Chew Over

#238

2012-02-10T22:50:00.002+05:30

The character of Hedwig (Harry potter's owl) is female but it is played by the male owls in the movie. The reason being male snowy owls are brighter. Believe it or not, this owl also had stunt doubles.

Source - Wikipedia and harrypotter.wikia.com

Image source - Unknown

#237

2012-02-08T22:15:00.001+05:30

The term scientist was coined somewhere around 1834. Before that, 'scientists' were known as natural philosopher and the word 'science' simply meant knowledge.

#236

2012-02-07T23:20:00.001+05:30

Rose Day

Do you know that the red rose is believed to be the favorite flower of Venus, the Roman god of love. Rose is also the national flower of England.

#235

2012-02-06T21:33:00.001+05:30

Do you know that Koala is not actually a bear and so the name Koala bear is incorrect.

#234

2012-02-02T21:20:00.001+05:30

Groundhog Day

In spite of all modern advancements in computing technologies, some people still rely on a rodent for predicting weather. In USA and Canada, 2nd Feb is celebrated as Groundhog Day. According to folklore, if it is cloudy when a groundhog emerges from its burrow on this day then spring will come early. If it is sunny, the groundhog will supposedly see its shadow and retreat back into its burrow, and the winter weather will continue for six more weeks.

BTW, it was cloudy here in Peoria, Illinois so expecting an early spring :)

If you haven't seen it yet, do watch this movie.

#233

2012-02-01T21:28:00.001+05:30

Do you know that February was the last month to be added in the Roman Calendar and for sometime it remained to be the last month of the year. Before that September, October, November and December, respectively, used to be the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth month of the year.

#232

2012-01-04T22:32:00.000+05:30

The word "Rook" is derived from its Persian counterpart "Rukh" which means Chariot.

#231

2012-01-03T22:28:00.002+05:30

Knowledge of Tamil Language is said to be passed by Lord Shiva himself to Agastya Muni.

#230

2012-01-02T23:20:00.000+05:30

In terms of human population, if the world population were to double every 50 years, as it has since 1850, then by the year 2200 the world population would be 96,000,000,000 and in the year 3000 the population would be 412,000 trillion. Thank god, this is not happening any more.

#229

2012-01-01T13:47:00.002+05:30

Happy New Year 2012

So this year, world is supposed to end :) . I hope not. Or may be I do. I don't know yet.

Well this is time for resolutions, I have made mine. Have you thought about yours. Speaking of resolution, what is the longest you have managed to follow your resolution. Please share.

Do you know, the most common resolution is 'Losing Weight'. I wish 'all the best' to all who have made this resolution and especially after gaining holidays pounds (or kgs).

One of my resolution is to update this blog daily (or atleast five times a week). Lets see how long I can manage. If you like it... then let me know.

#228

2011-12-06T11:43:00.001+05:30

Mughal princess were not allowed to be married.

#227

2011-12-05T21:13:00.001+05:30

Mosquitoes do not bite. They stab. A mosquito has no jaws; when attacking a victim, it pierces it with its long proboscis and sucks the blood up through a nasal tube.

#226

2011-12-01T11:42:00.001+05:30

The snow fall in Antarctica is so minimal that the continent has been called "the world's coldest desert". The interior receives less than 3 cm (1 inch) of precipitation a year, making it the driest continent on Earth. The Antarctic dry valleys in Victoria Land are among the driest places on Earth. Some scientists believe that no rain has fallen there for two million years. Astronauts have visited the dry valleys because of their similarity to lunar landscape

#225

2011-06-29T02:42:00.001+05:30

June 28th is a perfect no day....

... because both 6 and 28 are perfect numbers. Perfect number is a number that is equal to sum of its positive divisors.

#224

2011-05-21T00:21:00.002+05:30

What if you know that tomorrow the world will end.

I was just going through random articles on wikipedia when I stumbled upon a page dedicated for 2011 end times prediction. According to this wiki page, tomorrow (ie) on 21st May, 3% of the world population will perish.

So what are you doing today.

#223

2011-04-19T21:30:00.002+05:30

Thinking Ahead..... way ahead

Mughal Emperor Akbar had captured Chittorgarh (Chittor fort) from Maharaja Udai Singh II in 1568. But before this, Udai Singh sensed the Mughals' intention to capture Chittor and the strength of the army. Thus, he built a new town at Udaipur near the foothills of the Aravali mountains. Udai Singh II, father of Maharana Pratap, shifted his capital to Udaipur, when Chittor fell.

#222

2011-04-18T21:33:00.004+05:30

73 is an interesting number. It is the 21st prime number. If you exchange the place you get 37, which is the 12th prime number. It is also interesting that 7*3 = 21.

Source: Sheldon Cooper

The Big Bang Theory

#221

2011-03-29T11:11:00.001+05:30

Sushi is not raw fish. Sliced raw fish by itself is called sashimi, as distinct from sushi. Sushi is any food consisting of vinegared rice, usualy served with some other toppings, but not always.

#220

2011-03-28T09:53:00.002+05:30

Do you know Ostrichs are the fastest animal on 2 legs.

#219

2011-02-08T03:31:00.002+05:30

China has launched a new high speed rail which can reach maximum speed of 480kmph and more. It has a cruising speed of around 380kmph and currently this is the world fastest train.

#218

2010-10-29T00:10:00.003+05:30

Will Ferrel organized a promotion campaign for his new movie release 'Megamind' and called for 'other superheroes'. And his call was answered...

Around 2000 people took part in super hero costumes and doing so they also created a new world record (1580 eligible participants).

#217

2010-10-26T19:35:00.002+05:30

Krushnaa Patil is the youngest Indian woman to scale Mt. Everest. She was just 19 when she was waving the tricolor on the highest summit on this earth.

#216

2010-10-15T21:12:00.001+05:30

Cleopatra Stratan(born 6 Oct 2002) is the youngest person ever to score commercial success as a singer, with her 2006 album La vârsta de trei ani.

#215

2010-10-14T19:34:00.000+05:30

To check freshness of eggs: Put the egg in water. If it becomes horizontal, it's fresh. If it becomes slanting, its 3-4 days old. If it becomes vertical, its 10 days old. If it floats, it's stale.

#214

2010-10-12T20:04:00.002+05:30

Foot binding was a custom practiced on young girls and women for approximately one thousand years in China, beginning in the 10th century and ending in the early 20th century.

There was a great pride in the tiny feet once the foot had developed into the lotus shape and this pride was shown in the slippers girls and women made to cover their deformed feet. Walking on these feet necessitated bending the knees slightly and swaying to maintain the proper movement. This swaying walk became known as the Lotus Gait and was considered most exciting to men.

And they say beauty is all about inner quality....

#213

2010-10-08T19:51:00.002+05:30

Open a text file in notepad and write:

Dim msg, sapi
msg=InputBox("Enter your text","Talk it")
Set sapi=CreateObject("sapi.spvoice")
sapi.Speak msg

Save the file with a (*.vbs) extension, it will create a VBScript File.
Now open the saved file, input the text and press ok."

#212

2010-10-06T19:39:00.000+05:30

The Great Wall is only a maximum of 30 feet wide and is about the same color as its surroundings, so it's barely visible to the naked eye while orbiting Earth under ideal conditions, much less from the moon.

#211

2010-10-04T19:06:00.000+05:30

Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro are the only two actors to ever win separate Oscars for playing the same character. Brando won Best Actor for The Godfather (1972) and De Niro won Best Supporting Actor for this movie, both in the role of Vito Corleone

#210

2010-09-30T19:40:00.001+05:30

special effects in church.
The Harajuku Protestant Church, located in Tokyo. The ceiling is specially made to reverberate natural sound for 2 seconds to provide a unique listening experience for worshipers and tourists. quite mesmerizing

#209

2010-09-29T23:24:00.001+05:30

Paedocypris progenetica has been claimed to be the smallest known species of fish and vertebrate in the world. The smallest mature female measured 7.9 mm and the largest known individual 10.3 mm. And just for the record one (oridinary) rice grain is 1 cm (10 mm) long approx. Guess that would make rice-fish dish pretty interesting.

#208

2010-09-28T23:16:00.001+05:30

Practically all SLR and DSLR camera bodies can also be attached to telescopes and microscopes via an adapter tube to further enhance their imaging capabilities.

#207

2010-09-27T19:45:00.001+05:30

Previously all the grand slams (tennis) used to play on grass.

#206

2010-09-23T20:08:00.000+05:30

Ahoy Matey!
There is even a Talk like a Pirate Day!! 19 Sep is observed as Talk like a Pirate Day.

Perhaps we should start counting days like Valentine day, Rose day, TLP Day instead of using Sunday, Monday ... etc

#205

2010-09-22T20:27:00.002+05:30

Although the word equinox is often understood to mean "equal [day and] night," as is noted elsewhere, this is not strictly true. For most locations on earth, there are two distinct identifiable days per year when the length of day and night are closest to being equal; those days are commonly referred to as the "equiluxes" to distinguish them from the equinoxes.What is true about the equinoxes is that two observers at the same distance north and south of the Equator will experience nights of equal length.

Autumn Equinox is on 23rd September (UTC) this year.

#204

2010-09-20T10:55:00.003+05:30

Pi finds it 2,000,000,000,000,000th digit.

Full news

Normal PC will take 500 years to calculate pi's 2,000,000,000,000,000 and i bet the pc will be fed up before that.

#203

2010-09-16T22:38:00.001+05:30

Natalie Portman skipped the premiere of Star Wars: Episode I so she could study for her high school final exams.In June 2003, Portman graduated from Harvard College with a bachelor's degree in psychology.

#202

2010-09-15T23:28:00.000+05:30

The Aye-aye is an endangered species because due to native superstition. Besides being a general nuisance in villages, ancient Malagasy legend said that the Aye-aye was a symbol of death. So villagers kill it on sight. There is a hypothesis that the word "aye aye" signifies simply a cry of alarm to alert others to the presence of this animal, which many Malagasy consider an ill omen.

#201

2010-09-14T20:50:00.001+05:30

Search date range in google
Searches for a range of numbers: If you type Accidents 2000...2005 it will return you results about accidents during 2000 to 2005.

#200

2010-09-13T19:11:00.001+05:30

Celebrating success with 200 (Programmer Day special)

- An HTTP status code indicating a successful connection.

#199

2010-09-10T00:05:00.002+05:30

Edward Niño Hernandez has been certified as the shortest man in the world by the Guiness Book of World Records this september (2010). 24 year old Hernandez stand 27 inches 'tall'.

#198

2010-09-08T22:22:00.001+05:30

Mind BLOWing

Shobha Tipnis from India became the first woman in the world to inflate a rubber hot-water bottle with her lungs till it burst. Just keep it in mind that lungs are significantly weaker than a rubber hot-water bottle.

This woman CAN blow..

#197

2010-09-07T21:38:00.002+05:30

Avatar (movie): Each frame (1/24 of a second) of the CGI scenes took an average of 47 man-hours to complete.

Source: IMDB

BTW, today Google celebrates search engine's 12th birthday

#196

2010-09-03T19:02:00.001+05:30

Desert mole can move backward as fast as they can move forward.

#195

2010-09-01T20:58:00.002+05:30

As of 2010, Italy, with its 45 sites, has the highest number of World Heritage Sites.

#194

2010-08-31T20:20:00.001+05:30

Cocaine, morphine, and even heroin were seen as miracle cures when they were first discovered. Substances prohibited today were legally available in the past, so until the late 1800s, manufacturers proudly proclaimed that their products contained such drugs even for children. They were popular because not only they numb the pain but it could also put the user into the 'better mood'.

#193

2010-08-30T19:42:00.001+05:30

Any US aircraft carrying US president is called 'Air Force One'. Air Force One is not a plane's name rather it is traffic control call sign.

#192

2010-08-28T00:05:00.001+05:30

As a rough estimates, around 400-500 millions videos are viewed every day now on youtube. I was just wondering about the first ever video uploaded on youtube and here it is ->link

He was the co-founder of youtube.

#191

2010-08-26T18:30:00.001+05:30

Call phones from Gmail..

#190

2010-08-25T18:57:00.002+05:30

Earliest Safe

Around 18 century BC, gold was established as usable currency and source of wealth.Wealth compressed into the convenient form of gold brings one disadvantage. Unless well hidden or protected, it is easily stolen.

In early civilizations a temple is considered the safest refuge; it is a solid building, constantly attended, with a sacred character which itself may deter thieves.

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#189

2010-08-25T03:04:00.001+05:30

9 days and counting...

#188

2010-08-23T20:10:00.002+05:30

Hadaka Matsuri

Who wants to run naked (almost) in chilling winter. Apparently some people do

A hadaka matsuri is a type of Japanese festival, or matsuri, in which participants wear a minimum amount of clothing; usually just a Japanese loincloth (called fundoshi), sometimes with a short happi coat, and very rarely completely naked.

It is believed that Naked Man absorbs all bad luck and evil deeds from the men who touch him.Every year, approximately 9,000 men participate in this festival.

Source 1
Source 2

#187

2010-05-10T10:40:00.001+05:30

Ego Problem - Try this

We live on the planet, so we think it's an equal member of the Solar System. But that couldn't be further from the truth. The reality is that the mass of the Sun accounts for 99.8% of the mass of the Solar System. And most of that final 0.2% comes from Jupiter. So the mass of the Earth is a fraction of a fraction of the mass of the Solar System. Really, we barely exist.

#186

2009-05-06T09:50:00.000+05:30

History of Ping-Pong(table tennis):
The game has its origins in England as an after-dinner amusement for upper-class Victorians in the 1880s.

Early bats were often pieces of parchment stretched upon a frame, and the sound generated in play gave the game its first nicknames of "whiff-whaff" and "Ping-pong."

#185

2009-05-05T11:42:00.001+05:30

There are more venomous fish than snakes.

#184

2009-05-04T12:50:00.000+05:30

A Darwin Award have been given for people who "do a service to Humanity by removing themselves from the Gene pool", i।e., lose the ability to reproduce either by death or sterilization in a stupid fashion.However, despite claiming veracity as a requirement, most submitted stories are not verified against reliable published sources, and many of them are fictional.

Here is one example
One of the recipient of this award was the fellow who was killed by a Coke machine which toppled over on top of him while he was attempting to tip a free soda out of it.

#183

2008-10-31T09:30:00.001+05:30

The B-membrane looks nothing like a conventional computer, more like a spaceship or space station, but it is indeed a PC, able to project an image of your desktop on any surface you can point its omni-directional projector at, thus rendering even the slimmest LCD monitor useless. It also has a membrane keyboard and mouse that appear only when you need them too, and an optical drive.

Check the coolest computer.

#182

2008-10-29T10:06:00.001+05:30

In 1948, though World War II was over, Europe was still ravaged from the war. When it was announced that the Olympic Games would be resumed, many debated whether it was wise to have a festival when many European countries were in ruins and the people near starvation. To limit England's responsibility to feed all the athletes, it was agreed that the participants would bring their own food. Surplus food was donated to British hospitals.

#181

2008-10-21T10:31:00.003+05:30

In Casino, on a average roulette wheel has 38 blocks, 18 black, 18 red and 2 neither red nor black. So casino roulette wheel is tipped towards casino by 1/19 over a fair play game or payout.

Moreover casino has the advantage over you as it plays for longer duration of times. So you have to really lucky in order to win.

Ok Enough talking now roll the dice :P

#180

2008-10-20T07:36:00.002+05:30

Prime numbers are the building blocks of number system. There is challenge and prize money for finding out the largest prime number. If you can find one, fortune awaits for you. Try it.

Largest known prime number till date has only 12978189 digits ie if you want to write this number on word using times roman 12 font with single line spacing it will take around 4000 pages to write it down completely. :)

Check this site for more information

179

2008-09-15T10:02:00.000+05:30

This is something pretty cool and neat...and unbelievable. ..

Open Microsoft Word and type
=rand (200, 99)
And then press ENTER
Try changing figure of 200 and 99 and see how it works.

#178

2008-08-19T09:03:00.000+05:30

The Olympic flame made its debut at 1928 Olympic Games.

#177

2008-08-18T09:55:00.002+05:30

Now a days, every country spends a lot for Olympics Games and their players. But when it was held for the first time in 'modern era' in 1896 in Athens, it was not so official. Athletes wore their athletic club uniform rather than a national team one. Even such athlete also participated who were just coincidentally present in Athens as tourists.

#176

2008-08-14T19:22:00.000+05:30

The countries in this Olympics will be led by Greece, who traditionally enter first, and will be placed in order by stroke count with the Simplified Chinese characters instead of the usual alphabetical order. For example, Australia will enter in the 203rd position because the character is written in 15 strokes and they will be followed by Zambia whose character is written in 16 strokes.

#175

2008-08-13T08:47:00.001+05:30

The flame was carried to the top of Mount Everest.
The international portion of the relay was a problematic, month-long world tour that has seen wide-scale protests to China's human rights abuses and recent crackdown in Tibet. After trouble in London saw several attempts to put out the flame, the following day, the flame was extinguished in Paris.

#174

2008-08-12T20:15:00.000+05:30

Olympics has started.It began at 8:08 PM on 08-08-08.
So lets keep a track on few facts about olympics

This time Olympic torck covered the longest distance of any Olympic torch relay since the tradition began at the 1936 Berlin Games.
The design of the Olympic Torch is based on traditional scrolls and uses a traditional Chinese design known as the "Propitious Clouds". The torch is designed to remain lit in 65 kilometer per hour winds, and in rain of up to 50 millimeters per hour.
Interesting... isnt it.

#173

2008-08-11T10:18:00.002+05:30

All that Glitter may be Gold :)

Last minute changes.... the other post have to wait because India won its first ever individual gold medal.

#172

2008-08-07T20:34:00.000+05:30

The Most Advanced Quadruped Robot on Earth

#171

2008-08-06T08:50:00.001+05:30

A new technique can reveal some of these hidden paintings in unprecedented detail, say scientists who used it to newly reveal a work by Vincent van Gogh. It is a portrait of a woman, lurking underneath his picture Patch of Grass.

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#170

2008-08-05T09:43:00.001+05:30

Varahamihir, renowned astrologer and astronomer who was honored with a special decoration and status as one of the nine gems in the court of King Vikramaditya in Avanti (Ujjain). Varahamihir' s book "panchsiddhant" holds a prominent place in the realm of astronomy. He notes that the moon and planets are lustrous not because of their own light but due to sunlight. In the "Bruhad Samhita" and "Bruhad Jatak," he has revealed his discoveries in the domains of geography, constellation, science, botany and animal science. In his treatise on botanical science, Varamihir presents cures for various diseases afflicting plants and trees. The rishi-scientist survives through his unique contributions to the science of astrology and astronomy.

#169

2008-08-04T19:13:00.000+05:30

Celebrated as the founder of Sankhya philosophy, Acharya Kapil is believed to have been born in 3000 BCE to the illustrious sage Kardam and Devhuti. He gifted the world with the Sankhya School of Thought. His pioneering work threw light on the nature and principles of the ultimate Soul (Purusha), primal matter (Prakruti) and creation. His concept of transformation of energy and profound commentaries on atma, non-atma and the subtle elements of the cosmos places him in an elite class of master achievers - incomparable to the discoveries of other cosmologists. On his assertion that Prakruti, with the inspiration of Purusha, is the mother of cosmic creation and all energies, he contributed a new chapter in the science of cosmology. Because of his extrasensory observations and revelations on the secrets of creation, he is recognized and saluted as the Father of Cosmology.

#168

2008-08-01T08:00:00.001+05:30

Acharya Charak has been crowned as the Father of Medicine. His renowned work, the "Charak Samhita", is considered as an encyclopedia of Ayurveda. His principles, diagoneses, and cures retain their potency and truth even after a couple of millennia. When the science of anatomy was confused with different theories in Europe, Acharya Charak revealed through his innate genius and enquiries the facts on human anatomy, embryology, pharmacology, blood circulation and diseases like diabetes, tuberculosis, heart disease, etc. In the "Charak Samhita" he has described the medicinal qualities and functions of 100,000 herbal plants. He has emphasized the influence of diet and activity on mind and body. He has proved the correlation of spirituality and physical health contributed greatly to diagnostic and curative sciences. He has also prescribed and ethical charter for medical practitioners two centuries prior to the Hippocratic oath. Through his genius and intuition, Acharya Charak made landmark contributions to Ayurvedal. He forever remains etched in the annals of history as one of the greatest and noblest of rishi-scientists.

#167

2008-07-31T04:11:00.000+05:30

The Kangaroo got it's name When Captain James Cook asked one of his men in 1770 to inquire of an Aboriginal what was the name of the strange jumping animal, the man replied "Kangaroo" meaning, I can't understand what you are saying.

#166

2008-07-30T18:15:00.002+05:30

As the founder of "Vaisheshik Darshan"- one of six principal philosophies of India - Acharya Kanad was a genius in philosophy. He is believed to have been born in Prabhas Kshetra near Dwarika in Gujarat. He was the pioneer expounder of realism, law of causation and the atomic theory. He has classified all the objects of creation into nine elements, namely: earth, water, light, wind, ether, time, space, mind and soul. He says, "Every object of creation is made of atoms which in turn connect with each other to form molecules." His statement ushered in the Atomic Theory for the first time ever in the world, nearly 2500 years before John Dalton.. Kanad has also described the dimension and motion of atoms and their chemical reactions with each other. The eminent historian, T.N. Colebrook, has said, "Compared to the scientists of Europe, Kanad and other Indian scientists were the global masters of this field."

#165

2008-07-29T07:03:00.001+05:30

Born in the obscure village of Vijjadit (Jalgaon) in Maharastra, Bhaskaracharya' s work in Algebra, Arithmetic and Geometry catapulted him to fame and immortality. His renowned mathematical works called "Lilavati" and "Bijaganita" are considered to be unparalled and a memorial to his profound intelligence. Its translation in several languages of the world bear testimony to its eminence. In his treatise "Siddhant Shiromani" he writes on planetary positions, eclipses, cosmography, mathematical techniques and astronomical equipment. In the "Surya Siddhant" he makes a note on the force of gravity: "Objects fall on earth due to a force of attraction by the earth. Therefore, the earth, planets, constellations, moon, and sun are held in orbit due to this attraction." Bhaskaracharya was the first to discover gravity, 500 years before Sir Isaac Newton. He was the champion among mathematicians of ancient and medieval India. His works fired the imagination of Persian and European scholars, who through research on his works earned fame and popularity.

#164

2008-07-28T10:43:00.000+05:30

Nobody can create a FOLDER anywhere on the computer which can be named as "CON".
This is something pretty cool...and unbelievable. ..
TRY IT NOW, IT WILL NOT CREATE "CON" FOLDER

Reason
In windows the folder name and the special system variables share the same interface, so when you create a folder with a system variable name it will consider that folder already exist!!
These special system variables are available irrespective of path
You cannot create a folder with these names also:
CON, NUL, COM1, COM2, COM3, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3,COM1 to COM9 and LPT1 to LPT9....
CON means console, COM1 means serial port 1, LPT1 means parallel port 1

#163

2008-07-25T16:42:00.001+05:30

You can burn 26 calories in a 1-minute kiss

#162

2008-07-24T17:50:00.001+05:30

Eskimos use refrigerators to keep their food from freezing.

#161

2008-07-23T09:46:00.001+05:30

23 is a freaky number.
# It is the first prime number which is formed by two prime numbers and that too consecutive numbers.
# Each parent contributes 23 chromosomes to the start of human life.
# The Birthday Paradox states that a group of 23 randomly-selected people is the smallest number where there will be a probability higher than 50 per cent that two people will share the same birthday.
# "W" is the 23rd letter of the Latin alphabet. It has two points down and three points up.
# Earth is tilted at about 23 degree angle
# It takes nearly 23 seconds for flood to blow through the human body.
23 is also has many religious references like (Psalm is the 23rd book in the Douay Catholic bible, also known as the Shepherd Psalm, is possibly the most quoted and best known psalm) and is among the favorite numbers of famous sportsmen like Michael Jordon.
And 23 is the TCP/IP port used for telnet and is the default for the telnet command.

Today is 23rd July
All coincidences... I dont think so

#160

2008-07-22T20:51:00.000+05:30

Born in 476 CE in Kusumpur (Bihar), Aryabhatt's intellectual brilliance remapped the boundaries of mathematics and astronomy. In 499 CE, at the age of 23, he wrote a text on astronomy and an unparallel treatise on mathematics called "Aryabhatiyam. " He formulated the process of calculating the motion of planets and the time of eclipses. Aryabhatt was the first to proclaim that the earth is round, it rotates on its axis, orbits the sun and is suspended in space - 1000 years before Copernicus published his heliocentric theory. He is also acknowledged for calculating p (Pi) to four decimal places: 3.1416 and the sine table in trigonometry. Centuries later, in 825 CE, the Arab mathematician, Mohammed Ibna Musa credited the value of Pi to the Indians, "This value has been given by the Hindus." And above all, his most spectacular contribution was the concept of zero without which modern computer technology would have been non-existent. Aryabhatt was a colossus in the field of mathematics.

#159

2008-07-21T11:16:00.001+05:30

If Barbie were life size, her measurements would be 39-23-33. She would stand 7 feet 2 inches tall and have a neck twice the length of a normal human neck
And BTW, full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.

#158

2008-05-13T09:50:00.001+05:30

Elephants are the only animals that cannot jump

Crocodiles cannot stick their tongue out

People with blue eyes see better in dark.

#157

2008-05-12T07:50:00.000+05:30

In case of Elephant Seals, 4 percent of males account for 88 percent of all copulations. So we have some very lucky elephant seals and some very unlucky elephant seals.

#156

2008-05-07T10:29:00.001+05:30

The Guiness Book of Records says Bangkok has the longest place name in the world, with about 190 letters, depending on the transliteration:

Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit

#155

2008-05-05T10:24:00.000+05:30

The great warrior Genghis khan died in bed while having $ex.

#154

2008-04-29T07:02:00.000+05:30

Baldwin Street, in a quiet suburban part of New Zealand's southern city of Dunedin, is reputed to be the world's steepest street.At its maximum, the slope of Baldwin Street is approximately 1:2.86 (19° or 35%) - that is, for every 2.86 metres travelled horizontally, the elevation rises by 1 metre.

#153

2008-04-23T11:16:00.000+05:30

In 24 Hours average human blood flows 16,80,000 miles.

#152

2008-04-16T06:30:00.001+05:30

Animals can often suffer from repetitive stress syndrome, pacing backwards and forwards in their enclosures like an elephant in a concrete zoo cage. Or monkeys used for dancing will often be seen biting themselves.
Some animals can become stressed or bored to the extent of self-mutilation like octopus. Some parrots, again an "intelligent" animal, will pluck all its own feathers out.

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#151

2008-04-15T05:56:00.001+05:30

The natural sex ratio (humans) at birth is estimated close to 1.05 males/female. Due to the generally higher life expectancy of females, sex ratio tends to even out in adult population, and result in an excess of females among the elderly.

#150

2008-04-14T04:48:00.001+05:30

Under the Mughals, agricultural taxes were collected according to the Hijri calendar. However, as the Hijri calendar is a Moon calendar, it does not coincide with the harvest. As a result, farmers were hard-pressed to pay taxes out of season. In order to streamline tax collection, the Mughal Emperor Akbar ordered a reform of the calendar. Accordingly, Fatehullah Shirazi, a renowned scholar and astronomer, formulated the Bangla year on the basis of the lunar Hijri and Bangla solar calendars. The new Fasli San (agricultural year) was introduced on 10/11 March 1584, but was dated from Akbar's ascension to the throne in 1556. The new year subsequently became known as Bôngabdo or Bengali year.

SUBHO NABA BARSO

#149

2008-04-01T09:48:00.000+05:30

April 1 2003. Alex McLeish, manager of Scottish football club Rangers announced the signing of seventeen year old Turkish player Yardis Alpolfo in a £5 million deal. The name is in fact an anagram of "April Fool's Day" but many news sources, including Reuters, reported the story.

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#148

2008-03-31T10:58:00.003+05:30

Projections of population growth predict that the world's population will eventually crest (obviously). Some predict it will be around 9 billion and some predict it to 10-11 billion and around 2050.

11 billion people... :O

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#147

2008-03-14T20:00:00.002+05:30

3.14

It's Pi Day, a celebration of the mathematical ratio that man has been trying to unlock for millennia. But why are we driven to find the answers behind it?
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#146

2008-03-13T03:13:00.002+05:30

You know what is the most popular English song....

.

It is.........
Happy Birthday to You....

And it is copyrighted.

#145

2008-03-12T04:35:00.002+05:30

The Indian numeral system (base 10) reached Europe in the 11th century, via the Iberian Peninsula through Spanish Muslims the Moors, together with knowledge of astronomy and instruments like the astrolabe, first imported by Gerbert of Aurillac. So in Europe they came to be known as "Arabic numerals". The Italian mathematician Fibonacci or Leonardo of Pisa was instrumental in bringing the system into European mathematics in 1202,

#144

2008-03-11T08:00:00.000+05:30

Honey is the only food which can not go bad.

#143

2008-03-06T01:10:00.002+05:30

Forget crosswords. If you really want to boost your brain power, eat dark chocolate, consume cold meat and have plenty of sex, if possible every day.

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#142

2008-03-05T08:14:00.001+05:30

The Indian-head penny was minted in the U.S., but there was no Indian on it. According to the curator of the mint, the mint's engraver, James B. Longacre, "modeled" a bust of Liberty wearing "a feather bonnet" for the piece. From the beginning, people mistook the Liberty head for an Indian head, and the misnamed Indian-head penny was born.

#141

2008-03-04T07:25:00.000+05:30

Try this...

Dalmatians are born without spots.
Every time you sneeze some of your brain cells die.

#140

2008-03-03T10:08:00.000+05:30

Rats can live longer than camels without water.

#139

2008-02-26T03:23:00.000+05:30

The word "zero" came via French zéro from Venetian language zero, which (together with "cipher") came via Italian zefiro from Arabic صفر, şafira = "it was empty", şifr = "zero", "nothing", which was used to translate Sanskrit śūnya ( शून्य ), meaning void or empty.

So this is the transition of sunya to zero.