What are some mind-blowing facts about food?

 There numerous of madding facts about food:

here are they, read and enjoy..

Potato was originated in India

What are the strangest or most mind-blowing facts about some famous Bollywood movies?

 On its anniversary, we take a look at some lesser-known facts about the blockbuster:

1. In those days, actress Helen was going through a lean patch in her career. It was friend Salim who helped her out by giving her the dance numberMehbooba, which went on to become a cult classic.

2. The legendary character of Gabbar Singh, played by Amjad Khan, is said to have been based on a real-life dacoit of the same name who was active in Gwalior during the 1950s.

3. A major goof-up which has been pointed out by many movie buffs is the presence of the water tank in Dharmendra's suicide scene. Jaya Bachchan, though, is seen lighting lamps every night suggesting there is no electricity in the village. So how was water pumped into the tank in the first place?!

4. Jai and Veeru were named after the film’s scriptwriter Salim Khan’s friends from college — Veerandar Singh Bias and Jai Singh Rao Kalevar.

5. Gabbar features in only nine scenes of the film. Amjad Khan was almost dropped from Sholay as scriptwriter Javed Akhtar felt that his voice was too weak for Gabbar Singh.

6. Jagdeep’s role of Soorma Bhopali was added after the film’s shooting was completed.

7. It was Salim Khan who ­recommended Amitabh Bachchan for the role of Jai.

8. Dharmendra actually ­wanted to play Thakur Baldev Singh, but changed his mind when he was told that Veeru will get the girl (Basanti) in the end. Sachin Pilgaonkar, who played Ahmed, ­reportedly received a refrigerator as part of his acting fee.

9. In the original ending, Thakur kills Gabbar. But the ending was changed and Gabbar was handed over to the police, as the Censor Board of Film Certification objected to it.

10. Sharman Joshi’s father starred in the film as one of Sanjeev Kumar’s sons.

11. In Mumbai's Minerva theatre, Sholay ran for five long, uninterrupted years.

12. It was only after 40 retakes that the scene featuring 'Kitne aadmi the' was finalised.

13. Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya got hitched four months before shooting for Sholay began. In fact, Jaya was pregnant with Shweta during the filming.

14. In spite of Sholay's status as the greatest blockbuster of Indian cinema, it won just one Filmfare award - for editing!

15. Apparently, real bullets were used while filming Sholay's climax and a stray bullet is said to have narrowly missed Amitabh Bachchan.

16. Mac Mohan, who played Sambha, had to travel from Mumbai to Bengaluru 27 times to complete filming for his role.

Source-http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/kitney-aadmi-the-16-lesser-known-facts-about-sholay/story-Az7voEF3R1ua77BFfabKyN.html

What are some mind blowing facts about the Kannada film industry?

 I read about this English movie called Boyhood which was 12 years in making.

But there is a Kannada movie which was 38 years in making. Surprised!?

Yes!This is about the movie Saavira Mettilu - Thousand steps .

The film was started in 1968. It was released around 2006.

This film was supposed to be one of Puttanna Kanagal's early movies.The original starcast included Jayanthi,Kalyan Kumar, Ashwath,Pandari Bai,Vajramuni etc.

But due to reasons unknown,the film got stalled.This movie was supposed to be the debut of the much celebrated villian Vajramuni.But since this movie was stopped, Vajramuni's debut was Mallammana Pavaada which was again directed by Puttanna.

Vajramuni's debut in Savira Mettilu

This unfinished movie was taken up by the producer D B Basave Gowda. He was very keen to revive this movie.He collaborated with Ravi(K S L Swami) who was also a pupil of Puttanna to finish this film.

But time had passed.Some of the actors had aged while some others had passed away.Yet the producer and the director did not loose the zeal. As many as 17 actors or more - Anu Prabhakar, Ambareesh , Shivaram ,B V Radha , Padma Vasanti,Master Hirannayya,Ramakrishna, Sunderraj,Lakshmidevi, Hema Chaudhary, Jaya, Girija Lokesh, Ashalatha, Mukyamantri Chandru, Doddanna, Govinda Rao were added as part of the new cast.All of them agreed to work without payment as a tribute to the master Puttanna.

A guest appearance by Ambareesh

One very very rare thing about this movie is that the heroine has lived her age on screen.We have observed in many movies ,the actors grey their hair or put on make up to appear old.But in this movie, actress Jayanthi has appeared as both 20 year old lass as well as a 60 year old woman in real.

Young Jayanthi

Older Jayanthi

Not just Jayanthi, Ashwath who played her father in the movie too reprised his role after so many years.

The middle aged Ashwath

The old Ashwath

The film is no way a great movie by it's storyline . It has its share of flaws and faults. But the idea to pay homage to such a great director is indeed appreciable.

What are some mind-blowing facts about cricket?

 The field restrictions were introduced in ODIs after England employed a controversial strategy against West Indies in a match played on November 28, 1979.

With West Indies needing 3 to win off the last ball, England captain positioned all his fielders, including the wicket keeper, on the boundary. The rules of the game were changed to prevent similar tactics in future.

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PS : England won by 2 runs (revised target)

What are some of the most mind-blowing facts about Japan?

 As an Indian it is surprising that they issued ‘The Japanese Government Rupee!’

They did take a very centralising position in the Andaman and Nicobar islands and they had overarching presence in the North Eastern States during the second world war!

In the Indo-Burma region they minted the currency and it held value for a short time.

The Japanese invaded Burma in January 1942 and conquered Mandalay on 21 May 1942, forcing the British to retreat into India.

The Japanese held Burma until the second Allied campaign of 1944. In 1942, the Japanese issued paper sculpture currency. Like most Japanese colonial currency from this period, a letter code was used on the notes.

The first or top letter “B” indicates the note was printed and issued for Burma. The second letter or letters indicate the block (or printing batch) of the note, there are single letter blocks and double letter blocks for Burma, with the latter two letter blocks being identified by a hyphen separating the letter "B" from the block letters.

P. S. Burma was also part of the British India till the Britishers decided to vivisect it away as a separate crown province in 1937 which later became an independent nation.

What are some mind-blowing facts about advertising and advertisements?

 Here are some interesting facts from the world of advertising. Not sure if they would blow away everyone’s mind, but surely good to know info:

• Often some of the print ads for high end cars are shot using their miniature models to get the perfect effect and cut down expenses. Audi has done this by hiring miniature photography master Felix Hernandez.

• Ain’t that something: The worldwide advertising industry is worth more than USD 550 billion. That is more than the revenue of Walmart in 2018.
• The Pizza President: Mikhail Gorbachev (former Soviet President) starred in a Pizza Hut commercial.

• Cowboy Killers: Marlboro is famous for it's branding around masculinity. Their rugged cowboy imagery became very popular with a huge section of their target customers. Incidentally, five of the men who (claimed to have) appeared in their commercials (Wayne McLaren, David McLean, Dick Hammer, Eric Lawson and Jerome Edward Jackson, aka Tobin Jackson) died of smoking related diseases. This earned Marlboro the nickname 'Cowboy Killers'.

• Bad breath to the rescue: Until 1920s bad breath (halitosis) wasn't considered a a very big problem, neither medically nor socially. It was through the advertisements for Listerene (a struggling product until then - surgical antiseptic, floor cleaner, gonorrhea cure etc.) that it (bad breath) was sold to the general public as a problem affecting the marriage/companionship prospects of young men and women. Listerene finally became successful as a 'bad breath cure' with the company's revenues increasing from USD 115,000 to $ 8 million within 7 years.

• Eye patch sells shirts: CF Hathaway, a shirt making company decided to advertise for the very first time in 1951 to compete with much better known brands. They hired David Ogilvy to do a campaign who bought a few eye patches for 50 cents on his way to the photo shoot. He made some of the models wear the eye patches for the photos which generated a lot of curiosity in the masses. It was an instant success for both CF Hatahway and Ogilvy, every Hathaway shirt in the city was sold within a week.

• Utterly betterly prepared: Amul Butter hoardings in Indian cities have always generated a lot of public attention. A lot of people are surprised by their speed of responding to events like cricket matches or election results. Well the secret lies in preparing for all possible outcomes. For example during cricket matches, they have ad copies ready for all possibilities: win, loss or draw.

• Longer than a Trans Atlantic flight: The longest TV commercial by duration is 14 hr, and was produced by Procter & Gamble (Brazil), promoting Old Spice Deodorant, and aired in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, on 8 December 2018 from 6 AM till 8 PM on Woohoo TV channel.
• According to a research, some pharmaceutical companies spend nearly twice as much on advertising than they do on research.
• It is very common for some weight loss companies to pay a fit person to gain weight for the 'before - after' photos rather than the other way round.
• Employee Placement: In the movie ‘What Women Want’, a key part of the story is the Nike ad campaign on which Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt work. There are three actual Nike ad representatives (not actresses) in the movie scene. Well, that’s good product and employee placement :)

Sources of information:

History of advertising: No 110: The Hathaway man's eyepatch

Topic: Global Advertising Market

50 Incredible Facts About Advertising | VEROLING

25 Kickass and Interesting Facts About Commercials | KickassFacts.com

Why You Shouldn't Believe Before And After Photos

6 things you didn't know about the movie What Women Want

Longest TV commercial

This Audi Ad Was Shot Using 1/43 Scale Models and a Homemade Desert

What is something that completely blows your mind?

 879,873,000,000,000,000,000,000 kilometers. Take a moment and try to imagine this number. If you can’t, that’s totally fine. The human brain simply isn’t built to understand values this enormous. And just so you know, this is roughly the size of the observable universe in kilometers.

So the thing that truly amazes me is the sheer scale of the observable universe.

The fastest speed we know is the speed of light, around 300,000 kilometers per second, or about 1.08 billion kilometers per hour. If humans could travel that fast, we would reach the Moon in about 1.3 seconds, the Sun in nearly 8 minutes, and Pluto in around 6.5 hours. Sounds incredible, right?

But even at that speed, it would still take about 93 billion years to cross the observable universe. That is almost 7 times longer than the age of the universe itself, which is around 13.8 billion years. And it gets even more mind blowing. The universe is not static. It is expanding, and that expansion is speeding up. Because of this, nearly 94 percent of the observable universe is already permanently out of our reach.

And here is the most fascinating part. Everything we are talking about is only the observable universe. No one really knows what lies beyond it. The actual universe could be far larger, maybe even infinite, making that already massive number seem small in comparison.

And yet here we are, humans, a species only about 300,000 years old, living on a tiny planet called Earth, somehow able to understand all of this.

That is what truly blows my mind.

What are the most mind-blowing photos you have seen?

 Amazing international borders around the world:

• Asia and Europe

• Netherlands and Belgium

• Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil

• Portugal and Spain

• Greece and Turkey

• England and Scotland

• Italy and France

• USA and Mexico

• USA and Canada

• Myanmar, Laos and Thailand

• India and Bhutan

• India and Pakistan

Thanks :)

Source: Sarcastic Facts

What are some mind-blowing facts about cricket?

 Current India Men's Head Coach Rahul Dravid played for Scotland in 12 matches out of which 1 was against Pakistan in 2003.

At that Time Cricket was growing in Scotland and they were looking up for a great player who could just sharpen their approach and Dravid was a huge name back then in 2003 so he joined as a marquee overseas player .

He scored some 600 runs in 11 games in Scotland averaging 66.66 .

Bonus Fact : Sachin Tendulkar is having more 5-wicket hauls than Shane Warne and Zaheer Khan in ODIs.

What are the most mind-blowing photos you have seen?

 Huge Whale is on the beach

Mercury the closest planet from the sun

The aeroplane is up on the beach

It would take you 42 minutes to fall through the other side through the centre of the earth’s core.

When the dinosaurs walked the earth, they only had 23 hours each day. That means that the extinction hit them just a tad bit sooner.

Every time you smell a violet, the scent being released comes from a compound called ionones. This compound forces your brain to shut off your scent receptors,

Mind-blowing art

Cheers!

Man balancing on a rope.

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