Wednesday, July 25, 2012

World's first test tube baby

On this day in history, 25th july 1978, the first “test tube” baby, Louise Brown, was born weighing 2.6 kg to Leslie and John Brown who had up to this point been unable to have a child due to Leslie’s lack of proper fallopian tubes. The couple eventually learned of and agreed to try In vitro fertilization (IVF), though the doctors did not tell them that no baby had ever successfully been born via this experimental method. None-the-less Louise was born healthy, albeit prematurely due to some complications during pregnancy. This success paved the way for about 4 million other IVF babies being born to date. Ultimately, rather than a natural birth, the doctors decided for Louise to be born via a Caesarian section. According to Dr. John Webster...

Friday, July 20, 2012

World's biggest traffic jam

The first reason everyone want to give if we were late to class or office or any appointment is "I struck in traffic jam". Okay, we are moreover familiar with traffic jam. Do anyone know about world's biggest traffic jam of all time? Yeah.The event happened at Beijing, China in 2010 when traffic was struck for almost 20 days. Interestingly, look at the discipline of drivers that they have stopped the cars and vehicles in lines and lanes with a reasonable distance to front cars. ...

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

What you know about bananas?

Bananas are an excellent source of vitamin B6, soluble fiber, and contain moderate amounts of vitamin C, manganese and potassium. Okay....what it does: 1) A reduced risk of colorectal cancer 2) In women, Reduced risk of breast cancer 3) Reduced risk of Renal cell carcinoma 4) Banana ingestion may affect dopamine production in people deficient in the amino acid tyrosine, a dopamine precursor present in bananas. 5) In India, juice is extracted from the corm and used as a home remedy for jaundice. 6) sometimes with the addition of honey, for kidney stones. 7) In an animal experiment carried out by a professor in Tokyo U comparing the various health benefits of different fruits, using banana, grape, apple, water melon, pineapple, pear...

Monday, July 16, 2012

A man with two faces - Edward Mordake

It is said literally that every human has two faces, good and evil. But in case of Edward Mordake physically had two faces. Edward Mordake's story dates back to 19th century. Actually there is no written histories or records about him but his life story is spread word by mouth. Edward Mordake belongs to a nobel and rich English family. He is born as a parasitic twins, this case is similiar to conjoined twins because his story depicts that his other face is independent in other words not in control of Edward Mordake. Edward Mordake's first face was said to be charming and handsome he is a scholar, a musician and a young man in possession of profound grace. The second face or his other character or his brother or evil. It has been said...

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