CULTURAL QA09-2023-01 Q1 Which fruits are poisionous?
A1 Hemant Rajak, Lives in Kolkata, WestBengal, India (2001–present)1m Many fruits aresafe to eat, but there are a few fruits that contain poisonous partsor compounds. Some examples include: 1. Ackee: Theseeds and unripe fruit of the ackee tree contain a toxin calledhypoglycin A, which can be poisonous if consumed. Only the ripe, red arils ofthe fruit are safe to eat. 2. Manchineel: Thefruit of the manchineel tree isextremelytoxic. Even touching the fruit or standing beneath the tree during rain cancause severe skin reactions. 3. Elderberry:While the ripe berries of the elderberry plant are edible and commonlyused in foods and remedies, other parts of the plant, such as leaves and stems,contain toxic compounds and should not be consumed. 4. Apricot:Apricot seeds contain a compound called amygdalin, which canrelease cyanide when ingested in large quantities. Eating a few seeds isusually not harmful, but consuming a large number can be toxic. It's essential toproperly identify and prepare fruits before consuming them, and if you areunsure about a particular fruit, it's best to consult a knowledgeable source orexpert to ensure your safety My note- The poison nut tree is found commonly in Kerala. It’s fruit is verypoisonous. Q2 What are some interesting facts whichare not commonly known? A2 Krishna Kamat, Jun 6 Human eyes are made of nearly 2 million working parts. Every person on this planet has an individual smell. TONGUE is the fastest healing part of body. The human body ismade up of 0.2 milligrams of gold. A sneeze can travelup to 99 miles per hour. Females are better than males at remembering faces. There will be moreplastic in our oceans than fish by 2050. Q3 Why do people spread negativity? A3 Rohan Jain, Author 'The Promises WeMade' | BCG | IIMA'17 | CSE IITK'156h During MBA, we hada concept of “RelativeGrading”. I absolutely HATED the concept, to the core. Your absolute marks don’t matter. Your grades are basedon your performance “relative” to the class. So you can get a Dgrade at 90% score if everyone in the class got more than 90%. BUT you can evenget an A grade at 70% if very few people got more than 70%. Result? Some people triedto score well themselves. BUT some tried to bring others down so that their ownrelative performance improved. Unfortunately, Isee so many people applying this concept in real life. When youyourself are not able to achieve something, you try to spread negativity andbring others down, so that you can end up feeling better about yourself. “Hercontent does well only because she includes her pictures with posts” “His project went well onlybecause he was lucky. He actually doesn’t know anything.” The next timesomeone makes fun of your work, your hobby, your passions - you know they tookthe concept of Relative Grading a bit too much to heart. It is verydifficult to perform well yourself. It is very easy to try and bring othersdown. Do not letothers derail you from your goals. My note- Without telling members know such a thing happen in our group by one member- Q3 What are some brilliant skills thatwill blow people's minds? A3 Ashwin Ramesh, Eternal seeker ofknowledge 4y I bet you don’tknow him! This is Ranchordas Pagi. He was directly responsible forsaving thousands of Indian lives. Ranchhod Pagibelonged to a family of nomads. He was recruited by the Indian Army. Thereason? He was an exceptionalscout.He could accurately tell the number of enemy intruders, their speed and theamount of load they were carrying just by looking at footprints. He could eventell the direction in which they had gone and if they had sat on the ground. In one of his most remarkable achievements, Ranchod Pagitraced the location of 1200 enemy soldiers hiding in the wilderness in utterdarkness. This led to a decisive Indian victory. He also helped theIndian army capture several key posts during the 1965 and 1971 wars with Pakistan. The man wouldcontinue to serve the armed forces well past his 100th birthday. He won severalawards including the Sangram Medal, Samar Seva Star and Police Medal. Such was theimportance of his contribution that BSF honoured him by naming one of itsBanaskantha outposts after him as Ranchhod Post. Pagi passedaway in 2013 at the ripe age of 112.[1] Footnotes [1]This UnsungRabari Herder From Kutch Played a Key Role in Two Indo-Pak Wars Q4 How can snakes eat things that areobviously way bigger than them? A4 Silk Road.AI Expert9h My note- Those whofear reading on snakes especially in the night kindly skip reading this QA Imagine what theancient Titanoboa could eat. First of all, let me dispel a common myth: snakes do notdislocate their jaws to swallow large prey. Snakes have a muchmore elegant and flexible solution: their jaws are looselyconnected by stretchy ligaments and muscles that allow them to open wide andmove independently of each other. This means they canliterally walk their mouth over their prey, inch by inch, using theirbackward-pointing teeth to grip and pull it in. Snakes also canstretch their ribs and body to accommodate the large animal they feed on. Snakesdon't have a rigid skeleton like we do; their ribs areconnected by elastic tissue that can expand and contract as needed. This allows them tocreate more space in their chest cavity for their meal, which can sometimes beseveral times bigger than their own body. Of course,swallowing large prey is only half the battle; snakes also have to digest it. And that's noeasy feat, considering they don't chew their food and rely on chemicaldigestion only. Snakes havepowerful digestive enzymes that can break down almost anything, from bones tofur to scales. But this processcan take a long time, depending on the size and type of prey. Some snakes can digest a meal in a few days, while others may take weeksor even months. That's why snakesare very selective about what they eat and when they eat it. They don't want to waste energy or risk injury on something that's notworth it. They also want to avoid putrefaction, which is whenthe prey starts to rot inside their body before it's fully digested.That cancause serious problems for the snake, such as bloating, infection, or evendeath. Now, some snakeshave developed special adaptations to deal with slow digestion. For example, pit vipers have venom that not only kills their prey,but also helps to liquefy it and speed up digestion. Other snakes mayregurgitate their meal if they feel threatened or uncomfortable, or if they finda better opportunity for food. But the mostimpressive adaptation of all is how some snakes can compress their prey'svertebral column into waves and bend it like an accordion. This allows them to fit it more easily into theirgastrointestinal tract and reduce the risk of putrefaction. This is especially useful for snakes that eat other snakes,which can be as long or longer than themselves. Q5 How is there zero gravity in space andyet gravity is what holds our solar system together? A5 Tilock Sadhukhan, Subject Matter Expertin Advanced Physics at Chegg India (Official) (2021–present)5h It's essential tocomprehend the dynamics at work in order to comprehend the idea of zero gravityin space and how gravity simultaneously holds our solar system together. Let's start bymaking it clear that there isn't actually "zero gravity" in space.Instead, we speak of what appears to be freefall or weightlessness. Because of Earth's gravitational pull, satellites andother objects in orbit around the planet continually fall toward it withoutever colliding with it. The sensation of weightlessness is produced by thisconstant descent. We need to understand Newton's law of universal gravitation,which states that every object with mass attracts other objects with a forceproportional to their masses and inversely proportional to the square of theirdistance apart, in order to understand why gravity maintains oursolar system despite what appears to be zero gravity. Imagine our solarsystem as a series of gravitationally attracted celestial bodies in a dance,with the Sun and planets like Earth as the main players. Due to interactions betweenthese objects in the fabric of space-time brought on by their relative masses,they circle around one another. Despite feeling as though they are in"zero gravity," astronauts are actually subject to the powerfulgravitational pull of larger celestial bodies like the Earth or even man-madesystems like spaceships. They areactually descending alongside these enormous things while retaining enoughlateral velocity to avoid colliding with them, which gives them the appearancethat they are weightless. Our entire solarsystem functions similarly on a larger scale. All of the planetary bodies areheld together by gravity as they move in timed orbits around the Sun, whichexerts the greatest gravitational pull on them all. Each planet must achieve a balance between itsinertial motion, which tries to move straight, on one side, andbeing drawn inward by the Sun's powerful gravitational field even though werefer to "zero-gravity" in space as a state where humans experience an absence of resistancebrought on by continuous freefall, gravity itself is still ever-present,governing both smaller-scale experiences like astronaut movementsand larger-scale cosmic events that hold our solar system together. My note- a 2nd reading will make answer clearand very interesting information. Q6 Why are Japanese cars so cheap comparedto German cars? A6 Mcleodproducts,Business Consultant |Digital Marketing Services | IT GuruJun 17 One of the mostcommonly asked questions among car enthusiasts is why Japanese cars are so cheap compared to Germancars. While the answer to this question is multifaceted, there are afew key reasons that help to explain the price difference between the two. 1. Labor Costs One of the primaryreasons that Japanese cars are cheaper than German cars is due to thedifference in labor costs between the two countries. Japan has lower labor costs than Germany,which allows Japanese automakers to produce cars at a lower cost than theirGerman counterparts. 2. Production Efficiency Japanese automakersare known for their highly efficient production processes. They have been able tostreamline their manufacturing processes, which allows them to produce carsquickly and at a lower cost. German automakers, on the other hand,have more complex production processes, which can be more time-consuming andexpensive. 3. Brand Perception Another reason whyJapanese cars are cheaper than German cars is due to brand perception. German automakers are oftenassociated with luxury and high-end vehicles, which allows them to charge apremium for their cars. Japanese automakers, on the other hand, areoften associated with value and reliability, which can make it difficult for themto charge the same premium prices as German automakers. 4. Research and Development Costs German automakersare known for their high level of research and development, which can beexpensive. This investment in R&D can often result in innovative featuresand technology in their cars, which can drive up the price. Japanese automakers, while stillinvesting in R&D, may not have the same level of investment as Germanautomakers, which can result in lower costs. 5. Materials Costs German automakersmay use higher-end materials in their cars, which can drive up the cost ofproduction. Japanese automakers may not use the same levelof high-end materials, which can result in lower costs. However, this does not necessarily mean that Japanese cars are of lower quality. Japanese automakers maystill use high-quality materials that are more cost-effective than thematerials used by German automakers. Q7 Which Indian mobile service providerswork in Nepal? I have an Idea, Aircel, BSNL and Jio (all prepaid) and it seemsnone offer international roaming in Nepal? A7 Alok Mishra,Worksat Tata Steel (2015–present)5y If you are going toNepal for a trip then I would suggest you to buy a Mero Mobile Sim card in Nepal and use it. It will be verycheap and you can call in India at INR 2.5/mins. 2nd answer-Paras Gadhvi,Traveled Nepal5y I use vodafone post paid cardit was working good in Nepal, I had activated international roaming for 15days, I easily got OTP for bank transaction and ticket booking. All the above QA are from Quora websiteon 01 -09-2023. Quora answers neednot be 100% correct answers. Compiled and posted by R. Gopala Krishnan, 79, on 01-09-2023. -- 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/383925647.2202935.1693577016221%40mail.yahoo.com.
