World's smallest! Gun

Meet the pistol that fits in your pocket - and packs a hell of a punch. The SwissMiniGun is the size of a key fob but fires tiny 270mph bullets powerful enough to kill at close range. Officially the world's smallest working revolver, the gun is being marketed as a collector's item and measures just 2.16 inches long. It can fire real 4.53 bullets up to a range of 367ft. The stainless steel gun costs £3,000 although the manufacturers also produce extravagant, made-to-order versions made out of 18-carat gold with customised diamond studs which sell for up to £30,0...

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"ONLY" The word

Professor Ernest Brennecke of Columbia is credited with inventing a sentence that can be made to have eight different meanings by placing ONE WORD in all possible positions in the sentence: "I hit him in the eye yesterday." The word is "ONLY". The Message: 1.ONLY I hit him in the eye yesterday. (No one else did.) 2.I ONLY hit him in the eye yesterday. (Did not slap him.) 3.I hit ONLY him in the eye yesterday. (I did not hit others.) 4.I hit him ONLY in the eye yesterday. (I did not hit outside the eye.) 5.I hit him in ONLY the eye yesterday. (Not other organs.) 6.I hit him in the ONLY eye yesterday. (He doesn't have another eye..) 7.I hit him in the eye ONLY yesterday. (Not today.) 8.I hit him in the eye yesterday ONLY. (Did not wait for today.) This is the beauty and complexity of the...

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Difference between COMPLETE & FINISH

Lesson for today, The difference between COMPLETE & FINISH People say there is no difference between COMPLETE & FINISH.... But there is! When you marry the right one, you are COMPLETE..... And when you marry the wrong one, you are FINISHED..... And when the "right one" catches you with the "wrong one", You are ..... COMPLETELY FINIS...

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Do you have a male or a female brain !!?

So, what do you think !!? You have a male or a female brain? Check this..! This is a quick eye exam which will blow your mind...! Just do it - don't cheat!!! Try this its actually quite good. But don't cheat! Count the number of F's in the following text in 15 seconds: FINISHED FILES ARE THE RESULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS Managed it? Scroll down only after you have counted them! OK? How many? Three? (You r definitely male!!!) Wrong, there are six - no joke! Read again! FINISHED FILES ARE THE RESULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS The reasoning is ... The MALE brain cannot process the word "OF". Incredible or what? Anyone who counts all six F's on the first go has a brain of a Female Now...

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8 things to know about Windows 7 SP1

For those waiting to upgrade to Windows 7 until after the first 'service pack' (SP1) is released, the wait is almost over. Microsoft recently unveiled the release candidate of SP1, making it available for download, and the final release of SP1 is expected to be released soon. So what can you expect from SP1, and should you run out and install the release candidate now? Q: How can I get SP1? A: If you want to wait until the final release of SP1 later this month, you can simply get the service pack through the Windows Update feature. If you'd like to download the SP1 release candidate, available now, go to http://on-msn.com/dDzWyG. Q: Is the...

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New medical syllabus to stress on practical skills

Medical education in India is all set for a massive overhaul. Medical Council of India (MCI) is close to finalising a brand new curriculum for both undergraduate (UG) and post-graduate (PG) medical education that gives utmost importance to "clinical acumen rather than just theoretical knowledge". As many as 74 special teams -- each comprising three experts (for example, one for internal medicine, neurology and cancer etc;) are putting finishing touches to vision documents on "how many doctors are presently needed in a particular stream, how many is now available, how to bridge this gap, what kind of content needs to be taught to students and what additional infrastructure is needed". The findings will be incorporated to frame the new medical education curriculum. Dr S K Sarin, chief of MCI's...

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Women in their 30s turn lesbians

Many women become lesbians when they hit their thirties, said researchers. They found that girls' sexual orientation becomes more relaxed as they get older, so much so that many go on to become bi-sexual. Most textbooks assume that women's sexual preferences are fixed in their early twenties – the same as men – and rarely change later in life. Utah psychologist Lisa Diamond, who tracked 100 women for more than ten years, found their sexuality became more fluid with age. Source: www.indiatimes....

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ICC dismisses Hair criticism of Murali

International cricket chiefs insisted they had "full confidence" in their umpires after a former official reiterated his doubts about Muttiah Muralitharan's unorthodox bowling. Former Australian Test umpire Darrell Hair called Sri Lanka's Muralitharan, the leading wicket-taker in Tests and one-day internationals, for throwing in 1995. "A couple of current umpires have said to me, 'something is wrong', but they prefer to let it go," Hair told Melbourne's Herald-Sun newspaper ahead of Saturday's Sri Lanka-Australia World Cup match in Colombo. "There is still a lot of doubt about his deliveries." Hair said umpires were prepared to turn a blind...

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