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.

Cheer of the Day - 16

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

Did you know?

1. California has issued driving licenses to six people named Jesus Christ.

2. I’ve read a statement somewhere saying that hot water is heavier than cold water. At first it sounds true because you imagine that when the water is heated it expands and therefore accordingly becomes larger, hence, heavier. However, it is not true.
Why? I won’t go into scientific details but have you ever seen an ice cube floating on top of water? Of course you have, what does that tell you?

3. Apparently, radio waves travel so much faster than sound waves that a broadcast voice can be heard sooner miles away on a live radio than at the back of the room in which it originated.

4. This might be obvious to some of you but it’s always good to refresh one’s memory. Paper was invented in 2^nd Century BC in China.

5. I was reading a book about anagrams and couldn’t help but to share the anagrams of celebrities with you, here it goes:

Lewis Hamilton – Well I am so thin
Cristiano Ronaldo – Snail coordinator
Robin Williams – I warm billions
Paris Hilton – In posh trial
Eddie Murphy – Rude? I’m hyped!

Joke:  

I don't trust anything that bleeds for five days and doesn't die.

Riddle:

Two in a corner,
One in a room,
Zero in a house, but one in a shelter. What am I?

Cheer of the Day - 15

Way we live - The following information is checked and confirmed by reliable sources.

Did you know?

1. It’s funny how ignorant British people may be. Now if we think widely enough, we can consider that loads, and I mean loads of people speak at least 1 more language in addition to their native linguistics. Excogitating this, the first fact that I’m about to deliver is strictly about the attitude of Britons about learning a different language. I mean, ok, English is the most widely used language in the world, but just as a matter of curiosity, can’t you study another language? I am saying this because 62% of British people speak no other language than English.

2. Basically, it’s not a joke when they say it’s bad to eat after 6pm (7, or 8, whatever) as it appears to be, because recently I have found out that people who work at nigh tend to weigh more than people who work during the day.

3. An average person drinks 70,000 cups of coffee in a lifetime. It is also interesting to know that a French philosopher, Francois-Marie Arouet Voltaire, most commonly known as simply Voltaire, is reported to have drunk 50 cups of coffee a day!

4. It is said that after a three-week holiday your IQ can drop by as much as 20%, so don’t forget your book!

5. Every year the average person eats 428 bugs by mistake. So don’t complain when you see one, and definitely don’t try to find the remaining 427.

Joke:  

My psychiatrist told me I was crazy and I said I want a second opinion. He said okay, you're ugly too.

Riddle:

I build up castles.
I tear down mountains.
I make some men blind,
I help others to see.
What am I?

Cheer of the Day - 14

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

Did you know?

1. Apparently, there is a town in Canada called Churchill and it has a 20-cell prison specially built for polar bears that cause trouble. If a local sees and reports a polar bear scavenging in the town’s rubbish bins, they imprison the bear for a certain amount of time. When the bear is released from the prison, a green button is tagged behind its ear. If the same bear, wearing the green tag, returns to the town, it is jailed again and this time they put a red button when releasing.
If the red-buttoned bear attempts to come back, it’s shot on sight.

2. If you fly from Tokyo to Honolulu at 7 in the morning, you will arrive at your destination at 4.30p.m., the previous day.

3. In the 2001 official census, initiated for residents of a number of English-speaking countries, 390,000 partakers claimed to be Jedis – the fictional religion in Star Wars. This contrasts with just 250,000 Jews.

4. According to a legend, tea was first discovered by the Chinese emperor and inventor Shennong in 2737 BCE. Apparently, the emperor liked to drink his water clean and boiling was his way of sterilizing it.

One day when a servant started to boil some water for his master, a wild tea leaf from a nearby bush fell into the pot and gave it a brownish color. The color wasn’t noticed as it was delivered to the emperor, when he drank it, he found it very refreshing, and that’s how Cha (Tea) came to being! (According to the Legend)

5. When the railway was invented, some people believed that anyone travelling faster than 

12mph would face mental problems. This kind of naivety still exists among us, wake up!

Joke:  

A little boy asked his father, "Daddy, how much does it cost to get married?" Father replied, "I don't know son, I'm still paying."

Riddle:

What does man love more than life
Fear more than death or mortal strife
What the poor have, the rich require,
and what contented men desire,
What the miser spends and the spendthrift saves
And all men carry to their graves?

Cheer of the Day - 13

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

Did you know?

1. It’s fascinating to know that the word ‘she’ didn't exist before around 10^th century. It was approximately in the 12^th century that it began to take form. The word ‘she’ probably derived from the old versions of ‘that one’ words like ‘seo’ or ‘hio’. It's not certain if anyone surely knows where the etymology came from. I think it’s funny to imagine English language without the usage of the most feminine word though.

2. The modern Hawaiian alphabet has only 13 letters. Have you heard of any Hawaiian writers? Me neither.

3. "Therein" contains ten words without rearranging any of the letters: there, in, the, he, her, here, ere, therein, herein, rein.

4. The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English language!

5. I came across this the other day when chatting to a friend – if you examine all the continent names, there’s something odd about their first & last letters.

Joke:  

One Liner Jokes

Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won't expect it back.

Riddle:

Three lives have I.
Gentle enough to soothe the skin,
Light enough to caress the sky,
Hard enough to crack rocks.

Cheer of the Day - 12

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

Did you know?

1. We all have muscles that enable us to move our ears, but we can no longer make them work since we never thought of actually using them for moving around.

2. Male human brains are about 10 per cent heavier than female brains.

3. Human bones can withstand being squeezed twice as hard as granite can. Also, our bones can apparently stand being stretched four times as hard as concrete can.

4. Apparently, apples are more effective at

 keeping people awake in the morning than caffeine. I should try that tomorrow morning!

5. It takes about 200,000 frowns to make a permanent wrinkle to your skin, so consider this on 199,999^th cheer of the day and don’t be surprised.

Joke:  

Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.

Riddle:

You heard me before,
Yet you hear me again,
Then I die,
'Till you call me again.

Cheer of the Day - 11

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

Did you know?

1. Did you know that the first mobile phone text message was sent in December 1992? You might know, but you might not, I didn’t know and I just found out.

2. 1911, Bobby Leach, a British-born circus star, became the first man to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel and survive.
However, he ended up in hospital for 23 weeks for that stunt and fifteen years later, he died after slipping on a piece of orange peel in New Zealand…

3. Also in year 1911, was introduced Britain’s first tube (subway) escalator at Earls Court.

4. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, is credited with being the first person to introduce skiing to Switzerland.

5. Rap artist Sean P. Daddy Combs had his first job at age two, when he modeled in an ad for Baskin-Robbins ice-cream shops.

Joke:  

Behind every successful man is his woman. Behind the fall of a successful man is usually another woman.

Riddle:

Each morning I appear
To lie at your feet,
All day I will follow
No matter how fast you run,
Yet I nearly perish
In the midday sun.