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10 Amazing Bible Facts

1 – The Writing of the Bible The Bible was written over a 1600 year period by approximately 40 men. The time of the writing was from 1500 BC to AD 100. 2 – The Divisions of the Bible While the Bible is 1 book, it contain 66 smaller books. The books of the Old Testament were written before the birth of Jesus Christ and the New Testament covers the life of Christ and beyond. 3 – Chapters and Verses Each of the books, except 5, are divided into chapters and verses . The 5 which aren’t divided by chapters are Obadiah, Philemon, 2 John, 3 John, and Jude. These are short books which only have verse divisions. Chapters were introduced to the Bible in 1238 by Cardinal Hugo de S. Caro. Verse divisions were not added until 1551 by Robertus Stephanus. 4 – The Longest and Shortest of the Bible The longest chapter if the Bible is Psalm 119 with 176 verses. The shortest chapter is Psalm 117 with only 2 verses. Incidentally, the middle chapter of the Bible is Psalm 118. ...

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT - AVATAR [film]

In the original script, Neytiri's name was Zuleika, and Jake Sully's name was Josh Sully. A casting call was posted on the website of Mali Finn Casting in early December 2005 for the female lead. The casting call was erroneously reported to be for James Cameron's Battle Angel (2011). However, Battle Angel will be the second of the back-to-back Cameron projects with a likely 2013 release. Michael Biehn was considered for the role of Miles Quaritch . He met with James Cameron three times and saw some of the 3D footage, but in the end it simply came down to the fact that Cameron didn't want people thinking it was Aliens (1986) all over again, as Sigourney Weaver had already been cast. Sigourney Weaver plays a James Cameron persona for her character in this film. Sigourney stated in an interview, "I teased him because to me I'm playing Jim Cameron in the movie as this kind of brilliant, approach-driven, idealistic perfectionist. But that s...

Cyclone Phailin

Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Phailin ( Thai : ไพลิน meaning "sapphire") was a tropical cyclone that affected Thailand , Myanmar , Nepal and the Indian states of Andaman and Nicobar Islands , Odisha , Andhra Pradesh , Jharkhand and West Bengal .      The system was first noted as a tropical depression on October 4, 2013 within the Gulf of Thailand , to the west of Pnom Penh in Cambodia . Over the next few days, it moved westwards within an area of low to moderate vertical wind shear, before as it passed over the Malay Peninsula, it moved out of the Western Pacific Basin on October 6. It emerged into the Andaman Sea during the next day and moved west-northwest into an improving environment for further development before the system was named Phailin on October 9, after it had developed into a cyclonic storm and passed over the Andaman and Nicobar Islands into the Bay of Bengal .      During the next day Phailin intensified...

Amazing Facts About The Human Body

1. The brain is more active at night than during the day. Scientists don't know yet why this is. 2. The higher your IQ, the more you dream. 3. Facial hair grows faster than any other hair on the body. 4. The nail on the middle finger grows faster than the other fingernails. 5. Fingernails grow nearly four times faster than toe nails. 6. The lifespan of a human hair is 3 to 7 years on average. 7. The acid in your stomach is strong enough to dissolve zinc. It doesn't destroy the stomach because because the stomach walls constantly renews itself. 8. Women's hearts beat faster than men's. 9. Women blink twice as many times as men do. 10. Women are born better smellers than men and remain better smellers over life. 11. Men burn fat faster than women by a rate of about 50 calories a day. 12. Men get hiccups more often than women. 13. A man has approximately 6.8 litres of blood in...

Mobile phone

        A mobile phone (also known as a cellular phone, cell phone, and a hand phone) is a device that can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link while moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile phone operator , allowing access to the public telephone network . By contrast, a cordless telephone is used only within the short range of a single, private base station.         In addition to telephony, modern mobile phones also support a wide variety of other services such as text messaging , MMS , email , Internet access, short-range wireless communications ( infrared , Bluetooth ), business applications, gaming and photography. Mobile phones that offer these and more general computing capabilities are referred to as smartphones .       The first hand-held mobile phone was demonstrated by John F. Mitchell and Dr Martin Cooper ...

AMAZING GOOGLE FACTS

1. Google receives daily search requests from all over the world, including Antarctica. 2. Google’s Home Page Has 63 Validation Errors. Check Google Validation 3. The Google search engine receives about a billion search requests per day. 4. The infamous “I’m feeling lucky” button is nearly never used. However, in trials it was found that removing it would somehow reduce the Google experience. Users wanted it kept. It was a comfort button. 5. Due to the sparseness of the homepage, in early user tests they noted people just sitting looking at the screen. After a minute of nothingness, the tester intervened and asked ‘Whats up?’ to which they replied “We are waiting for the rest of it”. To solve that particular problem the Google Copyright message was inserted to act as a crude end of page marker. 6. The name ‘Google’ was an accident. A spelling mistake made by the original founders who thought they were going for ‘Googol’. 7. Google has the larges...

The Top 10 Android Apps of October 2013

1. GOOGLE CHROMECAST       Google's Chromecast is a new way to watch online video on your TV. Simply plug it into your HDTV and control it with your Android smartphone or tablet. With Chromecast app, users can set up Chromecast to work with a WiFi network, and easily manage Chromecast settings. You can download Chromecast from the Google Play Store here 2. SWYPE KEYBOARD       Swype is a keyboard app developed by Nuance Communications, Inc. Quickly enter text and backup your personal dictionary on all of your Android devices. Swype comes with voice recognition, three unique tablet keyboards, and adapts to your typing patterns for a personalized keyboard experience. You can download Swype from the Google Play Store  here 3. ACCUWEATHER      The new AccuWeather app for Android offers users a new experience compared with the old app. For those who have been longtime users of AccuWeather for And...