DO WE KNOW??????

                                                               DO WE KNOW 




1. Glabella - The Space between our eyebrows is called Glabella

2. Petrichor - The way it smells after the rain is called Petrichor

3. Ag let - The Plastic or metallic coating at the end of our shoelaces is called an Aglet.

4. Barm - The foam on beer is called a Barm.

5. W amble - The rumbling of stomach is called a Wamble.

6. Vagitius - The cry of a new born baby is called a Vagitius

7. Tines - The prongs on a fork are called Tines

8. Phosphenes - The Sheen or light that we see when we close our eyes and press our hands on them are called Phosphenes.

9. Box Tent - The tiny plastic table placed in the middle of a pizza box is called a box tent.

10. Over morrow - The day after tomorrow is called overmorrow.

11. Minimus - Our tiny toe or finger is call minimus

12. Agraffe - The wired cage that holds the cork in a bottle of champagne is called an Agraffe.

13. Vocables - The 'na na na ' and ' la la la ', which don't really have any meaning in the lyrics of any song, are called Vocables.

14. Interrobang - When you combine an exclamation mark with a question mark ( like ?! ), it is referred to as an interrobang.

15. Columella Nasi - The space between your nostrils is called Columella Nasi.

16. Armscye - The armhole in clothes, where the sleeves are sewn, is called Armscye.

17. Dysania - The condition of finding it difficult to get out of the bed in the morning is called Dysania.

18. Griffonage - Unreadable hand writing is called Griffonage.

19. Tittle - The dot over an "i" or a "j" is called tittle.

20. Crapulence - That utterly sick feeling we get after eating or drinking too much is called Crapulence.

21. Brannock Device - The metallic device used to measure our feet at the shoe store is called Brannock Device.


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13 Indian Athletes who battled their way to Success

                                                13 Indian Athletes who battled to Glory

                   


                                                                         

DHANRAJ PILLAI is a son of a worker at a local Ammunition factory and he practiced with a broken hockey sticks pasted up with gum and strings. After, all these initial hiccups in his career, he grew to score around 170 goals in 339 International matches for India. He had led India to a Gold Medal in 1998 Asian Games as well as in Asia Cup in the year 2003.

                                                                 

MILKA SINGH  was a boy who witnessed the killings of his parents and siblings during partition, after which he ran for his life and struggled for rehabilitation which had also driven him to become a petty thief stealing goods from trains. However, all these early difficulties in his life had driven him to win 77 of the 80 races he ran and made him to bring home 4 golds in Asian Games and 1 in Common Wealth Games, though he missed an Bronze medal by 1/100th of second in the 1960 Rome Olympics.

                                                             

MARY KOM was a daughter of a landless agricultural laborer, but that did not stop her from becoming an Five - time world Amateur Champion, the only women boxer to win a medal in all 6 World Championships, an Bronze medal in the 2012 London Olympics and last but not the least 1 Gold and 1 Bronze in the last concluded Asian Games.

                                                                   

PT USHA was the 2nd of six children and her Father ran a small cloth store, she also faced ill health and financial instability as a young girl. She is called as the " Queen of Indian Track and Field ". She is a winner of 13 Gold medals in the Asian Games and Asian Championships. However, she missed the 400 metre hurdles Bronze in 1984 Los Angeles Olympics by 1/100th of a second.

                                                                     

GAGAN NARANG was able to get a rifle after his father sold his property for money. But, he won Bronze in the 2012  London Olympics, 8 Gold, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze Medal in the Common Wealth Games, he also won 2 Silver and 3 Bronze Medals in the Asian Games.

                                                                   

KRISHNA POORNIA milked buffaloes at her father's dairy as a substitute to modern fitness equipment, to strengthen her arms and improve muscle power. She became the First Indian Women to reach the Final in Discus Throw in Olympics. She also 1 Gold Medal in the Commonwealth Games 2 Bronzes at Asian Games.

                                                                   

SAINA NEHWAL struggled to train and her father borrowed to pay for coaching and equipment. But currently, she is a Bronze Medalist in 2012 London Olympics, Silver Medalist at 2015 BWF World Championship, the winner of 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze medals at the Common Wealth Games. She was ranked no.1 in Women's Singles by Badminton World Federation in 2015. She was Honored with Padma Shri, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and Arjuna Award.

                                                                   

     
                             

SARDARA SINGH  practiced after his mother borrowed money to buy him shoes and kit, but later on became the youngest player to captain the Indian National Hockey Team. He had led India to Gold at the 2014 Commonweatlh Games. He was Honored with Padma Shri in 2015.

                                                                 

SARITA DEVI hails from an economically backward agricultural family in Manipur, she had helped her parentsin collecting firewood and in the fields. However, she won a Silver Medal at the Asian Boxing Championships in 2001, an Gold medal at the 2006 World Championships and an Silver Medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

                                                                   

SHIVA KESHAVAN competed without a coach or Winter Sports Infrastructure in the Country and had been constantly struggling for funds to compete. But, after all these he turned to become a Five Time Olympian, the first Indian to compete in luge at the Winter Olympics. He also holds the World record for the Youngest ever Olympian in Luge ( 16 years ) and had won 2 Gold, 1 Silver and 2 Bronze in Asian Luge Cup.

                                                             

SHUBHAM JAGLAN was the son of a milkman from a small village in Haryana and practiced using shabby clubs in the fields and watching YouTube Videos. But, later he turned out to become India's Golfing Prodigy and won the Junior World Golf Championships in California and won the Taylormade World Juniors in July, 2013. He also won IJGA World Stars of Junior Golf in July 2015.

                                                                 

VIJENDER SINGH is the son of a bus driver with Haryana Roadways and his father worked over time to support his education. But, that helped him become the First India Boxer to win an Olympic Medal, 2 Silver and 1 Bronze Medal at the Commonwealth Games and 1 Gold and 1 Bronze Medal at the Asian Games.

                                                                   

SUSHIL KUMAR is the son of  a DTC bus driver and practiced with minimal funds and poor training facilities. He won 1 Bronze and 1 Silver at the Olympic Games. He also won an Gold at the 2010 World Wrestling Championship, he also won 2 Commonwealth Gold Medals and 1 Gold, 1 Silver and 3 Bronze at the Asian Games.

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The Brands and its Stories

                                            FAMOUS BRANDS NAME AND ITS BACKGROUND


1. Nike : It is the name for the Greek Goddess of Victory. The swoosh signifies her flight.

2. Coca - Cola : The two main  ingredients were Coca  leaves and Cola berries.

3. Pepsi : It is derived from the digestive enzyme " Pepsin ". Although pepsin is not an ingredient in the drink.

4. Google : It is derived from " Googul " which means 1 followed by 100 zeros. It signifies owners Larry Page and Sergey Brin's mission to provide innumerable info to all users.

5. Adidas : It is named after owner Adolf  Dassler, whose nickname was Adi. Adi Dassler became Adidas.

6. Intel : It is the short form for Integrated Electronics.

7. Canon : It is adopted from Kwanon ( Japanese name of Buddhist Bodhisattva of Mercy ). It was changed to Canon for easier acceptance worldwide.

8. Lego : It is derived from Danish words " Leg Godt ", which means to play ' play well '. Lego also means ' put to gether ' in Latin, which is claimed as pure co-incidence.

9. Nintendo : It is Tranliterated from Nintendou. Nin in Japanese means 'entrusted ' and Ten-dou means 'heaven '.

10. Amazon : Their CEO Jeff Bazos wanted a name starting with ' A '. He chose Amazon because it is the biggest river in the world, just what he wanted his company to be.

11. Skype : The original idea was ' Sky peer to peer ', which later became Skyper and finally Skype.

12. Adobe : It is named after a creek that ran behind the co-founder, John Warock's house, called Adobe Creek.

13. Nokia : It started as wood pulp mill, it expanded its business to producing rubber products in a city in Finland called Nokia.

14. Sony : It is derived from the Latin word, 'Sonus' meaning Sound and an American slang word, ' Sonny' meaning bright youngster.

15. Vodafone : Voice, data and Telefone.

16. Volkswagen : It means ' People's car ' in German. There was a time when only very expensive cars used to ply on German roads and Volkswagen was a revolution.

17. ebay : It is originally called Echo Bay. The domain echobay.com was already in use, hence it was shortened to ebay.

18. IBM  : The founder TJ Watson Sr wanted to be a step ahead of his former employers ' National Cash Register ', so he decided to call his company ' International Business Machines '.

19. Nikon : It is the short form for Nippon Kogaku, which means ' Japanese Optical '.

20. Reebok : It is derived from the Afrikaans spelling of an African Antelope, ' Rhebok'.

21. Starbucks : It is named after a character in Moby Dick, The original name suggested was 'Peqoud' was suggested, the name of the ship from the novel. When it got rejected, they settled for ' Starbuck', the chief mate of that very ship.

22. Virgin : It is because the business was new and the team members were virgins at business. This was suggested by a girl in Richard Branson's team.

23. Fanta : The head of the German Coca-Cola team asked them to use their ' Fantasie' to come up with the name.

24. Nivea : It is derived from the Latin word ' Niveus' , which means snow white.

25. HP : William Hewlett and David Packard flipped a coin to decide whose name would come first.

26. Toyota : It is named after founder Kiichiro Toyoda. The name was changed to Toyota because Toyoda literally means ' Fertile Rice Paddies '.

27. Microsoft : A combination of the words Microcomputer and Software.

28. Cisco : It not actually an acronym, the  founders just removed San Fran from San Francisco.

29. Budweiser : Beer has been brewed in Budweis, Bohemia, since 1245. Budweiser means ' of Budweis' and was developed as a ' Bohemian - style ' beer. The Founder Adolphus Busch was inspired to create the beverageafter a trip to the region.


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INTERESTING FACTS IN LIFE - 3

 

                                                   INTERESTING FACTS IN LIFE


1. Stewardesses is the longest word typed only with the left hand.

2. The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.

3. The Electric Chair was invented by a Dentist.

4. The Human Heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.

5. Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over million descendants.

6. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.

7. The Cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

8. Most lipstick contains fish scales.




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INTERESTING FACTS IN LIFE - 2

                                                 INTERESTING FACTS IN LIFE 



1. People say " Bless You " when some sneeze because while sneezing the heart stops for millisecond.

2. It is physically impossible for the pigs to look up in to the sky.

3. The " Sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's is sick is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.

4. " Rhythm " is the longest English word without a Vowel.

5. If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.

6. Each king in the deck of playing cards represents great king from History... Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, Diamonds - Julius.

7. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

8. If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in the battle.

9. If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle.

10. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

11. Bullet Proof Vests, Fire Escapes, Windshield Wipers and Laser Printers are all invented by women.

12. Honey is the only food that does not spoil.

13. A Crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

14. A Snail can sleep for three years.

15. All Polar Bears are left handed.

16. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class.

17. Butterflies taste with their feet.

18. Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.

19. In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.

20. On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.



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INTERESTING FACTS

                                         FEW INTERESTING FACTS IN LIFE



1. Hot water will turn into ice faster than cold water.

2. Mono Lisa had no eyebrows

3. The Sentence, " The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in  the English language.

4. The strongest muscle in the body is in the tongue.

5. "I Am" is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

6. Coca - Cola was originally Green.

7. Ants never sleep ...

8. The most common name in the world is Mohammed.

9. When the moon is directly overhead, a person will weigh slightly less.

10. Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from the blowing desert sand.

11. There are only two words in the English language that all the five vowels in order " abstemious" and "facetious ".

12. The name of all the continents end with the same letter that start with.

13. There are 2  Credit Cards for every person in USA.

14. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the Keyboard.

15. Minus 40 degree celsius is exactly the same as minus 40 degree Farenheit.

16. Chocolates can kill dogs as it contains Theobromine, which affects their heart and nervous system.

17. Women blink nearly twice as much as Men.

18. One cannot kill oneself by holding their own breath.

19. It is impossible to lick one's own elbow.

20. The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.



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Walk Through the 6 most affected sites of the WW II in Europe

                       

                                             SIX WORLD WAR II SITES IN EUROPE     

As many know September 1st, 1939, is generally considered to be the start of World War II in Europe.

It all began with an German invasion on Poland after which Britain and France declared war on Germany in the next 2 days.

The estimate of fatalities is around 50 - 85 million and so this war is often described as the deadliest conflict in human history.

Here is a walk through of the six World War II sites in Europe.......



1. Krakow - Auschwitz, Poland

At Auschwitz concentration camp, the atrocities against deported Jews changed the definition of human monstrosity forever. Millions of Jews were gassed to death. The railway tracks, barbed wires, personal belongings of the victims all narrate horrifying tales of Nazi cruelity. In Krakow, synagogues were destroyed, Jews were rounded up, but one man rekindled the faith in humanity - OSKAR SCHINDLER, he saved nearly 1200 jews by providing them employment in his factory.

2. Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Initially,  The Netherlands stayed neutral in the war but it was invaded by Germany on May 10, 1940. Five days later, it surrendered to the Germans. During the four - day campaign, about 2300 Dutch soldiers were killed and 7000 wounded. ANNE FRANK was born in Amsterdam. During World War II, she hid from the Nazis with her family in a secret annexe in a canal house which is now a museum. Frank did not survive the war but her dairy is one of the most poignant accounts of the war.

3. Warsaw, Poland

Warsaw was completely bombed and destroyed during World War II. On Black Monday ( September 25, 1939 ), 500 tons of high explosives bombs and 72 tons of incendiary bombs were dropped, and there was heavy artillery shelling. Jews were rounded up and forced into a ghetto. Overall, Warsaw suffered approximately 25,800 civilian deaths. The Warsaw of today is an exact restoration of what it was before the war.

4. Berlin, Germany


Berlin was the capital of Nazi Germany and was air raided 363 times during the World War II. The Americans dropped 23,000 tons of bombs, and the British, 45,517 tons. The bombings continued relentlessly. By May 1945, nearly 14 per cent of Berliners had fled the city.


5. Normandy, France

On June 6, 1944 ( called as D- Day ), more than 156,000 American, Canadian and British Forces and 20,000 vehicles mustered their might, landed on a 50 mile stretch of beaches to push the Nazis out of Western Europe. This operation is Code Named as OPERATION OVERLORD, the Battle of Normandy was on the the largest amphibious attacks in history and is often called as the beginning of the end of World War II.

6. London, England

London was in the eye of the war storm and history will never forget the Blitz. The German bombers appeared in London's skies on September, 7, 1940 and for 57 consecutive days London was bombed. During the blitz, 18000 tonnes of high explosives were dropped on England killing a total of 18,629 men, 16,201 women and 5,028 children.

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