Random : 5 things you didn't know about AK-47

1. The AK stands for “automatic Kalashnikov”(after the inventor). 47 is a reference to the year that it was invented.
2. There are about 100 million AK-47s around the world.
3. China is the largest producer of the weapon.
4. Almost 50 standing armies use AK-47, including those of China, Egypt, Cuba, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Iran and Iraq.
5. The inventor Mikhail Kalashnikov was paid only Soviet wages for the invention of AK-47.

Entertainment : 5 things you didn't know about Friends

1. Monica and Joey were originally intended to be the main couple on the show.
2. Before settling on Friends, other titles producers considered were Friends Like Us, Six of One, Across the Hall, Once Upon a Time in the West Village, and Insomnia Cafe.
3.  Ellen DeGeneres turned down the role of Phoebe.
4. "I'll be there for you" was co-written by the producers David Crane and Martha Kauffman.
5. Season 2 is the only season without a Thanksgiving episode.

Corporate : 5 things you didn't know about Electronic Arts

1. Electronic Arts’ top selling game is “The Sims”  which have sold more than 175 million copies.
2.  Lionel Messi - Formerly the ambassador for Pro Evolution Soccer by Konami, the strongest competitor for FIFA till date, was poached by FIFA last year, and promptly put on the cover of the latest edition of FIFA Street in March 2012.
3.  EA is partnered with Hasbro. 
4. 2013 was big year for EA as the stock gained almost 60% during the year and the posted revenues amounted to $3.8 Billion.
5. EA purchased the online gaming company PopCap, which is behind the addictive hit games such as – Zuma, Bejeweled and Plants vs Zombies for $1.3 billion.

Corporate : 5 things you didn't know about Amazon

1. It was initially named as 'Cadabra' as in "Abracadabra'.
2. Amazon's warehouse can hold the water as 10,000 Olympic swimming pools.
3. The current logo depicts the smile that goes from A to Z which means that the company is willing to deliver anything, anywhere.
4. It owns 10% of North America's e-commerce.
5. The company missed sales of $5.7 million when the site was down for 49 minutes.

Corporate : 5 things you didn't know about Starbucks

1. Starbucks has added an average of two stores on a daily basis since 1987
2. Sante Fe Springs, California has the highest concentration of Starbucks stores - 560 within 25 miles.
3. There are over 87,000 possible drink combinations at Starbucks.
4.  At $300 million, Starbucks spends more on healthcare insurance for its employees than coffee beans.
5. It uses 93 million gallons of milk per year
   
   

Corporate : 5 things you didn't know about Skype

1. Founded in August 2003, Skype is the leading global Internet communications company
2. 30% of Skype users use Skype for business purposes
3. Skype was acquired by Microsoft for $8.5 billion in 2011
4. Skype is headquartered in Luxembourg with offices in Europe, United States and Asia
5. Skype made $6.05 billion online conferencing revenue in the U.S. in 2008

History : 5 things you didn't know about Tipu Sultan

1. Tipu was born in Mysore in 1749. His real name is supposed to be Fateh Ali Tipu, after the great saint Tipu Mastan.
2. Tipu was made the Sultan of Mysore in 1782. He vowed not sleep on a bed until he had driven the British off Indian soil.
3. He made peace with the British in 1784.The peace was short lived.
4. In 1798, Tipu signed a secret agreement with Napolean.
5. May 5, 1799, Tipu was killed by Britishers. He and his 4 bodyguards killed 4,500 british soldiers.

Random : 5 things you didn't know about Space

1. China's air pollution is visible from space.
2. There are 22,000 man-made objects orbiting Earth that are 10cm or longer.
3. The total cost of building the International Space Station was $150 billion.
4. A human being can survive 2 minutes in space without protection.
5. A tardigrade, the hardest animal can survive 10 days in vacuum.

Random : 5 things you didn't know about chocolates

1. Dark chocolate has more cocoa and less sugar than other chocolates, so it is considered healthier than milk and white chocolate.
2. Eating dark chocolate every day reduces the risk of heart disease by one third.
3. Chocolate can cause headaches and is not recommended in large doses for people who suffer from migraines or chronic headaches.
4. The smell of chocolate increases theta brain waves, which trigger relaxation.
5. Chocolate contains high doses of caffeine and sugar, hence chocolate products are largely to blame for ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) in children.

History : 5 things you didn't know about Alexander The Great

1. Alexander was born around July 19/20, 356 B.C. 
2. He became king of Macedon when he was 20. 
3. He was one of the most successful military commanders in history and was undefeated in battle. 
4. Alexander discovered bananas in his conquest of India in 327 B.C. 
5. Alexander the Great studied philosophy with Aristotle. 

Corporate : 5 things you didn't know about Mitsubishi

1. The car giant is headquartered in Minato, Tokyo.It is the world’s sixteenth principal car manufacturer.
2. The Mitsubishi logo that is made of three diamonds precedes the Mitsubishi company itself by a hundred years.
3. Mitsubishi chose the name "Lancer" in order to allude to a soldier in a cavalry armed with a lance.
4. Jackie Chan uses only Mitsubishi cars in his movies.
5. A big player in the street racing scenes of the 1960s, today Mitsubishi has more than fifty years of experience in the global motorsport situation.

 

History : 5 things you didn't know about Emperor Akbar

1. Akbar was born on October 15, 1542 in Umarkot, India, and was enthroned at age 14.
2. Akbar made many historical monuments like Agra Fort, Fatehpur Sikri, Buland Darwaza, and Lahore Palace etc.
3. he had a special category of men called as the Navratanas or the nine gems. Each of these nine gems was genius in his own right. The most notable among them was Birbal.
4. He was also a great warrior.In the second battle of Panipat, Hemu suffered a huge defeat at the hands of Akbar. He was also victorious in the Battle of Talikota fought in 1576. 
5.  He was very fond of hunting and kept wild animals as pets.

Corporate : 5 things you didn't know about Cadillac

1. Cadillac’s company crest, which is a coat of arms, was designed and created by the company’s founder Henry Leland.
2. It is the second oldest American car maker after fellow American car maker General Motors.
3. Cadillac sold about 150, 000 cars in the United States in 2012 and China has been identified as the car maker’s second largest global market.
4. The Cadillac Ranch is a popular tourist destination in Amarilli, Texas.
5. The V8 engine which is the modern norm for the American car industry was one of the three engines advanced by Cadillac.

 

Random : 5 things you didn't know about Boeing 777

1. Since the first 777 entered service in June 1995, the airplane has flown almost five million flights and accumulated more than 18 million flight hours
2. In 2009, the 777 program delivered its 777th 777
3. There are 3 million parts in a 777 provided by 500 suppliers from around the world
4. It has a top speed of 950 kmph
5. It costs $258,800,000
   

Corporate : 5 things you didn't know about Nintendo

1. Nintendo is 121 years old.
2. Nintendo once made Lego-like bricks.
3. Nintendo's top 3 franchises : a) Mario - 240 million games sold                                                                                                    b) Pokemon - 200 million games sold                                       c) Zelda - 94 million games sold
4. The Wii is the best selling Nintendo game of all time.
5. Nintendo owns the baseball team Seattle Mariners.

 

Entertainment : Matthew McConaughey

Matthew McConaughey
DOB : November 4, 1969 (aged 44)
Popular Movies :

• Dallas Flyers Club
• Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past 
• How to lose a guy in 10 days
• Mud
• Fool's Gold
• Lincoln Lawyer

Intriguing Facts :

• His favorite superhero is The Hulk.
• McConaughey's lucky number is 8.
• He grew up following professional wrestling.
• He had watched only 2 movies by the age of 18.
• In his trip to Papau New Guinea he was inducted into the Kuppa Tribe of the Malagan Clan.
• McConaughey was never grounded when growing up.
• He won the Oscar for The Best Actor for his role in Dallas Buyers Club.

Sports : 5 things you didn't know about Virat Kohli

1. Virat Kohli born on 5th November, 1988 in Delhi, and a right-handed batsman.
2. He debuted in ODI against Sri Lanka on 18th August, 2008.
3. India won the Under 19 World Cup in 2008 in Malaysia under his captaincy.
4. Virat has scored more runs than Brian Lara, Dean Jones, Ricky Ponting, Michael Bevan, MS Dhoni, Sachin Tendulkar, Viv Richards after same number of ODIs(85).
5. Sunil Gavaskar recently said that Virat Kohli can break Sachin Tendulkar's ODI record.

Corporate : 5 things you didn't know about Jaguar

1. Originating as the Swallow Sidecar Company in the year 1922, the company used to make sidecars for motorbikes before they forayed into the production of automobiles.
2. British automaker Jaguar Cars Ltd. has been manufacturing cars under the Jaguar name since 1935.
3. Jaguar is currently owned by Tata Motors Ltd.
4. XJR-15 and XJ220, these are two of the most notable names in the Jaguar sports car range.
5. Though Jaguar does not have a presence per se in the motorsport scene right now, it has had big success earlier, especially in the famous Le Mans 24 Hours race.
    

Corporate : 5 things you didn't know about Audi

1. In 1932, Audi joined forces with three other companies to form Auto Union. The original four companies of Auto Union are represented by the overlapping rings of the Audi logo. 
2. ‘Audi’ actually means ‘hear’ in Latin. And the German for ‘hear’ is ‘horch.’ Coincidentally, the founder of Audi was called August Horch.
3. There are 36520 stitches on the leather interiors of an Audi A8.
4. In the early 1980’s Audi rally cars were the first to be fitted with dual-clutch transmissions.
5. Every Audi R8 body is run through an x-ray check after production.

 

Corporate : 5 things you didn't know about Chevrolet

1. Since 1912, Chevrolet has produced more than 200 million cars and trucks.
2. Every 6.5 seconds, a Chevloret is sold somewhere in the world.
3. In 2010, 1 out of every 1,615 people across the globe bought a Chevrolet.
4. Chevrolets are on the road in 2/3 of the world.
5. Chevrolet was acquired by GM motors in 1918.

Corporate : 5 things you didn't know about Lamborghini

1. Lamborghini is named after the founder of the company Ferruccio Lamborghini.
2. Lamborghini started as a tractor engine manufacturing company.
3. Ferruccio Lamborghini chose the bull logo for Lamborghini because his sun sign was Taurus.
4. The cars are named after fighting bulls, such as the Miura, the Diablo, the Gallardo and the Murcielago.
5. Lamborghini was once an independent company, but is now owned by Volkswagen AG together with Audi.

Random : 5 things you didn't know about Walmart

1. Walmart opened between four and five new stores every week in 2012.
2. It has 2.2 million employees around the world.
3. Each week, Walmart serves more than 200 million customers at more than 10,400 stores in 27 countries.
4. 90% of Americans live within 15 minutes of a Walmart.
5. Walmart parking lots alone take up an area roughly the size of Tampa, Florida.

 

 

Random : 5 things you didn't know about Coca-Cola

1. Coca-Cola became the first soft drink in space in 1985.
2. Every second, 10,450 Coca-Cola Company products are consumed in the world.
3. In 1929, the Coca-Cola slogan was "The Pause That Refreshes".
4. It was termed as the soldier's drink during World War II.
5. Coca-cola launched the first drinks bottles containing recycled materials in 1991.