Know Your Day [Jan 8th, 2013]

Birthdays:
Mary Evans a.k.a. Mary Evans Wadia a.k.a. Fearless Nadia (8 January 1908 – 9 January 1996) was an actress, most remembered as the masked, cloaked adventurer in Hunterwali (The Princess and the Hunter) released in 1935 which was one of the earliest female-lead Indian films.
Mary came to Bombay in 1913 at the age of five with her father. In 1915, her father’s untimely death at the hands of Germans during World War I prompted the family’s move to Peshawar.
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Inventions/Patents :
1889 - The tabulating machine was patented by Tabulating Machine Company, which later became IBM. 
IBM
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Events Happened This Day But Not Today :
1998 - Scientists announced that galaxies were accelerating and moving apart at faster speeds. 
galaxies
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Facts you Didn't Know :
If Twitter were a country, it'd be the 12th largest in the world, that's only a little more than 1% of the world population
Twitter
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Quotes :
There are two people who I trust, the first person is me the other is not you!            
- Nicholas Cage, from Con Air 
Nicholas Cage, from Con Air
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Health Facts :
It might only take you a few minutes to finish a meal but it takes your body around 12 hours before it has completely digested the food.
your body
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Fact of Cricket:
Australia and England started the international one-day cricket in 1971, while west-indies and india started in 1974, Just after one year late in 1975, west-indies won the world cup.
Australia and England
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