CULTURAL QA 08-2023-29A Q1 What are some mind-blowing facts that most people don't know?
Samsung is responsible for 25% of South Korea's GDP. KR So what if told repeatedly unaware of cause of our GDP? Around 8% of the world population has an extra rib. KR Turn back G pages and you will find it nth time. If you want to know real problem of such people that is sympathetic , and not mind blowing. *A cervical rib is an extra rib that forms above the first rib, growing from the base of the neck just above the collarbone. *You can have a cervical rib on the right, left, or on both sides. It may be a fully formed bony rib or just a thin strand of tissue fibres. A cervical rib is an abnormality that's present from birth. It's not usually a problem, but if it presses on nearby nerves and blood vessels, it can cause neck pain <https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/neck-pain-and-stiff-neck/>, numbness in the arm and other symptoms. This is known as thoracic outlet syndrome. Thoracic outlet syndrome usually starts between 20 and 50 years of age, and is more likely to affect men than women. Around 1 in 10 people with a cervical rib will get thoracic outlet syndrome. It's possible to find rivers and lakes beneath the ocean. KR This also nth time and likely to be repeated sometimes more because of short term memory loss. Are there really water beneath as described? NO. Earth has a lot of water resources; and they emit their water out, which happens naturally under the sea. Suppose you keep a vessel in the bathroom and smash water on the floor, some water will seep into the bottom of the vessel. Can we say water entered the bottom of the vessel or vessel contain water beneath? All the ants in the world weigh about the same as all the people in the world. KR Another repeat as usual who will not be ashamed but will make fun of others!!. How it is a lie? BBC tells us: “*"If we were to weigh all the ants in the world, they would weigh as much as all of the people," said wildlife presenter Chris Packham recently in BBC Four's The Wonder Of Animals: Ants. But is this statement true?* This claim was originally made by Harvard University professor Edward O Wilson, and the German biologist Bert Hoelldobler, in their 1994 book Journey To The Ants. They based their estimate on an earlier one by British entomologist C B Williams, who once calculated that the number or insects alive on earth at a given moment was one million trillion. "If, to take a conservative figure, one percent of this host is ants, their total population is ten thousand trillion," wrote Wilson and Hoelldobler. "Individual workers weigh on average between 1 to 5 mg, according to the species. When combined, all ants in the world taken together weigh about as much as all human beings." Wilson and Hoelldobler's calculation is based on the idea that the average human weighs a million times more than the average ant. So how well does that stand up to scrutiny? The average adult human weighs 62kg, so that would make the average ant about 60mg. "There are ants that weigh 60mg, but they're really the big ants," says Francis Ratnieks, Professor of Apiculture at the University of Sussex. "The common ants which live in British gardens weigh about 1mg or 2mg." "It's very easy to weigh an ant. You buy a small electronic balance, and you place the ant on the balance," says Ratnieks. But he advises you refrigerate it first. "That way it doesn't run away." Another option is to weigh them in a group, says Mike Fox from BWARS: "I would simply take a suitable container such as a specimen tube and weigh it empty, then put in a counted number of ants, say 100. Weigh again. Deduct the weight of the empty tube and divide it by the number of ants." With around 13,000 species worldwide, ranging in length from less than 1mm to 30mm, it's probable their weights vary greatly - though most experts seem to agree the average weight of an ant is less than 10mg. But no-one knows how many ants there are in the world. Experts from the Natural History Museum, Bristol University's Ant Lab, and BWARS (Bees, Wasps and Ants Recording Society), among others, say there is no realistic estimate. Even by Wilson and Hoelldobler's own figures, their calculation is wrong. There are 7.2 billion humans on the planet today - if we take everyone over the age of 15, they weigh a combined total of about 332bn kg. If we imagine there are 10,000 trillion ants in the world, weighing an average of 4mg, their total weight comes to just 40bn kg. If we allow for the smaller human population at the time they wrote their book, and a slightly lower average weight, they are still a long way out. But Ratnieks believes Wilson and Hoelldobler's claim - though untrue in relation to today's world population - would have once been accurate. "I think if we went back 2,000 years, certainly the ants would've outweighed the humans... but at roughly the time that America became independent [1776], or a little bit before that, that's when we humans became more impressive in our weight than the ants," he says. DID YOUR MIND BLOWN? XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX The Sun is large enough that approximately 1.3 million Earths could fit inside. KR All shall not be valued as true. Unless both do not change one can say how many times; but where there are changes how can the number of times be the same? One is larger than the other is aspect of perception. The shape and volume of matter changes with its phase. Solids have a fixed shape and volume. Liquids have a fixed volume but not shape. Gases have no fixed shape or volume. So had the theory floated here was known to Einstein he would have weighed the matter correctly. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx There's enough space between the Earth and the moon to fit in all the rest of the planets in the solar system. KR NO, planets of our solar system, with or without Pluto, cannot fit within the mean lunar distance. An additional 3,500 km is needed to squeeze in Neptune (5,900 km to include Pluto). Supermoon fans know that the distance between the Earth and the Moon varies. And on paper alone all these jimmicks are feasible; the designer knew better. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Q2 What person doesn't lose life easily? KR Is she the only one? There are people who woke up in the grave yard. Why shall I know about some one which is unverifiable. Q3 What are the stories of Lord Krishna that give you goose bumps? KR Every Bhakthan will have all bumps when he hears leela of GODs. Q4 What is the biggest lesson you learned that no one teaches? You win, or you learn. The real test is being kind to unkind people. If you can’t convince them, confuse them. Feeling sad sometimes for ‘no reason’ is completely normal. Sometimes, their behavior is the answer you need. Nobody cares about your fake life on social media. Your progress does not need to be seen or validated by others to be real. KR Which film dialogue is these? Q5 What are some mind blowing facts that most people don't know? Are these minds blowing? Well then you are so young learning KR IRS 30 8 23 On Tue, 29 Aug 2023 at 19:20, 'gopala krishnan' via iyer123 < [email protected]> wrote: > *CULTURAL QA 08-2023-29A* > > Q1 What are some mind blowing facts that most people don't know? > > A1 Krishna Kamat, May 27 > > Samsung is responsible for 25% of South Korea's GDP. > > Around 8% of the world population has an extra rib. > > It's possible to find rivers and lakes beneath the ocean. > > All the ants in the world weigh about the same as all the people in the > world. > > The Sun is large enough that approximately 1.3 million Earths could fit > inside. > > There's enough space between the Earth and the moon to fit in all the rest > of the planets in the solar system. > > Q2 What person doesn't lose life easily? > > A2 Adam Kite, 19h > > *Juliane was born in Peru on October 10, 1954 and her parents worked in > the Amazon jungle, so* Juliane grew up in an environment quite different > from most children her age. > > When she was 17, at Christmas time, she and her mother boarded a plane to > travel to Germany. The plane took off in the middle of a storm and, shortly > after taking off, was struck by lightning. > > *It broke when it was 3 km high.* Juliane was thrown out of the plane, > but miraculously survived. Although she was knocked unconscious by the > impact, she only broke her collarbone and had a swollen eye. > > Experts believe that the seat and leafy vegetation cushioned the fall. > When she woke up, she screamed for help, but no one answered. The first > thing she did was look for her mother, who was flying by her side. > > After 4 days wandering through the forest she found the plane in pieces > and many lifeless bodies. Juliane did not find her mother among the > bodies, but she did find a bag of sweets, which she used as food. > > The young woman kept walking in search of help for days that seemed > eternal. During that time, she could only see through her inflamed eye, and > her open wounds filled with maggots and mosquitoes when she slept. > > Ten days after the accident, she encountered some lumberjacks. When she > explained that she was a survivor of the accident, the men helped her and > took her to the nearest town, which was a 7-hour boat ride away. > > At the hospital, she was told that her mother's body had been found and > that she too had survived the fall, but had died a few days later. So she > became the sole survivor of the plane's 91 passengers. > > Q3 What are the stories of Lord Krishna that give you goose bumps? > > A3 Apoorv Barange, MBBS from All India Institute Of Medical > Sciences. Updated 2y > > This story of Lord Krishna is based on true event and always gives me > goose bumps because *this story is telling us that how much love Lord > Krishna have for his true devotees irrespective of their religion and > caste.* This story is giving us a message that all these differences are > made by humans and everyone is equal before “ The Lord of the Cosmos Shri > Jagannath Swami (another name of Lord Krishna). So, Let's get started….. > > Aurangzeb, the most cruel Mughal ruler, during his reign tried his best to > destroy our culture and religion. He ordered his soldiers to destroy temples, > to forcefully convert Hindus into his own religion. Mughal soldiers used to > forcefully marry Hindu girls and widows and convert them to Islam. > > One such soldier of his army was Lalbeg, who forcefully married a Hindu > widow and named her as Fatima. > > He restricted her to follow her own religion. *After some years of their > marriage she gave birth to a male child, they named him as Salbeg. As > Lalbeg was a soldier, his son Salbeg also became a soldier as he grew > older.* > > *Once Lalbeg and his son Salbeg was on a war. Salbeg got severely injured > in this war and was about to die. His father left him and his mother,* as > he didn't need them anymore. His mother tried her best to cure her only son > but there was no hope. Her son asked her one day “ Mother, I don't wanna > die, please save me anyhow”. His mother replied him “ I was a Bramhin > girl before my marriage Son. My father was a devotee of Lord Krishna. He > taught us that Lord Krishna helps everyone who calls him. Pray him Son, he > will cure you”. > > He thought that, I don't know it will work or not, but I'll do it because > there is no one to cure me. He start chanting Lord Krishna’s name. Twelve > days passed in this way. Twelfth day he saw a dream in which Lord krishna > gave him some 'bhabhoot' (Devine Ash) and ask him to apply it on his body. > > When he woke up there was that bhaboot in his hand, he applied it on his > injuries. He got cured. He called his mother and told her his dream and > that how he get cured. > > *This incident changed his mind set and now he devoted his life in the > bhakti of Lord Krishna. He roamed in the streets of Vrindavan, composed > many verses in the praise of Lord. His compositions like “Ahe Nila Shaila*” > and many more are famous even today. Once he was in Vrindavan and a > devotee told him that he should go to Puri where Lord Krishna is in his > eternal form. He can get glimpses of Lord Jagannath during his annual > Chariot festival, when Lord himself come out of temple to give glimpses to > those who cannot enter the temple ( even today only Indian Hindus, Buddha > and Jains are allowed to enter the temple. Even Indira Gandhi was not > allowed to enter this temple in 1984. This is just because foreign invaders > attacked 18 times this temple.)Then *Salbeg visited Puri and pour his > devotion in front of his Lord in Rath yatra (Chariot festival). The very > next year, he was in Vrindavan and someone told him that Chariot festival > is about to start in Puri.* > > He thought that how I'll get there in this short duration, how I'll get > the darshan (glimpse) of my Lord this year( distance between Vrindavan and > Puri is about 1600 km). *He prayed to Lord “ O Lord! Please wait for me > until I reach there. I can't live without your divine darshan”.* While he > was in his way to Puri, the Rath yatra started in Puri. Thousands of > devotees, horses, elephants ( those days horses and elephants were also > used to pull chariots) started pulling chariot and it started moving. > > But Lord Jagannath, once again heard plea of his devotee Salbeg and his > chariot stopped in the midway. More and more elephants and horses were > tied to pull the chariot but it didn't moved even an inch. Pujaris were > thinking that why this is happening, why the chariot is not moving even > after applying this much force. They decided to pray to Lord at the same > place where it stopped. After some time, Salbeg reached there. He was > thinking that Rath would have already entered the temple till now, as I'm > late. But to his amaze, Lord was still waiting for him. > > Seeing his Lord in front of him he cried and started singing hymes in > Lord's praise. As soon as he touched the ropes of chariot it started > moving once again. Everyone watching this scene was stunned. > > They all hailed “Jai Shree Jagannath Swami” and entitled Salbeg as Bhakt > Shiromani Salbeg. He spent his last days in Puri praising his Lord and > after dying he was cremated at the same place where Lord waited for him. > Even till now the chariot is stopped in front of Salbeg's samadhi to pay > tribute to this great Muslim bhakt of Lord Jagannath. > > This story is giving us a deep message that everyone is equal. No one is > superior and no one is inferior in front of Lord Jagannath. > > Q4 What is the biggest lesson you learned that no one teaches? > > A4 Sherry Cam, Psychological Counselor (2014-present), LA10mo > > You win, or you learn. > > The real test is being kind to unkind people. > > If you can’t convince them, confuse them. > > Feeling sad sometimes for ‘no reason’ is completely normal. > > Sometimes, their behavior is the answer you need. > > Nobody cares about your fake life on social media. > > Your progress does not need to be seen or validated by others to be real. > > Q5 What are some mind blowing facts that most people don't know? > > A5 Krishna Kamat, Apr 30 > > Mumbai was the first city to start a bus service in India. > > Frogs cannot vomit. If one absolutely has to, then it will vomit its > entire stomach. > > Bananas are curved because of how they grow — toward the sun. > > It takes a sloth two weeks to digest its food. > > If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the > air, the person died in battle. > > Saint Lucia is the only country in the world named after a woman. > > Like humans, koalas actually have unique individual fingerprints. > > Your blood makes up about 8 percent of your body weight. > > Bats are the only mammal that can actually fly. > > The first 7 star hotel was the Burj Al Arab in the UAE. > > > > *All the above QA are from Quora website on 29 -08-2023.* > > *Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers.* > > *Compiled and posted by R. 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