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I am in the process of moving back to India after having studied and worked in US for about 7 years. The blog is not getting updated that frequently but will be as soon as I settle down in Bangalore, India. I will share my moving experiences over here soon.

I was trying to sell my used books and came across this interesting message on campusbooks.com, here check it out:

DID YOU KNOW:

• The year that read the same upside down was 1961. That won’t happen again until 6009.
• A “jiffy” is an actual unit of time. It is 1/100 of a second.
• It has been estimated that at least 33 percent of blondes in the U.S. are not natural.
• The world’s fastest racquet sport is badminton. Shuttlecock speeds approach 200 mph.
• Elephants and short-tailed shrews get by on only two hours of sleep a day.
• Pablo Picasso was born dead. His midwife left him on a table. Picasso’s uncle brought him to life with a lung full of cigar smoke.
• Camel milk is the only milk that doesn’t curdle when boiled.
• A racehorse averages a weight loss of between 15 and 25 pounds during a race.
• The only food that does not spoil is honey
• China only has one time zone.
• A queen bee can lay 800-1500 eggs per day.
• Every day, 8.5 million tons of water evaporates from the Dead Sea, on the border between Israel and Jordan.
• During the Christmas/Hanukkah season, more than 1.76 billion candy canes will be made.
• There are more than 200 different types of Barbie® dolls.
• The legs of bats are too weak to support their weight, so they hang upside down.
• The largest fish is the whale shark- can be over 50 feet long and weigh 2 tons.
• 90% of all garlic consumed in the U.S. comes from Gilroy, CA

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