Driving from Arusha to Dar

If you adhere to the speed limit, it takes about 8 hours to drive from Arusha, at the foot of the Kilimanjaro to Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania

Suicide rates

Since the feminist movement became stronger in the 60s, women's suicide rate has dropped by 34% while men's has increased by 16%.

Sharon Stone's controversial comment

Sharon Stone made a comment at the Cannes Film Festival that has caused a stir. She suggested that the recent earthquake in China was a karmic consequence of China's attack on Tibet. She has since been dropped by her Christian Dior advertisement campaign and been slammed by the Chinese.

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The Wiz

In 1978, Michael Jackson played the scarecrow in an all black version of The Wizard of Oz called The Wiz.

The Nepalese Monarchy

The monarchy in Nepal is 240 years old.

My husband's pork curry

My husband's pork curry is so delish I have to have at least 3 helpings.

Labrador retrievers

Labrador retrievers aren't from Labrador. In the 1600s labrador retrievers appeared a few hundred miles south of Labrador in Newfoundland.

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Aloe vera

Aloe vera is also known as angel weed.

Taking kitty to the vet

If you're going to capture a cat to take to the vet in a pet carrier, make sure that the carrier door is securely shut. Otherwise you may have an escaped kitty on your hands!

American Idol 2008

David Cook won American Idol 2008.

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Club Maisha

Club Maisha in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania is a bit sleazy!

What it means to 'hawk'

To "hawk" is to sell food on the street or at the doors of houses especially while moving from place to place.

Tun Dr. Mahathir's resignation

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad resigned from the United Malays National Organisation or UMNO after 22 years.

Young Malaysia

More than 54% of Malaysians are below the age of 24.

Retinoid cream

Retinoid cream helps the body replace damaged tissue by increasing collagen production

Teilhard de Chardin's take on spirituality

French Geologist, Priest and Philosopher Teilhard de Chardin said that we are not human beings having a spiritual experience but spiritual beings having a human experience.

Me and Friends

I own WAY too many Friends DVDs!!!!

Saccharum Officinarum L

Saccharum Officinarum L, also called sugar cane, is a perennial belonging to the grass family

Plastickos

Plastic surgery takes its name from the Greek word plastickos which means to mould or give form

Van Gogh's nationality

Vincent Van Gogh was Dutch

Grapeseed oil

Grapeseed oil is a natural antioxidant

What sentient means..

Sentient means conscious.

Seaweed and face masks

Seaweed in face masks can smell like egg yolk. Phewww!

Greensleeves

According to legend, Greensleeves, the popular English ballad, was written by King Henry VIII for his unfortunate wife Anne Boleyn. Like Henry VIII's other wives, she was eventually executed by her husband.

Five nails in a car tyre

It is possible for five nails to be embedded in a single car tyre and not cause a flat.

The US dollar to Malaysian ringgit exchange rate

The exchange rate from USD to Malaysian Ringgit is down from 3.6 to 3.0 RM to 1 US dollar.

Conscious Death

Conscious death is described in the Tibetan Book of the Dead as the "luminous splendor of the colourless light of Emptiness". This, according to the Book of the Dead, is "your own true self."

www.tibet-trilogy.com

Goddess of Cats

Bastet was the Egyptian Goddess of Cats.

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The inventor of the remote

American Robert Adler was the inventor of the TV remote control. Adler worked for electronic company, Zenith, from 1941 to 1999. Zenith produced the first TV remote control in 1950 and it was attached to the TV by a chord.

Robert Adler died in 2007 at the age of 93. Throughout his long career, Adler earned more than 180 US patents.

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The oldest sand dunes in the world

The sand dunes in the Namib Sand Sea in Namibia are the oldest in the world. They are 30 million years old.

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The Antichrist

The Antichrist is said to be the human emissary of Satan on earth.