Amazing – 19 Jan 2012

Bamboo plants can grow up to 36 inches in a day.

Since the United Nations was founded in 1945, there have been 140 wars

Goat meat contains up to 45 percent less saturated fat than chicken meat

Chef Boyardee is actually a real person. His real name is Hector Boiardi and he was born in northern Italy in 1898

Bill Bowerman, the co-founder of the shoe company Nike, got his first shoe idea after staring at a waffle iron.

This gave him the idea of using squared spikes to make the shoes lighter

In 1989, the space shuttle Discovery carried 32 fertilized chicken eggs into orbit

The most recycled product in the world is the automobile.

Before the 17th century, carrots used to be the colour purple

William Taft who was the U.S. president between 1909-1913 once got stuck in the White House bathtub

If all the Oreo cookies ever sold were stacked on top of one another, they would be as high as 13.3 million Sears Towers

Ancient Egyptians kissed with their noses instead of with their lips

Krispy Kreme make five million doughnut a day

The only real person to be a Pez head was Betsy Ross

There were no red colored M&Ms from 1976 to 1987

In 1681, the last dodo bird died

Sunday, January 15, 2012

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

“The person who knows how… will always have a job, but the person who knows why… will be the boss.”

STORY of the WEEK:
Learn and Earn

Chuan and Jing joined a wholesale company together just after graduation. Both worked very hard.

After several years, the boss promoted Jing to sales executive but Chuan remained a sales rep. One day Chuan could not take it anymore, tender resignation to the boss and complained the boss did not value hard working staff, but only promoted those who flattered him.

The boss knew that Chuan worked very hard for the years, but in order to help Chuan realize the difference between him and Jing, the boss asked Chuan to do the following. Go and find out anyone selling water melon in the market? Chuan returned and said yes. The boss asked how much per kg? Chuan went back to the market to ask and returned to inform boss the $12 per kg.

Boss told Chuan, I will ask Jing the same question? Jing went, returned and said, boss, only one person selling water melon. $12 per kg, $100 for 10 kg, he has inventory of 340 melons. On the table 58 melons, every melon weighs about 15 kg, bought from the South two days ago, they are fresh, red and of good quality.

Chuan was very impressed and realized the difference between himself and Jing. He decided not to resign but to learn from Jing.

Moral of the Story : “A more successful person is more observant, think more and understand in depth. For the same matter, a more successful person sees several years ahead, while others see only tomorrow - the difference between a year and a day is 365 times.”