CULTURAL QA 03-2024-20A Q1 What are some of the most mind-blowing facts?
G Every atom in your body is billions of years old. KR WRONG. A BILLION YEAR OLD IS NOT THERE IN YOU I SAY . QUANTA MEANS NO ONE KNOWS. Q3 What happened to Dushala, Kauravas’ sister, after the Mahabharata? G My note- The information about Dussala’s son’s death and she followed Arjun with her grand son after aswamedha yaga are new information to me. KR Sir you never studied so many things; so does it mean it shall be written? At least before you wrote did you study fully? Then you would have done what I did. Please learn more and correctly sir. K Rajaram IRS 21324 ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: 'gopala krishnan' via Thatha_Patty <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 at 08:42 Subject: CULTURAL QA 03-2024-20A To: Patty Thatha <[email protected]>, Kerala Iyer < [email protected]>, Iyer <[email protected]> *CULTURAL QA 03-2024-20A* All the below QA are from QUORA DIGEST to me on 20-03-2024. Selected Quora answers by scholars generally interesting are included. Still they need not be 100% correct answers. Good jokes are also included. I am only a compiler. Compiled and posted by R Gopalakrishnan, 80, on 20-3-2024 *Q1 What are some of the most mind-blowing facts?* A1 Kevin Mitnick, MSc in Computer Science & Information Technology, University of California, Berkeley (Graduated 2003) Feb 9 The first primary color your baby can see is red. Color blind people have better night vision. Amazon, originally a printed book seller company, now sells more e-books than printed books. Beaked whales can hold their breath for over two hours. Every atom in your body is billions of years old. *Q2 Do you know a joke about a hitchhiker?* A2 Joseph Aspler,58m A man was standing by the side of the road, hoping for a ride. His car had broken down on a desolate stretch with no cellBphone service, and he had walked a mile or so without seeing another vehicle. It had just started to pour rain when he saw the faint haze of headlights appear in the distance. He stuck out his thumb. The car slowed as it approached him and he didn't even wait for it to come to a complete stop before he grabbed the door handle and hopped in the back seat. "Thanks for stopping, I've been out there for an hour," he started to say. That's when he noticed he was alone in the car. Though the car was still moving slowly forward, no one was behind the wheel. There was no noise coming from the engine, and he could hear an occasional groan from the rear of the car that sounded almost human. Paralyzed with fear, the hitchhiker watched as the car inched past signs warning of a 10% downhill grade, a series of switchbacks and something called "Dead Man's Curve." Realizing it was now or never, he opened the door and flung himself onto the pavement. He got up and ran down the hill as fast as he could. At the bottom of the hill, he found a local bar still open. He went inside, and told everyone who would listen his story of the ghost car. A hush came over the bar as the patrons realized he was telling the truth about what he had seen. A few minutes later, two men entered the silent bar. They were soaked to the skin and looked like they had been through an ordeal. The bar goers leaned in, hoping to hear about another brush with a supernatural car. "Does anybody know if there's a gas station near by?" one asked, while the other one interrupted, "Hey, there's that idiot who jumped into our car while we were pushing it up the hill!" Seema Bharti, Author of Mahabharat's Stories3h *Q3 What happened to Dushala, Kauravas’ sister, after the Mahabharata?* A3 Dushala, Duryodhan’s sister is widowed in the battle at Kurukshetra. Her husband Jayadrath, king of Sindhu is slain by Arjun on the battle field. He was responsible for the death of his son Abhimanyu. After the battle, the Pandavs again perform the Ashvamedha yajna. Arjun was assigned the task of following the sacrificial horse. The king who resisted was defeated and in all probability not killed at Yudhisthira’s insistence. There was a raging battle with the Saindhavas. They had not forgotten the death of their king Jayadrath. The Saindhava soldiers started running away and the ones left were being killed. Dushala approached her cousin and pleaded mercy. Her son had died afflicted with grief at his father’s death and intimidated by Arjun’s arrival. She came accompanied by her grandson. Arjun comforted her. Dushala restrained the soldiers and accepted subjugation. My note- The information about Dussala’s son’s death and she followed Arjun with her grand son after aswamedhayaga are new information to me. *Q4 What are some of the greatest examples of presence of mind?* A4 Rose Cruz, M.D. from Medicine and Healthcare Updated 6y During my 10th grade science class, our teacher explained a little about pregnancy and breastfeeding. One question led to another and soon the whole class was debating about breastfeeding. One of the cool guys in our classroom stood up and said that women should go to the bathroom to breastfeed and not breastfeed in public. ‘It’s disgusting’, he added. Every other boy in the room cheered agreeing to his opinion. ‘Sure. Men always think that the display of women’s body is good until it's no longer for their pleasure.’ A shy timid girl who never spoke much in class voiced out suddenly. There was a pin drop silence and nobody spoke anything for a few minutes. Even our science teacher was stunned by her answer. That’s a good one indeed! *Q5 What are some traditional Russian jokes translated into English?* A5 Miles N. Fowler,16h American diplomat Pierre Salinger said he thought it was telling that Nikita Khrushchev told him this joke: A university professor lived in the same building with a KGB agent. One day the professor said, “It’s a terrible thing that is happening with our young people in this country.” The KGB agent perked up and said, “What do you mean?” “Just the other day, in one of my classes, I asked, ‘Can anyone tell me who wrote “War and Peace”?’ Well, one wise ass piped up and said, ‘I sure didn’t.’” A week later, the professor ran into the KGB agent who said, “Hey, you know that student of yours who said he didn’t write ‘War and Peace’? Now he admits that he did.” *Q6 What was the shortest interview you’ve had that led to a job offer?* A6 Ke'Ylan Abaddon Banthraxx,21h I came at an interview, and the boss himself!, was going to do this interview. He wanted to see what I knew of electricity and machinery, and began with a question about star- and delta connection. I said: “Sir, if you REALLY want to test me, put me at abroken machine. This, what you ask, is known by near everyone. Let me prove myself in function, rather than speaking about it. Theory is fine, but doing something is quite a whole different story. Isn’t that right, sir?” He told me to wait a moment, came back, with a contract, and I became the head of machine park engineers. Easy peasy. *Q7 What is the most interesting fact that you know and I don't, but I should?* A7 Shiv C, Updated 6y If you get stabbed or impaled by a sharp object, let it be. Pulling out the sharp object that has been lodged into your body, will only increase the rate of blood loss, instead try to cover the wound and seek aid. A bright flashlight can be the greatest weapon against the attacker. "If you have someone approaching you that seems aggressive, in the gravest extreme, a blast of 300+ lumen to the eyes (especially at night) will give you the opportunity to get out," even a handy smartphone flashlight will do. Your brain can't handle using your phone and walking at the same time. As a result of walking and using phone, you can't fully focus on both at the same time. You'll suffer "inattention blindness," where you may see an object but not process that it's a car speeding toward you. If attacked by bees. If attacked by bees, don't stop or stand still start running in Zig Zag direction and sprint for about mile as the bees are slower, don't swat the bees which is worse making them aggressive and don't get into water as they wait for their prey. -- 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/780005854.4343089.1710942123814%40mail.yahoo.com <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/780005854.4343089.1710942123814%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> . -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. 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