CULTURAL QA 03-2024-07 Allthe below QA are from Quora DIGEST to me on 07-03-2024.
Selected quora answers generallyinteresting including jokes are included Still they need not be 100% correct answers. I am only a compiler. Compiled and posted by R. Gopala Krishnan, 80, on 07-03-2024. Q1 Whatcan I learn in a minute that could save my life someday ? A1 TinyNair, Cardiologist at PRS Hospital, Trivandrum1y Learn something in one minute thatyou that could save you from a heart attack or a stroke. You think you know all those stuffthat matters right? Hypertension, diabetes, smoking, high cholesterol, lack ofexercise, obesity? Wrong. You missed something important. In an article published in NewEngland Journal of Medicine in 2021, environmental pollution can results in vascular diseaseand stroke. Now it is clear that environmental pollution ranks as one ofthe ‘risk factors in Cardio-vascular disease’. The small particles in air, known as PM 2.5 (particulate matterwith size less than 2.5 micron) get into our lungs, nudge their way into our vascular system, andending up as a nidus for atherosclerosis. This graph shows progressive increasein PM 2.5 concentration in air is related to increase in stroke and heartattacks. Stop, there is more for us. TheBollywood-crazy, gossip-loving, selfie addict, average Indian ranks as one ofthe highest burdened by PM2.5 concentration globally. Look at this graph below. The global heat-map of‘pollution-linked cardiovascular death’ colours India as one of the brightestcountries in the world, meaning the highest cardiovascular death ratessecondary to pollution. What Can You do? The bare minimum you could do toprotect the world from pollution is to take a flight to New York and wave abanner outside the UN HQ. But to protect yourself all you need isto wear a N-95 mask (the same one that you hated for the last 3 years). A N-95 mask is named so because itfilters 95% of PM 2.5. (it was not originally designed for COVID 19). N-95keeps the PM out, keeping your lungs and vessels clean. Is there data to support. Yes. ‘Wearing a mask is uncomfortable’. I agree ‘A heart attack or a strokeleading to days in the ICU is worse’ – Don’t You agree? Q2 Whatare the interesting facts about Switzerland that everyone should know? A1 AmitSingh, 1h The divorce rate in Switzerland isabout 43%, and people also marry late—men at age 31.8 and women at 29.5years. Switzerlandis one of two countries in the world that have a square flag. Thesecond is Vatican City. Thefirst waterproof watch was invented by Rolex in Switzerland in 1926. Switzerlandis also the only country in the world to have built an aeroplane that ispowered by solar energy. It has travelled 40,000 km without a single drop offuel. The world's first instantcoffee was invented in Switzerland in 1938. The highest railway station in Europe,Jungfrazuch railway station is in Switzerland. It is built at an altitudeof 11,332 feet above sea level. Nearly half of Switzerland'spopulation owns guns. The world's smallest toolbox – the Swiss Army knife –was invented by Carl Elsner. Charlie Chaplin spent the last 25 years of his life inSwitzerland. More films produced by India are shot in Switzerland than in any othercountry. Switzerland's crime and unemploymentrates are among the lowest in the world. Q3 Canyou teach me a weird psychology trick? A3 BeckyEve, Studied English (language) & Psychology at Shanghai Jiao TongUniversity (Graduated 2020)3y 1. To understand a person, observe his/her parents of the opposite sex. A person's ability to love comes fromparents of the opposite sex, and discipline comes from same-sex parents. 2. Don't make any decisions when you're in tears, the lessyou talk when your emotions are negative, the better. 3. When a person agrees to your first request, there is agood chance that they will agree to the second. 4. Curiosity can dispel fear. 5. You won't be depressed when yourun. 6. Letting go will only make things worse. 7. To meet each other's needs in thefirst place, you can harvest good interpersonal, cooperative relations. 8.The vast majority of people are unconfident, have a fragile self-esteem,perceive to take advantage of this, do nothing, give them a smile from theheart, can give themselves a score. 9. Crying children have sugarto eat. If a person is not good at expressing himself, he will be ignored. 10. When two people eat together, if you want to know ifthe other person has a potential affection for you (friendship and love apply),pick up a cup and take a sip of water. If the other person also subconsciously picks up his glass and drinkswater, he or she ismore likely to have a potential interest in you. Q4 Whatare some little known facts about McDonald's? A4 ShaunakBhattacharjeee, Software Engineer | Traveller | Foodie23h Did you know that McDonald's real business is not selling burgers and friesbut they are actually into the real estate business? In fact, one of theirformer CFOs said that they aren't into the food business, they are into the real estatebusiness. Yousee, in India or abroad, most companies expand by the mode of franchises. They openup restaurants in various parts of the city. They don't own those restaurants, they allow the owner of thoseoutlets to open a restaurant with their name where their products will sell. The owner will take the profits home whilegiving a certain royalty to the parent brand. In this way, the parent brand canexpand fast,l because it doesn't have to invest in the property and the highprofits can easily attract more and more shop owners to open a restaurant intheir name. But at the end of the day, the brand isn't owninganything except getting the royalty depending on sales. However, McDonald's didn't do franchises. It owned theproperty and then opened up its restaurant. They buy the property and lease it out, at a very highmarkup rate. They are getting the royalty per sale, that is there but ontop of that, they are getting regular income from the property as well. Nowadays, they are also enteringinto the franchise business because it helps in expansion but initially,when they started, they used to buy the properties and set up their stores. Today, McDonald's is present in over 100 countries and 15% of theirrestaurants are owned by them! That's much more than any otherrestaurant chain. Q5 What are some examples of a small actthat has a big impact? A5 RatnamalaKamath, M'com from Karnatak University, Dharwad (Graduated 1988)4y My maid has been with me from the last14 years. Her husband is a wastrel/drunkard and she single handedbringing up her 2 kids and educating them. She is a very self- respecting person and does not accept charity.Whenever she has taken a loan from me she has repayed it in the next fewmonths. ***Since she will not accept moneyexcept her salary, I give her some money as bonus during festivals so that she doesn't feel I'm doing her any favour. She accepts this. My note-***In Chennai, it is compulsorycondition to give one month salary to housemaids as Bonus eitherduring Pongal/Deepavali/Christmas A few months back she had gone to hernative place, a village, a few hours away from Bengaluru. When she came back she brought a big packet of green gram and driedtamarind and gave them to me saying they were freshly harvested /grown in hervillage. I could not refuseas she would have felt hurt and bad, so accepted it. The tamarind is sweet and sour andexceptionally good. The green gram too is very good. Since I always give her something duringfestivals, she too felt that she should give me something which will be usefulto me. Along with being areceiver she wanted to be a giver too. What she gave was not important, thefact that she wanted to give was more important. She gained my respect with this smallact which made a big impact on me. -- 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/689130796.778893.1709789259158%40mail.yahoo.com.
