Saturday 15 October 2022

Android keyboard features and shortcuts

Android keyboard has many features in it. Like, word suggestions, use space-bar to navigate to words in left or right, clipboard to paste frequently used words/phrases etc.


Let's go one by one.

1. Word suggestion feature:


Go to settings>Text correction>Check all the options.


2. Delete one word:


Select, hold the back/delete button and swipe to the left and see the magic. It deletes one or multiple selected words.




Tuesday 5 July 2016

What percentage of the world population are left handed?


Left-handedness is less common than right-handedness. Left-handed people are more skillful with their left hands when performing tasks. Studies suggest that approximately 10% of the world population is left-handed. Mixed-handedness is the change of hand preference between tasks.

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Why do we rub our eyes when we are tired?


Tired eyes get dry, and rubbing stimulates the lacrimal glands to produce more fluid. Tiredness also closes your eyes, so you may rub to keep them open. Finally, there's a connection between the muscles that move your eyes around and your heart. When these muscles are stimulated, a reflex slows the heart.

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What colors make you feel hungry?


Most fast food colors are orange and red and why the color yellow makes babies cry. We know through many scientific tests that red causes us to feel hungry and we know that yellow makes babies think they are in the sunlight so they cry to tell their moms that they don't like it.

most fast food logos contain one or more of the following colors– redyellow,orange, or green; particularly the former two. That's because, according to the color theory, these colors are known to subconsciously trigger hunger and/or induce excitement.

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How many rooms are there in the White House?


White House Trivia. There are 132 rooms, 35 bathrooms, and 6 levels in the Residence. There are also 412 doors, 147 windows, 28 fireplaces, 8 staircases, and 3 elevators.

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How many people can fit in a jumbo jet?


The BOEING 747-400 passenger version can accommodate 416 passengers in a typical three-class layout, 524 passengers in a typical two-class layout, or 660 passengers in a high density one-class configuration.

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Saturday 2 July 2016

Is a rainbow really a full circle?

Rainbows caused by sunlight always appear in the section of sky directly opposite the sun. Rainbows can be full circles; however, the average observer sees only an arc formed by illuminated droplets above the ground, and centred on a line from the sun to the observer's eye.