Showing posts with label Did you know that?. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Did you know that?. Show all posts
All Time Movie Box Office Grosses
1. Titanic (1997) $ 600, 788
2. Star Wars (1977) $ 460, 998
3. Shrek 2 (2004) $ 436, 471
4. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) $ 434, 949
5. Star Wars - Episode One-the Phantom Menace (1999) $ 431, 088
6. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) $ 423, 315
7. Spider Man (2002) $ 403, 706
8. Star Wars: Episode III-Revenge of the Sith (2005) $ 380, 262
9. The Lord of the Rings: the Return of the King (2003) $ 377, 019
10. Spider-Man 2 (2004) $ 373, 377
Top Ten Organized Religions in the World
1. Christianity - 2.1 billion (33%)
2. Islam - 1.3 billion (20.1%)
3. Hinduism - 851 million (13.3%)
4. Buddhism - 375 million (5.9%)
5. Sikhism - 25 million (0.4%)
6. Judaism - 15 million (0.2%)
7. Baha'ism - 7.5 million (0.1%)
8. Confucianism - 6.4 million (0.1%)
9. Jainism - 4.5 million (0.1%)
10. Shintoism - 2.8 million (0.0%)
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0904108.html
World's Tallest Buildings
1. Taipei 101, Taiwan (101 stories, 1, 667 feet) 2004
2. Petronas Tower 1 and 2, Malaysia (88 stories, 1, 483 feet) 1998
3. Sears Tower, Chicago (110 stories, 1, 451 feet) 1974
4. Jin Mao Building, Shanghai (88 stories, 1, 381 feet) 1999
5. Two International Finance Center, Hongkong (88 stories, 1, 362 feet) 2003
http://www.infoplease.com/toptens/buildings.html
World's Most Corrupt Countries
Top Ten Most Corrupt Countries for 2007
1. Myanmar
Somalia
2. Iraq
3. Haiti
4. Tonga
Uzbekistan
5. Afghanistan
Chad
Sudan
6. Congo, Democratic Republic
Equatorial Guinea
Guinea
Laos
http://www.infoplease.com/toptens/mostcorruptcountries.html
(at least Philippines is not one of them)
The little man
Did you know what Carlos P. Romulo answered to Andrei Vishinsky during the UN Session in Paris when Andrei from Soviet said "YOU ARE JUST A LITTLE MAN FROM A LITTLE COUNTRY"?
Carlos simply said:
"It is the duty of little Davids here to fling pebbles of truth behind the eyes of blistering Goliaths and make them behave."
Very well said.
Doing is all important
Educators will tell us that we learn very little through passive listening and note taking.
We remember only 10 percent of what we read, 20 percent of what we hear, 30 percent of what we see.
However, when we combine senses, the memory curve increases sharply: 50 percent of what we see and hear, 80 percent of what we say in a particular context and 90 percent of what we say and do.
The doing is all important.
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