CULTURAL QA 01-2024-30 All the BELOW QA are from Quora digest to me on 30-01-2024.
Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers .Compiled and posted by R. Gopalakrishnan, on 30-01-2024 Q1 Whatare some weird and mind-blowing facts? A1 SharathChandra,MBA and B Tech from Philosophy2h Just like in humanspecies, females with beard there are female lions aka lionesses with mane! “A bearded lady (orbearded woman) is a woman with a naturally occurring beard normally due to thecondition known ashirsutism or hypertrichosis.” “In some cases, femalebeard growth is the result of a hormonal imbalance (usually androgen excess), or a raregenetic disorder known as hypertrichosis. In some cases, a woman's ability togrow a beard can be due to hereditary reasons without anything medicallybeing.” Now, coming tolions(strictly speaking, lionesses) — “The reason why somelioness have manes is usually caused by elevated levels of hormones,specifically cortisol and androstenedione. These hormones are likely made by abenign tumor in the lionesses adrenal glands, which can also effect theirbehavior.” Q2 Whichanimals can never be tamed? And why? A2 SUNLO, Fri 1.The zebra is one ofthe most surprising animals we have never tamed. In fact, in a sense, it's quite surprising.After all, horses and donkeys have been tamed by humans for years, and zebrasseem to look a lot like them. However, no matter how much effort we make, wecan't tame these animals. This is because zebra behavior is less predictable,they are likely to attack people, and they do not perform well under stress. 2.Although humans have been using elephants for about3,000 years, contrary to popular belief, elephants can never be domesticated. The fact that ananimal is kept in captivity does not make it domesticated; they have never beentamed in the way that dogs have been. Elephants will always try toescape, and they have even been held in captivity for 12 generations in orderto bring them closer to domestication, but have never really succeeded. 3.Rhinos are huge, anddespite being herbivores, they have a fierce temperament and never back down in a fight. Thistemperament means that rhinos are almost impossible to tame,not to mention domesticate. They are simply unwilling to accept humansas their masters, and if someone gets too close, they may hurt or even killthem. On the other hand, it takes 12 years for them to reach sexual maturity,which adds even more difficulty to breeding and reproduction. 4.Tigers are not housecats. No matter how many people have tried to tame tigers, they have never really succeeded.Even those who grew up with tigers can't tame them well. No matter how you lookat it, tigers are big and scary animals that can easily deliver afatal blow to humans, especially when they are hungry. 5.Pandas seem to bethe best animals to domesticate. They arebig, but they look super cute. But people have not yetfound a way to domesticate pandas. One of the reasons is because thereare not enough of them left, there are only about 2,000 of them in the world. You need to have a lot of bamboo to domesticate pandas, they areextremely picky about their food, and pandas can be very troublesome to breed.Of course, as mentioned earlier, this is all impossible to do for modern peoplebecause they are protected animals and there are so few of them. Q3 Whatis the funniest joke you've been told that you still think about to this day? A3 PaulHamilton,9h Maybe not the funniestbut one of them: The Polite Way to Pee During one of her daily classes, a teacher trying to teachgood manners, asked her students the following question: "Michael, ifyou were on a date having dinner with a nice young lady, how would you tell herthat you have to go to the bathroom?" Michael said: 'Just a minute I have to go pee.' The teacher responded by saying: 'That would be rude andimpolite' What about you Sherman, how would you say it?' Sherman said: 'I am sorry, but I really need to go to thebathroom. I'll be right back.' 'That's better, but it's still not very nice to say the wordbathroom at the dinner table. And you, little Johnny, can you use your brain for once andshow us your good manners? Johnny said: 'I would say:Darling, may I please be excused for a moment? I have to shake hands with a very dear friendof mine, whom I hope tointroduce to you after dinner.' The teacherfainted... Q4 Isit true that Jupiter is so large that it does not orbit around the sun? A4 PrerakSharma, Astronomy lover Updated 4y Yes! Jupiter, The biggest planet in our solar system. It is somassive that 1300 earths could fit inside of this planet. Jupiter is 2.5 timesmore massive than all the other planets in our solar system combined! This is our tiny earth compared to the Jupiter: Jupiter is so big thatthe center of gravity of the sun and Jupiter is outside of sun. Althoughextremely close to the surface of the sun. So the sun and Jupiterboth orbit around their center of gravity which is also known as barycenter. Barycenter is the center of mass of two or more bodies thatorbit one another and is the point about which the bodies orbit. Technically Jupiter orbitsaround the barycenter of sun and Jupiter which is located outside of the sun. So, Yes! Jupiter is solarge that it doesn't orbit around the sun. Fascinating! Now other planets in solar system are so small thatbarycenter of the sun and a planet like earth lies inside of the sun. (Alsovery near to the center of sun.) So it looks like other planets are orbiting the center of thesun. Source: Barycenter -Wikipedia To understand this you can also imagine spinning a kid likethis: (Could be dangerous. Imagine only. Holding his hands and move around you) The center ofgravity of you and the kid would be somewhere very near to your feet. So you'respinning almost at the same place but the kid is orbiting around you. This isexactly what happens with the sun and the other planets. By the way, this is how two stars with nearly same weightsorbit around their common barycenter in binary star system: Barycenter - Wikipedia Source: Gravitational Waves Throw Light on Neutron StarMergers My note- So the barycentre movement is considered as movingaround the sun in 12 years in Astrology. Q5 Doyou know a joke about a grandma on a witness stand? A5 Andras Lu,11h In a trial, a Southern small-town prosecutingattorney called his first witness, a grandmotherly, elderly woman to the stand.He approached her and asked, 'Mrs. Jones, do you know me?' She responded, 'Why, yes, I doknow you, Mr. Williams. I've known you since you were a boy, and frankly,you've been a big disappointment to me. You lie, you cheat on your wife, andyou manipulate people and talk about them behind their backs. You think you'rea big shot when you haven't the brains to realize you'll never amount toanything more than a two-bit paper pusher. Yes, I know you.' The lawyer was stunned. Not knowing what else to do, hepointed across the room and asked, 'Mrs. Jones, do you know the defense attorney?' She again replied, 'Why yes, I do. I've known Mr. Bradleysince he was a youngster, too. He's lazy, bigoted, and he has a drinkingproblem. He can't build a normal relationship with anyone, and his law practiceis one of the worst in the entire state. Not to mention he cheated on his wifewith three different women. One of them was your wife. Yes, I know him.' The defense attorney nearly died. The judge asked both counselors to approach the benchand, in a very quiet voice, said,'If either of you idiots asks her if she knows me, I'll send you both to the electricchair.’ My note- I am not able to control my laugh. -- 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/1282277018.1665378.1706606986742%40mail.yahoo.com.
