Cheer of the Day - 26

Animals - The following information is checked and confirmed by reliable sources.

Did you know?

1. Apparently, sheep self-medicate by grazing on herbs when they have a stomach ailment.

2. The oldest horse on record was Old Billy who died when he was 62 years old.

3. Say, if you wish to measure your cats age in comparison to human life, one cat year is equivalent to about five human years.

4. The male fox will mate for life, and if the female fox dies, he remains single. However, if the male dies, the female will hook up with a new mate.

5. Elephants communicate in sound waves which are below the frequency that humans can hear.

Joke:

Two blondes are walking down the street.
One of the blondes gets a pocket mirror out to see how she's looking.
She says to her friend “I recognize that person in the mirror”
Her friend says, “Let me have a look”
Then replies “Of course you do it’s me!”

Riddle:

One by one we fall from heaven
Down into the depths of past
And our world is ever upturned
So yet again some time we'll last.

Cheer of the Day - 25

Life - The following information is checked and confirmed by reliable sources.

Did you know?

1. Most people button their shirts upwards, starting from the middle usually.
Try doing it the other way and record any strange change that will happen that day.

2. 12% of married British men claim to do most of the housework. (The rest tell the truth)

3. Brushing your teeth with the tap on wastes about 20 liters of water just so you know.

4. 4% (if not more) of the food you eat will be eaten in front of the fridge with its door open.

5. It is estimated that 60% of smoke detectors do not work, either because they don’t have batteries in them or because the batteries are dead.

Joke:

How does a blonde kill a fish?
Drowns it

Riddle:

I can be long, or I can be short.
I can be grown, and I can be bought.
I can be painted, or left bare.
I can be round, or square.
What am I?

Cheer of the Day - 24

The world - The following information is checked and confirmed by reliable sources.

Did you know?

1. Every year in France there is a Thieves Fair where people are encouraged to try and steal things from the stalls. Hopefully, it’s free to get in.

2. The world’s longest street is in Toronto, Canada. It is called Yonge Street and runs 1,896 km (1,178 miles).

3. For the Berbers in the Atlas Mountains of northern Morocco, the liver, yes the liver, is the source of love. When a girl falls in love, she says ‘Darling, you have stolen my liver’!

4. It’s interesting to know that soldiers from every country salute with their right hand.

5. Apparently, somewhere around Tibetan mountains the locals use yak milk as a form of currency.

Joke:

Here are a few ways to turn men down:

He: Can I buy you a drink?
She: Actually, I’d rather have the money.

He: I’m actually a photographer and have been looking for a face like yours.
She: I’m actually a plastic surgeon. I’ve been looking for a face like yours.

He: Haven’t I seen you some place before?
She: Yes, that’s why I don’t go there anymore.

Riddle:

Forward I'm heavy, but backwards I'm not. What am I?

Cheer of the Day - 23

Sea life - The following information is checked and confirmed by reliable sources.

Did you know?

1. The sea cucumber has a remarkable feature, it can liquefy its body and change its form from solid to fluid to escape predators.

2. Apparently, if octopuses get very upset, they can eat themselves.

3. One in 5,000 north Atlantic lobsters are born bright blue.

4. Squid have three hearts and ten tentacles and are very beautiful.

5. A giant clam has 35 eyes, yes odd number, and they’re all blue

Joke:

Everything is edible, some things are only edible once.

Riddle:

What is it that after you take away the whole, some still remains?

Cheer of the Day - 22

Science - The following information is checked and confirmed by reliable sources.

Did you know?

1. The earliest type of clock mechanism was a water clock, where and when they were first invented is not known because of their great antiquity.

2. It happens to be, that there are sweeteners that are about 200,000 times sweeter than sugar.

3. Cesium and gallium are both metals that would melt in your hand, as they are exposed to your body temperature.

4. If hot water is poured into a glass, that glass is more likely to break if it is thick than if it is thin. This is why test tubes are made out of thin glass.

5. If you put a raisin in a glass of champagne, it will keep floating to the top and sinking to the bottom. Try it out if you don’t believe me.

Joke:

Why can't a blonde dial 911? She can't find the eleven.

Riddle:

Whoever makes it, tells it not.
Whoever takes it, knows it not.
Whoever knows it, wants it not

Cheer of the Day - 21

Random - The following information is checked and confirmed by reliable sources.

Did you know?

1. Diamond is the hardest known natural substance on Earth. Its name derives from ancient Greek “adamas” meaning unbreakable.

2. An adult blue whale can amazingly eat up to 40 million krill a day, which in mass can go up to 

3,600kg of food in a single day! However, blue whales can’t actually eat anything that is bigger than a grapefruit.

3. There are 318,979,564,000 possible combinations of the first four moves in chess. It really is a big game!

4. Greek philosopher – Aristotle wrote Meteorology in about 350BC. It remained the standard textbook on weather for 2,000 years.

5. Your foot is the same length as the distance between your wrist and your elbow, try it!

Joke:  

George Washington said: We would have a black president when pigs fly!
... Well, swine flu?

Riddle:

Say my name and I disappear. What am I?

Cheer of the Day - 20

First things - The following information is checked and confirmed by reliable sources.

Did you know?

1. I used to wear contact lenses, now I don’t. The world’s first contact lenses were worn in 1887 which were made out of blown glass and as you can imagine, were quite uncomfortable to wear.

2. The first ever Harley Davidson motorcycle was built in 1903 and funny enough, it used a tomato can as a carburetor.

3. Sunglasses became popular in the 1920's, when movie stars began wearing them in order to counteract the photographers’ immensely bright lights.

4. In 1886 when Coca-Cola was created, the price was 5 cents a glass. It is assumed that their first year was actually a loss by around 20$. But I think many people are glad that they didn’t give up their brewery because of losing a bit of cash.

5. The first police force was established in Paris in 1667.

Joke:  

Two blondes were driving down the road.
The blonde driving looks at her friend in the passenger seat and asks her to see if her blinker is working. So the blonde looks out the window and says, ''Yes. No. Yes. No.''

Riddle:

You saw me where I never was and where I could not be. And yet within that very place, my face you often see. What am I?

Cheer of the Day - 19

Reptiles - The following information is checked and confirmed by reliable sources.

Did you know?

1. Adwaita, meaning “one and only” in Sanskrit, was the name of a tortoise who was at the time, considered to be the longest-living tortoise in the world. His age estimated to be around 255 years  (1750 – 2006).

2. If you find yourself being chased by a crocodile, run in zigzag, the crocos aren't good at making sharp turns. And if Mr Ali G is still getting closer to grab you, try jumping behind it, as his secret weak point lies in the inability of walking backwards.

3. Tuataras are fascinating reptiles. There are 

many facts that are worth writing about. Firstly, they are able to hear sounds, although no external ear is present. Secondly, they are the only surviving members of Rhynchocephalia order, which flourished around 200 million years ago. Thirdly, it is said that tuatara’s metabolism is so slow that it only has to breathe once an hour. Lastly and most importantly, they have a photoreceptive “3^rd eye” on top of their heads when they are born, after four to six months it becomes covered with scales and pigment and isn’t visible. The third eye’s function is currently unknown.

4. Basilisk lizards are sometimes called Jesus Christ lizards because of their ability to run on water.

5. Chameleons, also one of the most fascinating members of the Ali G (Alligator) community, an extremely fast speed of hitting their prey with their tongue, actually faster than a human eye can capture the scene. It hits the target in about 0.05 seconds! In fact, the death is so instant that poor fellas don’t even have the “I just saw my whole life flash before my eyes” moment.

Joke:  

Doctor asks a patient during a surgery: could you stop that thing from beating?

Riddle:

What starts with a T, ends with a T, and has "T" in it?

Cheer of the Day - 18

Human beings - The following information is checked and confirmed by reliable sources.

Did you know?

1. The average person apparently spends about six months of his/her life sitting on the toilet while performing a very natural activity.

2. The color green is said to be effective in relieving homesickness.

3. I learned this in my childhood - the more wrinkles your brain has, the more intelligent you are. (Unfortunately wrinkling your brain by smoking doesn’t count)

4. The period between the hours of four and six in the afternoon is when people are the most irritable.

5. With 95% accuracy you can guess what sex someone is just by smelling their breath.

Joke:  

Haikus are easy. But sometimes they don't make sense.
Refrigerator.

Riddle:

It cannot be seen, it weighs nothing, but when put into a barrel, it makes it lighter. What is it?

Cheer of the Day - 17

Trivia - The following information is checked and confirmed by reliable sources.

Did you know?

1. The artist Pablo Picasso could draw before he could walk and his first words were “piz, piz” a shortening of lápiz, the Spanish word for pencil.

2. In 1973 a Swedish confectionery salesman named Ronald Ohisson was buried in a coffin made out of chocolate!

3. The flashing warning light on the cylindrical Capitol Records tower spells out Hollywood in Morse code.

4. As you know, Henry Ford was the man who started the Ford Motor Company but that man, never in his life had a driving license.

5. Aoccdnrig to a rscheeacrh at Cmabrgride Uinevrtisy, it deson’t mtater waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are – so lnog as the frist and lsat ltteer are in the crorcet pclae. Tihs is bcuseae we dno’t raed ervey lteter but the wrod as a wlohe.

Joke:  

If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you!

Riddle:

Five hundred begins it, five hundred ends it,
Five in the middle is seen;
First of all figures, the first of all letters,
Take up their stations between.
Join all together, and then you will bring
Before you the name of an eminent king.