Saturday, October 16, 2010

wee.. TRIVIA na !!

ENGLISH TRIVIA :

"Irrupt" is a misspelling of "erupt," right? Wrong! The two have existed as discrete words since at least the mid-1500s. Both are descendants of the Latin verb "rumpere," which means "to break," but "irrupt" was formed by adding the prefix "ir-" (in the sense "into") while "erupt" was formed by adding "e-" (meaning "out"). So "to irrupt" was originally to rush in, and "to erupt" was to rush out. But it's sometimes hard to distinguish the precise direction of a violent rush, and the two soon came to be used as synonyms, a usage that has continued for at least the last 400 years.
--http://www.dy-tech.info/Language/language.htm

"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
--http://users.tinyonline.co.uk/gswithenbank/wordtriv.htm

The only other word with the same amount of
letters is its plural:
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses. Its singular form is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (the longest word in the English language,
according to the Oxford English Dictionary).
--http://www.webenglishteacher.com/text/lingtrivia.txt

SCIENCE TRIVIA :

The largest volcano known is on Mars: Olympus Mons, 370 miles wide and 79,000 feet high, is almost three times higher than Mount Everest.
--http://www.wattpad.com/3422?p=4

The hyoid bone, in your throat, is the only bone in the body not attached to another bone.
--http://www.wattpad.com/3422?p=4

If you slowly pour a handful of salt into a totally full glass of water it will not overflow. In fact, the water level will go down.
--http://www.sciensational.com/chemistry-facts-pg2.html

MATH TRIVIA :

2 and 5 are the only prime numbers that end in 5 or 2.
--http://www.jayp.net/trivia/science1.htm




Order of Operations
The order of mathematical operations:

* Parentheses
* Exponents
* Multiplication/Division (left to right)
* Addition/Subtraction (left to right).
PEMDAS Mnemonics
1. Please
    Excuse
    My Dear
    Aunt Sally
2. Please
    Educate
    My Daughters
    And Sons
3. Pursuing
    Education
    Means Dedication
    And Study 
  --http://www.onlinemathlearning.com/pre-algebra-mnemonics.html

Math Mnemonics to the metric Unit prefixes
Metric Units of Measure in Order
* Kilo
* Hecto
* Deca
* Units [meter, liter, gram]
* Deci
* Centi
* Milli

  • King Hector Doesn't Usually Drink Cold Milk.



  • King Henry Danced [Merrily / Lazily / Grandly] Drinking Chocolate Milk.



  • For the standard units you can insert [Merrily] for meter, [Lazily] for liter, or [Grandly] for gram. --http://www.onlinemathlearning.com/pre-algebra-mnemonics.html

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