CULTURAL QA 02-2024-04A All the below QA arefrom Quora DIGEST to me on 04-02-2024.
Selected quora answers generallyinteresting are included .Still they need not be 100%correct answers. Compiled and posted byR. Gopala Krishnan, 80, on 04-02-2024. Q1 Would ahuman beat a giraffe in a fight? A1 Hushe, Animalenthusiast8mo Excuse me what? An unarmed human? Have you ever seen a Giraffe? This is an Elephantnext to a fully-grown man. This is a Giraffe next to an Elephant.A Giraffe cankill a fully grown Lion with one kick. The force they can exert, coupled withthe hard surface of their hooves, means that if even one kick connects, yourbones will crumble like a cookie. Or it will just batter you into a fine mist with it’smassive head. I pulled out my calculator for this one - An unarmed human has a 0.0001% chance of beating a Giraffe. Q2 What aresome of the best "fun facts" you have heard? A2 LavPandey, Engineer, fact enthusiast and a firm believer of faith. Updated 8y Here are some interesting fun facts about randomthings, 1. It took radio 38 years to reach 50 million people,20years for the phone to reach 50 million people,13 years for the television,3.6years for Facebook& Only88 days for Google plus to reach 50 million people. 2. For the past 15 years, a Bulgarian man named DobryDobrev walked upto 25 kilometres every single day, to beg money for theorphanages who were unable to pay their bills.He turned 101 years old in themonth of July, this year. 3. A moment is actually a medieval period of timeequal to 90 seconds, there are 40 moments in an hour. 4. James Cameron was actually homeless when he wrotethe terminator and sold the rights to it only for 1 Dollar on the conditionthat he could direct the movie, The Terminator. 5. Australia lost a Prime minister, Harold Holt whodied on 17th of December 1967 as he went for a swim and never came back. 6. High atmospheric pressure effects the bubbles ofyour coffee. If the bubbles are closer to the centre, you canexpect it to rain or have other stormy weather. 7. Elephants remember and mourn their loved ones likehumans, sometimes yearsafter their death. 8. In 2013, abank worker in Germany fell asleep on his keyboard's number 2 button causing him to transfer222 million, 222 thousand, 222 Euros On a transfer that should have beenworth only 62 Euros. However, his co worker was the one who was fired fornot spotting the ERROR. My note- How the send button was pressed? Hence Ihave given the reference. (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2339560/German-bank-clerk-accidentally-puts-190million-pensioner-s-account-falling-asleep-keyboard.html) 9. Users upload an average of 350 million photos toFacebook everyday and in total have uploaded more than 250 billion photos tothis date. 10. There are approximately 10 Quintilian insects onour planet.That's 10 with with 18 zeroes behind it or roughly, 200 millioninsects per human. 11. During the late 1800s a baboon named Jack wasemployed by the rail road in Capetown, South Africa as a signal man, he never once made amistake and worked for the railroad until his death. 12. Scientists have begun arguing that we mayactually have more than five basic senses including Magnetoreceptionwhich is the ability to detect magnetic fields & Chronoception which is thesense of time passing. 13. Marvels The Avengers movie, caused Shawarma( Arab meat) sales tosky rocket nation wide in America in 2012 purely because of an extra scene inwhich Thor, Captain America, Bruce Banner and the rest of the heroic clan arequietly enjoying Shawarma after casually saving the world. 14. In 1888, a pigeon keeper and a bee keeperchallenged each other's creatures to a 5.6 kilometres organised race inGermany, the bee won by 25 seconds. 15. Jonathan the tortoise, is a giant tortoise that lives on the island of SaintHelena ,in south pacific ocean, Is believed to be born in 1832 and is still alive to this date. 16. America has 19 aircraft carriers compared to therest of the world that only has 12 combined. 18. In 2013,Volkswagen succeeded in building the car that gets 235 miles per Gallon ( 3.78 liter) calledthe XL 1,Almost the entire car is made of carbon fibre that onlyweighs 81 kilogram. 19. Most of the time, the ice cream that you see inTV commercials and other ads is actually mashed potatoes, this is because the regular ice creamwouldn't be able to stand up to the heat of the on set lights while filming. 20. The Salar De Uyuni, in Bolivia is the world's largest salt flat at 10thousand 5 hundred and 82 square kilometres and turns into the world's LargestMirror when it rains.It's sobeautiful that it's been called the border between Heaven and Earth. 21. In Japan,Nestle has introduced over 200 different flavours of KitKat since the year 2000.Whichincludes Soy sauce, Green tea and Banana flavour. Q3 Whathave you learned from your mistakes? A3 Adil, Engineer(2017–present)Jan 16 Do not tell your family everything. it will backfire. Don't tell your closet friends everything. It willbackfire. Never tell anyone about how much you have in yourbank account. That's only for you and the bank to know. Work hard in silence. Never compromise with your career and self-respectfor your girlfriend/boyfriend. If you've to choose, please choose the formerone. Don't be too kind. Not everyone has your heart. Never trust anyone infirst few meetings. Looks are deceptive, talks are sugar-coated and people showtheir best at first. There will never be anyone like you Read as manybooks as you can. Knowledge is power. Eat healthy food.Your body will thank u later on. Prioritize solitude time. Your soul needs it. Never argue with stupids. They havethe power to make you feel worthless and doubtful. Q4 What aresome crazy inventions in history that were designed and maybe tested but neverput to wide use and would be interesting to see in a Steampunk setting? A4 Mark,Playedlots of Kerbal.18h Probably the gyroscope monorail. While monorails aregenerally a stupid idea, butBrennan's monorail is pure genius/cool factor. Unlike modern monorails which need a special hugeconcrete rail, Brennan’strain only needed a single standard railroad rail. This eliminates thedownfall of modern monorails… the points. Points are where trainschange tracks. On modern monorails these are very complex and expensive things.This can use a standard rail point. Brennan’s idea was never commercialize because itneeds a gyroscope in every car. Not conducive for freight. Q5 What aresome mind-blowing facts about the world's most famous brands? A5 PRIYANELANGOVAN,Updated 6y AMAZING FACTS ABOUT IBM 1)Magnetic stripe card was invented by IBM 2)Hard disk drive was invented by IBM and also RAM 3)Universal Product Code (barcode which we find inconsumer goods) was invented by IBM. And IBM introduced IBM 3666, alaser-scanning point-of-sale barcode reader, This tech is now the backbone ofretail outlets. IBM invented floppy disk IBM's thinkpad is the only Laptop certified for useon ISS(International Space Station) IBM Introducedworld's first smartphone(IBM Simon) This company held the record for most patentsgenerated by a business for 22 consecutive years. Its employees have garneredfive Nobel Prizes, six Turing Awards, ten National Medals of Technology andfive National Medals of Science IBM is also famous for its AI computer Watson Icon for Indian History Indian History 319.1K followers · 14 posts in the last month Space dedicated to Indian History : from the ancientto the modern. Q6 What isthe most interesting fact that you know and I don't, but I should? A6 SwatiSinha, Lead Business Analyst at Paytm (company)7y We have theworld’s largest and most efficient NGO in India. Its name is KALINGA INSTITUTEOF SOCIAL SCIENCE. Amazing factsabout it: It provides accommodation, study, career development,and healthcare to 25,000tribal students (who wouldbe otherwise forced to beg for survival) each year at its integratedresidential campus located in Bhubaneswar. Its students are educated from kindergarten topost-graduate level at the KISS school and the associated KISS college forhigher education. The students from this institute have achievedremarkable results in almost every exams. Be it the BOARDS, IIT-JEE, CA-CPT andwhat not! This institute focuses and spends its resources onsports. One of the students had almost made it to Rio 2016 Olympics.Six girls were selected asprobables in Indian Women's Team for Asian Women 7's Rugby Championship to beheld in Mumbai. He’s the Rugby star from India from this institute. It began with 125 tribal students and somefinancial support from the ministry of tribal affairs. It prepares food for 25,000 students,everyday and it is therefore counted as one of the India’s mega kitchen. It has its ownwaste management system. It generates bio-gas by the organic waste which is supplied at its ownkitchen. It uses solarenergy to light the fans and LEDs. The dining hall is spread in acres and these 25,000students visit it 3 times a day to eat their meals. The campus has aspecialised serene place: The Director: The foundation follows what it calls the "Art ofGiving", a humanitarian and philanthropic concept of simple living andhigh thinking. It has shown what revolution can education andhealthcare bring amongst the poorest of the poor! :) Q7 What aresome of the greatest examples of presence of mind by Swami Vivekananda? A7 ShubhamKumar,Former Student at Cochin University Of Science and Technology(2016–2020)6y 1.SwamiVivekananda and king of Alwar Once Swami Vivekananda visited the Court of Alwar andhe had an argument with the Maharaja of Alwar regarding the worship of Idols. He criticizedSwami Vivekananda by saying that “Theidols you worship are nothing but pieces of clay, stones or metals. I find thisidol-worship meaningless” Then Swami Vivekananda approached a painting hanging in the Courtwhich was of Maharaja's father. He then asked Diwan to spit on the painting. On hearingthis king became furious and asked him how could he say like that. Then SwamiVivekananda smiled and replied him that "Yourfather, where is he? It is a just a painting— a piece of paper, not yourfather." After hearing this the king was speechless. 2. SwamiVivekanand and professor A white professor by the name of Peters hated SwamiVivekananda. Oneday in the dining room, Swamiji took his food and sat next to the professor.Irritated by his brown student, professor exclaimed “A pig and a bird do not sit together toeat." Vivekanandji replied, "You do not worryprofessor. I'll fly away," and he went and sat at another table. 3. Money or Wisdom The professor decided to avenge his insult and sonext day in class, he posed a question to Swamiji “Mr. Datta, if you were walking down the street and founda package, and within was a bag of wisdom and another bag with money, which onewould you take?" Swamiji quickly responded,"I will take the one with money, of course." Mr. Peters,smiling sarcastically said, "I,in your place, would have taken the wisdom one." Swamiji shrugged and responded, "Each one takes what he doesn't have." -- 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]. 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