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Posted by on Tuesday, April 3, 2012,
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Awards
The Dalai Lama declared Winner of One of World's Leading Religion Prizes, Templeton Prize for 2012
Tamil Writer A A Manavalan to be Awarded Saraswati Samman 2011 for his Book on Ramayana
Legendary Bengali Actor Soumitra Chatterjee selected for the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2012
National Award for Sanitation & Water in name of Maharashtrian Saint, Sant Gadge Baba initiated
Bollywood Actress Vidya Balan named Best Actress at the 59th National Film Awards
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Posted by on Tuesday, April 3, 2012,
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Facts
- Tiny Lizard called Brookesia mirca was found in Madagascar
- Scientists found the Extinct Monkey, the Miller’s Grizzled Langur in Indonesia
- Indian Black Eagle was Spotted after 90 Years in the Aravali Biodiversity Park
- Asian Honeybees shake their Abdomen to Guard the Entrance to their Hive
- The Ozone hole found by the scientists reached its maximum annual size on 14 September 2011, becoming the fifth largest on record
- The Sunderbans forest plays an important ecological role by ab...
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Posted by on Tuesday, April 3, 2012,
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Monuments
Restoration work on Isa Khan's tomb in New Delhi led to the discovery of the country's oldest sunken garden. Restorers at the Isa Khan's tomb in the precincts of the Humayun's Tomb World Heritage Site discovered that the Isa Khan's tomb stood within a hitherto unknown sunken garden. The sunken garden predates the famed gardens that the Mughals built and popularised. Pieces of underlying archaeology were also uncovered at the site.
History remembers Isa Khan finds as a brave and valiant noble ... Continue reading ...
Posted by on Tuesday, April 3, 2012,
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Facts
Two teams of astronomers discovered the largest and farthest reservoir of water ever detected in the universe.The water in the reservoir is equivalent to 140 trillion times all the water in the world’s ocean. The water surrounds a huge feeding black hole, called a quasar more than 12 billion light years away.
A quasar is powered by an enormous black hole that consumes a surrounding disk of gas and dust. Astronomers studied a quasar called APM 08279+5255. This quasar harbors a black hole 20...
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Posted by on Monday, April 2, 2012,
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Facts
- The average person has 100,000 hairs on his/her head. Each hair grows about 5 inches (12.7 cm) every year.
- There are 60,000 miles (97,000 km) in blood vessels in every human.
- Healthy nails grow about 2 cm each year. Fingernails grow four times as fast as toenails.
- Most people blink about 17,000 times a day.
- Only humans sleep on their backs.
- The human brain is 80% water.
- Everyone's tongue print is different.
- Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears ...
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Posted by on Thursday, March 22, 2012,
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MYTHS
The Myth:: Apple seeds contain cyanide.
True.Cyanide prohibits blood from carrying oxygen, causing death by asphyxiation. And, sadly, the pips inside the “fruit of life” do contain a cyanide-sugar compound. But hold on: It would take a large quantity of apple seeds to cause a fatality, since the body can detoxify cyanide in small doses. Additionally, the fatal compound stays safely contained within the tough outer shell of the pip, which is usually not ingested. Note: Cherry, peach and apr... Continue reading ...
Posted by on Thursday, December 1, 2011,
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Ketchup
Scientists have created a super-slippery material based on a carnivorous plant that, among many applications, could make it easier to get sauce out of ketchup bottles.
The researchers behind the substance were inspired by the Nepenthes pitcher plants, which has a highly slippery surface at the top of its flute-shaped leaves so that insects tumble down into the digestive juices contained inside.
They found that the plant's leaves have a sponge-like texture that are infused with water, which pr...
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Posted by on Wednesday, November 30, 2011,
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orchid
Bulbophyllum nocturnum, which is the world's first known night-flowering orchid, which has been discovered on New Britain island, near Papua New Guinea.
Flowers that open only at night are seen in a relatively small number of plant species, such as the queen of the night cactus, the midnight horror tree and night blooming jasmine. The new species belongs to a group of plants which are known for their bizarre flowers.
But experts say it has never been documented in the 25,000 species of orc... Continue reading ...
Posted by on Thursday, November 24, 2011,
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pictures
Posted by Priya Nair on Tuesday, November 22, 2011,
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Recycling
A group of Japanese students has invented a way of turning cigarette butts into T-shirts.
The unusual recycling project involves the students collecting old cigarette butts from local parlours and gas stations.
After employing a technique developed by scientists to reduce harmful toxins, the threads are then woven into a fabric before being used to make T-shirts, the Asahi Shimbun newspaper reported.
The idea was the brainchild of Shinji Sawai, 21, a student at College of Economics of... Continue reading ...
Posted by on Tuesday, November 22, 2011,
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facebook
Facebook has reportedly admitted tracking which sites its users visit even after they
log off, thanks to plug-ins and cookies.
Facebook, which has more than 800 million active users, also keeps close track of where millions
of non-members of the social networking site go on the web, even after they visit a webpage for any
reason only once, USA Today reported.
To do this, it relies on tracking cookie technologies similar to the controversial systems used by Google,
Adobe, Microsoft, Yahoo... Continue reading ...
The word “password” has topped the list of the 25 worst web passwords people commonly choose while
logging in into sites, making them more vulnerable to hackers.
According to the list generated by SplashData,an American password management data application, other passwords making it to the list include “abc123”, “iloveyou” and “monkey”.
“Even though people are encouraged to select secure, strong passwords, many people continue to choose weak,
easy-to-guess ones, placing themse... Continue reading ...
Posted by on Sunday, November 20, 2011,
Fun facts about Mickey Mouse
Mickey mouse celebrates his birthday on November 18.
Walt Disney wanted to name Mickey as ‘Mortimer Mouse ‘.
The creation of Mickey Mouse earned Walt Disney an honorary Academy Award in 1932 .
Mickey was given his own entry in the Encyclopedia Britannica in 1934.
Mickey’s favourite sayings are “oh boy” ,”gosh” ,”that sure is swell”, “aw,gee…” ,see ya soon”.
Mickey is an anthropomorphic black mouse and typically wears red shorts, large yellow... Continue reading ...
Posted by on Friday, November 18, 2011,
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Facts
The word 'rhythm' is the longest word without a vowel
A lobsters blood is colorless but when exposed to oxygen it turns blue
Frogs can't swallow with their eyes open
You can't tickle yourself
French fries are originally from Belgium
March 14 is 'save a spider day'
Brazil covers 50% of the South American continent
Apples are more effective at waking you up in the morning than coffee
Goldfish can see both infrared and ultraviolet light.
Giraffes can't swim.
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When you add the last two digit of your date of birth and your age it willcome 111 example a person's 2 Dec ,1952 his present age is 59. Add 52 and 59 gives 111 . Try with your date of birth and age .............it will be 111 Continue reading ...
Mahatma Gandhi spoke English with an Irish accent
He had a set of false teeth, which he carried in a fold of his loin cloth.
As a lawyer in London, he got nowhere at all. He was practically a failure there. Later, he was sent to South Africa to collect some huge debts; and he tried to apply there the philosophy of the Sermon on the Mount.
His income during those daysin South Africa touched fifteen thousand dollars a year!
Mahatma Gandhi experimented with dietsto see how cheaply he could live an...
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Posted by P N on Saturday, November 12, 2011,
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Ai Weiwei
BEIJING (AP) — Influential British magazine Art Review has named China's politically outspoken Ai Weiwei as its most powerful artist of 2011.
The honor is the latest sign of how Ai's fame has soared following his arrest at Beijing airport in April and subsequent 81 days in detention amid a crackdown on dissidents, lawyers, and government critics. Although freed, he remains under investigation for economic crimes and has been warned not to make public statements. Continue reading ...
Posted by Pn on Saturday, November 12, 2011,
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Marathon
A 100-year-old British man has become the world’s oldest marathon runner after finishing a race in Canada.
Born in the Punjab on 1 April 1911, Singh was a farmer when he first developed a love for running Indian-born Fauja Singh, from east London, ran the Toronto Waterfront Marathon in eight hours, 25 minutes and 16 seconds – finshing in 3,850th place, ahead of five other competitors.
Officials from the Guinness Book of World Records were present to witness Mr Singh become the oldest per... Continue reading ...
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India's First Supercomputer
India's First Super computer was PARAM 8000. PARAM stood for Parallel Machine. The computer was developed by the government run Center for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) in 1991. The PARAM 8000 was introduced in 1991 with a rating of 1 Gigaflop (billion floating point operations per second). All the chips and other elements that were used in making of PARAM were bought from the open domestic market. The various components developed and used in the PARAM...
Posted by Priya Nair on Friday, November 11, 2011,
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Burj Kalifa
 The tallest man-made structure is BURJ KHALIFA, a skyscraper in Dubai that reached 829.84 m (2,723 ft) in height .The building gained the official title of "Tallest Building in the World" at its opening on January 4, 2010. It is taller than any other man-made structure ever built. Continue reading ...
The U.S. Constitution has 4,400 words. It is the oldest and shortest written Constitution of any major government in the world.The Constitution was “penned” by Jacob Shallus, a Pennsylvania General Assembly clerk, for a fee of $30.The entire Constitution is displayed in public just one day a year — September 17. This is the anniversary of the day the framers signed the document. Continue reading ...
Posted by Priya Nair on Friday, November 11, 2011,
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Chief Justice
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Muhammad Hidayatullah, the only Chief Justice of India ,to hold the post of the
President of India (July 20,1969-August 24,1969) was born in Lucknow in 1905.
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Gate way of India was built as a triumphal arch to commemorate the visit of
King George V and Queen Mary,
complete with four turrets and intricate latticework carved into the yellow basalt stone.
Ironically, when the Raj ended in 1947, this colonial symbol also became a sort of epitaph:
the last of the British ships that set sail for England left from the Gateway.
Today this symbol of colonialism has got Indianised, drawing droves of local tourists and citizens.
Behind the arch, there are ste... Continue reading ...
Posted by pn on Wednesday, November 9, 2011,
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Toothpaste
Toothpaste contains calcium, antimicrobial agents that inhibits growth of bacteria and sodium fluoride.That is why it cleans the teeth and gets rid of toothache, filing teeth, leaving the teeth white, cleaned and disinfected.
In case of burns, herpes or scratches, you can apply a little toothpaste on the affected area at regular intervals and you will quickly get rid of troubles.
Try to wash your hands with toothpaste and you get rid of onion odor.
Spots on the clothes can be removed by... Continue reading ...
Posted by PN on Wednesday, November 9, 2011,
Nargis,Yadav born on october 31 ,2011in Dauraha village ,lucknow was officially declared to be the seven billionth citizen of the world. Continue reading ...
Posted by P N on Wednesday, November 9, 2011,
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chess
India is the birthplace of chess. The original word for “chess” is the Sanskrit chaturanga, meaning “four members of an army”—which were mostly likely elephants, horses, chariots, and foot soldiers. Continue reading ...
Posted by P N on Wednesday, November 9, 2011,
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Ginger
Ginger has always been an essential part of most Indian kitchens and grandmothers' medicine boxes. This spice has been used to treat the feeling of vomiting and indigestion. grandmothers have known all along that the juice squeezed from ginger mixed with lime juice can stop one from feeling like vomiting. Since the taste is not very appealing, especially to children, jaggery or gur is often used to mask the strong taste of ginger Continue reading ...
Posted by P N on Wednesday, November 9, 2011,
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pineapple
About pineapple
When you look at a pineapple you may think you are looking at one fruit. Actually, the pineapple is a group of tightly packed small fruits! The pineapple is native of southern Brazil and Paraguay in South America. Native Indians spread this fruit, called Ananas, through South and Central America to the West Indies. In 1493, Columbus, on his voyage to the Caribbean, found the fruit on the island of Guadaloupe. The pineapple plant grows about 2 meter high with a spread of 3 to 4... Continue reading ...
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