What are some lesser known/interesting stories in Mahabharata?

 The fiery heroine Draupadi was not without kindness an affection. She was insulted, taunted and driven to the forest by the sons of Dhritarashtra and Gandhari. When, Dusshasana pulled at her saree, Dhritarashtra and Gandhari would not help her. But after the war of Mahabharata, Draupadi looked after Gandhari with respect and affection; she treated her in the same way as she treated Kunti. She had a resolve that would not cool off after thirteen long years of suffering, and also sympathy for Gandhari after all was over.

When Aswathama (son of Dronacharya) who killed the sons of Draupadi, inspite of her great grief at the loss of her children, came to Pandavas, she moved forward and touched his feet and paid him his due respect. Bhima was unable to bear such sorrow and because of this, he was in great emotions which drove him to the point of exhibiting his physical prowess to the world. In fact he was looking at this quality of forbearance of Draupadi as a laughing matter. Bhima was greatly surprised at the peaceful attitude of Draupadi. He thought that the suffering of having lost all her children had driven her to insanity, for, otherwise he was not able to understand how a true mother could show such forbearance when the person who had killed all her children was standing before her. Draupadi was a great woman with exemplary character. When the strong Bhima was preparing to kill Aswathama with his bare hands, would it be possible for a weakling like Draupadi to go and stop Bhima? It was only the purity of her thought that was her strength. Draupadi was such a great woman that in order to protect right conduct, she would even oppose her husbands. But even now, it was Bheema who tried to avenge the death of her sons by uprooting the Shiromani (divine diamond) off the forehead of Ashwathama and thus ending his powers of invincibility.

Draupadi maintained the reputation of her husbands, her parents and parents-in-law. She wanted her parents to be proud of her, she wanted her children to feel that they are the children of a great mother, she wanted her husbands to feel that they were married to a great woman and she wanted her parents-in-law to be proud of her and she wanted to please them. Draupadi herself was always behaving in a manner in which she maintained the reputation of her family and her kingdom.

[ Ultimately, the fact that Draupadi stands quite apart from her five husbands is brought tellingly home when not even Sahadeva of whom she took care with maternal solicitude, nor her favourite Arjuna - tarries by her side when she falls and lies dying husbanded yet unprotected, on the Himalayan slopes ] during their journey to heaven - the Mahaprasthana. It is said, however, in some analyses of the Mahabharata, that only Bheema, at such a juncture tried to save her from her fall from the cliffs by extending an unsuccessful hand to catch her. He failed and Draupadi fell to the ground below and was dying a painful death when Bheema came to her side, consoled her and remained by her side till she eventually died. During these last moments, it is said, Draupadi realized the futility of her undying love for Arjuna and felt the selfless and unconditional love and support that Bheema had provided her at each moment in her life and repented the fact that she could never reciprocate the love of Bheema in equal terms.

What are some interesting facts about insects?

 1. Ants don't have lungs.

2. Ants don't have ears.

3. Ants are farmers.

4. Ants have two stomachs.

5. Ants can swim.

6. Ants are slave owners.

7. Ants are as old as dinosaurs.

8. There are more than 12,000 species of ants worldwide.

9. An ant can lift 20 times its body weight.

10. Some queen ants can live for years and have millions of offspring.

11. When ants fight, they usually fight to the death.

12. When the queen of the colony dies, the colony can only survive for a few months.

13. Ants can live for two hours without oxygen.

14. Ants don't have blood!

What is interesting knowledge about human biology?

1. The largest cell in the human body is the female egg cell; the smallest is the male sperm cell.

2. The brain is much more active at night than during the day.

3. During your lifetime, a person produces enough saliva to fill two large Olympic swimming pools.

4. Your nose can remember 50,000 different smells.

5. A woman's heart beats faster than a man's.

6. Your eyes remain the same size from birth to death, but your nose and ears never stop growing.

7. Every single day, there are 120 million instances of sexual intercourse on Earth.

8. The brain itself cannot feel pain.

9. The largest internal organ is the small intestine.

10. A sneeze typically exceeds 160 km/h, and nerve impulses to and from the brain travel at approximately 270 km/h.

11. It takes 17 muscles to smile, 43 to frown, and 3 muscles to hit someone.

12. Relative to its size, the tongue is the strongest muscle in the body.

13. One can literally die of a “broken heart”;
this is called “ broken heart syndrome ”.

14. The hyoid bone is the only bone in the human body that is not connected to another bone.

15. The skin on the fingers does not wrinkle in water because it absorbs the water or because the water washes away the skin's natural oils, but because of an evolutionary behavior, as the brain tries to improve grip strength underwater.

What are some interesting random facts?

 

• The entire Pixar staff had to take a graduate class in fishing biology before making “Finding Nemo”.

• Reading about yawning will make you yawn.

• McDonald's Caesar salad is more fattening than their hamburger.

• Before trees were common, the earth was covered with giant mushrooms.

• Earth is the only planet in our solar system which is not named after a god.
• Chewing gum makes your brain run more efficiently and more effectively.

• In 2012, at least 6 girls were named Apple, at least 49 boys were named Mac, and at least 17 girls were named Siri.

• There's a town in Texas called Earth its the only place on Earth which is named Earth.

• Each episode of Game of Thrones cost 6 million dollars.

• The pound key (#) on the keyboard is called as octothorpe.

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What are some interesting facts about Germany?

1. Germany was the first country to adopt daylight saving time.

2. Berlin has more bridges than Venice, Italy.

3. Escaping from prison is not considered a crime in Germany. The law in the country recognizes that being free is a basic human instinct, therefore, prisoners have the right to attempt escape.
4. It is illegal to run out of fuel on the Autobahn, Germany's federal highway system.

5. German laws may ban names that do not denote gender or surnames used as first names.

6. In 2014, the most popular names in Germany were Sophie/Sofie for girls and Maximilian for boys.

7. Fanta was invented in Germany as a result of World War II due to the ban on importing the syrup used in Coca-Cola's recipe into the country. The German subsidiary then decided to create its own product for the national market, and that's how Fanta came about!

8. Higher education in Germany is free, even for international students.

9. Over 800 million currywurst are eaten in Germany every year. It's a German fast food dish that's basically a pork sausage seasoned with ketchup and curry, and usually served with fries.

10. German is still the language with the most native speakers in Europe.

11. Seven cities have been capitals of Germany at some point: Aachen, Regensburg, Frankfurt am Main, Nuremberg, Berlin, Weimar, Bonn, and Berlin again to this day.

12. Bach, Beethoven, Goethe, Kant, Nietzsche, among other famous musicians, writers, and philosophers, were German.

13. Munich has the second most punctual international airport in the world, second only to Tokyo.

14. Some of the world's most important inventions were discovered in Germany: the light bulb, the automatic calculator, the car, insulin, paraffin wax, gasoline/diesel engines, among countless others.

15. Germany is the second most popular destination among expatriates, especially Turks, Poles, and Italians.

What is the most interesting thing you have seen inside an airplane?

 1 - If you are sitting in a window seat and see a black triangle symbol directly above your seat, congratulations:

you are sitting in the "William Shatner seat".
The triangle is simply a visual marker to identify the window/seat that offers the best possible view of the wing.

2 - If you notice a small button near the lever of your tray table, congratulations!
You're sitting in the "Overwing Emergency Exit Row." This row of seats is found, for example, on the A320 and most other smaller aircraft. The button prevents the tray table lever from folding into the open position when passengers squeeze between these seats during an evacuation to reach the Overwing Emergency Exit.
It prevents the tray table from folding down and blocking the way to the exit.
It also serves as a visual and physical identifier for the emergency exit when the cabin is dark and filled with thick smoke.

The other seats do not have such a button:

3 - Country of origin and aircraft registration number.
This information is clearly displayed on the side of the aircraft.
Note this number and search for it online. You'll then find out a lot about the aircraft – from its current status (via the flight tracker), to planned routes, previous flights, accident history, leasing information, where the aircraft is based, and so on.
Even with smaller jets, private planes, and older aircraft like the Boeing 747/757, you can find a wealth of interesting information this way.
And it's a great feeling to discover, based on the registration number, that you're flying on the exact same aircraft as on your trip last year!

What's are the most Intresting facts you know?

 

• Our brains produce enough electricity to fully power a light bulb.
• Typical brain is about 2% body's weight but uses 20% of all body's oxygen and calories.
• You know that 75% of your body is water, but did you know that 80% of your brain is water.

• In 2013, Belgium issued a limited edition of chocolate flavored stamps.

• To know when to mate, a male giraffe will continuously headbutt the female in the bladder until she urinates. The male then tastes the pee and that helps it determine whether the female is ovulating.

• Saturn floats
  As big as the planet Saturn is, if you were to put it in a glass of water, it would float. This is because its density is .687 grams per cm cubed while water’s is the famous .998 g per cm cubed. Unfortunately though, you would need a glass that is over 120,000 km in diameter to witness this.

• When two galaxies collide and coalesce virtually no stars will contact as they merge.

• We know that our entire genetic code is contain in the sequence of molecules represented by T(Thymine) A(Adenine) G(Guanine) C(Cytosine) in our DNA,

What is interesting knowledge about human biology?

1. The largest cell in the human body is the female egg cell; the smallest is the male sperm cell.

2. The brain is much more active at night than during the day.

3. During your lifetime, a person produces enough saliva to fill two large Olympic swimming pools.

4. Your nose can remember 50,000 different smells.

5. A woman's heart beats faster than a man's.

6. Your eyes remain the same size from birth to death, but your nose and ears never stop growing.

7. Every single day, there are 120 million instances of sexual intercourse on Earth.

8. The brain itself cannot feel pain.

9. The largest internal organ is the small intestine.

10. A sneeze typically exceeds 160 km/h, and nerve impulses to and from the brain travel at approximately 270 km/h.

11. It takes 17 muscles to smile, 43 to frown, and 3 muscles to hit someone.

12. Relative to its size, the tongue is the strongest muscle in the body.

13. One can literally die of a “broken heart”;
this is called “ broken heart syndrome ”.

14. The hyoid bone is the only bone in the human body that is not connected to another bone.

15. The skin on the fingers does not wrinkle in water because it absorbs the water or because the water washes away the skin's natural oils, but because of an evolutionary behavior, as the brain tries to improve grip strength underwater.

What are the 5 most interesting historical black and white photographs?

 March 5, 1953 - MARINE ANGEL begins across the Michigan Avenue bridge as it passes the Wrigley Building and the Tribune Tower.

It was 600 feet long and 70 feet wide as it crossed the Chicago River. The freighter was the largest ship to ever sail on the river.

The transport ship, built near the end of World War II, sailed past Chicago on its way to Lake Michigan. Eleven World War II-era ships built for saltwater service were converted into bulk carriers and transferred to the Lakes.

California surfers

Southern California c. 1930.

Six young women are ready with their surfboards on a beach in Southern California.

Oklahoma Land Rush, April 22, 1889

The Oklahoma Land Rush begins at noon as settlers rush to claim Unallocated Lands.

August 1954. Antibes, French Riviera. Sunbathers at the Eden Roc, Côte d'Azur.

35mm Kodachrome slide by Toni Frissell.

This scene of a horse and carriage was taken somewhere in Minnesota, around the beginning of the 19th century. The details in this photo are truly remarkable, from the intricate design of the carriage to the stunning mane of the horse.

It's fascinating to see how transportation has evolved over time and to witness a glimpse of the past through this photographic collection of glass negatives.

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1892- River Hills, Trough of the Potomac, commissioned by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad

Are there any photos that would pique your interest in science?

 1. Tears of the Netherlands

This is a mysterious glass mass known as "Dutch Tears." It is also called "Prince Rupert's Drop" in English, after its introduction to England in 1660 by Rupert, Earl Palatine of the Rhine and Duke of Cumberland. It is said to be extremely rigid and can even withstand bullets.

To destroy it, you hit its tail. The impact then explosively propagates throughout, shattering it into pieces like this.

This characteristic led to the invention of modern shatterproof glass.

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2. A bar magnet lying in a sea of ​​compasses

You can observe how the magnetic field lines clearly extend from north to south.

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3. Dual 5x optical zoom (developed by Oppo)

It uses optical zoom, not digital. The quality of digital zoom is unfortunately poor. By employing a periscope system, high-quality zoom is achieved. It also overcomes the camera bump common in smartphones. It was announced at the 2017 Mobile World Congress.

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4. SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket landing

Why dump fuel boosters into the ocean? SpaceX has developed technology to automatically land the first-stage engine on an unmanned ship at sea, dramatically reducing the cost of spaceflight.

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5. Boeing 787 before interior renovation

The influence of Star Trek is undeniable!

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6. The "Elephant's Foot" of Chernobyl, Ukraine

The lump you see on the floor is commonly known as "elephant's foot."

The "elephant's foot" is an object formed from melted nuclear fuel mixed with large amounts of concrete, sand, and nuclear sealing material. It lies dormant underground where the core originally was located.

It is said that exposure for 300 seconds can lead to death two days later.

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7. A knife made from a meteorite.

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8. Zebrafish larvae observed with an electron microscope

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9. Smoke rings photographed on Mount Etna, Sicily, Italy