CULTURAL QA06-2021-07 Being a compilation there may be errors
Q1 If humans use deodorant because armpit odor is offensive,from an evolutionary perspective how can you explain why we didn't developpleasant smelling armpits? A1 Ken Saladin Former professorof histology (microscopic anatomy) Fri The odor many find offensive is largely an effect of wearing clothes that retard the evaporationof sweat. Sweat lingers longer, resulting in more bacterialfermentation and production of odoriferous breakdown products. Evolution didn’tprepare humans for wearing clothes. Q2 How did they calculate the dates of events in BC years? Howdid they even know the year was 154 BC? How did they know that Christ would beborn 154 years from then? A2 Matt Riggsby MA Archaeology,Boston University Thu They didn’t. The AD system wasn’t invented until long after the life of Christ. It was developed by a monk living inthe Balkans name Dionysius Exiguus, around what’s now 525 AD. Before that, people did not useAD/BC dates. Rather, they used a variety of other dating systems. Most of the time, itwas based on reigns of local rulers. People interested in longer spans ofhistory found other ways of dating events. Roman historians dated things from the founding of thecity of Rome, while the Greeks counted Olympiads. Dating in this country wouldn’t make much sense in that country, but withlow levels of “international” travel and coordination, that wasn’t really aproblem. Q3 If Aryabhata invented 0 in Kali Yuga, how do we know thatthere were 100 Kauravas in Mahabharata? A3 Raja Seth FormerThinker, mentor, humanitarian4m ago Dudes, there were no numbering methods in Babylonian or Roman for say,HUNDRED Billion. Try writing it in Babylonian 60 letter language, or even withRoman script. The resulting number in writing will fill up a whole page!!! You can’t use such a system foranything in mathematics. So, understand it IS important to simplify numbers using ZERO, and TENbased positional notation. That allowed for astronomical calculations, and morerecently in computational mathematics. Without an actual SCRIPT for zero as ‘0’in a base TEN system, none of these would have ever been possible. So, don’t underestimate the power of simplicity. The invention of anotation to designate ZERO as ‘0’ is a giant step for mankind. My note- We are inKaliyuga and not dwapara yuga. In dwapara yuga probably people were knowingzero, and after yuga change the knowledge would havebeen disappeared Q4 How did poor people in the Middle Ages survive when theyonly had very little food like bread and potatoes? How come people now say thatyou’ll die if you eat below 900 calories? A4 Mats Andersson Visited24 European countriesThu Um… lots of people didn’t. Until WWI,starvation was a regular occurrence in Europe, and hunger was a real issue fora couple of years after WWII in many countries. That’s why we don’t have big populations in Scandinavia. The shortsummers meant that survival was touch and go even in a good year, and onesingle bad harvest culled the population. Over a decade, there would be acouple of years when 10–20% of the population starved to death. Profile photo for Susanna Viljanen Q5 How did they keep castles warm in winter? A5 Susanna Viljanen Worksat Aalto University Wed By fireplaces, having a lot oftapestries and carpets, and dressing warm. Unless the castle was merely a garrison or a stronghold, there were living quarters inthe castle, which were intended to be warm and cosy. They wereusually built the same way as town houses. Needless to say, they were not verydefensible, though. Q6 In Mahabharata, all the Pandavas were very strong andintelligent. Why did only eldest brother Yudhisthir give the answer of Yakshawhere all others failed? A6 Kavana N Lives inBangalore, Karnataka.Fri My note- Question is repeat, butanswer is from different person. All the brothers were intelligent for sure, but Yuddhishtra was most intelligent among all. Secondly, all the brothers failed because they did not even try answeringthe questions. Theyall felt it was unnecessary to heed to an invisible voice and hence died. When Nakula was asked to answer the questions, then drink the water, hedidn't care and drank the water and died. Nakula quickly proceeded towards the place where there was water and sooncame upon it. And beholding a crystal lake inhabited by cranes he desired todrink of it, when he heard these words from the sky, 'O child, do not committhis rash act! This lake hath already been in my possession. Do thou, O sonofMadri, first answer my questions and then drink of this water and take away (asmuch as thourequirest). Nakula, however, who was exceedingly thirsty, disregarding these words,drank of the cool water, and having drunk of it, dropped down dead. When Sahadeva was asked, he too did not care and died . 'O child, do not commit this rash act! This lake hath already been in mypossession. First answer my question, and then drink of the water and take awayas much as thou mayst require.' Sahadeva, however, who was extremely thirsty,disregarding these words, drank of the water, and having drunk of it, droppeddown dead. When Arjuna was asked ,he made a net of arrows and thought that no onecould harm him and drank water and died. And, being fatigued, he who was capable of drawing the bow by his lefthand as well, rushed in the direction of the water. And as he was rushing(towards the water), he heard these words from the sky, 'Why dost thou approachthis water? Thou shalt not be able to drink of it by force. If thou, OKaunteya, can answer the question will put to thee, then only shalt thou drinkof the water and take away as much as thou requirest, O Bharata!' Thusforbidden, the son of Pritha said, 'Do thou forbid me by appearing before me!And when thou shalt be sorely pierced with my arrows, thou wilt not then againspeak in this way!' Having said this, Partha covered all sides with arrowsinspired by mantras. And he also displayed his skill in shooting at aninvisible mark by sound alone. And, O bull of the Bharata race, sorelyafflicted with thirst, he discharged barbed darts and javelins and iron arrows,and showered on the sky innumerable shafts incapable of being baffled. Thereupon, the invisible Yakshasaid, What need of all this trouble, O son of Pritha? Do thou drink only afteranswering my questions! If thou drink, however, without answering myquestions, thou shalt die immediately after.' Thus addressed, Pritha's sonDhananjaya capable of drawing the bow with his left hand as well, disregardingthose words, drank of the water, and immediately after dropped down dead. When Bhima was asked, he thought he will fight with the person and drankwater and died .And beholding them, Bhima afflicted though he was with thirst,was exceedingly distressed. And that mighty armed hero thought all that to havebeen the act of some Yaksha or Rakshasa. And Pritha's son Vrikodara thought, 'Ishall surely have to fight today. Let me, therefore, first appease my thirst.'Then that bull of the Bharata race rushed forward with the intention ofdrinking. Thereupon the Yaksha said, 'O child, do not commit this rash act!This lake hath already been in my possession. Do thou first answer myquestions, and then drink and take away as much water as thou requirest!" Vaisampayana continued, "Thus addressed by that Yaksha ofimmeasurable energy, Bhima, without answering his questions, drank of thewater. And as soon as he drank, he fell down dead on the spot. When Yuddhishtra was asked, he accepted that thelake was not his and thus he is bound to answer the questions and he accepted to answer. Thus he was ableto answer all the questions with ease and revived his brothers. O son of Pritha, act not rashly! This lake hath already been in mypossession. Do thou, O son of Kunti, first answer my questions, and then takeaway as much as thou likest!' Yudhishthira said, 'I do not, O Yaksha, covet,what is already in thy possession! O bull among male beings, virtuous personsnever approve that one should applaud his own self (without boasting, I shall,therefore, answer thy questions, according to my intelligence). Do thou ask me!' Q7 I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but notrees. I have water, but no fish. What am I? DONT SEARCH in Google A7 Bhuvana Rameshwar FormerTeacher, Fri I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I havewater, but no fish. What am I? DONT SEARCH in Google The ans is a MAP . It can be aGLOBE too. But I was wondering if it can be our world seeing its current state ofenvironment and its pathetic condition. We have cities but no houses in the true loving sense of belonging, love,comfort and care. Family set up, society unity are breaking up. Divorces areincreasing. People don't want to have children. We have mountains without trees as mountains are broken to take awaygranite and marble. Mountains are broken down with dynamite and flattened forgetting minerals and metals. Climate change is heating up the world and dryingup mountains, causing forest fires. Our seas, rivers and oceans are so polluted and warmed that sea creaturesare dying. The fish, corals, sea mammals and all sea animals are becominglesser and lesser and some are in danger of extinction. So can we take ‘our world’ or“the earth” as an answer also. Q8 Which friend of Dronacharya was defeated by Arjuna? What was his name? A8 Anand Giri B.A Historyfrom Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) (Graduated 2021)May 30 Drupada and Dronacharya studied together in gurukul they became friends, Drupada was son of a king andDrona was son of a brahmin. Drupada had promised Drona that he willgive half of his kingdom to Drona after he bcomes king. Many years after the gurukul life ended , Drona was living in poverty. Hewent to Drupada to askfor 2 cows from his share of half kingdom. But Drupada refused to give cows as drona's share instead, he agreed to give 100 of cows as daan(दान) to brahmin friend. Drupada took it as his insult and said that he will take away the kingdomof drupada one day. When Arjuna asked about gurudakshina to drona he asked him to defeatDrupada and this will be his gurudakshina. Thus Drupada was defeated by arjuna Q9 Sushena asks Hanuman to bring four medicinal herbs fromDronaGiri mountain range in the epic Ramayana. What were those four herbs andwhat are their healing effects? A9 Amulya N.M KnowsSanskrit Thu According to what my Grandparents used to tell me , It was Mruthyasanjeevini(Restorer of Life) , Vishalyakarani(remover of arrows) , Sandhanakarani, also known as the restorer of skin and Savarnyakarani (restorer of skin colour) Tiny Nair MD, DM FRCP, FACC in Cardiology, Government Medical College,Thiruvananthapuram Thu Q10 Is there any difference between "heart beat" and"pulse rate"? The young boy looked confused; his parents anxious. ‘We got a pulse oximeter at home. We just put it to check my son and it shows slow pulserate; as low as 42/min. We got a COVID test done for him;it is negative’ said the father. The little trace stammer in his voice reflected his concern. ‘Doctor he will not eat anyvegetable and sleeps late, allthe time playing games in the laptop’ added the anxious mother. Sometimes it is easy to solve;as easy as holding the pulse oximeter upside down. But that was not the case here. The heart contracts (systole) and pumps out blood (the heart beat). Thethrust of propulsion wave travels down the arterial tree, down to the wristwhere it is palpated by the doctor as pulse and read out as Pulse Rate (PR) bythe pulse oxymeter. Normally every heart beat shouldthrust blood resulting in a pulse wave; making Heart beat (heart rate)practically equivalent to Pulse Rate. But not always. Heart rhythm abnormality (Atrial fibrillation, Ventricular Tachycardia)is often a sign of some underlying heart disease; but not always. Occasionalirregular beat, arising from the ventricle can sometimes happen in healthyyoung people. These beats arising from ventricular muscle; a tad early than theexpected next beat, giving them the name ‘benign’ Ventricular Prematurecontractions (VPC). Such VPCs, being early, propel less amount of blood, resulting in lessthrust, a weak or absent (missing) pulse. Such beats are not picked up as apulse by the doctor’s finger or the pulse oximeter (Circled Red in Fig. above).These kind of ‘missingpulse’ doesn’t do any harm excepting giving some sleepless nights to anxiousparents. A detailed Cardiac evaluation (Echo, treadmill Exercise Test) clinchesthe diagnosis. Mostbenign VPCs go off as people grow up. There is one simple way of checking out the true heart rate; by using aninstrument; designed in France, which presently doubles up as a doctorsID-card; the‘Stethoscope’. Placed over the chest it conveys the correct HeartRate as a ‘lup-dup’ for those who care to listen. Before blaming the ‘Water-supply’ ‘pumping-station’ for the empty bucketin your bathroom, make sure that the pipes are fine, the bill is paid, andimportantly, the tap isopen. End-NoteWith a diagnosis ofBenign VPC; the boy went home with no medicines. He has privately promised to me not to eat vegetables and continue toplay PUBG. But I am sure he would outgrow all of them over time. All kids do. All the above QA are based onQuora digest on 06-06- 2021. Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers Compiled and posted by R. Gopala krishnan on 07-6-2021 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/564533784.2061822.1623024620400%40mail.yahoo.com.
