place on June 18 and 19, 1815. The first democratically elected president of Russia was Boris Yeltsin who was

elected in 1991. Ancient Rome was the first city to reach a population of 1,000,000 in the year 5

B.C. (thats not a typo). The Hundred Years War between England and France actually lasted 116 years.

It ended in 1453 after beginning in 1337. The worlds first postage stamp was introduced in Great Britain in the year 1840.

It depicted a portrait of Queen Victoria and was initially rejected by the publicwho didnt like the idea of pre-paying for mail delivery.

General Knowledge For Kids

Teaching your child general knowledge of the world can become a bit of a grudging jobfor you but is also a great part ofhome education. But, have you considered what it is likefor your child. His or her attention span is probably 20% of yours, so to sit down andlisten to a list of facts or information is practically unbearable them.

Still, it is important that a child learn general knowledge about the world, so that they aremore on the same page with the rest of society and able to function within that societywith excellence.

So, how do you reconcile the two needs? Well, a great way to do this is through trivia.Trivia is in the form of a game, so it is more likely to grab the attention of your child.
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Also, trivia can be fun for you as well, a test of wits that creates a bond between you andyour child who you maybehomeschool.

If youre interested in learning general knowledge for kids that can be used as trivia, thenyoure reading the reading article.

A caterpillar changes into: a butterfly. A scientist who studies the stars is called: an astronomer. When you mix the color red with the color yellow you get: orange. Walt Disney created Mickey Mouse The U.S. president Abraham Lincoln, was known as Honest Abe. The shorted month of every year is: February. John, Paul, George, and Ringo were the four members of the famous band: The

Beatles. There are 52 weeks in a year. If you see a dog that is white with black spots all over it, you are looking at a:

Dalmatian (one of the most beautifuldog breeds). George Washington was the first president of the United States of America. Glass can be recycles over and over again and will never wear out. In the Winnie the Pooh Theme Song you learn that Winnie lives in: the 100-

acre woods. In Disneys Cinderella the mice set her free by sliding the key under the locked

door. If youre playing a board game where you are trying to take over the world you

are playing: Risk. In baseball there are 9 players on the field at a time. They wear specialBaseball

pants. The person who takes your order at the restaurant and then brings you your food

is known as a: waiter. If you were looking at the Eiffel Tower in person, you would be in: Paris, France. Medindia On Mobile About UsPortfolioPressCareersSitemapAdvertiseContact Us Make this your Homepage

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Amazing Medical Facts of the Body

Medical Facts (Total : 412)

S.No Facts

1 The average red blood cell lives for 120 days.

2

There are 2.5 trillion (give or take) of red blood cells in your body at any

moment. To maintain this number, about two and a half million new ones

need to be produced every second by your bone marrow.That's like a new

population of the city of Toronto every second.

3

Considering all the tissues and cells in your body, 25 million new cells are

being produced each second. That's a little less than the population of

Canada - every second !

4 A red blood cell can circumnavigate your body in under 20 seconds.

5 Nerve Impulses travel at over 400 km/hr (25 mi/hr).

6A sneeze generates a wind of 166 km/hr (100 mi/hr), and a cough moves

out at 100 km/hr (60 mi/hr).

7 Our heart beats around 100,00 times every day.


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8 Our blood is on a 60,000-mile journey.

9Our eyes can distinguish up to one million colour surfaces and take in more

information than the largest telescope known to man.

10Our lungs inhale over two million litres of air every day, without even

thinking. They are large enough to cover a tennis court.

11 We give birth to 100 billion red cells every day.

12 When we touch something, we send a message to our brain at 124 mph

13 We exercise at least 30 muscles when we smile.

14 We are about 70 percent water.

15 We make one litre of saliva a day.

16Our nose is our personal air-conditioning system: it warms cold air, cools

hot air and filters impurities.

17In one square inch of our hand we have nine feet of blood vessels, 600 pain

sensors, 9000 nerve endings, 36 heat sensors and 75 pressure sensors.

18We have copper, zinc, cobalt, calcium, manganese, phosphates, nickel and

silicon in our bodies.

19 It is believed that the main purpose of eyebrows is to keep sweat out of theeyes.

20A person can expect to breathe in about 40 pounds of dust over his/her

lifetime.


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Billion dollar lawsuits, scientists on drug company payrolls, and endlessadvertising. The ten best selling medications in the US tell quite the story. Withoutfurther ado

#1 Lipitor

Lipitor, a treatment for high cholesterol, comes in at number one. Can you guess howmuch it makes Pfizer every year?

What it does: Lipitor works by inhibiting an enzyme in the cholesterol synthesispathway. So take it, and you make less cholesterol.

This is important because cholesterol tends to stick to our arteries like gum to a leadpipe, clogging them up. Which is bad.

Concerns: While fighting cholesterol is typically a good thing, Lipitor is part of a trendtowards medicine that is very statistically based. You may be perfectly healthy, butstudies show that taking this pill will reduce your chance of ABC by XYZ, so go aheadand take it.

Thats good, right? Well, scientists are far from perfect. And,weve discussedhow thecholesterol level deciding committee is essentially entirely on the payroll of bigpharma. The guys who decide how much medicine you should take are paid by thecompanies which make drugs. Not so good.

The weird stuff: Pfizer used Dr. Jarvik in many Lipitor advertisements, but accidentally

forgot to mention that he wasnt actually a medical doctor. (But since he did invent thefirst artificial heart, personally, I think he knows what hes talking about!)

Sales: $13 billion annually
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#2 Plavix

Plavixmy professor calls it a wonder drug. Why? Im not entirely clear, but itcertainly is popular.

What it does: Plavix makes blood platelets less likely to form a clot. Technically, itbinds to a receptor for ADP and blocks it, which stops an important signaling

pathway. Since clots can be deadly (what do you think happens when a large piece ofgunk clogs up your heart?), thats a good thing.

Its mostly used in the context of a heart attack. Remember, that heart disease is thenumber one killer in the US by far, which explains its popularity.

Concerns: Heavy marketing towards consumers. The ads pretty much say that youlldie if you dont take Plavix. Considering that it has serious side effects, and that itshould only be used in certain types of heart attack, thats a bad thing.

Plavix is the type of nitty-gritty drug that you should expect your doctor to know

about. And when youre being put in an ambulance to the ER with a heart attack, thelast thing you should have to think about is an ad on TV telling you that youll die unlessyour doctor gives you a specific drug.

Sales: $6 billion

#3 Advair

What it does: Advair relaxes the lungs and reduces inflammation there, mainly used for
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asthma. Chemically, its a combination of a steroid (which reduces swelling) and a longacting beta agonist (which tells your lungs to relax).

The weird stuff: Advair has a black box warning. Thats the worst that can happen to adrug short of being pulled off the market. The reason? One of its ingredients was

shown to increase your risk of dying from asthma by 400%!

(You can readwhy Advair is probably a safe drug. But still scary.)

Sales: $6 billion

#4 Nexium

Aka, The Purple Pill.

What it does: Nexium interferes with a proton pump in the stomach. Proton pumps areresponsible for establishing concentrations of hydrogen that are acidic. Nexium, thus,reduces acid secretion in the stomach.

Considering how common indigestion and stomach pain is, its quite popular.

The downsides: Nexium is an expensive prescription drug. What it consists of,however, is nothing more than a specific form of the active ingredient in a much cheaperdrug. Is it any better than the cheaper form?

Sales: $5 billion
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#5 Norvasc

What it is used for: Heart pain and hypertension

What it does: Norvasc blocks calcium channels. Because calcium is an essential

chemical in muscle contractions, blocking calcium channels can lead to muscularrelaxation. Muscle relaxation can lead to improved blood flow and lower bloodpressure.

3 Weird Side Effects:

1) Norvasc can make certain types of your white blood immune cells go bye bye2) It can make your gums start growing, elegantly named gingival hyperplasia.3) Stasis dermatitis. Blood in your legs starts pooling up, possibly poppingcapillaries. Your skin can turn brown.

These are quite rare, however.

Sales: $4.8 billion

#6 Zyprexa

What its used for: Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

The naughty stuff: Eli Lilly, the company which makes Zyprexa, covered up thedrugs serious side effects like increased risk of diabetes. They also pushed the drug tobe used for many conditions which it was never shown to work, like senile dementia.

So the executives at Eli Lilly were fine with Grandma being put on a powerful anti-psychotic that could cause diabetes, uncontrolled movement disorders, and dizziness justso they could make more money.

Their highly unethical marketing cost them a $1.4 billion lawsuit.

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Seasons, an investigative blog that covers it and other BigPharma shenanigans.

Sales: $4.3 billion

#7 Risperdal

Wevetalked about Risperdal before. A popular, tranquilizing antipsychotic.

What its used for: Everything. See a shrink? You might get given Risperdal. Itsthat simple.

The bad stuff: An antipsychotic with serious side effects is being used for every singlepsychiatric ailment. Dont believe me?

OK. Off the top of my head, Risperdal is used for ADHD, anxiety disorders, depression,schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, OCD, dementia, autism, and eating disorders.

And thats without checking for the endless papers with titles like, Risperidone may

show efficacy for treating shoe-eating zombies.

But dont worry. Shrinks know what theyre doing, and never get compensation fromdrug companies for making the right choices.

Sales: $4.1 billion

#8 Effexor
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What it does: Makes people feel happy, except when it makes them suicidal, thatis. Chemically, Effexor inhibits reuptake of serotonin and norepinephrine. This mayhelp reduce anxiety and may play a role in treating depression.

The weird stuff: While a treatment for depression, like many other antidepressants,

Effexor may increase your risk of committing suicide.

Why is it that antidepressants can cause suicidal thinking and behavior? Dunno. Moreimportantly, has that stopped more than 25% of students at some colleges from takingthem? Nope!

Sales: $3.7 billion

#9 Prevacid

What it does: A proton pump inhibitor thatwait a second, its basically Nexium all

over again.

Next!

Sales: $3.5 billion

#10 Zocor

What it does: Like Lipitor, Zocor is a statin, and is used to lower cholesterol levels. Tospice things up

3 Weird Side Effects:

1) Zocor can cause dermatomyositis, a type of degenerative rash, where your immunesystem attacks the skin2) It can also cause chylothorx, where the body leaks fluid into the space around thelungs3) And it can cause your body to attack the kidneys causing, well, kidney failure


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Note: these side effects also apply to Lipitor.

Sales: $3 billion

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