CULTURAL QA 07-2021-05 Being a compilation there may be errors
Q1 Canbrain eating amoeba live in toilet bowl water? A1 Ken Saladin Textbookauthor and professor emeritus Fri In very rare cases, these amebae have occurred in tap water and infected peoplefrom that source. In most places, the water in a toilet bowl is simply tapwater, so yes, it could be a source of infection—although it seems highlydoubtful that anyone has ever been infected this way. My advice, if this worries you: Don’t snort toilet water up your nose. Q2 Ifhumans aren’t designed to eat meat because we have to cook it, why do we cookanything? A2 Matt Riggsby MAArchaeology, Boston University Wed We are adapted (not designed, but I get the intended meaning here) tocook everything. Our Homo erectus ancestors started using fire about 1.8 million yearsago. The next 1.5 million years of their existence saw a slow move in thedirection of larger skulls and larger brains at the expense of smaller, weakerjaws. They adapted to a diet made up more and more of softer, cooked food. Andthat’s our origin. We came into existence at the end of a process whichdepended on the regular use of fire to cook food, whether it’s meat or plants.We can, mind you, eat raw meat; some lucky individuals have sushi all the time,others of us less frequently. And we can eat some plants raw. But just as wedon’t have the jaws and teeth to eat large quantities of raw meat, we also lackthe jaws and teeth to grind the really tough plants our more distant Homohabilis ancestors consumed. Meat or no meat, we pretty much need fire tosurvive. Q3 Howdo I filter water without a filter? A3 Gopala Krishnan, formerRetired Assistant General Manager (1966-2004) Answered 1m ago The question is not put in an understanding manner. Whether the person ismeaning with out any modern water filtering system? If so I have the followinganswer:- In olden days muddy water from wells were filtered using a filter typecloth tied over the mouth of the pot. Mud remained in the cloth and waterobtained in the pot was boiled and used.it was followed in my house in myboyhood days. I have studied in middle school, simple water filtering method usingthree mud pots kept on a stand one below the other in three planks. The potshad three or four small holes except one at the bottom. The top one was filledwith pure medium sand, middle one filled with charcoal and bottom pot empty.Water was poured on the top mud pot. Drop by drop water would fall in thecharcoal pot. After filtering water would fall in the bottom pot. This wasreceived in the bottom pot and used. No boiling was required. In modernfiltering system, instead of sand, first filtering is done through paperfilter. Q4 Isit safe to water my plants with the water in which I had soaked almondovernight? A4 Gopala Krishnan, formerRetired Assistant General Manager (1966-2004)Answered just now Surely it is safe. When any seeds are soaked in water , dirt if any andsome vitamins in the outer layer of the seed is absorbed in the water. Thissolution only benefit the plants if poured on the bottom. Subhasis Dutta Roy Working in Indian Railways at Indian Railways(2001–present) Sat Q5 WhyRailway employees are given free privilege travel pass to travel in Trains?Railways is Indians property or Railway employees property? A5 Every organisation sharesome benefits towards its employees. While I was researching about thisfacility of companies on the internet, I found that Indian Oil gave Rs 7000/—to its engineers every month as a subsidy of oil. Rs 15000/— as a mobile claim,etc. In Indian Railways, a group D employee gets only Rs 18000/— as his basicpay.It is one example and comparison. What is the privilege pass in Indian Railway? There are four categories of privilege passes available in IndianRailways. An employee gets only three nos of the pass during a year. Second class- This type of pass applicable in the sleeper and secondclass only Second class A- This type of pass applicable in AC three tyre class andlower. First-class — This type of pass applicable in AC two tire and below. First Class A- This type of pass applicable in AC first class and below.Only officers of Indian Railways are entitled to this category of pass. Now Indian Railways have most numbers of employees in the first categoryor Group D and subsequently lower in numbers as per pass categories. How the pass is issued? An employee can appeal for a pass for the shortest route between twopoints. Suppose you can appeal for a pass from Howrah to Delhi. Now the shortestroute is going through DDU(MGS previously). You are bound to take your pass through that shortest route. You cannot demand your pass HWH to Delhi via Chennai and Mumbai. This means a privilege pass isnot entitling you to travel across the whole Indian railways at a stretch. Remember that railways don't give direct money to their employees. Itgives free tickets through-pass to its employees. To avail of this benefit, anemployee has to takes his leaves. Sleeper class ticket fare is approximately 650/—. So if an employeewanted to avail of this he has to take a leave of a minimum of three days forone side and six days for both sides. This is not feasible all the time if you don't have any needs for thatjourney. Most of thetime those passes are unused for most of the employees. Another information the seat or berth reserved for the employees has alimitation. Most of the time there are no berths of seats are available for theemployees. Indian Railways is the property of the Indian Government. Railwayemployees are worked in this organisation. Like any other organisation, Indian Railways ensure some benefits for itsemployees. A free privilege pass is one of them. All the benefits given to itsemployees are according to the rules covered and recognised by the IndianConstitution. Lastly, do you know your house is also a government property? If anyneeds found from the government side your property can be accrued. You are now privileged to live in that property by paying some taxes togovernments. Q6 Isit safe for birds to eat rice? A6 Mochamad RamadhanSjamsani, lived in Bali, IndonesiaAnswered July 11, 2018 Some of them yes. In my hometown (small village in Java), we had issueswith bird on our rice field. So we made this scarecrow or other things to scarethe birds away. Please don’t believe in article saying rice willexplode on birds belly. Writer or poster might never see birds in their natural habitat. Theydon’t even see a bird which become vermin on rice field because they eat rice.To much, that without intervention they might ruin the crops. Birds beak based on their diet. And the one which eat rice usually hasgrain eating beak shape. Q7 Howand where should I sell water purifier? A7 Gopala Krishnan, formerRetired Assistant General Manager (1966-2004) Answered just now Selling for a good amount the water purifier is not possible if at all itis perfectly working. But while purchasing a new water purifier, discount isgiven taking old one. The same is available for kitchen appliances like oven,pressure cooker etc also. If one want to sell, nobody would be taking old onesfor a good price. Q8 Doyou drink water with a meal? Jimothy Meyer, Weight loss Answered 19h ago Yes. I recommend drinking only water with meals and in everything you do. This year I lost 23 pounds and one thing that really benefits and helpsyou is cutting out most other drinks besides water. Water has no calories or sugar or anything. You’re supposed to drink acertain amount of it a day. And it helps you feel full faster while eatingmeals which can lead to weight loss if that’s your goal in life. If you’re abig soda drinker you should slowly start drinking energy drinks or soda lessand less, don’t quit cold turkey and also don’t drink diet soda. It’s worse foryou than regular soda. also….when only drinking water, it has the huge benefit of flushingtoxins out of your body. This leads to more energy, feeling more productive,And it can also help with depression and anxiety. Think of water like powerwashing. This is going to sound crazy but, When you power wash a patio you usehigh pressurized water, not soda or energy drinks. Now imagine if you powerwashed a patio with soda? Everything would be sticky and gross and bugs wouldflee to the patio like no tomorrow. Now think of your organs as that patio.Would you rather sit around on a hot summer day relaxing on a sticky patio withbugs and a terrible smell or a nice clean patio. Now, Treat your organs especially your brain like your most prizedpossession and give them a nice cleaning with some water!!! 2ND ANSWER GopalaKrishnan, former Retired Assistant General Manager (1966-2004) Answered just now If the question is while taking meals- my answer is yes. At least threeto four times in between meals . Also while taking breakfast. One has toconsume about 2 litres of water in a day. One many not feel that much thirst,if he is spending time in an AC room during this corona period. So occasionallyin day as well as night one has to drink water, Aged, should keep water closewhile working or in the bed. Diabetic patients have to take extra care to keepwater by their side. All the above QA are based onQuora digest on 04-07- 2021. Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers Compiled and posted by R. 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