Friday, 23 August 2013

1. The only painting by Leonard Da Vinci on permanent display in the United States hangs in the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. Its the portrait of Ginevra di Benci the wife of the politician in Florence.

2. Beluga whales which are also called ''white whales'' are not born white. They are born grey in color, and by the age of six become complete white.

3. In an average lifetime, a person will spend 4 years travelling in an automobile and six months waiting at a red light.

4. If you yelled for 8 years 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.

5. Between 20,000 and 60,000 bees live in a hive. The Queen bees lays nearly 1,500 eggs a day and lives for up to 2 years. The drone, whose only job is to mate with the queen bees, has a life span of around 24 days he has no sting. Worker bees-all sterile females-usually work themselves to death within 40 days, collecting pollen and nectar. Worker bees will fly 0-9 miles to find pollen and nectar, flying at speeds as fast as 15 mph.

Tuesday, 20 August 2013

The Fastest Ever


Bruce Lee could snatch a dime off a person's open palm and leave a penny behind, all this before they could close it.

Other interesting facts about Bruce Lee’s amazing physical accomplishments include: 

Bruce Lee could land a punch in around five hundredths of a second (0.05 second) from 3 feet away, and from 5 feet away it was around eight hundredths of a second (0.08 second).

Lee could take in one arm a 75 lb barbell from a standing position with the barbell held flush against his chest and slowly stick his arms out locking them, holding the barbell there for several seconds.

Lee could perform one-hand push-ups using only the thumb and index finger. Lee performed 50 reps of one-arm chin-ups.

Lee could cause a 300-lb (136.08 kg) bag to fly towards and thump the ceiling with a sidekick.

Lee could hold an elevated v-sit position for 30 minutes or longer.
Lee performed a sidekick while training with James Coburn and broke a 150 lb (68 kg) punching bag.

In a move that has been dubbed "Dragon Flag", Lee could perform leg lifts with only his shoulder blades resting on the edge of a bench and suspend his legs and torso horizontal midair.

Bruce Lee was able to jump 8 feet from a stand still (this was shown in pictures and his films such as the one where he kicked the light bulb out).

Lee could break wooden boards 6 inches (15 cm) thick.

Lee could throw grains of rice up into the air and then catch them in mid-flight using chopsticks. - Witnessed by many such as Joe Hyams

Lee could thrust his fingers through unopened cans of Coca-Cola. (This was when soft drinks cans were made of steel much thicker than today's aluminum cans)