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Gopalakrishnan
On Wednesday, 7 February, 2024 at 07:56:34 am IST, Rajaram Krishnamurthy
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On Tue, 6 Feb 2024 at 19:23, 'gopala krishnan' via Thatha_Patty
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CULTURAL QA 02-2024-07
Q1 Did Albert Einstein come tothe US to escape the Holocaust?
A1 SilkRoad, AI Expert Tue
Einstein was a Jew, but he wasn't in Germany when theHolocaust started.
He left his home in Berlin in 1933, right afterHitler came to power.
A famous scientist, Einstein criticized the Nazis andtheir racist policies.
He renounced his German citizenship and applied forrelease from the Prussian
Academy of Sciences.
The Nazis hated him and wanted to kill him.
They burned his books, confiscated his bank accounts,searched his house for
weapons, and called him a traitor and a communist.
They even published a photo of him with the caption"not yet hanged".
Einstein knew he hadto get the hell out of Europe.
The first stop wasBelgium, where he got some protection from the royal family.
But he wasn't safe there either.Heheard rumors that there were these assassins
after him
.He decided to goto England, where he had some friends who could help him.
There, Einstein stayed in asecret hut in Norfolk, guarded by a group of locals
with guns. He also gave some speeches inLondon to raise money for Jewish
refugees.But England wasn't his finaldestination either.
He wanted to go tothe US, where he had been offered a job at Princeton
University.
Einstein had visited the US before and liked itthere. He thought it was a free
and democratic country where he could work onhis science without fear or
interference.He also wanted to help other refugees who werefleeing from Nazi
persecution.
Einstein finally arrived in the US in October 1933, aftergetting a visa with
the help of some influential friends.
He settled inPrinceton, New Jersey, where he lived until his death in 1955.
He became anAmerican citizen in 1940. He continued to work on his scientific
theories and alsobecame involved in social and political causes.
Einsteinadvocated for world peace, human rights, civil liberties, and nuclear
disarmament.
We must understand what the Holocaust was.
A genocide of gargantuan size, the Jews and otherminorities were eviscerated by
the Nazis in Germany and their allies duringWorld War II.
They killedabout six million Jews in concentration camps, ghettos, mass
shootings, and gas chambers.
They alsopersecuted and murdered millions of other people, like Roma, Slavs,
communists, homosexuals,and disabled people.
It was a horrific crime against humanity that weshould never forget.
So did Einstein come to the US to escape theHolocaust? Well, yesand no.
He came to the US to escapethe Nazis, who were already threatening his life
before the Holocaustbegan.
But he also cameto the US because he wanted to pursue his scientific career and
contribute to humanity'sprogress.
Einstein was not just a refugee; he was also an immigrantwho enriched his new
country with his genius and his values.
Q2 What are you tired ofexplaining to people?
A2 Dr.Suman Sudha,Proud Odia.5y
I am from Odisha. A state in India.
I moved to Mangalore, Karnataka to pursue MBBS 2years back. KMC, Mangalore
being one of the most prestigious medical collegesof the country has a good lot
of students from all states.
My state is alesser known state I would say, after seeing the reaction of
people from other stateswhen they get to know that I'm from Odisha.
Listed below area few things I am tired of explaining and I'm sure my fellow
Odias living outside Odisha wouldshare the same thoughts as me.
Odisha is an independent state. Not a part of Bengal. OrBihar. Or Andhra. Or
anyother state.
We speak ODIA, not Odissi.
Odissi is a very famous classical dance form of ourstate. It is well recognized
on international platforms as well.
While Odia is ournative language. It has the highest number of words, after
Sanskrit, amongIndian languages.It is one of the oldest languages as well.
No, we and Bengalis are not the same !
And we might share a few things in common, like thelove for fish but are very
very very different in most aspects.
Bihar,Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal all were under the Bengal province under
Britishrule. Doesn'tmake all of us the same.
(India andPakistan were not divided earlier. Doesn't make us Pakistanis or
themHindustanis)
Northies - Odisha is in South right?
Southies - Odisha is in North right?
Odisha is in the EAST, for God's sake.
Makes me wonder what these people used to do in theirGeography classes.
You lost theRasagulla war. Haha.First of all what is a Rasagulla war?
WB just got a patent for Bengali rosogulla.We stillhave our Pahala Rasagulla.
Both of these are different varieties.
And history is the proof that Pahala Rasagulla wasfirst made in Puri as an
offering to Lord Jagannatha.
How do you know Hindi? How do you speak such fluentEnglish?
Because education, duh uh !We are not illiterateshere, especially when your gk
sucks! But you don't look like you are from Odisha?
What do you expect? Tribal clothes, jewellery andmakeup?
Odisha is apoor state!Ohh,you talk like you have a lot of money? Give us then.
For a state with regular floods and cyclones, ourstate is well to do. We extend
our help to other states when they are inneed but never receive the same. And
FYI, our CM has been receiving the Best CMof India for a couple of years now.
Q3 Do you know a joke about agynecologist?
A3 AndrasLu, 13h
A gynecologistwaits on his last patient, who does not arrive...
After an hour, he makes a gin and tonic to relax.After he settles into an
armchair to read the newspaper, he hears the doorbellring.
It’s thepatient, who arrives all embarrassed and apologizes for the delay. “It
doesn't matter,”answers the doctor. “Look, I was having a gin and tonic while
waiting. Do youwant one to help you relax?”
“I accept, thanks! I had a very hectic day.” Sheanswers.
He gives her adrink, sits down in front of her and they start talking.
Suddenly someone is heard opening the entrance officedoor. The doctorlooks
worried, gets up, and says: “My wife! Quick, take off your clothes and spread
your legs, otherwise,she might think there is some nonsense going on!”
Q4 What is the most interestingfact that you know and I don't, but I
should?
A4 MdSarfraz,Coming out of Chakravyuha !Updated 6y
Have you wondered why our system asks to burn the datainto CD or DVD?
Why does the system use the word burn instead of copy? Doesn't it soundlike it
is asking to put the data into fire?!
Here is the reality behind the word burn.
The information on a disc is recorded in the digitalform, representing a series
of zeros and ones. A disc has a thin reflective metal sheet with atranslucent
dye layer on the top. The CD writer is equippedwith a powerful 'write laser'
that burns translucent dye to make it opaque.The parts which are opaque block
light from the reflecting of the metal sheet,giving them a digital value Zero.
The parts which are left translucent get avalue of One.
This is why the wordburn is used instead of copy/paste.
My note- At onetime, about a decade back, disc was the available external
storage device. Later came pen drive.
But still insidecomputer/lap top still, disc is used.
Q5 What are some reasons whycheetahs are not sociable?
A5 K.Fletcher,Master's Degree in Psychology, Harvard University (Graduated
2011)8h
All big cats aresocial to varying degrees; cheetahs being on the higher end of
that sociability. In other words: cheetahs ARE social.
Reality is, most of what we “think we know” about bigcat social structures are
wrong. With puma and leopard proving this the case…and most recently, even the
cheetah.
During the pandemic, more time was assigned in moreareas, by more people to
observe cheetahs. What they discovered was prettyincredible: Two cheetahs,
“allo-mothering”; aka co raising each others cubs.Just like a lion pride does.
A mother Cheetah(8) and her grown Daugther (3) met up one day with their own
individual littersabout a month apart.The cubs all played together, and
scientists just thought, “how cute.” But, when they went to partways, two of
one mothers cubs left with the other mother. During thattime…that mother, was
nursing and caring for those cubs.
Was she andthose couple cubs, just confused?
No. A few days later, themothers got back together. They shared space together,
both mutually sucklingeach others cubs. When they wentto leave, they swapped
cubs again!
They were even seen hunting together. What’s odd, iseventually, one mother
ended up leaving with ALL the cubs…eventually raisingthem all; a total of 8
cubs. A huge responsibility. The other mother who wasleft with none, eventually
moved off and got pregnant again.
Are we to believe this was truly the FIRST time thisever happened? Of course
not, that’s epically improbable. What this does prove is thatcheetahs do have a
more social nature than we recognized previously. Allit takes is a few
generations of individuals to live this way before an entireregion (and
eventually, species) take on a new way of life. Will cheetahs oneday live in
prides? Maybe.
With that said…Male Cheetahs do fit the standarddefinition of “social.” They
live in coalitions of up to 5 individuals, all day24/7.
However, just because a cat species doesn't live in agroup 24/7, doesn't equate
to not being “sociable/social.” Theres degrees tosociality, & cats are in
constant communication with their species. Infact, all cats lives startquite
social, actually. They grow up with littermates & theirmother; for cheetah that
can equate to over 8 individuals. Once they’re adults, they usesmell and other
cues to keep in contact socially. They will get togetherto mate, or in the case
of cheetah, even share/mooch a meal togetherpeacefully.
Animals that DOlive together in social groups, do so because it has an
advantage to theirspecies in a significant way, most cats this isn’t the case
for. Male cheetahs live ingroups because they can more effectively defend and
keep a territory, hunt prey,and keep a look out for predators.
Because femalecheetahs usually never meet up with their grown offspring again,
raising their youngtogether isn’t typically possible. The fact a mother and
daughter cheetah had alitter a month apart and met up likely doesn’t happen too
often…particularlybecause female cheetahs are nomads.
When it comes to cheetah, much is to still be learned.However, generally, they
are one of the most tolerant of big cats. If they see another of theirspecies,
they aren’t usually extremely violent and don’t participate ininfanticide.
Perhaps this unusual co-parenting/swapping is more insight intowhy that is the
case.
All the ABOVE QA are from Quora DIGEST to me on 07-02-2024.
Selected quora answers generallyinteresting are included .Still they need not
be 100%correct answers.
Compiled and posted byR. Gopala Krishnan, 80, on 07-02-2024.
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