Things you never knew...

Been watching lots of documentaries lately and gotten a couple of trivia that I think not many knew.. I think.. :p

1. The 'SI' of MALAYSIA came from Singapore
Yes, that's true.. when Singapore joined us (briefly), together with Sabah and Sarawak, in 1963, the Federation of Malaya changed its name from MALAYA to MALAYSIA.. can't seems to find much reference to this fact in the Internet.. got this tiny bit of important trivia (kinda oxymoron) from a documentary about Singapore's 'sudden' independence... [What if they had placed 'SI' in other locations? Will we have 'Masilaya', 'Malasiya' or 'Malayasi' instead?? :x :x]

2. Albert Einstein wrote a letter to Roosevelt in 1939 urging America to establish the nuclear capability before the Germans. The US never stopped its effort to create a nuclear bomb even after the Nazi had surrendered. And Einstein had regretted his actions when 2 atomic bombs were used on the Japanese.. [What if he never wrote the letter, then the atomic bombs might not have been made and dropped. Will the geopolitical scenes now be the same??]

3. Increasing number of polar bears are drowning.
Although polar bears are strong swimmers, with receding shore lines in the Arctic and lesser ice floes, they have to swim up to 60 miles to look for food. Often they can't find ice floes to climb up and drown due to exhaustion, hypothermia or being swamped by waves. :( [What if all the ice caps melt? Think this is just the tip of the iceberg of the things to come...]

4. There are multiple parallel universes out there..
that is, according to the String Theory.. which is the so-far the best candidate theory to unite quantum mechanics and the theory of general relativity.. However, there is (still) no way to test or validate the String Theory except mathematically...
[What if the theory can be proven?? Does that mean there is more than one 'ME' out there?? Would be interesting to meet one of 'ME'.. :p]

5. The Books in the Bible was chosen by men
that is, according to several documentary on the Bible.. Which books got into being the 'official' version of the Bible were determined by several powerful men, including Constantine and the church leaders in the 4th Century. Of course, to the believers, these books were chosen by God through these men; to the non-believers, it's "huh?"... [What if.. just think about the what-ifs of both cases...]