CULTURAL QA 08-2023-27 Q1 What are some mind blowing facts thatmost people don't know?
A1 Factsky Answered by Krishna Kamat, May 26 Only femalemosquitoes bite humans and animals. Males are vegetarians. The first primary color your baby can see is red. Color blind people have better night vision. Amazon, originally a printed book seller company, nowsells more e-books than printed books. Polar bears have an excellent sense of smell and candetect seals nearly a mile away (1.6 km). Beaked whales can hold their breath for over twohours. Every atom in your body is billions of years old. There are more historic artefacts under the sea thanin all of the world's museums. Q2 Why did the Navy ban facial hair? A2 JaiNarayan,14h We often associate facial hair with sailors: For quite along time, they did have facial hair. But in the military sense, facial hair wasn’t practical. The U.S. Navy disallowedfacial hair in 1984. The primary reason was they couldn’t wear breathing masksfor both scuba diving and protection from poisonous gas.The hairgets in the way. Also, it looks a lot more professional when soldiers have aclean-cut look. There areexceptions. While in Afghanistan, many of the SEALs grew out some pretty thick Gandalf beards.Butupon return, they were required to shave them back off. Q3 Can you tell a few Signs of extremelylow intelligence A3 Humanmind readers, Answered by Elia Juniana, Jun 17 They never change their minds, even after being provenwrong; Inability to take on board new information and changeyour position on certain issues. Never having the ability to admitthat they're wrong, orthat they don't know something, or that they've made a mistake, no matter howobvious. Having your hand bigger than your face. People unable to think independently and unable tosolve small problems on their own. Parroting the talking points without being able todiscuss them even in their most basic terms. This indicates that they have no knowledge and nocuriosity about the world. It is difficult to win a debate with a smart personand impossible with a dumb one (It is extremely common for people to hold on toideas even after being presented with evidence that they are wrong.) Having strong opinions about topics you don't understand. My note- I have highlighted 4points which I felt prominent. I do notmean any thing more Q4 What has Lord Shri Krishna said toArjuna in the Bhagwat Gita about happiness and sorrow? A4 Sanatanfacts,Answered by Surendra Kumar Kumawat, Apr 29 Happiness is astate of mind and has nothing to do with material possessions. We see the multi-millionaire crying and feeling sadbecause he lost a bundle on Wall Street playing stocks; Also, we get to see a man who is enjoying living in aleaky hut, not even sure where he will get his next meal. Seems contradictory but true. Truly, nothingin this world can make us happy, unless we are happy from within. Lord Krishna alsosaid to his best friend Arjuna: Arjuna, everything in life comes and goes. Pleasure andpain are temporary experiences that arise from sense perception. Heat and cold,pleasure and pain will come and go. They do not last forever. (Bhagavad Gita) Chapter 2:14) Q5 What should every Indian know butprobably does not? A5 AnjanaE, Like to spread inspiring stories about real people3y Odanthurai is a village panchayat located in theCoimbatore district of Tamil Nadu, India. For more than a decade, this village has been a modelvillage for the entire country. Why? With the help of government development and welfareprograms, they managed to achieve the following. In 2006, thevillage panchayat took a bank loan of Rs. 1.15 crore and set up a windmill that produceselectricity without causing air pollution. This wind farm generates 8 lakhunits of electricity annually, but the village needs only 4.5 lakhs. So, itsells the additional units to the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) and earnsan annual income of Rs. 23 lakhs. Within seven years, it repaid the bank loantoo. This is the first big project that was undertaken by a local body in India A biomassgasifier plant was installed to reduceelectricity charges. For example, the gas produced from this plant helped toreduce the charges from Rs.84,000 to Rs.30,000 Constructed 775 houses and became a ‘hut free’Panchayat Laid bore well,overhead tanks and installed waterpurification systems Constructed a small bridge and concrete roads Constructed aschool with many facilities like library and provisions for games Installed 119solar street lights Constructedrainwater harvesting structures Behind all thisis an innovative man Rangaswamy Shanmugam, President of the village panchayat (2001-2009). Many researchers, World Bank experts, IAS officers and students visit the village to learn his strategy. Every villagein India needs an honest and committedleader like Shanmugam. Q6 What are some mind blowing facts thatmost people don't know? A6 sky Answeredby Krishna Kamat,Jun 22 The firstperson to look into space with a telescope was Galileo, nearly 400 years ago. Only 5% of the ocean has been explored and charted byhumans. The rest are still unknown. Jellyfish is an aquatic animal that does not contain abrain, heart, or lungs. Africa and Asiaare home to nearly 90 percent of the world's rural population. Indonesia is hometo some of the shortest people in the world. Glaciers and ice sheets hold about 69 percent of theworld's freshwater. Q7 How many times can we recharge a BSNLSIM card in a year? A7 GopalaKrishnan,Former Asst General Manager, Retired at Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited(BSNL)0y For any mobileconnections there is no upper limit of recharge is my information. Daily workers top up for Rs 10 or 20 and do most ofthe days as I have observed. Normally Irecharge for about 90 days my prepaid B S N L mobile. So maximum 4 recharges . Validityrecharge of S I M is done separately All the above QA are from Quora website on 27 -08-2023. Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers. Compiled andposted by R. Gopala Krishnan, 79, on 27-08-2023. -- 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/163859816.523501.1693105624303%40mail.yahoo.com.
