UnKnOwN & UnUsUaL fActs

06/07/2017

Pulling an all-nighter reduces your capacity to remember new facts by upto 40%

30/05/2017

Elephant Gone mad

A wild elephant Gone Mad and blocked a car coming in his way. Started playing with the car like a small child.. If u like the video ~Like ~Share~ this ●video...

05/07/2016

Athazagoraphobia: The fear of being forgotten and or ignored by someone whom you strongly care about.

05/07/2016

Here are some interesting facts about the Independence day of the United States:
1. Only 2 people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4 in the year 1776.
2. August 2, 1776 was the date when most people signed the Declaration of Independence
3. Out of the first five American Presidents, three died on this date. In fact, the Founding Fathers Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both died on the same date, i.e. July 4, 1826, on the 50th anniversary of the nations Independence.
4. Most of the Founding Fathers agreed that July 4 is the perfect day to celebrate America's independence from the Great Britain except John Adams.
5. Adams thought July 2 should be declared as America's Independence Day because on July 2, the Second Continental Congress voted in Philadelphia to declare independence from Britain.
6. Legend has it that four immigrants got into an argument over who was most patriotic. To prove themselves, they ate as many hot dogs as they could . Since then, July 4 Hot Dog contest has become an annual tradition in the country.
7. Denmark, England, Norway, Portugal and Sweden too celebrate this day. This is because thousands of people emigrated to the U.S. in the early 1900s. Some European celebrations also take place sometime around the 4th and near tourist destinations, to attract U.S. travellers, or near American military bases.
8. The population of America was 2.5 million when the Declaration was signed.
9. The Philippines celebrates the U.S.-Philippines Friendship Day on July 4 as this was the day when Philippines earned its independence from America.
10. The 30th President of America, Calvin Coolidge, was born on July 4 in 1872.

03/07/2016

Women are more attracted to men who pay attention, someone who remembers details about them without having to be reminded.

03/07/2016

Honey is the only natural food that is made without destroying any kind of life.

30/01/2016

Ants nod to one another as they pass each other.

30/01/2016

If you kill a Panda in the country of China, you will be punished by death

30/01/2016

Pigeons can actually remember humans by face – If you chase one away, it will avoid you during later encounters.

27/01/2016

WORDS OF WISDOM
1. ON EARNING:
Never depend on single income. Make
investment to create a second chance.
2. ON SPENDING:
If you buy things you do not need, soon you
will have to sell things you need
3. ON RATINGS:
Do not save What is left after spending, but
spend what is left after saving.
4. ON TAKING RISK:
Never test the depth of a river with both
feet.
5. ON INVESTMENT:
Do not put all eggs in one basket
6. ON EXPECTATIONS:
Honesty is very expensive gift. Do not expect it from cheap
people.
7. If you are depressed you are living in the
past. If you are anxious you are living in the
future.
If you are at peace you are living
in the present. Past is a waste paper.
Present is a newspaper and future
is a question paper.
8. When bad things happen in your life you
have three choices. You can either
let it define you, let it destroy you or
you can let it strengthen you.
9. Empty pockets teach you a
million things in life but full pockets spoils you in a million
ways.
10. Our eyes are in the front because it is
more important to look ahead than to look
back.
11. We used a pencil when we were small
but now we use pens... do you know why?
Because mistakes in childhood can be erased but not now. So
read and write carefully otherwise life will be a tissue paper.

26/01/2016

16 Facts About India’s Republic Day Every Indian Should Know.
#1. January 26, 1930 was earlier celebrated as India’s Independence Day or Purna Swaraj Day. It’s the day India decided to fight for complete freedom.
#2. The first Republic Day was celebrated on January 26, 1950, three years after we got independence.
#3. After we achieved Independence on August 15 in 1947, our leaders wanted January 26 to be remembered in history as well. Therefore, the day was made to coincide with the day of Swaraj.
#4. Republic Day Celebrations are a 3-day long affair.
#5. The celebrations end on January 29 with the Beating Retreat ceremony. The ceremony is held Vijay Chowk where bands of the Indian Army, Indian Air Force and Indian Navy perform.
#6. The first R-Day parade at Rajpath was held in 1955.
#7. India’s Constitution is the longest in the world. It has a total of 448 articles.
#8. The Constitution is written in Hindi and English.
#9. Drafting the Constitution was a herculean task. Dr B.R. Ambedkar took 2 years and 11 months to draft the Indian Constitution.
#10. Our leaders took the best aspects from other countries’ constitutions. The concept of liberty, equality and fraternity came from the French constitution while the Five-Year Plans came from the USSR constitution.
#11. Before the Constitution came into force, India followed British Government’s Government of India Act 1935.
#12. Republic day is chosen as the day to give away bravery awards to deserving candidates. The awards that are given away are Veer Chakra, Maha Veer Chakra, Param Veer Chakra, Kirti Chakra and Ashoka Chakra.
#13. The Prime Minister places a wreath at Amar Jawan Jyoti as a mark of respect to the thousands of soldiers of the country who had died fighting for the Indian Independence.
#14. The 21 gun salute is the firing of arms and canons as a naval and military mark of honor. The salute is given while the President of India unfurls the National flag.
#15. The Constitution came into a legal circulation at 10:18 AM on the 26th of January, 1950.
#16. The Christian hymn, ‘abide with me’ is one of the most popular tunes played at the function.

26/01/2016

10 Facts About Indian Flag

On this republic day, we bring to you some of the facts and information about the national flag of India that we all Indians should be knowing about

#1.

The national flag of India was adopted in its present form during a meeting of the Constituent Assembly held on 22 July 1947, when it became the official flag of the Dominion of India.

#2.

The flag was designed by Pingali Venkayya, an agriculturist and Indian freedom fighter.

#3.

The national flag of India, by law, is to be made of khadi, a special type of hand-spun cloth of cotton or silk made popular by Mahatma Gandhi.

#4.

The right to manufacture the national flag of India is held by the Khadi Development and Village Industries Commission, who in turn allocates it to the regional groups.

#5.

The national flag of India is also known by the term ‘tricolour’, Tirangā in Hindi. Reason for this is the three dominant colors in the flag, saffron, white and green. These two terms in India always refer to the national flag.

#6.

The three colors have different representations each.
=>The Saffron color represents courage and sacrifice.
=>White represents truth, peace and purity.
=>The Green color represents prosperity.

#7.

The Ashok Chakra represents the Laws of Dharma (righteousness).

#8.

According to the Flag code of India, the Indian flag has a ratio of two by three, where the length of the flag is 1.5 times that of the width and all three stripes of the flag – saffron, white and green – should be equal in width and length.

#9.

The size of the Ashoka Chakra was not specified in the Flag code, but the Ashoka Chakra must have twenty-four spokes that are evenly spaced. The Ashoka Chakra is rendered in a Navy-blue color on the white stripe of the flag.

#10.

The Ashoka Chakra or wheel is from the Lion Capital of Ashoka. According to Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, second President of the Republic of India, the chakra was chosen as it was representative of dharma and law.

26/01/2016

Happy

26/01/2016

On this , we salute our national flag with honor and pride in our hearts. We thank our national heroes, the freedom fighters and the forefathers of our great nation. With the many scopes for improvement in our country, we hope to see our nation marching forward on the path of development, prosperity and peace. And it is our duty as citizens and children of this great nation to make that happen. It is us, each one of us who hold the future of our country and the fellow country-men in our hands. Let us pledge today, to serve our nation not just on the Republic Day or the Independence Day by hoisting the flag, but also by leading our lives each day as responsible citizens with honesty and honor.

, everyone!

25/01/2016

Iceland has one of the largest gun ownership rates in the world and yet has one of the lowest crime rates in the world.

25/01/2016

The Cowboys have played in the hottest and coldest NFL games ever: 109 and -13 degrees

25/01/2016

Meditation can change the brain's structure in just 8 weeks. It also increases grey matter in parts of the brain associated with learning.

24/01/2016

, the man who believed 'Indians are not fit to rule, they are fit to be ruled' died on this day