TurnToIslam If you want to know@tti/2nd Edition.

[queenislam]

In New York, a Jew is a Jew, an Italian is an Italian, a Muslim is a Muslim: Nobody's going out of his way to treat you in a special way
Peter Eisenman

 

[Abu Juwairiya]

Minutes before the Halifax Explosion, (one of the largest non-nuclear, man-made explosions) a dispatcher named Vince Coleman returned to his station to send a warning telegram, saving 300 lives at the cost of his own.

 

[Abu Juwairiya]

A man loved his goldfish so much he paid almost $500 for a life saving surgery to remove its constipation.

 

[Abu Juwairiya]

Even though Google’s self-driving cats have logged over 700,000 miles, they have yet to overcome the navigational hurdles of snow, heavy rain, open parking lots, multilevel parking garages, construction zones, and when the sun is directly behind a traffic light.

 

[Abu Juwairiya]

Ruth Lawrence, a child prodigy, passed the Oxford University maths exam at age 10, coming first out of all 530 candidates, she then completed the degree a year early by age 13.

 

[Abu Juwairiya]

Kids Wish Foundation was named America’s Worst Charity. Only 3 cents of every dollar raised went to the actual cause.

 

[Abu Juwairiya]

New York-based hair stylist Mark Bustos gives free haircuts to the homeless every Sunday.

 

[Abu Juwairiya]

Economists have pointed out that if all the money spent on US federal antipoverty programs were given to the poor, a family of four would have an annual income near $70,000. They get less than half the money given in their name; most goes to fund the bureaucracies that run the programs.

 

[Abu Juwairiya]

The typical tax evader in the United States is a male under the age of 50 in the highest tax bracket and with a complicated return, and the most common means of tax evasion is overstatement of charitable contributions, particularly church donations.

 

[Abu Juwairiya]

There was a woman in 1972 who possessed a visual acuity 20 times better than average. She could identify people at a distance of more than a mile (1.6 km).

 

[Abu Juwairiya]

A company in the UK uses the foreskins of circumcised babies to develop an anti-wrinkle cosmetic treatments.

 

[Abu Juwairiya]

Astronaut Michael Collin’s secret fear was that he had to return to Earth alone, leaving Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stranded on the moon. He sometimes thought it would be better to not have that option.

 

[Abu Juwairiya]

Google prefers dogs to cats. Their code of conduct specifically states that they are a dog company.

 

[Abu Juwairiya]

A study showed the brain’s pain receptors activate when we see high prices, but using credit cards instead of cash effectively anesthetizes the pain of paying.

 

[Abu Juwairiya]

Vincent Van Gough (1853-1890)was almost unknown during his lifetime, suffered from fits of depression, was put into confinement in an asylum and was fired as an evangelist (his second job). He later committed suicide.

 

[queenislam]

Mangoes have you been doing it wrong

 

[queenislam]

 

[queenislam]

8 in 10 healthcare workers show up to work while feeling sick, even if they know it poses a risk to their patients.

 

[queenislam]

Socially anxious people can lessen their anxiety by performing small acts of kindness, a study found.

 

[queenislam]

A study found that over 750 pop songs refer to weather, the most common being sun and rain, and blizzards being the least common.