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3 Headed Snake

2015-07-24T16:35:00.001+05:30

There are many pictures getting circulated about 3 headed snakes and 5 headed snakes.

All of them are fake. It is time to acknowledge the fact that these multiheaded snakes do not exist.

A rare genetic disoreder or a birth defect may cause 2 headed snake,

but 3 headed or 5 headed or 7 headed ir 9 headed??????

THEY DO NOT EXIST !!!!!

Here is the original picture.

Gora

2015-05-04T18:34:00.001+05:30

Goparaju Ramachandra Rao was a prominent rationalist, social reformer and freedom fighter in southern India. He...
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Different Classes of Indian Railways

Indian railways is one of the world largest railway networks comprising a distance of 65436km.
It has many classes.

1.UR/GEN Gerenal Class

This is the cheapest class and although entry into the compartment is guaranteed, a sitting seat is not guaranteed. Tickets issued are valid on any train on the same route if boarded within 24 hours of buying the ticket. These coaches are usually very crowded and are usually positioned at front and back of the train

2) 2S 2nd Class Sleeper

This is a non-AC seater class. Available in short distance trains and can accomodate 108 passengers in each coach. They are numbered D1,D2,etc.

3)SL Sleeper Class

Sleeper class This is the most common coach and found in almost all trains and commonly known as second class. It has berths for sleeping and accomodates 72 passengers. They are costlier than 2s. They are numbered S1,S2,etc

4) CC Chair Car

Chair Car This is an air conditioned version of 2S, but with better seats and services. Some trains like shatabdi express provide bottled water, juice, coffee or tea, and meals relevant to time of day of the journey. The coaches are numbered C1,C2, etc. Garib Rath trains have chair cars numbered J1,J2,etc.

5. EC Executive class

This class almost like the chair car but with better services and more spacious The coaches are numbered E1,E2,etc

6) 3E Ac three tier economy

This is an AC version of SL, but less spacious and more crowded. They are only present in Garib Rath Trains. The passengers are not given bedding and is availble for extra payment. Garib Rath trains have coaches numbered G1,G2,etc

7) 3A AC Three tier

This is an AC version of SL with 8 bays of 8 passengers each totalling 64 passengers in each coach. The coaches are numbered B1,B2,etc

8) 2A AC Two Tier

These ac coaches have ample leg spaces and curtains for privacy. They accomodate 46 passengers in a coach They are numbered A1,A2,etc

9)FC First class

This is a non AC coach and it is priced between 1ac and 2AC. Since 2A is cheaper, bookings were low and hence manufacture of this cach has been stopped and is now present in ver few trains. It is numbered F1,F2

10) 1A Flrst class AC

This is the most expensive class in Indian Railways with fares costlier than Airways for long distance trains. It carries only 18 passengers per coach. The coach is carpeted and passengers have very high privacy. It is numbered H1,H2, etc ...........

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Apollo 11 - Space mission

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Apollo 11 was the spaceflight which landed the first humans.
Neil Armstrong, the commander was the first person to step on the moon.
Buzz Aldrin landed after him.
According to different NASA accounts, he had originally been proposed as the first to step onto the Moon's surface, but
due to the physical positioning of the astronauts inside the compact lunar landing module, it was easier for the commander, Neil Armstrong, to be the first to exit the spacecraft.
"That's one small step for a man, a giant leap for mankind". This was said by Neil Armstrong, when he stepped on the moon.
Luna 15 was a Soviet probe designed to collect lunar soil and return it to Earth and study circumlunar space and the lunar gravitational field, which could have given the Soviets more Moon glory. The mission along with Apollo 11 played a important role in the culmination of the Space Race. Luna 15 was launched 3 days before Apollo 11 and reached lunar orbit before Apollo 11. During descent, a malfunction caused Luna 15 to crash on the Mare Crisium of the Moon, just after Armstrong and Aldrin completed their moon walk.
The Commander Neil Armstrong died aged 82 on 25th August 2012
Crew

Position Astronaut

Commander Neil A. Armstrong

Command Module Pilot Michael Collins

Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin

Position	Astronaut
Commander	Neil A. Armstrong
Command Module Pilot	Michael Collins
Lunar Module Pilot	Buzz Aldrin

This is Buzz Aldrin. His footprint can still be seen even today on the moon.

Pakistan

2012-08-01T09:49:00.003+05:30

Pakistan is officially known as the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
It sits at the crossroads of the strategically important regions of South Asia, Central Asia and Western Asia.
The territory of modern Pakistan was the site of several ancient cultures, including the Neolithic Mehrgarh and the Bronze AgeIndus Valley Civilisation, and has undergone invasions or settlements by Hindu, Persian, Indo-Greek, Islamic, Turco-Mongol, Afghan and Sikh cultures.
Pakistan has the seventh largest standing armed forces in the world and is a declared nuclear weapons state, being the only nation in the Muslim world
Pakistan has the second largest Muslim population in the world. It is second to Indonesia.
About one fifth of the population live below the international poverty line
The official and national sport of Pakistan is Field hockey.
The modern state of Pakistan was established on 14 August 1947 in the eastern and northwestern regions of British India, where there was a Muslim majority.
Dispute over the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir led to the First Kashmir War in October 1947.
Pakistan is a democratic parliamentary federal republic with Islam as the state religion.
The Kashmir conflict is a territorial dispute between India and Pakistan over the Kashmir region, the most northwesterly region of South Asia. The two countries have fought at least three wars over Kashmir—the Indo-Pakistani Wars of 1947, 1965 and 1999 and several skirmishes over the Siachen Glacier.
India claims the entire state of Jammu and Kashmir and administers approximately 45.1% of the region, including most of Jammu, the Kashmir Valley, Ladakh, and the Siachen Glacier.
Pakistan, which controls approximately 38.2% of Kashmir, consisting of Azad Kashmir and the northern areas of Gilgit and Baltistan.
More than sixty languages are spoken in Pakistan, including a number of provincial languages. Urdu, the lingua franca and a symbol of Muslim identity and national unity, is the national language and is understood by over 75% of Pakistanis.
English is the official language of Pakistan, used in official business, government, and legal contracts.

2012-07-19T15:52:00.001+05:30

Religion

Religion is a collection of cultural systems, belief systems, and worldviews that relate humanity to spirituality and, sometimes, to moral values. Many religions have narratives, symbols, traditions and sacred histories that are intended to give meaning to life or to explain the origin of life or the universe. They tend to derive morality, ethics, religious laws or a preferred lifestyle from their ideas about the cosmos and human nature.

The five largest religious groups by population, estimated to account for between 5 and 7 billion people, are Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism (with the relative numbers for Buddhism and Hinduism dependent on the extent of syncretism) and Chinese folk religion.

Five largest religions	Adherents in 2000^[42]	% of world population^[42]
Christianity	2.0 billion	33%
Islam	1.2 billion	19.6%
Hinduism	811 million	13.4%
Chinese folk religion	385 million	6.4%
Buddhism	360 million	5.9%

The countries mapped to the prevailing religion.

Abrahamic religions

Judaism is the oldest Abrahamic religion, originating in the people of ancient Israel and Judea. Judaism is based primarily on the Torah, a text which some Jews believe was handed down to the people of Israel through the prophet Moses. This along with the rest of the Hebrew Bible and the Talmud are the central texts of Judaism. The Jewish people were scattered after the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem in 70 CE. Today there are about 13 million Jews, about 40 per cent living in Israel and 40 per cent in the United States. Abrahamic religions are monotheistic religions which believe they descend from Abraham.

Christianity is based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth (1st century) as presented in the New Testament. The Christian faith is essentially faith in Jesus as the Christ, the Son of God, and as Savior and Lord. Almost all Christians believe in the Trinity, which teaches the unity of Father, Son (Jesus Christ), and Holy Spirit as three persons in one Godhead. Most Christians can describe their faith with the Nicene Creed. As the religion of Byzantine Empire in the first millennium and of Western Europe during the time of colonization, Christianity has been propagated throughout the world. The main divisions of Christianity are, according to the number of adherents:
- Catholic Church, headed by the Pope in Rome, is a communion of the Western church and 22 Eastern Catholic churches.
- Protestantism, separated from the Catholic Church in the 16th-century Reformation and split in many denominations,
- Eastern Christianity which include Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy and the Church of the East.

There are other smaller groups, such as Jehovah's Witnesses and the Latter Day Saint movement, whose inclusion in Christianity is sometimes disputed.

Islam refers to the religion taught by the Islamic prophet Muhammad, a major political and religious figure of the 7th century CE. Islam is the dominant religion of northern Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia. As with Christianity, there is no single orthodoxy in Islam but a multitude of traditions which are generally categorized as Sunni and Shia, although there are other minor groups as well. Wahhabi is the dominant Muslim schools of thought in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. There are also several Islamic republics, including Iran, which is run by a Shia Supreme Leader.
Smaller regional Abrahamic groups, including Samaritanism (primarily in Israel and the West Bank), the Rastafari movement (primarily in Jamaica), and Druze (primarily in Syria and Lebanon).

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Indian religions

Hinduism is a word describing the similar philosophies of Vaishnavism, Shaivism, and related groups practiced or founded in the Indian subcontinent. Concepts most of them share in common include karma, caste, reincarnation, mantras, yantras, and darśana. Hinduism is the most ancient of still-active religions,.with origins perhaps as far back as prehistoric times. Hinduism is not a monolithic religion but a religious category containing dozens of separate philosophies amalgamated as Sanātana Dharma, which is the name with whom Hinduism has been known throughout history by its followers.Indian religions are practiced or were founded in the Indian subcontinent.
Jainism, taught primarily by Parsva (9th century BCE) and Mahavira (6th century BCE), is an ancient Indian religion that prescribes a path of non-violence for all forms of living beings in this world. Jains are found mostly in India.
Buddhism was founded by Siddhartha Gotama in the 6th century BCE. Buddhists generally agree that Gautama aimed to help sentient beingsend their suffering (dukkha) by understanding the true nature of phenomena, thereby escaping the cycle of suffering and rebirth (saṃsāra), that is, achieving Nirvana.
- Theravada Buddhism, which is practiced mainly in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia alongside folk religion, shares some characteristics of Indian religions. It is based in a large collection of texts called the Pali Canon.
- Mahayana Buddhism (or the "Great Vehicle") under which are a multitude of doctrines that began their development in China and are still relevant in Vietnam, Korea, Japan and to a lesser extent in Europe and the United States. Mahayana Buddhism includes such disparate teachings as Zen, Pure Land, and Soka Gakkai.
- Vajrayana Buddhism, sometimes considered a form of Mahayana, was developed in Tibet and is still most prominent there and in surrounding regions.
- Two notable new Buddhist sects are Hòa Hảo and the Dalit Buddhist movement, which were developed separately in the 20th century.
Sikhism is a monotheistic religion founded on the teachings of Guru Nanak and ten successive Sikh Gurus in 15th century Punjab. Sikhs are found mostly in India.

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Zoroastrianism is a religion and philosophy based on the teachings of prophet Zoroaster in the 6th century BC. The Zoroastrians worship theCreator Ahura Mazda. In Zoroastrianism good and evil have distinct sources, with evil trying to destroy the creation of Mazda, and good trying to sustain it.Iranian religions are ancient religions whose roots predate the Islamization of Greater Iran. Nowadays these religions are practiced only by minorities.

Mandaeism is a monotheistic religion with a strongly dualistic worldview. Mandaeans are sometime labeled as the "Last Gnostics".
Kurdish religions include the traditional beliefs of the Yazidi, Alevi, and Ahl-e Haqq. Sometimes these are labeled Yazdânism.

[edit]Folk religions

Folk religion is a term applied loosely and vaguely to less-organized local practices. It is also called paganism, shamanism, animism, ancestor worship, matriarchal religion, or totemism, although not all of these elements are necessarily present in local belief systems. The category of "folk religion" can generally include anything that is not part of an organization. Modern neopagan movement draws on folk religion for inspiration to varying degrees.

African traditional religion is a category including any type of religion practiced in Africa before the arrival of Islam and Christianity, such as Yoruba religion or San religion. There are many varieties of religions developed by Africans in the Americas derived from African beliefs, including Santería, Candomblé, Umbanda, Vodou, and Oyotunji.
Folk religions of the Americas include Aztec religion, Inca religion, Maya religion, and modern Catholic beliefs such as the Virgin of Guadalupe. Native American religion is practiced across the continent of North America.
Australian Aboriginal culture contains a mythology and sacred practices characteristic of folk religion.

New religions

Chinese folk religion, practiced by Chinese people around the world, is a primarily social practice including popular elements ofConfucianism and Taoism, with some remnants of Mahayana Buddhism. Most Chinese do not identify as religious due to the strong Maoistinfluence on the country in recent history, but adherence to religious ceremonies remains common. New religious movements include Falun Gong and I-Kuan Tao.
Traditional Korean religion is a syncretic mixture of Mahayana Buddhism and Korean shamanism. Unlike Japanese Shinto, Korean shamanism was never codified and Buddhism was never made a social necessity. In some areas these traditions remain prevalent, butKorean-influenced Christianity is also influential in society and politics in South Korea.
Traditional Japanese religion is a mixture of Mahayana Buddhism and ancient indigenous practices which were codified as Shinto in the 19th century. Japanese people retain nominal attachment to both Buddhism and Shinto through social ceremonies, but irreligion is common.

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Shinshūkyō is a general category for a wide variety of religious movements founded in Japan since the 19th century. These movements share almost nothing in common except the place of their founding. The largest religious movements centered in Japan include Soka Gakkai,Tenrikyo, and Seicho-No-Ie among hundreds of smaller groups.New religious movements, which may be novel in origin or part of a wider established religion, include:

The Bahá'í Faith was founded in the 19th century in Iran and since then has spread worldwide. It teaches unity of all religious philosophies and accepts all of the prophets of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam as well as additional prophets including its founder Bahá'u'lláh.
Cao Đài is a syncretistic, monotheistic religion, established in Vietnam in 1926.
Hindu reform movements, such as Ayyavazhi, Swaminarayan Faith and Ananda Marga, are examples of new religious movements within Indian religions.
Unitarian Universalism is a religion characterized by support for a "free and responsible search for truth and meaning," and has no acceptedcreed or theology.
Scientology teaches that people are immortal beings who have forgotten their true nature. Its method of spiritual rehabilitation is a type of counseling known as auditing, in which practitioners aim to consciously re-experience painful or traumatic events in their past in order to free themselves of their limiting effects.
Eckankar is a religion with the purpose of making God an everyday reality in one's life.

Sociological classifications of religious movements suggest that within any given religious group, a community can resemble various types of structures, including "churches", "denominations", "sects", "cults", and "institutions".

Irreligion

Irreligion may be defined as the absence of religion, an indifference towards religion, a rejection of religion, or hostility towards religion. When characterized as the rejection of religious belief, it includes atheism and secular humanism. When characterized as hostility towards religion, it includes antitheism, anticlericalism and antireligion. When characterized as indifference to religion, it includes apatheism. When characterized as the absence of religious belief, it may also include agnosticism, ignosticism, nontheism,religious skepticism, and freethought. Irreligion may even include forms of theism depending on the religious context it is defined against, as in 18th century Europe where the epitome of irreligion was deism.

It has been estimated that 16% of the world population (1.1 billion people) are "non-religious" including agnostic, atheist, secular humanist, and people who answer 'none' or 'no religious preference' when asked an open-ended question about what is their religious preference. However, at the same time, it is also estimated that 40 to 50% of the people in this highly disparate grouping have a stated traditionally "theistic" belief in God, deities or a Higher Power. Some evidence suggests that the fastest growing religious status in the United States is "no religion".

Below is a table of countries, where many atheists are present

Country	Percentage of population that is non-religious
Estonia	75.7
Azerbaijan	74
Sweden	46-85 (average of 65.5)
Czech Republic	64.3
Vietnam	46.1-81 (average of 63.55)
Denmark	43-80 (average of 61.5)
Albania	60
United Kingdom	39-65 (average of 52)
Japan	51.8
China	8-93 (average of 50.5)
France	43-54 (average of 48.5)
Russia	48.1
Belarus	47.8
Ukraine	42.4
Netherlands	39-44 (average of 41.5
Latvia	40.6
South Korea	36.4
Belgium	35.4
New Zealand	34.7 (from 87.3% who answered the optional question)
Germany	34.5
Chile	33.8
Luxembourg	29.9
Slovenia	29.9
Venezuela	27.0
Spain	23.3
Slovakia	23.1
Australia	22.3

Atheism in Hinduism

Generally, atheism is valid in Hinduism, but some schools view the path of an atheist to be difficult to follow in matters of spirituality.

Most Hindu atheists treat Hinduism as a "way of life" but not as a religion. Their day-to-day lifestyle will be almost similar to most Hindu theists but they do not believe in a God. They live by their Hindu values and traditions

The Three R's of the Environment

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The Three R's of the Environment

Every year, Americans throw away 50 billion food and drink cans, 27 billion glass bottles and jars, and 65 million plastic and metal jar and can covers. Similarly, many other countries have followed their example and started wasting. More than 30% of our waste is packaging materials. Where does it all go? Some 85% of our garbage is sent to a dump, or landfill, where it can take from 100 to 400 years for things like cloth and aluminum to decompose. Glass has been found in perfect condition after 4,000 years in the earth!

We are quickly running out of space. It's time to learn the three R's of the environment: reduce, reuse, recycle. Then practice what you preach: don't buy things you don't need or items that come in wasteful packaging or that cannot be recycled. Reuse and recycle whatever you can.

Reduce

Reducing the amount of waste you produce is the best way to help the environment. There are lots of ways to do this. For example:

Buy products that don't have a lot of packaging. Some products are wrapped in many layers of plastic and paperboard even though they don't need to be. You can also look for things that are packed in materials that don't require a lot of energy or resources to produce. Some products will put that information right on their labels.
Instead of buying something you're not going to use very often, see if you can borrow it from someone you know.
Cars use up energy and cause pollution. Some ways to reduce the environmental damage caused by cars include carpooling with friends, walking, taking the bus, or riding your bike instead of driving.
Start a compost bin. Some people set aside a place in their yard where they can dispose of certain food and plant materials. Over time, the materials will break down through a natural process called decomposition. The compost is good for the soil in your yard and means that less garbage will go to the landfill.
You can reduce waste by using a computer! Many newspapers and magazines are online now. Instead of buying the paper versions, you can find them on the Internet. Also remember that you should print out only what you need. Everything you print that you don't really need is a waste of paper.
Save energy by turning off lights that you are not using.
Save water by turning off the faucet while you brush your teeth.

Reuse

Instead of throwing things away, try to find ways to use them again! For example:

Bring cloth sacks to the store with you instead of taking home new paper or plastic bags. You can use these sacks again and again. You'll be saving some trees!
Plastic containers and reusable lunch bags are great ways to take your lunch to school without creating waste.
Coffee cans, shoe boxes, margarine containers, and other types of containers people throw away can be used to store things or can become fun arts and crafts projects. Use your imagination!
Don't throw out clothes, toys, furniture, and other things that you don't want anymore. Somebody else can probably use them. You can bring them to a center that collects donations, give them to friends, or even have a yard sale.
Use all writing paper on both sides.
Use paper grocery bags to make book covers rather than buying new ones.
Use silverware and dishes instead of disposable plastic utensils and plates.
Store food in reusable plastic containers.

Recycle

Many of the things we use every day, like paper bags, soda cans, and milk cartons, are made out of materials that can be recycled. Recycled items are put through a process that makes it possible to create new products out of the materials from the old ones.

In addition to recycling the things you buy, you can help the environment by buying products that contain recycled materials. Many brands of paper towels, garbage bags, greeting cards, and toilet paper, to name a few examples, will tell you on their labels if they are made from recycled materials.

In some towns you can leave your recyclables in bins outside your home, and a truck will come and collect them regularly. Other towns have recycling centers where you can drop off the materials you've collected. Things like paper and plastic grocery bags, and plastic and aluminum cans and bottles can often be brought to the grocery store for recycling. Whatever your system is, it's important to remember to rinse out and sort your recyclables!

India

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India is officially known as Republic of India.
It is the 7th largest country and 2nd most populous country and the largest democracy in the world.
It is the world's 10 largest economy.
It was first gradually ruled by the British east India company. From mid 19th century, it was ruled directly by UK.
It gained independence on 15 august 1947.
British Raj was separated into India and Pakistan.
India currently has 28 states and 7 Union Territories.
Islam came to India in the 10th century.
India's population is forecasted to overtake china's population to become the most populous country.
It has 2 major languages, Indo-Aryan and Dravidian.
India has no national language(not mentioned in the constitution). Hindi and English are the official languages
Hinduism is followed by 81% of the population.
Islam is 2nd largest religion both in India and the world.
India is known for its religious diversity with all religions living unitedly. It is a secular country and anyone can follow any religion.
The earliest text were epics like Mahabharata and Ramayana written in Sanskrit. Following this, Tamil texts were found dated 1st century BC. Out of Indian languages, Tamil in the most non-sanskritised language. So, if you know both Tamil and Sanskrit, you can understand most of the Indian languages.
The staple food is Rice(South and East), Wheat(North) and lentils.
India has 3 national days - Republic day, Independence day and Gandhi Jayanthi declared by the Indian government.
It also has other religious holidays declared by the state government.
India was the richest country before European invasion.
India was the only source of Diamonds for 5000 years. It was discovered in Brazil in 700, but only Indian diamond was known to the rest of the world until 18th century.
The traditional dress varies with region, but the primary cloth is Saree for women and Dhoti for men.
Martial arts went to China through Buddhist monks.
Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism, Jainism originated in India.
The national emblem is Ashoka Emblem, which has 4 lions in different directions.

National Animal - Tiger
National Bird - Peacock
National Dance - Bharata Natyam
National Flower - Lotus
National Fruit - Mango
National Tree - Banyan
National Song - Vande Mataram
National Game - Hockey

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Wikipedia

2011-10-18T15:29:00.005+05:30

We search information of all types in Wikipedia, but don't you want to know about the website?

Wikipedia is a multilingual encyclopedia supported by the non-profit organisation "Wikimedia Foundation"
It is free, web-based and collaborative.
it was formally launched on January 15, 2001, with its single English edition.
The articles are written mainly by volunteers around the world.
Currently, it has 19.8 million articles. (3.7 million English articles)
The website has about 90,000 regular contributors.
Anyone can edit the pages. So, you can never say that all the information is correct. But, you can greatly rely on it.
It has been ranked 7th globally among other websites.
As of July 2011, it has editions in 282 languages.
English Wikipedia passed the 2 million mark in September 2007.
Wikipedia "makes no guarantee on validity" of its content.
it is the most widely used encyclopedia.

Google

2011-10-14T19:18:00.004+05:30

Who doesnt know google? Everyone know it

Google was started in 1996.
It was started as a research project by Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
The name was actually meant to be "Googol", the number 1 followed by 100 numbers. But it was misspelled and written as Google.
It originally ran under the Stanford University website with the domain google.stanford.edu
The domain was registered in September 1997 and the office was started in 1998.
It gained instant recognisation and became famous.
It started to acquire other companies from 2001.
In 2004, it acquired keyhole inc. and renamed it as Google Earth.
In 2006, YouTube was acquired for a whooping 1.65 billion
Orkut was acquired from a google's employee in 2004.
Google is the best and most widely used search engine in the world.

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The Universe

2011-10-13T14:25:00.004+05:30

Universe is defined as the collection of everything that exists.
It is the only isolated system in the world.
The word Universe is derived from the french word Unviers, which in turn is taken from the Latin word Universum.
The age of the earth is estimated to be 13.75 billion years.
There are probably more than 100 billion galaxies in the universe.
Our galaxy, the Milky way galaxy is roughly around 100,000 light years in Diameter.
A light year is defined as the distance covered by light in one year.
A galaxy may have stars from 10 million to 1 trillion.
Many cultures and mythologies have stories describing the origin of the universe.
The matter in the universe in expanding continuously .
The most accepted theory is the creation of universe is the Big Bang Theory.
Niclolaus Copernicus was the first person to say that sun is at the center and earth rotates around the sun. Before this, earth was thought to be stationary and sun rotates around the sun.

Steve Jobs

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Steven Jandali was born on February 24, 1955 in San Francisco. His ancestors were of European origin.
He was adopted by Paul Jobs when he was five years old and became Steven Jobs.
He studied in California, but dropped out of college.
At the age of 19, Jobs got a Job as a technician at Atari, a video game manufacturer.
After saving enough money, he then traveled to India for spiritual enlightenment.
He became a Buddhist, shaved his head and wore traditional Indian clothes.
He came back to Atari and along with his friend Steve Wozniak, reduced the circuit board by 50 chips.
At thew age of 21, he founded Apple inc. along with Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne
In 1983, he lured John Sculley away from Pepsi Cola to serve as Apple's CEO.
In may 1985, the board of director's sided with Sculley and removed Jobs from management duties. Jobs resigned 5 months later.
Jobs founded NeXT computers in 1985 with $7,000,000.
Jobs bought The Graphic Group(now Pixar) in 1986.
NeXT was aquired by Apple in 1997 and saw the return of Jobs to Apple.
Many animated movies were made by Pixar, which became box-office hits.
In 2000, Jobs became CEO of Apple.
In 2006, The Walt Disney Company acquired Pixar, making Jobs the largest single shareholder with 7% stakes.
Under Jobs, Apple created the iTunes store, iPod, iPhone, iPad
In august 2011, he resigned as CEO of Apple, but remained as the chairman.
Jobs died on October 5th, 2011 in his house, due to pancreatic cancer.
He is considered as one of the greatest inventor of our time.

Nobel Prize

2011-10-06T10:18:00.000+05:30

The Nobel Prize is give annually in recognition of scientific and cultural advances.
Alfred Nobel established this awards in 1895.
The awards are given in the following fields

Physics
Chemistry
Peace
Philosophy
Medicine
Literature

The Peace prize is given in Oslo, whereas the others are given in Stockholm.
Alfred Nobel was a chemist and is credited as the inventor of Dynamite.
He was discouraged by the reaction of people after his discovery.
He set aside 94% of his assets to be used for Nobel Prizes in his will.
The Nobel Foundation was founded in 1900 as a private organization to manage the finances and administration of Nobel prizes.
The award was first given in 1900.
The award consists of a Medal, Diploma Certificate and Cash Prize.
The Medal weighs 175 grams and is made of 18 Carat gold. Previously until 1980, it was made of 23 Carat gold.
The Diploma Certificate consists of the achievement of the person and is specially designed differently for each person.
The cash prize differs slightly each year. It is currently $1.4 million. If more then one person wins the prize, the money is shared. But, it cant be shared by more than 3 people.
The Nobel prize is regarded as the most prestigious award for each field.

Bodhidharma

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Painting of Bodhidharma

Suriya as Bhodhidharma in the tamil movie 7aam Arivu

Bodhidharma was a buddhist monk who lived in the 6th century.
He is credited as transmitter of Zen from India to China.
Zen is derived from the sanskrit word Dharma which means Meditation
Bodhidharma was born in Kanchipuram in TamilNadu in India.
He was a Tamil prince from Pallava empire
After becoming a Buddhist, he traveled to china as there was a strong trade between pallavas and the chinese at that time.
Throughout Buddhist art, he is depicted as a rather ill-tempered, profusely bearded and wide eyed person.
He is often popularly considered to be the creator of the shaolin monastery's arts and was a great expert in Martial Arts
He combined the already existent martial arts in china with his own knowledge to create KungFu.

The Bermuda Triangle

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The Bermuda Triangle is also called Devil's Triangle.
It is a mysterious triangular area in the Atlantic Ocean bounded roughly at its points by Miami, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico.
This area is noted for a high incidence of unexplained losses of ships, small boats, and aircraft
Over 100 airplane disappearances and over
1000 lives have been lost since 1945.
The Bermuda Triangle has become popular through representation by the mass media, in which it is a paranormal site in which the known laws of physics are either violated, altered, or both.
Many theories have been given to explain the extraordinary mystery of these missing ships and planes. Evil extraterrestrials, residue crystals from Atlantis, evil humans with anti-gravity devices or other weird technologies are favorites among fantasy writers.
Even though the disappearances are mysteries, the number of incidents are not larger than the rest of the world.
Even the US Coast guard claims that this is no mystery and the number of disappearances are same as the rest of the world.
In short, the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle became a mystery by a kind of communal reinforcement among uncritical authors and a willing mass media to uncritically pass on the speculation that something mysterious is going on in the Atlantic.

10 Richest Indians

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10) Gautam Adani

Net Worth: $3.9 billion (dropped)
Age: 46
Marital Status: Married, 2 children
Hometown: Ahmedabad

About Gautam Adani :Dropped out of college to start a trading outfit 20 years ago. Now his Adani Enterprises has interests in edible oils, power, infrastructure. Owns Mundra Port, India's largest in private sector. Fishermen recently took Adani to court over special economic zone he's building on western coast; court ruled in his favor. Plans to list power subsidiary are delayed.

9) Adi Godrej

Net Worth: $4 billion (dropped)
Age: 66
Marital Status: Married, 3 children
Hometown: Mumbai

About Adi Godrej :Third generation head of Godrej Group, a consumer products conglomerate which makes locks, soaps, mosquito repellants, furniture and foods. In major image makeover, group logo was changed for the first time since it was founded 111 years ago. Following the easing of decades-old land ownership restrictions, Godrej has outlined ambitious plans to develop family's 3,500 acre estate in suburban Mumbai. Son Pirojsha, a Columbia grad, works in property arm.

8) Kumar Birla

Net Worth: $5 billion (dropped)
Age: 41
Marital Status:Married, 3 children
Hometown: Mumbai

About Kumar Birla :Head of Aditya Birla Group, commodities conglomerate inherited from father, with operations in 25 countries. His telecom outfit bought 50% of mobile operator Spice Communications. In October a rights issue by its aluminum maker Hindalco unraveled as its stock price plunged to alltime low.

7) Azim Premji

Net Worth: $7 billion (dropped)
Age: 63
Marital Status:Married, 2 children
Hometown: Bangalore

About Azim Premji :Longtime head of $4.9 billion (revenues) Bangalore outsourcing giant Wipro, handed over operations to 2 co-chief executives in April. Remains chairman. Hit by global economic slowdown, stock is down 44% in past year.

6) Shashi & Ravi Ruia

Net Worth: $7.6 billion (dropped)
Age: 64
Marital Status:Married, 2 children/Married, 2 children
Hometown: Mumbai

About Shashi Ruia and Ravi Ruia : Brothers' Essar Group's most valuable asset is 33% stake in mobile phone operator Vodafone Essar, India's third largest. Also own 8% in rival telecom firm BPL Mobile. Lost out to Russian firm Severstal in bid for steelmaker Esmark this year. Other holdings in shipping, oil, construction, power.

5) Kushal Pal Singh

Net Worth: $7.8 billion (dropped)
Age: 77
Marital Status:Married, 3 children
Hometown: Delhi

About Kushal Pal Singh : Real estate baron and DLF chairman lost $27.2 billion in past year. Attempt to boost share price through share buyback was unsuccessful as were its plans to list its real estate investment trust in Singapore. Company paid $40 million in February to sponsor new cricket league for 5 years.

4) Sunil Mittal

Net Worth: $7.9 billion (dropped)
Age: 51
Marital Status: Married, 3 children
Hometown: Delhi

About Sunil Mittal :Runs Bharti Group whose Bharti Airtel is country's largest mobile phone operator. In May backed out of deal to take over South Africa's MTN, opening door for Anil Ambani's failed bid. Launched Airtel Digital TV, a direct-to-home digital television service. Joint venture with Wal-Mart expected to open its first store next year. Funding soccer academy.

3) Anil Ambani

Net Worth: $12.5 billion (dropped)
Age: 49
Marital Status:Married, 2 children
Hometown: Mumbai

About Anil Ambani :Plans to merge his Reliance Communications with South Africa's MTN in what would have been India's largest-ever overseas deal were scuttled in July after brother Mukesh threatened to sue, claiming he had right of first refusal. Stock stumbled 48% since. Married to a onetime Bollywood actress, Anil has Hollywood ambitions: His Reliance Entertainment is investing $500 million in a new studio venture with Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks.

2) Laxmi Mittal

Net Worth: $20.5 billion (dropped)
Age: 58
Marital Status:Married, 2 children
Hometown: London

About Laxmi Mittal :Stock of world's largest steel outfit, ArcelorMittal, which he heads, spiraled to 4-year lows amid falling steel prices. In November announced plans to cut output, reduce debt. Mittal joined Goldman Sachs board in June. Has stakes in Indiabulls, RAB Capital.

1) Mukesh Ambani

Net Worth: $20.8 billion (dropped)
Age: 51
Marital Status:Married, 3 children
Hometown: Mumbai

About Mukesh Ambani : Makes debut as India's richest, despite fact that net worth fell $28.2 billion in past year as stock price of petrochemicals flagship Reliance Industries tanked. Unfazed, Mukesh upped Reliance stake, paying $3.4 billion to convert 120 million preferential warrants into shares, at a premium to stock price. Legal spat with estranged brother Anil over gas supply agreement still unresolved.

10 Facts About India That Will Blow Your Mind!!!

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In the next three years, up to 25% of the world's new workers will be Indian
42% of the world's poor live in India
India's GDP per capita will quadruple from 2007 to 2020, according to Goldman Sachs
Property prices in Mumbai and Delhi have more than doubled in the past 18 months
India's tech capital, Bangalore, has increased its office supply by six times since 2006, and now has more Grade-A offices than Singapore
Half the world’s outsourced IT services come from India, amounting to a $47 billion dollar industry
India is the world's second largest importer of arms and has spent $50 billion on defense purchases in the last decade.
India grows 12 million tons of mangoes in a year, the weight equivalent to 80,000 blue whales
India's Cherrapnuji is the wettest places on earth, receiving 425 inches of rain every year
India has 568 million more registered voters than the US and has a better turnout rate too.

The Big Bang!!!

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The Big Bang Theory is the currently accepted explanation of the beginning of the universe.
The big bang theory proposes that the universe was once extremely compact, dense, and hot. Some original event, a cosmic explosion called the big bang, occurred about 10 billion to 20 billion years ago, and the universe has since been expanding and cooling.
The theory is based on the mathematical equations, known as the field equations, of the general theory of relativity set forth in 1915 by Albert Einstein.
American astronomer Edwin Hubble provided some of the greatest supporting evidence for the theory with his 1929 discovery that the light of distant galaxies was universally shifted toward the red end of the spectrum. This proved that the galaxies were moving away from each other. He found that galaxies farther away were moving away faster, showing that the universe is expanding uniformly. However, the universe's initial state was still unknown.
Many Religious people still do accept the big bang theory as it disagrees with religious texts

Global Warming

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Global Warming Effects Will

Drastically Change Your Life

A shocking rise in sea levels around the world will occur from the melting ice. If all the polar and glacial ice melts, the water level will increase by 230 feet worldwide.
Your hometown could be underwater by the end of the century. Major cities including New York, Miami, Tokyo, Mumbai, Venice, Shanghai, and many others will be among those affected.
Great migrations will disrupt your city and life as people relocating from coastal areas will have to move more inland. Your local roads and bridges will be overloaded from the strain.
You’ll be affected by wars over land, water, and food; the world’s population, estimated to be 9 billion by 2050, will have less land to live on and many fewer resources per person.
You’ll experience water and food shortages as droughts affect the water supply and prevent farmers from growing crops. Agriculture all over the world will be affected, meaning that many people will starve.
Intense, more frequent weather events will strike your home; rising ocean temperatures will lead to more hurricanes and typhoons; droughts, heat waves, flooding, and tornadoes will be more common, too.
You may not be able to get help during a natural disaster from over-worked relief organizations; with the increase in extreme weather events, there simply may not be enough help.
Your family may not have enough food as the intricate food chain gets disrupted. Many species won’t be able to cope with the increasing temperatures and will die off, throwing the food chain off-balance.
The ocean’s fragile ecosystem will be disrupted as coral reefs, an integral part of the ocean, bleach and die from the increase in water temperatures.
You could get deadly diseases as heavy rains may contaminate water supplies, and more disease-carrying bugs thrive off the warming temperatures. Human health will suffer because milder winters allow the vectors of malaria, dengue fever and Lyme disease to expand their range.
A mini-Ice Age could strike Europe. The oceans’ important currents will be changed as more ice melts. The increase in freshwater from melting glaciers in the Arctic and Greenland could cause the Atlantic’s powerful Gulf Stream current to shut down, sending Europe into a mini-Ice Age.

India

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India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years.
When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilization)
The name ‘India’ is derived from the River Indus, the valleys around which were the home of the early settlers. The Aryan worshippers referred to the river Indus as the Sindhu.
The Persian invaders converted it into Hindu. The name ‘Hindustan’ combines Sindhu and Hindu and thus refers to the land of the Hindus.
Chess was invented in India.
Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus are studies, which originated in India.
Number '0' was invented in india by Srinivasa Ramanujam.
The ‘Place Value System’ and the ‘Decimal System’ were developed in India in 100 B.C.
The World’s First Granite Temple is the Brihadeswara Temple at Tanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The shikhara of the temple is made from a single 80-tonne piece of granite. This magnificent temple was built in just five years, (between 1004 AD and 1009 AD) during the reign of Rajaraja Chola.
India is the largest democracy in the world, the 7^th largest Country in the world, and one of the most ancient civilizations.
The game of Snakes & Ladders was created by the 13th century poet saint Gyandev. It was originally called ‘Mokshapat’. The ladders in the game represented virtues and the snakes indicated vices. The game was played with cowrie shells and dices. In time, the game underwent several modifications, but its meaning remained the same, i.e. good deeds take people to heaven and evil to a cycle of re-births.
The world’s highest cricket ground is in Chail, Himachal Pradesh. Built in 1893 after leveling a hilltop, this cricket pitch is 2444 meters above sea level.
India has the largest number of Post Offices in the world.
The largest employer in India is the Indian Railways, employing over a million people.
The world’s first university was established in Takshila in 700 BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.
Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to mankind. The Father of Medicine, Charaka, consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago.
India was one of the richest countries till the time of British rule in the early 17th Century. Christopher Columbus, attracted by India’s wealth, had come looking for a sea route to India when he discovered America by mistake.
The Art of Navigation & Navigating was born in the river Sindh over 6000 years ago. The very word Navigation is derived from the Sanskrit word ‘NAVGATIH’. The word navy is also derived from the Sanskrit word ‘Nou’.
Bhaskaracharya rightly calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the Sun hundreds of years before the astronomer Smart. According to his calculation, the time taken by the Earth to orbit the Sun was 365.258756484 days.
The value of “pi” was first calculated by the Indian Mathematician Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is known as the Pythagorean Theorem. He discovered this in the 6th century, long before the European mathematicians.
Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus also originated in India.Quadratic Equations were used by Sridharacharya in the 11th century. The largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Hindus used numbers as big as 10*53 (i.e. 10 to the power of 53) with specific names as early as 5000 B.C.during the Vedic period.Even today, the largest used number is Terra: 10*12(10 to the power of 12).
Until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds in the world
(Source: Gemological Institute of America).
The Baily Bridge is the highest bridge in the world. It is located in the Ladakh valley between the Dras and Suru rivers in the Himalayan mountains. It was built by the Indian Army in August 1982.
Sushruta is regarded as the Father of Surgery. Over2600 years ago Sushrata & his team conducted complicated surgeries like cataract, artificial limbs, cesareans, fractures, urinary stones, plastic surgery and brain surgeries.
Usage of anaesthesia was well known in ancient Indian medicine. Detailed knowledge of anatomy, embryology, digestion, metabolism,physiology, etiology, genetics and immunity is also found in many ancient Indian texts.
India exports software to 90 countries.
The four religions born in India – Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism, are followed by 25% of the world’s population.
Jainism and Buddhism were founded in India in 600 B.C. and 500 B.C. respectively.
Islam is India’s and the world’s second largest religion.
There are 300,000 active mosques in India, more than in any other country, including the Muslim world.
The oldest European church and synagogue in India are in the city of Cochin. They were built in 1503 and 1568 respectively.
Jews and Christians have lived continuously in India since 200 B.C. and 52 A.D. respectively
The Venkateshwara Temple in the town of Tirupathi built in the 10th century, is the world’s largest religious pilgrimage destination. Larger than either Rome or Mecca, an average of 30,000 visitors donate Rs.300 million to the temple everyday.
Sikhism originated in the Holy city of Amritsar in Punjab. Famous for housing the Golden Temple, the city was founded in 1577.
Vellore, the fort city is famous for another golden temple with 300 tonnes of gold. The city also has historical significance and is famous for the first battle for independance in 1908.
Varanasi, also known as Benaras, was called “the Ancient City” when Lord Buddha visited it in 500 B.C., and is the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world today.
India provides safety for more than 300,000 refugees originally from Sri Lanka, Tibet, Bhutan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, who escaped to flee religious and political persecution.
Martial Arts were first created in India, and later spread to Asia by Buddhist missionaries.
Bodhidharma was one of the famous Buddhist missionaries who went to china to teach martial arts.
Yoga has its origins in India and has existed for over 5,000 years.

Leonardo da vinci

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Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) was an Italian Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist and writer. Read about some of his works and some facts about himself!

Da Vinci is widely considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time and perhaps the most diversely talented person ever to have lived.
Among his works, the Mona Lisa is the most famous and most parodied portrait.
The most reproduced religious painting of all time is Leonardo’s The Last Supper!
He had conceptualized a helicopter, a tank, concentrated solar power, a calculator,the double hull and outlined a rudimentary theory of plate tectonics.
If his name is considered in modern sense, he doesn’t have a surname actually!
Some old court records show that Leonardo has been charged with sodomy and aquitted. Also it has been presumed that he was homosexual!
Gian Giacomo Caprotti da Oreno, nicknamed Salai or Il Salaino is considered to be Leonardo’s closest pupil. He has created a nude version of Mona Lisa which is known as Monna Vanna. On Leonardo’s death, he inherited the Mona Lisa.
Salai is the presumed model for Leonardo’s painting St. John the Baptist.
As an engineer Leonardo has designed several machines including the Helicopter. Some of these machines were built and tested according to his original designs. Some of those designs proved a success, whilst others fared less well when practically tested.
He used to write in mirror image in his notebooks because of his left handedness (it was easier for him)!
Leonardo was a vegetarian!
The different drawings and other historic materials shows that Leonardo was tall, athletic and extremely handsome!

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