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Friday, February 6, 2026

Which are the most interesting facts related to lord Shiva that are not known to most of the people?

There are some interesting facts about bhagawan shiv .

Worshipping lord Shiva is very powerful devotees get more then what they want .

Best example is

Cholas are staunch devotees of lord Shiva . Worshipping lord Shiva made them to rule more then 1500+ years . It's biggest record in this history .
Vijayanagar dynasty is one of the famous dynasty in India they ruled approximately 310 years . Their family god / kuldevta is virupaksheshwara (Shiva) temple in Hampi

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List of dynasties & their family god & sub diety

Maratha dynasty= bhagawan shiv (khandoba)& shakti ( bhavani )
Kadamba dynasty(200 years)= bhagawan shiv (family god) & Shakti (,Durga)
Pandya dynasty (1000+ years) = bhagwan shiv & shakti( Durga)
Chalukya dynasty (600+ years) = bhagawan shiv & Shakti(Durga)
Cheras dynasty (1000+ years) = bhagwan shiv & his family
Pallava dynasty 400+ years = bhagwan shiva , shakti & vishnu
Gupta dynasty 150+ years = vishnu
Kushan dynasty = bhagawan shiv
Harsha dynasty = bhagawan shiv

10. Vakataka dynasty = bhagwan shiv

11. Shunga dynasty= bhagawan shiv .

Most of all dynasties worshipped Bhagwan shiv & shakti as their family god .

Thursday, February 5, 2026

What are some lesser known/interesting stories in Mahabharata?

It took three years for Ved Vyasa to compose the Itihasa Mahabharata.
World's first test tube baby was Dronacharya. He was born from the spilt semen of sage Baradwaja kept in an earthen vessel.
The Kouravas and their sister Duhsala were born when a clay ball born from Gandhari's womb was separated into one hundred and one parts by yogic power of Ved Vyasa.
Parikshit was six months old in Uttara's womb when he was hit by Ashwatthama's Brahmashira astra.
Draupadi in her previous birth was Nalayani, who was the wife of sage Maudgalya. After enjoying many years in her company, Maudgalya renounced worldly life and went to live in the forest. With a broken heart, Nalayani performed a penance to satisfy Lord Shiva. Satisfied by her devotion, Lord Shiva granted her the boon that in her next birth she would be the wife of five extremely virtuous men.
Arjuna's birth is the most celebrated one in Mahabharata. When Arjuna was born, many celestial beings assembled to pay their respects to him. Arjuna's birth was attended by Kadru, Vinata, the gandharvas, the apsaras, the serpents Karkotaka, Shesha, Vasuki, Kacchapa, Apakunda and Takshaka, the seven maharshis, the eleven rudras, the twelve adityas, the kumaras, the vasus, the maruts, the vishwadevas and the saddhyas.
Ved Vyasa imparted a secret divine knowledge called Pratismriti to Yudhishthira, who in turn imparted the knowledge to Arjuna. As a reult of which, Arjuna was able to go to the regions of Indra, Lord Shiva, Varuna, Yama and Kubera, in order to obtain divine weapons from these deities.
Bhima met Hanuman atop Gandhamadana forest on his way to finding Sougandhika flowers, which he desired to bring for Draupadi. Bhima was delighted on meeting his elder brother and wished to know the conduct of various Yugas from him. Hanuman blessed him and fulfilled his wish. He then showed Bhima direction of Kubera's garden, the source of Sougandhika flowers.
The birth of Bhishma is an interesting one. Once the eight vasus visited the celestial hermitage of sage Vasistha with their wives. The wife of the eighth vasu desired to have Kamdhenu, the wish fulfilling cow of the sage. Agreeing with his wife, Prabhasa, the eighth vasu stole the cow with the help of other vasus. Sage Vasistha, owing to his power of meditation, discerned that Prabhasa had stolen his cow. In a fit of rage, he cursed all the vasus to be born in the world of humans. Upon the pleading of the vasus, the sage reduced the impact of the curse that they would be liberated from their human birth as soon as they would be born. However, Prabhasa, the real culprit behind Kamdhenu's abduction, would stay for a much longer period of time in the world. Owing to this, Prabhasa was born as Bhishma in the world.
Among all the illustrious Kshatriyas of the Kuru dynasty, it was Bhishma who had the most number of preceptors. When Bhishma was sixteen, his mother Ganga took him to the world of celestials to be trained by various eminent sages. Brihaspati, the preceptor of Indra, taught Bhishma the duties of the kings. Sukracharya, the preceptor of Bali, taught Bhishma political science. Vasishtha, the sage who cursed Prabhasa, imparted the knowledge of the Vedas to Bhishma. Sanatkumara, a son of Brahma, taught Bhishma the secret of spiritual bliss. Markandeya, the immortal sage, taught Bhishma the customs and traditions of all the races. Parashurama, Jamadagni's valiant son, trained Bhishma in warfare.
Bhima was one pradesha taller than Arjuna in height. Pradesha means the distance between an outstretched thumb and forefinger.
The story of Bhima's mace is an interesting one. The mace once belonged to king Youvanashva who hid the weapon in lake Bindu, after he slew his enemies in battle. On Lord Krishna's instructions, the asura Maya went to lake Bindu and brought the mace from the place where it was hidden for generations. Lord Krishna then presented Youvanashva's mace to Bhima. The mace was made entirely of steel and decorated with golden rings. It was four cubits long and had six sides. Furthurmore, Bhima's mace was one and a half times heavier than the mace of Duryodhana.
Bhima killed the Kaurava brothers in archery combats and not mace fights, as believed, excepting Duryodhana. The weapon which Bhima used to kill the Kaurava brothers was his divine bow Vayaviya, which he obtained from his father Vayu. Bhima used different weapons only against Dusshasana and Duryodhana. He used his sword to rip apart Dusshasana's chest and he used his mace to break Duryodhana's thigh.
The saga of Arjuna's Gandiva bow started with Lord Brahma, who made the weapon to eliminate evil forces from the three worlds. Having kept the bow with himself for 1000 years, Lord Brahma passed the bow to one of the Prajapatis. The Prajapati kept the bow with himself for another 1000 years. When the time for destruction of the demons had arrived, the Prajapati gave Gandiva to Indra. Shooting innumerable lines of arrows from Gandiva, Indra eliminated the demons with Gandiva and kept it with himself as an emblem of victory for 3585 years. Indra then affectionately passed the bow to Varuna, his younger brother. After keeping the bow for 100 years, Varuna presented Gandiva to Arjuna. This is how Arjuna came to be the possessor of the famous bow. Arjuna was the master of Gandiva bow for 65 years. Gandiva was Arjuna's weapon of choice in Kurukshetra war. 36 years after the war, Arjuna immersed the bow in the sea. Eventually Gandiva returned to it's previous owner, Varuna.
A lot of speculation has been made as to where Shri Krishna was, when the infamous episode of Draupadi's Vastraharan occurred, and why Shri Krishna didn't prevent the episode from manifesting in the court of Hastinapura. During the time of the gambling match which eventually led to Draupadi's Vastraharan, Shri Krishna was at Dwarka countering a new threat. King Salwa had attacked Dwarka in a flying vehicle, which he obtained as a boon from Lord Shiva. The vehicle, named Saubha, was designed by Vishwakarma for the purpose of aerial fights. Salwa seized the vehicle, owing to Lord Shiva's boon, and attacked Dwarka taking his army in the aerial vehicle. Salwa gained an upper hand in the fight with Shri Krishna's Narayani sena, due to the advantage of his aerial vehicle. On seeing this, Shri Krishna himself attacked Salwa and a fight ensued between them. Salwa applied complex illusions in the battle which bewildered Shri Krishna. For a long period of time, Shri Krishna remained hopeless to win the fight. Eventually regaining his composure and bringing his senses under control, Shri Krishna invoked his discus Sudarshana with proper mantras. The discus, hurled by the god's arm, reduced the vehicle to ashes with Salwa and his army inside it. Thus, Shri Krishna was able to restore life back to normal in Dwarka.
The saga of Bhagavad Gita started with Shri Krishna, who imparted the eternal yoga to Vivaswan, the Sun god. Vivaswan then imparted this divine knowledge to Manu, progenitor of human beings. Manu narrated Bhagavad Gita to Iskavaku, the founder king of Iskavaku dynasty. In this way, the essence of Shri Krishna's divine song has been handed down by tradition since the beginning of creation.

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What are some interesting facts related to Rajesh Khanna?

Rajesh Khanna is the first Super Star w ho lived in Live-In-Relationship with An ju Mahendru for seven years (1966-197 2).The duo separated because Rajesh Khanna wanted Anju to quit acting and thereby their relationship came to stand still.Rajesh Khanna married sixteen yea r old Dimple Kapadia who just debuted in Bobby immediately after break up wit h Anju Mahendru.The marriage of Dimp le-,Rajesh took place before the movie Bobby was released.Dimple was a die h ard fan of Rajesh Khanna and she was super excited marrying thirty year old Jatin Khanna which is his maiden nam e.She was in head over heals and prob ably happiest moment of her life.Raje sh Khanna's wedding had a thrilling m oment as he took the Baarat (Marriage Procession ) through Anju Mahendru's house.It was a revenge marriage .Anju-Rajesh did not speak with each other for seventeen long years. Dimple and Rajesh lived with each other for (1973-1984) eleven years but separated not divorced.Rajesh Khanna and Dimple Kapadia were supposed to work in Jai Jai Shiv Shanker but it did not wor k out.After separating from his wife,he fell flat on Tina Munim who shifted to his house.Rajesh Khanna was made in love with Tina Munim and the duo used the same tooth brush.When the relatio nship did not work out she said,Incapab le of loving anyone".Rajesh Khanna first love was neither Anju Mahendru,Dimple Kapadia or Tina Munim but Surekha be fore entering Bollywood.Anju Mahendru and Dimple Kapadia was part of his life despite strained relationship.After Tina Munim dumped him he was in Live-in - relationship with Anita Advani for twel ve years till he breathed his last in 201 2.He died of Cancer like he died in Ana nd and the dialogues of his movie was telecaster after his death.

It has been said that Rajesh Khanna had a huge fan following and woman used t o have Hysteria when they used to see Rajesh Khanna in movies or live.His car used to have lip stick Mark's on them.M any girls used to send letters written wit h blood and used to kiss his car.His fem ale fans used to throw flowers,scarves a nd play cards in theatres.Many people e specially girls used to wait in long queu es and many fainted to have a glimpse of him.He was always mobbed by his f ans and had crush on him.Many girls us ed to take sand and put on their forehea d assuming that they are married to Raj esh Khanna.When his car used to pass, many woman used to put original verm illion on their forehead.He used to get t ruck full of Rose's and bouquets on his b irthdays.Many females are known to ma rry his photograph.He was a romantic h ero and people were carried away by hi s charm,charisma,body language,expre ssive eyes,smile and style of dialogue delivery.He had a massive fandom and was mobbed at airport,club and where ever his benign presence was there.He was a crowd puller and his fans adored him.He was the highest paid actor from 1970–1979.From the year 1969-1971, he delivered a row of fifteen super hit m ovies.He gave eight solo hits in 1985.H e was the first Super Star of Bollywood when Aaradhana was released.He deli vered eight Super hit movies with Mum taz.He acted with Hema Malini in fifte en movies.Once Amitabh Bacchan was going to debut in one movie along with Rajesh Khanna but Amitabh put his leg back because he was fearing Rajesh Khanna' s stardom.He ruled Bollywood singly as t here was no actor of his sta ture,” Upar Aaka Neeche Kaka".He is o nly one who worked with Raaj Kumar who was a great actor.He has debuted in 163 feature films and 17 short films.

Rajesh Khanna's real name was Jatin Khanna the name given by his adoptive parents residing in Bombay.He has the credit of giving break to Salim-Javed who were the screen writers of Haathi Mere Saathi.He was once slapped by Mehmood for arriving late on the sets of Janta Hawaldar.Rajesh Khanna and Jeetendra were class mates.Rajesh Kh anna reached Bollywood by winning the talent hunt contest organised by Filmfa re and United Producers (1965).He gif ted his girl friend Anju Mahendru,a Bun galow (Palm Breeze).He brought anoth er bungalow from Rajendra Kumar nam ed Dimple before his wedding to Dimple Kapadia.This bungalow was unlucky for Rajendra Kumar.He renamed the Bunga low to Aashirwad.Rajesh Khanna gave fifteen superhit movies while staying in this Bungalow.According to some goss ip magazines he married Dimple Kapad ia an unknown actress only because of her name.His movie Aradhana made him the first Super Star of Bollywood.T he song,Mere Sapno Ki Rani in Aradhan a starring Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore were shot separately.The song Roop Tera Mastana starring Rajesh Kh anna and Sharmila created History in Bollywood by finishing in one shot take .His movies,Aradhana ,Amar Prem and Anand ca used mass hysteria as woman became crazy and out of form.He won Filmfare Award for Best Actor for his movie Anand (1972).The movie,Aakhri Khat was the India's first official Oscar entry (1967).He was honoured the Fil mfare Lifetime Achievment Award in 2005.His signature movies are Aradha na (1969),Anand (1971),Kati Patang ( 1970),Safar (1970),Haathi Mere Saathi (1971),Amar Prem (1972) and Bawarc hi (1972).

Monday, February 2, 2026

What are some interesting & amazing facts that most people don't know?

10% of all the photographs in the world have been taken in the last 12 months.
The words written in Twitter everyday would fill a 10 million page book.
More than 50% of NASA employees are dyslexic, hired for their superior problem solving and spatial awareness skills.
Italy’s biggest business is the Mafia. It turns over $178 billion a year, and accounts for 7% of GDP.
George W Bush & Saddam Hussein had their shoes hand made by the same Italian Cobbler.
The designer of Saddam Hussein’s bunker was the grandson of the woman who built Hitler’s bunker.
When the famous painting Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci was stolen from the Louvre in 1911, one of the suspects was Picasso.
In Japan, Only 2% of adoptions are of children, 98% are of adult males aged 25 to 30.
10% of total US electricity is made from dismantled Soviet atomic bombs.
China is the world’s largest supplier of Bibles. One factory in Nanjing prints a million Bibles in a month.
The dialing code of Russia is 007.
Caffeine is made of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen: the same as cocaine, thalidomide, nylon, TNT and heroin.
Heroin and Aspirin have been invented by the same person in the same year: Felix Hoffman, 1897.
The United States of America maintains a military presence in 148 of the 192 United Nations countries.
Fred Baur (1918–2002), the designer of the Pringles can, had his ashes buried in one.
Mongolia’s largest airport is named after Genghis Khan. He had over 500 wives and a vast number of children: 1 in 10 people in Central Asia today are his direct descendants.
No scientific experiment has ever been done (or could be done) to prove that time exists.
After two weeks of wear a pair of jeans will have grown a 1000 strong colony of bacteria on the front, 1500–2500 on the back and 10,000 on the crotch.
A single sperm contains 37.5 MB of DNA information. One ejaculation represents a data transfer of 15,875 GB, equivalent to the combined capacity of 62 MacBook Pro laptops.
An orange is a berry but a strawberry isn’t.
The word ambisinistrous is the opposite of ambidextrous: it means “No good with either hand”.
A “Knot” is something tied in a single piece of rope or line. Something that joins two ropes together is a “Bend”.
There are thought to be 1,00,000 uncharted mountains under the sea, only 1000 or so have been mapped so far.
Sending a man to the Moon and finding Osama Bin Laden cost the US government about the same amount of time and money: ten years and $100 Billion.
Every electron in the universe knows about the state of every other electron.

What interesting information is in a black hole that people don't know?

A black hole is not a strange suction device that eats up everything. It’s just a star that gets compressed to such a small sizes that its gravity is so strong enough that virtually no light can escape its gravity. That’s all. It’s nothing strange. As earth has an escape velocity of 11km/s, a black hole has an escape velocity of more than the speed of light. Remember: It’s just a star that has powerful gravity.
Black holes don’t suck everything into it. They actually leak out Hawking radiation, killing it slowly. Due to this Hawking radiation, a gigantic black hole would evaporate after 1 googol years.
A black hole doesn’t really suck, it attracts. Like any planet or star, it has gravity, just much stronger. You don’t get sucked into earth; you get attracted to it, and it’s no different here.

Actual (composite) image of a black hole.

Artist impression of a black hole emitting particles.

What are some unknown interesting whale facts?

Blue whales are the biggest animal to ever exist (that we know of). For context, these whales have hearts the size of cars and veins wide enough for a person to swim in.
Sperm whales have extra cartilage rings around their trachea in order to prevent nitrogen from dissolving into their bloodstream during their deep sea dives.
Sperm Whales produce the loudest sound of any animal, reaching a devastating 240 decibels. This is potentially enough to vibrate a human to death, though no known cases have been recorded.
Gray whales have some of the longest migrations of any animal, going from the prime feeding grounds of the arctic in summer to the breeding waters near Mexico in Winter.
Bowhead whales have 200+ year lifespans, among the longest of any mammal.
Sperm whale adult males were once thought to live solitary lives, but recent research has revealed that despite not living in pods like their female counterparts, they have vivid social lives with other adult males.

Whales are among the ocean’s most fascinating creatures, but due to whaling, climate change, and pollution these wonderful creatures are having their populations dwindled. It’s important that we preserve these wonderful animals for the sake of our oceans.

What are the most interesting but rarely known facts of this universe?

The universe is everything, It even includes time itself and, of course, it includes you..

Here are a few that come to mind:

The International Space Station is the third brightest object in the sky after the Sun and the Moon.
A full Moon is 9-10 time brighter than a half Moon due to the Lunar regolith having retroreflective properties.
Due to the effects of time dilation, if you had a spacecraft that could continuously accelerate at 1G indefinitely, you could cross the entire Milky Way in about 12 years despite traveling about 100,000 light years
You cant reach speed of light. But you can come damn close like 99,9999%. And anything beyond 99% starts to slow your time exponentially. But also increases energy required to accelerate exponentially too
J1047B is a ringed planet orbiting V1400 Centauri. What is interesting about this planet is that its ring system is approximately 640x larger than Saturn’s. If J1047B was where Saturn is in our Solar System, it would dominate our sky (please google how it would look, it’s amazing :))

Saturday, January 31, 2026

Some Of The Most Interesting Photographs

1. Flounder trapped in a Pelican's beak

2. Snapdragon seed pods look like skulls

3. Nothing to see here

4. Webb engineers taking a mirror selfie in the telescope's real gold-coated mirror

5. An extremely rare bilateral gynandromorph stag beetle. Half male, half female

6. High Wind + Freezing Lake Erie Waters. Hamburg, NY.

7. Hammerhead Skull

8. This Harpy Eagle photo sends shivers down my spine.

9. Chris Espinosa is currently the longest-serving employee at Apple. He joined in 1976 at the age of 14, writing BASIC code while the company was still based in Steve Jobs’ garage

10. In 2014, a group of single people in Shanghai bought every odd- numbered seat at a movie theater on Valentine’s Day so that couples couldn't sit together.

11. This is what the inside of the Leaning Tower of Pisa looks like

Sources: reddit.com, boredpanda.com

Some Of The Most Interesting Photographs

1. An old sculptor built a gnome from old parts right on the territory of a gas station on a highway in Belarus

2. A German circus is using Holograms instead of live animals for a cruelty-free magical experience. And it's cool.

3. Tyson at the age of 18 with a 20-inch neck. He would do neck bridges daily to strengthen his neck.

4. 40 Siberian tiger cubs were born at the Hengdaohezi Siberian Tiger Park in 2025

5. Sony was founded in 1946. This electric rice cooker was their first product.

6. This is the only existing photo of Chernobyl taken on the morning of the nuclear accident. The heavy grain is due to the huge amount of radiation in the air that began to destroy the camera film the second it was exposed.