CULTURALQA 10 -2021-11
Being compilation there maybe errors Q1 Whilereceiving a filling for tooth decay, I could smell something really horrible,like bad unbrushed breath. Was that the smell of the dentist drilling at mytooth decay? I brushed and used mouthwash prior to going and scrubbed mytongue. A1 Ronald LeachRetired dentist with 42 years ofexperience.June 8 When a tooth is prepared for a filling, small amounts oftooth structure are caught in the aerosol. Most of this material is evacuatedaway but some smallamount might reach your nose. This smell will be there during the preparation. In addition, putrefied food debris might be caught betweenthe teeth or in the cavity. This will have a bad smell, as you describe, butthe duration is short. Your brushing will have no effect on either source. Thetrapped food debris is probably the reason for decay. My note- Two yearsback when root canal drilling done on my teeth, unbearable smellcame. After filling I enquired doctor – I just brushed and came ensuring nosmell from mouth. He laughed ,you can only clean outside and not inside. The smell came from inside. Itoccurs for some teeth. Q2 How muchwill an ex-brigadier in the Indian Army receive as a pension presently? A2 Kanthaswamy Balasubramaniam Lawyer Fri Lt General gets 90,300/- per month as pension plus DearnessRelief (2009–2012) Based on Salary proportion, Brigadier should get between 72,000/- and 81,000/-depending on pay when he retired between 2009–2012 Beyond 2012 or 2017- it could be 50% more. I know a Brigadier whotaught my son EngineeringDrawing who said in 2003–2004 that his pension was Rs. 19–20K approximately. Q3 Why don'tairplanes increase the number of wings but reduce the individual size to makethem more efficient? A3 Gaku SatoFormalist.March 25 You mean like this? The SE200 from Alabama startup SEAeronautics. The designers claim it will increase fuel efficiency by 70%and decrease carbon footprint by 80% per passenger-km. The fuel will be shifted from wing storage to inside thefuselage. The smooth surface of the fuselage isn't just rendering. The plancalls for a single-piece molded composite body. Q4 How do Ido pranayama when there are mosquitoes in the house? A4 Ajit KurupDaily meditator since 2018Fri Since chemical mosquito repellents do cause damage to ourlungs it's best to use natural methods to keep mosquitoes away. Camphor is effectiveagainst mosquitoes. Light some camphor in a room and close all the doors and windows for abouttwenty minutes and then open them. The tulsi plant is a naturalmosquito repellant. Plant one near the window. Another option is to peel the leaves of lemongrass and rubthe pulp over your skin I personally havefound camphor to be very useful for this. Hope these easy remedies help in clearing theatmosphere and creating the right ambiance for pranayama. Profile photo forDrishti Khatri Q5 What isthe most ‘Indian’ thing about you? A5 Khatri Melophile October 1 I like Indian washrooms rather than western ones. Why? Just imagine you are a person like me who don't exercise,don't go to the gym, does no yoga, nothing. But at least 15 minutes days you go to the washroom and sitin this position like situps: This is a kind of exercise only. Rather than sitting in the western washroom maybe with thephone if we prefer using the Indian washroom, we are doing some exercisesimultaneously. My note- For agedabove 70, western is felt comfotable Q6 Had LordShiva been dead if Bhasmasura had put his hand over his head? A6 Narayani Purushottama2 lovers of Sanathana Dharma Fri Of course not! Then what is this? Lord Shiva is dancing on fire. If you do it you will be dead.So if Bhasmasura touched Shiva, hewon’t die. It was just a play of Shiva so that Sri Vishnu will come as ayoung boy and trick Bhasmasur. Just like how Shiva swallowed poison instead ofVishnu. Om Namo Narayanaya! Q7 How doesthe fuel pump know when to shut off? A7 Ace Owner at House Of American Cars (2019–present)September 20 Fuel pumps themselves don't know when to shut off. Once the tip of the nozzle getssubmerged in gas (as the tank is filling up), gas starts getting sucked up intothat little tube. Its that vacuum that forms that pulls the air outof the diaphragm in the nozzle and triggers the automatic shutoff. Q8 Is theTardigrade fossil that is 16 million years old proof that it is the oldestliving species? A8 Claire Jordan Degree in biology and folklore; programmer, shop owner,secretary on newspaper Fri Tardigrades aren’t aspecies, they’re an entire phylum, on the same level as “vertebrate” or “mollusc”. We’re just not as awareof them, or their variety, because they’re very small. The species which hasbeen found in amber is long extinct, so far as we know. Q9 You haveto eat India’s 2 states’ cuisine for the rest of your life. What are they? A9 Paras Tyagi Writer, DTU, Inspector - Customs, GST (2018–present)October 4 The two states will be: Delhi Capital of India Because from Gujarat'sDhoklato South India'sdosa,Delhi is home to every state's cuisine. Q10 Americanscall car fuel ‘gas’ even though it’s a liquid. So what do they call gas that isactually gas? Does this ever lead to confusion at times? A10 Proescher low Studied at University of Maryland Global Campus September 24 It’s actually called“gasoline” which is liquid. “Gas” is merely a shortened form of the longerword. It’s a bitlike Brits using the word “petrol” for petroleum. It’s a liquid, but totallyunsuitable as a fuel until it’s further refined. This is petroleum, no one isputting it in their automobile’s fuel tank. Q11 Why do youkeep a room clean and keep away unwanted things? A11 3 Answers Dr.a. Sood, homoeopathic doctor at raipur at Sood HomoeoClinic (2007-present) Answered 23h ago For your health. Healthy mind lives in healthy body.Cleanenvironment gives you more space to think positive.Removing unwanted thing ismust why because every time you clean room you have to clean again again thatunwanted thing so if you remove that unwanted things room get clean easily andfaster 2ND ANSWER- SuhaleMalickAnswered Sat Removing unwanted thing is good habit 3RD ANSWER- KishorPanakala , Deputy Manager (2021-present) AnsweredSat Cleaning a room is sweeping the dust and fungus . This creata healthy place to live. Removing unwanted articles reduce cleaning effort andalso give less place for fungus to thrive. Q12 Whetherthe water carried by 50-100 yers old pipes are healthy? A12 2 ANSWERS -I can tell you frompersonal experience that a lot of those old pipes are not nearly as bad as youimagine. It doesdepend somewhat on factors such as the pipe material and the quality of thewater being conveyed. Studies have shown that even asbestos cement pipe doesn'ttypically present a health issue. To compensate for regrowth of bacteria in thepipelines, agencies maintain a chlorine residual in the water to kill off thenasty things, and the standards for measuring whether a high enough chlorineresidual is being maintained relies on measurements at the tap (or terminalfire hydrants). By the way, following repair of a pipeline break, the pipe isdosed with very high levels of chlorine until measurements prove that the pipeis clean; only then can the pipe be placed back into service. Want to get evenmore technical? Ask me about water main rehabilitation by pre-chlorinatedpipebursting. 2ND ANSWER RubenAlaniz Answered 8h ago Because “tap water” is treated with chlorine before it issent out. In the initial part of the sterilization process an extra amount isintentionally left over that is called “Residual Chlorine.” This small amountassures that as the water travels through the pipes to your home it willcontinue to guard it against recontamination. That is why some times you smell a scent of chlorine in yoursink when you open up the valve. Trust me this is a good thing and perfectlyharmless. Icon for Let us walk together Q13 What isyour Fact of the Day 18? A13 Ng October 3 Did you know? Orangeswere originally green. The first oranges ever imported from to the West were fromSoutheast Asia and were tangerine-pomelo hybrids that were green in color. In fact, oranges grown in warmer parts of the world such asVietnam and Thailand stay green throughout their lifetime. My note- In Chennai weget only green orangenow. They are sweet and slightly sour. Merchants say season has just started-hence the green colour Q14 How muchwater can be wasted while taking a bath? A14 2 AnswersJayant Bothra, Content Writer at Writers andAuthors (2019-present)Answered Sat According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),a full bathtub requires about 70 gallons of water, while taking a five-minuteshower uses 10 to 25 gallons. You might argue that very few people fill the tubto the top, but a simple calculation shows that either way, baths use morewater. 2nd answer Subodh Lawand , Fitness Free AnsweredOctober 5 a ten-minute shower only uses 25 gallons of water. A fullbath can use up to 50 gallons of water. Using these numbers, a shower will useless water in most cases. Q15 When didthey stop making parachutes out of silk? A15 Susanna Viljanen Works at Aalto University Updated September 28 In 1941, when the imports of silk from Japan dried out. The Americans resolved the problem with Polyamide 66 (Nylon),while the Germans resolved the problem with Polyamide 6 (Perlon). The Britishmade them from a mix of Ramex cotton and Maranyl. Nylon is a Du Pont trademark for Polyamide 66. Maranyl isthat of ICI. Perlon is basically the same molecule, but a structural isomermade by ring-openinhg polymerization of caprolactam instead of fromhexamethylenediamine and adipic acid. Profile photo for Bhuvana Rameshwar Q16 Why, in Hinduism,do people light a lamp and rotate it in front of a person's head? What is thepurpose of that? A16 Swarnali Chatterjee Yokota Former Teacher for 32 Years September 30 Arti is illumination,removes darkness. Arti is done for many purpose, for elders as respect, fordeities as prayer, for new possession ( car or house) as hope, for guests aswelcome, to younger to remove darkness and negativity and give blessings. Thesymbolism seems to be lost on you. Q17 Is NewZealand bigger than London? A17 Balaji Viswanathan CEO at Invento (2016–present)Updated 8h ago Yes. I have driven NewZealand end to end in 2011 and same with England and Wales in 2016. The drive from Bay of Islands in the northern edge of NewZeland to Invercargill in the southern tip took us about 2 weeks. Sure, westopped in a lot of places but even if we did non-stop it would have taken us 2days to do that drive. Cutting through London with all its confusing roundaboutstook us just about 2 hours in the afternoon. It might take a little more in therush hour, but not substantially more.2 days vs 2 hours. That is the scale for you. Q18 Why does bottled water not freeze? A18 WAE Ltd., Commercial Water Purification and Hydration Solutions Answered Fri Bottled water freezesjust like any other water. Be careful while keeping a bottle in freezer because wateroccupies more space when it freezes. So the bottle changes shape or may burstif water is full to the brim. Some space should be left for the water toexpand. Allthe above QA are based on Quora digest to me on 10-10-2021. Quora answers neednot be 100% correct answers Compiler-R. 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