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CALORIES IN OTHER ITEMS




  • Gunpowder  71 Cal/100g – 20.1 Cal/oz
  • TNT 112 Cal/100g – 34.3 Cal/oz
  • Dynamite 180 Cal/100g – 51 Cal/oz
  • Sulfur 231 Cal/100g – 65 Cal/oz
  • Nitromethane 277 Cal/100g – 78.5 Cal/oz
  • Sodium 330 Cal/100g – 93.5 Cal/oz
  • Peat 343 Cal/100g – 97.2 Cal/oz
  • Wood 387 Cal/100g – 109.7 Cal/oz
  • Aspartame 407 Cal/100g – 115.3 Cal/oz
  • Ammonia 408 Cal/100g – 115.6 Cal/oz
  • Methanol 550 Cal/100g – 155.9 Cal/oz
  • Bituminous coal 573 Cal/100g – 162.45 Cal/oz
  • Polyester 599 Cal/100g – 169.8 Cal/oz
  • Methoxymethane 680 Cal/100g – 192.8 Cal/oz
  • Propionaldehyde 688 Cal/100g – 195.1 Cal/oz
  • Acetone 692 Cal/100g – 196.2 Cal/oz
  • Ethanol 709 Cal/100g – 201 Cal/oz
  • Hexamine 716 Cal/100g – 203 Cal/oz
  • Propanol 730 Cal/100g – 207 Cal/oz
  • Aluminum 740 Cal/100g – 209.9 Cal/oz
  • Isoamyl alcohol 752 Cal/100g – 214 Cal/oz
  • Soy lecithin 755 Cal/100g – 214 Cal/oz
  • Butyraldehyde 757 Cal/100g – 214.6 Cal/oz
  • Silicon 780 Cal/100g – 221.1 Cal/oz
  • Anthracite 788 Cal/100g – 223.4 Cal/oz
  • Butanol 800 Cal/100g – 226.8 Cal/oz
  • Ethroxyethane 807 Cal/100g – 228.8 Cal/oz
  • Pentanol 830 Cal/100g – 235.3 Cal/oz
  • Tar 850 Cal/100g – 241 Cal/oz
  • Propoxypropane 860 Cal/100g – 243.8 Cal/oz
  • Butoxybutane 905 Cal/100g – 256 Cal/oz
  • Benzene 905 Cal/100g – 256 Cal/oz
  • Toluene 970 Cal/100g – 275 Cal/oz
  • Polystyrene 1000 Cal/100g – 284 Cal/oz
  • Turpentine 1050 Cal/100g – 298 Cal/oz
  • Gasoline 1060 Cal/100g – 300 Cal/oz
  • Paraffin 1090 Cal/100g – 309 Cal/oz
  • Kerosene 1100 Cal/100g – 312 Cal/oz
  • Diesel 1146 Cal/100g – 325 Cal/oz
  • Butane 1182 Cal/100g – 335 Cal/oz
  • Propane 1200 Cal/100g – 340 Cal/oz
  • Ethane 1240 Cal/100g – 351 Cal/oz
  • Methane 1325 Cal/100g – 375 Cal/oz
  • Lithium borohydride 1600 Cal/100g – 450 Cal/oz
  • Hydrogen 3400 Cal/100g – 960 Cal/oz
  • Tritium 13.9 million Cal/100g – 3.94 million Cal/oz
  • Plutonium 53.4 million Cal/100g – 15.1 million Cal/oz
  • Thorium 1.8 billion Cal/100g – 550 million Cal/oz
  • Uranium 1.93 billion Cal/100g – 600 million Cal/oz
  • Deuterium-tritium 13.75 billion Cal/100g – 3.9 billion Cal/oz
  • Antimatter 4.3 trillion Cal/100g – 1.2 trillion Cal/oz

CALORIES IN MIXED FOODS



  • Taco Bell cool ranch doritos locos tacos 205 Cal/100g – 58.1 Cal/oz
  • Chocolate ice cream 216 Cal/100g – 61.2 Cal/oz
  • Egg McMuffin 217 Cal/100g – 61.5 Cal/oz
  • KFC Chicken Nuggets 224 Cal/100g – 63.5 Cal/oz
  • Burger King Whopper 230 Cal/100g – 65.2 Cal/oz
  • McDonald’s Big Mac 255 Cal/100g – 72.3 Cal/oz
  • Cheese pizza 262 Cal/100g – 74.3 Cal/oz
  • McDonald’s cheeseburger 263 Cal/100g – 74.5 Cal/oz
  • Pizza Hut pepperoni pizza 308 Cal/100g – 87.3 Cal/oz
  • Candy gummi worms 337 Cal/100g – 95.5 Cal/oz
  • Whipping cream 350 Cal/100g – 99.2 Cal/oz
  • Krispy Kreme doughnuts 388 Cal/100g – 109.5 Cal/oz
  • Protein 401 Cal/100g – 113.7 Cal/oz
  • Tartar sauce 483 Cal/100g – 136.9 Cal/oz
  • M&Ms 501 Cal/100g – 142 Cal/oz
  • Snickers bars 508 Cal/100g – 144 Cal/oz
  • Milk chocolate 534 Cal/100g – 151.4 Cal/oz
  • Caesar dressing 537 Cal/100g – 152.2 Cal/oz
  • Nutella 541 Cal/100g – 153.4 Cal/oz

CALORIES IN ANIMAL BASED FOODS



  • Cottage cheese 94 Cal/100g – 26.65 Cal/oz
  • Alaska king crab 97 Cal/100g – 27.5 Cal/oz
  • Tiger shrimp 99 Cal/100g – 28.09 Cal/oz
  • Abalone mollusks 105 Cal/100g – 29.8 Cal/oz
  • Crickets 121 Cal/100g – 34.3 Cal/oz
  • Snails 136 Cal/100g – 38.5 Cal/oz
  • Turkey pastrami 138 Cal/100g – 39.1 Cal/oz
  • Pacific halibut 145 Cal/100g – 41.1 Cal/oz
  • Beef brain 152 Cal/100g – 43.1 Cal/oz
  • Eggs(whole) 155 Cal/100g – 43.9 Cal/oz
  • Cuttlefish 158 Cal/100g – 44.8 Cal/oz
  • Cassava 160 Cal/100g – 45.3 Cal/oz
  • Octopus 164 Cal/100g – 46.5 Cal/oz
  • Chicken breast 165 Cal/100g – 46.8 Cal/oz
  • Beef liver 175 Cal/100g – 49.6 Cal/oz
  • Ground beef 179 Cal/100g – 50.75 Cal/oz
  • Trout 190 Cal/100g – 53.85 Cal/oz
  • Atlantic salmon 206 Cal/100g – 58.4 Cal/oz
  • Vienna sausages 240 Cal/100g – 68 Cal/oz
  • Cavier 252 Cal/100g – 71.45 Cal/oz
  • Salami 258 Cal/100g – 73.1 Cal/oz
  • Mozarrela cheese 280 Cal/100g – 79.4 Cal/oz
  • Mopane worms 290 Cal/100g – 82.2 Cal/oz
  • Bryndza cheese 292 Cal/100g – 82.8 Cal/oz
  • Honey 303 Cal/100g – 85.9 Cal/oz
  • Kielbasa 309 Cal/100g – 87.6 Cal/oz
  • Egg yolk 320 Cal/100g – 90.7 Cal/oz
  • Dried herring 324 Cal/100g – 91.8 Cal/oz
  • Gouda cheese 356 Cal/100g – 100.9 Cal/oz
  • Edam cheese 357 Cal/100g – 101.2 Cal/oz
  • Roquefort cheese 368 Cal/100g – 104.3 Cal/oz
  • Turkey jerky 368 Cal/100g – 104.3
  • Egg white powder 379 Cal/100g – 107.4 Cal/oz
  • Cod liver 426 Cal/100g – 120.7 Cal/oz
  • Parmesan cheese 431 Cal/100g – 122.2 Cal/oz
  • Beef jerky 447 Cal/100g – 126.7 Cal/oz
  • Chicken skin 454 Cal/100g – 128.7 Cal/oz
  • Duck foie gras 463 Cal/100g – 131 Cal/oz
  • Turkey skins 482 Cal/100g – 136.6 Cal/oz
  • Powdered milk 497 Cal/100g – 140.9 Cal/oz
  • Fried bacon 543 Cal/100g – 153.9 Cal/oz
  • Pork skin 544 Cal/100g – 154.2 Cal/oz
  • Blue cheese dip 550 Cal/100g – 157.9 Cal/oz
  • Egg yolk powder 666 Cal/100g – 188.8 Cal/oz
  • Butter 720 Cal/100g – 204.1 Cal/oz
  • Bone marrow 792 Cal/100g – 224.5 Cal/oz
  • Pork backfat 812 Cal/100g – 230.2 Cal/oz
  • Sea lion blubber 835 Cal/100g – 236.7 Cal/oz
  • Whale blubber 860 Cal/100g – 245 Cal/oz
  • Beef lard 889 Cal/100g – 252 Cal/oz
  • Bearded seal oil 899 Cal/100g – 254.9  Cal/oz
  • Fat 902 Cal/100g – 255.7 Cal/oz
  • Fish oil 902 Cal/100g – 255.7 Cal/oz

CALORIES IN PLANT BASED FOODS




  • Butterbur leaves 7 Cal/100g – 2 Cal/oz
  • Bamboo shoots 9 Cal/100g – 2.55 Cal/oz
  • Dill pickles 10 Cal/100g – 2.8 Cal/oz
  • Taro shoots 11 Cal/100g – 3.12 Cal/oz
  • Cucumber 12 Cal/100g – 3.4 Cal/oz
  • Lettuce 13 Cal/100g – 3.7 Cal/oz
  • Radish 14 Cal/100g – 3.97 Cal/oz
  • Chinese cabbage 16 Cal/100g – 4.5 Cal/oz
  • Celery 16 Cal/100g – 4.5 Cal/oz
  • Tomatoes 18 Cal/100g – 5.1 Cal/oz
  • Spinach 19 Cal/100g – 5.4 Cal/oz
  • Lemons 20 Cal/100g – 5.67 Cal/oz
  • Broccoli 22 Cal/100g – 6.24 Cal/oz
  • Eggplant 24 Cal/100g – 6.8 Cal/oz
  • Asparagus 25 Cal/100g – 7.1 Cal/oz
  • Pumpkin 26 Cal/100g – 7.37 Cal/oz
  • Sweet pepper 27.5 Cal/100g – 7.8 Cal/oz
  • Watermelon 30 Cal/100g – 8.5 Cal/oz
  • Grapefruit 30 Cal/100g – 8.5 Cal/oz
  • Green beans 32 Cal/100g – 9.07 Cal/oz
  • Onion 32 Cal/100g – 9.07 Cal/oz
  • Strawberries 34 Cal/100g – 9.64 Cal/oz
  • Honeydrew melon 36 Cal/100g – 10.2 Cal/oz
  • Huckleberries 37 Cal/100g – 10.5 Cal/oz
  • Papayas 39 Cal/100g – 11.05 Cal/oz
  • Carrots 41 Cal/100g – 11.62 Cal/oz
  • Blackberries 44 Cal/100g – 12.47 Cal/oz
  • Pineapple 45 Cal/100g – 12.75 Cal/oz
  • Artichokes 47 Cal/100g – 13.3 Cal/oz
  • Seaweed 49 Cal/100g – 13.9 Cal/oz
  • Apricots 52 Cal/100g – 14.75 Cal/oz
  • Apples 52 Cal/100g – 14.75 Cal/oz
  • Cranberries 55 Cal/100g – 15.6 Cal/oz
  • Blueberries 57 Cal/100g – 16.15 Cal/oz
  • Pears 58 Cal/100g – 16.44 Cal/oz
  • Kiwi fruits 60 Cal/100g – 17 Cal/oz
  • Currants 63 Cal/100g – 17.86 Cal/oz
  • Cherries 63 Cal/100g – 17.86 Cal/oz
  • Mango 65 Cal/100g – 18.42 Cal/oz
  • Grapes 67 Cal/100g – 19 Cal/oz
  • Agave 68 Cal/100g – 19.28 Cal/oz
  • Pomegranate 69 Cal/100g – 19.55 Cal/oz
  • Figs 74 Cal/100g – 21 Cal/oz
  • Parsnip 75 Cal/100g – 21.26 Cal/oz
  • Potatoes 78 Cal/100g – 22.1 Cal/oz
  • Ginger root 80 Cal/100g – 22.7 Cal/oz
  • Green peas 81 Cal/100g – 22.96 Cal/oz
  • Sapodilla 83 Cal/100g – 23.5 Cal/oz
  • Tofu 84 Cal/100g – 23.8 Cal/oz
  • Sweet corn 86 Cal/100g – 24 Cal/oz
  • Lotus seeds 89 Cal/100g – 25.23 Cal/oz
  • Bananas 89 Cal/100g – 25.23 Cal/oz
  • Cooked lentils 92 Cal/100g – 26.1 Cal/oz
  • Jackfruit 94 Cal/100g – 26.65 Cal/oz
  • Passion fruit 97 Cal/100g – 27.5 Cal/oz
  • White mushrooms 100 Cal/100g – 28.35 Cal/oz
  • White rice 102 Cal/100g – 28.9 Cal/oz
  • Ketchup 105 Cal/100g – 29.8 Cal/oz
  • Brown rice 111 Cal/100g – 31.5 Cal/oz
  • Pulses 120 Cal/100g – 34 Cal/oz
  • Couscous 126 Cal/100g – 35.7 Cal/oz
  • Durian fruit 147 Cal/100g – 41.65 Cal/oz
  • Avocado 167 Cal/100g – 47.3 Cal/oz
  • Chickpeas 169 Cal/100g – 47.9 Cal/oz
  • Cooked spaghetti 185 Cal/100g – 52.5 Cal/oz
  • Fried rice 190 Cal/100g – 53.85 Cal/oz
  • Dry lentils 195 Cal/100g – 55.3 Cal/oz
  • Chili sauce 199 Cal/100g – 56.4 Cal/oz
  • Areca nuts 240 Cal/100g – 68 Cal/oz
  • Yeast extract 248 Cal/100g – 70.3 Cal/oz
  • Whole-wheat bread 247 Cal/100g – 70 Cal/oz
  • White bread 266 Cal/100g – 75.4 Cal/oz
  • Oat bread 269 Cal/100g – 76.2 Cal/oz
  • Hardtack 271 Cal/100g – 76.8 Cal/oz
  • Cinnamon 275 Cal/100g – 78 Cal/oz
  • Corn syrup 280 Cal/100g – 79.4 Cal/oz
  • Wasabi paste 286 Cal/100g – 81 Cal/oz
  • Raisins 298 Cal/100g – 84.4 Cal/oz
  • Marshmallows 315 Cal/100g – 89.3 Cal/oz
  • Saffron 318 Cal/100g – 90.15 Cal/oz
  • Coffee beans 330 Cal/100g – 93.5 Cal/oz
  • Cloves 333 Cal/100g – 94.4 Cal/oz
  • Licorice 338 Cal/100g – 95.8 Cal/oz
  • Coconut meat 345 Cal/100g – 97.8 Cal/oz
  • Twinkies 350 Cal/100g – 99.2 Cal/oz
  • Gingerbread cake 361 Cal/100g – 102.3 Cal/oz
  • Wheat flour 363 Cal/100g – 102.9 Cal/oz
  • Dry spaghetti 374 Cal/100g – 106 Cal/oz
  • Dried strawberries 375 Cal/100g – 106.3 Cal/oz
  • Oat cereal 379 Cal/100g – 107.4 Cal/oz
  • Sucrose 390 Cal/100g – 110.5 Cal/oz
  • Corn flakes 399 Cal/100g – 113.1 Cal/oz
  • Pie crust 414 Cal/100g – 117.35 Cal/oz
  • McDonald’s sugar donuts 415 Cal/100g – 117.7 Cal/oz
  • Mars bar 420 Cal/100g – 119 Cal/oz
  • Saltine crackers 421 Cal/100g – 119.35 Cal/oz
  • Honey mustard 430 Cal/100g – 121.9 Cal/oz
  • Honey buns 435 Cal/100g – 123.3 Cal/oz
  • Soy flour 437 Cal/100g – 123.85 Cal/oz
  • Pumpkin seeds 442 Cal/100g – 125.3 Cal/oz
  • Granola bars 443 Cal/100g – 125.6 Cal/oz
  • Milky way chocolate bar 448 Cal/100g – 127 Cal/oz
  • French dressing 457 Cal/100g – 129.55 Cal/oz
  • Brownies 460 Cal/100g – 130.4 Cal/oz
  • Croutons 465 Cal/100g – 131.8 Cal/oz
  • Oreo cookies 470 Cal/100g – 133.25 Cal/oz
  • McDonald’s cookies 470 Cal/100g – 133.25 Cal/oz
  • Ranch Dressing 476 Cal/100g – 134.95 Cal/oz
  • Mustard seeds 477 Cal/100g – 135.2 Cal/oz
  • Nabisco Ritz Crackers 489 Cal/100g – 138.6 Cal/oz
  • Pringle chips 495 Cal/100g – 140.3 Cal/oz
  • Reese’s Pieces 497 Cal/100g – 140.9 Cal/oz
  • Oil popped popcorn 504 Cal/100g – 142.9 Cal/oz
  • Kit Kat bar 507 Cal/100g – 143.7 Cal/oz
  • Safflower seeds 514 Cal/100g – 145.7 Cal/oz
  • Banana chips 519 Cal/100g – 147.1 Cal/oz
  • Ground nutmeg 522 Cal/100g – 148 Cal/oz
  • Poppy seeds 525 Cal/100g – 148. Cal/oz
  • Hazelnuts 528 Cal/100g – 149.7 Cal/oz
  • Flaxseed 535 Cal/100g – 151.7 Cal/oz
  • Watermelon seed kernels 555 Cal/100g – 157.35 Cal/oz
  • Pistachio nuts 557 Cal/100g – 157.9 Cal/oz
  • Potato chips 560 Cal/100g – 158.75 Cal/oz
  • Plantain chips 566 Cal/100g – 160.46 Cal/oz
  • Pecan diamond bars 568 Cal/100g – 161 Cal/oz
  • Cashew nuts 574 Cal/100g – 162.75 Cal/oz
  • Beechnuts 578 Cal/100g – 163.85 Cal/oz
  • Sunflower seeds 581 Cal/100g – 165.8 Cal/oz
  • Almonds 585 Cal/100g – 165.85 Cal/oz
  • Peanuts 587 Cal/100g – 166.4 Cal/oz
  • Peanut butter 594 Cal/100g – 168.4 Cal/oz
  • Dark chocolate 595 Cal/100g – 168.7 Cal/oz
  • Sea same seeds 605 Cal/100g – 171.5 Cal/oz
  • Dried butternuts 607 Cal/100g – 172.1 Cal/oz
  • Pine nuts 615 Cal/100g – 174.35 Cal/oz
  • Hickory nuts 617 Cal/100g – 174.9 Cal/oz
  • Almond butter 625 Cal/100g – 177.2 Cal/oz
  • Dried coconut meat 628 Cal/100g – 178 Cal/oz
  • Dried roasted peanuts 632 Cal/100g- 179.2 Cal/oz
  • Subway oil blend 638 Cal/100g – 180.9 Cal.oz
  • Dry roasted hazelnuts 643 Cal/100g – 182.3 Cal/oz
  • Honey roasted pecans 647 Cal/100g – 183.4 Cal/oz
  • Walnuts 653 Cal/100 – 186.5 Cal/oz
  • Dry brazilnuts 658 Cal/100g – 186.5 Cal/oz
  • Dry pine nuts 668 Cal/100g – 189.4 Cal/oz
  • Dry roasted almonds 675 Cal/100g – 191.4 Cal/oz
  • Canarytree nuts 695 Cal/100g – 197.1 Cal/oz
  • Macadamia nuts 707 Cal/100g – 200.4 Cal/oz
  • Margarine 724 Cal/100g – 205.3 Cal/oz
  • Coconut oil 861 Cal/100g – 244.1 Cal/oz
  • Butter oil 876 Cal/100g – 248.4 Cal/oz
  • Palm oil 880 Cal/100g – 249.5 Cal/oz
  • Avocado oil 884 Cal/100g – 250.6 Cal/oz
  • Mustard oil 844 Cal/100g – 250.6 Cal/oz
  • Sunflower oil 888 Cal/100g – 251 Cal/oz

CALORIES IN BEVERAGES




  • Distilled water 0 Cal/100g – 0 Cal/oz
  • Diet Coke 0.2 Cal/100g – 0.057 Cal/oz
  • Green tea 0.6 Cal/100g – 0.17 Cal/oz
  • Instant coffee 2 Cal/100g – 0.57 Cal/oz
  • Red Bull sugar free 4 Cal/100g – 1.13 Cal/oz
  • Coca Cola 41 Cal/100g – 11.62 Cal/oz
  • Beer 43 Cal/100g – 12.2 Cal/oz
  • Red Bull  46 Cal/100g – 13.04 Cal/oz
  • Cow’s milk 61 Cal/100g – 17.3 Cal/oz
  • Breast milk 70 Cal/100g – 19.85 Cal/oz
  • Red wine 85 Cal/100g – 24.1 Cal/oz
  • Rice wine 110 Cal/100g – 29.8 Cal/oz
  • Martini bianco 130 Cal/100g – 36.85 Cal/oz
  • Margarita 218 Cal/100g – 61.8 Cal/oz
  • 40% Vodka 226 Cal/100g – 64 Cal/oz

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31. The following English words are borrowed from Arabic: Algebra, Zero, Cotton, Sofa, Rice, Candy, Saffron, Balcony and even Alcohol derives from Arabic: al-kuhl meaning powder.

32. In 875 A.D. Abbas Ibn Firnas, after perfecting a flying machine of silk and eagles feathers, jumped from a mountain and stayed aloft for ten minutes.

33.
 The system of numbering in use all round the world is probably Indian in origin but the style of the numerals in Arabic, the work of the Muslim mathematicians al-Khwarizmi and Al-Kindi around 825 A.D.

34. Hospitals in Islamic world featured the first drug tests, drug purity regulations, and competency tests for doctors.


35. The windmill was invented in 634 A.D. for a Persian caliph and was used to grind corn and draw up water for irrigation. It was 500 years before the first windmill was seen in Europe.

36. By the 15th century A.D. Muslims had invented both a rocket and a torpedo.

37. Did you know that Muslims perfected the recipe for soap which we still use today?

38. Muslims physicians set up the earliest dedicated hospitals in the modern sense, known as Bimaristans, which were establishments where the ill were welcomed and cared for by qualified staff.

39.
 The pointed arch so characteristic of Europes Gothic cathedrals was an invention borrowed from Islamic architecture.

40. Islams foremost scientist, Jabir ibn Hayyan, transformed alchemy into chemistry, and invented many of the basic processes and apparatus still in use today.



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41. The first person to realize that light enters the eye, rather than leaving it, was the 10th-century Muslim mathematician, astronomer and physicist Ibn al-Haitham.

42. Al-Razi was the first to realize that fever is a natural defense mechanism, the body's way of fighting disease.

43.
 Ibn al-Nafis discovered that the muscle behind the eyeball does not support the ophthalmic nerve and that the optic nerves transect but do not get in touch with each other.

44.
 Shampoo was introduced to England by a Muslim who opened "Mahomeds Indian Vapour Baths" on Brighton seafront in 1759 A.D. and was appointed Shampooing Surgeon to Kings George IV and William IV.


45. The first psychiatric hospitals and insane asylums were built in the Islamic world as early as the 8th century. The first psychiatric hospitals were built by Arab Muslims in Baghdad in 705 A.D., Fes in the early 8th century, and Cairo in 800 A.D.

46.
 An Arab named Khalid was tending his goats in the Kaffa region of southern Ethiopia, when he noticed his animals became livelier after eating a certain berry. This is how coffee was discovered.

47.
 The fountain pen was invented for the Sultan of Egypt in 953 after he demanded a pen which would not stain his hands or clothes. It held ink in a reservoir and, as with modern pens, fed in to the nib by a combination of gravity and capillary actions.

48
. In epidemiology, Muslim physicians were responsible for the discovery of infections disease and the immune system, and early hypotheses related to microbiology.


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21. Jabir ibn Hayyan discovered Sulphuric and Nitric acid.

22. The first royal pleasure gardens in Europe were opened in 11th-century Muslim Spain.

23. The calculations of Muslim astronomers were so accurate that in the 9th century they reckoned the Earths circumference to be 40,253.4km - less than 200km out.

24. Muhammad ibn Zakariya Razi (Rhazes) was responsible for discovering "allergic asthma", and was the first physician known to have written articles on allergy and the immune system.

25. Over 1000 years ago, the polymath Al-Kindi developed the geometry required to predict when the crescent moon will appear, which tonight marks the start the Ramadan.

26. 
Europeans borrowed ribbed vaulting, rose windows and dome-building techniques from the Muslims.

27. A form of chess was played in ancient India but the game was developed into the form we know it today in Persia. From there it spread westward to Europe.

28. Al Jazari devised some of the first mechanical clocks driven by water and weights, and was the father of robotics.

29. 
The crank-shaft, one of the most important mechanical inventions in the history of humankind, was created by an ingenious Muslim engineer called Al Jazari to raise water for irrigation.

30. 
In hematology, Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi (Abulcasis) wrote the first description on haemophilia, a hereditary genetic disorder, in his Al-Tasrif.



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11. Algebra was named after al-Khwarizmis book. Al-Jabr wa-al-Muqabilah, much of whose contents are still in use.

12. Al-Zahrawis scalpels, bone saws, forceps, fine scissors for eye surgery and many of the 200 instruments he devised are recognizable to a modern surgeon.

13. Al-Biruni made observations on plants and discovered that flowers have 3, 4, 5, 6 or 8 petals, and never 7 or 9.

14. A thousand years before the Wright brothers, a Muslim engineer name Abbas ibn Firnas made several attempts to construct a flying machine.

15. Ibn-Khaldun (1332-1406 A.D.) wrote a comprehensive world history and geography. He discussed the effects of the environment on humans so he is known as one of the first environmental determinists.

16. In the 13th century A.D., a Muslim medic named Ibn Nafis described the circulation of the blood, 300 years before William Harvey discovered it.

17.
Through the Chinese invented saltpetre gunpowder, and used it in their fireworks, it was the Arabs who worked out that it could be purified using potassium nitrate for military use.

18. Al Jazari had more than 50 mechanical inventions, including the combination lock.

19. Quilting came the the West via the Crusaders. They saw it used by Muslim warriors, who wore straw-filled quilted canvas shirts instead of armor.

20. Chickenpox was also first identified by Al-Razi, who clearly distinguished it from smallpox and measles.



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61. Pentheraphobia is a fear of a mother-in-law.







62. When you kiss, 200 million germs per second are passed between mouths. Now that’s sharing.





63. Female pandas raise cubs on their own (the male leaves after mating).





64.  Chocolate is associated with the release of serotonin, the hormone that makes you feel relaxed, calm and happy.





65. William Shakespeare’s wife was Anne Hathaway. Don’t how she survived for so long.










66. The strongest human bite force ever recorded: 350 pounds. The strongest shark bite force ever recorded: 132 pounds!





67. Your brain comes out to play at night: You’d thing that your brain is more active during the day, when the rest of your body is. But its not. Your brain is more active when you sleep.

68. If it isn’t moving a frog can’t see it. If the frog can’t see it, he won’t eat it. On the other hand toads only eat moving prey.







69. In Nepal, cow dung is used for medicinal purposes. It’s fine if they only extract methane!





70. India used to be the richest country in the world until the British invasion in the early 17thcentury.








71. Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, never phoned his wife or his mother. They were both deaf.







72. Dolphins sleep with one eye open!







73. The first “puck” ever used in a professional hockey game was a frozen piece of cow dung.





74. Armored knights raised their visors to identify themselves when they rode past their king; this custom has become the modern military salute.







75. As a rule, 66 percent of people keep their eyes closed while kissing, the rest take pleasure in watching the emotions run the gamut on the faces of their partners.


76. The U.S. bought Alaska from Russia for 2 cents an acre.







77. The word “mortgage” comes from a French word that means “death contract”.





78. There’s a species of fish called “Slippery Dick”.







79. If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib.







80. The American secret service tried to spike Hitler’s food with female hormones to feminize him.