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Plastic Surgery

'Plastic' is derived from the Greek word 'plastikos' to mean 'molding or giving form'.

91% of plastic surgery patients are women and only 9% are men.

Most plastic surgeries are performed so as to look like celebrities.

Egyptians are one of the early users of plastic surgery when they used it on the dead so that the person looks the same even after death.

During Middle Ages, plastic surgery is considered sin because it alters the God's creation.

India is reported to have performed Nose surgery in 600 B.C.

During the 16th century, cosmetic procedures were actually performed in barbershops by regular barbers.

Plastic surgery techniques were improved many folds because of demand to treat the injured in the World War.

Dr. Yves-Gerard Illouz is attributed for the modern liposuction technique using blunt cannulas for fat removal was developed in France in the year 1977.

US president Bill Clinton introduced a bill stating that the cost of plastic surgeries should be covered under insurance policies was put forward for the first time.

Nose reshaping and breast augmentation are the two most famous plastic surgeries performed all over the world. The top five surgical cosmetic procedures are liposuction, breast augmentation, eyelid surgery, rhinoplasty (nose jobs) and face lifts

6-15% of patients seeking cosmetic surgery have BDD. BDDD is Body dysmorphic disorder, a psychological disorder where a person is fixated with a flaw in their appearance, which is often very minor or not real.

Dr. Keith Durante, a New York based plastic surgeon has created a new form of hair transplant. His $7500 Cara Package is named after Cara Delevingne, a model who became popular from the movie Paper Towns.

The US has spent $10 Billion on plastic surgery in 2009.

Hollywood

Harvey and Daeida Wilcox owned a ranch called Hollywood where the modern-day Mecca of entertainment stands!

The first movie to be made in Hollywood was 'In Old California' in 1910. This was a 17-minute short film by legendary director D. W. Griffith, who was also responsible for the groundbreaking 'Birth Of A Nation.'

Prior to 1910, there were no movie theaters in the Hollywood district--because they were banned!

The Hollywood Sign is almost 90 years old. The original Hollywood sign was constructed in 1923, the same year that Rin Tin Tin gained fame as a canine film star. Though it wasn’t originally meant to be an icon for the film industry, the sign was created during the beginning of the glamorous, decadent Golden Age of Hollywood: in 1925, Ben Hur was released with its record-breaking production budget of $3.95 million.

The first sign didn’t say “Hollywood.” To advertise the Hollywoodland development, the sign was composed of 13 letters that spelled out the development’s name: “HOLLYWOODLAND.” The last four letters of the sign wouldn’t be dropped until 1949.

4,000 light bulbs graced the original Hollywoodland sign. The bulbs were timed to blink so that the words “HOLLY,” “WOOD,” and “LAND” each lit up consecutively, followed by the entire word.

An Englishman designed the Hollywood sign. Thomas Fisk Goff, the artist who created the Hollywood sign, was born in London in 1890. He immigrated to the United States and settled in Los Angeles in the early 1920’s and opened the Crescent Sign Company.

The sign had its very own caretaker. The real estate developers hired Albert Kothe to act as caretaker.

The Hollywood sign was the site of a suicide. Sadly, the allure of fame and fortune was not reality for many who flocked to Hollywood in hopes of becoming actors and actresses.

The Hollywoodland sign went dark in 1939. The stock market crash of 1929 and the subsequent Depression during the 1930’s halted real estate development.

The sign was hit by a car. You might not think that a sign perched on the side of a steep hill would be in danger of being hit by a car. But one night, Albert Kothe had a little too much too drink. He drove his 1928 Ford station wagon right off the cliff just above the sign. The car rolled down the hill, smashing into the “H.” Luckily, Albert was OK, but both the Ford and the “H” were destroyed.

The sign was almost torn down completely in 1949. In 1944 the city of Los Angeles purchased 455 acres from the Hollywoodland developers, including the land on which the Hollywoodland sign sat. The city didn’t necessarily want a huge real estate billboard, but they let the sign sit there for another five years until they decided to tear it down. But residents who had come to love the sign protested its removal.

The Hollywood sign is an official landmark. By 1973, the sign was seriously deteriorated again, broken-down and rusty. The city slapped another coat of paint on it and also declared it “L.A. Cultural and Historical Monument #111.”

In the 1970’s, the sign went to pot. On January 1, 1976, prankster Danny Finegood hung curtains over the last two “O’s” in the sign, changing it to read “HOLLYWEED” to commemorate the introduction of a more relaxed marijuana law in California.

The Hollywood sign has almost as much security as Fort Knox. In order to keep people away from the sign and keep the sign from being vandalized, a specially-designed security system was developed. The Department of Homeland Security even got involved… that’s how serious L.A. is about protecting its iconic sign. The security involves razor wire, infrared technology, 24 hour monitoring, motion sensors, alarms and helicopter patrols.

The sign has its very own trust fund. The Hollywood Sign Trust was created in 1992 for the purpose of maintaining and promoting the Hollywood sign.

Bible

The word "Christian" appears only three times in the Bible: Acts 11:26; 26:28; 1 Peter 4:16.

Esther is the only book in the Bible that does not contain the word "God."

There are 66 books in the Bible, 39 in the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament.

There are 12 books of the Bible that start with J.

The most shoplifted book in the world is the Bible.

Bethany, home to Mary, Martha, and Lazarus (close friends of Jesus), was only about 2 miles from Jerusalem (Jn 11:18).

According the stories in the Bible, God killed minimum 2,400,000 people, while Satan killed only about 10.

Swearing on the Bible, is against the Bible.

There is no physical description of Jesus in The Bible.

Methuselah was the oldest man at 969 yrs old (Gen 5:27)

The only boat mentioned by name in the Bible is the Castor and Pollux (Acts 28:11).

Genesis never says Adam and Eve ate an apple, only that they ate fruit.

The only place an apple tree is mentioned in the Bible is (Song 2:3).

David is mentioned 1139 times in the Bible, second only to Jesus.

Elephants are never mentioned in the Bible. However, ivory, which comes from elephants' tusks, is mentioned 13 times.

The last word in the Bible is AMEN.

Amen means basically "so be it."